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I, Ezra, Arize
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Based on the memory of some recordings of guitar music from Zaire. Two 'rhythm' tracks from a table steel in C6 tuning, lead from an old Gibson lap steel; acoustic guitar, bass and percussion.
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Michael Hughes, Auburn, Maine. Original acoustic & electric music.
I worked as a musician for about ten years after I finished my BA in English lit, which didn't sound nearly as interesting at the time as playing music. After an enjoyable but wasted youth of bands, solo & studio work, ten thousand nights in clubs & lots of touring, three albums with David Mallett, and a few years as a music journalist and free lance editor, I saw the writing on the wall. I said goodbye to all that & began teaching high school English & started building my project studio. It seems like I've been interested in recording music since I began playing the guitar back in grade school. From a cheap portable cassette tape recorder up through four track cassette "portastudios" and then reel-to-reel rigs to my first encounter with digital recording around 2000, I've always enjoyed trying to lay down sound. Some of the music up on my page was recorded on my first digital system (a Roland VS-1680), and some was recorded on my current system. So, as much as anything else, I'm interested in the art & science of making good sounding recordings. I write original music and do arrangements of music from a variety of sources. I'm trying to get at an emotional vibe and that elusive buzz with each recording, a core that I hope comes through in the sound of the instruments & the way I play.
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World World General
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#2,922 in subgenre Peak #1
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Peak #8
Rights
Michael Hughes
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February 17, 2007
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MP3 3.0 MB 128 kbps 3:14
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Painted Water
May 10, 2009
This great piece of instrumental music and it got my vote for best song. Just like the rest of your page it seems. Thanks for being here.
kulamafi
May 04, 2009
I, Ezra, Arize!!! Wow!! What a perfect touch you have on the guitar and what a beautiful soul to this song-probably the best hawaiian tinged slide work outside of Jon Rauhause period. Would LOVE to hear you live, and hope some day to have the chance to work together.
Mokee Dugway
May 03, 2009
Wonderful touch, love it!
Virgil Brian
Jan 13, 2009
man does this ever put you in a mood !!,,you should send it to David Lynch..for one of his movies
Aaron's Bud
Dec 26, 2008
Nice flowing Instrumental...Sounds Great
Hayley Oliver
Dec 24, 2008
Michael, this is excellent, so well aranged, and the sound is great, lovely clear production. Love Hayley
Michael, this is pure musical beauty. I rarely hear music so fine, neither here nor anywhere else. Yes, harmonic structure is what we might call simple; but who gives a sh... Since the blues we know that musical expression, skill, creativity has nothing to do with the number of chords you are able to play. This is just awesome! Respect and congrats!