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Baritone National Reso-phonic tricone guitar on rhythm and lead, stand-up bass, snare drum and Exel 8-string lap steel. This one's for Michelle.
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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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Peak #65
Peak in subgenre #17
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Michael Hughes
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Michael Hughes
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August 11, 2009
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MP3 10.0 MB 320 kbps 4:21
Story behind the song
This began, as so many of my pieces do, as a solo guitar improvisation. I was playing my new National baritone tricone, trying to get a feel for what the instrument could do and this progression began to emerge--a little bit south by south west, you could say. I recorded it, then set about revising and arranging it. It's in the key of A, which means it's played in D on the baritone. There are three baritone guitar tracks here--a rhythm track using dropped D tuning, a lead, and a second rhythm with the guitar capoed on the fifth fret. Both the lead and second rhythm are played fingerstyle. The lap steel used here is an Excel 8-string in C6/Am7 tuning. I began the piece on a Thursday in August, and I tried to capture the feeling of letting something go--so the "narrative" of the progression is somewhat extended and bittersweet. Beyond my own feeling about the progression, the piece reflects my effort to capture the sound of a baritone tricone guitar--a very rich, complex sound.
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Subgrounder
Sep 21, 2009
Super exceptional I detected a touch of country, blues & folk [Euro-American style]. I intend to listen to more of your music. God bless.
Michael Bennett
Sep 09, 2009
That National baritone tricone sounds so good...the player isn't too shabby either. ;)
Grant S
Aug 11, 2009
Love the new mix, seems a bit easier to focus on individual parts....once again total ear candy!! Thanks for the free DL!!