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Farewell (Mr. Smith) ... instrumental
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I came across this instrumental by chance once when I was looking for a surf style tune to play along to. I liked it so much that I just had to record it myself. It's a pretty accurate recreation of the original which is by Martin Cilia.
guitar instrumental shadows style slow and thoughtful
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Pop/Rock, Psychedelic, Ambient, Rhythm & Blues and beyond.
Major Snagg is the invented name of the 'band' that perform all my own musical creations. (songs and instrumentals). I play guitars, bass, rudimentary keyboards, harmonica, and sing. Melody has always been important to me... lyrics and guitar solos have to say or communicate something. I create musical worlds that I hope that you dear listener, will also want to explore and live in for a few moments...or longer if you feel that way inclined.
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Genre
Rock • Instrumental Rock
Charts
#63 in subgenre Peak #6
Charts
Peak #19
Author
Martin Cilia
Rights
Martin Cilia
Uploaded
August 29, 2025
Track Files
MP3
MP3 12.1 MB • 320 kbps • 5:17
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WAV 53.3 MB
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BPM
84
Beat
4/4
Vocals
No vocals, instrumental only
Character
Positivity
dark, sad, angry
happy
Appeal
unique
radio-friendly
Story behind the song
I used my Yamaha Pacifica 612V mk.1, processed via a Line 6 Pod Go unit to achieve an authentic Hank Marvin / Shadows, lead guitar sound. There are two acoustic guitar (panned left and right), a clean electric rhythm guitar (centred), a bass guitar (a Crafter Cruiser, P-bass copy) A Zoom RT-123 Drum Machine (programmed and also played manually, and a couple of Stereo lead guitar tracks with delay and reverb. The tune is at a tempo of 84 bpm. The delay is set to match the tempo. (about 702 ms) Then of course, I couldn't resist adding a few sound effects...waves, seagulls and bits of the recorded guitars. All in all, I'm very happy with how this has turned out.
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rodrica
Aug 31
Lovely guitar playing & fantastic guitar tone. Excellent production. Top notch track!
steveweyman
Aug 30
Definitely got the Hank vibe . Very cool easy listening track . Superbly played and production sounds great with all the guitar’s layered together . Superb !
Ridiculousdream
Aug 29
Very nice! It's got that catchy surf echo riff going.
JESUS OLDMAN
Aug 29
Makes me wanna go channel Brian Wilson. Dreamy.