I love to sit down with one of my guitars and just noodle about. Occasionally I’ll hit upon a melody, a riff, or a chord progression that I think I might want to develop at some future time. Whenever I do, I film myself playing the riff, and then place the video file in a folder.
Recently I was looking through my “ideas” folder and I stumbled upon something I had labelled “hillbilly.” I started messing with it, and eventually came up with this Western flavored instrumental.
It was a lot of fun to play and to record, although my left hand ached for two days after the recording of my guitar parts. Still healing… Sigh…
It’s a bit of a departure from my usual fare. I hope some of you can enjoy it!
PS: The wind and the horse-whinny effects are courtesy of Zapsplat.com
Interesting that as it begins, it reminds me of a fusion between classical and old west ( the guitar riff) and then just before Mr Ed whines .. then the rocking old west kicks in. I am a fan of the old West. I can see tumblweed blowing in my mind's eye. This was excellent!!
I can relate to your hand issues… I have been a writer for so many years that I have to monitor my time on the computer because my forearms and thumbs start to ache. Isn't that a drag? Nice job… This is very catchy.
Weird thing is I was unsure whether to post because it's so different from what I usually do. I'm glad I did. Played it on the big stereo the other night when relaxing with my wife Diana, and she was blown away by it! So what the hell do I know?!?!? Ha ha...
