Featured Tracks Playlist November 2024

Next up, is Our Time from my 2020 CD Living In Strange Times. For this beautiful ballad I went back to my basics, Fender Acoustic electric guitar, a Grand Piano, a little guitar picking, a simple bass guitar line and some cool drum programing. This keeps the sound canvas clean and open, leaving a nice open space for the melody and solos. I played that melody using my Fender acoustic electric guitar and a beautiful Rhodes electric piano sound. One thing I love about this track is the guitar solo at the end. Let’s give Our Time a listen.

Next up, is Love’s All I Have To Give from my 2023 CD Life On The Other Side. This is a very beautiful soulful jam. On this track I kept it simple, just the Fender Rhodes electric piano for the chords, a smooth bass guitar, and a soulful 6/8 drum program. For the melody I’m using a grand piano sound and my Fender Acoustic electric guitar. For the accents and solo I also used my fender acoustic electric guitar. In this track I always hear, Loves All I have, I can’t give any more than that. This track is just so beautiful, and I love the solo work on it. Let’s give Love’s All I Have To Give a listen.  

Next up is, All I Need is in Your Eyes from my 2023 CD Life On The Other Side.  In this beautiful song, I used a grand piano sound for the chords with soft rising strings. I played the melody using a Fender Rhodes electric piano sound and my Gibson SG. When it came time for me to name this track, I spent a lot of time listening to the track. Listening to what the song is telling me.  On this one I kept hearing “All I need to survive, is in your eyes” Let’s give All I Need is in Your Eyes a listen.  

Closing out this month’s playlist is, I Can’t Say Goodbye from my 2019 CD Smooth As I Wanna Be. This track took me years to finish, in fact, it started out as a piano only song. This track is one of my favorite ballads I’ve ever written. I absolutely love the sound of that beautiful grand piano. The track has three sections to it, a melody, a chorus and a third section or bridge, so yes, it is a little complex but very beautiful. On this track I’m playing my Fender Acoustic Electric guitar for the melody and the solo work. I really had a blast writing that bass guitar line and programming those drums for this track.  Let’s give I Can’t Say Goodbye a listen.