Featured Tracks Playlist November 2025

First up is, I Don’t Really Know Anymore from my 2024 release Stop Wait and Think. I really had fun arranging and writing this track. For the guitar chords I layered my Gibson SG and Fender Acoustic Electric guitars to get that cool sound. On keyboards, for chords and some accents, I used a Fender Rhodes electric piano and a String Orchestration sound. The walking bass line is simple, but with the drum programming the song has great movement. For the melody I used a very cool Mayfield Flute sound along with my Fender Acoustic Electric. My Stratocaster is echoing the melody and providing a counter melody. I played the solo on my Gibson SG. Let’s give I Don’t Really Know Anymore a listen.

Next up is the title track from my 2023 release, Life on The Other Side. On this soulful blues track I’m playing my work horse the Fender Acoustic Electric for all the guitar work. The main melody is my guitar and a Baby grand sound. For the counter melody, I added to the guitar and a Fender Rhodes Electric piano sound. To fill out the track there is a soft strings orchestration and that very cool bass guitar line. That solo is really my Fender Acoustic with my rock solo effects on it. Let’s give Life on The Other Side a listen.

Next up is the title track from my 2022 release, Told Ya. I love this smooth jazz ballad’s melody and groove. As I have said before, the title of the song came from my wife Cheryl. She just sang it out one day while I was writing the track. On this one I’m playing the melody and rhythm guitar section on my Ibanez hollow body, and the solo is my Fender Stratocaster. I really love how the horns and strings came together on this track and its great bass guitar line. Let’s give Told Ya a listen.

To close out this month’s playlist is A Walk in the Rain, from my 2017 CD 10. On this beautiful track I wanted a lot of open space for guitar picking and melody. I’m playing my fender acoustic electric guitar for the picking and the melody on this track. I use a grand piano sound for the main melody and the acoustic guitar coming in filling it out. One of the early versions of this song I added a soft rain effect, but I decided it was over kill. But sometimes, when I’m listening to the track, I can still hear that rain. Let’s give, A Walk in the Rain a listen.