Hi Everyone,
We have another new Acoustic Snapshot featuring our very own Neil Hogan playing James by Pat Metheny.
I had messed around with a solo acoustic arrangement of James a few years ago but somehow it fell by the wayside. Last week I heard it again and figured I better resurrect it before it was too far gone.
It is a very catchy tune, written for James Taylor, and the original can be found on the Offramp album, by The Pat Metheny Group. It is still a work-in-progress, as I need to explore and improvise in the middle section more, but I just wanted to make a rough cut of where it is now.
http://www.totallyguitars.com/acoustics ... t-metheny/
>>Acoustic Snapshots Episode 88 - Neil plays James by Pat Metheny
Marc & Scott,
Thanks for the comments. I will go into this a bit on tomorrow's News but what I mean by rough is that it is not yet concert ready. The opening and closing where I play the melody is getting close but the middle section needs to be improvised and I need to explore more ideas that can be incorporated there so it is different every time. My recording of Black Orpheus, from Yesterday's News would give an example of this.
Neil
Thanks for the comments. I will go into this a bit on tomorrow's News but what I mean by rough is that it is not yet concert ready. The opening and closing where I play the melody is getting close but the middle section needs to be improvised and I need to explore more ideas that can be incorporated there so it is different every time. My recording of Black Orpheus, from Yesterday's News would give an example of this.
Neil