I spent the better part of today mixing up batch after batch of thin-set mortar for an outdoor firepit. My right hand was a cement mixer. By dinner time it hurt like hell and I needed to do something. Ah-ha, play guitar. For some reason I've found that playing guitar is therapeutic for hurting hands. Don't know why, but it works for me.
I sat down and recorded 8:00 minutes of a piece that I've been working on for a couple of months now. It is an original piece inspired by one chord from a song called Dred by French guitarist Jean Charles Guichen.
I've played this for friends out at Sea Ranch, then at my house for our St. Paddy's Day party. When I played it out at Sea Ranch, the song had no name, it was more of a practice piece for me, but it has grown and evolved. A dinner guest at a party out at the Sea Ranch commented it reminded him of Rodrigo's Concierto de Arunjuez. So, the piece is now called Sueño, dream in Spanish. It has a common thread throughout the song (A-A#-C-D scale) and has 4 movements. The piece is meditative. Not something you can rock down the highway listening to, but more like something to close your eyes and day dream to.
Click on Spanish Dream to listen!
Musical luv,
-Scott
Sunday, May 10, 2009
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