Major Snagg
Blue Sky Thinking, Pink Sky Dreaming
A collection of interesting and mostly instrumental pieces.
Release date: June 2021
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1
An Encounter In The Asteroid Belt (Instrumental)
A rock guitar instrumental. A 'homage' to probably my all time favourite band . . .Be Bop Deluxe. I've really gone back to my Rock Roots with this one. What fun I had :)
MP3 (128 kbps)
4:11
2
Bert Weedon a go-go
A Retro-Modern take on the Twangy Guitar style. A would be Hank Marvin / Bill Nelson / Major Snagg colaboration. The intro features a clanky Rickenbacker bass. The 'Verses' alternate between Retro and Modern and jangly electric 12 string.
MP3 (160 kbps)
3:40
3
Guitarboy (1st Transformation) Twang Option
A guitar instrumental created specially for The Coconut Blues Club Music Challenge January 2014. Guitars used were: Parker Fly (all lead and backwards sections), Yamaha PAC303-12 (rhythm parts), Rickenbacker 4003 bass guitar. Various voice samples.
MP3 (128 kbps)
2:29
4
Guitarboy (2nd. Transformation) Wild Option
Further developement of the 'Guitarboy' story and themes.
MP3 (128 kbps)
3:29
5
Hide And Seek (Armageddon Option)
A Rock song backing track with an added 'found' voice sample.
MP3 (128 kbps)
4:47
6
The Big E Sequence
An instrumental with Progressive Rock flavours...Hammond organ, Mellotron, Electric 12 string guitar, Rickenbacker 4003 bass, e-bow, electric guitars. Lots and lots of guitar interest in this multi-layered creation. Enjoy...
MP3 (160 kbps)
4:30
7
Cry To The Moon (part 1 & 2) Classic Rock Option
This song, in two parts, is firstly a tribute to the Classic Rock that I grew up listening to, after The Beatles left the scene...bands such as Ten Years After...Be Bop Deluxe...Thin Lizzy etc.. You really ever grow out of liking it do you !
MP3 (128 kbps)
5:26
8
Guitarboy And The World Of Tomorrow
A 'Retro-Modern', Twangy guitar instrumental.
Lossless, MP3 (320 kbps)
3:45
9
Tiny Little Thing (2021) wav
A pretty little Country Music inspired guitar based instrumental by Bill Nelson.
Lossless, MP3 (320 kbps)
1:54
10
The Light From A Different Sun
An experimental instrumental using sampled voices to move it along.
MP3 (128 kbps)
3:58
11
Duane Eddy In Chime Town
A Retro Modern Twangy guitar instrumental. I used my beautiful white, Eastwood Astro Cadet (Bill Nelson Model) guitar for this instrumental.
Lossless, MP3 (320 kbps)
3:00
12
Penumbra (parts 1-3)
A guitar instrumental with a few twists and turns. Some tasty harmony parts too. All the lead lines are played on my Eastwood Astroluxe Cadet Bill Nelson model
MP3 (160 kbps)
4:42
13
The Pool Of Reflections (Echo & Narcissus)
An instrumental inspired by early to mid period Genesis. The use of multi- layered acoustic 12 string guitars, keyboard, keyboard bass sounds and dreamy e-bow gives this tune an instant nostalgic Prog Rock sound.
MP3 (320 kbps)
6:29
14
Futurescape 2099 (Backing Track)
A simple mid tempo backing track using a D to G chord sequence... the other sections, are Bm - G - A. The 'coda' is an extension on G
MP3 (192 kbps)
3:32
