Derek Barlas
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Perhaps Extended Perhaps Extended
This track was written by Jeff Cozine. It was submitted to a musical collaboration website, kompoz.com. I re-arranged the song to extend it slightly and added all additional instuments (excluding Jeffs original acoustic guitar and vocal).
At the Lake - Master 1 At the Lake - Master 1
breakout - mp3 mix breakout - mp3 mix
aviation.mp3 aviation.mp3
This song kind of reminds me of gliding, so I called it aviation. Mostly acoustic guitar with some synth parts.
Early Morning Early Morning
For once, a fairly happy little number. Mostly my Larrivee acoustic, with some harmonica, piano and tremolo guitar.
Danny - City by the Sea Danny - City by the Sea
This is a beautiful song which was written, recorded and sung by Danny, a musician over at the Acoustic Guitar Forum. I liked it so much that I couldn't help but add some Lap Steel guitar to it.
Horses of Sable Island Horses of Sable Island
Inspired by the CBC documentary "Horses of Sable Island", about a herd of wild horses which live on a remote island on the East coast of Canada.
Desert at Night Desert at Night
Another moody instrumental. I just discovered open Cm tuning for slide guitar and that is the main sound featured here. Works perfectly for my style.
Opening Up Opening Up
I like the "space" in this arrangement. I also like the mix of acoustic and electric sounds.
Sawgrass Swamp Sawgrass Swamp
A dark little number, inspired by the swamps of the Everglades.
Cattails Cattails
Another slow song. Features fake-Baritone guitar and mandolin. And Ebow - lots of Ebow.
The Cold Descent The Cold Descent
Inspired by the brutal cold of Ontario in January. A dark brooding piece featuring judicious use of the Ebow.
Gumshoe Gumshoe
Tremolo! Can you ever get enough tremolo? Probably one of the earliest guitar effects and still one of my favourites. This is crying out for a sax solo, but I cant play sax, so .. too bad.
Crystal Cave Crystal Cave
Another instrumental with mostly lapsteel. Also features some mandolin and tremolo bass.
