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Fingerstyle guitar . The recording was cited by Guitar Player Magazine as, 'An exhilarating, oddmeter minefield inspired by Near Eastern music. An important recording from a gifted composer, arranger and performer.' Two more releases followed on the Acoustic Guitar label. In recent years, Sparks had been immersed in the ethnic music scene, performing on Oud in middle eastern ensembles, and accompanying on guitar in Greek and Klezmer orchestras. He was a featured performer with Crossing Border...
It's just me solo, on my own. I have been known to collaborate and record with others. I enjoy creating music in a variety of genres such as pop, rock, jazz, classical style, big band and even some orchestral music. My recording set-up is fairly simple: a Mackie Spike USB soundcard with Traktion recording software. I use Sibelius software for score writing. My main instrument is guitar: I mainly use a Yamaha SG1000 and a Yamaha APX 9 nylon strung.