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Shutdown Breakdown
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Solo acoustic guitar instrumental improv
jazz instrumental folk blues slide lap steel fingerstyl101 guitar turbodiddley
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Solo artist and sideman. Fingerstyle blues, folk, jazz, country. Play slide on National steel, lap steel, dobro, and Turbodiddley. Wide tonal palette -
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Peak #48
Peak in subgenre #17
Author
Geo Ballentine
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2013
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October 03, 2013
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MP3 4.3 MB 160 kbps 3:44
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This is a quick improv to help me digest or express my frustrations with our politicians and electorate. I take no sides and point no fingers - I just play some music. There's some digital buzz around 3:00 that I don't know how to get rid of in Audacity. Sorry. The 'breakdown' is a loose reference to fiddle or banjo breakdowns, tho this isn't in that style. It's essentially a dialogue between dissonance and consonance. And as you'll hear - it ends on a hopeful note [well, chord]. I hope you like it, tho I'm not sure it's a particularly likable piece. If I put a guitar in my hands it very quickly tells me where I'm at emotionally. This is where I am today - a bit ragged.
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gabe stenziano
Oct 20, 2013
real pretty, buddy. creates a nice place to wander.