This week's composition, using the #microtonal #guitar for a fingerpicking instrumental. Sometimes floats, sometimes flows. https://weeklybeats.com/onezero/music/cahir
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Cahir
A couple years ago, I cobbled together a partscaster with a neck I'd had fretted for a grab-bag of just intonation intervals--24 to the "octave." It's been a while since I used it for one of the weekly tracks, because the plastic nut was slotted to have the strings closer together than I'd prefer. I'm planning to replace it with a bone nut, which I'll slot with spacing more like my other guitars. It could probably use a little tweaking with the action as well; you'll hear some inconsistent fretting, though some of that may be my limited positioning given the close spacing.
The signal chain is similar to the recent ones: JHS Colourbox, UA Volt, a bit of send to a convolution reverb, and compression/eq/limiting on the stereo.
Aesthetically, this one has some stronger sections and some floatier sections. There were other themes I liked, but which didn't fit and were left out. You'll hear me trying to get comfortable with this tuning again, which...may change soon. It's currently Bb F C E A D: fifths on the bottom, fourths on the top. While I liked the idea of the extended range, this ends up a bit weird: some things I'd want to fingerpick are long stretches, already made awkward with the tight fretting. Fifths all the way up would have been too much tension on the neck, I think.
The title comes from the town in Ireland on R640.
She didn’t deserve what I did. That’s the worst part.
She gave everything… and I just wasn’t there in the same way. So I walked away. And yeah - it hurts like hell.
“Hurts Like Hell”
#originalmusic #newmusic #heartbreak #emotionalmusic #sadmusic #independentartist #regretHead over to my YouTube channel to check out the live play-through video for 'As Winter Draws Nigh' - a brooding atmospheric Fingerstyle odyssey.
https://youtu.be/yx2lOuYPPug?si=xUV8Hy_UxUbclVv0
Or even better, dive into the full studio version over at peteizzard.bandcamp.com
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As Winter Draws Nigh - Pete Izzard (Immersive Acoustic Guitar)
YouTubeHappy-sad piece for credits roll of an indie drama. Hire me for some soundtrack work.
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Sometimes it feels like everyone’s gone quiet. No replies. No calls. “Behind a Door”
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