guitarista - my guitar instrumental album

 This is an instrumental album that features the guitar. We introduced four instrumental songs in the Early Reflections album (also Other Reflections on streaming platforms). But those songs are just the tip of all the instrumental songs I composed. Most of which are experimental as I am not a prolific instrumentalist. The songs are result of trying out different gadgets. The melodies just came naturally. And the arrangements came with constant experimentation. My demotep series include a lot of these experiments and I have sorted them out into two types: the guitar based songs and the electronic based songs. This one is the guitar based songs. All the song here are rerecorded versions of the original ones from the demotep series.

• A Divine Traveler (1991) - This is probably the melody that stuck on my head too long, as I have several versions of this song on the demotep series. The very first version was done on the keytar- a yamaha SHS-10 which I borrowed from my uncle. The accompaniment is obviously a preset rhythm from the keyboard. This version is done in a classical guitar.
• Just Cruising (1993) - I was able to borrow a Kawaii GB-2 session trainer from miyo and this is one of the results from experimenting with the gadget. Among the three songs I made from the session trainer, this is the one I am most happy with. Its beat makes you want to go. The guitar was done on a zoom 3030 effects.
• Morning Sway (1993) - Another song created using the Kawaii GB-2 session trainer. This one is more of a swing. I am heavily influenced by a lot of Tony Mottolla LPs which my dad used to put on our record player when I was young. The influence is obvious with this song.
• Don't Dance With The Record (1994) - This song is not an experiment on gadget but an experiment on chord progressions. This was composed later on when I was trying out not so ordinary chord patterns. I felt the urge to create something that sounds odd but not too dark.
• Guns and Guitars (Instrumental) (1991) - Guns & Guitars is not really an instrumental song. It is a glam rock song I composed about guerillas. I felt this one would sound great as an instrumental piece hence I recorded it.
• Dry (1993) - The third song in this album that I made using the Kawaii GB-2 seesion trainer. The original accompaniment was done on a drums with brushes. The original version is much much longer that this. I felt dusty and dry with the mood of the song, hence the title.
• Beat The Mood (1991) - This one was made using the Yamaha SHS-10 keytar. It is an upbeat song that has a very 80s vibe. This one is not really a guitar song. But I feel the strumming makes up most of the song so I included it with this album. I was fascinated with the preset rhythms and fills from the SHS-10 which is obvious played too much on this song.
• The Love We Forget (1991) - When I was young, I was taught how to play the song romance d'amour on the classical guitar. It became the inspiration of this song. I took a few lessons on classical guitar in yamaha school of music and later on a couple of semester in college of music major in guitar. All I learned during those times were guitar exercises.
• Bright Red Theme (1995) - The purpose of creating this song was to make a short theme song for the website of the BRMP (Bright Red Music Productions) which I handled. This song was originally created using Soundforge Acid layered with guitar adlibs. Eventually I made it into a full song.
• Boiling Flowers In The Dirt (1995) - This song was created along with the other instrumental songs which came out on the Early Reflection album (Other Reflection in streaming platforms). It is heavy and have faster guitar licks which what I was up to at that time. This song lies between VBBF and Oxygen, done in a more commercially acceptable arrangement. The mood of this one is something on fire. Not typical for a last song in an album, but this one says there is more to come.

The album is now available on all streaming platforms. Just search for my name and you will find it. The album cover is a school project, a rubber cut artist print I did when I was third year in college of fine arts.