
Steel Resonator Guitar
SW: Reason 4, Live 7
This began with a riff on acoustic that jumped to a steel resonator and complemented by orchestral parts.
Classical Guitar, Nashville Guitar, Lap Steel Guitar
SW: KORE, Live 7
A playful theme that fuses American and Mexican styles. The incredible musician Jon Chi added the lap steel and Nashville-tuned guitar.
DAW
SW: Reason 4
A cinematic theme for violin and cellos.
DAW
SW: Live 8
A Latin piece featuring a distorted Wurlitzer and bomba percussion beat.
Acoustic Guitar
SW: Live 7
A droning fingerstyle acoustic guitar, overlaid with some harmonics for texture.
Acoustic Guitar, DAW
SW: Live 8
A cross-cultural fusion of polyrhythmic Brazilian guitar, Indian santoor (similar to a dulcimer), Latin congas, and a drum kit.
DAW
SW: KORE, Live 8
Inspired by Brazilian baterias (massive drum troupes popular during Carnaval) but filled out with a fat synth line.
DAW
SW: Reason 4
Drone and percussion lay the foundation for a melody that utilizes a North African scale.
DAW
SW: Reason 3
Glitchy and entirely synthetic, this selection started with James Bernard's Weird and Wonderful Refill.
DAW
SW: Reason 4
Capitalizing on an early 90's electronic beat and then adding organ and bass.
Acoustic Guitar, DAW
SW: Live 7
An alternate tuning on guitar provided the genesis of this tune, afterwards complemented by software instruments.
DAW
SW: Reason 3
A triumphant rock number that started with the crunchy guitar progression.
DAW
SW: Live 8
A polyrhythmic world fusion piece, created with Live's new Collision instrument.
DAW
SW: Reason 4
The result of an experiment, reducing a song to as few morphing variables as possible (a single Combi for the Reason geeks out there).
DAW
SW: Live 8
A spare treatment with a funky beat, spacey pad, and synthy log drum bass.