Although quite difficult to replicate what I do and the sound I achieve at my gigs through tiny computer speakers, these demos show a sample of the formats I play in.
I'm really trying to focus on upbeat songs from the past 50 years and move away from the overplayed, cliché, bogan-anthems. These layers of sounds you can hear can be produced live, on my own, with the use of a "Loop Pedal" that I control with my feet. A loop pedal, simply, is a device to record the sounds I'm making live on stage, in real time and have those recordings play back with me. This can open up endless and amazing creative walls of sounds, sounding more like a band than a soloist. For one of the larger solo formats, my guitar has two pick ups. One is for my acoustic guitar and the other is for a special effects pedal that can change my guitar playing into many different sounds. Eg: Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar with distortion, Piano, Trumpets, String and Brass ensembles, endless Synth and Electro and the list goes on…! I can use a stomp box for kick drum sounds and various other ways to achieve beats and percussion to my loops ie; Playing electric drum kit pads, beat boxing, egg shaker, hand claps etc. |
Solo Acoustic
This can be done stripped right back with just me, the guitar and a microphone, or a simplified, more organic version of the complex looping I do, as in these demos
Use headphones if you want me right up against your cerebral fluid. It just sounds better.
Use headphones if you want me right up against your cerebral fluid. It just sounds better.
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Duo Live Looping
Live recordings from a Melbourne gig with Danny Azzopardi on digital drums.
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