Guitar Instrumentals?

Bill Arsenault

Bill Arsenault

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Curious what people like for Guitar Oriented instrumental music.
Any genre whatsoever but should at least be accessible and interesting-
meaning Listenable. Thx.

Here’s my submission.

 
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Aside from Satch, Vai, EJ, Holdsworth, Jeff Beck...

Alex Machacek - [sic], F.A.T.
Allen Hinds - Fly South, Monkeys and Slides
Andy Timmons - Theme From a Perfect World
Andy Wood - Junktown
The Aristocrats - everything!
Blues Saraceno - Never Look Back
Consider the Source - Are You Watching
Dixie Dregs - everything!
Forq - everything!
Greg Koch - Strat's Got Your Tongue, Radio Free Gristle
Guthrie Govan - Erotic Cakes
Jim Weider / Project Percolator - Percolator, Pulse
Lari Basilio - Far More, The Sound of my Room
@Larry Mitchell - The Traveler, Rhythm of Life
Mark Lettieri - everything!
Mattias IA Eklundh - everything!
Michael Lee Firkins - Michael Lee Firkins
Nick Johnston - Remarkably Human
Pete Thorn - Guitar Nerd
Plini - everything!
Richie Kotzen - Electric Joy
Scott Henderson - Vibe Station, People Mover
Sonny Landreth - Elemental Journey, others (not all instrumental)
Steffen Schackinger - Fire Dance
 
Really appreciate it.
I need a constant stream of music to attempt to distract myself from my tinnitus- seriously.
I often run out ideas- get lazy and just keep listening to the same playlists.

Time to go check out that Andy Timmons cat at WinterLand.
After I do morning check in on the Tinnitus Talk forum to see if anyone I know offed themselves last night.
Have a great weekend- hopefully start packing away some winter gear for some of us.
Thx again.
 
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unix-guy said:
Aside from Satch, Vai, EJ, Holdsworth, Jeff Beck...

Alex Machacek - [sic], F.A.T.
Allen Hinds - Fly South, Monkeys and Slides
Andy Timmons - Theme From a Perfect World
Andy Wood - Junktown
The Aristocrats - everything!
Blues Saraceno - Never Look Back
Consider the Source - Are You Watching
Dixie Dregs - everything!
Forq - everything!
Greg Koch - Strat's Got Your Tongue, Radio Free Gristle
Guthrie Govan - Erotic Cakes
Jim Weider / Project Percolator - Percolator, Pulse
Lari Basilio - Far More, The Sound of my Room
@Larry Mitchell - The Traveler, Rhythm of Life
Mark Lettieri - everything!
Mattias IA Eklundh - everything!
Michael Lee Firkins - Michael Lee Firkins
Nick Johnston - Remarkably Human
Pete Thorn - Guitar Nerd
Plini - everything!
Richie Kotzen - Electric Joy
Scott Henderson - Vibe Station, People Mover
Sonny Landreth - Elemental Journey, others (not all instrumental)
Steffen Schackinger - Fire Dance
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Thanks Kevin.
I’ll be rocking your bands music for the foreseeable future.
That stuff absolutely grows on you- and you kinda need your fix.
Maybe a good time to point out that your musicianship is next level.
I honestly don’t know how you do it.
You write your leads so that every note has a purpose and then you manipulate each note to exploit the nuances of the tone your using.
But it still sounds completely natural.
Dont even tell me that it’s all off the cuff.
It’s crazy good.
looking forward to checking out the Allen Hinds stuff- forgot about him somehow.
He is the hero of the Chris Poland I posted.
 
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What separates guitar instrumental from instrumental?

The only instrumental music I listen to on any regular basis is cloudkicker and caspian. No two albums are alike from either artist, so there's something for every mood.
 
The two names of those bands sound like something I’m gonna like. Thx.
I guess the guitar should be prominently featured- but not totally overdone.
And no vocals with words.
Wow. Yeah- Cloudkicker qualified. Fucking awesome.
Listening to From The Balcony now. Perfection. Thx so much.
 
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Really like both of John Petrucci’s solo CD’s and both Liquid Tension Experiment CD’s. LTE III is due out at the end of the month. Here’s one of my favorites of theirs so far.

 
Bill Arsenault said:
Thanks Kevin.
I’ll be rocking your bands music for the foreseeable future.
That stuff absolutely grows on you- and you kinda need your fix.
Maybe a good time to point out that your musicianship is next level.
I honestly don’t know how you do it.
You write your leads so that every note has a purpose and then you manipulate each note to exploit the nuances of the tone your using.
But it still sounds completely natural.
Dont even tell me that it’s all off the cuff.
It’s crazy good.
looking forward to checking out the Allen Hinds stuff- forgot about him somehow.
He is the hero of the Chris Poland I posted.
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Thank you for the nice words about my music and playing.

I take pride in writing music and the solos are always the cherry on top :)

I have always had a knack for writing melodic solos... And as I've gotten older and my tastes have "matured" that has become a big focal point for me.

I am really firmly in the Randy Rhoads camp of a solo being a "song within a song".

Back many years ago in my previous hair metal band, during rehearsal I broke a string mid-solo. I was playing a Charvel with a Floyd Rose so I just stopped playing. The other members of the band all spontaneously started singing my guitar solo! That's an important milestone for making me recognize the power of a good solo - especially being melodic and memorable. :D

Many of the earlier songs had solos that I crafted and refined/revised over a period of days/weeks until I was happy. Most of the later stuff is off the cuff playing that we comped together in the studio. I prefer the latter method as I think capturing your playing in the moment has a better chance of getting some "magic".

One thing I know for certain is that I have my own style. I have a lot of influences but I suck at copying other players! Also I spent a lot of years avoiding blues-based stuff (I wish I hadn't now) because I didn't want to get stuck in that style... Also spent much time playing in major modes rather than minor where most rock guys live.

Anyway, I'm grateful for your compliments and glad I can help provide some relief from your tinnitus.

Hopefully once lockdown is over my new instrumental project will get some stuff wrapped up and you can add that to the list :)
 
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