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Confessin’ Live w the Cold Club of Queens

Stan was in a melancholy mood, and as soon as I realized what was happening, I picked up the phone to record. We were warming up in the backroom of Bistro So before the Thursday night gypsy jazz jam. It wasn’t meant to be recorded or witnessed by anyone except me, and the imperfections just made it more beautiful. No matter what happens in life, we are where we’ve been and wouldn’t be who we ar...

Another Skeksis demo. This was our first rehearsal and I recorded us playing the riff on my phone. I took it home and laid down the vocals. This song refers to the collection of tithings by the Skeksis from the Maudra of the Gelfling clan. I love singing this song live as it’s very easy to get that passion with it. I always imagined a raw and evil Jim Morison or John Fogerty when I sang it. The...

This is the demo of a song out of 5 that I wrote where the band are the skeksis from the dark crystal. This demo caused the band to form. The project remains unfinished as Covid killed us. One day, we’ll revisit. For reference, this song is about this: th-cam.com/video/7FnezLs_1ng/w-d-xo.htmlsi=lkknX7KP_Yp_Q_13 I loved this vocal sound as it’s very skeksis. Later, I gave them more of a Cookie M...

I haven’t written a good riff in a couple of years (I should post some of my pre covid music here with my band at some point. I often will just improvise riffs and never keep them, but I happened to write a few lines down today while traveling and wanted to fit them into a song. This was the result. Could use some practice/polish - maybe some drums - probably a different guitar w a little overd...

Last night before the jam got hot, loud, and hopping, I was fortunate to get to back Alex on this beautiful ballad - and I got to improvise a decent solo in the middle. It’s not perfect by any means, but it’s even more beautiful because of its imperfections. 0:00 - Alex melody 1:43 - My solo 3:24 - Alex melody

I’ve been playing this style of guitar for a couple of years now. I know my soloing has a lot of room for growth, but after listening back to this live recording, I can’t help, but be reminded of the romantic aspect of being able to sit next to two other musicians and create something so beautiful without ever needing to practice together: some Django solo - some improvisation - the bustle of t...

Alex 0:00 Travis 2:00 Fred 3:15 Alex 4:30 A casual spread-out Tears with a rare sighting of Fred on guitar (instead of bass)

Baltimore came to Brooklyn for our jam at Christina’s. 0:10 Alex Simon 1:10 Sam Farthing 2:06 Darragh 3:04 Gabe 4:01 Travis 4:58 Alex

Minor swing - Olli Soikkeli, Simba Baumgartner, & Paul Sikivie - Barbes - Brooklyn

Cool impromptu call last night that I had the privilege to capture. Travis plays it down with impressive skill with a flat B string and lots of vibrato and bends to fix it when needed throughout. Also an impressive exploration of the song only knowing a few bars of the head. 0:00 Travis (guitar) 1:36 Gabe (guitar) 3:10 Trevor (bass) 4:40 Travis 5:28 Gabe 5:51 Travis Stan also sitting in and com...

Live performance where I got to play the head and take the first solo. I’m especially happy that I snuck in a quote of smoke on the water (stolen from Josco Stephan th-cam.com/video/FxejlXk4JDo/w-d-xo.htmlsi=a_6Kv7ZgvvrH38nY ) during the head on the way out: 0:00 - Tome head 0:55 - Tome solo (guitar) 1:54 - Stan solo (guitar) 2:50 - Fred solo (bass) 3:44 - Jonathan solo (guitar) 4:37 - Head out...

Silent Night Improvisation

Audio only - I can’t give you anything but love - bistro so

Dark Eyes - Bistro So Thursday Jam - Audio Only

Seul Ce Soir - Bistro So Thursday jam - audio only

If I Had You - Bistro So - Thursday Open Jam - Audio Only

I wonder where my little hula girl has gone

Makedonsko Devojce - ukulele - looper pedal

Djangology jamming at Smorgasburg

Seul Ce Soir - Gabe & Stan - outside Bistro So in Williamsburg Brooklyn

Don’t think twice it’s alright - Bob Dylan cover

O Come O Come Emanuel Xmas Eve Quick Improv

Deuce Ambiance - live recording - St Mazie Williamsburg Brooklyn

Just the two of us (improvised solo)

Hungaria - Bistro So Williamsburg

After You’re Gone - solo etude - gypsy/manouche style

All of Me - Alex Simon & Vince at Thief - Williamsburg Brooklyn