This is what we did as a family the other night.

Merry Christmas

Brandon Flowers

So I guess I didn't know anything about Brandon Flowers, the lead singer of the Killers. Apparently he is from Utah or at least spent some of his youth here before moving to Vegas. He is also Mormon. Why do I care? I haven't been a huge Killers fan but I like some of their stuff, so I guess I didn't pay much attention until now.

A couple of years ago I found some old friends from my mission that I severed for the Church Of Jesus Christ of Later Day Saints(The Mormon Church). I found them on facebook and then proceeded to check out their profiles and found out that some of their children had grown up to be quite the musicians. So last year I offered to record some music for them in my home studio when they came out to Utah, and I spent a few days with them recording some of their demos. A very talented family. At the time their group was called "Bynow" and consisted of three siblings Rachel, Adam and Sarah Kaiser, but they have since changed their name to "The Neighbors". Sarah got married and moved away and Adam and Rachel are still out Rocking with their piano based rock as "The Neighbors".

So what does this have to do with Brandon Flowers, well not a whole lot, I don't know him but I know Rachel, and apparently Rachel has been on tour with him singing back ups and playing a little bit of keyboard for his solo album. Go Rachel! I think this is very cool and am glad to see Adam and Rachel out their following there dreams. And, imagine my surprise when I saw Rachel on Jay Leno last night singing with Brandon Flowers. She is the beautiful blond back up singer in this video, and will also be performing on Jimmy Kimmel tomorrow night.



You can check out the Neighbors right here in this next video. It will only be a matter time until you see them performing their own music on Jay Leno. Go Rachel and Adam!!

My Studio

I have had the opportunity of working with a lot of local talent here in Utah. This video is a compilation of some of the work I have done with others as well as my own in my studio.

Shred This Three

While I am not that much of a shredder anymore. I entered a contest on youtube for shredders. If you do not know what the definition of shredding is on guitar. Shredding= playing so many notes so fast that there's no room for any feeling to sneak in? Because, gee whiz, who has time for any of that pesky emotional stuff?
Whoever plays the fastest can get to the end of the song quickest!

Anyway, my take on it was to take a more blues feel in sound and feel. I am sure some kid who has time to play all day will win.

Disclaimer I make some weird faces when I played this and don't realize until I go back and check it out. So sorry.

If you want to view the other amazing entry's in this competition, go here. http://www.youtube.com/video_response_view_all?v=fXpJ4C8xKk0

I little guitar instrumental for you......

This song is actually pieces of real songs that had words, but never finished and always liked the melody, so I tuned some of the melody lines into a lead guitar track.

New CD

My latest CD is available on Itunes.
Or you can sample and buy tracks right here.

This is an 8 song album of songs I have slowly written or worked on over the past couple of years.

Mission Stories Out Of Print.

I just found out there are only a few physical copies of my first album Mission Stories left. If you want to support me by ordering a physical copy of the album, click here.

You can also always download this album on Itunes or Amazon.com

Couple of new vids

In an attempt to figure out my high def video software and some of my new recording software. I have been recording some live versions of my tunes in my studio.

This first video is of a song called the "The Greatest Gift" it was written for an EFY album a few years ago. I call it the EFY song that never was.




This next video is of a song called "Will I". A tune I wrote when I found out we were expecting our first child.

New Amp, Old Tune, High Def.....

So after spending a few hours in the guitar store, and wanting to go all tube, I finally droped some coin for a new guitar amp. While I fell in love with the Mesa Boogie stuff, it was just more economical to go with a Fender Hot Rod Deville. The clean is so nice and all my pedals sound great through it. Anyway, here is a demo of the new amp, with a pedal and some delay on a Satriani tune. I also figured out the whole HD thing on youtube, it takes longer to make a video, but the quality is much better.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy this tune, it has been a favorite of mine since I first started playing guitar.

SRV and Pride And Joy........

I got bored one night, put the mics up in the studio and busted out some blues. This is my live version of Stevie Ray Vaughan's Pride and Joy. SRV is probably one of the most influential guitarist in the last 30 years. While all the hairbands were shredding he was laying down some groovy rootsy blues and playing clubs and venues all over the world.

Here's what Wikipedia has to say:
Stevie Ray Vaughan (born Stephen Ray Vaughan; October 3, 1954 – August 27, 1990) was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. He is often considered to be one of the most important electric guitarists in the history of rock music by other musicians and commentators. Six albums of Vaughan's work have been released.[1] In 2003, Rolling Stone magazine ranked Stevie Ray Vaughan #7 in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time,[2] and Classic Rock Magazine ranked him #3 in their list of the 100 Wildest Guitar Heroes in 2007. He is widely considered to be one of the most influential blues guitarists in history.

Anyway here's my small atempt at playing one of his most popular tunes.