Welcome! Its a pleasure and an honor to be serving up my guitar podcast for a 4th season - Thanks for your support! This project has evolved from an audio presentations (MP3 files ) of my solo finger-style guitar arrangements, to music videos, and this year, I'll emphasize my work featuring full bands. I still strive to create and share music that reflect simpler times, when music was recorded with minimal edits, effects, and digital processing. Yes - these are digital recordings, but they are played on traditional-style guitars without any enhancements or digital tricks. Modern technology is wonderful and the music of today is great. I want to share music played and recorded the way I remember it from my youth and as it was taught to me. These videos are formatted for iPod/Zune videos (mpeg4). If you want to see the online streaming version (.flv), please check out MY GUITAR MUSIC link by clicking on the guitar icon on the right or visit me at BreitLinks (www.breitlinks.com). http://breitlinks.com/my_music.htm Copyright 2007 William P. Breitsprecher and BreitLinks - All Rights Reserved http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss en-us Tue, 1 Jan 2008 13:49:45 +0000 webmaster@clubtnt.org (Bill Breitsprecher) Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:49:45 +0000 G webmaster@clubtnt.org (Bill Breitsprecher) Music http://breitlinks.com/IMAGES/GuildX-500Trans144.gif http://breitlinks.com/my_music.htm www.breitlinks.com/my_music.htm logo 144 59 Please join the band as we play a jazz classic, Herbie Hancock's Watermelon Man. Its a timeless piece, still popular at jazz sessions - a playful song that sounds like a party and makes people want to clap along and dance. I will not be releasing a podcast video until August or September. Please enjoy your summer (June/July 2010). Tue, 22 Jun 2010 12:02:45 +0000 http://breitlinks.com/PodcastVideos/watermelonManMP4.mp4 I started adding my music videos to my YouTube channel late last fall. Here is the most popular video - a peaceful song that I play to help children sleep or to provide a quiet atmosphere for reading or independent work. My version has a "jazz waltz" feel, a subtle difference that you will feel. It is fun to watch children listen. We laugh and laugh together when they realize that I am playing a lullaby with a slight swing feel - not something they would expect me to play. (May 15, 2010). Sat, 15 May 2010 12:02:45 +0000 http://breitlinks.com/PodcastVideos/2_RockAByeBaby.mp4 I released an acoustic/finger-style solo guitar arrangement of this a couple of years ago. Actually, there were two: a Halloween version, and another one with 1950's malt shop and juke box. Here, with the help of the Digital Blues Band, we have rerecorded it and have matched it up with an animation about everything that has happened in the world up to now. (April 15, 2010). Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:02:45 +0000 http://breitlinks.com/PodcastVideos/BillsBounceHistoryOfWorldMP4.mp4 Here's a Thelonious Monk tune - one of my favorites. It's an upbeat swing-blues. The version I play in this video has a bit of a rock feel in the rhythm section, brought to you by the Digital Blues Band. This is a fun piece to play because the melody plays through some II-V changes while the backup band is playing the chords straight. (March 12, 2010). Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:02:45 +0000 http://breitlinks.com/PodcastVideos/StraightNoChaserMP4.mp4 In honor of African American History Month, I have recorded this old-time spiritual. It goes back to at least the 1890s and is probably much older. It is performed under different names, "The Angel of Death," "There's a Man Goin' Round", "There's a Man", and just plain "Takin' Names (title as I learned it). Various people have recorded it over the years, including Josh White, though many know it from a Peter, Paul, and Mary release. It's a haunting melody with chords that absolutely ring with dark overtones on a guitar. (February 9, 2010). Sun, 07 Feb 2010 12:02:45 +0000 http://breitlinks.com/PodcastVideos/TakingNamesMP4.mp4 An instrumental version of this song was one of the first audio tracks I released on this podcast series four years ago. Sometimes I perform it with lyrics that I wrote. While many consider this a blend of blues and "spoken word," this is actually an old style - improvised lyrics that are stated, not sung. Recorded with bass, drums, I perform the guitar parts and wrote and sing the lyrics. On drums is "Wild Bill" Krupinski and "Catcus Joe" Leonard steps in on the bass. (January 9, 2010). Sat, 09 Jan 2010 12:02:45 +0000 http://breitlinks.com/PodcastVideos/LateFreightMP4.mp4