"In The Mists Of Time"

[rick-slo]

Added a tune from my 2014 CD "Say It Out" to my youtube collection.

[Imbler]

Very smooth and relaxing. I played it while I was doing some vexing work, and it made it go better!
Mike

[Glennwillow]

Very nice Derek! Beautifully recorded and beautifully played!

- Glenn

[rick-slo]

Thanks guys.

[mesa]

Beautiful work Derek!

[MrEd]

Very well played Derek - beautiful.

Mike

[rick-slo]

Thanks mesa and Ed.

[TBman]

Nice job with that.

[SalFromChatham]

Wow Derek. Fantastic.

[rick-slo]

Thanks for listening and the comments guys.

[rémy64]

Very beautiful composition and nice sound!

[TBman]

Originally Posted by rick-slo

Thanks for listening and the comments guys.

I've been listening to your compositions for years and always wanted to ask you this. When you compose do you outline it with the chord positions as anchors and then fill in between with the melody runs, resolving at each chord anchor/resolving point while at the same time have the chords within a progression or do you just do straight melody and then add the chords to fill it out?

[SprintBob]

That’s beautiful Derek, thanks for sharing with us.

Happy Easter!

Cheers,

Bob

[islandguitar]

Derek, Once again, the cleanest, most wonderful playing and recording!! All your stuff is just "lights out"..........
Thanks for posting this one!!
Regards,
Fred

[rick-slo]

Thanks guys.

Barry, no consitent way of composing though always an ear towards a melody line

Not up front being tied to pattern playing or diatonic chords gives a lot of freedom.

Noodling around time is usually playing different chords and progressions. The beginning
of a melody may come from that. For example playing around with the chords below I
could use the notes of the second string to get started on some melody.

x - x - x - x - x
4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 5
5 - 5 - 5 - 6 - x
5 - 4 - 6 - 5 - x
x - x - 4 - x - x
4 - 4 - x - 5 - x