For the last few years, friend and musicians alike have been urging me to record a solo album. I kept saying, no one wants to hear a solo free form guitar record; most of them are noisemakers or repetitive or just plain boring. I held off for quite some time when I started to think about it.
My first question to myself was; how do I not make it boring and repetitive?
I decided to record one or two pieces a day. This way I could stay fresh in my playing. So each day, without warming up, I recorded two pieces.
My next question was; should it all be outside playing? Again, that could be boring too. I decided to record one outside piece and one inside tonal piece a day. There is no written music. This is sheer improvisation. What you hear is the results of three days of recording.
Dom Minasi
Recorded at 104 Studios NYC
Recorded July 14th, 15th, & 16th 2011
Mixed and Mastered by Dom Minasi
Guitar: Carlo Greco Custom L5
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