Donald Merand

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🎵 Output before Input #133 - 2022.05.21 Riff somewhere between AC/DC and Pinback

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🎵 Output before Input #132 - 2022.05.21 Single-note slippery climb

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🎵 Output before Input #131 - 2022.05.20 This one brings real confrontational energy.

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🎵 Output before Input #130 - 2022.05.20 Sweet + cinematic, tentative.

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🎵 Output before Input #129 - 2022.05.19 A simple exploration, which nonetheless managed to jump the rails a bit.

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🎵 Output before Input #128 - 2022.05.18 This sketch isn’t sure what it wants to be when it grows up.

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🎵 Output before Input #127 - 2022.05.17 I think the theme here is “maintaining consistency” and how some days it’s easy and other days it’s all you can do.

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🎵 Output before Input #126 - 2022.05.14 Messy feelings this morning

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🎵 Output before Input #125 - 2022.05.13 Trudge through the sludge

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🎵 Output before Input #124 - 2022.05.12 I love the style of outlining melody that guitarists like Celestine Ukwu, Ray Phiri, or Ebo Taylor play. It sounds upbeat, but I find it quite a challenge to improvise at tempo and keep that feeling.

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🎵 Output before Input #123 - 2022.05.10 Sometimes I have a plan when I hit “record” but this one was a “hit record + see what comes out” moment.

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🎵 Output before Input #122 - 2022.05.10 Both hands on the fretboard this morning - I must have looked like Picasso’s guitarist.

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🎵 Output before Input #121 - 2022.05.08 Maybe it’s just me but I’m always amazed at how one instrument can play multiple sonic roles and the ear will fill things in with enough hints.

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🎵 Output before Input #120 - 2022.05.08 This makes me think of the old Latif Learned work .

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🎵 Output before Input #119 - 2022.05.06 A chord study. I tried a bunch of stuff this morning but it all came out so unfocused that it was unusable. It’s interesting how much of a window into my psyche this process has been.

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🎵 Output before Input #118 - 2022.05.04 This makes me think of riding on the train.

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🎵 Output before Input #117 - 2022.05.03 Full-on free-association. I was trying not to follow any of my patterns for too long.

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🎵 Output before Input #116 - 2022.05.03 I can’t stay away from the degraded I IV V harmonies.

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🎵 Output before Input #115 - 2022.05.03 Sinister beachside / desert situation (or is it?)

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🎵 Output before Input #114 - 2022.05.02 This is pretty much my default improv state - though kind of raw + sloppy today.

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🎵 Output before Input #113 - 2022.05.02 A cinematic theme, only too aggressive-sounding to be in the background.

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🎵 Output before Input #112 - 2022.05.01 Somersaulting melody

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🎵 Output before Input #111 - 2022.04.30 Something like a deconstructed/degraded Foo Fighters riff.

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🎵 Output before Input #110 - 2022.04.29 Navigating a labyrinth and not ever really finding the center.

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🎵 Output before Input #109 - 2022.04.28 I played a lot of Pink Floyd in my youth, so sometimes the David Gilmour vibe comes out a bit.