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"Derailed" is a hard rock guitar instrumental that I produced for a filmmaker here in Los Angeles. The song is built on a several solid guitar hooks. The song opens lightly with a delayed picked riff, and kicks in with the same riff modified for hard rock guitar. The bridge of the song changes feel a bit and gets a little melodic, heading into the Vito Bratta direction of things, with accent fille...

"HeadPhony" was written and produced for a film project I'm a part of. This track utilizes some of my favorite types of guitar riffing, which is the use of semi-tones to create what I call off-set notes. Players like Van Halen, Vai, and Satriani use these all the time, but I like to go deep with them and create moving main theme guitar hooks. What I mean by moving, is this song's main guitar riff...

"Cold Beaver", is a swing shuffle groove, fast tempoed hard rock guitar instrumenal that I produced for a TV Pilot project I'm a part of here in Los Angeles. This track grooves right along at 174 b.p.m. and incorporates two separate feels. The song's main theme guitar hook is built on a solid shuffle groove, while the song's bridge and middle guitar solo portions are a Jazzier off-beat groove that...

"Stick with Murder", named for a line from a script a long-time friend of mine is writing for a TV pilot is a serious BIG Groove Hard Rock guitar instrumental, with heavy guitar riffs, big giant bass, and isolated drums for maximum effect. Cut down the middle with an intricate mostly two-hand technique guitar solo with a warm Vito Bratta mid-range tone is definitely another one of my songs well wo...

"Bog Fruit" was produced by request for a TV pilot project here in LA. This track is a sideways Rock groove piece along the lines of classic Led Zeppelin and Hendrix. With a pinch of Progressive Rock timing thrown in for good measure and its super-wide stereo mix this is one is worth cranking some serious volume on. "Bog Fruit" is built on a rock solid guitar hook that transitions into a Jazzy dim...

"I like like you", is my first official release of 2016. This is a Hard Rockin' monster of a track built on a solid really catchy guitar hook, with a wide stereo Flanger and Chorus applied. Cut down the middle with a semi-melodic, slick Rick guitar solo, this one is worth blowing those speakers you got for Christmas on for sure.. The song's title FYI comes from a song done on an episode of the #BB...

"Fat Alice" is my and JFRocks.com's kick-off track for 2016. Each year the song title we kick-off with is basically our pet-name for the year. Last year in 2015 the kick-off track was called "SoundClowned". And it indeed marked a year of a lot of music written and released. I personally produced over 110 songs in 2015, most of which made it here to SoundCloud for you all to enjoy, and all of them...

"Chubby" is a hard rock guitar instrumental made up of a couple hook riffs I had laying around from earlier in the year that never got used. Sometimes I review old demos and find stuff that I glazed over that sounds really cool, or has potential. That said, this song's main guitar hook was one of those riffs. "Chubby", named for its FAT guitar tone and warm guitar solo changes modes a couple times...

"Cardboard Rhino" is guitar riff/hook based guitar instrumental with some Led Zeppelin flair and a pinch of shred thrown in for good measure. This track's title comes from a more severe version of the old saying, "paper tiger", and is also a drink a good friend of mine created and serves to unwitting customers at his establishment here in Los Angeles. All that said, this one with its wide stereo m...

"Rapping Paper", is has as its name would suggest a little Hip-Hop "rap" kind of feel and groove going on with it. This track is #funky to say the least, but more than that and what's probably important to my http://JFRocks.com following is that it ROCKS!! #HipHop and #Rap feels aside, this track has some serious Hard Rock guitar riffing going on. Cut down the middle with a rippin' Wah infused Shr...

"Pushing Dung", was produced for TV and Film licensing, but also just for some end of year fun with the Van Halen guitar style. This track jumps along at 140 bpm, with its hopping main guitar hook, followed by a modal change-up for the bridge with a little bit of a straight up rock down-beat to it. Cut down the middle with an MXR Stereo Chorus fueled guitar solo, this one should keep your holiday...

"Damned if I do" is a serious rocker to nearly bring 2015 to a close. This track has blend of things going on, not the least of which is the "Grunge" style mix technique we've applied to it. This track while having some very cool head-banging elements to it also has a bit of that grungy edge due to its mix and general guitar sound. Particularly the guitar sound of guitar 2 which is in your right s...

"Kanan Dume Hop", is a term we have in my circle for getting from the Canyon to the Beach. It's a twisting turning road that's a blast in a sports car or on a bike, when they're not tearing up the road to rebuild it. This track is as its title would suggest, "a hop". The main theme riff jumps, followed by a side-ways grooving bridge, and a searing guitar solo down the middle of it all. As always,...

"Ladies in Celluloid" - (a.k.a. "Women in Film"), is a guitar instrumental mix of melodic and heavy down-beat rock. This track was produced for a local filmmaker here in Los Angeles for what she calls an epic drama set in stone. Don't ask me what that means, I just compose, I let the filmmakers do what they do. This track is built on two solid guitar hooks with some pretty cool mixing of Flanger a...

"Trashcan Messiah" (a.k.a. Trashcan MessCya), before anyone spends too much time wondering where this track's name comes from, I'll just tell you. At a friend of mine's apartment building the people and manager of the building seem obsessed with where there garbage cans out back are placed. Even moving them 3 feet sends them into a frenzy. So of course, who can resist, we've been messing with them...

"Zombie Coffee", is a Power-Pop meet Hard Rock Guitar Instrumental. Produced for a local filmmaker here in Los Angeles, this track has a catchy melodic guitar-hook, with a slick bridge section, and a rather intricate guitar solo down the middle that incorporates a lot of 2-hand technique and under-bends to give it its feel and vibe. The solo and guitar hook are both very Vito Bratta meets Jeff Fio...

"Funked Up", is a Hard Rock Funk groove guitar instrumental. As always this track was produced for film and television licensing, but I'm always one to share with you guys here on SoundCloud. This track is mixed with wide stereo with a serious classic Gibson EBO bass sound surrounding the whole thing. It's a mix of 80's Hair Metal and late 60 Funkadelic. The tracks main theme riff is a double-stop...

"Out-Foxed" is a heavily (and intentionally) Van Halen influenced guitar riff-monster of an instrumental, produced for film and television licensing, and my Brown Sound tips page at http://JFRocks.com. This track utilizes a classic MXR Phase 90 and Flanger fueled early Van Halen Brown-Sound throughout. The main riffing and vibe of this track is based loosely on Hendrix's classic "Foxy Lady", but o...

"Pink Void" by its title is an obvious Pink Floyd themed piece, complete with analog delay, wide stereo reverb and Fender stratocasters everywhere. This track is built on a mellow yet solid Floyd inspired groove, with a 2-part guitar solo down the middle. Pink Void was produced for film and TV licensing as always, but hey,,, it's here for you on Soundcloud, so sit back, smoke'em if you got'em, get...

"Deranged" is a serious Hard Rock Guitar Instrumental piece, produced for the 8th annual http://JFRocks.com "JFRocks Halloween" track. This year I went in a more original song direction rather than semi-cover song based. Had a lot of fun with the Locrian and Phrygian modes on this track, creating a feisty mix of EVIL and almost danceable grooves. Cut down the middle with a rippin' and in some spot...

"Dairy Cow Sausage", is serious Hard Rock!!. It's title comes from something fed to me an even/dinner recently. I asked what it was, and the server replied, "Dair Cow Sausage", I, chuckled, and was also kind of bummed, that there you a Dairy Cow in the heartland of America, thinking you have it made in the shade, and get the graze all day until retirement. Then BAM, you screw up one time and don't...

"BITE Me", is a serious in your face Hard Rock guitar instrumental, that I produced as always for film and TV licensing. This track has a drop-dead double-stop guitar hook at its center, with a melodic mode shifted bridge/verse section. Down the middle of the whole thing is a very intricate, quirky, warm mid-range toned improvised guitar solo. I had a lot of fun with this song, and I'm pretty sure...

"Leafage", produced for film and television licensing, is a laid back Hard Rock Guitar Instrumental, with an almost White Lion Vito Bratta style feel to it. Built on 2 solid guitar hooks and cut down the middle with a very intricate and slick warm mid-range toned guitar solo, this track while fairly short in length isn't short on guitar tone and riffage.. Enjoy... and as always, CRANK IT UP!!! way...

"Big Wood", haven't done one in awhile, so here's another one for the now infamous JFRocks.com Zepp Set here on SoundCloud. "Big Wood" is built on an intricate mid-era Jimmy Page style guitar riff, that utilizes semi-chromatic tones, pull-offs, as well as 7th and 9th double-stops to create both tension and vibe. The song's seconary guitar riff is classic Hard Rock Zeppelin styling through and thro...

"Doctor Whom" - (The GuiTardis), is an obvious play on words albeit a grammatically incorrect one off "Doctor Who". Being a big Doctor Who fan I always like to work with themes in mind for tracks, and in honor of the good Doctor's season 9 guitar duel, I thought this would be fitting.. This track is built on a mix of intricate two-hand guitar riffs and an almost Rhoads style main guitar hook that...