{"id":79,"date":"2014-10-02T11:24:40","date_gmt":"2014-10-02T11:24:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/martinphilipsmith.wordpress.com\/?p=79"},"modified":"2014-10-02T11:24:40","modified_gmt":"2014-10-02T11:24:40","slug":"going-acoustic-song-1-betrayal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alterativus.com\/martinphilipsmith\/?p=79","title":{"rendered":"Going Acoustic – Song 1: Betrayal"},"content":{"rendered":"

As mentioned in an earlier post<\/a>, one of my missions as the “Online Troubadour”\u00a0\u00a0is to share my work in progress with you – even in its rough, early stages. \u00a0So here we go, work in progress #1…<\/p>\n

I want to perform a mix of covers and my own original material in my new solo, acoustic set. \u00a0 As well as writing some new material, I am enjoying revisiting some of my old songs and seeing how well they make the transformation to the new format.<\/p>\n

Betrayal is a song I wrote about 8 years ago. \u00a0I was very much in a blues and blues-rock phase at that time. I\u00a0performed the song with\u00a0my old band SkyHunter and we (the band) also recorded it in our one and only studio session<\/a>. \u00a0The version performed and recorded at that time was a latin-tinged, blues-rock treatment – very reminiscent of Santana. \u00a0Indeed, my lead guitar work on the recording has “Homage to Carlos” written all over it.<\/p>\n

I’ve done rough recordings of two solo acoustic versions of the song. \u00a0In one version, I have stuck with the original chord changes. \u00a0However, playing around with the song, I started to feel the need to add some harmonic colour to it. So, for version 2, I’ve made the chord changes a little more complex and a little more “jazzy”. \u00a0I have also altered the melody very slightly to match the new changes. It starts to sound like something Antonio Carlos Jobim might have written.<\/p>\n

Please have a listen to the following clips and let me know what you think…<\/p>\n

Clip 1 is the bluesy, latin rock version I recorded with SkyHunter – gracias Carlos Santana for the inspiration!<\/em><\/p>\n

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Clip 2 is a solo acoustic take – with the original chords<\/p>\n

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Clip 3 is the solo acoustic take with the new chords – obrigado Senhor Jobim!<\/em><\/p>\n

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