Neil Fein's Blog

As I posted, I played in at the guitar pull in Metuchen last night. For the record, I played (in order): Eyes Up Front, All I Remember, and There's That Song. I brought the Bluebird 12-string, and it stayed in tune better than I thought it would; the new tuners are settling in, finally.

Eyes Up Front sounded fairly good, I did more of a strummin' version than the usual arpeggiated arrangement. I keep getting comments on that chord sequence; I should ask someone who understands chord theory to explain to me why this chord sequence is odd. There's That Song sounded a little rough on the 12-string (first try, ya know). All I Remember is sounding good. I rewrote the first verse on the way home from work yesterday, and I like the way the song is headed. I still don't like the bridge, lyrically or musically. It has a nice rhythm to it, a nice fingersnappin', knee-slappin' song.

Bruce was there for most of it, playing bongos and trying to fade into the background. Unfortunately for him, as he's into rock and just plain odd music, this was a more folk-oriented evening than it even usually is, there's almost always a mix of folk, rock, blues, jazz, and "other" music you just can't put in a box (my personal favorite).

As best as I can explain, my own music is acoustic rock with folk-influenced sensibility on the lyrics, and it tends to use a lot of chords and structures from progressive jazz and art rock. Does anyone know if there's a name for this? Or perhaps it needs an invented name? Although I get a not-so-secret enjoyment out of using a style that doesn't fit current categories. My dream way back was to go beyond "rock" music, I may be doing that now.