Josh Salazar

Episodes

1. 14

   Beautiful

   It's a metaphor.

   Nov 13, 2015

   5m
2. 13

   Piano Expressions No. 4: Nimbus

   I love to sit at the piano and improvise. Every now and then, while I'm improvising, I'll start playing with some ideas that I really like. These recordings come from those ideas. The pieces recorded here are semi-improvised; they are still being played off the cuff, but with a few of the ideas...

   Nov 6, 2015

   3m
3. 12

   All You Need

   I wrote this song a few years ago and had a pretty shoddy recording of it floating around, so I decided to retrack it to get a mildly less-shoddy recording of it. It's just a typical classic rock style tune. Hope you enjoy!

   Oct 30, 2015

   4m
4. 11

   Piano Expressions No. 3: Coming Home

   I love to sit at the piano and improvise. Every now and then, while I'm improvising, I'll start playing with some ideas that I really like. These recordings come from those ideas. The pieces recorded here are semi-improvised; they are still being played off the cuff, but with a few of the ideas...

   Oct 16, 2015

   3m
5. 10

   Ecstasy And Fear

   Had a little Steve Vai-style fun with this one. Not sure how often I'll record tunes like this, but it was definitely a lot of fun to write and record. And if you're wondering about the title, listen to last week's song.

   Oct 9, 2015

   4m
6. 9

   Visceral Illusion

   This was another week where I found myself with no idea what to do for a song. I started to record another cover, but then got an idea while I was just messing around in between takes. This song came out of it. The cover will have to wait, because I quite like the way this one turned out!

   Oct 9, 2015

   3m
7. 8

   Bittersweet

   This is one of the three solo guitar pieces I wrote for my Master's recital at Belmont University. Of the three, this is my favorite. It's not the most technically flashy (in fact, with the exception of a couple of tough position changes, it's pretty easy), but I connect with it most, as it came...

   Oct 9, 2015

   3m
8. 7

   My Insanity

   Raspy voice, go! So this week's video was originally supposed to be a classical guitar piece, but during recording, my classical guitar developed a rattle in one of the braces on the inside that now needs to be repaired before I record anything with it. So I threw this song together from scratch…

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   Oct 9, 2015

   5m
9. 6

   Piano Expressions No. 2: Joy

   I love to sit at the piano and improvise. Every now and then, while I'm improvising, I'll start playing with some ideas that I really like. These recordings come from those ideas. The pieces recorded here are semi-improvised; they are still being played off the cuff, but with a few of the ideas...

   Sep 18, 2015

   3m
10. 5

    Scenes From The Sea: I. Daybreak

    This is the first movement of a chamber orchestra piece I wrote for my Master's recital at Belmont University. Unfortunately, the recording of the recital didn't turn out so well: video cut off halfway through and the audio was more reverb than anything else. So, in an effort to create recordings...

    Sep 5, 2015

    3m
11. 4

    Piano Expressions No. 1: Bitter Twilight

    I love to sit at the piano and improvise. Every now and then, while I'm improvising, I'll start playing with some ideas that I really like. These recordings come from those ideas. The pieces recorded here are semi-improvised; they are still being played off the cuff, but with a few of the ideas...

    Aug 6, 2015

    4m
12. 3

    Deuces Wild

    My great grandfather left behind a bunch of lyrics along with his old guitar. I wrote this song using one of the many lyric sheets of his.

    Jul 14, 2015

    2m
13. 2

    The Truth (Demo)

    I was messing around on the piano today when I came up with this little idea, then expanded on it quite a bit and recorded it all. I doubt this is anywhere near its final form, but it could be the start of something very interesting. Lyrics: And I've tried to see the truth The truth in your eyes,...

    May 23, 2014

    2m
14. 1

    Stargazing Fantasy (Demo)

    I was going to include this on an EP I was working on, but the recording is just too noisy. Until I have a chance to redo the recording, I figured I'd upload what I had.

    Jan 26, 2014

    2m