John Guari http://johnguari.com Grammy Award Nominated Composer and Arranger. Trumpet Player, Pianist, Singer, Songwriter Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:22:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en Andrew Gold cover http://johnguari.com/2010/07/29/andrew-gold-cover/ http://johnguari.com/2010/07/29/andrew-gold-cover/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:13:42 +0000 admin http://johnguari.com/?p=379

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Alastair Ottesen, Christopher Duff and Myself.

]]> http://johnguari.com/2010/06/04/neil-young-cover-new-mama/feed/ Down Beat http://johnguari.com/2010/05/16/down-beat/ http://johnguari.com/2010/05/16/down-beat/#comments Sun, 16 May 2010 21:06:36 +0000 admin http://johnguari.com/?p=375 My original composition, “November” won the Down Beat Student Music Award for Best Extended Composition (Graduate School Level)!

]]> http://johnguari.com/2010/05/16/down-beat/feed/ This Exists http://johnguari.com/2010/03/26/this-exists/ http://johnguari.com/2010/03/26/this-exists/#comments Fri, 26 Mar 2010 05:25:01 +0000 admin http://johnguari.com/?p=373 Recently, on the facebook machine, I have been linking to videos (usually youtube) of music (usually older or lesser known, but not always) with the precursor: “I would like to remind you all that this exists.”

On a suggestion from Alastair, I have done just that.

http://thisexists.tumblr.com/

The content on that site will usually be a video link with possibly a few sentences after it. If/when I have longer or more in depth content, I’ll post it here (to you 4 people who read this blog). In the meantime, check out This Exists to know what I’m listening to and thinking about.

]]> http://johnguari.com/2010/03/26/this-exists/feed/ Martha My Dear http://johnguari.com/2010/02/24/martha-my-dear/ http://johnguari.com/2010/02/24/martha-my-dear/#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 03:13:26 +0000 admin http://johnguari.com/?p=370

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a song by me

]]> http://johnguari.com/2010/02/22/the-place-where-you-live/feed/ I’ll Bet He’s Nice http://johnguari.com/2010/02/03/ill-bet-hes-nice/ http://johnguari.com/2010/02/03/ill-bet-hes-nice/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:27:00 +0000 admin http://johnguari.com/?p=366 http://johnguari.com/music/JG-BetHesNice.mp3

I’ve been listening to the Beach Boys album, “Love You,” which has a bunch of classic sounding Beach Boys melodies but with a ton of Moog and other synths as the primary instruments. I’ve recreated the track “I’ll Bet He’s Nice.” Check out the original:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfC2iovCzu4

]]> http://johnguari.com/2010/02/03/ill-bet-hes-nice/feed/ Back in Brooklyn http://johnguari.com/2010/02/02/back-in-brooklyn/ http://johnguari.com/2010/02/02/back-in-brooklyn/#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:37:29 +0000 admin http://johnguari.com/?p=364 So, Lab 2009 didn’t win either of its Grammys, but a good time was had by all anyway!

Congratulations to the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra and all the other Grammy recipients this year.

]]> http://johnguari.com/2010/02/02/back-in-brooklyn/feed/ Smack Improvisation http://johnguari.com/2010/01/18/smack-improvisation/ http://johnguari.com/2010/01/18/smack-improvisation/#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 09:52:45 +0000 admin http://johnguari.com/?p=359 http://johnguari.com/music/jg-smackimprovisation.mp3

A MicroKORG XL improvisation over a Reason Drum beat I made.

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This is an improvisation on MicroKORG XL

http://johnguari.com/music/jg-hideandseekend.mp3

This is me on the vocoder playing the end of Imogen Heap’s “Hide and Seek.”

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