Dan Barracuda: Inside A Musician's Mind

I wanna share 2 little snippets with you guys. They're changed around a bit, in that I've isolated some things here and there. But I'm excited to show you some cool guitar lines I have going on here!

This one's about breaking up the rhythm in your process - on whatever it is your working on. Breaking up the cycle gives you new perspective, and that right there can really help with new ideas, and overall a newfound drive to push through.

Wrote this right before my Winter House excursion I had with some friends this past weekend. The chords are C#m - E9 - G. That G chord is the Tritone of C#m, which gives it so much color unusual space. Hope you dig it!

Man, have you ever noticed the beginning of that song? It sounds like a Tool song! I had to learn it and show you guys. I can't believe it's the intro to that pop song.

This song was conceived from a pastel piece my girlfriend Erica made. I just made up this little dark story of someone's lover being taken by the ocean - and the unsettling feelings he has between worried and at ease about it.

It's been a huge headache trying to figure out how exactly to transfer a score from Finale Pro onto ProTools/Kontakt. Anyone have experience doing this? I'm not sure you can do it using Session Strings 2 - I'll be upgrading to Kontakt Ultimate so I'll have Session Strings PRO 2 soon!

Really been feeling this song this weekend! And finally learning the lyrics they've been singing all this time :D Hope you enjoy this little diddy!

My man @Nazguitar (instagram) is having a contest giveaway because he just hit 10k followers. He's giving away a THR10 Amplifier to whoever does the most "interesting" interpretation of this track he made. Don't really need the amp but I hope he digs this!

Happy Wednesday guys - here's a hump day random little diddy called "Electrons". Whipped up this track using Kontakt (Analog Dreams, Battery) and just did some Fender Strat/Egnater improv over it. It's happy sounding.

Chromatic Exercises are one of the most effective ways to increase the trust between your fingers and the fretboard. This is an exercise I've been using for years - I highly recommend it!