Guitars - For the recording I used a Kevin Ryan Mission Grand Concert comprised of African Blackwood/Sitka Spruce (www.SchwartzGuitars.com), a Blanchard equoia comprised of Koa/itka Spruce (www.Blanchardguitars.com). The pictured guitars are a Greenfield G4 Fanned Fret comprised of Ziricote/European Spruce, a Greenfield G4 comprised of Koa/European Spruce (www.greenfieldguitars.com) and a Schwartz Oracle comprised of Brizilian Rosewood/Engleman Spruce.
Guitar Technician - Jim Rawlings (www.Rawlingsguitars.com)
Pickup System - Live I use the Duncan/Turner Acoustic Research Timber-Line piezo (www.D-TAR.com) combined with a specially made Seymour Duncan magnetic sound-hole pickup with a microphone placed on its backside (www.seymourduncan.com). A stereo cord is used to blend the signals through a D-TAR Solstice Pre-amp.
Recording - Ray Goodman at Rancho Rayo Studio
Additional Mastering - Eric at Solid Sound Recording, Ann Arbor, MI
CD Design Layout - Annie Capps (www.maynardmusic.com)
Abstract Artwork - Geroge Graveldinger (www.georgegraveldinger.com)
Photography - George Hesser (www.georgehesserphotography.com), Al Williams (www.Alwilliamsphotography.com), Allison Davies (cover)
Acrylic Nails - Kelly Goldsworthy at Tips, Tans and Toes
Body - Sharon Gibson of E 3 Fitness, Molly Marshall of the Yoga Shelter (www.yogashelter.com)
Inspiration - Lisa Prosser
Acknowledgements - I'd like to thank all those responsible for nurturing my maturation as a fingerstyle guitarist. In particular I'd like to thank Stephen Bennett, Craig D Andrea, Antione Dufour, Mark Hawks, Andy Mckee, Billy Mclaughlin, Isato Nakagawa, Don Ross, Masa Sumide, and countless others. You have touched my life musically and my soul.
Fingerstyle guitar music and art
jb davies © 2017
Fingerstyle guitar music and art
jb davies © 2017