Guitarist and composer Bill Orcutt has always worked on the fringes of music: he made loud punk as a guitarist in Harry Pussy, served raw blues-inspired acoustic music as a solo artist, and even composed computer music.
With his new album Music for four guitars, he creates something completely different: 14 compositions for a guitar quartet that don’t really exist yet. With Bill’s mesmerizing looped playing (on a Telecaster with two strings removed) and his DIY recording technique (Logic with a “pawnshop” amp plug-in), it’s like nothing you’ve ever heard. It evokes the classic tones of early minimalism but with a whole new twist.
In the podcast, Bill sheds light on this beguiling record, talks to us about his recording process and explains why he only used the bridge pickup for these compositions. He also describes how he recreated Randy Newmans sailing away Album cover photo and clues to when Music for four guitars is actually played by four different guitarists (he is one of them).
Buy this album on Bandcamp and receive an 84-page PDF sheet music score of these compositions. Who knows? You and three friends may be the first to play them in full:
https://billorcutt.bandcamp.com/album/music-for-four-guitars
This episode is sponsored by Peghead Nation (use promo code FRETBOARD and get your first month free or $20 off any annual subscription); Izotope (use coupon code FRET10 to save 10% off their plug-ins); retro fret vintage guitars; Izotope (use discount code FRET10 to save 10% on your Izotope purchase); and Calton Falls.
Photo above: R Orcutt
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