Exploratory Guitar: Cavelands
by Winterwood
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about
What is Exploratory Guitar?
Exploratory guitar is a form of musical meditation. A commitment to exploring curiosity, touch, moments, and allowing oneself to remain in an unfixed, and uncertain state of mind for as long as situation and circumstance allows.
Zac first picked up the guitar at age 12, and other than his familial relationships, the electric guitar has been the longest companion in his life. Seeing him through all of the various colours of existence.
Exploratory guitar is a recurring methodology. A means to feel musically active during times of creative block. To find ways to reconnect to what you loved about learning to play music in the first place.
The process is simple: Randomly pick up the guitar, record the session, and play for as long or as short as you feel. Surrender to simply being with the instrument, and connecting with it. There are no ideas or preconceptions. Only the capturing of that place in time.
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Unlike the previous two instalments in this series, Cavelands consists of four, more contained explorations which each delve into different textures, moods, and atmospheres, performed on three different guitars. This also marks the first appearance of the electric 12 string, as well as some light percussive sounds.
The cover image was photographed by Holly, and captured in New Zealand on the Coromandel Peninsula, State Highway 35 between Whitianga and Waihi Beach.
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Materials
Karina Les Paul Copy
Washburn J-6 Semi-Acoustic
Gibson SG 12 String 50th Anniversary Heritage Cherry
Electro Harmonix Tone Corset Analog Compressor
Mooer Black Secret
Mooer Reecho
Mooer SkyVerb
Behringer FX600 Digital Multi-Fx
Strauss SRT-15 Amplifier
Rode NT3 Microphone
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70% of sales shall be donated to HUHA.
Helping you help animals (HUHA) is a charitable trust providing shelter for those less fortunate animals that struggle to survive in today’s disposable culture. HUHA encourages our community to be proactive and take responsibility for the welfare of animals and the protection of our unique environment.
HUHA actively works everyday to find homes and foster care for a multitude of homeless, abandoned, seized and abused animals. Among their myriad of services, Huha operate two "no kill" animal shelters, they rescue and rehabilitate animals from all manner of situations, and they operate a disaster response team, who were recently deployed to render aid during the destruction and aftermath of Cyclone Gabrielle and the ensuing floods which decimated many areas of the country.
Read more about their work here: www.huha.org.nz
Exploratory guitar is a form of musical meditation. A commitment to exploring curiosity, touch, moments, and allowing oneself to remain in an unfixed, and uncertain state of mind for as long as situation and circumstance allows.
Zac first picked up the guitar at age 12, and other than his familial relationships, the electric guitar has been the longest companion in his life. Seeing him through all of the various colours of existence.
Exploratory guitar is a recurring methodology. A means to feel musically active during times of creative block. To find ways to reconnect to what you loved about learning to play music in the first place.
The process is simple: Randomly pick up the guitar, record the session, and play for as long or as short as you feel. Surrender to simply being with the instrument, and connecting with it. There are no ideas or preconceptions. Only the capturing of that place in time.
--
Unlike the previous two instalments in this series, Cavelands consists of four, more contained explorations which each delve into different textures, moods, and atmospheres, performed on three different guitars. This also marks the first appearance of the electric 12 string, as well as some light percussive sounds.
The cover image was photographed by Holly, and captured in New Zealand on the Coromandel Peninsula, State Highway 35 between Whitianga and Waihi Beach.
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Materials
Karina Les Paul Copy
Washburn J-6 Semi-Acoustic
Gibson SG 12 String 50th Anniversary Heritage Cherry
Electro Harmonix Tone Corset Analog Compressor
Mooer Black Secret
Mooer Reecho
Mooer SkyVerb
Behringer FX600 Digital Multi-Fx
Strauss SRT-15 Amplifier
Rode NT3 Microphone
--
70% of sales shall be donated to HUHA.
Helping you help animals (HUHA) is a charitable trust providing shelter for those less fortunate animals that struggle to survive in today’s disposable culture. HUHA encourages our community to be proactive and take responsibility for the welfare of animals and the protection of our unique environment.
HUHA actively works everyday to find homes and foster care for a multitude of homeless, abandoned, seized and abused animals. Among their myriad of services, Huha operate two "no kill" animal shelters, they rescue and rehabilitate animals from all manner of situations, and they operate a disaster response team, who were recently deployed to render aid during the destruction and aftermath of Cyclone Gabrielle and the ensuing floods which decimated many areas of the country.
Read more about their work here: www.huha.org.nz
credits
released March 17, 2023
Played, recorded, and mastered by Zac Winterwood
Photography by Holly Winterwood
Played, recorded, and mastered by Zac Winterwood
Photography by Holly Winterwood
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Winterwood New Zealand
We are a husband & wife duo based in New Zealand. We make music drawing on our diverse musical backgrounds in classical violin, opera, & sound experimentation to create a unique blend of acoustic atmospheric folk, soundscapes, & epic long-form drone pieces. Wielding a combination of cinematic string arrangements, vocals, percussion, and layers of atmospheric acoustic and electric guitars. ... more
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