Allen demonstrates some sophisticated rhythm and lead work over a smooth jazz-style backing track, with Jon Bishop as your guide.
This month features Allen soloing over another Jason Sidwell penned track. This one’s entitled Secret Beginnings. The first part of the process for Allen is to decide on a suitable guitar sound. Right from the offset a clean tone with a smooth jazz vibe along the lines of Pat Metheny was what he was hearing. The Les Paul is a great choice for this type of tone since that was what the guitar was originally designed to do.
The song is in B minor, for the most part, but as Allen reflects there are always some tricky changes in the backing tracks that Jason sends him, “to keep me on my toes”. The B section is still in the B minor ballpark, but he once again drives home the importance of nailing at least some of the arpeggios as the chords pass.
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