Crowd fav, dance floor and a sad song lol. Hamilton Island, Poolside ?/03/2022 Day 74 of 365 Covers Purge. #365dayscoverspurge #acousticcover #boomeranglooper #beatingperfectionism #Jazz @matonguitars @elixir_strings @tchelicon @boomeranglooper

Some tunes I just have had a weird amount of trouble with for no apparent reason, sometimes you just have to stick to playing a song badly in public till it gets better. Hamilton Island, Poolside ?/03/2022 Day 73 of 365 Covers Purge. #365dayscoverspurge #acousticcover #boomeranglooper #beatingperfectionism #Jazz @matonguitars @elixir_strings @tchelicon @boomeranglooper

A classic progression around the diatonic cycle of 4ths… Crowd pleaser Hamilton Island, Reef Lounge 04/03/2022 Day 72 of 365 Covers Purge. #365dayscoverspurge #acousticcover #boomeranglooper #beatingperfectionism #Jazz @matonguitars @elixir_strings @tchelicon @boomeranglooper

A crowd favourite, I like extending different sections to create more space before a chorus or to add a little longer pause for emphasis, Its something that I learn’t playing classical music except in Classical music pulse is more relative and follows the phrasing of the piece, translating to music with a groove and rhythmic pulse I end up adding bars and sometimes half measures, or even just a ‘pause’ (fermata vibe). Here I add extra ii-V and play with the Dom 7 sun to Dom 7 b9 sound to emphasise the chorus. Hamilton Island, Reef Lounge 04/03/2022 Day 71 of 365 Covers Purge. #365dayscoverspurge #acousticcover #boomeranglooper #beatingperfectionism #Jazz @matonguitars @elixir_strings @tchelicon @boomeranglooper

Crooooner. Hamilton Island, Reef Lounge 04/03/2022 Day 70 of 365 Covers Purge. #365dayscoverspurge #acousticcover #boomeranglooper #beatingperfectionism #Jazz @matonguitars @elixir_strings @tchelicon @boomeranglooper

A veryyy popular tune, got well sick of it in the UK and on ships, was asked to play it at lest twice a gig… and gigging 6 days a week on ships it got real old. Always gets a good dance floor vibe going. Hamilton Island, Poolside 04/03/2022 Day 69 of 365 Covers Purge. #365dayscoverspurge #acousticcover #boomeranglooper #beatingperfectionism #Jazz @matonguitars @elixir_strings @tchelicon @boomeranglooper

This really reminds me of busking with Ash in Perth during 2nd and 3rd year Uni… My favourite version is the Sonny Stitt, Sonny Rollins and Dizzy Gillespie… Adore this song. A bit annoyed about the angle I filmed at for this one. Hamilton Island, Reef Lounge 04/03/2022 Day 67 of 365 Covers Purge. #365dayscoverspurge #acousticcover #boomeranglooper #beatingperfectionism #Jazz @matonguitars @elixir_strings @tchelicon @boomeranglooper

On Norwegian Cruises I opened the ‘first’ Jimmy Buffett themed bar on a cruise ship, I got transferred from the Sun to the Star and had to learn like 20 Buffett tunes, I’ve dropped most of them but this one was always a favourite of mine. Hamilton Island, Poolside 04/03/2022 Day 67 of 365 Covers Purge. #365dayscoverspurge #acousticcover #boomeranglooper #beatingperfectionism #Jazz @matonguitars @elixir_strings @tchelicon @boomeranglooper

There’s something about a II dom 7 that always gets me, always struggled melodically getting through it, there’s a lot of few tunes I play that have it too… something to jot down for the practice schedule. Lolz Hamilton Island, Poolside 04/03/2022 Day 66 of 365 Covers Purge. #365dayscoverspurge #acousticcover #boomeranglooper #beatingperfectionism #Jazz @matonguitars @elixir_strings @tchelicon @boomeranglooper

Struggle to pick a vid today, super difficult listening to myself and trying to decide if this was even ok. Out it goes! Hamilton Island, Reef Lounge 20/02/2022 Day 65 of 365 Covers Purge. #365dayscoverspurge #acousticcover #boomeranglooper #beatingperfectionism #Jazz @matonguitars @elixir_strings @tchelicon @boomeranglooper

One of the first tunes I learn’t to sing, it’s my sound check song, one that I’ve always loved. Simple ii-V-I vibes. A bit of a loose solo, like bad jazz style solo; a bit to bopp-y, not enough grit for my liking but I was more playful with my rearms and walking lines under the singing. The first tune where I started really incorporating octaves into my playing/arrangements too #wesmontgomery. Also added bass notes in-between the riff to add movements and stability time wise for the listener, pre-looping days that was extra important. Hamilton Island, Reef Lounge 24/02/2022 Day 64 of 365 Covers Purge. #365dayscoverspurge #acousticcover #boomeranglooper #beatingperfectionism #Jazz @matonguitars @elixir_strings @tchelicon @boomeranglooper

Always the end jam song on wedding gigs in bands, this tune got real old real quickly back in the day because I played it on nearly every gig with a band, it’s become fun since not playing it as much and it’s also a big test of my internal clock because it’s such a long loop I create so it’s cool to see how much I sped up or slowed down during the verse and chorus… Looping has really helped me build a strong internal metronome because there literally nothing to lean on and when that loop kicks in it’s a clear feedback on whether I was in time or not. It’s dramatically improved my playing. Hamilton Island, Reef Lounge 19/02/2022 Day 63 of 365 Covers Purge. #365dayscoverspurge #acousticcover #boomeranglooper #beatingperfectionism #theblues @matonguitars @elixir_strings @tchelicon @boomeranglooper

People are often confused cos I looove singing songs sung by woman, it’s fun putting them in the right key for my voice and the surprise people get. It’s really not difficult when you wrap your head around changing keys, but it definitely is one of those weird points where musicians are misguided or have limiting beliefs around singing it the ‘original’ key, everyones voice is a completely individual instrument and there’s lots of reasons to put songs into different keys. Understanding the underlying systems and how to do it properly is often where I see musicians fail. Often just thinking of moving the capo up and down, but there are so many amazing voicings and hidden gems working within a new restriction that can bring out a song beautifully as well as make someones voice be distinct and working with it as opposed to forcing it to be in a key that you think you ‘should’ be singing in. There’s nuance to the discussion depending on a heaps of factors eg/ whether going for musical theatre jobs, playing in band and cutting through, arrangement ideas and limitations and a whole host of way to view it. Gonna do a little tutorial I think about the topic. Hamilton Island, Reef Lounge 19/02/2022 Day 62 of 365 Covers Purge. #365dayscoverspurge #acousticcover #boomeranglooper #beatingperfectionism #theblues @matonguitars @elixir_strings @tchelicon @boomeranglooper

Went through a hard matchbox 20 phase at around 14, even had a mini disk player! Reminds me of a specific long drive down to Phillip Island in Victoria. Hamilton Island, Reef Lounge 19/02/2022 Day 61 of 365 Covers Purge. #365dayscoverspurge #acousticcover #boomeranglooper #beatingperfectionism #theblues @matonguitars @elixir_strings @tchelicon @boomeranglooper

I remember waiting for this album to come out looking up when it was being released and pre-ordering at Sanity in Mornington. Kinda messed up the solo section in it but never gonna do it real justice. Hamilton Island, Reef Lounge 19/02/2022 Day 60 of 365 Covers Purge. #365dayscoverspurge #acousticcover #boomeranglooper #beatingperfectionism #theblues @matonguitars @elixir_strings @tchelicon @boomeranglooper