60 tracks by Howard Ostrow Guitarist

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Another in the series of clips from the August 26th performance. If I recall Richard is playing tenor sax, and Paul is playing clarinet and guitar and I'm playing guitar.
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A live performance in Evergreen on 26-August with Paul Mimlitsch, Richard Ball and Howard Ostrow. This is a section taken from the start of the performance. Paul is playing clarinet and Richard is playing the flute and Howard is creating guitar…
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A live performance in Evergreen on 26-August with Paul Mimlitsch, Richard Ball and Howard Ostrow. This is a fun part with Richard doing some wild things on sax and Paul and myself built up some fun loops.
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Here's a sample myself and Paul Mimlitsch playing on August 20th In Evergreen, CO. I'm playing baritone guitar and Paul is playing clarinet.
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Another tidbit from the August 6th performance. This is a good representation of the dueling clarinet portion of the performance where Richard and Paul were going at it with their clarinets. I was content to create background textures and have…
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This is the end section of a recent live performance. It consists of myself and Paul Mimlitsch. It has a nice dreamy quality to it. My remote recorder has issues with pops and clicks and this was an outdoors performance. I edited out what I…
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This song was originally intended to be a private gift but has since become a mainstay of my performance sets. It's one the few songs that I've written that was developed from the start with a very specific feel in mind. It was intended to reflect…
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This is piece that I recorded while playing in my living room one morning. It's a purely improvised piece. I just put the Mac laptop into record and began playing. I used my Goodall 12 string in standard tuning. I always include improvs when…
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This is inspired by Frippitronics. Frippontroncis is I call non-traditional mood music invented by Robert Fripp master guitarist for King Crimson. It involves loops of sustained guitars, in this case using an e-bow. I usually do one of these…
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This track is off the third CD. The title is related to playing style which is centered around tappping. Recorded with my Huss and Dalton MJC in open D tuning
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This track is off of the third CD. This title reflects the history behind the track. A close friend once stated to me that my playing style doesn't fit what she considered to be new age. So I wrote a composition that was, in opinion new agey…
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This track is off of the third CD. This is an improv recorded one afternoon in my basement recording studio. Recorded with my Huss and Dalton MJC in standard tuning.
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This track is off of the third CD. I had been kicking parts of it around for quite sometime and finally put together a completed piece. Still not sure why I came with the title but I'm sticking to it. Recorded with my Vincent De Francis OM-42…
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This track is off of the third CD. The title directly reflects the technique that I used which I call Thumbing. Essentially I play by slapping my thumb against the strings. Similar to what bass players have doing for many years. I love the…
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This track is off of the third CD. Composed in single day. It's as close to classical guitar as I get. Recorded with my Vincent De Francis OM-42 in standard tuning
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This track is off of the third CD. It was written on a trip that I made to South America. I composed it in my hotel room on a traveling guitar. We heard a lot of tango music that week and while the feel and phrasing was inspired by the tango…
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This track is off the third CD. It reminds me of the feeling that one has when having to do something that we'd rather not do. Recorded with my Godall 12 in standard tuning.
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This track is off the third CD. I composed the track a tribute to Wookie, a chow chow who has departed his earthly existence. Recorded with my Huss and Dalton MJC in open D tuning
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This track is off the third CD. The title comes from a car that my girl friend at the time owned. The pace and feel of the song reminds me it hence the title. Recorded with my Huss and Dalton MJC in open D tuning.
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This track is off the third CD. The title comes from an comment from a close friend that the song invokes an feeling my mystery. While it may feel that way it was never the intent hence the title. Recorded with Vincent De Francis OM-42 in standard…
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