Category: Pop Music

Unchained Melody | fingerstyle guitar + TAB

Unchained Melody Free audio download of this performance on SoundCloud. [My version is also available on all streaming services. Links below:] Unchained Melody is nearly 70 years old. It was initially written (by Alex North and Hy Zaret) as a theme for a prison film entitled, […]

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Wake Me Up When September Ends (Jonathan’s Version) | fingerstyle guitar + TAB

Wake Me Up When September Ends (Jonathan’s Version) Free audio download of this performance on SoundCloud. I couldn’t stand Green Day. I respected the band as musicians and songwriters, but as a guitar teacher, they’ve been the bane of my existence for 30 years. A […]

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Depeche Mode: Never Let Me Down Again | fingerstyle guitar + TAB

Photo by lauren lulu taylor | Unsplash Never Let Me Down Again Free audio download of this performance on SoundCloud. Never Let Me Down Again, is a song by the English band Depeche Mode, who were pioneers of electronic and “alternative” music in the 1980’s. […]

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Lana Del Rey: Video Games | fingerstyle guitar + TAB

Photo by Roberto Nickson on Unsplash Video Games Free audio download of this performance on SoundCloud. I’ve always loved the song, Video Games by Lana Del Rey. With her usual deft lyricism and poetry — Lana sings about the relationship she has verses the relationship […]

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Euphoria (HBO): I’m Tired | fingerstyle guitar + TAB

Photo by engin akyurt | Unsplash I’m Tired Free audio download on SoundCloud. I’m Tired is the signature track from Euphoria (HBO) season 2. The music is from English musician, Labrinth, who scores the entire show. Labrinth (a singer, rapper, songwriter, and producer) is in […]

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Titanic: My Heart Will Go On | fingerstyle guitar + TAB

Photo by Casey Horner | Unsplash My Heart Will Go On Free audio download on SoundCloud. I recently heard a super minimal version of My Heart Will Go On played with two cellos. I believe the duo’s name was literally 2CELLOS. It was beautiful and […]

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Kate Bush: Running Up That Hill (Stranger Things) fingerstyle guitar + TAB

Photo by Laura Vinck on Unsplash Running Up That Hill Free audio download of this performance on SoundCloud. If you’re right around my age (or older) you might fondly remember Kate Bush’s 1985 hit, Running Up That Hill. I was in second grade when that […]

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The House (Netflix): This House Is… (Jarvis Cocker & Gustavo Santaolalla) fingerstyle guitar + TAB

Photo by Ján Jakub Naništa | Unsplash The House Free audio download on SoundCloud. “Then the right set of dishes. Then the perfect bed. The drapes. The rug. Then you’re trapped in your lovely nest, and the things you used to own, now they own […]

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The Phantom of the Opera: The Music of the Night | fingerstyle guitar + TAB

Photo by Alessia Cocconi on Unsplash The Music of the Night Free audio download on SoundCloud. Although I grew up in a relatively conservative household, my Dad was a massive fan of the arts — specifically music and poetry. As an early adolescent (in the […]

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Ruelle: I Get To Love You | fingerstyle guitar + TAB

Photo by Foto Pettine | Unsplash I Get to Love You Free audio download on SoundCloud. As I write this post, I’m sitting in a hotel room in Harrisburg PA on New Years Eve. I’ll be performing ‘I Get to Love You’ as a bride […]

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Radiohead: SPECTRE | fingerstyle guitar + TAB

Spectre Free audio download on SoundCloud. This song was commissioned for the 2015 Craig-era James Bond film, Spectre. The song was rejected by the film producers, and Radiohead released it as a B-side to the 2016 single ‘Burn the Witch’. Initially, Radiohead had offered Man […]

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Sufjan Stevens: Futile Devices | fingerstyle guitar

Sufjan Stevens: Futile Devices | fingerstyle guitar + TAB

Photo by Karl Köhler on Unsplash Futile Devices Free audio download on SoundCloud. Futile Devices is a song by American singer songwriter, Sufjan Stevens. This song is from the soundtrack of, Call Me By Your Name; a 2017 coming-of-age romantic drama film, directed by Luca Guadagnino. […]

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