Category: Pop Music

billie eilish

Billie Eilish: when the party’s over (fingerstyle guitar) + TAB

Free Mp3 Download on Soundcloud Billie Eilish My job as a private guitar teacher keeps me young. I’m 41 at the moment, and long past the age where most people take in new music. My peers have retreated to the music of the college years, […]

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a start is born

A Star Is Born: Shallow (guitar instrumental) + TAB

Shallow Free MP3 Download on SoundCloud. Shallow, by Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper, is a performance from their new film, A Star is Born — also directed by Bradley Cooper. While I haven’t seen the movie yet, Bradley Cooper sounds really good. One has to […]

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fields of gold

Sting: Fields of Gold (instrumental for guitar) + TAB

Fields of Gold Listening is a form of practice. Free MP3 download on SoundCloud. Fields of Gold has long been one of my favorite songs from Sting. I was inspired to arrange a Sting tune from seeing this performance on Facebook: this is your basic […]

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thom yorke

Thom Yorke: Suspirium | fingerstyle guitar + TAB

Suspiria Free MP3 Download of this performance on SoundCloud. Suspiria is a 1977 Italian supernatural horror film directed by Dario Argento. The 2018 version of Suspiria is directed by Luca Guadagnino (Call me By Your Name). The 2018 plot of Suspiria focuses on a young […]

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something human

Muse: Something Human (fingerstyle guitar) + TAB

Something Human Free MP3 Download on SoundCloud. Something Human, in terms of feel and spirit, is a throwback to Peter Gabriel’s Solsbury Hill. As with all of Muse’s music; there’s depth of musicality and thoughtfulness in the lyrics. On a personal note, I’m high-strung all […]

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I Hope That I Don’t Fall in Love with You | fingerstyle guitar + TAB

I Hope That I Don’t Fall in Love with You Adrift is a 2018 American romantic drama film — based on a true story and set in 1983. The film stars Shailene Woodley and Sam Claflin as a young couple that gets stranded in the […]

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Westworld: Heart-Shaped Box | fingerstyle guitar + TAB

Heart-Shaped Box Heart-Shaped Box was originally written by Nirvana from their In Utero album. It’s one of my all time favorite songs. Kurt Cobain was enigmatic. Behind every musical great is a strong original identity. Sometimes it’s deliberately conceived, and other times it’s innate. Kurt […]

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You Only Live Twice (Beulahbelle version) fingerstyle guitar + TAB

You Only Live Twice This version of You Only Live Twice is from indie-folk-sister-duo, Beulahbelle (Kaitlyn and Mady Dever). It’s used as the title track in the movie, Tully. Originally I planned on doing something from Rob Simonsen who scored the film, however Beulahbelle’s cover of […]

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Post Malone: Stay – fingerstyle guitar + TAB

Post Malone A student of mine (thanks Alyssa) introduced me to Stay. Post Malone is definitely not on my radar screen, but I was taken aback by the musicality of this piece. Although Post Malone’s look and personality are unserious, he is a serious musician. […]

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Sufjan Stevens

Sufjan Stevens: Mystery of Love | fingerstyle guitar + TAB

Photo by Sergio Rota | Unsplash Mystery of Love Mystery of Love is the principle song from Call me By Your Name, an academy award nominated film by Luca Guadagnino. In addition to Mystery of Love, indie-folk songwriter, Sufjan Stevens, has two more songs on […]

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call me by your name

Call Me By Your Name: Visions of Gideon | fingerstyle guitar + TAB

Photo by Max Zed | Unsplash Visions of Gideon Visions of Gideon is a song by the New York based multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter, Sufjan Stevens. His songs from the film, Call Me By Your Name are atmospheric and layered. The soundtrack also features avant-garde classical […]

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jonny greenwood

Jonny Greenwood: Phantom Thread III for guitar + TAB

Phantom Thread III As a massive fan of both Jonny Greenwood and Paul Thomas Anderson, I could not wait to arrange the theme of Phantom Thread for my guitar. I had been working on another giant piece of music for this blog, but nothing was […]

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