Prairie Musicians
Prairie Musicians: Andrew McFarlane
7/22/2021 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
Andrew McFarlane weaves his favorite pop, rock and jazz songs into original compositions.
Andrew McFarlane is a true musician who composes, arranges, and performs. His instruments of choice are guitar and bass guitar, but his studies at Minnesota State University Moorhead have prepared him for life of musical success. He has woven his favorite genres of pop, rock and jazz into his original compositions.
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Prairie Musicians
Prairie Musicians: Andrew McFarlane
7/22/2021 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
Andrew McFarlane is a true musician who composes, arranges, and performs. His instruments of choice are guitar and bass guitar, but his studies at Minnesota State University Moorhead have prepared him for life of musical success. He has woven his favorite genres of pop, rock and jazz into his original compositions.
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[playing in moderate jazz/rock rhythm] ♪ ♪ [guitar only; no vocal] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [guitar only; no vocal] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [guitar only; no vocal] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Hi, my name is Andrew McFarlane, I'm from the Twin Cities area.
What you're seeing today is my solo guitar side of me.
I also play in a country band here in town, I play jazz music on the guitar, I play in a pop band.
I kinda do a little bit of everything on the guitar.
As well as that, I write original music, fully produce pop records, as well as being a producer for other musicians.
Today I'm going to play for you a collection of arrangements of some of your favorite songs.
What I do is, I take the recording that you're used to, and I put it all on the acoustic guitar.
playing the melody, the rhythm, and the drums and the bass all at once.
I hope you like it.
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