Podcast 380: Bill Orcutt

Guitarist and composer Bill Orcutt has always worked on the
fringes of music: He's crafted noisy punk as a guitarist in Harry
Pussy, served raw blues-inspired acoustic music as a solo artist,
and has even composed computer music.


With his new album, 'Music for Four Guitars,' he creates
something completely different: 14 compositions for a guitar
quartet that, as of now, doesn't really exist. Between Bill's
mesmerizing, looped playing (on what turns out to be a Telecaster
with two strings removed) and his DIY recording technique (Logic
with a "pawnshop" amp plug-in), it's like nothing else you've
ever heard. It harkens to the classic sounds of early Minimalism,
but with an entirely new twist.


On the podcast, Bill sheds light on this beguiling record, talks
to us about his recording process, and explains why he used only
the bridge pickup for these compositions. He also describes how
he re-created Randy Newman's 'Sail Away' album cover photo and
hints at when 'Music for Four Guitars' will actually be played by
four guitarists (himself being one of them).

Buy this album on Bandcamp and you'll get an 84-page PDF score of
these compositions. Who knows? You and three friends may be the
first to play them in their entirety.

https://billorcutt.bandcamp.com/album/music-for-four-guitars


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