About Walt's Music
Jazz Improvisation is at the core of shaping my approach to music. Finding and keeping the balance between business and music has lead me to travel on several unexpected musical paths throughout my career as a self-employed, full-time professional musician since 1984. Acoustic or amplified, strolling or stationary, accompanied or unaccompanied performing a variety of musical styles instrumentally on guitar is my primary focus. Mandolin has become a welcome addition to many performances since October 2004. Singing a few songs is fun and a true delight when others sing-along.
Many live and recorded performances incorporate sequences and loops which are computer generated audio and midi-based drum, percussion, acoustic upright bass, and sparse chordal accompaniment.
Since 1995 I have had two main objectives in embracing this technology.
1) Provide a professional, consistent, innovative, entertaining, small ensemble sound with minimal staging at a fair price to my customers and fans while maintaining a financially profitable business as a self-employed, full-time professional musician.
2) Use as an invaluable tool to communicate musical ideas and concepts to other musicians, composers, arrangers and producers.
A laptop computer with professional music software is utilized to shape my personalized ensemble sound. Many hours have been spent on all sequences and loops producing, editing, arranging, mixing down to an audio wave file then converting to an Mp3 audio file format and finally downloaded on a portable audio MP3 player which is incorporated in performances.
I have found myself performing for the last 27 years in a variety of venues from private country clubs, farmers markets, festivals, resorts, restaurants, bars and cruise ships.
I consider it a privilege to be allowed the opportunity to support myself and my family as a professional musician. To all my fans and customers that make it possible to work each day to bring my musical dreams into reality.
Thank You!