Fab 4 on 6

About the Artist
Don Latarski is known nationally as a gifted performer, composer and author. His recordings include: "Haven," "Lifeline," "Private Affair," "How Many Ways," "NorthWest of December," "Deep Play," "Rue 2," "Natural Instincts," "Eden Hall Sessions," "Fab 4 on 6," and "Guitars on Holiday." He’s been playing the guitar since 1963.

His numerous Warner Bros. Publications include: "Introduction to Chord Theory," "Scale Patterns for Guitar," "Movable Guitar Chords," "Arpeggios for Guitar," "Chord Orbits," "Chord Embellishments," "Practical Theory for Guitar," "Guitar Theory Basics," "The Ultimate Guitar Chord Big Book," "Blues Chords," "Jazz Chords," "First Chords," "Barre Chords," "Blues Guitar," and "The Ultimate Guitar Chord Gig Bag Book."

His grasp of many genres of music has enabled him to perform and record in many different settings, from folk, rock, pop, blues and jazz. He’s also a prolific composer having written numerous songs for radio and television advertising, computer games, musicals, video and film usage and for his various ensembles. Most recently, his groups recorded version of "I’m a Woman" was chosen for inclusion in the SONY pictures movie "Little Black Book."

Latarski is also adjunct instructor and head of guitar studies at the University of Oregon School of Music. He’s been a faculty member at the universtiy since 1982. He holds degrees in Political Science and Music from the University of Oregon.

Latarski also owns and operates Crescent Studio (a state of the art digital recording studio) and Crescent Records (a small independent record label).

Product Description
I started arranging Beatles music for guitar many years ago. I can’t remember exactly when nor can I remember the first song I arranged. Beginning in January of 2003 I began exploring more of the music written by Lennon and McCartney, perhaps because my son is now discovering just how timeless and infectious the music is. It seems each generation goes through a process of discovery with the music of the Beatles. So here is a collection of my favorite Beatles songs. They’re all played on an acoustic guitar that has been tuned down quite a bit from a normal guitar. This is a solo guitar project; stark, raw and unfiltered.

Fab 4 on 6,Don Latarski,Crescent Records,The music on this CD is well known to most people already since these are some of the best known songs by the Beatles. They are played on an acoustic baritone guitar without overdubs. (A baritone guitar is one that is tuned much lower than a standard guit

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Average customer rating: Acoustic Invasion We've heard it all before ... and it's a CDR not a CD ... with a paper label Technically Amazing but... Marvelous guitar work on Beatles Faves

Fab 4 on 6 Manufacturer: Crescent Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Fab 4 on 6 vol. 2 Beatles Acoustic Guitar Solos lisa lauren loves the beatles Yesterday, A Tribute to John Lennon & Paul McCartney Buddha Lounge Tribute to the Beatles ASIN: B0006OA87A Release Date: 2004-10-10

Tracks:

1. Blackbird (1968)
2. And I Love Her (1964)
3. Nowhere Man (1968)
4. Magical Mystery Tour (1967)
5. Fool On the Hill (1967)
6. Let It Be (1970)
7. Mother Natures Son (1968)
8. Michelle (1965)
9. With a Little Help From My Friends (1967)
10. Something (1969) George Harrison
11. Till There Was You - (1950) Meredith Willson
12. Norwegian Wood (1965)
13. Yesterday (1965)
14. I Will (1968)

Album Description

I started arranging Beatles music for guitar many years ago. I can't remember exactly when nor can I remember the first song I arranged. Beginning in January of 2003 I began exploring more of the music written by Lennon and McCartney, perhaps because my son is now discovering just how timeless and infectious the music is. It seems each generation goes through a process of discovery with the music of the Beatles. So here is a collection of my favorite Beatles songs. They're all played on an acoustic guitar that has been tuned down quite a bit from a normal guitar. This is a solo guitar project; stark, raw and unfiltered.

Customer Reviews:

Acoustic Invasion.......2007-07-30

This CD (dare I say album?) was very well performed and the material was artfully chosen. I am very pleased. I am waiting patiently for his project of Twisted Sister accoustics!

We've heard it all before ... and it's a CDR not a CD ... with a paper label.......2006-08-04

This is a very pleasant album, but as a collector with hundreds of Beatles cover albums, I would say it brings nothing new to the genre except a clever title. And I was extremely disappointed to find out that it was a CDR not a CD, with a glued on paper label to boot. Who knows if it will even be playable in 10 years?! CDR sellers ought to at least warn potential buyers that it's not a pressed CD ... which is really what it was advertised as. And how expensive is it to print on CDRs directly these days anyway?

Technically Amazing but..........2005-06-12

OK, there's no question this guy can play the heck out of the guitar. And taking on a song like "Magical Mystery Tour" on solo guitar? That's ambitious. Latarski does some very nifty arranging work on "Norwegian Wood" and his versions of "Let It Be" and "With a Little Help From My Friends" are so full you'll hardly notice the lack of vocals. But doesn't every jazz guitarist play "Blackbird" just to show off? One star off for that and the obligatory cover of "Yesterday" - a song we've all heard just too many versions of already.

Marvelous guitar work on Beatles Faves.......2005-02-21

My first review of an album, this is just plain awesome. The selections are great and hearing them on an acoustic guitar is wonderful. Every song on the CD is really good. I would highly reccomend it to any Beatles fan (who isn't?) or anyone interested in artful acoustic guitar pieces. The tuned down guitar is an exceptional fit to these songs.

Average customer rating: We've heard it all before ... and it's a CDR not a CD ... with a paper label

Fab 4 on 6 vol. 2 Don Latarski Manufacturer: Crescent Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Blues General | Blues | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Blues General | Blues | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music General | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 New Age | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Fab 4 on 6 Beatles Acoustic Guitar Solos lisa lauren loves the beatles Buddha Lounge Tribute to the Beatles Something for George ASIN: B000BSYXL8 Release Date: 2005-10-12

Tracks:

1. Eleanor Rigby (Lennon & McCartney)
2. Across the Universe (Lennon & McCartney)
3. Come Together (Lennon & McCartney)
4. Help! (Lennon & McCartney)
5. I Feel Fine (Lennon & McCartney)
6. If I Fell (Lennon & McCartney)
7. Two of Us (Lennon & McCartney)
8. In My Life (Lennon & McCartney)
9. We Can Work It Out (Lennon & McCartney)
10. She's Leaving Home (Lennon & McCartney)
11. Things We Said Today (Lennon & McCartney)
12. The Long and Winding Road (Lennon & McCartney)

Product Description

When I first recorded Fab 4 on 6 I wasn’t thinking about a volume two. I really thought I’d be doing something else for my next solo acoustic CD. However, the response to the first CD has been so overwhelming and positive that it seemed crazy to not do a follow up disc. (Its not like there weren’t any more good Beatles tunes left.) This new CD deviates a bit from the first one. I’m still playing the same guitar but with a different attitude. I wanted to take a few chances this time around and let my imagination play with the songs. Every since I first took up the guitar I’ve always approached music from a personal perspective. From the start I heard things differently and wasn’t afraid to express these differences through embellishment and improvisation. I was forever changing the notes in the songs I was assigned to play. While this made for more expressive (and in my view “better” music) it was a source of frustration to my teachers I’m sure. My background is in blues, funk, soul and jazz. But this is not a jazz record. There’s quite a bit of improvisation here, but it is done in the shadow of these other various styles. I’m approaching the songs with a playful attitude that draws on the myriad of influences that make up my style. I’ve certainly been influenced by the blues and jazz greats, but also by the multi-textural, polyrhythmic work of Leo Kottke and Michael Hedges. My fingerpicking approach is not rooted in the traditional Travis-style school and as such I derive my sense of bass movement and internal rhythm more like a drummer or funk bassist. My harmony is also not dependent on open tunings. All of these songs are played in standard tuning with an occasional drop “D” used on the low string. My harmonic sense is perhaps where my jazz background is evident as I’m comfortable with a wide variety of chordal sounds. What makes these songs work for me is the energy and excitement that I put into them. They are all fun to play and hopefully fun to listen to.

Customer Reviews:

We've heard it all before ... and it's a CDR not a CD ... with a paper label.......2006-08-04

This is a very pleasant album, but as a collector with hundreds of Beatles cover albums, I would say it brings nothing new to the genre except a clever title. And I was extremely disappointed to find out that it was a CDR not a CD, with a glued on paper label to boot. Who knows if it will even be playable in 10 years?! CDR sellers ought to at least warn potential buyers that it's not a pressed CD ... which is really what it was advertised as. And how expensive is it to print on CDRs directly these days anyway?

Average customer rating: OLD SCHOOL ACID FUN!

"A Mixed Trip Of Intensity by: DJ DB [feat: Dr. Walker Meetz Thomas Thorn Meetz Frank Heiss, G104, Kerosene, Sweet Reinhard, Cube 40, Bizz O.D., Love Inc., Air Liquide, Monica Kurse, Jammin' Unit, Vinyl Countdown, X-911 2. Shake Your Money Maker - Walker/Frank Heiss, 3. The House Of Domination (Redlight District Cologne) - Walker/Thomas Fab Thorn 1. Nuttin' But An 'E' Thang Pt.2 - Dr. Walker Meetz Thomas Thorn Meetz Frank Heiss , 5. Back From Summer Camp - G104, 6. Nurse City - Kerosene, 7. Teufelim Im Leib - S.R.I., 8. Internal Bleeding - Kerosene, 9. Philadelphia - Sweet Reinhard 4. Flashdancers On Acid - Walker/Frank Heiss , 11. U Make Me Function - Cube 40 10. Cold Metal (Business Card Mix-Live At Electro Bunker) - Walker , 13. How Deep Is Your Love - Love Inc., 14. Der Laufer - Air Liquide 12. Get Up - Bizz O.D. , 16. Metal On Metal - Monica Kurse/Walker, 17. 140 - Jammin' Unit 15. Cosmic Indifference - Love Inc. , 18. Don't F**k With Cologne - Walker , 19. Paroles - Vinyl Countdown , and 20. Equinox - X-911 ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000IOHEJ8

Customer Reviews:

OLD SCHOOL ACID FUN!.......2007-02-13

A great mix of old school hard acid and techno from the early 90's. Maybe I am a little biased because allot of the people on this disc are friends, but these tracks always make me pine for the time when this was new. It seemed much more interesting in the music scene, much more crazy. No one wanted to be a celebrity, everyone wanted to be invisible and everyone was on hard drugs.

Meditation Music:

1. Finishing the Act : Act One Finales from Broadway
2. Five Upstart Americans
3. Flatulina's Fabulous Holiday Spectacular [Enhanced]
4. Flumpa®'s World: Water, Water Everywhere
5. Free Me [Import]
6. From the Bottom of My Broken Heart [CD-single] [Import]
7. Get over Yourself [CD-single] [Import]
8. Girlfriend
9. Grey Eye Glances Live [Live]
10. Here Comes Santa Claws

Meditation Music

meditation music

Meditation Music

First Album [Import]

Recitals: Placido Domingo Volume 2, Arias & Scenes from Manon/Carmen/Tosca

R. Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra; Don Juan

Music: Ultimate Dance Party

NRG Masters: Record Shack [Import]

No Good (Start the Dance) [CD-single] [Import]

Original [Import]

Sling Blade: Music From The Miramax Motion Picture [Soundtrack]

Rock Action [Import]

Music to Relax

Night and Day [Import] [Limited Edition] [Original recording remastered]

Nuestra Historia

Los Pasteles Verde

High Road

Party Doll and Other Favorites