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Steven Wilson’s “The Overview” Tour Kickoff - a tale of two cities!

May 3, 2025

Live Concerts

Steven Wilson’s “The Overview” Tour Kickoff - a tale of two cities!

May 3, 2025

Live Concerts

This article chronicles Steven Wilson's first two live shows in almost 7 years! We'll chat SW nostalgia, vibes of his updated live band, nerd out on Steven's gear, and rejoic in our collective excitement with the prog icon's return to the road!

May 3, 2025

Live Concerts

Steven Wilson, Opeth & David Gilmour - the most progressive rock weekend ever - Be Prog @ Barcelona, 2016!

May 2, 2025

Live Concerts

Steven Wilson, Opeth & David Gilmour - the most progressive rock weekend ever - Be Prog @ Barcelona, 2016!

May 2, 2025

Live Concerts

A progressive rock enthusiast's chronicle of a dream weekend with Steven Wilson and Opeth co-headliing Be Prog! in Barcelona, and David Gilmour in Rome the next day!

May 2, 2025

Live Concerts

Jul 14, 2022

WHY AM I HERE? (or Hello, world)

Jul 14, 2022

Why am I here? AKA Hello, world. Let's go back in time and discover my foray into modern prog metal / prog rock and experiment with guitars, amplifiers, effect pedals and digital plug-ins.

Jul 14, 2022

I’ve loved guitar looping ever since my first Line 6 POD, which developed into an ambient guitar looping series on YouTube. These live sessions have me manipulate the sound of the guitar and record/overdub layers of ambient passages - each adding to the instrumental piece, often with a theme or mood in mind.

{LoFi Guitar Jam} - featuring the Teenage Engineering EP-133 KO-II and Chase Bliss Mood + Lossy !!

Severance (TV) Theme - Guitar Looping Cover

I headed to the severed section of my apartment for a work-from-home day at Lumon. When I came to, I woke up to this recording. Turns out my innie also plays guitar...

Ambient Instrumental #3 - Boomerang III Looper

Ambient Jam with Chase Bliss Pedals - MOOD / Gen Loss / Onward / Lossy | #ambientguitar #lofijams

A slow ambient jam courtesy guitar pedals from ‪Chase Bliss Audio‬ and Old Blood Noise Endeavors, with the Boomerang Looper on guitar looping duties!

Guitar Loops #9 - "Abundance" - Ambient Instrumental / Guitar Jam

Ambient Instrumental #4 - "Lost in New York"

Guitar Loops #10 - "Disquietude" - Ambient Instrumental / Guitar Jam

Ambient Instrumental #5 -Vicissitude

Guitar Loops #8 - Opeth - Dirge for November (Ambient Guitar Cover )

Ambient Instrumental #6 - "Symptomatic"

Ambient Instrumental 2 - PRS Custom 22 + POD HD500 Looper

The Ultimate Line 6 HX Pedalboard!

Ambient Instrumental - PRS + Pod HD500 Looper

"Dust" - Original Progressive Metal

Ambient Instrumental #7 - "Melting"

{LoFi Guitar Jam} - featuring the Teenage Engineering EP-133 KO-II and Chase Bliss Mood + Lossy !!

Severance (TV) Theme - Guitar Looping Cover

Ambient Instrumental #3 - Boomerang III Looper

Ambient Jam with Chase Bliss Pedals - MOOD / Gen Loss / Onward / Lossy | #ambientguitar #lofijams

Guitar Loops #9 - "Abundance" - Ambient Instrumental / Guitar Jam

Ambient Instrumental #4 - "Lost in New York"

Guitar Loops #10 - "Disquietude" - Ambient Instrumental / Guitar Jam

Guitar Loops #8 - Opeth - Dirge for November (Ambient Guitar Cover )

Ambient Instrumental 2 - PRS Custom 22 + POD HD500 Looper

Ambient Instrumental - PRS + Pod HD500 Looper

My approach to recording guitar covers has evolved over the years, I like to rely on live takes of a play-through, makes life easier when I’m editing. I’ve also incorporated a visual element in my videos - the intro usually starts with a time-lapse or slow-motion video with a self-brewed soundtrack with me manipulating my guitar to sound like lo-fi synth pads.

The intro to my cover of Porcupine Tree’s Fear of a Blank Planet is particularly neat (or so I think!) with footage of a desolated New York City a week after COVID-19 lockdowns in March 2020, and an eerie soundtrack to match.

Porcupine Tree / Steven Wilson

Porcupine Tree - Lips of Ashes (Ambient/Acoustic Instrumental) - Guitar Cover

Porcupine Tree - Sound of Muzak (instrumental cover) - acoustic / ambient version

Porcupine Tree - Blackest Eyes {Instrumental Guitar Cover}

Porcupine Tree - Herd Culling {Dual Guitar Cover}

Steven Wilson - What Life Brings (cover) - Guitar Looping / Solo / Jam

Porcupine Tree - My Ashes

Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet

Porcupine Tree - Heartattack in a Layby

Porcupine Tree - Dark Matter (Guitar Solo)

Opeth

Guitar Loops #8 - Opeth - Dirge for November (Ambient Guitar Cover )

Opeth - Bleak (PRS SE Mikael Akerfeldt)

Opeth - Windowpane

Opeth - Hope Leaves (raw acoustic cover)

Opeth - Patterns in the Ivy II

PINK FLOYD

Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond (I-II)

Pink Floyd - Marooned

TooL, Meshuggah, Deftones, Others…

Game of Thrones Theme - Ambient Guitar Instrumental

TOOL - The Pot

Deftones - My Own Summer ("Shove It")

Periphery / Misha Mansoor - All New Materials

Meshuggah - New Millenium Cyanide Christ (PRS 7 String SE)

Newly inspired by guitar gear (pedals, amps and of course, guitars), my newest sonic exploration is gear reviews, guitar tone vlogs and the like!

“#include”

In 2012, a 22-year old me set forth to record and release my sounds from a four year exploration into progressive metal / ambient rock.

The EP titled “Demo Tapes” was my first ever exploration into sound design. All guitar tracks were recorded using PRS guitars (SE Mikael Akerfeldt, ‘97 CE 22), and effects from Line 6 (POD HD500). Drums were sampled using Toontrack samples (EZ Drummer 2, Superior Drummer).

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