https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPW4kUJv_z8
 
Some jerk of a man-child came onto my channel under a bunch of fake accounts and gave me 7 thumbs-down on this video and a few others. I just can't win with the interweb.

About the composition: overall pleasant tune.  I'd rewrite those fast passages.  They're non sequiters.
 
About the playing:. Could use some practice articulating the notes( every note is important).  The thumb pick unbalances the presentation of the counterpoint,it's too accented.
 
I've never read the cs Lewis book. Is it good?

It's wonderful--the playing, the composition, and the recording quality. How'd you get your guitar to sound so good? Just about every classical guitar recording I've ever heard sounds like the guitar is down the street. You've got some amazing speed! I'd be tempted to play like Al Di Meola all day if I had that kind of speed, but you tempered it very nicely just using it to add spice, which is exactly what great guitar is all about. Very inspiring stuff.

"I've never read the cs Lewis book. Is it good?"
 
Only one of the best children's books ever written.
 
"How'd you get your guitar to sound so good?"
 
Just a pair of 1/2" condensers in an X-pattern about a foot away. Yes, most classical guitar is horribly recorded. They usually insist on distant mic'ing and then lose all the dynamics and overtones of the instrument.
 
I've had the piece around for a while now. It was written along with a couple of other specific pieces for a documentary on CS Lewis, but the filmmaker lost his funding. I don't normally do paint by numbers music, but it seemed to fit the subject.

Thanks for the share! I really like it. I think acoustic guitar like this is perhaps the most difficult instrument to play. Your composition is top notch. I read your gear list you used, and I think you got a remarkably clean sound from that equipment.
 
Wish I could play like that!
 
cheers,
-Tom
 
 

"I think acoustic guitar like this is perhaps the most difficult instrument to play."
 
That bit between 1:42 and 1:56 is fairly difficult, but otherwise this one isn't just too bad. Thanks for your comments Tom!

Very nice - I'm a big fan of classical guitar (Steve Hackett is my all-time guitar hero) and I play a little (not to anything like your standard) so I wouldn't even begin to try and critique your technique. The sound you achieved in recording the guitar was really very good and yes - I agree - Yamaha did indeed make some very good instruments back in the day. I thought there were shades of Bach in there and actually I loved the fact that the piece kept evolving and changing: melodic arpeggios, then a fast run, then a little bluesy or jazzy progression to switch the mood - terrific stuff. I really, really enjoyed it and - as someone who has tried to make and post a three-part tutorial on how to play Giuliani's Andante in C on YouTube - I know how hard it is to create an effective live video with a good guitar sound.
 
A very good job all round - thanks for sharing and more please. :-) Andy

I enjoyed it, a gentle smile at the end of the video would not have gone amiss though.  Thanks for sharing.

Thanks guys! This piece was meant to be orchestrated from the beginning. I uploaded it to get an idea as to whether or not it would stand on its own as a solo guitar piece too. I think it does, but I also think that if you heard it with a full orchestra that all the movements would make more sense. I'll get around to it one of these days.

Overall the playing was pretty decent  the recording itself was done nicely and sounded professional .
 
I felt that some sections were a little loose in the corners .
 
FWIW , I play and record solo guitar all the time . Out of all the different forms of musical expressiveness a guitarist can tackle . Playing solo unaccompanied guitar is the summit at the top of the mountain  ...
 
all the best ,
 
Kenny