Front Row · A fan’s more than 40 years with Pat Metheny

1991 and 1995 Prelude

In my own music

Sean’s own compositions

Pat’s music found its way into my own writing.

“Odd Funk-N-Stuff” (1991) was recorded in my basement on a 4-track, with Kyle Coughlin on sax and flute and Chris Holt on guitar. The name says it all: like Pat Metheny meets Tower of Power… Ummm… or something.

“Hiatus IV” (1995) is an intense synth-based romp through 11/4 and 22/8 meters, with a strong Pat Metheny influence. That 22/8 is the meter of the hand claps that open “First Circle.”

More of my pieces are on my Compositions page.