Adrian Holovaty is known in the Web development world as one of the creators of a Python Web programming framework called Django. The framework is named after gypsy jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt. In addition to being a fan of Django, it turns out that Holovaty is an excellent guitarist in his own right.
On his personal Web site, Holovaty has offered several downloads of his music. In addition, he has created a YouTube channel that includes several videos of him playing solo acoustic guitar. The videos include Holovaty playing his arrangements of several Beatles songs (Yesterday and Strawberry Fields Forever), Stone Temple Pilots (Interstate Love Song), Django Reinhardt, and others. There are also covers of several TV theme songs. Holovaty’s arrangements are very good, as is his playing.
Adrian plays a Gitane DG-250M guitar. This guitar is similar to the Selmer guitar that Django made famous and that is closely associated with “gypsy jazz” music.
Below is a video of Holovaty playing a composition of his own called “Discovery”.
Sounds beautiful! What does bother me is the fact that his left hand seems tensed and his thumb holding the neck of the guitar a bit too hard. Just my opinion.
Forget the technique and just listen to the tone from the guitar….Sweet!
Nice blog by the way.
Cheers
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