March 2017: In honor of Johann Sebastian Bach’s 332nd birthday, Musician 1st Class (SW) Benjamin A. Coker performs Bach’s Praeludium from Cantata 29 in the Naval Academy Chapel. Check out his feature story and transcription of the Bach Prelude in issue 16 of Fingerstyle Guitar Journal. Wednesday, July 17th, 2019. www.fingerstylejournal.com
Arranged for guitar by Douglas Niedt
Excerpts of Van Halen solos, etc. during Navy rock band performances in Norfolk, Virginia, Yokohoma, Japan and Sihanoukville, Cambodia. The end clip was an impromptu interview about one of my atonal 16th note-based warmup exercises.
Original music by Naval Academy Band’s Electric Brigade
Trading solos on Dobro and Mandolin over the Michael Jackson piano part from “Shake Your Body to the Ground”. It goes back and forth a couple of times and has a harmonized line at the end. If you have a free Soundslice account, you can view larger music notation here: https://www.soundslice.com/slices/xBdCc/
Guitar/Bass/Keys added to edited drum videos – The idea is based on my Lonely Jam projects from 1993-94.
U.S. Naval Academy Band’s Electric Brigade – City Dock, Annapolis, MD