I had initially gone to this Acoustic Vortex house concert to support my great friend and wonderful singer-songwriter Susan Z and to videorecord some of her performances, particularly the song "Angelo (Boys Like That)" a song written for piano, which can be heard on Susan's MySpace player.  When I arrived at the venue, however, there was no piano or keyboard in sight, and I thought, "Well, crap."  Susan plays the piano beautifully, and I was a little disappointed.  But then she told me that she had been rehearsing with the other performer at this gig, songwriter and guitarist Brian Gore, and that they would collaborate on several songs.  Apparently Brian had written the music for guitar for "Angelo" and would play while Susan sang it. I could hardly wait to hear this version, but by the end of the show, they still hadn't played it, and had forgotten all about it!  Yeesh,  but at least I was able to capture a few other collaborations, and these are the best of those.  These performances were done without the use of the sound system, so are completely acoustic. The first video is of Susan's composition "Falling" with Brian providing some extra guitar.



These next two videos are examples of Brian's beautiful, atmospheric songwriting.  He does not sing himself, but chooses talented singers like Susan to interpret his lyrics in their own styles.  I consider myself so lucky to have been witness to this particular collaboration.





Finally, I have to say that I was very, very taken by Brian's beautiful guitar style and totally, and unexpectedly, fell in love with it.  He has several CDs for sale, but I wasn't expecting to buy any since I already had all of Susan's, so I didn't bring any money to buy them with.  So, I am posting this video featuring Brian's signature sound, and you'll probably love him too...



Hopefully there will be another collaboration between Susan and Brian in the future!