Using a variety of open and alternate guitar tunings, Neri displays a wide range of energy levels to create a truly original fingerstyle sound with this release. After a long association with the guitar, both playing live and composing for the instrument, Neri felt it was time to commit his work to compact disc, allowing him to share it with a new audience that might never have the chance to see him perform. Neri has a few words of advice for anyone looking to release their own independent project, and relayed his thoughts to Dan McAvinchey. I was immediately drawn to it and started picking out tunes from records. I listened to the Ventures a lot in those days.
Musical taste is an evolutionary process, though.
I listened to and played a lot of different kinds of guitar music, and that ultimately molded my style into the somewhat eclectic brand that it is now. It is a hearty beast and has survived a lot of torture that I have put it through. When I play out I bring along a Peavey Ecoustic which has plenty of punch and lends itself well to some of my more upbeat and percussive numbers. In fact, at the time, I had not even heard of him. I don't listen to scads of music these days like I used to.