The Next Place

In January of 2003, guitarist Jeff Curtis returned to the recording studio to begin work on a second CD of his more recent acoustic guitar-based compositions. Curtis remarks, "The new album is all tracks written using the tuning of DADADE, in various styles (the tuning that Jimmy Page had used on Led Zappelin's "The Rain Song") - something for everybody, hopefully." The new album, entitled The Next Place is a collection of 16 original compositions written since 1998 that incorporate musical styles from "soft rock to funk to meditative to blues and beyond" plus a solo instrumental fingerstyle rendition of "The Rain Song". Curtis mentions that "no guitar picks were used whatsoever" during the recording sessions. Sonny Speed of the Island Songwriters Showcase produced and engineered the project. Curtis adds, "I tend to think of the material I am writing now as more like a movie soundtrack - each composition could possibly be the background score for a different scene. There are solo pieces similar to the material on my CD "Dreams" plus orchestrated tracks that will satisfy those who want something more lively."