Brian Frederick is a multi-instrumental musician, composer, arranger and song producer. He is a self-taught musician with little formal music education. As a result, he does not use musical notation. He has produced in multiple genres of music, such as pop, rock, blues, world, jazz, and classical. His songs display qualities found in the best of instrumental popular music: the ability to create atmosphere and poetry without lyrics. His use of instrumental color, creative combination of sounds, conversational guitar style (which can be so close to the human voice it almost wails at times), picturesque melodies, and subtle nuance effectively tell stories without words. Frederick has learned to play guitars, bass guitar, piano and keyboards, drums, harmonica and concertina, with the piano going back to age 6.
In addition to producing original instrumental music, Frederick produces a music education podcast titled “Vinyl Vibrations with Brian Frederick Podcast”. He has published 30 episodes of the podcast as of 2025. Subscribe here–> SUBSCRIBE
GUITAR INFLUENCES
Larry Coryell
Carlos Santana
Mark Knopfler
Jimi Hendrix
Jeff Beck
Django Reinhardt
Pat Metheny
MUSIC LINKS
Brian Frederick Music can be found on:
Apple Music
Spotify
YouTube
MUSIC ALBUMS
1-Cruising Lane II (2001)
2-Short Stories (2002)
3-Lakeshore Nights (2003)
4-Hill Climb (2005)
5-Best of Brian Frederick (2006)
6-Trail Run (2008)
7-Old Roads New Ways(2008)
8-Empathy In G (2011)
9-Lift Bridge (2014)
10-Slow Men Working (2024)
11-Hill Climb (remaster) 2024
SONGS
35687 FLAT |
4 O’CLOCK |
ALFRESCO ROW |
AZALEA |
BAHA BRIGADE |
BERLIN COWBOY |
BLUE RIDGE TRAIL |
BLUES REACH |
BROADWAY WALK |
BUT A PRAYER |
CANAL RIDE |
CANTHINKOFIT |
CANYONLANDS SUNRISE |
CARROUSEL |
CHRYSTAL CLEAR |
COMO VA MI RITMO |
CRUISING LANE (original) |
DANGER WITH STYLE |
DOWNWIND LEG |
EAST & WEST |
EMPATHY IN G |
FIVE FOUR YOU |
FREIGHT LINE |
FUGUE FOR FOUR |
FULL AHEAD |
GRUSINESQUE |
HELLO FROM AFAR |
HOT POTATO |
I-10 COUNTRY ROADIE |
IN THE CANARIES |
INTO THE WIND |
JAMCAKE |
JULY 32 |
JUNE AGAIN |
LAKESHORE NIGHTS |
LANE DISCIPLINE |
LEAD GUITAR 101 |
LET’S GO ! |
LOCOMO BOSSA |
MARCH CAME WALKING |
MAY LIFT BRIDGE |
MILES AND AWAY |
MOO MOO |
NOTES TO CARLOS |
NOVEMBER KNOWS |
NOWHERE SOON |
NOYES STREET |
ODE TO PAUL |
ODE TO ZAPPA |
OH! |
OLD ROADS NEW WAYS |
OLYMPIC RUN |
ON THE OTHER HAND |
OPEN FOR BIZ |
PAULISTA |
PERIODS OF SUN |
POM-POM GIRL |
RED STRIPES |
RHODE REVERENCE |
RIDIN’ OUT |
ROADWAY E |
ROUTE 666 |
ROWS OF CORN |
SAD AND TRUE |
SAILIN’ HOME |
SAMBA DOWN LOW |
SAMBA VIBES |
SASHIMI BLISS |
SIDEWINDER |
SIX FOUR |
SLOW & BLUE |
SLOW MEN WORKING |
SONG FOR WES |
SONG IN THE WOMB |
SPIDER |
SSIPPI BLUES |
STACATTO GUITARS |
STARS AND WATER |
STR8 UP |
STRAIGHT UP |
SUBWAY SAMBA |
SURF STREET |
SURFCASTER |
SURFIN’ TURF |
TAP CONGA |
THE AIRPORT BAND |
TOUCH N GO |
TRADEWIND WAY |
TRICK OR TREAT |
TROMBONE WAY |
TWILIGHT SHIFT |
TWO SIDES |
UNDERGROUND |
UPPER GROUND |
VAMPFIRE |
VOLUME O TONE |
WAVE RADIO |
Brian Frederick Reviews
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