The following instrumental pieces were composed by Mark.
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This is called “Runaway Tomato”, performed on the Taylor 814. The style is American Primitive fingerstyle.
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This is called “Fur Bearing Biped” and is by far the structurally simplest instrumental here at markstonemusic. However, it receives a lot of positive feedback. The style is American Primitive, utilizing an array of hammers and pull-offs to make it sound more complicated than it really is. The instrument is the Taylor 110e.
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“The Submarine Rag” is strummed with fingers only. We believe that “Picks are Bondage”. The guitar is the Gibson Hummingbird Pro. The interesting factoid about this original instrumental is that it uses “Fretplay” - which is to utilize only one chord position but at several different locations up and down the neck. The chord position used here is a reverse triangle, which is used to do a D7 or an Amaj7, but is utilized at 12 different places on the neck.
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“The Thursday Night Chess Club” is a straightforward American Primitive piece that includes some slides, rolls, and general-purpose alternating-bass stuff. This was recorded on the Gibson Hummingbird Pro in 2015.