{"id":127363,"date":"2021-12-01T04:50:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T12:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/?p=127363"},"modified":"2023-05-31T20:22:56","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T03:22:56","slug":"fingerstyle-guitarist-hayden-pedigo-performs-tints-of-morning-acoustic-guitar-sessions-in-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/fingerstyle-guitarist-hayden-pedigo-performs-tints-of-morning-acoustic-guitar-sessions-in-place\/","title":{"rendered":"Fingerstyle Guitarist Hayden Pedigo Performs \u201cTints of Morning\u201d | Acoustic Guitar Sessions in Place"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s fun to play things that feel corny,\u201d Hayden Pedigo<\/a><\/strong> says of composing \u201cTints of Morning,\u201d a song off of his new record, Letting Go<\/em>. Pedigo\u2019s instrumental fingerstyle pieces are more melodic and introspective than you might expect from a young, self-deprecating Texan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can feel a sense of exploration in Pedigo\u2019s playing; some references to country and western music are not unexpected from an artist with Amarillo roots, but there’s also a discernible reverence for avant-garde acoustic sounds reminiscent of artists like John Fahey and Leo Kottke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pedigo explains the process of writing \u201cTints of Morning,\u201d saying the main theme got stuck in his ear, despite sounding \u201cborderline schmaltzy, corny, and overly sentimental.\u201d After playing the riff over and over, and over, the song grew into a complete piece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pedigo performs on a Blueridge BG60, that he purchased used for about $300. \u201cIt\u2019s an incredible guitar. When I got my first advance from a record label I told myself, \u2018I\u2019m done with the Blueridge, I\u2019ve outgrown it.\u2019\u201d But after trying out a pricier Martin, he realized his BG60 \u201chad been such a solid guitar. It has such nice bass, and a clear trebly sound that I want in an acoustic.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don’t let the heavy metal makeup on the Letting Go<\/a><\/strong><\/em> album artwork scare you off. Like Pedigo\u2019s five previous albums, Letting Go<\/em> is well worth diving into.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You can feel a sense of exploration in Pedigo\u2019s playing but there’s also a discernible reverence for avant-garde acoustic sounds reminiscent of John Fahey and Leo Kottke.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":127412,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"You can feel a sense of exploration in Pedigo\u2019s playing but there's also a discernible reverence for avant-garde acoustic sounds reminiscent of John Fahey and Leo Kottke.","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1527],"tags":[1332],"ppma_author":[1542],"blocksy_meta":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Hayden-Pedigo-Acoustic-Guitar-Sessions-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1440&ssl=1","authors":[{"term_id":1542,"user_id":2,"is_guest":0,"slug":"joeystringletter-com","display_name":"Joey Lusterman","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/436b88127a7aed4992dc57eb6efc6353?s=96&d=mm&r=g","user_url":"","last_name":"Lusterman","first_name":"Joey","description":"Opinionated creative slash beginning guitarist. Joey has worked in every department at Acoustic Guitar<\/em> in the past 10+ years: front desk, ad sales, editorial, sound guy, camera man, booth babe, email coder, podcast editor, photographer, book designer\u2026"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127363"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127363"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":139453,"href":"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127363\/revisions\/139453"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127363"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=127363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}