Kelp Dwellers

Todd wrote a book to help tenor guitar or mandolin students to learn how to expand their knowledge of the GDAE fretboard. Tenor Guitar Method GDAE Tuning published by Mel Bay. Check it out! https://www.melbay.com/Products/31166...

We had a great time playing at Topanga Days this year. We have been honing our live arrangements as a trio and relished the experience. Thanks to the Topanga Community house and Tom Mitchell for having us play. Photo by Randall Apollo. 

Gayle has been generously hosting outdoor Kelp Dwellers' jams in the sunshine of his front porch in Topanga! It's so fun and therapeutic to just let the tunes float on the breeze, not too loud so the neighbors don't complain, while creating new parts and arrangements for the next batch of Kelp Dwellers music. Craig has a really nicely balanced travel kit that sounds warm and punchy and just right. Sometimes Joee Corso joins us (he played guitar on the tune Westward Mostly Sunny on our first record) and takes it to another level. So far lots of the new tunes are based on electric guitar rhythms, rather than the usual tenor guitars, though I'm sure the tenors will still play a big role in the new batch of tunes. 

Gayle, Todd, Joee, and Craig

Here are the tenor guitars that are the harmonic foundation of the Kelp Dwellers music. Eastwood Mandocello, Fender Tenor Tele, Eastwood Classic Tenor, and Eastwood Astrojet Tenor. They are tuned GDAE, and are really octave mandolins. This helps give the Kelp Dwellers a unique guitar sound.