Randal L Meek

  Randal L Meek is a singer/songwriter and finger-style guitarist hailing from Colorado USA who is making outstanding waves in the indie music world. By outstanding we are talking about hundreds of thousands of plays over a relatively short period of time with no one doubting that number will soon be reaching and passing the million listen mark. So how does this happen especially in a time when you could go into almost any community in the world and shake any tree with the probability that a really great singer/guitarist will fall out of it? For clarity and simplicity’s sake I believe there are two fundamental reasons why Randal makes this happen.

  First comes the music. Randal is writing, playing, and producing a fine catalogue of music in the finger-style acoustic guitar and singer/songwriter genre. How does someone do that? I’ve been thinking about this in relation to Randal’s music and it goes beyond a bottom-line ability to sing and play an instrument. When someone touches a very basic honest emotional core in themselves and then honestly translates that with song, people will resonate with it, and people will like it. The keyword is honesty, honest music. The torch gets passed from something within to anyone willing to listen, and Randal to his credit has done this. We can’t say it’s a formula because that's incomplete, not warm enough, and you need that personal honest warm touch.

  Second, Randal is also a very prolific promoter of his work. Hello all artists, this is what it takes! You have to be active, once is not enough, one email or post is not enough. Randal blows me away with his activity in letting people know what he has to offer and guess what? It really helps and works! Many people in the indie world see Randal as a model for how to take good solid music work into the next step which is building an audience. This is where good things happen beyond knowing that you yourself are a fine artist. This is when other people will come to recognize that as well. In addition by creating popular playlists like Acoustic Guitar Magic, Randal is able to promote dozens of other artists in their quest for more listeners. For the novice, a playlist is about a specific grouping of similar genre music.

  Let’s look at a few details in Randal’s music. As a vocalist and to my ear, Randal is a singer more in the Bob Croce, James Taylor vein with a clear, welcoming, and warm voice. This is a style of singing that will lull you into a very satisfied relaxed place. Regarding his guitar work, Randal has kindly disclosed that he likes to use drop D tuning, open G tuning, and CGDGAD tuning. Guitarists will know that the CGDGAD in particular gets some extra low bass notes on the guitar and helps to create a beautiful all round resonance on the steel string acoustic. Randal plays “with all fingernails or fingernails and thumb pick.” Also Randal likes to play mostly Breedlove guitars, but also plays a Dana Bourgeois ‘Martin Simpson Model’, and he is soon to be adding a ‘Franklin’ by Nick Kukich to his guitar family. Check out the two embedded clips below.

On Spotify - Randal L Meek, on Youtube - Randal L Meek, and Randal’s personal website - Randal L Meek

On social media - @randallmeekmus1, and on Facebook - Randal Meek

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Took Me By Surprise’

Randal L Meek is a solo finger-style guitar artist and singer/songwriter living in Boulder and Nederland, CO.

Randal's songs, and his instrumentals, are gentle and authentic with a warm and sincere delivery that is both relaxing and emotional and the perfect accompaniment for relaxing to your own "Life On The Deck”!