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OK, for whatever it is worth, since the list has grown longer than I had ever anticipated (I'm playing and recourding quite a bit lately), I am culling out a few of my favorites here at the top. As always, however, the whole list is available below, and the newest pieces are at the bottom...

Favorites

1) La Guitarra Ardiente, La Cuarta Parte--an entirely acoustic piece (the fourth part of a suite). I'm pretty happy with the playing in this one.

2) Russian Tango--A slow acoustic/electric combo piece...kinda Jeff Beckish, perhaps a touch Santana-ish in the electric part.

3) Ararat--Another acoustic electric combo. All the soloing is done on acoustic guitar, with electric serving in melody and rhythmic doubling functions (along with acoustic rhythm guitar).

4) Fall from Grace--A really old piece...my attempt to imagine, in terms of heavy guitar feedback, the "Farewell happy fields" speech of Satan from book 1 of Paradise Lost.

5) One Minute Flamenco--More like 90 seconds, but who's counting?

6) Bellissima--A variation on flamenco, with acoustic rhythm guitar and an electric solo.

7) Caprice--Part Paganini, part Al DiMeola, part grunge, part pure showing off...perhaps more athletic than musical, but it was fun.

8) Elegy--A combination of David Gilmour and Santana, I guess...

9) With Ease--An electric/acoustic number, trading solos

10) Turning Point--And another electric/acoustic number, trading solos into the fadeout...

11) In Solitude, We Cry--Another in a series...

12)  Siren Song--Blues and Flamenco mixed...

 

Entire List
From my days as a musician...newer pieces are down at the bottom of the page...

1) The recording is a little rough (as is the performance), but this is a piece I have been working on for a while...gypsy crossed with flamenco and Jimmy-Page-styled Celtic...

Guitar Suite

Guitar Suite, Second Movement

Guitar Suite, Third Movement

Guitar Suite, Fourth Movement

Guitar Suite, Fifth Movement

2) An old piece...my attempt to imagine, in terms of heavy guitar feedback, the "Farewell happy fields" speech of Satan from book 1 of Paradise Lost.

Fall from Grace

3) Another old instrumental...a guitar ballad in the Santana tradition

Cry for No One

4) Two guitars--one acoustic, one electric. A pseudo-Spanish piece.

No Me Toques

5) This one is a really basic two-chord garage-punk thing, very rough, but the guitar player (who is all of about 19 at the time) has just recently discovered the sheer joy of velocity. 

Say Something Nice to Me

6) An old song from my pre-academic career. Guitar (me), bass, drums, lead singer. Hard rock with a heavy bass riff...

Open Up My Eyes

7) Another old song...same band, even heavier bass riff. Hendrix crossed with Parliament/Funkadelic, or some such thing.

Truth

8) Same band, more of a Santana/Al DiMeola feel to the guitar. Hard rock/Spanish pop?

She's What I Need

9) Another one...guitar solo in the middle is vaguely Indian or Middle Eastern. The drum work on this one was always my favorite part, though.

Confusion

10) Last one. No more, I say! The vocals on this are all over the map sometimes (he had a tendency to flat when he over emoted...and he over emoted a lot). But the guitar at the beginning, and then the bass/drums combo throughout still works well.

Questions

11) OK, I lied. One more. More heavy bass and guitar...

Don't Play With My Heart

12) One more piece. An all-acoustic retake of the basic idea behind #4 above (I like this one better)...

Three Guitars

13) And yet another. Variations composed on Jimmy Page's Bron-Y-Aur.

Bron-Y-Aur Variations

14) Variations composed on Jimmy Page's Kashmir.

Kashmir Variations

15) Another guitar suite, in four parts.

La Guitarra Ardiente

Part 2 of the above...

La Guitarra Ardiente, La Segunda Parte
 

Part 3...

La Guitarra Ardiente, La Tercera Parte
 

Part 4...

La Guitarra Ardiente, La Cuarta Parte
 

16) Like the title says...

Totally Self-Indulgent Guitar Solo
 

17) And another...

Midnight Mass with Electric Guitar
 

Morning Song
 

Morning Song (Redux)
 

Black Mountain Side Variations
 

21) Agressive and vaguely prog-metally....

Release

22) More agressive and vaguely prog-metally stuff....

Redemption
 

Renewal (Samadhi)

24) Self-explanatory, really...

Grunge in D

25) Another Jimmy Page-style acoustic piece...

Light and Shade
 

26) An Al Di Meola crossed with Soundgarden exercise...

Spanish Grunge
 

27) A piece written in response to Christopher Hitchens' recent (2010) revelation of espophageal cancer...

Denial, Bargaining, Acceptance
 

28) Like the title says...

One Minute Flamenco
 

29) A piece about paths not taken...

What Might Have Been
 

30) Garage-y grunge...

B.F.D.
 

31) Part Paganini, part Al Di Meola, part grunge...

Caprice
 

Dadivania / Finding Home
 

33) A slow piece based on an old melody...

Russian Tango
 

34) An electric varation on Flamenco...

Bellissima
 

35) A Flamenco(ish) piece with a touch of Kashmir...

Ararat
 

36) Metal crossed with Morroco...

Sheer Arrogance
 

End Times Blues
 

Emerald Star
 

39) A new piece, a combination of David Gilmour and Santana, I guess...

Elegy

40) Another electric/acoustic number, trading solos

With Ease

41) And another electric/acoustic number, trading solos into the fadeout...

Turning Point

41) Another in a series...

In Solitude, We Cry

42) Blues and Flamenco mixed...

Siren Song

42) An old open-G Blues...

Old Scratch Blues