Overlay Music is harmonic, loop-based guitar. The music on Overlay Music Vol. 1 was composed, recorded and mixed during a 6-month Guitar Craft course (Tuning the Air At a Distance 2006) and was mastered by ambient recording artist Greg Davis. Overlay Music is the result of investigations into the principle of repetition as gradual change and active listening as a method of composition. Working with multiple delays and tone shaping devices, simple guitar lines become the basis for extended compositions. The music on Overlay Music Vol. 1 is varied and includes pieces that could be described as ambient, rhythmical, harmonic and cinematic. Jim Gomez is based in Portland, Oregon and is a member of the Portland Guitar Circle. Jim works with Guitar Craft and the New Standard Tuning for guitar and also with the Alexander Technique. He has studied on Guitar Craft courses with Robert Fripp, Curt Golden and Tony Geballe and has worked and performed with the Seattle and Portland Guitar Circles and David Hykes of the Harmonic Choir.