Heart-Shaped Box | Nirvana (Mike Vitale Cover)

Here is an arrangement that I came up with for Nirvana's "Heart-Shaped Box". It would be an understatement to say that Nirvana had a profound effect on me as a musician. As a band, they inspired me to play guitar when I was 13 or 14 years old.

As an adult, I not only admire the musicianship and creativity of the group, but the songwriting craftsmanship of Kurt Cobain, not to mention his work as a lyricist. I admire and love the music as much as I did when I was a young man in Jr. High. I cried the day that Kurt Cobain died—I imagine, this emotional reaction was from a profound connection with the music being made.

Humbly, as a 40 year-old who grew up with Nirvana, I offer my interpretation of a song I loved when I was a freshman in High School at 15 years-old: 25 years ago.