| Handwritten Notes | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Preston Reed |
| Cover: | Preston Reed - Handwritten Notes.jpg |
| Border: | yes |
| Released: | Sep 19, 2000 |
| Recorded: | Bobby Schmitzer Studios, Edina, MN, June and July, 2000 |
| Length: | 54:44 |
| Label: | Outer Bridge Records, (OB1001) |
| Producer: | Preston Reed |
| Prev Title: | Ladies Night |
| Prev Year: | 1996 |
| Next Title: | History of Now |
| Next Year: | 2005 |
Handwritten Notes is an album by guitarist Preston Reed. It was the first release on Reed's own label.[1]
Handwritten Notes received positive reviews. John Dilberto wrote in Billboard "...should be a bible for anyone looking at the extended possibilities of the acoustic guitar."[2] Dirty Linen magazine stated in its review: "Blending and bending textures and influences, Reed offers thoughtful and thought-provoking musical vignettes that offer more with each listening"[3] and Dave Mead of Guitarist magazine stated: "Preston Reed is certainly one of the genre's frontrunners... This is an example of true, spellbinding guitar mastery."[4]
Minor 7th praised the album, writing that Reed "skillfully intertwines his trademark raucous slam-bang percussives with reflective and melodious ballads in a way which will heretofore define him as a living guitar legend in his own right."
All songs by Preston Reed.