GT Solo Assignment December

[magicninja]

Hey guys! Here's the last track of 2006. This month's track was submitted by Julian Vickers. You can download it off My Soundclick Page (http://www.soundclick.com/magicninja) or "right click and save target as" from the attachment below. Have fun!

[silentmusic]

Excellent track!! im going to try take part this month.. could'nt take part last month, too many projects going at once but this month is quieter :)

[Bar Chord Nick]

Beautiful track Julian. I heard it last night and couldn't wait to get to it this morning. Usually it takes me 20 or more runs at a track before I start to feel I'm on the right track but this one took me 4 attempts before I had my take. I'll try and improve it as the month passes. I couldn't get anything for last months track.

Hope you Enjoy.

GT December Solo (http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=554641)

[alucard0941]

I really love your distortion tone. What amp did you record with?

[drf46]

That was some tasty playing BCN.

[jiujitsu_jesus]

Nick - that was excellent! My advice would be to leave it as is, but if you think you can top it, go for it! :cool:

[quickfingers]

ill be sure to hit this ish up tomorrow.

[Bar Chord Nick]

Thanks for the comments. The recording is a bit screwed up in spots for some reason.

alucard0941 The tone is just my strat though a Podxt Live. The amp model is their 68 Plexi Jump Lead through 4x12 1996 Brit Celestion v-30's. Also have it mic-ed off axis and Briteroom Reverb. It's also Eq'ed. If you want all the settings I'll post then for you.

[Cookie monster]

heres my track, give me some criticism

December (http://www.purevolume.com/turquoiseguillotine)

[Julian Vickers]

Hey guys here are the chords for the track. The verse and chorus have the same chords.

C G D Em
C G Bm Em

The outro:

Em9 Em9 Em9/C Em9

The whole song is in the key of Em or G

[guitarfreak141]

I'm not really good at all compare to the stuff people put up here, but I think I will finally give this a try this week with my new guitar, hopefully tomorrow

[quickfingers]

heres my track, give me some criticism

December (http://www.purevolume.com/turquoiseguillotine)


liked it alot. the thing that particularly stood out to me was the use of those cool little chords you threw in just kindof in pentatonic position. your lead style is good and there are parts in the song that sounded really cool. im a huge fan of the mark knoffler-type soloing so i liked how there was minimal picking and more pedal point-type lead parts. the only thing i would say is that some of the parts are a little off time, which could be something as practical as not being able to hear the backing track or just your fingers being disobedient...other than that, good take.

[Bar Chord Nick]

Cookie: I thought tour take was pretty sweet! I also liked the way you mixed in the little 2 string chord action. :cool:

Guitarfreak141: Give it a shot man. These guys out class me but I try and post something every month. If nothing else it's a great way to learn and try different styles.

[DEMONIAC]

well im trying to dl the bt but it is slow ase all hell today....
i wuz gona try to redo my last month take but i hade bad pc trouble with recordeing my onboard sound sucks ass i have formated and found some better drivers i havent recorded anything yet but from a few test in wavlabe it seems like its gona work so ill give this bt a try when and if i can dl it
yaaawhoooo i have on order a new sound card but im not sure how better it is gona be then what i have but i geuss any pci sound card hase to be better the on board sound ......

[DEMONIAC]

nice bt..love it...boy am i gona have some fun with this one ill post some
thing when i get it done might be a day or 2 i wana listen to it for awhile and let my mind sort it out :)

[DEMONIAC]

well here ya go my first take ....i dont know if ill do another i like playing the way i did it here but i might keep playing and get better at the way i do it so i may make a new take and repost it....watchya think?.....


http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=611655

[WrigglerUk]

Yet another ace track! My first (very) rough draft is here...

WrigglerUK Hard on the Ears (http://www.arav82.dsl.pipex.com/)

along with some other stuff you probably didn't want to know.

I just wanted to get the chorus down while it was in my head. The rest is just noodling for now. That chorus line sounds awfully familiar though - I just cant place it. If I've nicked it off someone, or if you recognize it, let me know! :confused:

[en_darklight]

Hey, nice track. This is my first time trying one of these... I'm not completely satisfied with my work... but it's late and i'm not really on my game... I dont think i could really do much with this though... Maybe if the next track is metal, lol. But tell me what yall think. Criticize please. Its funny, I recorded it before i ever read any of the posts. That means i didnt see the chords or nothing, lol. Luckily I figured the key out by ear. I think i recorded the whole thing in about 10 minutes... I dont think its too bad for a rush job. lol

Click here to get the song

http://www.filelodge.com/files/room33/915957/December%20Solo%281%29.mp3

[quickfingers]

heres my submission for this month:

www.myspace.com/thechadvandykeexperience

i had some fun with this one, partly because i didnt really mind sucking a bit of technical ass on the guitar side of things (the lead isnt exactly something i would put in my portfolio). it was more of a mood i was trying to set, so i did some stuff with the volume pedal and put down some simple piano comp cords and melodies to give it more volume (i just got my new piano a few days ago, so i was excited to get working with it). the lead riffs dont exactly go stale or anything, but you can kindof tell i didnt warm up or anything before i recorded this...hah. my fingers tend to want to move to the same places when i dont warm up, because i dont know where the hell i am fret-wise, so some of the riffs may sound similar. tell me what you think!

[WrigglerUk]

Quickfingers - that was superb! Just listened to it 3 times straight through, beautiful interplay with the piano & the crunchy guitar against the cool jazzy playing... really enjoyable listen. :)

[Bar Chord Nick]

quickfingers: Nicely done. I really like it.

[quickfingers]

thanks so much guys...honestly, i like every part of the song except for my faster passages because it just sounds like garbage to me. but i think it always sounds 10x worse for the guy who made it, so maybe its a little better than what i hear. hah. but thanks for the feedback. with the exception of the actual playing, i think my idea came out good. right when i heard this month's track, i knew i had to have some real slow fades and pedal steel kind of bends in it. i just wish i could have put some cool pedal point chet atkins riffs in there or something.

[The Allmighty Zach]

Nick and quickfingers I really like you guy's takes. Some really tasteful clean playing in both of them. The piano was anwesome touch as well.

I was just working on finishing mine but I broke a string and now I have to go get some :( . Hopefully Ill have it up tonight.

[equator]

Hi guys, here is my take
December (http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=444393)

Happy Holidays!


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[Julian Vickers]

Hi guys, here is my take
December (http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=444393)

Happy Holidays!


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Hey dude I liked your track :) One thing I thought it really needed were a few dynamics especially vibrato on the long notes. You performed nicely on the Em section at the end.

[maestro shaz]

Hi...

Here is my take on this months BT.

I've humbly named the tune 'Deep Blue Wonder'.

I feel like I'm out deep in the ocean for some reason when listening to it haha.

I think I might re-record the outro, cos I just go sick improv... :(

Listen to 'Deep Blue Wonder' (http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=611911) here.

:cool:

[Julian Vickers]

maestro shaz that was sweet :cool: WWAAAAIILLL meedly meedly meedly

One important thing that set it apart from other people's tracks is your tone, reverb and delay which made it fit into the bt better. Nice going.

[leachs]

maestro shaz
Deep Blue Wonder - Very nice. Very Clean as well. I liked how you put your lead up front in the mix, as well as your tone. Also you put a nice hook on the melody. I've been trying to find one this weekend, but haven't found it yet.
Maybe this isn't the fourm to ask, but what is your setup from guitar to wav/MP#?

[maestro shaz]

Hey Thanks guys...

My setup is really bad actually.

My guitar goes straight in a POD 2 out into the mic input on my laptop.

I got no Line in on my laptop, so I gotta use the mic in :o

that's it actually....

Thanks for listening

:cool:

[rgrandsire]

Hi ya'll!!

Here is my take for December...
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=388007

I suffered from computer issues (froze 3 times during recording, once during mixing and another time while listenning). I gave it the one finger salute many times and hopefully it'll work now.
It was kind of recorded real quick and because of the computer aggravation I was not able to do better than that kind of mix.
Tel me what you think...

:cool:

[rgrandsire]

I got no Line in on my laptop, so I gotta use the mic in :o

:cool:

For about $10 you can buy a USB audio adapter with line in/out and that would probab;y work with your laptop -->
http://www.emtcompany.com/products/adapters/usbaudio-usb-to-audio-microphone-adapter.htm?gclid=CMS1tbKsjYkCFQq2SgodkAdS5A

Maybe that'll help...

[WrigglerUk]

Well, I can't stands no more... after listening to some of these takes I've decided there's no way I'm coming close no matter how much more I try! So here's my final take.

Meandering Crush (http://www.arav82.dsl.pipex.com/DecemberBT.mp3)

And it still sounds like something I've heard before... just can't place it...

This BT seems to have brought out some really inventive thoughts and ace playing. Quickfingers, Maestro and Rgrandsire's are all way cool.

[rgrandsire]

And it still sounds like something I've heard before... just can't place it...


Maybe something from Scorpions?? I like your take.

Thanx

[WrigglerUk]

Maybe something from Scorpions?? I like your take.

Thanx

Thank you! I only have 1 Scorpions record, and I've only ever listened to it once! Probably not that. It's probably something 'subliminal' that I've heard in passing, and will never hear again...

[6strngs_2hmbkrs]

I wanna see if I get any recording gear for christmas before I try. But, I'll get a take in before the 1st whether or not I do. I really like this BT