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12/02/2006 9:49 pm
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 or "right click and save target as" from the attachment below. Have fun!
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silentmusic
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12/02/2006 11:30 pm
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 :)
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"i was expecting some 3476 string string skipping with some 23489172343 octave sweeps and some alt picking runs at 345734237623572bpm in 234872364781246164516th notes across your 2384723648724627348623478264 fret guitar"
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12/03/2006 3:51 pm
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
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12/03/2006 6:40 pm
I really love your distortion tone. What amp did you record with?
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12/03/2006 8:16 pm
That was some tasty playing BCN.
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12/03/2006 8:56 pm
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:
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12/04/2006 12:46 am
ill be sure to hit this ish up tomorrow.
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12/04/2006 12:35 pm
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.
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12/04/2006 11:55 pm
heres my track, give me some criticism

December
damn straight
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12/05/2006 12:17 am
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
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12/05/2006 3:07 am
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
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12/05/2006 3:32 am
Originally Posted by: Cookie monsterheres my track, give me some criticism

December



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.
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12/05/2006 3:57 am
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.
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12/06/2006 9:59 am
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 ......
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12/06/2006 12:07 pm
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 :)
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12/06/2006 3:13 pm
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
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12/06/2006 8:20 pm
Yet another ace track! My first (very) rough draft is here...

WrigglerUK Hard on the Ears

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:
Can you play "Far Far Away?"

Yes - how far would you like?
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12/07/2006 7:25 am
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
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12/07/2006 7:24 pm
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!
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12/07/2006 9:12 pm
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. :)
Can you play "Far Far Away?"

Yes - how far would you like?
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