GT Solo Assignment Jan'07

Originally Posted by: grizzlymintGood job Bluegrass. Loved the tone.

Thanks for that. Not bad for a 100 gbp guitar huh? I find doing this kind of thing helps my mental processes. It was hard to hear the changes on the track so i worked to what i could hear.

Originally Posted by: FlashdharmaIs there some reason why you are not posting a proper set of changes with the initial MP3?

I think this was a followup from december. The best way to tackle this style is just go with the flow. I thought some of the changes were odd which is why i had a couple of missed notes. Sometimes this just adds to the finished result.

Originally Posted by: Bar Chord NickInteresting track this month. I will have trouble with it but I'll give it a shot.

I answered the poll to try different styles but it's fun too.

You did a great job Nick, had a good groove going and i loved the use of the wah effect. You are right about the track though. It was a challenge and i LOVE a challenge.

Superb. nuff said.

Originally Posted by: azza6ok guys im not very good..
I have been playing for 3 years but Ive never done something like this..
So heres my entry..
Please let me know what you think!
(yes i dont know much theory so i just played notes that sounded roughly good..)

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=636657

Please check out my other song there 2! :)

That was a great effort for someone only playing for three years. You got the feel for it. What i can recomend is when you listen to a piece of music like this BT, think of it as happy and sad. If it's a major key it will have a happy sound like this track if it sounds sad it will be a minor key like tears of heaven for example. So to do a solo over a happy track play a major scale in the root key. To find the root listen to the very start of the track and see if you can pick the bottom or bass note of the first chord. It's harder for Jazz/funk like this track but getting that first note will give you a foundation to work around. Find the first note on an open string eg low e, then find the same note 2 octaves up. Or around the twelth fret. The way to spot this quick is to look for either the two dots on the neck or the largest fret mark.
If you work your track around that spot it will come easy. So you can work down 1 octave and up 1 octave and get a great groove going.

Hope this helps point the way for you. Just one thing.

NEVER GIVE UP. YOU GOT A GREAT GROOVE GOING.

Originally Posted by: magicninjaWell I got my attempt up, I mostly used Dorian and Lydian and a little chromatic run here and there with some pentatonics. I guess thats about it.

magicninja

MAGIC DUDE!!!!!!!!!!!!! Great job, I've listened to loads of tracks and that was sooooo cool. You got a great groove going and got just the right distortion feel, a bit like santana. I loved it. :D

Here is my take on this months BT. This really isnt my style of playing but it was really fun trying to make something that fit, hope you like it

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=614762


Oh yeah the dude with the Carvin(cant remember his SN) take was amazing, the tone was beautiful coming from that amp! :)

Originally Posted by: The Allmighty ZachHere is my take on this months BT. This really isnt my style of playing but it was really fun trying to make something that fit, hope you like it

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=614762


Oh yeah the dude with the Carvin(cant remember his SN) take was amazing, the tone was beautiful coming from that amp! :)

Not bad man. I can see you crankin out some real beefy metal riffs....perhaps I'm wrong, but sounds like it. The note choice was questionable at times, but you had some really good thought, and a quick run or 2 in there. Your tone was also beautiful. I especially liked it in the first key change where you cranked the delay some. Good touch.

Originally Posted by: FlashdharmaIs there some reason why you are not posting a proper set of changes with the initial MP3?

Yes a great readon! I can't pick the chords out by ear. I don't write any of these BT's really so I can't do something like that. We usually are thankful for Julian Vickers in that respect.

Originally Posted by: The Allmighty ZachHere is my take on this months BT. This really isnt my style of playing but it was really fun trying to make something that fit, hope you like it

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=614762


Oh yeah the dude with the Carvin(cant remember his SN) take was amazing, the tone was beautiful coming from that amp! :)

Zach dude that was soooo cool. Had a definite Santana sound going. You captured the whole essence of the track with your riff, feel, texture, everything. Man you got mine beat. Great Job.

Ok. This thread is getting a little long, so here are the takes submitted so far.
Enjoy!


DEMONIAC http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=611655
Bar Chord Nick http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=554641
azza6 http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=636657
magicninja http://www.soundclick.com/magicninja
rgrandsire http://www.soundclick.com/bands/songInfo.cfm?bandID=388007&songID=4857968
Cookie monster http://purevolume.com/turquoiseguillotine
grizzlymint http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pageartist.cfm?bandID=648925
WERNER 1 http://www.soundclick.com/bands/songInfo.cfm?bandID=410286&songID=4871095
blk911 http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=649497
equator http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=444393
Bluegrasslimey http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pageartist.cfm?bandID=651633
The Allmighty Zach http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=614762

Thanks for that equator it'll shave some time off when I make the voting thread. to help me further I may start asking folks to subit thier track with thier user aname as the text for the link, since that is how I do it for the threads. Then I can just copy and paste and save about twenty minutes. :D

Thanks Equator!! That really helps me out a lot as I've still not had a chance to listen to everyones take(s).

"Carvin Dude" - If this is in referral to me, then thanks!! I've been dialing in "my" tone for over 25 years,.. and sometimes it just feels like I'm chasing my tail...:(

Rick

Is there a formula/code for being able to create a link that you would just click on that says like: [U]JAN GT SOLO [/U] or something?? ...

My links go directly to that sound clip/ song, but they just have the URL listed in the link...

Sorry if this has been covered before :o

Thanks,
Rick

Sure, when you reply to a post there is some Icons above the text window. The one to format a link is the globe with a little chain link at the bottom. Once you click it it'll ask what text you want displayed for the link. This would be where you put your user name. then it'll ask you for the actual link. If you have scripted windows blocked a yellow bar will pop up at the top of the screen. Click it and temporarily allow scripted windows.That's it pretty much. :) If you want to see what the code looks like just quote this post.

Magicninja

Ok thanks!!

I'll give it a try right here...

[FONT=Arial]WERNER1's Jan GT Solo Assignment Entry[/FONT]

....I think I got it now.... :)

Thanks,
Rick

Hi guys,

I just made my 1st attempt of this track, only the 1st half.

I gotta be totally honest here, I've never played this style ever in my life :o

I'll soon have the full song done when I have time....

Please have a listen otherwise :eek:

L I S T E N H E R E . . . for GT Jan 2007 half take

:cool:

Shaz, you suck. No seriously man, that was righteous. (always wanted to use that word) Finish that biotch up and you got my vote.

ooooo :eek:

I see I see.....

I'll get on it straight away :o

Expect to hear from me 2moro!

Shaz - I was really diggin' some of you're choices of patterns and melodies....especially the fast fill runs. For some reason I couldn't find anything to fit in there like that ... even though I typically play faster runs and such... :confused:

Tone seemed a bit flangy/phaser'ish to me, but maybe that's what you were going for....over all pretty cool and fresh.... most of all (IMO) you were playing something that actually fit the groove and style of the song - Good Job!

Rick

Hey, Thanks Rick...

I loved your tone man... About my tone, that sound u were thinkin of is Chorus, that's all I was using and a bit of Reverb. I love this backing track, so far it is my favourite out of all the backing tracks I've played on here.

Reason why, is cos I've never ever played this style before and it was a challenge for me :eek: At first I couldn't play to the track, the rythm and such just threw me off, cos mostly I'm into speed and neo-classical type rock.

But finally I got down the feel of the track and I've completed my take for this month...

So listen here for Jumpin' Frog Groove - GT Jan '07

Please enjoy and comment

PS. Rick, you gonna complete the whole song? If I remembered correctly, you only had about half of the song done. I'd love to hear the full song with that killer tone of yours which I am unable to compete with :D