Kristofer Dahl: Red Shot, My new instrumenatal video
Kristofer Dahl
May 15 2010, 10:00 PM
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Hey guys - finally I have the pleasure to present new material!



This one was a lot of fun to do and I am currently very inspired to write more instrumental material.

Recoding wise I did a lot of stuff differently with this tune. I kept it very simple with a minimum amount of overdubs. I ended up with only five tracks + drums, compare that to my usual 50-60 tracks! As a substitute for lots of panned dubs (etc) I worked more with delays/chorus/pitch shifting etc.

This method of working saved me a lot of time, since I am quite slow at nailing tight rhythm guitars and mixing a song, and in my opinion this gave a more dynamic/real sounding mix. On the negative side the mix is is a little thinner - but I find that ok for this kind of guitar tune.

I have also sold off some of my old gear (including my beloved working horse amp Peavey XXX) and bought a Mark V combo and a line6 M13 pedal.

Thanks to the M13 (and more specifically its' tube compressor imitation) I rely on a real bass for the first time - I have never got decent real bass to sound good before - but this time I got something which I thought worked. It was a lot of fun to play bass! =)

The Mark V is a chapter on its' own (I am sure Rokchik will agree) and for those interested I can do more demos of it. For this tune I used the Mark I channel for all guitars.

I have also rediscovered my Parker guitar which I now find gives a very uncolored/natural guitar sound - as opposed to my strat which ads a lot of midrange and compression to the tone. I think part of the reason I am hearing this now is because of my new amp! Either way I recorded all guitars with the parker which I haven't used for recordings for a long time.

As usual I am grateful for any questions/comments you have - and you can expect a more extensive coverage of this tune in lessons to come!

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MickeM
May 16 2010, 11:18 AM
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Was just about to comment yesterday when my computer crashed... bad omen!!! laugh.gif

I liked the tone a lot. I'm not so much for instrumental music though unsure.gif I think it's a good idea to keep it simple not overdoing the production, to my ears such a production sounds better where bands skip all the bells and whistles in the extra 50 tracks.

Congratulations on the new toys biggrin.gif

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- Kristofer Dahl   Kristofer Dahl: Red Shot   May 15 2010, 10:00 PM
- - Wabba   Very cool song, and i like the video too And yea...   May 15 2010, 10:22 PM
|- - Kristofer Dahl   QUOTE (Wabba @ May 15 2010, 11:22 PM) Ver...   May 15 2010, 10:29 PM
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- - The Uncreator   I think your new approach to recording and mixing ...   May 15 2010, 10:44 PM
- - Adrian Figallo   i like it very much kris, love your playing presen...   May 15 2010, 10:51 PM
|- - Kristofer Dahl   QUOTE (Adrian Figallo @ May 15 2010, 11:5...   May 15 2010, 11:19 PM
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- - audiopaal   Very nice Kris!!! Thanks for sharing   May 15 2010, 11:00 PM
|- - Kristofer Dahl   QUOTE (audiopaal @ May 16 2010, 12:00 AM)...   May 16 2010, 10:57 AM
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- - Kristian Hyvarinen   Absolutely wicked!! Once again, I've ...   May 16 2010, 12:14 PM
- - zen   Great sound and catchy licks mate.. Very well done...   May 16 2010, 12:25 PM
- - jstcrsn   Be careful GMCers inside this strobe i beleieve Kr...   May 16 2010, 01:56 PM
|- - Kristofer Dahl   QUOTE (jstcrsn @ May 16 2010, 02:56 PM) B...   May 16 2010, 03:59 PM
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- - Keilnoth   Hey Kris, very nice work here. I especially like a...   May 16 2010, 02:37 PM
- - Adrian Figallo   QUOTE (Kristofer Dahl @ May 15 2010, 05:1...   May 16 2010, 04:58 PM
- - Fran   It has great riffing and catchy licks that stick i...   May 16 2010, 05:14 PM
- - Adrian Figallo   hey kris, thinking on that line6, is it a good buy...   May 16 2010, 07:41 PM
|- - Kristofer Dahl   QUOTE (Adrian Figallo @ May 16 2010, 08:4...   May 16 2010, 09:49 PM
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- - alvaroshredd   The first riff you played is amazing man kind of s...   May 16 2010, 09:22 PM
- - Kristian Hyvarinen   The swingy shred licks are awesome, but the people...   May 16 2010, 09:32 PM
- - Ivan Milenkovic   This is awesome material, great song, and great mi...   May 17 2010, 12:23 AM
- - Adrian Figallo   QUOTE (Kristofer Dahl @ May 16 2010, 03:4...   May 17 2010, 12:41 AM
|- - Kristofer Dahl   Wow so many awesome comments I have missed this th...   May 25 2010, 08:30 AM
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- - Ramiro Delforte   Great stuff Kris!   May 17 2010, 04:51 AM
- - Lian Gerbino   very nice tune and lesson Kris! I missed your ...   May 17 2010, 02:39 PM
- - ItsMe   great vid, great playing, cool guy as usual   May 17 2010, 03:41 PM
- - Adrian Figallo   QUOTE (Lian Gerbino @ May 17 2010, 08:39 ...   May 17 2010, 05:45 PM
- - Gitarrero   Cool, it's really catchy, love it!   May 17 2010, 07:53 PM
- - Gabriel Leopardi   Amazing piece of music and great playing Kris (You...   May 26 2010, 08:41 AM
- - Sergio Dorado   Just I´ve seen the video. This is really great, K...   May 26 2010, 08:50 AM
- - Zsolt Galambos   Killer tune and even better explanation Great les...   May 26 2010, 09:52 AM
- - maharzan   Wow This is cool Kris. I can feel some satch touch...   May 27 2010, 04:08 AM
- - Todd Simpson   Great stuff! A killer instrumental track that ...   May 27 2010, 07:51 AM
|- - Kristofer Dahl   QUOTE (Todd Simpson @ May 27 2010, 08:51 ...   Jun 1 2010, 07:58 AM
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- - steve25   Very good track Kris very pro sounding. Keep up th...   Nov 3 2010, 12:25 PM
- - Kristofer Dahl   QUOTE (steve25 @ Nov 3 2010, 12:25 PM) Ve...   Nov 3 2010, 05:15 PM
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