Mega-deaf Collaboration !
Ben Higgins
Sep 8 2011, 10:36 AM
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Hey Dudes !!

Who fancies an audio collaboration ?? You all kicked so much ass on my High Risk collab that I'm inviting you back to kick my ass once again cool.gif

We're going to use the backing from my Marty Friedman lesson so it's one that you already know. (That explains the title!)

Attached File  Backing_Track_115bpm.mp3 ( 783.62K ) Number of downloads: 443


The parent key of the whole piece is Eminor.

The section from 0 to 0:18 uses the following chord progression:

A#5, A5, G5, E , A5, G#5, G5, E, E, F5, E5, F5, E5
A#5, A5, G5, E , A5, G#5, G5, E, E, B/G, C5.

For this section you could use the following scales: Eminor, Em Pentatonic, E Blues, E Dorian, E Phrygian Dominant, even try the A Minor scale, which would give you bit of a Marty Friedman sound. The chromatic nature of this riff gives us more options in using 'outside' notes.

0:19 to the end: E5, C5, A5, C5 and repeat.

The following scales will be useful - Eminor, Em Pentatonic. I would stick mainly to these because this riff section has a more definite chord harmony.

Standard tuning and 115bpm.

See what ideas you come up with ! No need to worry about video as it's an audio only collab.

If you want to post some takes in this thread then go for it.. try to use mp3 if you can because they take up less space than wav. smile.gif

Deadline is 30th September - let's ROCK ! \m/ \m/

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Ben Higgins
Oct 5 2011, 02:15 PM
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Guys, I thought I'd share my thoughts on your solos as well:

Deadevil The first part of this was incredibly strong. I love the palm muted notes, climbing up higher, it's a great strategy for building tension. In the second half, you lost your way a little bit as some of the notes weren't so strong and sounded a little out of place. Your tone was good and suited the piece well. I'd recommend adding some more bending which will create variety and avoid the notes having the same level of intensity. smile.gif

Dinaga Your tone was a little muffled, especially with those opening E chords. However I really liked your rhythmic phrases here, especially where the backing changes to the second section. You employ repetition, which is good.. but be careful of repeating certain phrases too much because it can sound too much like an exercise. The latter half of the solo is your strongest point, great stuff !

Gitarrero We need to work on your tone and get it sounding sexier and less muffled. I would try to establish some key phrases which you are comfortable with and make sure you nail the timing right or they'll sound unsure. I would also suggest for you to add more bends to our solos. The pick tapping was a great idea and I love it cool.gif

Ben Higgins
I don't know what you were thinking but I think you should take up the trumpet instead, or something.

ZX6 Great melodies here ! Clever use of arpeggios.. if I were to give advice I would say try and incorporate arpeggios into other licks so they don't sound like isolated exercises. Your tone cut through really well, but it is a little thin and fizzy at the top end. Nothing you can't fix though !

Fireball This is great ! I like your tone here and your note choice is good. I was saying earlier about repetition to Dinaga. I would say to all of you that Brandon's given a good example of using repetion in melodies but without over doing it. This helps make a solo memorable like Satriani does etc. Excellent whammy dip at the end too cool.gif

WeePee I like your Dimebag intro ! It sounds like you're tapping the higher note ? I would have picked both of them to get a stronger sound but that's just a personal taste thing. I like your harmonizing idea although I think you may have picked an interval that's outside of the key which makes it sound a little strange. When creating harmonies, if you stick to intervals that are within the scale, they'll sound harmonically correct. From the harmony onwards, this is a great climax. Love that tortured sounding bend too !

Really great stuff guys !! cool.gif

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- Ben Higgins   Mega-deaf Collaboration !   Sep 8 2011, 10:36 AM
- - DreamForge   im in   Sep 8 2011, 05:02 PM
- - K1R   Count me in   Sep 8 2011, 05:03 PM
- - Gitarrero   Hugh Hefner is in as well   Sep 8 2011, 05:18 PM
- - quadrium   Count me in also Ben!   Sep 8 2011, 06:11 PM
- - Ben Higgins   Excellent, welcome aboard Gentlemen !   Sep 8 2011, 06:30 PM
- - Sinisa Cekic   Great backing ,Rock on boys   Sep 8 2011, 09:19 PM
- - Ben Higgins   Just thought I'd bump this thread up again and...   Sep 15 2011, 06:54 PM
- - superize   I will try and make something if i can find the ti...   Sep 15 2011, 08:38 PM
|- - Ben Higgins   QUOTE (superize @ Sep 15 2011, 08:38 PM) ...   Sep 16 2011, 02:49 PM
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- - WeePee   Forgot this...thanks for bum(p) <---I'm ref...   Sep 16 2011, 02:25 PM
- - Gitarrero   So...the collab doesn't start until the german...   Sep 17 2011, 04:56 PM
- - Ben Higgins   Yes, the German guy opens proceedings !! ...   Sep 17 2011, 08:01 PM
- - Deadevil   Hey, Here's my take on this awesome backing ...   Sep 22 2011, 05:52 PM
|- - Ben Higgins   QUOTE (Deadevil @ Sep 22 2011, 05:52 PM) ...   Sep 22 2011, 06:38 PM
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- - Dinaga   Here's my entry, I hope you'll like it If...   Sep 22 2011, 11:39 PM
|- - Ben Higgins   QUOTE (Dinaga @ Sep 22 2011, 11:39 PM) He...   Sep 23 2011, 08:26 AM
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- - WeePee   Hi Ben ! Here's my entry. I listened lot...   Sep 25 2011, 08:51 AM
|- - Ben Higgins   QUOTE (WeePee @ Sep 25 2011, 08:51 AM) Hi...   Sep 25 2011, 09:33 AM
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- - thefireball   I might have time to join in.   Sep 25 2011, 03:10 PM
- - WeePee   (Couldn't edit my previous post) Hi Ben ...   Sep 25 2011, 07:36 PM
- - thefireball   Hey Ben! Here's my take. I also uploaded...   Sep 27 2011, 11:05 PM
- - Ben Higgins   Sounding very good, gentlemen.. I'm very impre...   Sep 28 2011, 09:56 AM
- - ZX6   Hi Ben ! I don't know if this still open,...   Oct 3 2011, 04:03 AM
|- - Ben Higgins   QUOTE (ZX6 @ Oct 3 2011, 04:03 AM) Hi Ben...   Oct 3 2011, 09:48 AM
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- - ZX6   Thanks , i'm really happy you liked it Thi...   Oct 4 2011, 01:43 AM
- - Ben Higgins   Gentlemen, take a bow ! Cast, in order of app...   Oct 4 2011, 04:31 PM
|- - Dinaga   QUOTE (Ben Higgins @ Oct 4 2011, 03:31 PM...   Oct 4 2011, 10:30 PM
|- - Ben Higgins   QUOTE (Dinaga @ Oct 4 2011, 10:30 PM) And...   Oct 5 2011, 08:38 AM
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- - thefireball   That was a really great job everybody!   Oct 4 2011, 06:35 PM
- - ZX6   Hey! good job all !! We Rock !...   Oct 4 2011, 09:57 PM
- - SirJamsalot   Great job guys. Thoroughly enjoyed listening!   Oct 4 2011, 10:44 PM
- - TylerT   How did I miss this! Great collab though...   Oct 5 2011, 02:25 AM
|- - jstcrsn   QUOTE (TylerT @ Oct 5 2011, 02:25 AM) Ho...   Oct 5 2011, 02:51 AM
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- - Dinaga   Thanks for the feedback Ben.   Oct 5 2011, 02:37 PM
- - ZX6   Thanks Ben I really appreciate the feedback. Is th...   Oct 5 2011, 03:00 PM
- - Ben Higgins   No worries, guys.. it's the very least I can d...   Oct 5 2011, 03:55 PM
- - WeePee   Wow nice collab guys ! At first when I was li...   Oct 5 2011, 04:34 PM
- - Ben Higgins   QUOTE (WeePee @ Oct 5 2011, 04:34 PM) Wow...   Oct 5 2011, 04:41 PM
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