We (GMC instructors) have been speaking about having a go at another instructor collab - it's been a while since the last one! So I have prepared two backings of my latest tune (check it here).

The idea is that anyone may have a go at any part(s) and then I will do my best to glue it together into something really cool. It would be absolutely awesome if we could put together a youtube video of this as well - but we can discuss that later on!

* Please send me all takes starting from point 0 on the backing - to make it easier for me to mix this. You can upload the mp3 here or send me the wave file for optimal quality.
* Please do not use any reverb at all - this way I can apply the same reverb to all takes to make the mix sound more unison.

How about we give this three weeks - so deadline would be June 18th.

Backing with drums/bass/guitars: Click to view attachment
Backing with drums only: Click to view attachment

If you are semi tone deaf like me you might appreciate to know the backing harmony:

Tuning Eb - Tempo 110 BPM.

'0 - '22 Bass plays A
'22 - '57 Em tonality

'57 - 01:14
E5 C5 B5 F#5
E5 C5 B5 D5

01:14-01:29 Riff explained here

01:31 - 01:49 riff based around E5 F#5 G5

01:49 - end:
E5 C5 B5 F#5
E5 C5 B5 D5

Can't wait to hear someone else's take on this!

awwww i got some homework to do
quick thing kris, no reverb, no delay?, i like to use some tape echo to my leads, you know vintage sound , but it's cool if you want it dry

Well tape echo might work - I don't have any experience from mixing vintage sounding takes with modern ones, but I think I will be able to find work arounds. So do whatever feels right to you - I sense we are going to hear some really cool stuff from you!

Hey kris, i couldn't control myself and found the perfect excuse to jam around for a while
so i made this take, i didn't played the whole thing, just what i think suits my playing best, it is a pretty hard rock/metal tune, but i think i found a place for my blues roots , hope you like it!

i recorded the intro and from 1:14 (a little groovy part and a crazy lead )

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Awesome!! Haha this is going to be really cool - maybe someone else wants to pick it up from where you ended so we can have a question and answer thing throughout the tune?! Would be killer.

This is really exciting, can't wait to see where we land.

UUUH I LIKE TO JAM ... will do some jamming on this one ... hopefully i'll post it soon...great work adrian very cool licks...

great job Adrian, sounds super cool! I'll record something after you intro then!

this is really cool! I've downloaded both Bts, so I will come back with my take in a week or so! this is fun!

thanks guys!!!
looking forward to your follow up take ivan, this is going to be fun!

Recording something tomorrow, need a video too, so this is why it's taking some time. Hopefully it will look good

LOL ,I'm definitely deaf. The backing track is from Es minor !! or I have to visit a doctor ?!?

you have to tune ur guitar a half step down

Uhhh ..thanks Adrian

Cool Lale - it's an honour that the first collab you join is mine, can't wait to hear your take! =D



See!! Told you I was tone death No seriously I forgot to mention the tuning - fixing it now!

Going to the doctor is always a good idea so I think you should do it anyway to assure a healthy stay here

By the way will you be doing a take for this one Sinisa? I sense you will completely rock the house.



Awesome - looking forward to hear yours and Ivan's takes!

Count me in !

Ok we got a response from a new instructor who hasn't been introduced yet - Ben Higgins. I am posting this for him.

It's a very rough mix since I didn't even have Adrian's solo guitar track.
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Ben has lots of more mindblowing ideas all over the track - so we will be hearing more of him!

As you can hear this is turning out quite cool already! =D

Very cool backing track Kris, I would love to join this one, I will have to see though if my schedule allows me to do so. In the moment it is verypacked, next week I'll be in Belgrade for some days to shoot a video for our new single, there is lots of promo stuff to be done and so on, but I will see if I can make it.

It would be absolutely awesome to have you on this one Marcus! =)

yeah man !
wont take u too much time

I'll do my best guys ;-)

Todd here I did a pass with a couple of different guitar tones. One more heavy, one more bluesy. No reverb or delay. Here is just the guitar track. I can't wait to hear everyones take!


Just noticed the last bit was overmodulating a bit so backed the level off and put it back up.
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Todd

sick monster tone man!

Thanks I threw in a couple of different pickup positions to vary it up a bit. I like to put a good bit of fx/delay/chorus and such on but stripped it off for this version so it could be mixed. Really looking foward to hearing the final mix!

Todd

Hehe yes awesome tones in there Todd! Can't wait to hear it with the backing.

Congrats on such a killer track! Very unexpected in terms of key and notes used. I actually played my seven string ibanez with a Low B just to be able to have a low string to match the rhythm tonally.

What about releasing a compilation album at the end of the year of the best collabs on iTunes using tune core?
TUNE CORE, GET YOUR MUSIC ON ITUNES

It would be promotional and could be instructional as well. The instructors could break down their chops in to lessons

Todd

good idea!

Thanks Todd!

The album idea is very good. We have wanted to do something like this for a long time, but we haven't gotten to it yet. What we are doing in this specific thread could very well be the starting seed of something like that.

Hello guys! I already have my take! I found the backing very insipiring so I composed a whole song! Let me know what you think!

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Oh man what planet are you from?! That was awesome: groovy, shreddy, melodic...everything!

This is going to be a killer collab track! Listening to it again now!

edit - will you send me the solo track without the backing?

yeah! Lucio did a great take! Here I posting his solo track because we have it in my studio! We also have a video for this one.

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Some killer takes on this being posted! Can't wait to hear the final. I think this would be a great track for the CMG Compilation Project for iTunes. A great way to start with a bang.

Todd

Thanks! Awesome to hear you have got the video ready already.

Here's my take, weird a bit (I was testing some new scales),but it seems that I'm in that phase now... !!!

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..funny, this might be good for the anti-alcoholic campaign.... !

Thankss Kriss!! it was fun play on your backing track! Gabriel send you the video soon I hope you like it!!

Rock on!

Hehe incredibly weird and cool SInisa. I think the weird stuff will work very well to break things up somewhere in the middle of the medley. Since the backing is pretty straight forward harmony wise it will be a needed contrast.

Will you send me the solo track?

Can't wait to see hear what more takes we get.



Can't wait to see it - your take was killer!



Adrian can you send me the solo track? Pretty soon I will start mixing

Here are my takes. The first is approx from the point I start, the second is from the zero point.

Here is my take! I found only yesterday this collab, so I hadn't so much time to make this take, but I hope it'll be good enough.
And I like all the takes!Click to view attachment

Great take, Laszlo! Love it!The neoclassical part is just awesome!

I also listened to your take at night, brutal technique and very tasty! Evey take are awesome in this collab I guess !

You're right, this is going to be a great collab! Great takes, guys!

I'm scared now - with this many cool takes pressure is on my to make something really cool (and that's a good thing!).

Laszlo very tasty stuff - I especially liked the neoclassical part and the phrasing in the beginning.

Zsolt - extremely aggressive stuff. Definitely worthy the title of the collab =)

Listening more to both takes right now.

Edit - Laszlo all your files contain the backing track as well. Could you send me a file with only your guitar sound?

Of course Kris, here you are!
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Here is my last minute contribution, even though, after listening to all your killer takes, I wish I had more time to come up with something more elaborated...But well, at least I found the time to record something ;-)

Loved it - it very melodic and elaborated (to my ears). I should definitely be able to fit this in. The building harmonies in the beginning were especially cool. Thanks a lot for taking the time Marcus!



Perfect - thanks Laszlo!

It was a lot of fun as always My problem is the lack of time in the moment, but at least today I had about 30-45 minutes so I definitely wanted to give it a chance and jammed a bit. This will be an awesome collab, there are a whole bunch of killer takes, some are very intimidating

here is my guitar without the backing track Click to view attachment

Hehe awesome wahwah section added - loved it Adrian! =D

Currently mixing this on for all I am worth - right now it looks like we have something extremely cool going on!

Can't wait to hear it

When can we expect the final mix? When should we record the vids?

Currently things are going well - so I hope to get a mix up soon. I will return with info about the videos (man with video this is going to be sooo cool! =D )