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Mar 6 2012, 11:17 AM
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Hey Scott! Welcome to your very own personal mentoring thread
 please tell me a bit about your goals and musical knowledge so far  and we can rock!Cosmin |
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Feb 3 2014, 11:17 PM
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hi mate, still working on that alt picking lesson, I'll probably be able to get another recording this week for you to check over, Im starting to get through it without any obvious mistakes so hopefully Its a bit closer to the mark.
In the meantime I was hoping you would cast your ears over this soundcloud file. Basically I was just mucking around with a bass and came up with a riff similar to a really cool song by 'Unida', anyways I thought I'd just add to it and try to come up with something in their style, just for the hell of it  Its just a short riff, maybe an intro type of thing, but it posed a few questions for me. I assumed the bass line is a D or D minor progression, so with the guitar which comes in at 0.36 I just played notes from a D chord, I wanted to be a bit more interesting but I dont know which chords or notes I can play over the progression. It turns out I dont really know any interesting chords at all! How would you go about writing this type of piece, would you look at all the possible chords which go with the progression and then pick out notes or do you know straight away which notes you can play over any given progression? should I be looking at triads or just basic chord theory  https://soundcloud.com/bleez666/unida-ish ps, this is the Unida track which I was using as inspiration, if you fancy a listen - Last Day --------------------  You say 'minor pentatonic ' like it's a bad thing |
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Feb 4 2014, 09:30 AM
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Don't over think it mate
 I think you did a very good job here - it sounds like Tool or APC to me, which is pretty darn good When I write something, I NEVER think in terms of theory - the process goes like this: - play what you hear in your head - record - develop by using other already existing parts which you can adapt to the context or, by playing something else that you hear in your head - polish, by using theory - what goes well with what you have? What can you use, change, add to spice things up? That's pretty much what I do What do you hear in your head next, for this one?QUOTE (bleez @ Feb 3 2014, 10:17 PM)  hi mate, still working on that alt picking lesson, I'll probably be able to get another recording this week for you to check over, Im starting to get through it without any obvious mistakes so hopefully Its a bit closer to the mark. In the meantime I was hoping you would cast your ears over this soundcloud file. Basically I was just mucking around with a bass and came up with a riff similar to a really cool song by 'Unida', anyways I thought I'd just add to it and try to come up with something in their style, just for the hell of it Its just a short riff, maybe an intro type of thing, but it posed a few questions for me. I assumed the bass line is a D or D minor progression, so with the guitar which comes in at 0.36 I just played notes from a D chord, I wanted to be a bit more interesting but I dont know which chords or notes I can play over the progression. It turns out I dont really know any interesting chords at all! How would you go about writing this type of piece, would you look at all the possible chords which go with the progression and then pick out notes or do you know straight away which notes you can play over any given progression? should I be looking at triads or just basic chord theory https://soundcloud.com/bleez666/unida-ish ps, this is the Unida track which I was using as inspiration, if you fancy a listen - Last Day |
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Feb 4 2014, 10:23 PM
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QUOTE (Cosmin Lupu @ Feb 4 2014, 08:30 AM) When I write something, I NEVER think in terms of theory - the process goes like this: - play what you hear in your head - record - develop by using other already existing parts which you can adapt to the context or, by playing something else that you hear in your head - polish, by using theory - what goes well with what you have? What can you use, change, add to spice things up? Nice I took that approach tonight and stopped thinking about my lack of theory, just played it through and tried to go with the flow I altered the notey bit and added a simple melody part, what do reckon to it? https://soundcloud.com/bleez666/unida-ish-2 -------------------- You say 'minor pentatonic ' like it's a bad thing |
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Feb 5 2014, 09:44 AM
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QUOTE (bleez @ Feb 4 2014, 09:23 PM) Nice I took that approach tonight and stopped thinking about my lack of theory, just played it through and tried to go with the flow I altered the notey bit and added a simple melody part, what do reckon to it? https://soundcloud.com/bleez666/unida-ish-2 The wah theme needs a delay effect over it to add spaciness and if you place an inspired vocal line - you got an awesome premise for a good tune! What say you?
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Feb 6 2014, 09:24 AM
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QUOTE (Cosmin Lupu @ Feb 6 2014, 07:25 AM) Can you sing, mate? hmmm its debatable! I try sing a bit, Theres a couple of acoustic biffy clyro songs which I practice, sometimes it sounds ok-ish  but I wouldnt go as far as saying I could sing! I played around with the track last night, put in that delay and added a little bit, got a new riff / melody at the end. https://soundcloud.com/bleez666/u4 -------------------- You say 'minor pentatonic ' like it's a bad thing |
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Feb 6 2014, 10:18 AM
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QUOTE (bleez @ Feb 6 2014, 08:24 AM) hmmm its debatable! I try sing a bit, Theres a couple of acoustic biffy clyro songs which I practice, sometimes it sounds ok-ish but I wouldnt go as far as saying I could sing! I played around with the track last night, put in that delay and added a little bit, got a new riff / melody at the end. https://soundcloud.com/bleez666/u4 Hehe - why not try some vocal ideas man? I think that instrumentally it's good enough at this point to lay down some vocals on it
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Cosmin Lupu Bleez's Mentoring Thread Mar 6 2012, 11:17 AM
bleez hey dude, that hand sync lesson. Im playing it ( a... Jul 26 2013, 10:36 PM
Cosmin Lupu Your assumption is correct in both ways - this is ... Jul 27 2013, 08:02 AM
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bleez so this was based on my assumption that I had to p... Jul 27 2013, 04:40 PM Cosmin Lupu Sounds right to me man - 6 notes between each clic... Jul 28 2013, 03:06 PM bleez cool I was totally all over the place with it u... Jul 28 2013, 03:20 PM Cosmin Lupu Can I see a video at 70% please? In this way, reco... Jul 29 2013, 11:32 AM bleez QUOTE (Cosmin Lupu @ Jul 29 2013, 11:32 A... Jul 29 2013, 11:23 PM
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Cosmin Lupu Mate, let me tell you about a little golden rule:
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Cosmin Lupu First things first, let's see a full vid at th... Jul 31 2013, 07:53 AM bleez well, I tried it tonight but it didn't turn ou... Jul 31 2013, 11:02 PM Cosmin Lupu QUOTE (bleez @ Jul 31 2013, 10:02 PM) wel... Aug 1 2013, 07:58 AM
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bleez hey dude, I got a recording tonight at 60bpm of th... Aug 5 2013, 11:23 PM Cosmin Lupu Hey matey! I will make a movie for ya regardin... Aug 6 2013, 09:03 AM bleez thanks mate. I'll try that approach, I can see... Aug 7 2013, 07:55 PM Cosmin Lupu QUOTE (bleez @ Aug 7 2013, 06:55 PM) than... Aug 8 2013, 07:29 AM
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bleez hey dude, I was watching your vid reply about lega... Aug 21 2013, 08:35 PM Cosmin Lupu Hey mate - the one thing that you can do - the one... Aug 22 2013, 12:53 PM bleez cool, thanks dude I started last night, checking ... Aug 23 2013, 08:20 AM Cosmin Lupu Hehe Nothing wrong with stealing licks and making... Aug 24 2013, 09:59 AM
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bleez hey dude, Ive been working on a few of those fast ... Aug 25 2013, 09:50 PM Cosmin Lupu QUOTE (bleez @ Aug 25 2013, 08:50 PM) hey... Aug 26 2013, 07:04 AM
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bleez my plan of attack was to play in my usual position... Aug 26 2013, 08:27 AM Cosmin Lupu QUOTE (bleez @ Aug 26 2013, 07:27 AM) my ... Aug 26 2013, 08:36 AM bleez QUOTE (Cosmin Lupu @ Aug 26 2013, 08:36 A... Aug 26 2013, 12:48 PM Cosmin Lupu QUOTE (bleez @ Aug 26 2013, 11:48 AM) TBH... Aug 26 2013, 01:35 PM
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bleez hi mate, Ive been working on the collab that Patri... Sep 7 2013, 03:19 PM Cosmin Lupu Hey mate - I like the tone and the phrasing from t... Sep 10 2013, 10:16 AM bleez QUOTE (Cosmin Lupu @ Sep 10 2013, 10:16 A... Sep 10 2013, 11:58 AM Cosmin Lupu QUOTE (bleez @ Sep 10 2013, 10:58 AM) I ... Sep 11 2013, 09:44 AM
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bleez hey duder, this is what Ive got so far for the lea... Sep 23 2013, 07:26 PM Cosmin Lupu Hey mate! This is nice At this point - I don... Sep 23 2013, 11:06 PM bleez QUOTE (Cosmin Lupu @ Sep 23 2013, 11:06 P... Sep 23 2013, 11:22 PM
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Cosmin Lupu My friend - don't look in the neighbor's g... Sep 24 2013, 10:15 AM bleez hey dude. Ive been working on the day / night coll... Nov 3 2013, 08:16 PM Cosmin Lupu QUOTE (bleez @ Nov 3 2013, 07:16 PM) hey ... Nov 5 2013, 09:13 AM bleez QUOTE (Cosmin Lupu @ Nov 5 2013, 08:13 AM... Nov 5 2013, 01:48 PM Cosmin Lupu QUOTE (bleez @ Nov 5 2013, 12:48 PM) cool... Nov 6 2013, 08:40 AM
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bleez hey dude thought Id check in here and give you ... Jan 12 2014, 07:56 PM Cosmin Lupu Hey mate Sounds like you are pretty busy! I w... Jan 13 2014, 01:51 PM bleez QUOTE (Cosmin Lupu @ Jan 13 2014, 12:51 P... Jan 13 2014, 01:53 PM
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Let's see some bleez style guitar playi... Jan 14 2014, 08:16 AM bleez hey boss, I took a quick recording of the main pra... Jan 15 2014, 09:26 AM Cosmin Lupu Hey mate! This is very good!
Indeed, the ... Jan 16 2014, 10:32 AM bleez thanks dude
youre right, I do tense up my hand ... Jan 17 2014, 10:32 PM Cosmin Lupu Good choice Please focus on the things I mentione... Jan 19 2014, 08:57 AM bleez QUOTE (Cosmin Lupu @ Jan 19 2014, 07:57 A... Jan 19 2014, 02:51 PM Cosmin Lupu Mate, the more tracks you finish with great result... Jan 19 2014, 04:08 PM
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Cosmin Lupu Looking forward to hear your ideas - you can recor... Feb 7 2014, 09:46 AM bleez hey Cos
I done a little recording today, wonde... Apr 2 2014, 04:53 PM Cosmin Lupu Dude!
You are awesome I mean, the progress i... Apr 4 2014, 12:03 AM
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bleez thanks c-dog! that's proper awesome to hea... Apr 4 2014, 11:38 AM Cosmin Lupu Hehe! Broheim, hard work always pays off! ... Apr 5 2014, 05:26 PM
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bleez duder, I took a quick recording of a couple of the... Apr 6 2014, 09:26 PM Cosmin Lupu Hey man!
As I said a few days ago - you have ... Apr 7 2014, 10:55 AM bleez hey duder, just a quick question. you know how on... May 10 2014, 01:28 PM Cosmin Lupu Mate, if you are into it and if you feel like you ... May 10 2014, 02:59 PM bleez QUOTE (Cosmin Lupu @ May 10 2014, 02:59 P... May 10 2014, 03:12 PM Cosmin Lupu Ah! Great, great Start with that, throw a rec... May 11 2014, 01:03 PM bleez QUOTE (Cosmin Lupu @ May 11 2014, 01:03 P... May 11 2014, 04:14 PM
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Cosmin Lupu Perfect then! Let me know how it goes May 12 2014, 11:46 AM bleez Hey dude, just droppin in with an update. Still wo... Jun 22 2014, 11:00 PM Cosmin Lupu Heeey!! I'd be curious to see some sw... Jun 23 2014, 01:03 PM bleez Im playing the sweeps at only 110bpm sometimes 115... Jun 23 2014, 06:59 PM Cosmin Lupu Hey again mate
Morning practicing is indeed gre... Jun 25 2014, 08:30 AM bleez QUOTE (Cosmin Lupu @ Jun 25 2014, 08:30 A... Jun 26 2014, 11:13 AM
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Cosmin Lupu Sweet Jesus man... how can you keep that thing at ... Jun 27 2014, 07:45 AM bleez LOL! man, I know less about micing stuff than ... Jun 27 2014, 08:19 AM Cosmin Lupu Well, it's a huge dude! It's supposed ... Jun 28 2014, 07:42 AM
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bleez hey duder
Im still working away hard at variou... Aug 11 2014, 11:02 AM Cosmin Lupu Hey mate!
I can see progress indeed! Cong... Aug 12 2014, 07:53 AM
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bleez thanks dude
When Im playing those patterns I s... Aug 12 2014, 08:52 AM Cosmin Lupu That's exactly why I want you to focus on this... Aug 13 2014, 08:26 AM bleez QUOTE (Cosmin Lupu @ Aug 13 2014, 08:26 A... Aug 13 2014, 09:13 AM Cosmin Lupu Hehe, maybe it's not the right expression I w... Aug 14 2014, 11:34 AM
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bleez okay duder, I recorded stuff from this mornings se... Aug 15 2014, 02:01 PM Cosmin Lupu Hey matey,
It's a good thing I had a lot of s... Aug 16 2014, 07:20 AM bleez QUOTE (Cosmin Lupu @ Aug 16 2014, 07:20 A... Aug 16 2014, 11:31 AM Cosmin Lupu Hey Scott!
Your theory is very correct, so re... Aug 17 2014, 11:24 AM
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bleez thanks dude, I'll keep on working at reducing ... Aug 17 2014, 07:48 PM Cosmin Lupu Hey mate Please do keep working on it and focus o... Aug 18 2014, 07:22 AM
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bleez yo Cosmin, Ive been playing around with some riffs... Sep 6 2014, 05:25 PM bleez QUOTE (bleez @ Sep 6 2014, 05:25 PM) yo C... Sep 6 2014, 11:00 PM
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Cosmin Lupu Hey Scott! This is a very good start and I thi... Sep 7 2014, 09:32 AM bleez dude, firstly... the Mastodon reference is awesome... Sep 7 2014, 11:16 AM Cosmin Lupu Hey Scott!
Glad to hear I nailed it with my t... Sep 8 2014, 08:00 AM bleez Roadkillsoda! I know those guys well.... Ive ... Sep 8 2014, 08:24 AM Cosmin Lupu Hah! Guess what, last evening when I was retur... Sep 9 2014, 07:57 AM bleez QUOTE (Cosmin Lupu @ Sep 9 2014, 07:57 AM... Sep 9 2014, 01:01 PM
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Cosmin Lupu Tuber is purely instrumental and they have very lo... Sep 10 2014, 07:33 AM
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