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Sep 18 2007, 02:30 PM
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only bad thing i can say is that I go to Mizzou and DO NOT APPROVE of your JayHawk!!!!
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Sep 18 2007, 04:51 PM
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QUOTE (fkalich @ Sep 18 2007, 02:44 PM)  Again, I realize this is AWFUL, so show no mercy, I don't want to hear any of this happy time stuff, just rip it to shreds, I want criticism. If I walked into a bar and first thing I heard was this I'd turn and walk ut. I'd spend my beer money elsewhere, maybe on earplugs.  Just kidding. Critisism can be both negative and positive and since you asked for critisism in general I will give a bit of both. I'm a bit split about the solo. Parts of it did have a purpose but for the mostpart it sounded like pointless noodling with no specific goal. But that's also the hard part with a solo, some people can shred off a solo from the top of their head and it sounds good, but the next time they try they will play it differently. I'd like to see a solo as a song within the song, well written, with a purpose, with a goal. That's something I'd like to improve for myself and if you did improve that part too your soloing would meet an enormous improvement. As long as it has a meaning you don't even need to play so many notes. If you can play many notes and still have a meaning... sure why not! Your technique is good and the meaningful stuff insoide the solo that you did sounded fine. Somewhere around the one minute mark you drop the ball. At 1:45 you pick it up again, makes some cool meaningful chops but drops again after 15 seconds. At 2:19 you pick it up and manage to lead the solo out quite fine. The rhythm, well played. Resembles of a Cream song - Crossroads. So to sum it up. I think you have enough chops and technique to be able to pull off a meaningful solo. Think it through, write it down or whatever suits you better and learn it so well you can play the same stuff time after time. This post has been edited by MickeM: Sep 18 2007, 09:08 PM -------------------- My bands homepage
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Sep 18 2007, 08:07 PM
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This post has been edited by fkalich: Sep 18 2007, 08:31 PM |
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Sep 18 2007, 08:18 PM
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Must say that I expected bit more experienced player,regarding to your posts on forum.
Anyhow,it needs more routine and practicing for sure,it is kind a sloppy...  But try to put some bass next time as well,It'll sound much better. Thanks for posting this,many are afraid or shamed to do the same, so thumbs up for it. 
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Sep 18 2007, 09:00 PM
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I'm sure you can find a decent backing track for Wheels of Fire somewhere on net.
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Sep 18 2007, 09:27 PM
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QUOTE (fkalich @ Sep 18 2007, 09:56 PM) *snip*I would like your comments, and also Muris', and MickieM's. Again, as compared to the Wheels of Fire version. Oh, I missed that it was a cover. I'm not familiar with the song anyway, I think. Will listen to the original before commenting on your next upload. I said the rhythm resembled Crossroads, at least that's something
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Sep 18 2007, 10:19 PM
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QUOTE (MickeM @ Sep 18 2007, 08:27 PM) Oh, I missed that it was a cover. I'm not familiar with the song anyway, I think. Me neither. |
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Sep 18 2007, 10:57 PM
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First kudos for stepping up to the plate fkalich!
As everyone seems to have said for someone whose been playing for 12 months this was good. I'd say that as a positive it reminded me of Clapton and Cream around the 'Crossroads' era (indeed in places it made me think of Crossroads) - so that has to be a good base from which to start. Tone wise - well the i-River is a nice MP# but as you know yourself it isn't ideal. On my pc the recording sound unduly compressed and I think that's more down to the i-river then anything. One quick way round this might be to use ogg-vorbis/flac which that mp3 player supports - although you may then run into compatibility problems when sharing. I'd strongly recommend investing in a decent sound card which can handle a line and HiZ input and recording your guitar/amp on to your pc via Reaper or something similar. Tone from the amp - well it's largely subjective but to me your's sounded a little brittle - needs a more musical sustain... Hard to describe in words but assuming your after the Clapton/Cream era type sound your od is a bit harsh/brittle. Also I may be wrong but when the solo started proper I don't think you changed guitar volume at all - most guitar players tend to do this but you can get a lot of variety by changing the guitar volume on an overdriven amp - possible to go from clean through to od. This sort of thing can add a bit more interest to the solo for the listener. Bends - yes they do need a bit of work to get to the right pitch. Also to me some of the timing issues seemed to be bend related - sometimes you start a bend on a beat only to finish out of sync; sometimes you start out of sync and finish out. Bit more work with the metronome will sort it and similarly some more practice of bending to pitch. As a suggestion - not sure I heard any pre-bends or double note bends - if not try a few as they can add a bit of variety. Maybe also try slow bends that then sustain with vibrato over a couple of beats. Dynamics - again this may be more due to the i-river then anything else but - as with changing the guitar volume - add a bit of dynamic interest as at the moment the recording to me is a little flat. Try to get some of the key/target notes to jump out of the mix a bit more. I'd also suggest that you put some silence in - don't be afraid of silence in a solo, gives the audience time to catch up. Composition - most of the time I could see where you were going and as I said for a lot of it it did remind me of EC/Cream, so well done. There were some particularly nice bits where you were sort of paraphrasing EC. I think that's good as for any listener whose heard EC it provides a great. You might however like to 'quote' a few others though: have a look at say Robben Ford as on a long solo Ford is particularly good at holding interest my moving away from tried and trusted blues scales. Overall though I'd say it was a very good solo for someone who's played 12 months .Cheers, Tony ps - trivia - used to have an i-river as well until my wife put it in the washing machine .
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