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HEY MAN, I really need your help...
...the thing is, I need you to start progressing faster then ever, but to achieve that I need your help:
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Dec 2 2013, 03:36 AM
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QUOTE (ElHombre @ Dec 1 2013, 09:02 PM)  Hey Gab Do you think we could work on extreme neoclassical in this thread? Cause u play it right? And btw thanks for the arpeggio fingerings  Im still to figure out how to roll my fingers correctly Hi mate! yes, we can work on it! and maybe this could be a reason to practice it again (it's been a long time since I stopped playing it) and maybe finally mastering perfectly at normal tempo.  What are your current questions now? Which parts are giving trouble or need to know the fingers? -------------------- My lessons
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Dec 8 2013, 11:05 PM
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Ok mate! I'll prepare a file with my fingerings. I don't use hybrid picking for the pedal note parts but that's the parts that gives me more trouble to play at tempo so maybe experimenting a bit with other options could be a good idea.
This guitarists plays it with hybrid picking: -------------------- My lessons
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Feb 26 2014, 04:27 AM
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Hey Gab
Heard you were up for a guest solo Would be cool, I like this a lot, collaboration |
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Feb 26 2014, 06:36 PM
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QUOTE (ElHombre @ Feb 26 2014, 12:27 AM) Hey Gab Heard you were up for a guest solo Would be cool, I like this a lot, collaboration Sure mate! Keep me updated about your EP progress.
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Feb 26 2014, 08:15 PM
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Hi man! Nice video and composition. I think that the backing is very interesting and I enjoy a lot the moments when your playing becomes more melodic, for example starting at 1:48. I think that you should explore even more your melodic side, it's very rich.
I wonder about that place, is it your studio? Awesome console! -------------------- My lessons
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Sep 12 2014, 09:56 PM
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Hi mate, I'm checking and playing along with the chorus that you've posted here. I think that the melodic idea is promising but the chord progression is a bit static and is lacking some more interesting movements, at least in the second half. It seems to be more a verse chord progression or maybe a bridge but not a chorus.
Could you please post here 5 chorus that you think are great ones? -------------------- My lessons
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Sep 15 2014, 03:25 PM
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http://youtu.be/o--aSPK0on4?t=49s
http://youtu.be/mMjrQVx8Cl8?t=39s http://youtu.be/SBFBtVbaqg0?t=1m26s http://youtu.be/cqc4TwPStVk?t=4m14s http://youtu.be/a8fM3pO7i0I?t=11m37s You mean I should have more chords and more colour in them? To give a more catchy rythm. I like this kind of modern riffing where the riff is almost like a lead melody in itself |
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Sep 15 2014, 11:22 PM
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That's very cool stuff! Most of the tracks that you shared (except Interval's song) are more like a rock metal song where the lead voice is done by a lead guitar. So it's as catchy as a conventional song thanks to a nice melody over a chord progression that works and has some kind of cadence that makes your melody memorable.
This can sound weird for you if you are not very used to compose catchy melodies and songs but I will give you a task for this week that I'm sure will help you. - Choose 2 songs each day of this week that has catchy choruses. - Write down the chord progression used. - Try to reveal what's the tonality. - Analyze the scale used for the melody. - Analyze the relation between the longer notes and the chords being played at every moment. - Write here the results. This analysis is a task for the next 5 days, but trust me you should keep on doing it with other sections for many time. Analyzing songs is the best way to learn more about the music that we like. You start to discover concepts, tools and ideas used in your favorite songs that can be starting points for your own compositions. What do you think? Are you in? -------------------- My lessons
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Jan 15 2015, 03:37 PM
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Hi mate, how are you?
Yes, I can definitely help you with this! Feel free to post your ideas here and also some songs that you like how irregular measures are treated and arranged to have as reference. A tip that can really help is to set your project in 1/4 or 1/8 instead of 4/4, 6/8 or whatever the meter you should use. If you have it set in 1/x your metronome won't have accentuation and all beats will start on a new measure so you can mix lots of irregular meters and keep project well organized. -------------------- My lessons
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Jan 17 2015, 03:29 PM
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Hi mate, thanks for the update. Great to know that you've found the way to define drum grooves easier at first to let the compositions flow. I'll be waiting to hear your idea in progress.
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Jan 18 2015, 04:27 PM
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Hi ElHombre, great job with this one! I've just heard the idea and it is very promising. I like the intro riff, it's powerful, and original. For any reason it's also connected with the verse, there is some dreamy vibe on it so I can say that it's perfect and I can also imagine it as the chorus for song. The verse also sounds good, I like the vibe, the progression and the guitar solos/melodies that you already have. The drum groove is cool, but you will have to be clever to composer the next part because you can't keep the same groove so more time. I would go for something that contrasts it for the pre chorus.
So, in other words, you are doing a very good job with this one and it's good to see that you already have the structure in mind. Please keep going! -------------------- My lessons
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Jan 23 2015, 04:48 PM
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Hey Gab
ThanksYes of course, Right now I only use the drum groove for composing. I find it easier to outline the song and play in time with a simple beat. Then I will switch it up to make it more intresting for more vibe to build solo ideas. And then ultimatley, the mixer will compose drums. Its great cause I know a really musical guy that is also a great mixer .So he adds very good drums and percussions to my tracks and gives it a nice mix. Im really happy with this foundation idea. I think this time I managed to express myself well with the purpose and message I have with this song. And yes, its the chorus the intro as well and I do something (in my opinion) very cool with the chorus, after the riff is played again on the chorus, it changes up a little and a guitar melody, which I wrote a rythm change on, cooperates with the chorus and sounds splendid, I had this melody in my head for years, finally managed to bring it out in context. -------------------------------------------------------------------- A lot of text, sorry for this xD Ok, so the next challenge is to do a good prechorus. That "hangs on" to the song, but is a bit different, maybe a bit more pace, so the listener gets to feel "oh soon comes the chorus". And also a nice ending to the pre chorus that really says "HERE COMES THE CHORUS". An expert of this is Marco Sfogli I think, for me one of the best guitarist Listen how he tells you "here comes the chorus" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykUir8LZNEs |
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Jan 24 2015, 05:06 AM
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Wou! That's a very melodic song! Thanks for sharing. I like his tone as well as his interpretation, but what I find even more inspiring is his sense of melody. This tune remind me to masters as Satriani and Timmons but with some more extreme shredding in some moments.
I know what you mean about the pre chorus. This sections is usually a part specially composed to create tension that finally releases when the chorus starts, and makes everything epic and memorable. This effect is generated by the melody but also by the chord progression used. A good plan to use this process to also learn some new things would be to analyze some songs that have that effect in the pre.chorus and notice how they create it... analyze the previous progression, the pre chorus progression and also the chorus. Analyse around 5 songs and write down your analysis. -------------------- My lessons
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