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Posted by: Emir Hot Jan 10 2009, 10:40 PM

Here it is after so many personal messages and e mails from you guys. Sorry I have been very busy recently but now I am back to contribute more in GMC activities.

This track is in 130bpm and has kinda slower rock ballad feel. You can use any technique. There are places for slow long notes, fast runs, maybe tapping if you want or even some arpeggios. Stylisticaly you can play any rock style. From jazz rock to neoclassical metal if you like You have about 45 seconds to play - enough to show us some creativity. You can start with slow melodies and buld up later.

The chord progression is:

Section 1
Am,
Am/G,
Am/F#,
Am/F (or Fmaj7 if you like),
Am,
Am/G,
D,
E7

Section 2
Am,
Bdim7,
Bdim7 (again the same one, but this time you can move it to the next inversion Ddim7 or even think of this one as E7),
Am,
F,
G (or G7),
C,
E7

Section 3
The same as section 1


The first 4 chords - you can play A minor scales (pentatonic or aeolian) but it's up to you how much you want to extract from here and go for a more "spicy" approach

The track consists of 3 sections and it might sound unfinished when you stop playing but it should sound ok when the next person takes over the solo. Please do not play all the way after the last chord - think that somebody else is coming after you.

Please pay attention on your guitar sound. This is rock style backing so your sound should be warm with some nice overdrive but do not go extreme to trash metal sound. You can record with effects if you like but don't put too much delay. I need to have a good raw definition of your sound in order to mix it nicely.

Please export the track from the begining exactly as the backing. The first bar is empty, the second bar is click (metronome) and the song starts from the 3rd bar. I only need your solo exported, not the full mix with the backing. Also don't export stereo track unless you use a stereo delay or some other stereo effect.

There is no limited number of participants. You have 2 weeks exactly to submit the track on this same thread. The deadline is January 24. After that I will need 3-5 days to submit the mix and comments. If you have any question you can ask here.

I hope you will enjoy this one and I am looking forward to some great takes.

Cheers


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Participants that confirmed their entry:

1. superize
2. Smells
3. Tolek
4. enforcer
5. Toroso
6. Caelumamittendum
7. ztevie
8. Toroso
9. Marc_Maiden
10. UncleSkillet
11. Ajmurrell
12. Col Roberts
13. OrganisedConfusion
14. wrk
15. Vaialation1232
16. SonofDestiny
17. audiopaal
18. lcsdds
19. strat
20. Tjchep
21. berko
22. Paiva
23. utak3r
24. JamesT
25. Velvet Roger
26. coffeeman
27. kaznie_NL
28. Sondre

Posted by: superize Jan 10 2009, 10:42 PM

I want in on this one

Posted by: Emir Hot Jan 10 2009, 10:45 PM

Of course mate, you are number 1

Posted by: Smells Jan 10 2009, 10:54 PM

count me in great backing

Posted by: Emir Hot Jan 10 2009, 10:59 PM

Thanks mate, you are in

Posted by: Tolek Jan 10 2009, 11:00 PM

Number 3 here.

Posted by: enforcer Jan 10 2009, 11:03 PM

All I want in the whole world is just one thing:
Sign me up !!!

Posted by: Emir Hot Jan 10 2009, 11:05 PM

sure



You got it now mate

Posted by: Toroso Jan 11 2009, 12:08 AM

I would love to give it a go Emir!

Posted by: Emir Hot Jan 11 2009, 12:10 AM

of course, why not

Posted by: Caelumamittendum Jan 11 2009, 12:28 AM

I am in too!

Posted by: Emir Hot Jan 11 2009, 12:42 AM

Added

Posted by: ztevie Jan 11 2009, 12:50 AM

Oh, count me in if there's room!
EDIT: OK no limit.. SO I guess I'm in there...

Posted by: Toroso Jan 11 2009, 01:02 AM

Could you suggest some spice for this less knowledgeble one?

Posted by: Marc_Maiden Jan 11 2009, 01:05 AM

count me in

Posted by: Emir Hot Jan 11 2009, 01:17 AM

sure, no limit




but if you are less comfortable with spicy stuff, why don't you just keep it simple? There's no need for complicating things if you can do some good stuff with scales that you already know. But if you want some tips, try like this. Wherever you think there is a lydian, try lydian b7 and see what happens. It sometimes work sometimes not, you should be careful here. For dorian, try dorian #4. There is one cool thing called superimposing pentatonics. I am doing a lesson about that. You play pentatonics up a 5th instead of the one you would normaly play. If there is A minor pentatonic, you play E minor pentatonic instead. There you have some A min pentatonic notes and also some other cool ones introduced. They are all in a right scale though. If you "superimpose" again up a 5th, so instead of A min pentatonic go for B min pentatonic, there you have even more spicy stuff It all depends what you are going for. Maybe not all that will work in every moment for the rock style feel but you can give it a try and see if you like what's coming out. I hope this helps.




Sure man

Posted by: Caelumamittendum Jan 11 2009, 01:19 AM

I already see this growing huge, Emir! I geuss you should take that as a compliment from all of us!

Posted by: Emir Hot Jan 11 2009, 01:25 AM

of course man it is a big compliment even if I had only one person in this collaboration I am here for the good of both sides. I enjoy mixing stuff and listening different ideas and you can get some recording/playing experience and possibly learn something. In the end of the day we are all having a good fun here and that's very important. Thanks for joining this one bro

Posted by: UncleSkillet Jan 11 2009, 01:33 AM

You can count on me doing a track. Thanks Emir for the great backing track

Posted by: Emir Hot Jan 11 2009, 01:34 AM

No problem mate, thanks for joining

Posted by: Ajmurrell Jan 11 2009, 01:53 AM

Would love to give this a go! Count me in

Posted by: Col Roberts Jan 11 2009, 01:56 AM

I'd like to give this a try.

Posted by: Emir Hot Jan 11 2009, 02:11 AM

added



added

Posted by: OrganisedConfusion Jan 11 2009, 02:29 AM

Please sign me up

Posted by: wrk Jan 11 2009, 02:34 AM

This backing rocks Emir ... i would love to give it a try (?)

Posted by: Emir Hot Jan 11 2009, 02:44 AM

you're in mate



thank you, you're in as well

Posted by: Vaialation1232 Jan 11 2009, 10:34 AM

I'd like to give it a shot as well

Posted by: SonofDestiny Jan 11 2009, 10:49 AM

I'm in ! Finally! I've been waiting for this collab man. Thanks

Posted by: audiopaal Jan 11 2009, 12:29 PM

I'm in

I record in Stereo, so I'll export in stereo if that isn't a problem..?
I can record in mono as well if you prefer a mono track

Posted by: lcsdds Jan 11 2009, 12:30 PM

I'd like to give this a go as well Emir. Thanks for doing this, you ROCK!!

Posted by: Pedja Simovic Jan 11 2009, 12:32 PM

Great backing Emir - this will be awesome collab I can feel it

Posted by: strat Jan 11 2009, 02:24 PM

I would like to join too

Posted by: Emir Hot Jan 11 2009, 02:37 PM

sure, thanks for joining



I'll be doing them more often, thanks for joining this one



You can export stereo track but it is going to sound the same as mono. I said only if you include stereo effects with your recording then you can export a stereo track. Why making the file double size? I will have over 20 tracks to run in real time and it helps for processor if the files are smaller. I have never seen in my life that people record stereo guitar in a studio but again I said send it the way you think you should Thanks for being in this one.



great man, cool you are here



Thank you Pedja. I hope we'll have some good fun with this one



and you're in

Posted by: ztevie Jan 11 2009, 03:08 PM

You think so? Man, you're up to 19 already! I think you should prepare for 40...?

Posted by: Emir Hot Jan 11 2009, 03:17 PM

Well, that's even stronger reason why not to export stereo tracks If the number goes up to 40 then I might split it in 2 groups to avoid the final mix being 20 min long

I would like to hear your oppinion on this. Would you guys like one very long final track mixed or maybe 2 or 3 tracks with a normal duration?

It will be really too much work for me to comment on every take. This could take a whole week but anyway I am happy to do that.

Posted by: lcsdds Jan 11 2009, 03:27 PM

I vote for 2 or 3 tracks with normal duration.

Posted by: SonofDestiny Jan 11 2009, 03:31 PM

You mean different deadlines for the different groups as well?

Posted by: ztevie Jan 11 2009, 03:53 PM

Shorter tracks are better... Easier to keep track of who's playing what. If you have 20 people in a track, I often get lost after a couple of minute listening.
I'd say max 8 in each track, but that may be too small for your taste?

Posted by: Emir Hot Jan 11 2009, 04:02 PM

Hehehe, no. Deadline is the same for everyone. I thought just for the final mix if you like all of you in one track or separate tracks.

I will include the start and the end times for each guitarist next to his name in my final comments so you can easily jump and see who is playing at any moment.

Posted by: audiopaal Jan 11 2009, 04:10 PM

Yeah, you're right.. I'll export in mono then
I usually record with 2 microphones in front of my amp, so that makes it a stereo recording..
But I'll export it as mono

Great backing by the way!

Posted by: Emir Hot Jan 11 2009, 04:43 PM

But in that case it's ok. Mix your sound in a stereo track and I will include it like that. Your guitar solos will be panned in the center so make sure you have equal singnals in both L and R sides.

Posted by: audiopaal Jan 11 2009, 04:47 PM

Ok, I'll make sure I have equal signals in both L and R

Posted by: Tjchep Jan 11 2009, 04:54 PM

I'm in

Posted by: Emir Hot Jan 11 2009, 04:55 PM

added

Posted by: berko Jan 11 2009, 05:17 PM

If there's some place left, I would like to give it a shot too... nice backing btw

Posted by: Emir Hot Jan 11 2009, 05:25 PM

Thank you Berko, of course there is a place. No limit for this one Thanks for joining

Posted by: Paiva Jan 11 2009, 05:29 PM

I would like to be in too just a short question can we use just the A aeolian mode or do we have to use any other scales?

Posted by: Emir Hot Jan 11 2009, 05:37 PM

Yes you can use only A aeolian if you are not comfortable with any other approach. Be careful which notes to to use when the chord change occurs. It can be all played in A aeolian but with a careful note choice in some parts. Read my previous posts where I wrote about different use of pentatonics. I can give you a tip if you want to expand it a bit. For example on the G7 chord think mixolidyan. It is still the same scale as A aeolian but think of it as G mixolidyan and put emphasis on the major 3rd and the b7th degree as those notes describes the color of that mode the best. On E7 use phrygian dominant and resolve on A minor again when the chord progression gets back to A minor. There are many different ways to improvise here but if you are not sure how to do it then use whatever sounds right for you.

Edit: I added you on the list

Posted by: Paiva Jan 11 2009, 05:42 PM

Ok thanks Emir

Posted by: Canis Jan 11 2009, 05:44 PM

Awh, I really wanna join on this one... But since my hand don't feel that good yet, I have to pass....

I hope you'll make another collab in the future, Emir =)

Posted by: Emir Hot Jan 11 2009, 05:53 PM

Sorry to hear that mate. Yes there will be more next month. I hope you get better by then

Posted by: Marc_Maiden Jan 11 2009, 10:21 PM

here is my first take...im getting a new rig next week so if i have time and figure it all out, ill re record with the new rig

lemme know if this is ok

Posted by: utak3r Jan 11 2009, 10:29 PM

Cool backing, count me in

Posted by: Smells Jan 11 2009, 10:59 PM

Hi Emir, heres my take, hope its ok, loved this backing, I`ve made a loop on it, way cool!


 Emir_Collab_Smells_with_BT.mp3 ( 990.03K ) : 261


 Emir_Collab_Smells_no_BT.mp3 ( 963.97K ) : 160

Posted by: Marc_Maiden Jan 11 2009, 11:25 PM

cool take smells


i am looking forward to hearing everyones take...i realize now i did a pretty generic solo i think, but maybe if my new rig comes soon enough, ill be able to re do it with a little more pizzaz

Posted by: Emir Hot Jan 12 2009, 12:02 AM

Thank you for this. From recording point of view this is ok for me. Maybe it would be even better if you send separate guitars for the harmony. If you are asking about playing I will comment on that when we finish the whole thing. You should know if you are happy with your take and what's good to send for mixing. If you want to re-record this again with your new equipment, no problem but please (everybody) do not send many takes as this thread will get really messy. Pick the one you are happy with and send me only one final take. No rush, you have 2 more weeks for this and plenty of time to analyse your take and improve the recording if needed.



Added



Cheers Smells

Posted by: JamesT Jan 12 2009, 12:36 AM

Sounds kind of like "While my guitar gently weeps" by the Beatles!

I'll give this a go if it's not too late.

Posted by: Emir Hot Jan 12 2009, 12:59 AM

Yes the first part is the same harmony like WMGGW I realised that when I finished but doesn't really matter for this purpose. We can still have fun jamming.

Thanks for joining

p.s. I think that song is originaly by George Harrison

Posted by: JamesT Jan 12 2009, 01:33 AM

Awsome thanks. I'll give it my best.

Posted by: Pedja Simovic Jan 12 2009, 03:24 AM

I knew that but didn't want to spoil it for everyone
Great tune by the way, Vinnie Moore plays it as well (Emirs influence

Posted by: Emir Hot Jan 12 2009, 03:51 AM

That might be the reason why I came up with such progression hahaha. I knew the progression is the same when the track was ready but I didn't want to change it, I think it's good for improvising

Posted by: Tjchep Jan 12 2009, 04:11 AM

Well, all the effects are VST's so I took them off on the one with no BT so you can mix it in easier, sorry its a bit sloppy..

 Emir_TJ.mp3 ( 807.12K ) : 237


 Emir_no_effects__nobtTJ.mp3 ( 807.12K ) : 177


tj

Posted by: Emir Hot Jan 12 2009, 04:12 AM

Thanks

Posted by: Pedja Simovic Jan 12 2009, 04:54 AM

Great backing either way, should be lots of fun - I am waiting for final mix already

Posted by: Velvet Roger Jan 12 2009, 10:56 PM

I am in for this one

Posted by: Emir Hot Jan 12 2009, 10:59 PM

thanks for joining

Posted by: coffeeman Jan 13 2009, 04:47 AM

Im in if I may Emir.

Posted by: Emir Hot Jan 13 2009, 06:46 AM

of course

Posted by: wrk Jan 13 2009, 04:43 PM

Here is my take:

 Emir_Collab_wrk_wbt.mp3 ( 811.36K ) : 230
 Emir_Collab_wrk_nbt.mp3 ( 812.98K ) : 112

This backing rocks a lot, thanks Emir!

Posted by: Emir Hot Jan 13 2009, 06:37 PM

Thanks

Posted by: Marc_Maiden Jan 13 2009, 08:10 PM

BEAUTIFUL TONE!!!!!!!!


whats your set up??

Posted by: Smells Jan 13 2009, 08:23 PM

one word .. awesome

Posted by: wrk Jan 13 2009, 10:25 PM

Thanks Marc and Chris . You both did great takes as well. Each time interesting again how everybody comes up with new ideas.
@Marc : I used two Pod XT Live presets

Posted by: Tjchep Jan 13 2009, 10:43 PM

Mannn.. Great confident mature playing here man. Cool structure too!

Posted by: enforcer Jan 13 2009, 10:48 PM

Well, if I try any harder, I'm gonna loose my mind, so with its errors and unfluid sweeps and timing errors, here is my take. And also right now I am experiencing some technical difficulties with my soundcard, there are some nearly inaudible clicks and pops on the record, I dont know why but they are there...

And this is my first neoclassical try so I am kinda rookie. Here it is:

Posted by: utak3r Jan 13 2009, 10:52 PM

enforcer and wrk - your takes are just outstanding

Posted by: enforcer Jan 13 2009, 10:54 PM

Wow man, that is wonderful, it feels like two different guitars and guitar players

Posted by: lcsdds Jan 13 2009, 11:26 PM

I haven't heard one take I haven't liked yet, amazing!! I'm still working on mine and since it is my first one I am a little nervous about posting but I am going to force myself to do it. Even if it blows. Only way to improve. Good job so far everybody and thanks again for doing this Emir!!

Posted by: utak3r Jan 13 2009, 11:34 PM

Man, while working on this one, I did a great improvement... I was never been able to play my own solo over a backing track - but today it has changed! I just sat down and.... played! For the first time.

Posted by: Paiva Jan 13 2009, 11:34 PM

omg so many great takes my isn't even close

Here is it I really think that I could have done better

 Emir__s_collab_solo_nb_3.mp3 ( 382.04K ) : 122

 Emir__s_collab_solo_3.mp3 ( 772.24K ) : 167

Posted by: audiopaal Jan 13 2009, 11:39 PM

Here's my take Emir..
I'm not the fastest player around, but hopefully I've got some other qualities
If I get the time I'll try to record a second one, but we'll see..

I think it turned out ok, so I hope you and the rest of the guitaraholics like it

With Backing:  Emir_Collab_WBT.mp3 ( 1.84MB ) : 215

Without Backing:  Emir_Collab_NBT.mp3 ( 1.84MB ) : 136

Posted by: utak3r Jan 13 2009, 11:42 PM

it's not so bad, really
There're two things: first, try to record it somehow better
And second, more important: your note over Bdim7 chord doesn't play really well...

But it's nice, try to rework it, it's enough time yet



True - you've setup a really nice melody, and personally I prefer the melody over shredding
It really talks very closely with a backing, good job on it

Posted by: audiopaal Jan 13 2009, 11:45 PM

Thanks man, I appreciate it.
Yeah, I like melodies, always have

I just listened to the rest of the takes, awesome playing guys!!!
And wrk, WOW

Posted by: Paiva Jan 13 2009, 11:47 PM

Thanks man will try to do that I'm really tired right now. Going to bed!

Posted by: JamesT Jan 14 2009, 03:31 AM

Ok Emir, here's my take.
I used direct out from my POD X3 and thought that I was sending a completely dry signal to the DAW, but only after finishing the take, did I notice there is a very small amount of delay on the signal. This is embedded in the take. I hope this will still work.

 Collab1_Emir_noBacking1.mp3 ( 774.13K ) : 148


 Collab1_Emir_wBacking.mp3 ( 774.13K ) : 197

Posted by: wrk Jan 14 2009, 10:07 AM

Thanks guys, this solo gave me some headache...

Emir's comments on his instructor collab scared the hell out of me , but motivated me even more.
I'm sound-wise not completely happy with this take (annoying delay in the middle part, which i can not remove), but i tried at least to do it the best i can, so i'm really happy that you guys like it.

Posted by: Emir Hot Jan 14 2009, 05:57 PM

Great work so far guys. I am starting to sort the takes in the mix today. Lot of work though

Maybe you have some resident programs in your tray eating your memory or doing some background work and disturbing your hard drive. No worries about that, I will not count it in the comment but if you do a proper session work you should always make sure you don't send stuff until is 100% polished. We still have a plenty of time for submiting the tracks. Anyway thank you for this one



Thank you Take your time, still many days left



Great to hear that. That's why these collaborations turn to something useful We'll do more of these in the future and if you think it helps your playing then come back and do some more



Good, thank you



Thanks. You don't need to play fast. Slower solos can also be very nice if structured properly.



Don't worry about that. Maybe there was some effect turned on in your software and it was exported with the track. It's going to be ok. Thanks



Hahaha, you shouldn't worry about that mate. That was instructor collaboration and for that reason I was a bit strict. Comments for this one are not going to go that way but I will give you the honets oppinions. My point there wasn't to teach them how to play but to point out some stylistical, technical and recording issues that I thought they failed. But they are all great players. You just play the best you can and don't worry about the rest. This is not a competition. We are having fun, learning new stuff and getting some more experience

Posted by: ztevie Jan 14 2009, 08:03 PM

No, no... I'd like to see more of this constructive, truthful analysis in the student collabs too! Most of the time it's too cute and nice. Comments are always "Awesome", "Great" and so on, and I don't think that's very helpful to the player...
Of course, a player like you can hear in what stage everyone is in so you can give the appropriate critique. I mean, it's not very helpful to bash someone who's been playing 1 year and tell them how bad they play and it suck big time. Everything must be in comparison with at what level each one is at the moment?
I would hope we could see more of that, and not be afraid to point out things. In a friendly manner of course.
But I don't know, people are different, maybe some would take it very hard and feel insulted?
Anyway, you can bash ME all you want, I know I need some pointers to develop my playing. If I break down, start cry and burn the guitar up... Well, so be it, I can always start collecting stamps instead!

Posted by: Toroso Jan 14 2009, 08:13 PM

This shows why I need so much help. WMGGW is on my favorites list, but I didn't pick up on that. A buddy came by while I was working on my solo last night. The first thing he said was 'that sounds like The Beatles'.

Posted by: JamesT Jan 14 2009, 08:32 PM

With every mistake ...we must surely be learning .... WMGGW...

Posted by: berko Jan 14 2009, 09:01 PM

Well... here I go...



 rock_ballad_berko_w_BT.mp3 ( 824.41K ) : 147

 rock_ballad_berko_noBT.mp3 ( 824.41K ) : 143

Posted by: Emir Hot Jan 14 2009, 09:08 PM

This is exactly how I am going to comment. Of course I will be honest, no lies



Thanks berko

Posted by: Toroso Jan 15 2009, 01:22 AM

Here's my take Emir. There are no effects other than distortion, so a little verb would put some lipstick on this pig!

Maybe by your next collab I will have improved some.

 EHot_Collab_BT_Toroso.mp3 ( 1.19MB ) : 223

 EHot_Collab_NBT_Toroso.mp3 ( 1.19MB ) : 159


Thanks for the collab!

EDIT: Added a mix track for good measure.

Posted by: Emir Hot Jan 15 2009, 02:27 AM

Thanks Toroso, dry signal is the best. It saves me from a lot of trouble in mixing

Posted by: audiopaal Jan 15 2009, 08:17 AM

I don't believe my take is completely dry..
Do you want me to re-upload it with no effects?



I agree!
I don't mind honesty, and if something is way off in my playing, I wanna know

Posted by: utak3r Jan 15 2009, 08:24 AM

You know, what I've recalled while reading this? This insane video lesson by Kris "yeaaahh.... coooolll....."

That's true, and it's the most important somewhere in the middle of the learning path... it's easy to stop developing right there... On the other side it's also important to the beginners, like me - to avoid learning some horrible habits

Posted by: Emir Hot Jan 15 2009, 03:42 PM

I will let you know once I have it all in the project. I think you won't need to send again. This will work.

Posted by: strat Jan 15 2009, 06:44 PM

Hi Emir,

here comes my take...

 Emir_Collab__strat_WOBT.mp3 ( 772.06K ) : 147

 Emir_Collab__strat_WBT.mp3 ( 772.06K ) : 151


bye
strat

Posted by: Emir Hot Jan 15 2009, 06:45 PM

thank you strat

Posted by: Velvet Roger Jan 16 2009, 12:46 AM

Here is my take.

Tried to combine a melodic feel with a bit more speedy licks in between Awesome backing to work on Emir! Thanks

Posted by: utak3r Jan 16 2009, 12:51 AM

Great melody line, Roger

Posted by: Emir Hot Jan 16 2009, 07:01 AM

Thank you

Posted by: Col Roberts Jan 16 2009, 01:52 PM

Here's my take. No sweeping, tapping or fast runs yet ... they're works in progress. And I just couldn't get WMGGW out of my head. I used some delay (200ms) and reverb (large room) in the BT take, Emir. Great backing track by the way.

 Rock_Ball_BT_ColR.mp3 ( 990.9K ) : 167

 Rock_Ball_NBT_ColR.mp3 ( 971K ) : 124

Posted by: Emir Hot Jan 16 2009, 07:20 PM

Thanks for these tracks.

Posted by: Ajmurrell Jan 16 2009, 07:27 PM

I'm going for something a bit unusual for this... Just to help me learn more about where everything fits on the guitar frets. Going for some clean tapped chord tones - very "similar" to satrianis one that I learned years ago - forgotten the name. You know the one!

Getting it down clean now

Posted by: Vasilije Vukmirovic Jan 17 2009, 01:01 PM

Really professional sounding backing track, and harmony as well!
I am curious what the solos will be!

Posted by: Emir Hot Jan 17 2009, 04:11 PM

Thanks Vasilije. Come back in 10-12 days and see the results There are some great solos

Posted by: Tolek Jan 18 2009, 06:34 PM

Here is my take. Not perfect, but I´m pretty satisfied with it.

 rock_ballad_tolek.mp3 ( 805.9K ) : 141

 rock_ballad_tolek_no_backing.mp3 ( 805.9K ) : 112


I´m also uploading a video.

Here it is:

Posted by: Emir Hot Jan 18 2009, 07:47 PM

Nice playing Tolek. Thank you for this one

Posted by: Tolek Jan 18 2009, 07:49 PM

Thanks, I`m glad you like it. Is the tone ok? Not too much delay or distortion?

Posted by: Emir Hot Jan 18 2009, 07:56 PM

yes it will work as it is

Posted by: Tolek Jan 18 2009, 07:58 PM

Great! I can´t wait for the other takes and your comments, of course.

Posted by: superize Jan 18 2009, 08:08 PM

I must say i really suck at writing and recording solos.......

Posted by: kaznie_NL Jan 18 2009, 08:12 PM

Very cool backing! I think I'll make a take on this! I'm expecting my Toneport GX tomorow, so that's gonna be cool!

Posted by: Emir Hot Jan 18 2009, 08:24 PM

Thanks. You have to learn to compose stuff, every musician should work on developing composing skills. And never say that you do things bad, you have to believe in yourself.



So go for it I added you on the list

Posted by: audiopaal Jan 18 2009, 08:36 PM

Nice
That was awesome

Posted by: utak3r Jan 18 2009, 09:03 PM

I really like you went for the lower notes - it sounds really cool

Posted by: Mandos Jan 18 2009, 09:03 PM

Really nice solo Tolek. Really nice feeling overall.

Posted by: utak3r Jan 18 2009, 09:04 PM

Love the way all of your bendings are just perfect. Overall an excellent melody

Posted by: Tolek Jan 18 2009, 09:10 PM

Thanks a lot, guys! I´m honored by these kind words. It means a lot...

Dzieki. Nie jest doskonale ale juz chcialem miec nagrywanie tej kolaboraci z glowy.

Posted by: Sondre Jan 18 2009, 09:35 PM

Im in!

Posted by: Emir Hot Jan 18 2009, 09:39 PM

Cheers you are added

Posted by: UncleSkillet Jan 18 2009, 10:15 PM

Here is my take. It's probably not as spicey as some of the others but it is was it is.

 Emir_Rock_Ballad_WBT.mp3 ( 1.89MB ) : 186

 Emir_Rock_Ballad_NoBT.mp3 ( 1.73MB ) : 143

Posted by: Sondre Jan 18 2009, 11:33 PM

Will try to record tomorrow, and because some of you noticed it is the same chord progression as WMGGW, i suggest you hear Jeff Healey's version! A beautiful version.

Posted by: berko Jan 18 2009, 11:41 PM

I love that melody! My favourite so far!

Posted by: lcsdds Jan 18 2009, 11:42 PM

I love your bending Skillet!! Nice take!!

Posted by: utak3r Jan 19 2009, 12:03 AM

Define "spicey".... it's a beautiful piece of yours


As a side note: the far it gets the less I even want to try...

Posted by: lcsdds Jan 19 2009, 12:15 AM

Gotta do it utak3r!! Your playing will improve loads by doing it. That is the whole point of the collabs. Don't worry if you don't think your playing is on the level of some of the other players. You should only be trying to do better than the last solo YOU did!!




I've seen you improve a TON since I joined in september Supersize!! Keep working and doing these collabs and your composing and playing skills will improve a ton. One thing to keep in mind is this. GMC lessons teach you to play SOMEBODY ELSE'S MUSIC!! These collabs teach you how to play YOUR music. Keep working dude!!

Posted by: utak3r Jan 19 2009, 01:03 AM

yeah, I know.... only by all those tries past week I've learned a lot



That will be easy... I've never made ANY (literally) solo I was always playing rythm guitar...

Anyway... thanks for your words

Posted by: Emir Hot Jan 19 2009, 03:41 AM

Thanks



Jeff is great, I heard that cover.



You said it exactly like I would say it

Posted by: skennington Jan 19 2009, 04:29 AM

This is going to be one awesome mix! I just spent an hour and several beverages listening to all your takes, and I must say, I didn't skip one of them. Very nice job to all of you and I am so looking forward to this mixdown!

Posted by: Emir Hot Jan 19 2009, 07:31 AM

There will be 3 groups (3 mixes). I have started the 1st one yesterday

Posted by: berko Jan 19 2009, 11:37 AM

Great idea Emir! One big mix would be too long and hard to listen to. With 3 smaller ones it will definitely be to organize them more coherently!

Posted by: Emir Hot Jan 19 2009, 12:04 PM

Berko I have sent you PM about your take. Can you re-upload please?

Cheers

Posted by: HAMWAGON Jan 19 2009, 12:07 PM

I would love to be in but What did all of you people record with? Cheers

Sorry if that was a dumb question

Posted by: berko Jan 19 2009, 12:22 PM

Sorry Emir for the mistake, here it is:


 rock_ballad_berko2_noBT.mp3 ( 824.41K ) : 131

Posted by: Emir Hot Jan 19 2009, 12:31 PM

Do you have a sound card, some recording software and a pedal or POD? If you've never recorded anything before you can check some forum topics about recording and see how it goes. Can you guys help with some useful forum links about recording?



Thank you, now it's ok

Posted by: Paiva Jan 19 2009, 01:06 PM

Hey I recorded another one and sry for the mistake don't know how that happen but it's happening again when I encode the WAV file to MP3 with the backing it stays fine when I upload the file without bt it stays very pitchy I don't know why

Here is the new track in mp3 with bt

 backing_mix.mp3.mp3 ( 772.24K ) : 174


And sry but I have to upload the no backing track file in WAV

 backing_mix_nb.wav ( 4.14MB ) : 114

Posted by: HAMWAGON Jan 19 2009, 03:34 PM

Well i had a Boss me 50 sound card yes but im not sure about if i have any recording software. The only thing i really have close to it may be Guitar Pro 5 and WavePad

Posted by: Emir Hot Jan 19 2009, 04:10 PM

Guitar pro can't help you as it doesn't support audio recording, only MIDI. I don't know about the other one. You need something like Cubase, Nuendo, Sonar, Logic, Pro Tools etc... Any of these will do the job. There is a free one but I will get back to you when I remember the name

I hope somebody could help with some useful response

Posted by: Tolek Jan 19 2009, 04:17 PM

http://www.reaper.fm/ And here are some useful tutorials: http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_forum/index.php?showforum=74

Posted by: Toroso Jan 19 2009, 04:19 PM

Audacity is free. Maybe that's what you were thinking of?

Posted by: Ajmurrell Jan 19 2009, 04:35 PM

Here is my first take. Don't think its going to be my final one, but thought I'd give you guys an idea of what I'm trying to do with it Gave up on my clean tapping version because it lacked some emotion when I play it!

Also recorded this from my DR Z using an SM57 for the first time, so it might be oddly eq'd as I haven't done anything to it Completly live recording
 emir_collab_mixdown_test.mp3 ( 1.54MB ) : 157

 emir_collab_mixdown_testguitaronly.mp3 ( 1.54MB ) : 114

Posted by: Pedja Simovic Jan 19 2009, 06:07 PM

Some really cool takes in this collaboration. Can't wait for final mix guys

Posted by: Emir Hot Jan 20 2009, 12:02 AM

Yes, that's the one



Thanks for this info as well



Thank you Adam. You said it's not the final one so I won't import it into the project this time. Let me know which one will be the one you are going for.

cheers

Posted by: skennington Jan 20 2009, 12:26 AM

This will be even better!

Posted by: HAMWAGON Jan 20 2009, 04:01 PM

Thank you Emir

Posted by: ztevie Jan 21 2009, 11:17 AM

Ok, here's my kind of sloppy solo... Will be interesting to see if Emir will find the parts I'm not so happy with. Overall I'm pretty pleased with the structure altough I haven't time to practice it to be as tight as possible due to working extra all this week...

Posted by: Emir Hot Jan 21 2009, 02:07 PM

Thanks man

Posted by: Sondre Jan 21 2009, 04:16 PM

My first upload ever. Not 100 % satisfied, but as a perfectionist I never am.

Edit: Just noticed everybody uses .mp3, but i could't render .mp3. what to do?

Posted by: utak3r Jan 21 2009, 04:20 PM

You have to have mp3 codec installed, and then use some software which can make use of it...

Posted by: OrganisedConfusion Jan 21 2009, 04:22 PM

Sorry this is the best I could do Please be gental

Posted by: Sondre Jan 21 2009, 04:23 PM

Here wo go again then.

Posted by: kaznie_NL Jan 21 2009, 04:24 PM

Hey Emir, here's my take! As this is one of the longer BTs, I found it hard to keep it structured! Could you also give some comment on the sound? This is my first upload with the Pod Studio GX

Litle add... Very nice backing!!! I loved it!

Posted by: Toroso Jan 21 2009, 04:46 PM

Good Kaz! I like the tone too. How are you liking the GX?

Posted by: kaznie_NL Jan 21 2009, 04:55 PM

It's kewl

Posted by: Emir Hot Jan 21 2009, 05:21 PM

Ok mate, I will deal with this



Thanks



Thank you. I will try to remember about the sound

Posted by: lcsdds Jan 22 2009, 04:55 PM

This is my First collab Emir and This was the best I could come up with . Let me know if it is OK or I need to change anything for you to be able to mix it. I liked how Tolek included a video so I have included one as well. I like to see what people's fingers are doing.

Posted by: utak3r Jan 22 2009, 05:04 PM

Cool sweeps and tapping

Posted by: fatb0t Jan 22 2009, 05:19 PM

Holy crap Lcsdds take is phenomenal. Awesome job dude

Posted by: lcsdds Jan 22 2009, 05:33 PM

Thanks fatb0t. Much appreciated.

Posted by: Ajmurrell Jan 22 2009, 06:30 PM

Tried hard on this today Emir and here's the outcome,

This will be my final take and I'm reasonably happy with it. Wouldn't say its the entire song is of my best ability, I tend to never be able to record a take that has no errors

Using my Korean Peavey Wolfgang which has horrible intonation so I apologise for some out of tune notes, I just wanted to utilise the 22 frets and Floyd

I wanted to also challenge myself a bit and have no modulation effects on and maxium 50% gain. So this is relatively dry with no reverb/delay which I usually overly use!

Feel free to add what ever mixing effects and stuff you want man,

Thanks for the great backing.

Talk soon.

 emir_collab_mixdown.mp3 ( 1.63MB ) : 175

 emir_collab_mixdownNObt.mp3 ( 1.63MB ) : 101

Posted by: Tolek Jan 22 2009, 06:31 PM

Nice take, mate! Your playing is really fluid which confirms your excellent technique. You are definitly my favourite dentist.

Posted by: lcsdds Jan 22 2009, 06:35 PM

Thanks Tolek. If you ever get a toothache let me know.

Posted by: wrk Jan 22 2009, 06:43 PM

Monte ... your technic is incredible !!
Great take and thanks for the video ... you are right, to see your fingers on this take IS nice to see

Posted by: lcsdds Jan 22 2009, 06:56 PM

Thanks Andy, I appreciate the compliment. I wish everybody would include a video. I just think it is helpful when you see/hear a lick you like to be able to see what people are doing. I heard quite a few on your take I'd love to steal.

Posted by: Emir Hot Jan 22 2009, 07:07 PM

Great thank you



Ok brother, I'll fit it in the mix the best I can

Posted by: wrk Jan 22 2009, 07:15 PM

True, videos are great ! My take i couldn't play in one go because of different sound settings. A digital device like the POD is not reacting like a good amp where you can go from clean to gain just by the volume pot on the guitar. Something i'm dreaming of to have

To steal lick from video is much easier of course, but i like to do it by ear as well and i think it's more rewarding in the long run. Pedja's latest fusion collab take/lesson for example. Two nights ago i needed quite a while to figure it out what he is doing and today it's online with tabs and everything. It's good to compare now, but i guess i learned a lot when doing it first by ear. There was one part which was making me crazy, i could hear the interval, but couldn't find the notes on the fretboard .. there i really start to doubt

Posted by: Mandos Jan 22 2009, 08:06 PM

Really good take.

Posted by: Emir Hot Jan 23 2009, 02:29 PM

Hi guys.

I am still missing some takes. There are 2 days left so please hurry up and record something. I need to start mixing. There is a huge amount of work for me to be done so you can expect the results in about a week time from today.

cheers

Posted by: utak3r Jan 23 2009, 09:12 PM

OK guys.... please don't laugh at this one That's my second solo ever, and the first so long
I tried to make it as interesting as I could, hope you won't get your ears hurt...

Posted by: enforcer Jan 23 2009, 09:35 PM

I'll be honest Monte, I really hate economy picking, but this is really perfect, it sounds like you didnt actually play guitar, but some moog keyboard, and note, run and sweep selections are just awesome, great work bro!

Posted by: lcsdds Jan 23 2009, 09:42 PM

Thanks Can, means alot. I have struggled for years with my alternate picking. I really SUCK at it. Legato and tapping have always just come so much easier to me and economy picking is really the only way I can get any kind of aggressive sound. I have finally just come to the conclusion that I am who I am. I wish you would have made a video of your take. I love to see what people are doing when playing, gives me alot of ideas.

Posted by: heyoka05 Jan 23 2009, 10:09 PM

I'd like in too if there's still room
thxs

Posted by: Emir Hot Jan 23 2009, 11:47 PM

Thanks



If you can send it tomorrow or sunday morning then yes

Posted by: heyoka05 Jan 24 2009, 12:49 AM

Well thxs much bro ........unfortunetly a situation has come up that's gonna tie me up for several days ........hate to miss out on your colab. .......I'm sure it will rock .......definitely I'm gonna catch your next one
take care

Posted by: enforcer Jan 24 2009, 01:25 AM

Monte posting the video is really a great idea, but I were thinking of making a S.I lesson/share kinda thing out of my solo, after Emir's comments, and fixing my possible errors. I'll include tabs, gpro file and everything. Maybe you can do it too, because this solo is great imo... What do you think?

Posted by: Emir Hot Jan 24 2009, 01:35 AM

Ok no problem, you can come back next month



this is an interesting idea

Posted by: lcsdds Jan 24 2009, 04:49 AM

I was actually thinking the same thing Can. I have been wanting to do and S.I. lesson. I'll wait until Emir comments and then do a lesson on it if anybody is interested. Would be a good excercise to transcribe my solo. I'd love to see a lesson on yours if you can do it Can.

Posted by: kaznie_NL Jan 24 2009, 11:11 AM

Whahaha, no Seriously, your take is quite cool! Very melodic, Way better then my first upload..

Posted by: Velvet Roger Jan 24 2009, 11:13 AM

Awesome take you got there for a dentist Monte! So incredibly smooth ... would love an SI lesson on that one

Posted by: lcsdds Jan 24 2009, 11:20 AM

Thanks Roger. I think I will do and SI lesson on it. Should be fun.

Posted by: lcsdds Jan 24 2009, 11:55 AM

I thought you did a good job. The key is to just keep working at it. Your solos will get better and better as you keep working on them. That is why I think these collabs are so important. It forces you to apply what you are practicing.

Posted by: Caelumamittendum Jan 24 2009, 12:57 PM

Argh! I was convinced the deadline was tomorrow. I have a friend over untill tomorrow, but he's asleep now. I'll see if I can get it done right now.

Posted by: Emir Hot Jan 24 2009, 05:50 PM

You can send tomorrow no problem

Posted by: Emir Hot Jan 24 2009, 06:23 PM

Hi guys

We are reaching the deadline point and I have started writting comments. I can see we have reached 10 pages on this thread so it looks like this one has been quite popular

There are some takes that I am not sure how to judge so I would appreciate if you can all write how many years you have been playing for. This will help me understand your playing better so I can can give more realistic and honest oppinions.

Thanks everybody for joining this collaboration, I hope you liked it and got some new experience with it. I will do the next one next month and I hope you will come back again and play some more stuff.

Cheers

Posted by: Ajmurrell Jan 24 2009, 06:28 PM

Hey man,

Thanks for the awesome collab, was a lot of fun! Will definitely look forward to your next collab.

As requested, I've been playing for about 6 years. Hope this gets the ball rolling with getting others to let you know.

Chat soon.

Adam

Posted by: Tolek Jan 24 2009, 06:36 PM

I´ve been playing classical guitar for about 7 years now. I gpt my first electric guitar for Christmas 2006 or 2007, I don´t remember exactly. However, I started playing extremely seriously when I got my JEM for my birthday 23rd February.

Can´t wait for the comments and final mix.

Posted by: utak3r Jan 24 2009, 06:45 PM

I was playing for 3 years somewhere in early 90's and put the guitar on the shelf. Now I grabbed it again a month ago

Posted by: UncleSkillet Jan 24 2009, 06:54 PM

I guess you can put me down for 5-6 years where I played through the 80's - 90's. Put the guitar down for quite some time and just picked it back up about 14 months ago.

Feel free to say what you like. My feeling don't get brused easy.

Thanks for everything Emir

Posted by: Tjchep Jan 24 2009, 06:59 PM

Hey dude,

I've been playing for 2 years now.

But you don't have to judge my playing on that at all.. haha, I want to hear whats wrong with it!! ;p

tj

Posted by: wrk Jan 24 2009, 07:14 PM

Thank you Emir ... this one was indeed a quite popular collab

I don't bring this together exactly. I think i started guitar with 15 and played for maybe 7-8 years. I played a lot classical and acoustic guitar during this time as well. Maybe 4-5 years electric guitar. Then i stopped for more then 10 years where i didn't played at all. I am happy to have started again since now 1.5 - 2 years.

I know i said earlier how your comments in the instructor collab scared me . I exaggerated a bit of course and still think those comments where one of the best i was reading up to that time. Just be honest and don't hold back

Posted by: berko Jan 24 2009, 07:24 PM

Thanks again for this collab Emir! Hope you'll do some more in the future

Ehm, regarding my playing, I've started my long journey January 2008 so it's exactly 1 year for me.
Oh, and don't hold back your criticism

Posted by: Emir Hot Jan 24 2009, 07:28 PM

thank you all for the response

Waiting for the rest

Posted by: enforcer Jan 24 2009, 07:30 PM

Hey Emir, I've been playing guitar since 1999 summer, that makes near 9 years. Although I was very serious in the begining, I needed to gain money from music, and I started to sing and I generally played Pop/soft rock stuff, so I was enchanted by the other gains from it and this stopped my progression in guitar. I can honestly say that 7 years of my guitar playing was a total waste. Few months ago, I understood that the time was passing by and my guitar playing was being killed by the music itself, thus in september I joined GMC and after that I started to get serious about that. GMC was the key element that turned me from the darkside... And I am glad I joined here

Posted by: lcsdds Jan 24 2009, 08:25 PM

I have been tearing it up.....in my bedroom for about 20 years. I would say that I have gotten pretty dedicated in the last 2-3 years and REALLY dedicated the last 5 months since I found this site!! Thanks again for doing these collabs Emir. I know they are alot of work and I/we really appreciate it.

Monte

Posted by: audiopaal Jan 24 2009, 08:32 PM

Yeah, it's a popular collab and that's thanks to your awesome backing

That's a good question.. The first time I started playing guitar was 14 years ago.
But I only played for 2-3 years or so, before I quit due to different circumstances.
I picked it up again though about 2 years ago, and have been playing since

I consider myself more of a rythm guitarist, but lately I've been trying to play a few solos as well.
So this is a good opportunity for me to see how I do in that area

Thank you Emir for this great collab

Cheers!

Posted by: Velvet Roger Jan 24 2009, 11:05 PM

Hey Emir,

I've been playing the guitar seriously for about 1.5 years now (with also some less serious playing back when I was 16-17 (17 years ago )).

Posted by: Toroso Jan 24 2009, 11:13 PM

Emir, been fooling around for far too long. But only been seriously tying to get better since coming here in August?

Nothing will hurt my feelings! Lay it on me bro!

Posted by: utak3r Jan 24 2009, 11:18 PM

Yeah, for me it's too late to hurt me
First: I'm too old,
and second: I'm too much into playing, you can't get me stop playing

Posted by: Dexxter Jan 24 2009, 11:40 PM

Hey, hope I'm not too late, decided to record a solo. I've been playing for 2 years Don't hold back on the comments

[attachment=12952:Dexxter_...r_Collab.mp3]
[attachment=12953:Dexxter_...r_Collab.mp3]

Posted by: Col Roberts Jan 25 2009, 01:34 AM

I started about 5 years ago, and only practised occasionally ... mainly strumming chords. I've become dedicated since I joined GMC in March last year.

Posted by: JamesT Jan 25 2009, 02:52 AM

Thanks Emir for putting such a great Collab together. Writing your own solo, or even just improvising it is one of the best parts of the guitar playing experience for me. And I get a lot of ideas from hearing everyone else too.

I've been playing way too long now to even think about it , but I've heard it said and I believe it's true that it's not how many years you've been playing, but how many hours. Apparently, I've got to put in a few more hours still . So far, a really rough estimate would be that I've put in about 5000 hours so far. I'm estimating that I had about 3 two year periods where I was able to play two hours a day and then the rest of the time, just picked it up about 2 hours per week.

Posted by: Emir Hot Jan 25 2009, 04:50 AM

Thanks everyone for the great feedback. Many of you are saying that I can't hurt your feelings with my comments even if I wanted to but my point wasn't about hurting anyone's feeling. It is just to help me realise what level you are on. There are some takes where it sounds like people are desperately trying to use techniques they are not comfortable with (more on this subject soon in the intro text of my comments). I thought my comments will be more realistic if I know your level and number of months/years spent with the guitar. I will never say "hey man you are not born for this, you should give up playing " hahah. I will just give you bunch of advices that you can hopefuly find helpful.

Posted by: UncleSkillet Jan 25 2009, 05:04 AM

Emir, I don't think anyone is worried about you being the Simmon Cow (sorry don't no how to spell his last name) of GMC. I have read your comments on the other collab and I think they where great. We are all here to learn and we posted our takes so that we could get your honest thoughts.

All of the hard work your putting into this massive collab is greatly appreciated.

Thanks bro!

Posted by: strat Jan 25 2009, 09:51 AM

Hi Emir,

I bought my strat in 1980 and then I played with two friends of mine just for fun. In 1982 I stopped playing and startet again by the end of 2007. Since I joined GMC in May 2008 I'm playing more regulary.

bye
Strat

Posted by: Caelumamittendum Jan 25 2009, 10:24 PM

I had a lot of trouble getting this down as I wanted it, and I didn't... haha. Hope it's alright

EDIT: Oh, and I started playing guitar in 2003, I think. Played Nirvana/alice in chains-stuff for about 2 years, then moving on to playing some progressive metal stuff, then neglected the guitar (meaning I practiced about 10 hours all in all for about 2-3 years), and then started again more seriously about ½-1 year ago now, but not with very much practice discipline, mind you! Haha

Posted by: UncleSkillet Jan 25 2009, 10:35 PM

Nice one mate!

Posted by: Emir Hot Jan 25 2009, 10:38 PM

thank you for the take and info

Posted by: coffeeman Jan 25 2009, 10:44 PM

Hi Emir,

Sorry for the delay Emir , here's my take:

[attachment=13000:rock_bal...th_no_bt.mp3]
[attachment=12999:Rock_Bal..._with_bt.mp3]



I started to play guitar in 1993 , I played for 3 years and I was pretty mediocre I must say. I stop playing for 10 years aprox , and I pick up guitar again 2 years ago. So that's it.

Posted by: ztevie Jan 25 2009, 10:48 PM

I played on and off(mostly off) for 15 years. Picked up the guitar at a young age, lost interest, women and other things started to get noticed... Had a few years break, picked it up again, got tired and didn't touch it for 4 years. Now my interest got back a while ago...
I would say I have maybe played for 5 or 6 years, not counting my periods of not playing.
Had a few years where I only played acoustic covers, gigging with a singer friend at pubs and such.
Also played in bands twice, but we were not serious.. One played thinlizzy-songs and the other played 80-s hair metal..

I am too lazy and have to much other interests, I rarely finsih a song and I never practice seriously, mostly I sit noodling around with what I think are cool riffs... Very bad! I have tried now since I found GMC to learn some lessons and get back, and for the first time actually try to improve my skills.
Now when I have motivation, I have a family with a 5-year old daughter, so practicing time is limited.. But it's great fun once I do have time to play...

Posted by: Emir Hot Jan 25 2009, 10:50 PM

thank you



thank you for this helpful info.

Posted by: utak3r Jan 25 2009, 10:50 PM

Well, so this is a life
Same with me - now when I really want to, I have my family, my really time-breaking job and so on...

Posted by: superize Jan 25 2009, 10:51 PM

I have been playing for 2 years

Posted by: lcsdds Jan 25 2009, 11:08 PM

I like it Ben. Good job man!!


Nice job Andres. Really like the arpeggio section! Very nice use of those

Posted by: Smells Jan 25 2009, 11:59 PM

Hi Emir, sorry missed your post on supplying info , so here goes ...

I started playing 2 weeks ago pfft I wish .. who am I kidding

I first picked up the guitar in 1985, should maybe of put it down again straight away but many years later I`m still plugging away at it best I can as I said in my collab on the Instructor board, kinda stuck in the 80`s & imo become very limited but in the last year or so, well since joining GMC really I`ve started branching out into different techniques and trying different styles etc. Enjoying my playing at the moment but still so many areas of improvement, the guitar is a constant forever ongoing learning experience

Cheers
Chris

Posted by: Emir Hot Jan 26 2009, 01:49 AM

Thank you Smells

Posted by: audiopaal Jan 26 2009, 08:36 AM

We know you're not going to hurt our feelings on purpose
I really liked the downright honesty in your Instructor Collab, and I want to hear where I need to work..
Of course, positive comments are always welcome

As you say, most of us aren't as good as the instructors so your comments will have to be adapted to our experience.
That's why I think it's awesome that you ask about how long we've played etc.
Makes for a great collab!

Posted by: coffeeman Jan 26 2009, 02:27 PM

Thanks a lot Monte, your take was awesome , very nice legatto technique you've got there.

Posted by: Sondre Jan 27 2009, 04:51 PM

Been playing for about 16 months. Mostly Metallica.

Posted by: SonofDestiny Jan 29 2009, 06:26 PM

Hey Emir! Here is my take.

Okay, I'm really ashamed to say this, but yeah, I have been playing for about 4,5 years. I could (and should) have been way better, but 4 years of wasting time on noodling never really paid off...

I know it's getting old, but I hope this take won't make your ears feel sorry

Oh I also hope I didn't mess up the four points you gave me... If you want to add effects: some smooth delay and reverb would be nice You probably know what to do... I won't assign you with anything specific