A G/mc Collab!, Fiercesome adrenaline pumping through your veins to the sound of ROCK Options

[Kristofer Dahl]

Are you prepared to rock?
Can you handle fiercesome adrenaline pumping through your veins to the sound of raw, unadulterated, beat knocking rock?
If not - get outta here fast. Because it is time to rock - hard, heavy and steady.

When Young is getting old you know the world is upside down, and the only thing we can do about it - IS TO ROCK.



‘Nuff said, now just feel the groove:
 ACDC_backing_final.mp3 ( 1.53MB ) Number of downloads: 740

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* You guessed it - we’re doing another audio collab to follow up on the last one.
* Deadline is 2015-02-05. Lots of time to polish your take, and we’ll do our outmost to help you out along the way.
* This is a workshop where you will understand how to make music, not just practice. So by participating here you will reach insights not possible to get elsewhere on the site.
* Post your take in this topic
* For your final version, upload files in this topic (mp3 with at least 128 kbps quality, 16 bit wav files are welcome though). We need two files: 1. Your solo without the backing track 2. Your solo mixed with the backing track for reference


Gab recorded this amazing sounding AC/DC style track in 120 bpm. You can use the A minor pentatonic scale to play over it:



VERSE
A5 | D5 G | (x4)

BRIDGE
E | E |

CHORUS
A5 G | D5 G | (x4)

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RESULT - DOWNLOAD THE FINAL VERSION!

Order of Appearance:

Gabriel Leopardi (Rhythm guitar & intro phrase)
SubbedCris (Lead guitar)
Phil66 (Lead guitar) + Dieterle (Rhythmic delay arrangement)
Beat Zbinden (Lead guitar and Kirk Hammet’s Wah Wah auto pan)
Lothomer (Lead guitar)
Sensible Jones (Lead guitar)
Rhida (Lead guitar)
Caelumamittendum (Lead guitar)
SpaaseMonkey (Lead guitar)
GeneT95 (Lead guitar)
Vinman (Lead guitar)
Procyon (Lead guitar)
Bleez + Nick6373 (Guitar battle)
Kristofel Dahl (Lead guitar)

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[Huargo]

hi i'm in too
A working progress take... i'll change some notes and i really need to improve my timing. Lot of timing issues...
But cool Baking track. Thanks for this collab


 Acdccollab_wip.mp3 ( 1.53MB ) Number of downloads: 247

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This post has been edited by huargo: Jan 17 2015, 09:27 AM

[Kristofer Dahl]

hi i'm in too
A working progress take... i'll change some notes and i really need to improve my timing. Lot of timing issues...
But cool Baking track. Thanks for this collab


 Acdccollab_wip.mp3 ( 1.53MB ) Number of downloads: 247

Hey Huargo,

This was very cool - and it's really fresh to hear a more fusion sounding playing over this super cliché:ish rock backing track.

00:02 to 00:05- The first phrase should have more impact. It starts a bit shy.

About this, you can probably get away with the current phrase if you add some more character/expression to it. Maybe pay it a bit more behind the beat, and get a bit bluesier with it. Let us know if you need more suggestions.

I really like super accented pattern starting at 00:10.

I am pretty much on the same page as Gab (except for the bends at 00:08 which didn't strike me as that bad until I saw Gabs comment).

To me - the biggest improvement you can make, is change direction of the chorus part (00:18). You gave us some fusion in the beginning and then you go completely fusion wacko with note choice on the chorus.

I can listen with my "fusion ear" and maybe let it pass, but from a songwriting perspective I would advise you to completely skip the fusion on the chorus and go for a powerful melody only built around strong notes.

I think this would make up for a killer contrast to the first section, that would send shivers down our spine!

I know exactly what you mean I think, and you're 100% right about how I approached making my solo. I just thought of a couple licks I could use (like you said really cliche stuff) and made one or two up.

So adding more melody... Should I remove/shorten one or 2 licks and try bridge my licks with something more melodic that actually works and connects them? In my oppinion melody seems kind of limited using a pentatonic scale... I never really can get anything above average sounding if I want it to sound melodic, especially if I'm using a pentatonic scale.. Any advice?

Thanks!

You got some great advice from Gab and Chris - try those scales suggested. Or even better - maybe experiment with "unidentified" notes outside of the pentatonic scale and see how they sound to you.

You are likely to land on the notes/scales suggested anyway, but the approach I suggested is more personal and musical than just looking at a new scale diagram.

You could also start by finding some notes from the pentatonic scale which you think work well, and then play "outside" notes just before them. With "outside" notes - I just mean notes that are not in the pentatonic scale (there are many that still sound very strong).

Also remember some of the best sounding choruses out there, just use 1-3 notes from the pentatonic scale over a killer backing track. You have the backing track and the scale... GO!! Sometimes the best melodies will come from just slamming a single note over a cool backing, so maybe you are making things too difficult, running up and down advanced scales?

Maybe you just need to find 1-2 cool notes and bend the hell out of them? Shut the lights, close your eyes - and GO FOR IT!

Let me know if all this makes sense?

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