Bring It On, Final mixdown and comments |
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Mar 17 2008, 12:33 PM
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Ok, here we are at the end of our collab! We had some interesting takes, some were better, some were worse but all in all we had a good mix of skill level and it turned out really good! Here is the mp3 so you can judge yourself.
Bring It On - Mixdown Members in order of appearance (21 participant): 1. Smells 2. OgranisedConfusion 3. DeepRoots 4. botoxfox 5. leedbreak 6. Tjchep 7. Juan Valero 8. superize 9. kaznie_NL 10. silentkap 11. coffeman 12. gus 13. Fran 14. Trond Vold 15. USAMAN 16. Stevie·Ray·Vaughan 17. ballistic31 18. preownedguitar 19. bodo 20. Muris 21. somecrazyguy Comments 1. Smells Definitely inspired by Satriani  That was some cool stuff, played really confidently which is VERY important. You did run out of key in the second part but it is not that noticeable. It was C-Major, and your solo ran into C-minor which did show up but the ending is killer. Love that Satchy scream in the end  2. OgranisedConfusion Your take was pretty good but you’re unsure in building beginning and end. The whole solo is pretty good with some minor mistakes, the tapping part was a bit messed up tempo-wise, but the overall idea was good. About the ending – ending of the solo is really important. In the end of a solo you’re making your last statement and it is vital to emphasize it. Check Smell’s solo for instance – a very firm end, really effective. Work on that and your solos will be screamy 3. DeepRoots The structure of your solo is good. You have the head and the tail of the solo but what you are missing is some vibrato on long notes. The music must flow – so if you add some vibrato to your longer notes it will sound much better. Also I think you should experiment with your lead sound. It’s pretty Z-ish, add some delay and it will be much better, and also spend some time playing around with your distortion settings, maybe add some more middle? 4. botoxfox Your sound really reminded me of Tony MacAlpine. I liked your solo – both the structure and your lead sound. The end of the solo was kind of floating, sounded like you were not sure what to do there so work on making effective solo endings 5. leedbreak I see you work a lot on alternate picking But your phrasing here suffers – you should not overuse the AP – I guess your goal was to make a good shred solo – but shred solos must also have phrases. Give a solo some air, make it breath – short pauses are not a bad thing to do.6. tjchep Took me some time to align your solo start with the backing track  You have a pretty interesting lead sound but sometimes you run out of rhythm. A bit of metronome practice should solve the problem! There is s huge mix of licks in there and I see you like bending and you got some good vibrato going there. Rock on man! Thanks for your solo.7. Juan m. Valero You legato-tapping addict hahahahaha Nice solo man, a few wrong notes came in here and there but over-all that’s a cool sounding solo man 8. superize Hey man! The only thing you are really missing is vibrato on long notes. Also you should work on your bending, and make that note you bend to sound firm and steady. Maybe add some delay to your lead sound? Not much – but just to make your lead sound thicker. 9. kaznie_NL Same thing here m8. You need to add some vibrato to your playing, especially on long notes. Also work on bends – make them more precise. Sometimes you run out of the scale – you’ll fix it with some more practice, and also don’t be afraid of mixing different note length Some delay won’t hurt and the solo ending should be also a thing to consider working on. But all-in-all you’re doing a good job – keep rocking! 10. silentkap Not a bad sound at all but some vibrato won’t hurt. See you have a lot of slow stuff in your solo and those long notes don’t sound good if they don’t have vibrato applied. Check some vibrato lessons around here and you’ll be well on your way to writing some good solos. 11. coffeman Like your lead sound! But your solo structure suffers a bit because of your overuse of long notes. See, the rhythm of the backing is pretty aggressive and is driving you to some movement in the solo, but instead – you put long notes in places where you could do better with some faster stuff. 12. gus What I really liked about your solo are those few seconds in the end where you put in some pick-tapping. Your lead sound is not that high-gain so a bit of delay would help you in getting better lead sound. Also work on improving your bends and vibrato. 13. Fran Same as coffeman! You overused that one long note and ate up half of the solo. You have quite good lead sound and it’s a shame not to use it for some more melodic and intense stuff. Also work on your solo endings 14. Trond Vold Cool stuff man! You caught some cool melodies in there and I like the sound of your bridge pickup – really screamy! Cool solo construction! 15. USAMAN I see you were mixing a few audio tracks together When doing such a thing make sure to level them to the same volume level ‘cause in this case we have one piece of a solo which is loud and once which is too quiet. You put some good use of wah pedal. Not a bad solo at all – just watch how you mix your audio stuff next time 16. Stevie Ray Vaughan Good firm solo! Maybe you should just make your sound more screamy by lowering your middle frequencies. Also the solo ending is something to work on 17. ballistic31 Good solo m8! Simple yet effective construction. You got a decent lead sound. Some notes where out of place but considering it’s an improvisation we can let that go Good job!18. preownedguitar Definitely not a bad solo but the ending could do better Your sound is pretty good, I see you do use vibrato which makes the solo flow so all-in-all it’s good, just the ending to work on.19. bodo Cool tapping start – you just have to align it to metronome I liked the solo and mix of all the licks you got there. You’re on your way to some good soloing.20. Muris Definitely not a metalhead but delivered a good sounding solo I see you love to experiment Sounds cool man!21. somecrazyguy Welcome man! I put you in the last second as we had some spots free. Nice solo, a bit of delay would make your sound even better. Tapping part is really good, and I see you caught the backing track groove and rhythm and you used your solo to emphasize the rhythm – good job and very well spotted! Good job m8! That's it! Thanks to all who took part in this! Rock on guys! This post has been edited by Pavel: Mar 17 2008, 03:34 PM -------------------- "It isn't how many years you have been playing, it's how many hours." -- Prashant Aswani "PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE!" -- Michael Angelo Batio Check out my video lessons and instructor board! |
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Mar 17 2008, 12:55 PM
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Very cool
Just finished listening trough it allGlad you liked my take.. i was a bit unsure about that first high B Edit: Forgot to say great work by you all Some really good ideas to be found This post has been edited by Trond Vold: Mar 17 2008, 01:03 PM -------------------- Guitars: Schecter Stiletto Classic, Jackson SLSMG, Ibanez RG-380 Japan, Gibson Les Paul Studio
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Mar 17 2008, 01:40 PM
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I was supposed to upload a re-recording of my take, but of course my computer had to break down.
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Mar 17 2008, 01:55 PM
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Great collab, really cool!
Thanks for putting it together and your comments are great, thanks
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Mar 17 2008, 02:20 PM
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thanks for the comments, i will work on my vibrato
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Mar 17 2008, 02:26 PM
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im loving this track... shame i missed it
 ah well, i'll catch ur next one pavel  some of the sounds were amazing, especially the screaming ones
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Mar 17 2008, 03:09 PM
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Thanks for the comment Pavel...I really need to work on my solo playing
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Mar 17 2008, 03:13 PM
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Thanks for the feedback, Pavel.
The ending was about one of the first things I figured out  , but because of a trip I ran out of time to try something more cool for the beginning. Listening to the final mix as whole I can see my tone was far from killing,  ...Also, I will work more on the bends and vibratos, as you suggested. I liked the way you put some bridges in the final mix, giving a break to return the soloing part.
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Mar 17 2008, 03:16 PM
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Thanks Pavel
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Mar 17 2008, 03:57 PM
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Awesome takes guys,well done collab Pavel!
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Mar 17 2008, 07:26 PM
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Awesome playing in this one everybody! Good job Pavel!
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Mar 17 2008, 09:00 PM
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Thanks for the feedback Pavel, was nice to be part of this collab with so many great great solos
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