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Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Jan 22 2008, 11:10 PM
Modern___Rocker_Collab_Final_MIX.mp3 ( 4.62MB )
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Hello guys!! I'm very proud to present our first collaboration finished! I'm very impressed of the final mix. Congrats to all the guitar players that participated in this song. As one of the participants couldn't record his solo I recorded the last chorus solo of the song.
I work hard in the mix to get a professional song. I tried to make the guitars sound similar but without losing the original sound of each player.
Congrats again to all of you and I hope that all the GMCers enjoy this song!
Lead players in order of appearance: The Uncreator, Smells, Tjchep, Freatdancer, Slammer, Preowned, Gilmore and Gabriel Leopardi (me 
).
Here I'll do some comments and appreciations of the participants in this song:
Uncreator:
You began the song in an excellent way. I really enjoy how you started with that interesting tapping solo, then some pentatonic bends and finally a short melody. You worked it very good! The final harmony is also very good.
I liked the sound too so keep on the great job.
Smells:
You melody and harmony is awesome. I have to say that it remembers to Metallica and this is so good for me. The solo has been played with a perfect timing and technique.
The only thing that I think you should work is the sound. Ï think that if try to get a warmer sound you'll record killer solos. One recording tip: When you do the mixdown try to set the guitar channel with a louder volume because I receive a very low gain wav.
But all those thins are technical thing that can be solved very easily. You have composed and excellent melody and solo. Good work!
Tjchep:
I find your playing and melodies very original and that's very good. I really enjoyed the sustain of your distortion and the sound of your guitar. Originally you had to record a solo over the chorus but you record it over a verse but that wasn't a problem for me. As one of the participants couldn't record his part I used you solo there and I recorded the last chorus solo. Your playing is very good and I would suggest you to try to compose the melodies in your mind. Then sing them and finally transpose it to the guitar. I think that you'll find more clear melodies but it's just a suggestion. Keep on practicing!
Fretdancer:
I can hear a lovely Maiden influence in your melodies! You record a nice melody for the chorus of the song. I really enjoyed the warm sound of your guitar! I would have recorded some maiden style harmonies in this great solo. I added a small delay in the end of your solo… Did you notice it?
Slammer:
Your playing is good and I really like the licks that you play in your solo. I really enjoy your classic rock style! (maybe influenced by Slash, Jimmy Page?) I only find a problem with the rhythm in the end of the solo but the rest of the solo is nice. Keep on practicing man!!
Preowned:
You did a very good use of the wah wah. I love the rocker begin of the solo. I think that if you add a stronger vibrato in your playing, your solos will sound better. The second guitar harmonized sound cool. Talking about the sound…. I would say of the same that I said to Smells (Check his comment).
Gilmore:
I can hear that you practice very hard different lick and you make it sound very good and professional. You have a great technique. Now I think that you have to let your should speak. This is one of the most difficult things. Your solos could maybe sound as a combination of exercises in the future. You are doing a great work and you are becoming a great guitar player so now it's time to add more feeling to your playing.
However your solo sound amazing! It's just a suggestion.
Keep on the hard work!
See you in our next collaboration!
gabriel.-
Posted by: chast Jan 22 2008, 11:11 PM
Where is the mp3 ? 
Ah there it is now
Great collab, everybodys take sound really good
Posted by: coffeeman Jan 22 2008, 11:17 PM
Wow awesome Collab! Congratulations everybody.
Posted by: kyldeee Jan 22 2008, 11:23 PM
Awesome Collab Great work guys... can't wait for more
Posted by: Stevie·Ray·Vaughn Jan 22 2008, 11:24 PM
Nicely done guys! Excellent Job mixing Gabriel! Sounds great!
Posted by: FretDancer69 Jan 22 2008, 11:44 PM
I can hear a lovely Maiden influence in your melodies! You record a nice melody for the chorus of the song. I really enjoyed the warm sound of your guitar! I would have recorded some maiden style harmonies in this great solo. I added a small delay in the end of your solo… Did you notice it?
Thanks!! i really like Maiden!!
. Ive never tried recording harmonies but i will definately will for the next collab! I also noticed the Delay you're talking about, it made the solo end in an awesome way 
I didnt like the slide i started with, it was out of time
, its strange because i use slides always but anyways, it was great to be in this collab, i loved it! Looking forward to another one!
Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Jan 22 2008, 11:51 PM
. Ive never tried recording harmonies but i will definately will for the next collab! I also noticed the Delay you're talking about, it made the solo end in an awesome way I didnt like the slide i started with, it was out of time
, its strange because i use slides always but anyways, it was great to be in this collab, i loved it! Looking forward to another one! Great! The first slide doesn't matter in the final mix... I can't hear a problem there.
See you in the new one! Thanks guys for the nice comments!
gabriel.-
Posted by: Smells Jan 23 2008, 12:28 AM
whoa! excellent mix Gabriel thanks for the comments, I`m working hard on my recording technique at the moment its something I really want to improve a lot on, thanks for the tips
Excellent job everyone, it sounded really great!
Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Jan 23 2008, 01:21 AM
thanks for the comments, I`m working hard on my recording technique at the moment its something I really want to improve a lot on, thanks for the tips That's great! There is a lot of great material in GMC Recording forum.
Posted by: Slammer Jan 23 2008, 01:31 AM
Nice job everyone!!
Posted by: Juan M. Valero Jan 23 2008, 01:57 AM
Love this collab !!! all of you guys have done a great work
Posted by: Tjchep Jan 23 2008, 02:49 AM
Thanks for your comments man .
I really enjoyed this collab. Hah, cant belive I posted it on the wrong backing, sorry man. I understand completely what you said, I really personnally dont think I thought this solo out at all either, and I think If I just sat down without my guitar and thought about what to play instead of jumping right in, it could have come out much better.
I liked your take alot too! Tied the song up very nicely.
tj
Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Jan 23 2008, 05:40 AM
. I really enjoyed this collab. Hah, cant belive I posted it on the wrong backing, sorry man. I understand completely what you said, I really personnally dont think I thought this solo out at all either, and I think If I just sat down without my guitar and thought about what to play instead of jumping right in, it could have come out much better.
I liked your take alot too! Tied the song up very nicely.
tj
Thanks man! You did a great job and the solo sounds better over this part of the backing.
Gracias Juan y Slammer!
Posted by: preownedguitar Jan 23 2008, 05:43 AM
Great collab Gabriel, very nice mix, I love it. It was fun to play to this backing.
Posted by: The Uncreator Jan 23 2008, 05:51 AM
This turned out very cool guys, all the solos sound great!!
Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Jan 23 2008, 06:12 AM
Thanks guys! It has been also very funny to mix it!
Posted by: Majickal Jan 23 2008, 11:32 AM
yeh nice work guys, looking forward to my first contribution.
It is great as a new member to see how the song evolves and then to hear the finished product.
Good job on the mix Gabriel, the first solo sounded a little loud to me, but meh, that 's just me, maybe because it was so ripping
Chris
Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Jan 23 2008, 02:00 PM
It is great as a new member to see how the song evolves and then to hear the finished product.
Good job on the mix Gabriel, the first solo sounded a little loud to me, but meh, that 's just me, maybe because it was so ripping
Chris
Thank you for you message Chris! I really like the begining of the first solo.. maybe that's why I put it a bit louder in the mix
... You are welcome to our next collaborations! gabriel.-
Posted by: Iluha Jan 23 2008, 05:56 PM
What a great sounding collab!
Tjchep, you know me I'm a big melodic head, and your melody for this was just awesome! great job!
Posted by: Gilmore Jan 23 2008, 06:20 PM
Thanks for the comments Gabriel. I will think about this in the future.
The mix sounds great.
Posted by: Tjchep Jan 23 2008, 08:38 PM
Tjchep, you know me I'm a big melodic head, and your melody for this was just awesome! great job!
Thanks man!
Posted by: TortillaShred Jan 23 2008, 10:04 PM
Oh my God! That sounded sooo cool! 
You guys are so awesome playing guitar! Congratulations!
And I wanna participate in a future colab!
Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Jan 24 2008, 01:40 AM
Thank you Gilmore! You did it very good!! and tortillashred.... off course you are welcome to our next collaboration!
Posted by: Milenkovic Ivan Jan 24 2008, 10:09 AM
Great job on the collab Gab! Great job everyone!
Posted by: Crazyfret Jan 24 2008, 10:49 AM
What a great collab
Everyone did a super take on their solo's. Superb playing everyone
Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Jan 24 2008, 04:06 PM
Thanks Crazy fret and Ivan!
Posted by: Kristofer Dahl Jan 31 2008, 02:44 PM
Oh my this is an awesome collab - Gabriel, thanks so much for creating an awesome tune with this backing. 
I thought everyone did a splendid job and it was great to hear The Uncreator play (first time for me I believe! )
Posted by: Juan M. Valero Jan 31 2008, 03:31 PM
AWESOME COLLAB !!!! love all your solos, and the Backing track is really good Well done Gabriel, you rock my friend !!!
Thanks for this great collab
Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Jan 31 2008, 03:48 PM
Thank you Kris and Juan! I really enjoyed it!
Posted by: preownedguitar Feb 1 2008, 04:05 AM
Hehe, I love how this collab turned out... A lot of great playing and unique styles! I come back once a day just to listen to it again!
Posted by: Davidian Feb 3 2008, 09:14 PM
Is there any chance of downloading the backing to this one?
I'd like to try and improvise on it, so I can get better and participate at the collabs myself!
Nice collab btw!
Posted by: FretDancer69 Feb 4 2008, 03:49 AM
I'd like to try and improvise on it, so I can get better and participate at the collabs myself!
Nice collab btw!
go to the other thread and click on the Backing link, then save the page and there you go.
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