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Posted by: wrk Jun 14 2008, 10:57 AM

Hi guys,

After being kind of busy the last weeks and not having the chance to play guitar as much as i would have liked, i finally have a few days off and grabbed my guitar to continue where i stopped.

To come back in the right spirit, something rock can not be wrong i have thought, so i tried Muris great "Rocking Tune" intermediate level Lesson and i'm quite happy about this take. It's maybe not perfect, but i like the aggressive, straight forward sound of this take and i decided to share this one with you.

This take is in 120 bpm and i have modified a few notes here and there.

I hope you like it and i'm of course curious about everybody's opinion.

 Rocking_Tune_Intermediate_05___Medium.avi ( 7.12MB ) : 381


Thanks ..

Posted by: superize Jun 14 2008, 11:00 AM

Werce plying dude

Keep rocking

Posted by: Siggum Jun 14 2008, 11:03 AM

Awsome dude, great vibrato and feel, there where very few timing issues but its really minor details, you nailed it with your own touch, good job

Posted by: Nemanja Filipovic Jun 14 2008, 11:17 AM

great take man,you haw good control over your instrument.

Posted by: wrk Jun 14 2008, 11:37 AM

Thank you Superize and Nemanja ..

Hi Siggum, thank you for pointing out the timing issues .. could you please tell which parts you have noticed being off timing? This would help me to work on this ... Thanks!

Posted by: Siggum Jun 14 2008, 12:03 PM

Sure man, but notice i said minor so its not like you made any huge bloopers between 14-17 secs, your a little ahead of the beat, same with 21-23 secs, nothing to worry about though its minor, and the rest is played super tight.

Posted by: axelsson Jun 14 2008, 12:10 PM

great feel, nice vintage style guitar too!

Posted by: wrk Jun 14 2008, 12:23 PM

Thank you Siggum, true .. it sounds a bit like if i need a moment to come in move there at the beginning ..
Haha, the huge "bloopers" i try to keep for myself, but i do them quite often.

Posted by: Pablo Vazquez Jun 15 2008, 06:12 PM

GREAT!

Posted by: UncleSkillet Jun 15 2008, 09:28 PM

That was GREAT!! I loved the way you handled your bends and vibrato. Your tone was also very nice.

Posted by: Nick325 Jun 15 2008, 10:12 PM

awesome take wrk. u have great vibrato

Posted by: Trond Vold Jun 16 2008, 12:54 AM

That was really good!

Nice vibrato and feel.
Some minor timing-problems though, well.. not sure i will call it timing, it's more like you need to just tighten the playing up a bit on those sections Siggum mentioned.

Posted by: Juan M. Valero Jun 16 2008, 10:59 AM

WOW, amazing mate !!!! really great playing and amazing sound !! just say it's high class stuff

Muris will be happy with your take

Posted by: wrk Jun 16 2008, 11:38 AM

Thank you Trond, yes .. it has to be more tight. With 16th notes at 120 bpm i reach my limit when it comes to alternate picking. I do a lot of exercises in alt. picking and i feel it becomes more solid, but i don't manage to gain some speed. Speed is not my main goal, but when i play on my limits it will not be tight of cause. That bugs me since a while..
Your Picking Exercise lesson is part of my practice routine as it's kind of straight 16th notes, with some 16th triplet's here and there. Hope this will improve my right hand. I will ask some further question in your board about picking .. get prepared


Thanks Juan .. it would be great if Muris will have the time to listen to this take, but first of all he should have a great time in London. I get some great advices from you guys as well ..


Thank you Pablo, UncleSkillet and Nick ..

Posted by: kyldeee Jun 16 2008, 11:45 AM

Awesome playing mate I'm currently working on this tune myself

Posted by: Daniel Robinson Jun 16 2008, 09:12 PM

Excellent work man!

This is what i am talking about when i say you need to have attitude in your playing. Sure from a critique standpoint there are some issues, but.... from a listeners standpoint they would never notice! When you play with attitude like that it comes across and makes you tap your foot and be like....ahhh yah rip it dude!

Keep it up man you have alot of attitude in your playing, i love it!


Daniel

Posted by: wrk Jun 17 2008, 10:15 PM

... thank you Daniel !!
Haha .. I was reading it a few time, it just feels good ..

I really have to say i like your encouraging posts you do here in the forum ... really good to have you here. You seem to have a pure love for music, just because it's music ... please continue like that !!


Great kyldeee ... i would love to hear your take, any plans to post something soon?

Posted by: kaznie_NL Jun 18 2008, 07:14 PM

I think it's very nice! Also your tone is just like Muris's!

Posted by: Hammerin Hank Jun 19 2008, 04:03 PM

I thought you captured the attitude of this track very well tightening up a few little things would push it over the edge for me, GREAT JOB! Nice playing

Posted by: Jeff Jun 20 2008, 06:04 PM

excellent take! I like your aggressive playing here and the tone is fantastic.

Posted by: Muris Varajic Jun 20 2008, 06:12 PM

Very,very well!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Loved the improvised licks tho

Yeah,there are few moments when you were a bit ahead of the beat,
it usually happens when you can't hear backing track loud enough
but not major issue at all.

And I would just like to point at 1:11,
it's C chord so G dorian would fit better,
you played Aeolian using Eb,just a hint.


Good take overall,I'm proud!

Posted by: wrk Jun 21 2008, 09:51 AM

Thank you Muris !!
Yes i have to work on this to be on the beat in some parts. In general i'm missing a lot of "attack" in my right hand. I already focus a lot on that when practicing, but it's still one of my main problems. I think you are right that i can not hear the BT clear enough as well. Now that you say it i realize i listen too much to what i'm playing instead of listen to the music i'm playing to.



True, to play a Eb over a C chord is maybe not the best choice. I will play around with G dorian in this part. It's the same here ... i like the shape as it is, but it's not really fitting to the chord of the BT.

Thanks again for your advices ... really helpful as usual.


Thank you to you, kaznie_NL, Henry and Jeff as well !!

Posted by: Antipolitik Jun 21 2008, 10:18 AM

*goosebumps*

That was wicked. 10/10 for me anyway. Pure rock'n'roll and who cares about scales and modes when it sounds like this? I sure don't! Loved it! If I ever learn to play like this...wow... keep it up!

Posted by: Pedja Simovic Dec 21 2008, 03:11 AM

Andy this was great , more than great really.
I enjoyed it very much man
Keep up the great work!