My New Guitar And Games Dev Blog |
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My New Guitar And Games Dev Blog |
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Nov 22 2014, 06:33 PM |
Hi,
I decided to start up a blog about making video games and playing guitar, which obviously have little to no overlap, but if you're interested you can check it out at http://www.6stringsand16bits.com I just posted my first video on there - a play through of Pride and Joy by SRV, feedback is really appreciated! -Adam |
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Nov 24 2014, 07:22 PM |
Cool! Please share your new stuff here as well!!
Hi,
I decided to start up a blog about making video games and playing guitar, which obviously have little to no overlap, but if you're interested you can check it out at http://www.6stringsand16bits.com I just posted my first video on there - a play through of Pride and Joy by SRV, feedback is really appreciated! -Adam |
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Nov 25 2014, 06:25 PM |
Hi Adam! That's a very cool idea. I like the topic of your blog. There are lots of guitar lovers that also love video games so I can feel that there is a bit connection between both and it's a cool idea to combine the numbers 6 strings and 16 bits. You're very creative.
I will explore more your blog but I could listen to the SRV song and I can say that your playing is very good! It's not an easy tune and you can play all the solos and rhythms very tight! Well done. I also agree with Cosmin about tone which could be better on this video. Your guitar is lacking some presence in the video, to gain definition. Using less distortion can also help as well. Keep on this great initiative and energy. I bookmarked your blog so I'll stay tuned! -------------------- My lessons
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Nov 26 2014, 05:46 PM |
Interesting stuff. Both songs are tricky, while FTLOG requires a good manage of expressive techniques like vibrato, bending and dynamics, as well as some fast legato, Gilbert's song requires a good control of alternate picking. These two lessons combined with the cover by SRV are a good series of songs that can take the playing of every electric guitarist to a very high level. How do you usually learn the songs? by ear?
I think that once you record both new covers, it's a great idea to start working on your own music. These covers will attract the attention of guitar lover who then will want to explore more about your music. Are you planning to compose instrumental music? Have you ever composed you own stuff? -------------------- My lessons
Do you need a Guitar Plan? Join Gab's Army Check my band:Cirse Check my soundcloud:Soundcloud Please subscribe to my:Youtube Channel |
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Nov 28 2014, 04:25 PM |
Thanks for the feedback.
As I say I only have 2 tracks that I've written and recorded. They're both instrumental tracks, they're on my soundcloud; https://soundcloud.com/adambradleyguitar/rain-song https://soundcloud.com/adambradleyguitar/a-song-for-ali They were written in quick succession a number of years ago. I haven't written anything before or since. Unless you count co-writing some of the music to a band I was in at university, but that was just coming up with the odd riff and some song structure. I do have some live stuff as an example that I shared a few weeks ago, this stuff: https://soundcloud.com/adambradleyguitar/sets/recordings-with-or-wot I find in my playing, not just live but playing live does bring it out more, that I make a lot of mistakes. But the problem is whenever I get advice about it, it's usually "isolate the bit that's causing trouble and work on it". The problem is that the errors are always in different places, with different things. It doesn't seem to be dependant on the difficulty of the song or the technique used - I mess up ridiculously easy power chord punk songs just as much as complex solos. The errors are always in different places in different takes with different techniques. When I spend so much time practicing, and have gigged a lot, messing up a three chord rock song doesn't feel good! hehe. So I find I have to over compensate with technique practice to balance out how I feel about my playing. |
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