Hey guys! It looks like our friend, Guitarrero's suggestion has inspired me to start a nostalgic collab based on the sound of the punk influenced bands contributing to the nice soundtracks of the early 2000s college comedies, such as the famous 'American Pie'

Well then, here we go:

Tempo: 90 BPM

Key: E major



Material format: wav. or mp3 (one track containing both the backing track and your lead part and one track containing ONLY your lead part without any reverb/ wah/ delay or other effects, aside from distortion is it is the case)

Deadline: No later than September, 25th

So, GMC Are you ready for a big dose of energy??!! We will discuss on the take possibilities in the video chat session happening this Thursday (September 6th)

LET'S ROCK THEN!

Cosmin

The backing track sounds great!

Thank you Marcus!

I'll give it a go Cosmin!!

Great Neil!

Your backing tracks are always brilliant Cosmin. I hear a solo in my head, so I might wanna this one aswell

Thank you mate, welcome onboard!

Since I inspired you, I should submit the first take

With a special guest...just for Grace.

Here we go!

Very authentic! Thank you Christian, oh, provider of inspirational ideas

How are your takes brewing gentlemen?

Wait...is that..BARNEY???!!!! so cute!! <3

Grace I think you should join us too

For sure!

Grace, I guess Barney also wants you to join us

Oh goodness you want me to solo??? X_X......that would take forever lol

Barney, I love you! adorable

C'mon Barney wants you to give it a try as well

Guuuhhhh I'll give it a try......just for Barney

Goodeh!

Very cool backing track, Cosmin Hope you get some more takers

Thanks Sol, but why not yourself?

So as embarrassing as this is, I am ONLY posting it for Barney, since he/she won't be able to tell if it's good or not....

Enjoy.

http://soundcloud.com/get-7-1/01-early-2000s-college-rock

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This is a great take, Grace!

Barney likes it And I like it too!

Thank you yours is great!

Will post mine tomorrow mate!

Excellent! Thank you gentlemen! And Grace, your take is very good! Nothing to be shy about!

Hey everyone! Just wanted to let you know that the deadline is tomorrow! Since my take is done, expect the final mix on Wednesday

Cheerios!


Cosmin

Here is my take. It's been very hard, but finally i got a take that i liked... sort of

With Backingtrack
http://soundcloud.com/jorge-fern-ndez/early-2000-collab

Without Bt
http://soundcloud.com/jorge-fern-ndez/early-2000-collab-wo-backing

Here's mine Cosmin, I really enjoyed actually 'composing' it rather than just improvising. It's not perfect but the best take I could manage due to time!
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Cool stuff! I can't wait to hear Cosmin's!!

The take entries are officially over at midnight! And then....we'll have the final mix



Thanks Neil! It's always great to write music, man! You should make a habit out of it The lines are very good - they have that bit of drama which I could see when this sort of music was mixed with a scene where 'she told him she will go to study in another city and they would better break up' .

It is, i always used to enjoy that part of things but it's having the time to just shut myself away and work on things that's the problem these days. Unfortunately I have quite a busy life and not a lot of time to myself/


I was happy when I wrote these lines, now I'm sad she's going away to study too!!

Oooh, didn't wanna upset ya mate Well, my take is ready and I will post the whole thing later on today Stay tuned boys and girls!

I'm sure I'll be fine in a while!!

....aaand here it is The moment we've all been waiting for

Lady and gentlemen, thank you very much for your participation on this one! All the takes have a good fresh spark and I found nice parts which fit together quite well, I'd say!

In the order of appearance:

Sensible Jones - mate, I have to say this: Polish your writing skills more and more as in this take there were some very coherent lines which I am certain that could've been even more developed, if as you said yourself, they would've received a bit more time
It can't go anywhere but in the right direction!

Grace - congratulations on your first collab missie!! Nice fresh lines on the chorus, which I have selected and there were also some good ideas that i have spotted in the verse part. My suggestion is to keep writing Experience will build itself only if you allow it to, by writing and playing. I am here to support if you'd like to work on lead playing as well

Cosmin - YOU! YOU hurried that bend there!

Nether - Mate, there were some nice lines there as well, but please pay attention on having the guitar tuned, on the bending - as there were some spots where you were a bit under the tone and also, the more you will work on writing lead lines in collabs, the more coherent you will be. There were certain moments when the lines were not flowing in a certain direction - you probably were thinking 'Where should I put my hand now?' That's not the way Listen to what your mind tells you - When you join a collab, play the track without having the guitar in your hands and hum the melodies you hear in your head - then transpose them on the guitar The result will be great, because it's YOU there

PS: There was a very inspired bend which I liked a lot there

Gitarrero - EPIC ending! Straight from the 'American Pie' movies My friend, aside from THAT RIFF we all know about, you have made a name for yourself out of the fact that you always come up with good endings in my collab - am I right?

Congratulations to everyone and...what should we have for next week's upcoming collab? Let's hear some suggestions - what style would you guys like to play?

Cosmin

This is a beautiful sounding collab, what do you think Jim ??



(Not meant in the sarcastic way of Bruce in the movie though !!)

Fantastic playing by everybody !!! Really impressed.. brilliant tones as well on every take



Yes, I heard that - just perfect !

Thank you Ben! So I am not the only one hearing the bend If I knew you would listen to it, I could've bet my money on the fact that you heard it too

It sounded like one of those amazing moments that just happen naturally and you go 'Wow, did I do that ??'

Nether can tell us if that was the case !

Thank you for the tips Cosmin, i'll try to follow them the next time. I'm almost sure that i tuned the guitar before playing, but as i did a lot of takes some string might have go out of tune. I'll try what you said about thinking the melody before, i've been improving my ear training so i might be able to do it.
I've a lot to learn but i think that doing these kind of things helped a lot. At least it's very funny, and hearing the final result it's great.



Hahaha i don't know which bending are you talking about.

Almost every thing is improvised so it's probably good luck, except the prebend-release at 0:35. I did that in one take and then I keep doing it in every take, and as I wasn't very inspired i ended doing it a lot of times

Thanks for the kind words mate!! Much appreciated!
Congrats to everyone else and also to you for such a great mix!!


PS. I also noticed Nether's bend and also YOUR rushed one!!!


PPS. I've come to terms with her going away to study!!

Not sure what to suggest for the next one......

Thanks Cosmin!

Awesome collab as usual...and yes, I try to get well know for something else now than THAT CERTAIN RIFF and I think delivering epic endings to your collabs is a thing I'd like to be recognized for

I wonder...should I give you some inspiration for another collab?

Maybe it is time for an acoustic ballad á la Oasis?

It was a special experience!! Thank you Cosmin I should definitely take some time to write (and practice more) music, I love music and I know it will always be a big important part of my life so I want to get better and better at it and all of this helps me do just that so thanks again and your solo rocked! Also congrats to everyone else it was fun playing with all of you!!

PS: I noticed that when my part comes in the song it sounds like it started too early and it's out of rhythm but I wasn't sure if that's how it's supposed to be or if it doesn't sound like that to anyone else?

Ben, you killed me with this one...PERFECT choice

Indeed Grace! About your question - I felt that the lines fitted that way and that's why I placed them like that - if you want, I can do a remix and place them in conformity with your indications

Oh no don't worry about it! I just wasn't sure if it was that way on purpose or not since I didn't remember doing it like that but it's cool I don't mind it

weeeeell Now that I come to think of it, in your NEXT collab take I will follow your exact indications in regard to where and how to place your lead part - deal?



I guess that's the one Yeah man, the stuff with the tuning will happen all the time - come join the following collabs and I promise to offer you occasions to hone your writing skills



Well, we'll let Guitarrero name the topic He always gets it right, right?

It's very brave to let Christian make any decisions !! If I let him choose the topic of my next collab he would probably come up with something like German Lederhosen Disco Party or something !!


Actually, now that I've thought of that... that might work....

Hmmm, he actually inspired me with good ideas No lederhosen here, mate

It totally would! Do it Ben, do it!




Thanks Cosmin, right answer

Ok ! I might need to consult your German expertise though ?? What should I do to get myself in the right frame of mind to compose such a collab ? Listen to Kraftwerk ? Nenah ? Oompah bands ?

You asked for it! Here is some inspiration...you might wanna type in "Wiesn Hits 2012" on youtube for more stuff like this. But beware! I've watched 5 videos now and am at the edge of my sanity. You might lose your mind after 2 or 3 videos.

Nice vibrato at 3:24

Is this only a nice way of pushing me to do more collabs?? lol