ItSME326th January 2012very much to my liking. Love the strokes and saw them play live
zoom26th January 2012Good stuff Gab! Your so creative. How long does it take you to get this together? Do you ever struggle with songs and put them in the bin? Great!!
Gabriel Leopardi26th January 2012Good stuff Gab! Your so creative. How long does it take you to get this together? Do you ever struggle with songs and put them in the bin? Great!!
This is the process that I do:
1. Listen to the most popular songs of a band... if I don't have the albums I use youtube.
2. Play over those songs and analyse the chord progressions. I try to find the elements that are repeated in the different songs. Maybe it's the rhythm, the progression, the riffing style, the solos... I try to incorporate everything. This process could take days if I'm not very into the band that I have to cover. If it's necessary I put some songs in my cellphone.
3. When I feel that I'm ready I start with a demo for the lesson. This process is different every time. Sometimes I start with a riff, a chord progression, a drum rhythm... most of the times with the most characteristic side.
4. When I finish the demo, I start working on another thing... maybe another lesson. I give it some time for maturation.
5. If I continue loving the tune I decide to record the lesson. One important thing is creating a Pod tone that sounds similar to the sound. I always take some time to this. Then I do the arrangements, the mix and the mastering.
Daniel Realpe26th January 2012this is great stuff. I love to practice with good music like this. The second riff is ...tasty!
ReverendRando26th January 2012There is only one word that can describe this lesson, buttery, lol. (That's a good thing)
Sinisa Cekic26th January 2012Great lesson and style, I must checkout that band
quadrium27th January 2012loved the composition Gab. Great work as always
Mudbone27th January 2012Gabriel, you are too awesome
Kristofer Dahl27th January 2012Very cool - I am looking forward to following this series! As usual your arrangements are super fresh and spot on!
Ivan Milenkovic27th January 2012Excellent work man, well prepared, and great sounding as always
- Gabriel Leopardi27th January 2012
Thanks a lot guys!
MonkeyDAthos27th January 2012Actually Reptilia, was the first song i play with a band
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awesome lesson!- Gabriel Leopardi27th January 2012Actually Reptilia, was the first song i play with a band
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awesome lesson!
Cool mate! 
Piotr Kaczor4th February 2012Awesome arrangement and playing, Gabriel. And yes, it sounds very cool and fresh. Great work!
- Gabriel Leopardi4th February 2012Awesome arrangement and playing, Gabriel. And yes, it sounds very cool and fresh. Great work!
Thanks Piotr!
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Hello GMC!
Welcome to my new series inspired by Indie Rock bands. We are talking about a very wide genre so we will be covering many bands. Let’s see what wikipedia says about “Indie Rock”:
“Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others.”
In this first lesson I will show you a tune inspired by the band “The Strokes”. The Strokes are an American indie rock band from New York, consisting of Julian Casablancas (lead vocals), Nick Valensi (guitar), Albert Hammond, Jr. (guitar), Nikolai Fraiture (bass guitar) and Fabrizio Moretti (drums and percussion)." - Wikipedia
Music Style:
The Strokes are one of the most popular bands of this movement and also responsible for taking the Garage Rock again to the mainstream. Their main influences are 70’s rock bands like Velvet Underground and Television. That’s the sound and the type of melodies that they include in their music. In this lesson I tried to compose a piece that combines their most used chord progression with some melodic playing and classic rock licks.
Tonality & Chord Progression:
This tune is in B minor and the first progression is one of their favourite ones. The movement from Im to IVmaj is very often used in their compositions. They mostly use major, minor, octave and power chords since they are very influenced by garage and 70’s punk bands.
Techniques:
The techniques used in this lesson are palm muting, only downstrokes, alternate picking, bending and vibrato. It’s not so difficult excep for the last part where you have some rocker licks in the style of Nick Valensi.
Sound:
I used my Pod X3 Live to record this lesson. I used the emulation of the Vox Ac30 with a 1x15 cabinet. If you want the tone you can ask for it at my personal board. My guitar is a Gibson Les Paul Studio. The drums and the bass sounds are from the Hyper Canvas VSTi.
Tuning:
I used standard 440.
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