Songwriting - Metal
by Jose Mena
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Nazgul9th November 2008Awesome lesson and awesome guitar! And I love the harmonisations!
Kick-ass lesson.
Stratter9th November 2008Amazing songwriting man
Kuba Szafran9th November 2008Great job Jose, what's the guitar you're playing here?
Nemanja Filipovic9th November 2008Wow amazing lesson Jose.Love the extra angle,and the ending of the song is a killer one.
Chokehold9th November 2008Great lesson! love the guitar
Oxac9th November 2008Awesome, the only thing missing is the vocals
One question though, tuning one whole step down on a les paul... Wouldn't that require insane string gauge?
Muris Varajic9th November 2008Great playing and sound Jose!
Gabriel Leopardi9th November 2008Great composition Jose!
berko9th November 2008Extremely useful lesson, Jose. I'm glad you kept it as simple as possible, it supports the purpose of this lesson more. And GREAT SONG
Jose Mena9th November 2008Thanks everyone, I am glad you enjoyed the lesson, this came out to be a good song in my opinion, I might have someone singe it, and include it in my album.
Great job Jose, what's the guitar you're playing here?
Modified Epiphone Les Paul with Seymour Duncans, love this guitar for heavy metal rhythm, has a nice fat chunky sound.Awesome, the only thing missing is the vocals
One question though, tuning one whole step down on a les paul... Wouldn't that require insane string gauge?
Yes, it is a matter of preference but I bought 12's to do this, because I can't stand low tension on strings.
Bogdan Radovic9th November 2008Awesome lesson on songwriting Jose!!
jammer919th November 2008hi jose, nice lesson. If you speed these riffs up a bit you get some killer metalcore or melodic death riffs.
Ramiro Delforte9th November 2008Nice chopps jose! Very neat sound
Emir Hot9th November 2008This is really awesome. Is this bass recorded live?
Gerardo Siere9th November 2008Very nice song and video!
- Jose Mena9th November 2008
Thanks Guys
This is really awesome. Is this bass recorded live?
Yes it is, why does it sound bad? 
skennington9th November 2008Awesome song Jose, a must learn for me!
- Emir Hot9th November 2008Thanks Guys
Yes it is, why does it sound bad?
No man, sounds really powerful
I never recorded it live for GMC though. It does give a real live atmosphere which is great. Keep up the awesome work, you rock man 
Dejan Farkas9th November 2008Powerful and melodic
Hisham Al-Sanea9th November 2008great metal song writing jose.
very welldone.- Jose Mena9th November 2008
Thanks everyone.
No man, sounds really powerful I never recorded it live for GMC though. It does give a real live atmosphere which is great. Keep up the awesome work, you rock man
Great man, it means a lot. 
Fran9th November 2008Really cool Jose, the end is amazing!
midnight10th November 2008Great sound and lesson. Very nice!
- Jose Mena10th November 2008
Thanks guys, glad you enjoyed it
Ian Bushell10th November 2008That was rocking all the way Jose!
Great composition man.
Zsolt Galambos10th November 2008I really like those riffs
Marcus Siepen10th November 2008Great lesson mate, and I like your guitar
- Jose Mena10th November 2008
Thank you Ian and Zsolt, glad you like it.
Great lesson mate, and I like your guitar
Thanks man, I know you are a Les Paul fan, even though it is an Epiphone it is still a great guitar. 
Capt.Z10th November 2008I can't wait to get my epiphone les paul. I wonder which one it will be...
It all depends...
Cool lesson!! METAL RULES!! \m/
- Jose Mena10th November 2008I can't wait to get my epiphone les paul. I wonder which one it will be...
It all depends...
Cool lesson!! METAL RULES!! m/
It is a good guitar, at least mine turned out good, it was modified by the previous owner, so don't know how it comes from factory 
kaznie_NL10th November 2008Seems cool Jose! It also sounds as being cool
- kaznie_NL10th November 2008
Seems cool Jose! It also sounds as being cool
Fingerspasm10th November 2008Great lesson. I played the main riff this morning for my friend after practicing it all day yesterday and he was blown away by how cool the riff is and how great is stands on its own without a backing track. By the way I played it in standard tuning and it sounds great. I realize It may not mesh with the backing track that way but I will tune down when I try the backing track. Also I have an Epiphone Les Paul just like yours with PRS Dragon II pickups in it and it sounds great. Nothing wrong with Epiphones once the pickups are replaced.
- Jose Mena10th November 2008Seems cool Jose! It also sounds as being cool
Not sure I understand, I assume it is good, just kidding, thanks for the commentGreat lesson. I played the main riff this morning for my friend after practicing it all day yesterday and he was blown away by how cool the riff is and how great is stands on its own without a backing track. By the way I played it in standard tuning and it sounds great. I realize It may not mesh with the backing track that way but I will tune down when I try the backing track. Also I have an Epiphone Les Paul just like yours with PRS Dragon II pickups in it and it sounds great. Nothing wrong with Epiphones once the pickups are replaced.
Glad you feel this way about the riff, even though it is simple I feel it sounds powerful. Standard tuning works, I just played in D because it makes it a little heavier. - Sinisa Cekic12th November 2008
Great playing and sound !!
- Jose Mena12th November 2008
Thanks Sinisa
Mikhail Zolotukhin12th November 2008Guitarmasterclass ! Good fellow Jose
Alejandro Pinero13th November 2008Great lesson !!
Your guitar sounds incredible!!- Jose Mena13th November 2008
Thanks guys
- Alex8714th November 2008
Good lesson Jose nice composed! Nice fat sound from that Les Paul
- Jose Mena14th November 2008
Thanks Alex
Enucleation21st February 2009Wouldn't DGCFAD be tuning down a whole step?
Alexiaden931st May 2009I reminds me a bit of In Flames... Very cool song. It's amazing how the solo sounded so extremely powerful with so few notes !
Jose Lassaga1st May 2009Awesome lesson Jose!!! Great composition!!!
Dylan Yzewin22nd May 2009how must I see what your doing IT'S TO FAST
that's no lesson- Jose Mena22nd May 2009Wouldn't DGCFAD be tuning down a whole step?
Yes it is, a whole stepI reminds me a bit of In Flames... Very cool song. It's amazing how the solo sounded so extremely powerful with so few notes !
Haven't heard it, will search for it nowAwesome lesson Jose!!! Great composition!!!
thanks JoseQUOTE ([email protected] @ May 22 2009, 09:40 AM)how must I see what your doing IT'S TO FAST
that's no lesson
Sorry about that, I thought I was playing slow enough, the tab is there as a guide, and feel free to ask me which part you need help with, I'll gladly answer - Alexiaden9310th June 2009
Hey Jose ! In Flames is actually a Swedish black metal band, in case you wondered !
- arpejoes9th March 2010
simply awesome!
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