Journal 2011-08-11 Kristofer Dahl's "Love Me"
Kristofer Dahl is back and rocking as hard as ever, his latest track is a crazy mixture of Rammstein inspired riffs with heavy and shocking opera-like vocals, don't miss it!
Let's hear what GMC's Founder & Rocker has to say about his latest creation:
I'd like to give GMC credit for this song:
- Feedback from YOU in the video chat made me realize I should try and record my falsetto voice. For those who weren't there: we were discussing Celine Dion and I attempted to sing "My heart will go on" - and to my big surprise some people were impressed (!) by my performance...
- My latest (and ongoing) collab with Ben. Stay tuned for our coming song - you might recognize some elements.
- As you can see I am using Ben's circular vibrato technique here (yeah so what Ben is influencial?!)
- Sinisa's wicked approach to rock soloing in the Red Shot collab was an inspiration for the 'out' sounding lines in verse two.
- Ivan's heavy water collab inspired me to seriously work on the fingerpicking technique used in this lesson (I explain it in part 1).
'Nuff said - if you like GMC, this lesson is for you.
Beginners - learn the main riff, which repeats throughout the whole song. Thanks to the drop Db tuning it doesn't require any complicated fingerings. Tuning is shown in part 2 and I have included a backing track without any rhythm guitars.
Ninjas - there is a backing for you as well. And don't forget to post your takes on the REC board!
Aspiring singers - there is a backing with guitars but no vocals. Opera 'N Roll!
Equipment
Lead guitar: Parker Nitelfy > Tube Screamer > Line 6 M13 > Mark I channel (Mark V amp) > Hughes & Kettner Red Box > computer/cubase > Guitar Rig 3 tweedman 4x12 Speaker > stereo delay VST
Rhythm Guitar: Parker Nitelfy Jeff Beck bridge pickup, signal split via reamping to
- Extreme channel (Mark V amp) lined to computer via Hughes & Kettner Red Box
- Modified Marshall JCM 800 miced with Sure SM57
- Guitar Rig 3 Ultrasonic amp
Lyrics
Love
Me
Love me
Love me forevermore
Kill me, and then kiss me
Leave me, then love me
Kiss me with your evil tongue
Love me with your fallen heart
Heal me with your bloody hands
Love me, love me, love me forevermore
She loves me, she loves me not
Love me…love me now!
(Don't you love me later)
'Cause you're gonna ***** hate me!
Kiss me with your evil tongue
Love me with your fallen heart
Heal me with your bloody hands
Love me, love me, love me forevermore
Love me forever
Love me forever
Love me forever and ever
Love!
Love me single is available on iTunes.
