Allan's Resolve

https://soundcloud.com/bats-brew/allans-resolve
 
an older one of mine,
i just felt like posting
 
feel free to comment or ask questions,
or just groove.

Bat,
 
I remember hearing this a couple years back.   Liked it then, still like it.    Reminds me a little of Steve Vai.  Awesome track and playing.

Regards

mcourter
Nice harmonized guitars. Like the change at about 1:30. But then you got changes all over the place. Well done

hi mcourter,
yea, i like playing harmony guitars.
some folks think it might be an effect or something,
but it's just plain ole multitracked.
 
i have this cool control on my super strat, a "Q" filter,
it allows me to dial in the inductance from full to less, on any pickup config....
and so on each track, even tho i'm on the same pickup,
it sounds different due to the use of that Q filter.
it's very useful!
 
thanks for listening!
 

I remember this one Bats - excellent stuff.
I particularly like the harmony work - really sweet 

daryl1968
I remember this one Bats - excellent stuff.
I particularly like the harmony work - really sweet 

thanks daryl,
it was fun going back and learning harmonies that fit the original melody,
which was a one-take, just channeling..... it worked,
so then i had to actually learn it!
LOL
just so i could go back and play harmonies on it.......
 

figured it's worth one bump before i take it down for something new....


(i just got back from skiing, so it's fresh on my mind)

Mahavishnu
I shared many a pint with Allan Holdsworth in the 1980's (Guildford, Surrey, England). This is a fine rendition. I hope he listens to this one day,
 
Kudos
 
Dominic

that's a cool story, dominic,
pints with AH
 
i met AH in charlotte NC, he was doing a gig at a small club called the double door Inn.....
a really awesome gig.
 
afterwards, folks were getting him to sign albums and stuff,
and i just sat nearby and watched....
and some dude comes up to him and starts talking to him about that album he did that he was so pissed off about....
really got him riled up, i was a bit shocked.
 
after, he was there at the bar more or less alone, and i spoke to him briefly, and we joked, and that seemed to chill him out.....
and we shared a beer.
LOL
beer, the great leveler.
 
 
i always admired Holdsworth for sticking to his guns with his music,
even in the face of poverty!
and that inspired this song.
 
i thought of putting a lyric to it,
but honestly, the guitar says it all for me.


it is supposed to be bittersweet, the melody....
that's why the extended outro was required (in my mind) to 'resolve' the bittersweet into happiness and celebration.
 
at least, that was the goal.
 
hey, thanks a lot for chiming in.

Lynn
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Lynn!