"Allan's Resolve" (rock instrumental)

"Allan's Resolve" (rock instrumental)


http://soundcloud.com/bats-brew/bb10-allans-resolve

this is the last song off my newly minted album, "The Time is Magic"


this was inspired by allan holdsworth, and his 'resolve' to stay true to his guns, and make his music without compromise.
i knicked one lick (from an old UK song) and snuck it in there, just for pure plagairistic purposes.
:)

i had another studio guy in the DFW area, capture the drum performance by Brent Dacus, really talented drummer that does gig stew out there..
i had a demo sent out, and he played along with it...
then they sent me the drum tracks, and i played along with those, building the track up from scratch.

USACG custom strat #2

i had just built this strat, and this is the 2nd thing i recorded with it.
used it for all the parts, just to see how far i could stretch tones on one instrument.



all guitars thru a '81 mesa mark2b head, into a Avatar 1x12 with celestion heritage g12H-55.
various mics on different parts, i had sm57's, adk hamburg, at4033, and shure ksm44...
running into a A Designs Audio MP-1 mic pre, into a dbx compressor, into a soundcard, mixed in sonar.

OH BABY! My kind of music! I love Allan Holdsworth too. Guitar tones glisten with flying finger mastery! Great job Bat!  

This is the real deal.

Despite being an homage to the great player it has its own identity too.

Bravo!

I'm a big fan of Allan Holdsworth's stuff, mainly from the mid to late seventies, especially when he was in "Bruford"

You've definitely got some of his sounds and inflections in your playing on this and it sounded really good.

This is an exceptional piece of work and that's always the case with your tracks.

This sounds so professional and the mix is excellent.

Liked this a lot. Well done.

radio
thanks for checking this one out...

 
bayoubill
glad you dig it....
this one is mellower than most, but still has a tension to it....
 
bretb
appreciate the listen....
well, the snare is what it is, that's the way it sounded in the room, it's a pretty natural snare sound...
but i would have treated it differently if i had been the one to record it, the drums were engineered by another, and it was pretty much a one-take deal.


jonbouy
appreciate that, yes, not trying to pretend to play anything like AH (impossible) but definitely inspired.
 
 
tap
IOU, i bought that the day it came out (in the states)
i really liked it, but i had been listening to holdsworth since about '76
he's got quite the discography you know.....
 

blipp
thanks for the kind words....
listened to both those bruford albums quite a bit (feels good to me, one of a kind)...
those were pretty sophisticated, but i think i dug the stuff he did with the new tony williams lifetime more at the time...
some of the UK stuff is REALLY good, but wetton's voice detracts for me


thatsastrat
thanks for listening. 
the whammy plunges.....
yes, i was still getting acquainted with my new Hipshot Contour bridge
 
i put a TREMSETTER in this, after i did this recording...
i like it and all, it works, but i can feel the mechanism working..... not sure if i'll keep it in or not.

the whammy style, i think i developed early, when i had my fender mustang, and trying to play jeff beck stuff......and that trem was so touchy. i think that's why i prefer Kahler bridges, over the floyd rose type.... the kahlers are just more responsive to me. 

I agree with everyone else. Great tone and guitar playing.

Showoff......really great work there Bat. I took up guitar and I figure it will take me about 50 years to get that good.

Beautiful and amazing playing!  Sweet guitar there too.  :)  

some excellent playing as always, and an unusual structure. not ever listened to Holdsworth, of course you see his name mentioned by some other great players, will have to check him out...last instrumental guitar album i listened to was probably Marco Sfogli, check him out BB if you don't know him...

Sounds really good Bat.

Sweet geetar tones.

That is some dynamite cut you got there Gonzo... really held me all the way thru.  Great build/collapse feel... loved it!

I love this! It reminds me of 'Kansas'.

Great tone.... but then that is what I would expect from you. 

I like the development, sort of a European flavor to the arrangement.

I would love to get list or picture of your signal chain.  Cool tune.

Daryl

Completely enjoyed that man, thanks very much. What I found in it was that something special I hear in Steve Hackett, Holdsworth, Robert Fripp and others. Love it when the lead guitar is holding the melody.

Happy New Year

Bats,
 I really liked AH's Velvet Darkness album. It was a real showcase for his talent, but Holdsworth never liked it.
 I used to listen to a lot of the earlier Tony Williams Lifetime stuff and never knew he played with them. I also liked his work on enigmatic oceans w/ Jean-Luc Ponty.