Oof. I'm getting burnt out on writing solos for this song...

I usually take at least ten days to create leads for a four minute song as well.  Oh wait, you said only ten hours?  Wow...  You're a lot better than I am! 

Art only happens through hard work...



Or by accident


Keep at it Beep, it'll be worth it when the groupies show up at your door with a keg of beer. 


Or when you post it in the songs forum

can't wait to hear it beep. OCD can be helpful in making a quality song.

Oh and TH2 is a freaking godsend. What an awesome sounding sim. Very very happy with it.

@crg... I agree with that. Fortunately I'm pretty happy with what's down so far. I just couldn't seem to muster up the inspiration to come up with a decent segway into the next portion of the song (the outro). And yes I definitely have other things on my mind at the moment. The segway will need to be tastefully done to transition into the slower outro part. Once I'm past this hump it will be "easier" as it's gonna be less technique and more feel... however one needs their soul aligned properly to achieve feeling. I'm letting it sit for tonight and perhaps again tomorrow but I'm quite anxious to get it mixed and posted. I've got other mayhem to dork up after this. ;-)

Is Ooof a Norweigian guy? 

So on the solos thing.... reset the BPM to like 20.... play it as best yo can then use the time compression FX thingy to sped it up real faster and sudenly u r playing like ... uhhh whats that guy.... Vie or somthin...

worth a shot anyway...  That's how I do shredding..... when I'm not doing it like a Clinton whitehouse with documents.... 


man I need a beer or something....

@guitarhacker... I hear ya but fast and slippery has been my playing style for a long time so it's actually easier to get things done at full speed for me. I do occasionally just stop and work on tidbits without playback but then I just get confused without the backing track.

I tend to stick to short and sweet solos, because my problem is playing the damn thing without making a mistake. Stick me in front of a Bach fugue with no audience and I can get through to the end without a single glitch....but put me in front of an audience, or hit "record," and this annoying little voice starts saying "you're going to screw up any minute now....any minute now." And usually I do, like a bar before the end. 

As for composing guitar solos, I whistle them first nowadays. I've gotten to be a pretty good whistler and my philosophy is, if I can't whistle it, it's not worth playing.