Funk Rock Instrumental - Abstract Extract

I like it!   Cool groove with a great feel... of course the bass has a lot to do with that IMO.  
 
All you need now is some melodies/solos riding over top.
 

Thanks guys!
 

stevec
All you need now is some melodies/solos riding over top.

I'm more of a rhythm player, can't you tell :)  Melody and particularly lyrics have always been a tough part for me, so I try to get grooves down that are strong enough to hopefully be reasonably interesting.

This would be a cool bed for a movie scene. Great playing.

I get the spy, fast vehicle feel too. Nice work.

Paul, are you set up to receive PMs? 
 

Huh...  what I keep getting is this...
 
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Nice bass :-)
 
There's a ?keyboard ?synth part that's quite quiet at about 1'30" that I'm not sure about. I'd be tempted to lose that.
 

The shaker kicks in at 1:30 to help the build up a bit in the middle section.  Those are real el'cheapo egg shakers recorded with Rode NT5's.  I just stood there and shook them under the XY setup overheads for the drums, then looped a decent measure worth.

That's awesome Mesh, thanks!

Yeah man that's cool. I can Picture Joe Satch playing some of his cool solos over this. :) 
That bass rocks in a funky-rock awesome way!

This mix sounds well here and as a background for a film would work, but on its own it needs something extra.
 
Good stuff though nicely recorded and mixed, thanks for sharing.

Great playing!   I particularly like the change up near the end.
Very nice indeed!

CaptG
...do you have tracks like this? capg

Not exactly sure what you mean, but I do have a ton of tracks that were thrown together quickly.  Most of them turn into nothing, or I try to finish and end up not liking it much.  At some point additional time in the song doesn't yield any better results so they die.  Occasionally though, a quick idea ends up awesome 

Trimmed out stuff to tone down some,.... making small progress, but its fun. I know your thinking in another direction but I still can't help myself, it has so many possibilities, love it
 
https://soundcloud.com/capg/abstract-extract-excite

Thanks, but you know I'm just throwing slop out there hoping more creative minds (or musicians) respond with versions of there own. My goal on this site is to get feedback on my mixing. Not my guitar playing because I have a handicap, and will never achieve a level of competent guitar player, yet can still get an idea across of what sounds  the track can inspire, which may be different one day to the next. That's what I like about your piece. I wish I could express what it drives in my mind as what Jan Hammer would jam along, or Satch, Satrianni, on and on. I don't like my first guitar breaks on this and will wait a week and start again hopefully to lead into this with a more appropriate intro. I like my work at 1:43 but could not repeat it to save my life, its just one of those spur of the moment finger spasms'. I had to copy and paste for the second input. Anyway, since I only get that creative urge once or twice a month if then, I plan on tweaking on this track just for the pleasure, and if it sounds good, I'll send it out again. Come on folks, put your ideas out there, great for the art, and the perfection of how Sonar can be applied. enough, capg