Freddy J
No nits here!  Great production and Excellent playing!!!

thanks for listening freddy, appreciate it!
 

batsbrew

eph221
Phenomenal guitar playing!  I love how all your pieces have such forward momentum.  It's something one only sees in the greatest composers (beethoven, brahms for instance.) This is when music takes you from here to there. Good luck with it!

hi eph,
forward momentum, yes
 
very short momentum, but momentum!!
 
LOL
 
working on a new section at the front, to extend the piece, and introduce the melodies before it dives in

That's where the genius kicks in..sustaining it through a 20 minute movement.  You should take a swing at it.  Have you written any symphonic stuff? :D:D

batsbrew

jamesg1213
Love it. When I hear your guitar playing the word 'precision' comes to mind. So tightly played, great turnarounds, loads of good stuff packed into just 2 minutes!

hey james,
you know, when i write this stuff, i usually play it 'precise' like you mention...
but then when i'm ready to try to capture a 'performance', meaning, i'm gonna do a take from beginning to end without any punch ins (which i can do extremely well),  i don't worry about precision at all..
more about vibe.
and when you isolate tracks and listen, you can hear slop.
pigs love it.
LOL
 

I track my guitars that way too. I'll do dozens of 'run-throughs' to nail the part, then get to a point where I can 'play past' the piece and get some life into it. Then I also like to do the whole part without punch-ins. It's a pride thing  

jamesg1213
 
I track my guitars that way too. I'll do dozens of 'run-throughs' to nail the part, then get to a point where I can 'play past' the piece and get some life into it. Then I also like to do the whole part without punch-ins. It's a pride thing  

HEH...
i get the 'pride' thing, i do..
 
but i think it's really about getting something authentic, versus super worked out.
i guess i just like the rock vibe (not perfect) more than the perfection of parts (dixie dregs, dream theatre, etc)
 
i think the point of doing the dozens of run-throughs, isn't so much to learn the part well enough to let go of it while getting it recorded, but also to weed out the chaff.
 
i have a grain silo full of chaff.
 
LOL

eph221
 
That's where the genius kicks in..sustaining it through a 20 minute movement.  You should take a swing at it.  Have you written any symphonic stuff? :D:D

 
yes.
i did a project a few years back,
with a band out of british columbia,  called "FALSE HARUSPEX"
 
http://falseharuspex.aeriemonks.com/
 
 
It is a one-hour long continuous instrumental,
broken up into 13 unique sections.
 
it did quite well!
 
took me about 6 months to complete my parts (the solo guitar throughout)
 
after i did my parts, the original group then added crunchy rhythm guitar parts, to augment my stuff,
then added synth and voice on top of everything else once the arrangements were complete.
 
i have many instrumentals that i rarely post,
typically they are in the 5-8 minute range,
instrumentalists typically really get off on them, and no one else does.
 

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