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2014/09/17 04:39:06
kennywtelejazz
Hello Songs Forum , 
this little clip musical clip is a collection of guitar synth ideas I have been working on recently …
this music first started out as a IK Sampletron Mellotron melody that I played on my midi guitar  ….
80 % of this song was played by me on my guitar synth ….so , be forewarned …. it's RUFF ….
FYI, ….this is just a skeleton work file that I'm gonna work up over time as new ideas come to me ….
the only parts that were not played on my guitar synth are the violin part , the drums, some regular guitar and the last musical section / closing motif …. 
the music that I am trying to convey here with this clip is more or less a bunch of Mood Swings  
I didn't want to break it up and make it 4 separate clips  
 
I hope somebody enjoys it
 
Midi Guitar Moods
https://soundcloud.com/guitarist-kenny-wilson/midi-guitar-moods 
 
Kenny
2014/09/17 14:46:22
stevec
I don't that the moods are swinging that much, well except for the section starting at 1:35, but it still works nicely IMO. Speaking of which... the section coming in at 1:35 is really cool!  Old skool prog-rock / fusion-y stuff going on.  
2014/09/17 18:24:01
kennywtelejazz
Hello Steve,
regarding the mood swings ,….sure I get you ..it is true ….there is a lot going on … 
 
in my mind this is only a short little demo of possible song ideas joined together that I happened to post  
 
I'm happy you enjoyed the music and playing  at 1:35  that was fun to play 
 
thank you for the listen 
 
Kenny
 
2014/09/17 18:34:32
dcumpian
Needs to be about 8 minutes and lots more instruments and stuff going on...lol...just kidding Kenny! Sounds good so far. I agree with Steve about the switch at 1:35, very cool. It would be cool to develop these themes further and then merge them into a final section.
 
Regards,
Dan
 
2014/09/17 21:52:22
Guitarpima
For a rough draft, it's pretty cool. There are plenty of ideas there. I like this part here where it's weird with the drum bit and guitars riffs.
 
How is tracking with midi guitars today. The first time I ever used one was a Charvel connected to a GTM-6. Tracking wasn't good then. Almost a second later the note plays. I thought the idea was cool but didn't seem ready but that was over 20 years ago. I've heard mixed reactions not to long ago but still it was probably a few years.
 
Nice work!
2014/09/17 22:32:25
RobertB
Fun stuff. Plenty of themes to expand on. I totally dig that bit at 1:35. Frank would approve.
I got a November chill at 2:10. Gloriously cold and dark.
It will be interesting to see where you go with this. Yeah, I can see 8 minutes easy.
2014/09/17 23:05:58
kennywtelejazz
dcumpian
Needs to be about 8 minutes and lots more instruments and stuff going on...lol...just kidding Kenny! Sounds good so far. I agree with Steve about the switch at 1:35, very cool. It would be cool to develop these themes further and then merge them into a final section.
 
Regards,
Dan
 




Hello Dan , 
8 minutes   … I would be happy just to get  4 or 5  really good minutes where it all made sense….
this is kinda the reason why I posted this clip as a skeleton, i did that to get some possible feedback on what folks might dig or not dig..
I'm happy that the switch at 1:35 seems to be going over well …those are the type of ideas I have been practicing on my guitar for my own head ….
I'm glad I happened to record it , and I'm happy people seem to like it 
 
thanks for your feedback …it means a lot 
 
Kenny
2014/09/17 23:12:56
Voda La Void
Ok, it was a little draggy and then I LOVE from 1:36 to the end...wow, kick ass.  Nice writing.
2014/09/17 23:25:02
kennywtelejazz
Guitarpima
For a rough draft, it's pretty cool. There are plenty of ideas there. I like this part here where it's weird with the drum bit and guitars riffs.
 
How is tracking with midi guitars today. The first time I ever used one was a Charvel connected to a GTM-6. Tracking wasn't good then. Almost a second later the note plays. I thought the idea was cool but didn't seem ready but that was over 20 years ago. I've heard mixed reactions not to long ago but still it was probably a few years.
 
Nice work!




Hello Robert , 
Yes this is only a rough draft , I didn't want to start piling things up and getting too dense right out of the gate ..
I'm not sure where I want to go with this yet and it certainly needs a lot more Love than what is here .
the section with the guitar , bass and drums turns out to be the easiest thing I did on this clip ...
I was just fooling around one day practicing a long to the drum beat ( at a slower tempo ) and I decided to hit record …..
for all my midi parts , I used a plug called Midi Guitar as opposed to my hardware midi guitar set up ...
the latency seems better ..it is a little more snappier and responsive IMHO...
thank you for giving this a listen 
 
Kenny
2014/09/18 02:33:28
kennywtelejazz
RobertB
Fun stuff. Plenty of themes to expand on. I totally dig that bit at 1:35. Frank would approve.
I got a November chill at 2:10. Gloriously cold and dark.
It will be interesting to see where you go with this. Yeah, I can see 8 minutes easy.




Hello Robert, 
thanks man  oh yeah , I like Frank …I guess what I'm trying to is come up with my own thing ..like what he did.
I keep going for it …and going for it …and going for it . I sure got a long way to go before I get even close .
 
I feel good that I posted this…….what happened at 1:35 was something that was done just for myself .
I honestly didn't think anybody would dig it ….it never dawned on me to post it …..i guess I'm ahead of the game …
the section after that is so much wetter than I'm used to doing….yeah , I got to get with the program ….
 
hhhmm , eight minutes …thats the second time that came up .It just might be a very good idea for me to plan for eight minutes .
 
OK that's gonna be the new bullseye ….
 
thank you Robert for the listen and your kind words of encouragement 
 
Kenny
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