notnat
thanks man.
 

warrenlee
appreciate it, glad you like this one.
 
 
the band19
yes, the bass has been almost more important to me than guitar, since i heard my first beatles tune ("she loves you")
 
 
markno999
thanks for the comments...
Vai, yeah, there could be a little something in there similar....

i had developed a lot of my idiosynchracies in guitar playing, before I knew about Vai (zappa, alcatrazz, roth)...
i've got some old recordings from the early 80's that attest to early wildness...

but folks still reference this from time to time...
he's probably the most 'known' instrumental electric guitarist, after Satch.... so it's inevitable to hear comparisons with music that has those kinds of guitar breaks...
 
 
wookie
thanks for smiling!
and not stickin' your fingers in your wooly ears....

That was really good.

batsbrew



 
speedtom
glad you liked it speed, i was always an extreme fan, and even tho it wasn't a concious influence, i can hear where you would find a similarity.... it's in the drum track..
it swings a lot, even while driving straight, and extreme was really good at that.

You might be right...but today it hit me why it reminds me of Extreme: I had your verse in my head "...and if you think about it" - and after that, just by magic, Extreme's chorus of "it's monster" just followed it! There must be some link between headin for the weeds and it's a monster, although I cannot grap it just yet 

Excellent all the way through.  The guitar tones are perfect.  Love the fusiony leads - some licks remind me of holdsworth.

doncolga
thanks man, i appreciate that


speedtom
it's a monster......


i remember that song!
that was off of pornograffiti.
man, what a killer album.
the song on that one, that just slays me, is "Decadence Dance"

that, and 'get the funk out'.
 
 
yea, i can see how you would hear a similarity, it's a timing thing....
the way the chords move in syncopation, against the straight time in both songs....

i'm playing the chords in FRONT of the beat, to drive the song...
which makes the drums sound like they are swinging in the BACK BEAT, even tho they are playing straight time.
i figured out a long time ago, how to imply a swing, by playing ahead, or sometimes, way behind, a straight time drum groove...

and with samples, or midi programs like superior drummer, it's a good skill to have.
LOL
 
thanks for commenting again....

Killer production and tune.  Very spot on.  
 
Rimshot
 

fabulous, LOVED THAT!

guitartrek
thanks geno
yep, holdsworth is always gonna sneak in there a little bit,
here and there..
can't be helped.
LOL
i've been listening to Holdsworth since Soft Machine.

Rimshot
appreciate the listen
glad you dig it
 
 
 

sTinGA
alright man, thanks for listening!

This is premier league performance !!!
I just listened to it for the 2nd time, than listened to some Soundgarden, than switched back to Batsbrew. ....Man, you really up there!
 
Daniel