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1 hour ago, soon said:

I earnestly write a fair bit of rock n roll riffs but have been with out a band for ages.  I write a bit of folk music too, but what I'm most focused on sharing with others is ambient, keyboard centred music.  I dont consider it relaxation music by any means but it might be a useful enough description.  Not sure if it would be of interest to many?  Unless you've ever spent a weekend with some quality headphones gleefully discovering the 89th layer of synth, orchestration and Axl's reverb-soaked-breathes on Chim Dem and then isolated that for future listens, I doubt one would care to hear it :lol:

I would like to have a listen!

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11 hours ago, soon said:

Out of likes, but this is incredible!  You're a rock star!?  WTF?!?

I'm not sure rockstar is the word haha but hey thank you for that..... I definitely play music and try not to suck (note; I said that I *try* not to suck :) )

Seeing as this is GNR world I thought i'd (re)post this on this forum in case you're interested, This was a video I did for Guitar World Magazine based on my Use Your Illusion tone... To anyone who has seen it posted before, Sorry! :)

 

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6 hours ago, 1418Music said:

I'm not sure rockstar is the word haha but hey thank you for that..... I definitely play music and try not to suck (note; I said that I *try* not to suck :) )

Seeing as this is GNR world I thought i'd (re)post this on this forum in case you're interested, This was a video I did for Guitar World Magazine based on my Use Your Illusion tone... To anyone who has seen it posted before, Sorry! :)

 

This video helped with my decision to buy these pick-ups! I wasn't sure if I should go for these or a JB/Jazz combo, after watching this, I made my choice and went with the Slash pickups. Thanks @1418Music!

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11 hours ago, 1418Music said:

I'm not sure rockstar is the word haha but hey thank you for that..... I definitely play music and try not to suck (note; I said that I *try* not to suck :) )

Seeing as this is GNR world I thought i'd (re)post this on this forum in case you're interested, This was a video I did for Guitar World Magazine based on my Use Your Illusion tone... To anyone who has seen it posted before, Sorry! :)

 

I hadn't seen this, thanks for reposting!  Totally nailed the tone.  Any quick tips for achieving Slash style riffs - on the technique and feel side of things?

2 hours ago, youngswedishvinyl said:

I've posted this in another thread earlier but I'll post it anyway...

Here's my band:

 

Very cool!  Whats your role in the band?

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11 minutes ago, soon said:

Right, should've known by your avatar.  Nice lines, you are a tight rhythm unit!

Thanks a lot! :D

 

11 minutes ago, SoundOfAGun said:

These tracks are fucking cool, reminded me that I need to listen to them on my good headphones/monitors!

Thanks for the kind words! :headbang:

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Here is one of my tracks that was put on a compilation album last year; I have made the grand total of fuck all on the royalties so far! I think I have already posted it on here before:

https://open.spotify.com/track/4FEvHgO1fiVg4POUG0SxH9

https://www.amazon.co.uk/To-the-Heart/dp/B01DEMKWJO/ref=sr_1_1?s=dmusic&ie=UTF8&qid=1490032789&sr=1-1&keywords=sound+of+a+gun+to+the+heart

Wav version where the record label doesn't get a cut:

https://soundofagun.bandcamp.com/track/to-the-heart

It's also on itunes, but I don't have that so I can't get a link.

Here is the Soundcloud low quality version:

 

 

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5 hours ago, soon said:

I hadn't seen this, thanks for reposting!  Totally nailed the tone.  Any quick tips for achieving Slash style riffs - on the technique and feel side of things?

Thankya! Glad it wasn't total overkill from the repost :) lol.

When it comes to the Slash style... me personally (Disclaimer; *in MY opinion only* as there will always be a billion and one people that'll tell you I can't sound Gunsy whatsoever at all ever ever ever and that I suck) apart from the major and minor pentatonic scales being way prevalent in what he always did the weirdest tip I can give you is concentrate on his vibrato. Obviously he has some super smooth vibrato (November Rain etc) when he wants, but for the most part especially on the bass strings its a pretty prominent "shaking" sound compared to say Neal Schon or Steve Vai (instinctively anyway, not saying they don't do that ever.

The key to getting that vibrato (apart from recognizing it) that i've found is literally in the strings. The 11 gauge Ernie Balls that he uses and that I use on my Les Pauls are heavier and tighter than the 9's I use on my strat and even though physically I know how to get that vibrato on my strat, it NEVER sounds the same because the 9's don't kick back on the fingers as hard as the 11 gauge strings do so your fingers don't work as hard to get the vibrato and the tension isn't there to push back against you from the strings themselves. 

Maybe thats all obvious...but it hit me kinda late that with all the gear in the world and practicing the scales... his vibrato is so unique that it gives a lot of the sound...and a lot of that sound is in the strings.

Oh, and the fact that he's Slash helps too :).

 

(btw @SoundOfAGun - that is fucking cool! thanks for posting that. Hope the pickups worked out for ya!)

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19 hours ago, 1418Music said:

I'm not sure rockstar is the word haha but hey thank you for that..... I definitely play music and try not to suck (note; I said that I *try* not to suck :) )

Seeing as this is GNR world I thought i'd (re)post this on this forum in case you're interested, This was a video I did for Guitar World Magazine based on my Use Your Illusion tone... To anyone who has seen it posted before, Sorry! :)

 

Sounds great, who made that LP? And which model were you using on the AxeFX?

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On 3/19/2017 at 0:51 PM, soon said:

I earnestly write a fair bit of rock n roll riffs but have been with out a band for ages.  I write a bit of folk music too, but what I'm most focused on sharing with others is ambient, keyboard centred music.  I dont consider it relaxation music by any means but it might be a useful enough description.  Not sure if it would be of interest to many?  Unless you've ever spent a weekend with some quality headphones gleefully discovering the 89th layer of synth, orchestration and Axl's reverb-soaked-breathes on Chim Dem and then isolated that for future listens, I doubt one would care to hear it :lol:

Hell yeah, I would. Love to hear some mellow synth and make you shit your pants synth.

 

 

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This is kinda sorta music related. I made a "almost" shot for shot parody video for Poppy's "Doritos Monster Energy Drink" video. The music (and all of the sound effects/foley work) for the parody is what I made.

Here is the original video

 

and here is my parody

 

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On 3/19/2017 at 9:51 AM, soon said:

I earnestly write a fair bit of rock n roll riffs but have been with out a band for ages.  I write a bit of folk music too, but what I'm most focused on sharing with others is ambient, keyboard centred music.  I dont consider it relaxation music by any means but it might be a useful enough description.  Not sure if it would be of interest to many?  Unless you've ever spent a weekend with some quality headphones gleefully discovering the 89th layer of synth, orchestration and Axl's reverb-soaked-breathes on Chim Dem and then isolated that for future listens, I doubt one would care to hear it :lol:

I have to admit I have spent the weekend doing that, and though I enjoy it a fair bit, I try to replicate it note for note on GarageBand. So far I've only completed Prostitute. So you got one person here who would appreciate it

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14 hours ago, Jabberwocky said:

This is kinda sorta music related. I made a "almost" shot for shot parody video for Poppy's "Doritos Monster Energy Drink" video. The music (and all of the sound effects/foley work) for the parody is what I made.

Here is the original video

 

and here is my parody

 

hahahahaha nice! no offense but is Poppy in a cult of some sort?? :lol:

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22 hours ago, 1418Music said:

Thankya! Glad it wasn't total overkill from the repost :) lol.

When it comes to the Slash style... me personally (Disclaimer; *in MY opinion only* as there will always be a billion and one people that'll tell you I can't sound Gunsy whatsoever at all ever ever ever and that I suck) apart from the major and minor pentatonic scales being way prevalent in what he always did the weirdest tip I can give you is concentrate on his vibrato. Obviously he has some super smooth vibrato (November Rain etc) when he wants, but for the most part especially on the bass strings its a pretty prominent "shaking" sound compared to say Neal Schon or Steve Vai (instinctively anyway, not saying they don't do that ever.

The key to getting that vibrato (apart from recognizing it) that i've found is literally in the strings. The 11 gauge Ernie Balls that he uses and that I use on my Les Pauls are heavier and tighter than the 9's I use on my strat and even though physically I know how to get that vibrato on my strat, it NEVER sounds the same because the 9's don't kick back on the fingers as hard as the 11 gauge strings do so your fingers don't work as hard to get the vibrato and the tension isn't there to push back against you from the strings themselves. 

Maybe thats all obvious...but it hit me kinda late that with all the gear in the world and practicing the scales... his vibrato is so unique that it gives a lot of the sound...and a lot of that sound is in the strings.

Oh, and the fact that he's Slash helps too :).

 

(btw @SoundOfAGun - that is fucking cool! thanks for posting that. Hope the pickups worked out for ya!)

Thanks!  Thats totally the type of hints I was hoping for - the vibrato especially.  Its almost overkill if you go by the book.  Im more of an Izzy player for sake of comparison, so it sounds to my ears like the vibrato is almost like 'peacocking'

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1 hour ago, Mendez said:

I have to admit I have spent the weekend doing that, and though I enjoy it a fair bit, I try to replicate it note for note on GarageBand. So far I've only completed Prostitute. So you got one person here who would appreciate it

Thats awesome!  Have you/ will you share that on here?  Id love to hear it!

side note, Im feeling the weight of my description of my recordings.  They are not as good as the 89th layer of chi dem isolated! :lol:

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On March 20, 2017 at 2:10 PM, SoundOfAGun said:

Here is one of my tracks that was put on a compilation album last year; I have made the grand total of fuck all on the royalties so far! I think I have already posted it on here before:

https://open.spotify.com/track/4FEvHgO1fiVg4POUG0SxH9

https://www.amazon.co.uk/To-the-Heart/dp/B01DEMKWJO/ref=sr_1_1?s=dmusic&ie=UTF8&qid=1490032789&sr=1-1&keywords=sound+of+a+gun+to+the+heart

Wav version where the record label doesn't get a cut:

https://soundofagun.bandcamp.com/track/to-the-heart

It's also on itunes, but I don't have that so I can't get a link.

Here is the Soundcloud low quality version:

 

 

yes!  This is my personal favourite of the little Ive heard from you so far!  And I love the dadaist art on the soudcloud widget - is that what your band picked or maybe even designed?

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On March 13, 2017 at 1:18 PM, moreblack said:

I play guitar in a couple of bands. This is one of them:

80s metal cover band:

Also an Alice Cooper tribute band sometimes, another original rock band and an acoustic folk blues thing. All very casual. Jam once a week or once a month kind of thing. It's a full time hobby LOL.

Love it!  Id go watch you rock out every Friday night if I could!

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