Chordal Solo in the the style of SRV

[bobmeredith]

Just a little solo recording I finished the other day. I don't normally write this kind of stuff so I'm reasonably pleased with it. It is a work in progress:

 

http://soundclick.com/share?songid=9335419

 

 

I'll probably add some more double stop kind of fills to give it some more variation and add a short solo section. I don't want to make it too complicated or long. I've always loved SRVs Lenny and Riviera Paradise:

 

This is something of my own in the same style that I can play at gigs.

 

The hard part is to not get to jazzy and lose that Hendrick/SRV/Timmons rock/pop vibe. Not sure I've succeeded; but a little bit of double stop and single note stuff may help. It's very hard to play stuff like that and find something that hasn't already been done.

 

I came home from 2 months overseas and all the unwritten bits wrote themselves in about 30 minutes. Funny how that happens sometimes.

 

I quickly recorded it in Sound forge so I wouldn't forget what I'd written. It's a bit rough but I'll practice it and add a new version soon.

 

Strat Plus (area 58s) into Tech 21 Blonde, into Boss RV-5, direct into mixer and straight on to soundforge.

 

It was quite painful to play this, I lost all my calluses, OOOUUUCCCHHH!

 

I hope some of you like it.

[Adey]

I think its really nice. I dont listen to the artists you mentioned, but its really well performed and soothing.

 

Ade

[bobmeredith]

Thanks for listening!

[Eclepto Funk]

i love the sound of it ... i lack the technical terms: it's dreamy

[blue2blue]

This is really quite nice... Obviously, it's very spare. The sonic treatment works out quite well, in that respect. I have to say, though, that as soon as I heard that sweet little Hendrixian bit at the end, I wanted more of that back near the middle, with a little more exploration and development -- but not too much -- and where it would form a sort of emotional peak, I think; then you could drop back into the spare minimalism of the strummed part for an appropriate 'restatement' of the mood/theme and then out with just about that same little flurry. Or something.

 

Anyhow, very sweet.

 

[bobmeredith]

This is really quite nice... Obviously, it's very spare. The sonic treatment works out quite well, in that respect. I have to say, though, that as soon as I heard that sweet little Hendrixian bit at the end, I wanted more of that back near the middle, with a little more exploration and development -- but not too much -- and where it would form a sort of emotional peak, I think; then you could drop back into the spare minimalism of the strummed part for an appropriate 'restatement' of the mood/theme and then out with just about that same little flurry. Or something. Anyhow, very sweet.

 

Thanks for the input. This is exactly my thoughts on how this piece should evolve. Just a very non repetitive fills in the right place should create the desired dynamic.