Members gennation Posted May 5, 2006 Members Share Posted May 5, 2006 I put this together about a week ago for another site. We had about 10 or 12 players jump all over it. Be adventurous as about any style of playing fits over it well. I recorded this backing to it. Everything is one time through so there's a couple of questionable spots but just use your intuition and you'll stay on track just fine. Here's a link to the lead sheet with the chords and the head. The turnaround on the sheet is | D7 | D7 | Db7 | Db7 |... at certain times (like a god jazzboy should) I used this instead...| D7 | Ab7 | Db7 | G7 | Footprints Backing Tracking Here's one without bass, for the adventerous bassists Here's my take, I tried to play out of style...one time through...sounds like puke I know. Give it a try, and be adventurous. And have fun with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members red|dragon Posted May 5, 2006 Members Share Posted May 5, 2006 Nice. Could you give some advice on how to record us playing over the progression? I would have to play the backing on my pc speakers and then record off that and my playing at the same time. What program do you use? Or do you have any advice on the subject? Also, Did you make that backing track yourself? If so, THANK YOU!!!. I know it can be very time consuming and sometimes even boring to create backing tracks. Nice job man. Thanks a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jazzbo Posted May 5, 2006 Members Share Posted May 5, 2006 Any multitracking software should allow you to import the backing as a mono or stereo track, then overdub... I have Cakewalk Home Studio, there are a few free ones on the web. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members red|dragon Posted May 5, 2006 Members Share Posted May 5, 2006 Do you plug your guitar directly into your pc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gennation Posted May 5, 2006 Author Members Share Posted May 5, 2006 Audacity (http://audacity.sourceforge.net/) is free and works good for this stuff. Just download the backing, and open it on the software. Then record yourself on another track, mix it and post it up somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members red|dragon Posted May 5, 2006 Members Share Posted May 5, 2006 Awesome. I'm going to try this... joenovice! I want to hear you do this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gennation Posted May 5, 2006 Author Members Share Posted May 5, 2006 Originally posted by red|dragon Do you plug your guitar directly into your pc? You can, but...ydo you have a preamp, modeler, or amy amp that has a Preamp Out/Direct Out/Line Out/FX Send? Any one of those will be better than directly plugging into the sound card. Some better than others but better than guitar into card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gennation Posted May 5, 2006 Author Members Share Posted May 5, 2006 Originally posted by red|dragon Nice.Could you give some advice on how to record us playing over the progression? I would have to play the backing on my pc speakers and then record off that and my playing at the same time. What program do you use? Or do you have any advice on the subject?Also, Did you make that backing track yourself? If so, THANK YOU!!!. I know it can be very time consuming and sometimes even boring to create backing tracks. Nice job man. Thanks a lot. Yes, I made the backing myself. It was a ay to practice all those jazz voiceings...with the 11 's and #11's and sus11-ish stuff. And various other stuff. It was one time through on the rhythm guitar and the bass too. It's as is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jazzbo Posted May 6, 2006 Members Share Posted May 6, 2006 Not the greatest, but here is first take... I try, that's why I hang around this place to try to find new avenues...great job on the backing and I think your solo was awesome, reminiscent of Jeff Beck Footprints My rig was POD 2.0 Brit Classic emulation into Cakewalk, Strat on Neck PU Edit: I did a second take this morning... just because I wanted to do some chromatic noodling on the D7 change... I think the first one is better but oh well I did a second one too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bardsley Posted May 6, 2006 Members Share Posted May 6, 2006 jazzbo, I liked how you altered the timing of the melody so you land on a different beat. Both nice work, I'll post one of mine if I get around to it. I've never played Footprints that slowly, or with that sort of style backing. It should be a good challenge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Neilsonite Posted May 6, 2006 Members Share Posted May 6, 2006 Hi, thanks for the backing track gennation, it was lots of fun to play over. Both takes sounded fantastic, and jazzbo did such a great job taking off from the melody that I just left the normal melody out, but tried to keep it pretty tuneful... I basically just followed the chords, with a few melodic minor and diminished ideas, and a pretty altered sound over the D7 and Db7. The chords I played were generally quartals. Most chord subs were tritones like gennation suggested or pentatonic subs (e.g. Gm Pent over the Cm7). This was a first take as well, so listen with a grain of salt, but I had fun, that's the main thing! Keen to hear more takes, James EDIT: Sorry, the attachment didn't work... I'll figure something out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gennation Posted May 6, 2006 Author Members Share Posted May 6, 2006 Originally posted by Neilsonite Hi, thanks for the backing track gennation, it was lots of fun to play over. Both takes sounded fantastic, and jazzbo did such a great job taking off from the melody that I just left the normal melody out, but tried to keep it pretty tuneful... I basically just followed the chords, with a few melodic minor and diminished ideas, and a pretty altered sound over the D7 and Db7. The chords I played were generally quartals. Most chord subs were tritones like gennation suggested or pentatonic subs (e.g. Gm Pent over the Cm7). This was a first take as well, so listen with a grain of salt, but I had fun, that's the main thing! Keen to hear more takes, James Hey Nelson you miss posting the link! jazzbo, I'll check your take out in a bit. I'm doing some DVD work and need my audio stuff for it. I'll comment when I hear it. Thanks for taking a pass over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gennation Posted May 6, 2006 Author Members Share Posted May 6, 2006 Originally posted by jazzbo Not the greatest, but here is first take... I try, that's why I hang around this place to try to find new avenues...great job on the backing and I think your solo was awesome, reminiscent of Jeff BeckFootprintsMy rig was POD 2.0 Brit Classic emulation into Cakewalk, Strat on Neck PUEdit: I did a second take this morning... just because I wanted to do some chromatic noodling on the D7 change... I think the first one is better but oh well I did a second one too Way to go jazz! Nice tone, phrasing, bluesy feel. It's a fun tune to play all kinds of different stuff over. Thanks for taking the time. EDIT the second was nice with breathing room between notes, and the blues v/s chromatic v/s altered stuff you had going on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members red|dragon Posted May 6, 2006 Members Share Posted May 6, 2006 I liked the second take jazzbo, especially starting around 2:30 and beyond. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poparad Posted May 6, 2006 Share Posted May 6, 2006 Here are my takes: Guitar Bass My upright is getting some repairs done right now, so I used my Carvin bass instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gennation Posted May 6, 2006 Author Members Share Posted May 6, 2006 Originally posted by Poparad Here are my takes: Guitar Bass My upright is getting some repairs done right now, so I used my Carvin bass instead. Dang Pop...excellent! There was a couple of times I said "nice" out loud. Way to back up all the talk Fretless too! Awesome. That put a smile on my face. Has the Pat Martino version vibe to it with the fretless. I might post this at another site where no ones tried the bassless version yet. Of course I'll tell thm it's me haha j/k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poparad Posted May 6, 2006 Share Posted May 6, 2006 Originally posted by gennation Dang Pop...excellent! There was a couple of times I said "nice" out loud. Way to back up all the talk Fretless too! Awesome. That put a smile on my face. Has the Pat Martino version vibe to it with the fretless. I might post this at another site where no ones tried the bassless version yet. Of course I'll tell thm it's me haha j/k Heh, heh. Thanks for the compliments. I dig the blues vibe of yours, and the fourths/pentatonic thing around 2:00. Nice guitar tone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Neilsonite Posted May 7, 2006 Members Share Posted May 7, 2006 Hey Poparad, beautiful playing, really tasty! I loved your use of chords throughout, it sounded fantastic... Since attaching a file seems not to work, I followed jazzbo's example and set up this Putfile site... James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gennation Posted May 7, 2006 Author Members Share Posted May 7, 2006 Originally posted by Neilsonite Hey Poparad, beautiful playing, really tasty! I loved your use of chords throughout, it sounded fantastic... Since attaching a file seems not to work, I followed jazzbo's example and set up this Putfile site... James Very nice man. Great minor feel to it, like minor swing Sounded great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jazzbo Posted May 7, 2006 Members Share Posted May 7, 2006 Poparad, very nice. I like those chords with the close-spaced intervals in them, nice tone and use of volume swells, overall your playing is very tasty. Neilsonite, very good playing as well, I like those fast picking runs, overall classic bluesy and had a nice touch, very clean in your performance. BTW, thanks Red|Dragon, I'm learning something from this place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SpiritOfTheAge Posted May 7, 2006 Members Share Posted May 7, 2006 Heres my go, btw i dont normally do this kinda thing (it may show) but i rather enjoyed the different style. Jazzy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members red|dragon Posted May 7, 2006 Members Share Posted May 7, 2006 Sota Yeah, You rock and blues guys out there, should give it a shot. Just because it's a "jazz" song doesn't mean you can't crank the distortion and whale. I have exams all this week, but I'll post something afterwards. Keep em coming guys! All are very inspiring! gen, every month you should pick a song and make this kind of thread about it. maybe next time pick something a little more upbeat with a latin flavor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Virgman Posted May 7, 2006 Members Share Posted May 7, 2006 Hey, nice job you guys. I'm enjoying this. You are all sounding really good. I played over the track but you guys are a step above me. And that's a great track for jamming, Gennation. Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NoirAbattoir Posted May 7, 2006 Members Share Posted May 7, 2006 Ok, I just made this quick clip with my Roland MicroCube amp. I enjoyed playing over the track. The middle-part gets a bit weird and hard to maintain key, but I think I fumbled through it. I found I could use the minor pentatonic in the key of F# and A# as well as the Ionian scale around A# tonic. For the intro, I found some cool notes outside of those scale patterns that made for an interesting contrast. I revisit those periodically. If any of this makes no sense it's only because I have no idea what the {censored} I'm talking about. I mean, I think I am expressing these ideas correctly, but I am such an intuitive guitarist and have just begun taking lessons that I only have an ounce of theory knowledge. I am going to work very hard to learn more. I have learned a lot the last couple weeks with the people here, actually. Anyhow, here is the clip. http://www.soundclick.com/util/getplayer.m3u?id=3898902&q=hi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gennation Posted May 7, 2006 Author Members Share Posted May 7, 2006 Originally posted by SpiritOfTheAge Heres my go, btw i dont normally do this kinda thing (it may show) but i rather enjoyed the different style. Jazzy Very cool Spirit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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