Opposite Day

37 minutes ago, Phil O'Keefe said:

My daughter just texted me the link to this article and asked me what I thought. Unfortunately, I can not repeat what I said in reply without breaking the site rules... while their intent (attempting to prevent musicians from getting sued) may be admirable, it also could possibly stop songwriters from exercising their own creativity and writing their own new songs, and remove another one of the major income streams that many musicians rely upon to make a living.

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/wxepzw/musicians-algorithmically-generate-every-possible-melody-release-them-to-public-domain

What's next? Algorithmically writing every possible book and magazine article, artificially creating every possible movie and TV script, algorithmically creating every painting and photo and releasing all of those things to the public domain? Sorry.... I do not like this one bit because I think it could have considerable unexpected negative consequences for the arts. 

I'd love to hear your thoughts on the subject - pro or con.  

 

 

Man, their monkey budget is going to be astronomical!

 

All I can say is YES!!!!! That's some of the best playing I've heard from you all around!!! Just KILLER.

 

And you got the after-solo part right, starting from the ascending licks... ya b@stard! I just winged, haha

 

The 6/8 part is just freakin' INSANE.

Lolz, thanks man!

My band does this song as an encore a lot so I know the ascending lick pretty well. Although I never did bother to figure out the dimished-y lick after that. I usually just turn my volume down and move my fingers while whistling inconspicuously. I think the closest I've gotten it was on that take.

 

I used to enjoy embarrassing "shredder" guitarists in the 80s... but of course back then my technique was fresh off 9 years of intensive study... and now, not so much

Hehe, and almost to the minute that I got my chops up to "shred" level, everyone started listening to stupid Kurt Cobain! :mad2:

Anyway, here's mine. First take, but I did a a do-over on the keyboard solo part. The first one wasn't pretty!

 

Yngwie sweeps

Mwahaha!! Join the dark side!!

With Halloween nearly upon us, what backing track could be more appropriate than Edgar Winter's "Frankenstein"?!?!?

 

Without further ado...

 

Frankenstein backing: https://app.box.com/s/4df4fuvrno6s3e2qo11nujabd76lxgkq

 

And here's my take.... I completely winged it, having the song burned into my brain since an early age, but I did have to punch in once half-way through, having completely botched a landing

 

Red Ant: https://app.box.com/s/q0mooognxi4bh7imrr1dfb718fzvalyr

Ha! That brought a huge smile to my face. Love how that first solo gets going after you lay into the wang wheel! Great outside stuff at 1:17!! And where the keyboard solo goes to the end was over-the-top wanky awesomeness!!!

 

Nice! A few too many bvii's for my ears though

Lol, mostly clams, particularly the one at 0:42. (I assume you mean bvi's)

https://soundcloud.com/ken-denny-169068854/aint-that-a-jam-hc-jam

I never quite figured out exactly what chords I should be playing on the walk-down section I finally settled on Eb Dm7 Cm7 F

Nice stuff!

I just thought of the walkdown as all major triads descending chromatically from Ab to F, which is basically the same as what Anton said because F-7 is just an Ab triad with an F bass note.

You're hitting the IV chord nicely and the turnaround is cool, but I'd love to hear a more minor sound on the I chord.

It's got a couple of warts' date=' and I kinda messed up the ending. [img']http://www.harmonycentral.com/forum/core/images/smilies/philpalm.png[/img]

 

 

 

https://youtu.be/gmTgovQtgYY

Man, that's smooth! Beautiful lines!

Nice backing Red Ant! Here's my take...

Sweet! Kinda reminded me of the guitar in the Barney Miller theme. Love the time feel and the chromatic stuff.

OK here it is

Nice!! I dig the themes in there! And you're on top top of the chords the whole time!

http://www.mediafire.com/listen/kutlnwc9n9xt421/Jam_JB_2.mp3

Man! Tasty!! Lots of fun, unexpected stuff.!

And here's my little groove. This is definitely in my favorite three or four backing tracks ever. So channeling Johhny Guitar Watson!

...oh, and you owe me a game of chess now, Anton.

I'm supposed to be working on something else tonight but...

 

Hehe, they're procrastination catnip, aren't they?

Great playing!! Love the near naked tone, and the sixths. And then playing in reverse!!! Awesome stuff!

Kinda diggin this quazimodal thing that's playing now too.

Here's a little bonus jam... dedicated to the late, great Johnny "Guitar" Watson. This is a classic tune of his called "Ain't That A B****", and its a BLAST to jam over! F... for make it FUNKY!!!

 

Backing Track: https://app.box.com/s/xv2ivgln2kvcevgpsxsmxohw1n4dnbev

 

And in honor of Johnny having been equally adept at guitar and keys, I did a "split" B3/Guitar take:

 

Red Ant: https://app.box.com/s/4kxkpqdyioj01zf8x80j7o8p6jh2kyid

 

onelife:

Damn, that was sick!!! Loved it!! Perfect amount of swing on the keys, nice movement on the chords. And then the git came in and took it home.

 

Finally!!!! Took ya long enough!!!

 

And of course, the results do not disappoint

 

And I heard that "squib cakes" lick again!

Hehe thanks! Yeah, if I find my third finger is on the 4, there's a pretty good chance that's gonna get played.

Really dug yours. Really crisp and the chromatic 4th thing was awesome! Gonna give that and the others a closer listen later. Gotta head off and see the Martian now.

Man, took me a combination insomnia and procrastination to finally post in here, but finally. Love the track! Take is "unpolished" at best and kinda ran out over the edge of the cliff coyote style at the end, but oh well.