Members AudioPhilia Posted February 12, 2011 Members Share Posted February 12, 2011 Hi, ive been working on these electric instrumentals for about 5 days..Im now going to leave them alone for a while, so that i can come back to them and hear them with fresh ears = so that i can understand what is left to do to flesh them out, tweek, add, ect.... so that they seem finished to my ear. how do you think they are coming along???? be sure to TURN UP the MP3 Player's Volume on the site.....(All the way UP). 2 are sort of bluesy.. ( #1 & #3)1 is sorta jazzy (#2)1 is sorta like a simple tho melodic J Satriani "pretty song".(#4) Dont forget to TURN UP the MP3 Player !! http://www.4shared.com/audio/DYnonD_l/Southside.html http://www.4shared.com/audio/Iu-AxNsU/OJ_PIECE_2.html http://www.4shared.com/audio/-LkSA6gF/OJ_PIECE_3.html http://www.4shared.com/audio/VeMI9D0x/For_Emily.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted February 12, 2011 Members Share Posted February 12, 2011 I checked out Piece #2, which indeed, has a jazzy pop feel, along the lines of Steely Dan (I'll admit, I saw the title, "Stealing Dan," on the DL page -- and which is the name of a London based Steely Dan tribute band). I don't find anything wrong with the short piece (which I assume you're planning on extending) but it certainly doesn't inch out much from under the shadow of that band's work. It's mostly the (very adept) guitar that gives it the SD flavor, of course, adopting the sound and flow used on so many Steely Dan solos. The lightly funky syncopated bounce of the backdrop music is agreeable, as well, but also fits pretty snugly in the SD pocket. Since that was such a brief (and agreeable) piece, I decided I could afford to give some time to "For Emily." More quite accomplished lead guitar work dominates the piece. I think you've done a pretty good job at suggesting an identifiable motif with the repeated phrase... obviously, this is more the idea for one section, and seems like the next step will be looking for a chorus and perhaps bridge that will build in the nice foundation laid in this introduction. It sounds like you've been doing guitar instrumentals for a while, so I'm sure you're aware of the challenges that face that genre. There are a lot of fine guitarists who try to create instrumentals that will satisfy pop fans outside the guitar afficianado crowd -- and it seems like you're quite well positioned for the task. But even the redoubtable Jeff Beck has only been able to grab a bit of spotlight a few times. It's a tough room to work... mainstream pop fans are typically focused on lyrics and, increasingly in recent years, production gimmicks. (And you can't T-Pain a guitar solo very well. ) That said, I'm sure there will always be those who appreciate a graceful, well-played guitar part in a well-written framework, although many of that audience will likely, themselves, be guitarists. One of the biggest challenges, of course, is being able to spice up such instrumentals. Vocal songs, of course, almost never feature the singer singing all the way through. Ditto, few jazz rhythm trios are based around lead instruments like saxes and trumpets... audiences want change-ups and variety in the course of a song. To some extent, a guitarist can accommodate that by changing instruments and sounds, trading off with himself on acoustic guitar, switching up sonorities and styles, as well as, of course, working with other instrumentalists and singers. It sounds like you've got lots of skill and some fine ideas. I hope to be able to watch you develop some of these ideas into more complete works that will hopefully be able to interest and please mainstream audiences commensurate with your admirable chops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rsadasiv Posted February 12, 2011 Members Share Posted February 12, 2011 Very impressive, quite envious of your guitar chops, sounds great as is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AudioPhilia Posted February 12, 2011 Author Members Share Posted February 12, 2011 ......... I checked out Piece #2, which indeed, has a jazzy pop feel, along the lines of Steely Dan (I'll admit, I saw the title, "Stealing Dan," on the DL page -- and which is the name of a London based Steely Dan tribute band). I don't find anything wrong with the short piece (which I assume you're planning on extending) but it certainly doesn't inch out much from under the shadow of that band's work. It's mostly the (very adept) guitar that gives it the SD flavor, of course, adopting the sound and flow used on so many Steely Dan solos. The lightly funky syncopated bounce of the backdrop music is agreeable, as well, but also fits pretty snugly in the SD pocket. Hi, thx.......yes, the feel of the lead suggested that title, as it slightly reminded me of SD's earlier stuff......way back..waaaaaaaaaaaaay bck.. Since that was such a brief (and agreeable) piece, I decided I could afford to give some time to "For Emily." More quite accomplished lead guitar work dominates the piece. I think you've done a pretty good job at suggesting an identifiable motif with the repeated phrase... obviously, this is more the idea for one section, and seems like the next step will be looking for a chorus and perhaps bridge that will build in the nice foundation laid in this introduction. Thanx again..... i'll probably put some voices (choral) in this one and some other synth work during a modulation...... It sounds like you've been doing guitar instrumentals for a while, so I'm sure you're aware of the challenges that face that genre. There are a lot of fine guitarists who try to create instrumentals that will satisfy pop fans outside the guitar afficianado crowd -- and it seems like you're quite well positioned for the task. But even the redoubtable Jeff Beck has only been able to grab a bit of spotlight a few times. It's a tough room to work... mainstream pop fans are typically focused on lyrics and, increasingly in recent years, production gimmicks. (And you can't T-Pain a guitar solo very well. ) That said, I'm sure there will always be those who appreciate a graceful, well-played guitar part in a well-written framework, although many of that audience will likely, themselves, be guitarists. Absolutely......its all about guitarists digging me.....coz, who else would really enjoy the lead stuff but a guitar based audience.......but with that being said.....what you are hearing is some of the guitar (wank) stuff i do....maybe you would like the jazz stuff betta.........and also its actually been a while since i decided to create any "music for guitarists":) on electric, as most of my time i do vocal/acoustic, or solo acoustic or ambient....., I would post more, but, as im an attention hog, i guess i better just behave. It sounds like you've got lots of skill and some fine ideas. I hope to be able to watch you develop some of these ideas into more complete works that will hopefully be able to interest and please mainstream audiences commensurate with your admirable chops. Well, i wrote 6 or 7 short elec-gtr demos that can be found on that site, and there are 2 solo acoustics there as well as one other called Django's Cafe that is a completed tune.......but these that you've heard are pretty much fresh off the press and only a few tracks.. thx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AudioPhilia Posted February 12, 2011 Author Members Share Posted February 12, 2011 Very impressive, quite envious of your guitar chops, sounds great as is. Hey , thank you... Im glad you liked the licks. I was trying not to overplay too much, but, hey, whats a guitarist to do.... Thank you very much for taking the time to listen and for your thoughtful comment. I appreciate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted February 13, 2011 Moderators Share Posted February 13, 2011 Whoa! Channeling Larry Carton's Kid Charlemagne nicely! Wow. Not only nice chops but nice tone and control of that tone. Very cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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