New Music by Yours Truly. Please critique production quality

[Fritzo]

I was able to give the tracks a listen last night, and here's some advice:

You have a rhythm track going there on the first two songs, but it doesn't seem like you can decide if you want to be part of the rhythm section or lead guitar. Go down the neck a bit more- lead guitar should take the place of a singer, not blend in. A common mistake that guitarists make during solo performances is they try to imitate the rhythm section rather than compliment it.

A great tip that helped me more than anything is in my first band, our lead guitarist told me that to make the best solos, base your notes around the notes of the lyrics, then add some 7th's and 5ths to it. Use the bass stings for lead ins, and the treble strings for your "voice".

Nice work otherwise.

 

[TechBoyJK]

Originally posted by: Fritzo
I was able to give the tracks a listen last night, and here's some advice:

You have a rhythm track going there on the first two songs, but it doesn't seem like you can decide if you want to be part of the rhythm section or lead guitar. Go down the neck a bit more- lead guitar should take the place of a singer, not blend in. A common mistake that guitarists make during solo performances is they try to imitate the rhythm section rather than compliment it.

A great tip that helped me more than anything is in my first band, our lead guitarist told me that to make the best solos, base your notes around the notes of the lyrics, then add some 7th's and 5ths to it. Use the bass stings for lead ins, and the treble strings for your "voice".

Nice work otherwise.

thanks for the criticism. your comments make sense, becaues I'm trained on bass, in jazz, etc. Alot of my discipline is in chord shaping, walking bass lines, aka arppeggiating those chords to make walking bass lines. I've been trying to apply that "rhythm" section technique to lead guitar. Basically, my approach is of using walking lines, making them a little more fluid, and playing them on the upper register on guitar. I'm really less interested in "soloing" per se, and more interested in linear melodics.

 

[TechBoyJK]

bmp titty bmp

 

[Taggart]

Originally posted by: Kenazo

Spider

SYRIN...nm

 

[Platypus]

Def going to check this out when I get home from work.

You should post some more stuff in the guitar thread I started a while back (kind of dead now). I want to get it going again with some fresh new talent

 

[whattaguy]

Give www.homerecording.com a shot. There are some professional and aspiring musicians who lurk around there. There is an mp3 forum there for people who want some constructive criticism.

Good luck...I'll have a listen when I get home.

 

[Fritzo]

Originally posted by: TechBoyJK

Originally posted by: Fritzo
I was able to give the tracks a listen last night, and here's some advice:

You have a rhythm track going there on the first two songs, but it doesn't seem like you can decide if you want to be part of the rhythm section or lead guitar. Go down the neck a bit more- lead guitar should take the place of a singer, not blend in. A common mistake that guitarists make during solo performances is they try to imitate the rhythm section rather than compliment it.

A great tip that helped me more than anything is in my first band, our lead guitarist told me that to make the best solos, base your notes around the notes of the lyrics, then add some 7th's and 5ths to it. Use the bass stings for lead ins, and the treble strings for your "voice".

Nice work otherwise.

thanks for the criticism. your comments make sense, becaues I'm trained on bass, in jazz, etc. Alot of my discipline is in chord shaping, walking bass lines, aka arppeggiating those chords to make walking bass lines. I've been trying to apply that "rhythm" section technique to lead guitar. Basically, my approach is of using walking lines, making them a little more fluid, and playing them on the upper register on guitar. I'm really less interested in "soloing" per se, and more interested in linear melodics.

That's fine if you do not have a singer. If you're the only guitarist with no singer however, you'll need to do something to stand out. Otherwise the repeating sounds will get bland and uninteresting.

 

[SouthPaW1227]

The clean/chorus sound on Metaljam is very, very great sounding, your lead line stuff is great as well.

i love it!

 

[TechBoyJK]

Originally posted by: SouthPaW1227
The clean/chorus sound on Metaljam is very, very great sounding, your lead line stuff is great as well.

i love it!

thanks! I think my best mix is the end of resolving 123, at 4:20. check that out if you have the time. I'm thinking about making a clip of just that section and posting it.

JK

 

[TechBoyJK]

bmp

 

[TechBoyJK]

bmp

 

[TechBoyJK]

tiddy bmp

 

[TechBoyJK]

ill be posting some more stuff soon