:: Echoes From The Past:: W.I.P (Solo Guitar/Dronish Backing)

Pxlhg

This is a weird one I use for practice more or less but I heard it so much so I'm curious if it usable in a serious project. Two somewhat contradicting riffs overlap and one synth is just a E - drone . It's real fun soloing to it but does it sound good? That is the question. Your thoughts and possible ideas and or corrections are very welcome. I have never played in a band or anything and have no friends that play so sometimes my level of confusion on 'what works' is high.

Edward_Alexander

Nice! I just listened on my way into work this morning. (East coast U.S. time)

I’ll come back later when I have some time and share some thoughts.

Pxlhg

@Edward_Alexander said:
Nice! I just listened on my way into work this morning. (East coast U.S. time)

I’ll come back later when I have some time and share some thoughts.

I'll appreciate that. Yeah I'm on CET so it's a bit upside down with the timing.

LinearLineman

Lose the drums and let the guitar shine. Just my opinion. Synthetic drums confine melody sometimes. It can be like the repetitive pang of a headache. A kind of addiction and, in worst cases, panders to the dead ears of dullards. (Wow, I’ve built up a head of steam on this one 😳😱😉)

Pxlhg

@LinearLineman said:
Lose the drums and let the guitar shine. Just my opinion. Synthetic drums confine melody sometimes. It can be like the repetitive pang of a headache. A kind of addiction and, in worst cases, panders to the dead ears of dullards. (Wow, I’ve built up a head of steam on this one 😳😱😉)

I have tried and they use to be a lot stronger, I even had an extra kit One problem is I lose timing as it's a strong 2bar delay I often attempt to double with. I'll try with a metronome see if I can work it out. I really appreciate the input.

Edward_Alexander

Ok I’m listening to your track again. Here’s the first thing(s) that stand out to me.:

1. All of your levels and mix sound fine (and I’m listening through my iPhone speakers at work at the moment. This morning, I heard it in my car’s stereo system and it sounded fine there as well)

2. You’ve obviously got some chops on the guitar. So let’s slow down a little and make some music with them. You say you’ve never played with anyone, so this explains a lot of things, because if you were to experience playing music with someone else even for the first time, you’d understand; There’s multiple people thinking different things right? Sometimes, two or more people together can create a lot of noise if they’re not on the same page, each playing something totally different than what the other guy has envisioned. But when multiple people get together and gel, there’s a bond, and it’s magic the first time you feel it! You get your groove on, and then you're making music!

Try to keep it simple. @richardyot said it best “shredding is boring - melody is king!”. Less is more! (Then of course “more” is also more🤔)

Try to relax and gel with the backing piece you’re playing along with. Imagine the backing track as another player in the room, only you have complete control of him! Think about the key parts are in, and think about the tonality of that drone. It’s much more than just an “E” (You touched upon it with a power chord run starting around 3:28 thru 3:32 that was excellent!)

Pxlhg

@Edward_Alexander said:
Ok I’m listening to your track again. Here’s the first thing(s) that stand out to me.:

1. All of your levels and mix sound fine (and I’m listening through my iPhone speakers at work at the moment. This morning, I heard it in my car’s stereo system and it sounded fine there as well)

2. You’ve obviously got some chops on the guitar. So let’s slow down a little and make some music with them. You say you’ve never played with anyone, so this explains a lot of things, because if you were to experience playing music with someone else even for the first time, you’d understand; There’s multiple people thinking different things right? Sometimes, two or more people together can create a lot of noise if they’re not on the same page, each playing something totally different than what the other guy has envisioned. But when multiple people get together and gel, there’s a bond, and it’s magic the first time you feel it! You get your groove on, and then you're making music!

Try to keep it simple. @richardyot said it best “shredding is boring - melody is king!”. Less is more! (Then of course “more” is also more🤔)

Try to relax and gel with the backing piece you’re playing along with. Imagine the backing track as another player in the room, only you have complete control of him! Think about the key parts are in, and think about the tonality of that drone. It’s much more than just an “E” (You touched upon it with a power chord run starting around 3:28 thru 3:32 that was excellent!)

I have been watching a series on Swedish television about the pop-music-export-wonder: Since the 80s to now Swedes in some form has had an ridiculous amount of first places on 'Billboard Hot 100'. Now, these Max Martins, Dennis Popz, Ludwigs or whatever their name may be are not my music but it been very interesting to see. I only mention it because the key to all the success according to most of them was: TEAMWORK TEAMWORK TEAMWORK , be open, be prepared to change and strip away.

Now, as you point out - I have never had that so I really really appreciate what you say. I hope we can keep learning from one another. With Love/ Ulf

GeoTony

Can’t really add anything to what @Edward_Alexander and @LinearLineman have said… other than enforcing the view that slowing down rather than shredding is sometimes the best thing to do but is also remarkably difficult. I find myself thrashing the glass (a term I am strangely pleased with) on GeoShred when it would be better to take it easy and play some good old old tunes.

Pxlhg

@GeoTony said:
Can’t really add anything to what @Edward_Alexander and @LinearLineman have said… other than enforcing the view that slowing down rather than shredding is sometimes the best thing to do but is also remarkably difficult. I find myself thrashing the glass (a term I am strangely pleased with) on GeoShred when it would be better to take it easy and play some good old old tunes.

Yeah I know, but it's real value to get some input. Makes you take a step back and think and that might lead to some improvement. We'll see

[Deleted User]

Play,what you want or need to play.
With time,improvement will come.
Run,run and then,you'll slow down😉😉.

Pxlhg

@flo26 said:
Play,what you want or need to play.
With time,improvement will come.
Run,run and then,you'll slow down😉😉.

Ha ha, well I actually got my first guitar 50 years ago, at the age of nine. A red Eko (See picture) with four mikes and a row of switches. Oh was I cool. I learned Smoke on the water and then lost interest. Since then I owned many guitars, but only one at the time but never, until recently, did I try very hard to get better. Now, with youtube and all it's quite easy to get good instructions but .. time is running out We'll see. Thanks for your words though, appreciate that.