General Music Chat

I am going into the studio soon to record some current songs from our lineup and putting together some guitar solo and fill ideas. I posted a "collaborative sketch" on my page that is essentially a rough mix of ideas. It is the last song on the player. Some of the guitar is repetitive and some is overkill for the song. It is not intended as a final work but really just to flesh out ideas. We are not even recording this song, just using it as an idea sketch. This is a very different approach than our last recorded tracks.

I am interested in your thoughts on the guitar work primarily (that would be me)... tone, phrases or licks you like, ones you really don't like, or other thoughts. A time stamp: (I really like the part a 2:15 a lot) would be useful for clarity.

Give it a listen and let me know what you think.

@Time: 00:39 Vocal effect : Me likey...
@Time 01:00:the mini refrain - Not sure if you intended dissonant chording /melody structure there. However, When refrain was repeated (@time 02:00) , did not hear the dissonance... I would prolly stick with that second one, or take the first one and develop it more.

Time: 02:47: Cool chords there on the keys

Because this song has a steady driving keyboard rythym, it risks monotony, However, variation on the structure may not fix that, given the theme. ... consider a 'modulated' verse (some where in the last 16 bars.) to pick it up some.

Develop stronger emphasis on the middle/ and in the refrains...


The Guitar leads...sound damn good throughout the song. My personal thoery on leads is that they should 'underscore" key expressions within the song. (To illustarate, Listen to my "Homemade Remedies" song and you can hear my 'attempt' at this... with the slide i was doing)


Overall the songs got a good pace and rythym, and has lot of potential. I can definately hear this on the radio as I cruise down Pacific Hi-way 1 ...

I'm a fan of the short phrases your using.

Got no bones on the tone with the exception of @ 2:40-2:43 it sounds kind of messy.

Two thumbs up on the riffs @
0:27 - 0:35
1:45 - 2:03

Thanks for your constructive comments guys. Dog, you have a keen sense for song structure and movement. I trust your judgement. Your songs are great.

Sans, good ears my friend. In a couple of places I fat-fingered the strings and printed some non-musical artifacts in the track. These would have to either be throw-outs or do-overs. I hope to get some good results in a couple of weeks when I do this for real.