bigmack209
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Let me know what you think guys! Pretty excited about this. Yes, I make hilarious faces when I play =]
http://youtu.be/UM-xPPnQAcw
http://youtu.be/UM-xPPnQAcw
Application to Northeastern
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bigmack209
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Re: Application to Northeastern
Could I please get some feedback here?
Could I please get some feedback here?
Re: Application to Northeastern
As someone who works at Berklee, I would suggest getting rid of the delay on the looping of chords. The video quality is not good for being able to follow your lead over the chords with poor sound quality and delayed chord work in the background. Also, it seems like you are just trying to noodle versus improvise some melodies or call/response. I think the noodling is cool for just jamming or having fun, but I would try and stick, roughly, with some solid phrases through out the video. Outside of an application, I like it, no criticism. FOr the sake of an application, I would try another take. I really dig that progression man.
As someone who works at Berklee, I would suggest getting rid of the delay on the looping of chords. The video quality is not good for being able to follow your lead over the chords with poor sound quality and delayed chord work in the background. Also, it seems like you are just trying to noodle versus improvise some melodies or call/response. I think the noodling is cool for just jamming or having fun, but I would try and stick, roughly, with some solid phrases through out the video. Outside of an application, I like it, no criticism. FOr the sake of an application, I would try another take. I really dig that progression man.
o.p-i.v
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Re: Application to Northeastern
another note, most colleges will be more impressed if you play something with a group of people, the whole noodling over a chord progression may not get far, if you can write a chart with multiple parts do it, otherwise find a solid tune, and play it with a group, i would say try for a jazz tune from the real book or elsewhere and improvise over the changes. That would be the best route to go for a music application, and really spend a lot of time practicing the changes with well known licks in the solos
another note, most colleges will be more impressed if you play something with a group of people, the whole noodling over a chord progression may not get far, if you can write a chart with multiple parts do it, otherwise find a solid tune, and play it with a group, i would say try for a jazz tune from the real book or elsewhere and improvise over the changes. That would be the best route to go for a music application, and really spend a lot of time practicing the changes with well known licks in the solos
bigmack209
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Re: Application to Northeastern
yeah that's really good advice. i've actually been working on making my improvisation more melodic as opposed to noodling, but i'm having some trouble. any advice on HOW to actually do that? my current impression of how to do that, i guess, is follow the chords more directly, and maybe stick around a phrase or two that i like and change little things about them. i definitely followed the chords much better in the "every rose has its thorn" clip. i also followed them well in the blues clip, but that's my least favorite of the four. thanks for the tips!
oh and sorry about the video quality, all i have to record w/ is my laptop's built in mic
yeah that's really good advice. i've actually been working on making my improvisation more melodic as opposed to noodling, but i'm having some trouble. any advice on HOW to actually do that? my current impression of how to do that, i guess, is follow the chords more directly, and maybe stick around a phrase or two that i like and change little things about them. i definitely followed the chords much better in the "every rose has its thorn" clip. i also followed them well in the blues clip, but that's my least favorite of the four. thanks for the tips!
oh and sorry about the video quality, all i have to record w/ is my laptop's built in mic
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o.p-i.v
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Re: Application to Northeastern
find some guitarists you really like, and transcribe their solos, find some lines that really stick with you, and then if the chords you're playing comes to that scale blast that out, and ya, follow the chord changes more direct, not necessarily chord for chord, there are single scales that work over multiple chords, but its good to hear when someone knows what they are playing, another note, space is the place, aka always remember to leave some room between lines
