Re: Creeping Death Cover
g123 said:
thanks alot guys. rei, I'll do as you say about the solo, however the bends are because I have old and rusty strings, same with the vibrato. Dankerella, I know, I know, I gotta start with the originals, however I dont have any ideas, or a theory on how to write a nice ,metal riff. If you could help me, or anyone else, that would be great!
One great trick I use: record any riff you make up. When I sit down, I just start noodling around. In the beginning, it would be noodling with a Megadeth or Metallica riff and some scales. Somewhere in the midst of all that, a new riff would emerge - record it (or save it) any way you can - on the computer, your voice mail, tab it out, etc. These days when I noodle, it's all my own riffs; not that I'm better than these other blokes, but I'm drawn to the ones I've made up and they inspire me more, and feed my imagination more.
Me and my guitarist friends always forget our favorite riffs, no matter how cool they were at the time they were made up. Keep them in a safe place, and keep building up the arsenal. In a few months or a year you'll be so surprised at how weird and foreign they sound. And how some link together so wonderfully. I think your brain keeps making up riffs in your sleep, and finds ways to tie them together. Once you have a bunch, you can string them together, as long as the tempo is fairly similar. Steal some tricks from your favorite bands - not riffs, but how to change from riff to riff with dead stops, cymbol-type stops, a tom roll, a pick slide, etc.
Also, it sounded like you were programming drums. Program a simple beat and just start chunking on E. Start simple, with adding a chord here, a chord there. Three notes in succession, then four. Don't worry about being in key or **** like that - just let your brain go. If you start playing some other bands' riffs, so be it, yours will still be in there somewhere too. Record the whole session - don't critique it right away - come back after a few days and give a listen. Probably some new riffs in there, or at least the backbone of a grand one....
. Its good that you started soon (13). Well, lets go : The riffs are good just work on the hammers like funky said and try to focus on the beat so you can get the riffs perfect on time you are almost there... The solo is where you are going to have to work a lot. You ve learned the notes, first step OK. Practice the pentatonic scales both legato and staccato and play SLOWLY at a speed you can make the runs sound smooth and all the notes ith the right duration... then gradually increase the tempo and you ll be able to play the runs. Second and most important work on the vibrato and bends(try to get the notes to sound on tune(when bending) and hold them for the right duration using vibrato(listen to song and compare)! Those are VERY important guitar techniques that sometimes people neglect in favor of just trying to get speed, but these are the two thing that will make you sound good : Good Vibrato and accurate bends! Overall you are doing well!! Metallica is not easy 
