Re: Friendly Solo Contest 2
Dpaterson, I liked your sound and also various parts as well. You were precise and controlled in your playing, +1 for that.
Thank you. Was hoping to hear from you too. I liked your version very much actually.
Dunno about precise and controlled though. Reverb and delay cover up a multitude of shortcomings. There is loads to be done still. Been practicing today with my amps. and it's a totally different ballgame when you've got the backing track coming out of a PA and your guitar sound coming separate from the amps. i.e. I can clearly hear missing notes, bends out of tune, incomplete hooks, inconsistent vibrato, and a multitude of other problems that are still evident, but to a far lesser degree, in the amp. sim. versions uploaded above and with everything coming out of the same source.
I'm happy with the "arrangement" (or "tune" I guess) I think. But would like to include some double string bending and bends high up on the fretboard (can do this now that my fingertips have recovered and hardened again i.e. went through some pain here thanks to this contest!!! LOL!!!). Also played around with some harmonics here and there that work. Gotta be careful though with all of this i.e. I don't want to forsake "entertaining" and "musical" for "pure show" or "bragging rights".
Also want to mix and master nice. The above uploads were very rough i.e. just mixed roughly with my ears and shoved through Lurssen Mastering Console using a preset. Even the guitar tone was just an out-of-the box preset from JamVOX (oh and the Amplitube 4 Malmsteen preset that isn't my creation). Only thing extra was compression (MXR Custom Comp) going into the audio interface. Was just in a hurry to upload and couldn't wait to get some feedback I guess!!! Like a child!!! LOL!!!
Decided I really want to make a video and use my amps. next time around for the final version.
Not going to be happy until I've nailed this one to perfection I'm afraid. But thank you anyway for the +1. Means a lot.
I know I'm (possibly???) making too big a deal of this. But you will probably not believe me when I say that this was my first attempt at playing any type of lead solo or, at very least, completing an entire lead solo from start to finish. With my usual stuff (trying to cover Dio/Campbell) I've spent most of my time on the rhythms and busking my way through the lead solos just to get back to the rhythms as quick as possible. This contest has given me the confidence I need to get those solos down note perfect now. So yeh: means a lot to me I guess. And considering I only started on this Monday two weeks ago: I'm alright with what I've done thus far.
Thanks again (everyone).
