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Thank you, sir. I still shy away from leads - man I've been playing for years but can't play lead worth shit.



I don't like the recording part too much - I like to play, not engineer.

Tonight I recorded "Everybody Knows this is Nowhere", a great Neil Young tune.

For some reason, I thought the beginning guitar part would be difficult, until I actually tried it and it wasn't too hard at all. Of course, getting Neil's tone and feel IS difficult but...

Anyway, the results were pretty good IMHO. I kept the percussion simpler this time which held everything together better.

http://soundcloud.com/ginnie-1/everybod ... is-nowhere



I was going to buy a new guitar because I wanted to get a different sound ( I presently use a Harmony H-74 Hollowbody from 1964), but today I passed a Pawn shop and picked up a small 15w Behringer V tone GM 108 amp for thirty bucks. That thing is sweet! It has some "modelling" controls on it to emulate different amps and sounds. Now I don't have to get a new guitar - I was going to buy a cheap Epiphone Les Paul, but now I can get the sounds I want with this amp. And I can output the amp through the headphone output to my computer. Really nice and compact.
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I suck at most things guitar. I can competently play some things, but overall I have trouble with smoothly transitioning through full chords and I'm not much of a lead guy myself either. I'm a much better bassist. I'm not crazy good, but I can do more than just play driving lines and follow the guitar.



I've got a track from a band I've been working on with a friend for the last few months. We do a lot of grunge style stuff, this is perhaps our simplest, most straightforward song. Unfortunately though, I don't think this band is going to last much longer. Me and the guitarist, while friends, don't work well together as musicians. Different philosophies about how things should be done, it's driving me nuts. Anyway, the song is called "Abstraction".
 

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Ruhtra said:
I suck at most things guitar. I can competently play some things, but overall I have trouble with smoothly transitioning through full chords and I'm not much of a lead guy myself either. I'm a much better bassist. I'm not crazy good, but I can do more than just play driving lines and follow the guitar.



I've got a track from a band I've been working on with a friend for the last few months. We do a lot of grunge style stuff, this is perhaps our simplest, most straightforward song. Unfortunately though, I don't think this band is going to last much longer. Me and the guitarist, while friends, don't work well together as musicians. Different philosophies about how things should be done, it's driving me nuts. Anyway, the song is called "Abstraction".
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Hey, thats pretty good. Sort of Nirvana-meets-The Safaris.



I find that "driving lines" actually fit the bill perfectly in a lot of songs. Indeed, one of my favourite bass players is Chris Glen from The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, and a lot of their songs have a very simple, but really powerful bass line. You should check out a few of their early albums - Framed, Next or The Impossible Dream.
 

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ginnie said:
Hey, thats pretty good. Sort of Nirvana-meets-The Safaris.



I find that "driving lines" actually fit the bill perfectly in a lot of songs. Indeed, one of my favourite bass players is Chris Glen from The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, and a lot of their songs have a very simple, but really powerful bass line. You should check out a few of their early albums - Framed, Next or The Impossible Dream.
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That's all the guitarist, he writes all the songs and he's really good. I'm quitting the band though, due to professional differences, but as a friend, I'm going to help him complete the demo and replace me in the band with someone who understands his vision better. While I don't share his vision, he deserves my support for all the crap I put him through.



Oh yeah, I have nothing against driving lines, I'll use them if I think the song calls for it. At the same time though, I'm most comfortable when I'm switching stuff up from song to song. Since I'm technically on my own again, I'll probably be turning my focus to personal stuff I want to do, so I'll have some new tracks.
 

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Ruhtra said:
That's all the guitarist, he writes all the songs and he's really good. I'm quitting the band though, due to professional differences, but as a friend, I'm going to help him complete the demo and replace me in the band with someone who understands his vision better. While I don't share his vision, he deserves my support for all the crap I put him through.



Oh yeah, I have nothing against driving lines, I'll use them if I think the song calls for it. At the same time though, I'm most comfortable when I'm switching stuff up from song to song. Since I'm technically on my own again, I'll probably be turning my focus to personal stuff I want to do, so I'll have some new tracks.
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What kind of stuff?
 

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Ruhtra said:
Edit: After re-reading, It'll range from original stuff I've had sitting around for awhile to covers. Stay tuned!
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Lemme know if you need some riffs. I can throw a few of those down.
 
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Ruhtra said:
I suck at most things guitar. I can competently play some things, but overall I have trouble with smoothly transitioning through full chords and I'm not much of a lead guy myself either. I'm a much better bassist. I'm not crazy good, but I can do more than just play driving lines and follow the guitar.



I've got a track from a band I've been working on with a friend for the last few months. We do a lot of grunge style stuff, this is perhaps our simplest, most straightforward song. Unfortunately though, I don't think this band is going to last much longer. Me and the guitarist, while friends, don't work well together as musicians. Different philosophies about how things should be done, it's driving me nuts. Anyway, the song is called "Abstraction".
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Very Queens of the Stoneage-ish. Well done Sir.
 

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Just put up some recordings of our band. There live from a few different gigs in the last two week's. Everything's original except the Dead tune He's Gone. Give it a listen,



My favorite song of ours is Beam, followed by King Kong.
 

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Just put up some recordings of our band. There live from a few different gigs in the last two week's. Everything's original except the Dead tune He's Gone. Give it a listen,



My favorite song of ours is Beam, followed by King Kong.
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Link?
 

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Soundcloud won't let me upload my shitty music.
 

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Hey.....Jerry Lee Lewis....loved his music....he was really fucked up...
 
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