Doper Guitarists: I wanna hear you wail! [Archive]

Euthanasiast

12-27-2005, 08:50 PM

Inspired by this (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=6938582#post6938582) and various other threads popping up around this board, I decided to start this one up to allow the guitar players in this community to share their music with the rest of us. Anything from a small sampling to a completed song (original or cover), and with or without a backing band. Anything from a searing solo to a slow blues tear-jerker. Whether your thing is Country, Jazz, or Classical I want to hear it. Anything you got, really.

Don't be shy, and don't make me start calling you out!

I'll start us off with a couple of mine. You're bound to get over your stage fright once you get a whiff of me butchering a classic or two, right?

My version of Panama (http://www.surrenderthewind.com/PanamaMasterReady.mp3) complete with backing by the tribute band Atomic Punks. It's in the mastering stage so I still have a little life to squeeze out of it, but it is the closest thing I have to 'ready'. Believe it or not, the singer is not David Lee Roth. And believe it or not that's me on the axe and not Eddie Van Halen! :) Well, it would be if you broke both of his hands, fed him six bottles of Nyquil and broke four of his strings.

My version of Lenny (http://www.surrenderthewind.com/Lenny.mp3) backed by Double Trouble! There's a little noise on the track that I am currently looking to get rid of, lest I have to re-record and mix (please Og, no!). I don't have to tell you that it's not SRV on the Strat, do I? :D

So, what'cha got?

Note: For any of you having problems with a hosting location, let me know. I have some space and would be more than happy to accommodate you. Also, there's nothing saying that we must limit this to just the guitar. You play an instrument? Share your talent! So now you have no excuses. Get those recorders spinning and those fingers moving!

fishbicycle

12-27-2005, 09:42 PM

Glassy

12-27-2005, 09:57 PM

I do not play any instrument, am musically illiterate, and will not be participating. But I do think this is a great idea for a thread and I hope lots of people post clips of their music. Also, just to prove that what they say about chicks and guitar players is totally true, I wanted tell Euthanasiast that I think he's cool.

P.S. You know in the part of "Panama" where not-David Lee Roth says things like "I can barely see the road from the heat comin' off," etc. And there's a whooshing noise? Is that made by the guitar?

wolf_meister

12-27-2005, 11:51 PM

Actually, back in 2004 NoCoolUserName started a similar thread and called it:
SDMB Guitarists: Put Up or Shut Up (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=266722)
I checked to see if NoCoolUserName's link was still on the 'Net and it sure is.
You can hear him do a great rendition of "Hocus Pocus" by Focus.
You'll notice I have a link there too and it is still active. I had forgotten about it and I never took it off my website. I'm glad I kept it so I can compete in the latest SDMB Battle of the Bands !!!

sleestak

12-28-2005, 12:36 AM

Ok, I'll play though I am not quite finished with theses songs yet.

Here (http://members.aol.com/sleethestak/music/Spanish_Tune_Test.wma) it is. need to finish figuring out what I am going to play then rerecord the whole thing. It'll turn out better, just gotta find the time to finish recording and mixing it. About half of the solo track is doubled.

I also have this (http://members.aol.com/sleethestak/music/JanesSong.wma) song which I have words for, alas I have no vocalist. I need to fix a bit of the intro solo then legthen the whole song.

Here (http://members.aol.com/sleethestak/music/All_I_Want.wma) is another thing that I need to find a vocalist for. It has violins! (which I may get rid of or rearrange) I also need to remix it as I mixed it with a scratch guitar track. I have a clean track.

I should have a couple heavy tracks to post tomorrow, just got to mix them down.

Slee

NoCoolUserName

12-28-2005, 01:56 AM

I promised back then to have an electric track to share--still haven't got around to it. Maybe next year. :)

pool

12-28-2005, 02:00 AM

awww yes I remember the Doper who performed an awesoe acoustic version of Hocus Pocus by Focus it was badass. In the Put up or Shut up thread

Tarrsk

12-28-2005, 02:46 AM

My band recorded some songs in our guitarist's living room this summer; you can hear them on our Myspace site (www.myspace.com/coomassieblue). I play bass and some guitars, and did the drum programming (since we didn't have the microphones necessary to record live drums).

Euthanasiast

12-28-2005, 05:53 AM

Check your e-mail; I sent you a demo I did last year. Thanks for the offer to host it. It's a 15-track demo I did after installing Adobe Audition last year, to check out the multitrack section. You can't wail too much on acoustic guitar, but it doesn't make me cringe, so I don't mind if other people hear it. Hope you like it!

Here (http://www.surrenderthewind.com/Time_Of_The_Season.mp3) you are.

P.S. You know in the part of "Panama" where not-David Lee Roth says things like "I can barely see the road from the heat comin' off," etc. And there's a whooshing noise? Is that made by the guitar?

That is actually Eddie Van Halen's Ferrari if I'm not mistaken. It was miked up outside the studio. I used to think it was a quick guitar slide with his guitar hooked up to some kind of processor, but nope, it's just a Ferrari.

WordMan

12-28-2005, 07:12 AM

Great sounding stuff.

Euth - I was actually asking about your gear when I asked "what'cha got" not calling you out on your chops. But I guess I am glad for the different interpretation - it seems to have led to a cool thread!

Your stuff sounds good - care to share the story about how you ended up playing with both a VH cover band and, more importantly, Double Trouble? Sounds like you may have a story or two. Who else have you played with?

Your stuff sounds good. What amp are you playing through for Panama - a Mojave? How about your Strat - what type? And the tone on it? Nice n' Blackface; interested when you get all bridge pickup-y in the middle bit and then switch back to neck.

I had some stuff on the old thread but the links don't appear to be in place to the Doper's site who had hosted my stuff previously. Can I send you a couple of unfortunately large files of my band?

I gotta listen to the rest of this stuff...

WordMan

12-28-2005, 07:26 AM

Slee - nice-sounding stuff; what kind of guitar are you using? I especially like the last piece with the violin; the sounds work well together...

Lynn Bodoni

12-28-2005, 07:57 AM

My younger brother is the bass player in a band, and you can hear a couple of their songs here (http://www.chromasoul.com/downloads.html#mp3s). He was a member of this message board for a while, but he dropped out of it.

None of them have quit their day jobs, as far as I know, but I think they sound pretty darn good.

Euthanasiast

12-28-2005, 07:58 AM

Great sounding stuff.

Euth - I was actually asking about your gear when I asked "what'cha got" not calling you out on your chops. But I guess I am glad for the different interpretation - it seems to have led to a cool thread!

Yeah, I know. I was just using that line to segue into this thread. :)

Your stuff sounds good - care to share the story about how you ended up playing with both a VH cover band and, more importantly, Double Trouble? Sounds like you may have a story or two. Who else have you played with?

I wish! They're actually backing tracks from the band, recreated and minus the guitar parts.

Your stuff sounds good. What amp are you playing through for Panama - a Mojave? How about your Strat - what type? And the tone on it? Nice n' Blackface; interested when you get all bridge pickup-y in the middle bit and then switch back to neck.

Lenny is played on a 50th Anniversary Fender Stratocaster (2004) plugged into a PodXTLive with the blackface model tweaked to closely match the original sound. I have actually recently acquired a SRV Fender Strat and was thinking about re-recording Lenny with that guitar because it is so much closer to his sound. I am working on Tin Pan Alley right now and the sound is perfect with that guitar! Panama was done on my Wolfgang plugged into my Peavey 5150 amp and miked.

I had some stuff on the old thread but the links don't appear to be in place to the Doper's site who had hosted my stuff previously. Can I send you a couple of unfortunately large files of my band?

Absolutely. Send it along and I'll post it as soon as possible.

Keep 'em coming folks!

An Arky

12-28-2005, 08:05 AM

This probably isn't the place for me to post my band's clips; we just play 3 chord rock with no solos to speak of. I have some 2 year old demos linked in my sig. (The Wash. Post requires registration - it's free and relatively painless).

I'm a little bummed that this thread is now instead of a couple of months from now, since we're going to record some new songs very soon. We've moved along a bit, musically, since the first demos.

WordMan

12-28-2005, 08:32 AM

Euth - I will send you a track or two. Thank you for posting them.

Ah yes - the Peavey Wolfgang; beloved by Ed-heads everywhere. Man, did I go through a massive EVH phase as a young guitarist. Learned a lot during that time.

The POD sounds great - I tend to hate amp modelers, being the vintage-weenie-purist type myself, but I must say that it works for you.

An Arky - post your stuff - we'd love to hear it!

An Arky

12-28-2005, 08:46 AM

It's in my sig!

Euthanasiast

12-28-2005, 08:48 AM

The POD sounds great - I tend to hate amp modelers, being the vintage-weenie-purist type myself, but I must say that it works for you.

I'm with you on that, but the PodXTLive is so much more easy to carry around, and it sounds damn close. I still like my vintage stuff, though!

WordMan

12-28-2005, 08:58 AM

I'm with you on that, but the PodXTLive is so much more easy to carry around, and it sounds damn close. I still like my vintage stuff, though!

Well, I don't want to get into a two-way dialogue, but I gotta ask: what'cha got? :) Seriously, if you have some cool vintage gear, I bet that most Dopers who would find their way onto this thread would be interested.

I have two amazing amps (there is a great story I posted about finding the first amp - I just did a search and couldn't find it...darn it!):

- a Cornford Hellcat - a British handmade "boutique" amp that sounds Vox clean and Marshall crunchy via the two channels it has. One of the best amps I have ever had the pleasure to play...a really tight bass, with creamy, creamy mids (check out the tracks I have asked to have posted)...

- a Bruno Tweedy 18 - Bruno is another handmade-kinda amp builder who is known for coaxing the best sounds out of classic designs. This amp is based on an old late-50's Fender Tweed Deluxe and just sounds amazing, too - I get the best SRV and Setzer tones out of this thing. And slide on my Strat through this amp is sublime - bell-like, glassy and integrated...

Johanna

12-28-2005, 09:04 AM

I play 12-string guitar, piano and drums. All unplugged. I have no recording technology, no mikes, so there are no recordings of me. If you want to hear me, you'll have to visit my house for a live performance. Hear it one time... it'll never exist again. There's something crushingly poetic about that...

WordMan

12-28-2005, 09:10 AM

It's in my sig!

An Arky - I clicked on your sig, when to the WP site and clicked on the first song (Rich Man?). It asked me to agree to rules, I did. Then it said I had to upgrade my Real Player and went online to find the files. THEN it said it couldn't find the files.

So here I sit, not having listened to your band - I tried!

Euthanasiast

12-28-2005, 09:23 AM

Well, I don't want to get into a two-way dialogue, but I gotta ask: what'cha got? :) Seriously, if you have some cool vintage gear, I bet that most Dopers who would find their way onto this thread would be interested.

'kay:

* 2004 50th Anniversary Fender Stratocaster
* SRV Signature Fender Stratocaster with Texas Special Pickups (They really do make a difference!).
* Peavey Wolfgang Custom EVH Signature (Hottest non-active pickups on the planet)
* Gibson Les Paul Supreme (I call it God's Signature Edition)
* Washburn NV100 Acoustic Electric (fantastic sound when plugged in)

* PodXTLive setup
* Peavey 5150 2x12 combo (with newly installed Sovtek 6L6's)
* Fender '64 Vibroverb Custom
* Fender '57 twin

I'm currently working on recreating a few classics for a cover album I'm calling, Famous By Association: Songs of The Dead, Done & Declining. It will essentially be a self-produced thing I can hand out when people ask me about my playing. A sort of musical business card, if you will.

WordMan

12-28-2005, 09:41 AM

* Fender '64 Vibroverb Custom
* Fender '57 twin

Ah - huge SRV fan, clearly - if the Twin was a '59, you'd basically have his rig! Well, except for the Cesar Diaz mods and the lack of a Dumble String Singer, but then again, that would set you back about $30K these days...

Sounds like fun. I love my Tweed tone and my Strat - I have some Bill Lawrence pickups I dropped in - basically the same ones as your 50th Anniv. Strat that he worked with Fender to design. They are the BEST noiseless single coils I have ever heard...

I played a few 50th anniv Strats - there are some made with a bigger 50's style neck that are really very good.

I am not a LP Supreme kinda guy - too fancy. I beat the shit out of my guitars and don't trust myself with anything but the most basic appointments. I need to think of them more as tools...

fishbicycle

12-28-2005, 09:53 AM

WordMan

12-28-2005, 10:01 AM

Thank you for putting up my song, but you might as well take it down... I'm severely outlclassed here. I don't have any "gear." Just an acoustic guitar and a bass and an SM 58 and a sound card. I don't even know any other musicians.

Ken, (dude!) you sound great! I enjoyed your take on the Zombie's track!

As I say to countless kids who ask me what new amp or effects pedal they should get - the sound is in your hands, not your gear!

NoCoolUserName

12-28-2005, 10:35 AM

Gosh, in this thread I guess I really should trigger my sig.

Is anyone having as much fun as I am reading the ads at the end of the thread? :) :) :)

There was a thread about gear a while back, but I can't find it now. If someone can, put up the link. It was fun. (The second quote in my sig comes from there.)

Nothing pithy to add to the thread at this time. I'm sure I'll be inspired later. :)

NoCoolUserName

12-28-2005, 10:36 AM

Gosh, in this thread I guess I really should trigger my sig.I swear I previewed. Apparently Preview Post wipes out the check mark. Here it is for real:

sleestak

12-28-2005, 01:24 PM

Slee - nice-sounding stuff; what kind of guitar are you using? I especially like the last piece with the violin; the sounds work well together...

I am using this (http://www.ibanez.com/guitars/guitar.asp?model=EW20ASNT), though mine has a darker finish. It's an ok guitar, nothing great. My electric is a 1960 Les Paul Goldtop. I am going to go get a Strat body guitar here pretty soon. I love my Paul but it ain't the best for fast soloing, the neck is fat. I am alos going to get a nylon string, I have a couple classical pieces I'd like to record, and a 12 string.

I am having a problem getting good heavy tones. I have a little Fender Ultra Chorus amp, no bad but the gain channel could be better. I have been playing with the Amplitube plugin and finaly figured out how to get an ok sound out of it. I have been thinking about picking up a new amp, possibly a Boogie, but man, those things cost ALOT.

I'll probably have a heavy song to post tonight. Going off to record right now.....

Slee

WordMan

12-28-2005, 01:49 PM

I am using this (http://www.ibanez.com/guitars/guitar.asp?model=EW20ASNT), though mine has a darker finish. It's an ok guitar, nothing great. My electric is a 1960 Les Paul Goldtop. I am going to go get a Strat body guitar here pretty soon. I love my Paul but it ain't the best for fast soloing, the neck is fat. I am alos going to get a nylon string, I have a couple classical pieces I'd like to record, and a 12 string.

I am having a problem getting good heavy tones. I have a little Fender Ultra Chorus amp, no bad but the gain channel could be better. I have been playing with the Amplitube plugin and finaly figured out how to get an ok sound out of it. I have been thinking about picking up a new amp, possibly a Boogie, but man, those things cost ALOT.

I'll probably have a heavy song to post tonight. Going off to record right now.....

Slee

I love fat-necked guitars (I have huge hands and don't remotely shred) - not baseball bats, but 50's Gibson chunky. Are you sure it is a 1960 re-issue? '60 is typically considered shorthand for "Slim Profile" necks - the ones Gibson switched to that year...

As for your lack of heavy tones - easy to see why, with a "little Fender" as you describe. FWIW, I would NOT recommend a Boogie unless you are a 100% Rectifier Tone kinda guy - as a rule (and lots of Boogie lovers hate when I say this) but Boogies often sacrifice features for tone - jack of all features, master of no tone. I have done a ton of research on amps and tones; if I can help, email me and let me know the types of ones you are after and your price point...

And, hey Euth - not to look a gift host in the mouth, but when you get a chance I would really appreciate it if you can post those couple of songs I sent you - thanks!

Euthanasiast

12-28-2005, 01:56 PM

And, hey Euth - not to look a gift host in the mouth, but when you get a chance I would really appreciate it if you can post those couple of songs I sent you - thanks!

Yeah, unfortunately I have to wait until I get off work to access everything I need. I'm on it.

WordMan

12-28-2005, 02:01 PM

Yeah, unfortunately I have to wait until I get off work to access everything I need. I'm on it.

You da Best! Thanks.

I am bummed I couldn't send you that one file - I love the tone of that lead; if only the file wasn't 11 freakin' mb....

An Arky

12-28-2005, 02:34 PM

An Arky - I clicked on your sig, when to the WP site and clicked on the first song (Rich Man?). It asked me to agree to rules, I did. Then it said I had to upgrade my Real Player and went online to find the files. THEN it said it couldn't find the files.

So here I sit, not having listened to your band - I tried!

Real Player might be the problem...

I sent it to your profile email addy from the Post link.

Hope that works.

WordMan

12-28-2005, 03:13 PM

Real Player might be the problem...

I sent it to your profile email addy from the Post link.

Hope that works.

It ended up working - I tried to just play it and had the same failure, but when I saved it to my hard drive I was able to play it.

You sound great! Really great energy! And you guys rocked - very cool.

Is that you on guitar with the big, Green Day-kinda tones? (I mean that as a compliment - your tones sound great; sorry if you're not a GD fan)...

Euthanasiast

12-28-2005, 04:08 PM

You da Best! Thanks.

I am bummed I couldn't send you that one file - I love the tone of that lead; if only the file wasn't 11 freakin' mb....

If you can, send it.

Sam Stone

12-28-2005, 04:13 PM

Doper Guitarists: I wanna hear you wail!
WAAH!!! I can't play my guitar well enough to take part in this! WAAH!!

How's that? :)

Euthanasiast

12-28-2005, 04:59 PM

WAAH!!! I can't play my guitar well enough to take part in this! WAAH!!

How's that? :)

Freakin' shweet!

sleestak

12-28-2005, 05:53 PM

I love fat-necked guitars (I have huge hands and don't remotely shred) - not baseball bats, but 50's Gibson chunky. Are you sure it is a 1960 re-issue? '60 is typically considered shorthand for "Slim Profile" necks - the ones Gibson switched to that year...

As for your lack of heavy tones - easy to see why, with a "little Fender" as you describe. FWIW, I would NOT recommend a Boogie unless you are a 100% Rectifier Tone kinda guy - as a rule (and lots of Boogie lovers hate when I say this) but Boogies often sacrifice features for tone - jack of all features, master of no tone. I have done a ton of research on amps and tones; if I can help, email me and let me know the types of ones you are after and your price point...

And, hey Euth - not to look a gift host in the mouth, but when you get a chance I would really appreciate it if you can post those couple of songs I sent you - thanks!

It's a Custom Shop 1960 Gold Top. Beautiful guitar. Hand built. It cost a *lot* when I got it a bunch of years ago. The neck isn't quite a baseball bat, but it is larger than I like for speedy playing though it is the shit for rhythm stuff. Great big thick sound.

I worked on this (http://members.aol.com/sleethestak/music/InstTest.wma) today. I need to work on the changes but it is coming along. Not bad for two takes (one heavy, one clean). Now I just need to finish writing the damned thing then rerecord it. Once I do that (and decide if I like it) I am going to work on the solo bits as this is probably going to be an instrumental. This was done using my guitar straight in then Amplitube. I am starting to like Amplitube.

About Boogies. I do dig the rectified sound. Most of the players who have a tone I like use Boogies (James Hetfield, John Petrucci, Brad Gillis for example). I am going to go amp hunting in a month or two and play through one of everything before I buy but the last time I played through a Boogie I really liked it.

I am way impressed with everyones tracks. There is a whole lot of talent on this board. I am really impressed with the covers. Everytime I try to play a cover it comes out sounding like me playing a cover, not like the artist in anyway. I do learn the occasional riff but I sorta gave up on playing other peoples stuff. So I write. I've been in cover bands but at this point I don't think I know a cover all the way through. Well, I can play Modoc by Steve Morse all the way through but that is about it.

Slee

WordMan

12-28-2005, 07:23 PM

It's a Custom Shop 1960 Gold Top. Beautiful guitar. Hand built. It cost a *lot* when I got it a bunch of years ago. The neck isn't quite a baseball bat, but it is larger than I like for speedy playing though it is the shit for rhythm stuff. Great big thick sound.

I worked on this (http://members.aol.com/sleethestak/music/InstTest.wma) today.

Slee - you have chops for days. eMail me - it would be interesting to discuss tone.

Euthanasiast

12-29-2005, 04:05 AM

Wordman's tracks and info :

These tracks all feature my band, The Weekenders, recorded live at a gig and mixed by my drummer, who is also a record producer. The first song is Pretty in Pink (www.surrenderthewind.com/Pretty_In_Pink.mp3), featuring my bassist Mark on vocals (yes, he's really British - he toured in a bunch of bands in the 80's, had a record deal, the whole bit). I like the way all the pieces work together. If you want to hear my guitar, go to the last 30 or so seconds of the track and hear the outro - Mark does some funny free association, and I have a pretty cool neck-pickup on a Les Paul kinda tone going on with some slow, melodic lines...

Okay - the next track is Stray Cat Strut (www.surrenderthewind.com/Stray_Cat_Strut.mp3), with me on vocals and playing the lead about 1:20 into the song. A fun song to play...

Euthanasiast

12-29-2005, 04:14 AM

An Arky

12-29-2005, 04:50 AM

It ended up working - I tried to just play it and had the same failure, but when I saved it to my hard drive I was able to play it.

You sound great! Really great energy! And you guys rocked - very cool.

Is that you on guitar with the big, Green Day-kinda tones? (I mean that as a compliment - your tones sound great; sorry if you're not a GD fan)...

Thanks!

Yeah, I play guitar, sing and write the songs. And I don't mind being compared to Green Day...although I'm damn near old enough to be Billie Joe's dad. We're likely influenced by the same groups - The Jam, The Clash, The Buzzcocks, et al.

I recorded those tracks using a Les Paul Standard though some Yamaha amp (it was a studio thing). These days, I play a Rickenbacker 330 through a Marshall JCM-900; no effects or anything.

Again, those demos are old; we're fixing to record some newer songs I wrote that are more pop, yet still just as hard-rocking. I'll post them somewhere when we get done.

Euthanasiast

12-29-2005, 05:14 AM

WordMan

12-29-2005, 06:07 AM

Everyone else that has sent me their work, know that I have uploaded the tracks and replied to your collective emails with the links you need to post your songs here. Let me know if you have any problems.

Thank you very much for posting my stuff - sorry about asking you to do all the work. I look forward to listening to your hair metal clip after I get the kids up and dressed...

DfrntBreign

12-29-2005, 07:03 AM

Everyone else that has sent me their work, know that I have uploaded the tracks and replied to your collective emails with the links you need to post your songs here. Let me know if you have any problems.

Like Wordman said. Much thanks for your generosity and effort.

first link - http://www.surrenderthewind.com/Emotional_Sanctions.mp3

and second - http://www.surrenderthewind.com/Song_for_Prrrl.mp3

These are both just me fooling around with ideas and toys. Guitars, bass and keyboards (except Nanny's piano) are all pretty much junk. The drumkit is Pearl "World" Series (out of production) with Sabian HH cymbals and various percussion. And a toy cell phone.

Guitars, bass and keys are recorded straight into a Boss BR-864 8-track recorder. Any effects are from recorder. Drums, percussion and piano are miked with SM-57s and one AKG D112 and run through a small Mackie mixer.

Everything is improvised with minimal overdubbing. I'm very lazy and easily distracted and these were never intended for anything other than my own amusement.

Hopefully these will encourage others to post their own flailings. Enthusiasm counts for something, right? Oh, and Prrrl is my neurotic dfrntcat. She hates her song, but she hates everything.

WordMan

12-29-2005, 09:07 AM

So I was sitting around the house, waxing nostalgic about the glory days of hair spray metal. Then, at three AM, this happened:

Wail (www.surrenderthewind.com/Wail.mp3).

If any of my friends find out about this, there'll be another of those soul-crushing interventions and I'll be put on guitar restriction again.

You can have my spandex when you pry it from my cold dead hands!

I got to get some sleep.

Dude - you're ready to go get hair extentions! Rawk on! Too funny...

Actually, I have some friends who are on tour right now as guitarists in the Hair metal tour happening right now - one is with Steve Pearcy of Ratt, and the other is with....who is it again? Maybe Don Dokken. I can't remember - my buddy who is the main connection back to those guys tells me that it is a tough tour - a bunch of mid-lifers trying to relive their 20's, but with toupees and beer guts...

You clearly have fun with that stuff - cool. I played a ton of that type of type (I was especially proud of my Hot for Teacher) but have really tried to slow it down since then - just a personal challenge to play single-note stuff with a real bite...

minor7flat5

12-29-2005, 11:03 AM

Thank you for hosting our songs :)

Now a bit from the non-wailing set...
(I have only ever recorded myself a few times, mostly because I get all nervous and mess up.)

Anyway, here's a snippet of recording I did a few years back:

Villalobos, Chôros – No. 1 (first section) (http://www.surrenderthewind.com/Choros_1_Villalobos_Part_1_2001_09_16.mp3)

This piece is by the Brazilian composor Heitor Villa-Lobos. The style is, as the name says, a chôro (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choro).

Godfrey Daniels

12-29-2005, 11:27 AM

http://www.aracnet.com/~curly/chili.wav ( here

I wouldn't call this wailing exactly, but it's an ok little piece from South of the Border...played on a '74 D28 Martin.

Euthanasiast

12-29-2005, 02:52 PM

http://www.aracnet.com/~curly/chili.wav ( here

I wouldn't call this wailing exactly, but it's an ok little piece from South of the Border...played on a '74 D28 Martin.

Link isn't working for me.

Godfrey Daniels

12-29-2005, 03:00 PM

Link isn't working for me.

Cripes, sorry! How do I fix this?

DfrntBreign

12-29-2005, 03:14 PM

Cripes, sorry! How do I fix this?

Is this it? http://www.aracnet.com/~curly/chili.wav

Godfrey Daniels

12-29-2005, 03:16 PM

Is this it? http://www.aracnet.com/~curly/chili.wav

Thanks.

WordMan

12-30-2005, 07:34 PM

*bump*

one last shot - anyone else?

And really - no comments at all on what I posted? Forgive the complete and utter self-indulgence, but I am curious if folks had thoughts on it...

DfrntBreign

12-31-2005, 03:23 AM

I'm a little surprised there hasn't been more activity here. I know there have to be more musicians on this board. Anyway, my two cents:

Euthanasiast - Another thread asks if there are any licks that can't be played by anyone other than the original musician. You demonstrate my belief that any part that has been recorded can be reproduced by someone with talent and the patience to learn it. I would have no trouble believing the songs you posted were (at worst) demo versions of the originals. "Euthanasiast" is a great "spandex-metal" name for the player of your "Wail".

Sleestak - I really liked the first songs you posted (I can't get the middle one to play now. I thought I heard it before tonight.) I REALLY like the next one, the one you're working on. I hope you'll let us hear it when it's done.

Tarrsk - I'm far from your target demographic, but I liked the songs on your page. Especially "Spin". (I assume you're not writing for 50 year old men.) I sent a link to the page to my daughter (28 year old woman).

fishbicycle - You got Nothing!! to be ashamed of. That is a very cool rendition of that song.

Lynn - I'm not your brother's demographic either, but my son-in-law turned me onto Clutch and I think the least I can do is steer him to Chromasoul.

AnArky - I'm not a big fan of punk (is there any music I like?) but your band had some interesting things going on. Your post said those songs are a couple of years old. Are you guys still playing together?

WordMan - Thanks for not letting this thread go away yet. This sounds like a fun gig, everybody havin' a good time (maybe the most important element of all). Is "Pretty in Pink" an original or just a song I've not heard before? Either way, I like it. "Stray Cat Strut" is one of those songs that guitarists love to play, and drummers get bored to tears 'cause ya'll never want to stop and the drum part is boooooring. I'm still gonna play your version for the guys I play with, especially the bass player.

Minor7flat5 - I wouldn't know a choro if it bit me on the eye, but that was very nice. A friend of mine plays a lot of classical style guitar (his name is John Williams, but he's not THAT John Williams). I'll have to ask him if he's heard this piece or anything else like it.

Godfrey Daniels - That's cruel, dude. I was just starting to really get into your song and it stopped. The little bit that's there sounds pretty good, though.

SamStone - That was the cheesiest cover I've ever heard. Almost.

If I missed anyone it wasn't deliberate.

An Arky

12-31-2005, 07:32 AM

AnArky - I'm not a big fan of punk (is there any music I like?) but your band had some interesting things going on. Your post said those songs are a couple of years old. Are you guys still playing together?

Thanks! Yup, we're still together and entering the studio in a couple of months. I've written some pretty good stuff lately and can't wait to get it down. I'll post it when it's done.

Maybe there should be a sticky with all the doper musicos stuff on it.

WordMan

12-31-2005, 09:33 AM

WordMan - Thanks for not letting this thread go away yet. This sounds like a fun gig, everybody havin' a good time (maybe the most important element of all). Is "Pretty in Pink" an original or just a song I've not heard before? Either way, I like it. "Stray Cat Strut" is one of those songs that guitarists love to play, and drummers get bored to tears 'cause ya'll never want to stop and the drum part is boooooring. I'm still gonna play your version for the guys I play with, especially the bass player.

Pretty in Pink is by The Pschedelic Furs ("the Furs" man!) and was the song that led to the John Hughes movie of the same name, done with Sixteen Candles and epitomizing 80's teen movies...

sleestak

12-31-2005, 02:53 PM

DfrntBreign, thanks. Glad you like the stuff. I'll keep posting stuff as I get more done. Now I just gotta finish writing the thing. I have more heavy stuff to record (like 5 or 6 songs worth). The problem is that I don't have enough time to record it all....that and it took me a bit to figure out how to get an ok heavy sound.

WordMan, your stuff sounds great. I am impressed as hell when anyone can play and sing. I can't play and talk, much less sing. I'd like to hear another song or two that are a little more guitar heavy....

Godfrey Daniels do you have that whole song posted? If so I'd like to hear it.

Slee

WordMan

12-31-2005, 03:20 PM

WordMan, your stuff sounds great. I am impressed as hell when anyone can play and sing. I can't play and talk, much less sing. I'd like to hear another song or two that are a little more guitar heavy....

Slee

Dude - you have no idea. When I was in a 3-piece, I'd be play syncopated riffs like on Walk this Way, singing and slipping in lead parts. Oy.

I suppose I can post another recorded-live track with more lead on it. No doubt it would be another chestnut oldie, but you can hear the tone of my amp and how I approach lead work in a non-studio, it-better-be-okay type of setting - Euth would that be okay for you?

NoCoolUserName

01-01-2006, 02:17 AM

Aside: Wordman, how do you know all these cool people, playing out with name bands and stuff? Sheesh, I wish I did.

WordMan

01-01-2006, 09:00 AM

Aside: Wordman, how do you know all these cool people, playing out with name bands and stuff? Sheesh, I wish I did.

Tell me about it - I pinch myself everyday. I was (and am) your average lifelong guitar player who never tried to make it, but always wanted to be in bands on the side. I moved to my town when we had our first kid and heard about this drummer who toured professionally for 15 years, played with Billy Idol - really shit hot. He was now a working stiff like me. I saw him at a party and introduced myself and said I played guitar and he looked at me like "you know how many times I've heard that?" and I piped up with "but I'm actually pretty good!" and got an even worse look. I basically invited myself over to his house and we jammed (without a bass - ugh) and he said "okay - not bad" and we left it there. Then at a formal dance a few months later, the hired band was playing Girl From Ipanema-bad lounge music and so at the end of the evening I invited myself up to play a song (I guess I do that a lot) and played That's What I Like About You and really revved up the band - the dance floor filled up and it was fun. The drummer came up to me and said "okay - you know sales; I suppose we can do something" and we found a bassist (a whole 'nother story) and formed a mid-life crisis band and played around town.

THAT's when it got interesting: we played at a local bar and this British guy approached me and said "you guys are GREAT!" and it turns out he is Mr. Connected Rock Producer Guy who got his start playing drums over in the UK and producing acts like Paul Carrack (he sang Tempted by Squeeze and some other hits), Asia, etc...I tell you, between the first drummer being willing to play with me and then this guy telling me we sounded good - I had never felt so personally validated as a player. Really cool.

My first band drifted apart - the drummer enjoyed the occasional gig, but after 15 years pro, didn't really enjoy the whole break-down and set-up roadie work we had to do as a mid-life crisis band. And the Rock Producer contacted me looking for a little fun on the side music-wise - for the last 20 years he hadn't played drums in a steady gig so was a little more hungry for live experience compared to the first guy. And it was all down hill from there - a new guy moved into town who was a touring bassist who had record deals and some minor hits in the UK in the 80's and was now a stay-at-home dad. He is also Mr. Connected and I do Session Work occasionally for fun. The drummer and I connected up with him and it just clicked immediately, musically and personally as friends. I had no idea how good and different it would be to have a pro rhythm section pumping it out. I can't imagine going back to amateurs (um, er, like me I guess - man, are they patient with me...).

I recruited another guitarist (we're the easy ones to find) and then this stay-at-home mom walked up to my drummer at a party and told him she sang in rock bands. And she rocked!

Sorry for the long diversion - as you can tell, I really do pinch myself every day and like to tell the story. Thanks for your patience.