Another JS backing track-Rock Blues

[Lucky13pck]

http://soundclick.com/share?songid=6691550


opinions,comments? give the whole thing a listen, it starts off kinda hinkey...i had to get into the groove. oh..and at the end..i just kinda mess around..haha.


edit; Does this sound like it has any emotion at all in it?

[rodderz]

nice, I enjoyed that! Did it have emotion? yes definately, although you should have known the answer to that question urself ;). Oh yeh and one more thing, that sniff at the end was out of tune...


:D

[Jose]

Does this sound like it has any emotion at all in it?

Yes it does.

A tip: Integrate some rhythm comping here and there. As always good playing.

[Lucky13pck]

yea i THOUGHT it had some...but i wasnt sure, so i thought id ask :]

[Lucky13pck]

rhythm comping: playing a little rhythm and throwing solo bits inbetween? kind of like how i did on the last thing?

[Jose]

rhythm comping: playing a little rhythm and throwing solo bits inbetween? kind of like how i did on the last thing?

Yeah like that, and also doing a full chorus just playing chords and then resume soloing.

[Peeb]

nice, I enjoyed that! Did it have emotion? yes definately, although you should have known the answer to that question urself ;). Oh yeh and one more thing, that sniff at the end was out of tune...


:D

:LMAO: Yeah, but it was timed perfectly.

Nice playing, 13.

[Hebimetasan]

Like it , good take man.

[Lucky13pck]

cool,thanks guys.

[Fendershredder]

I enjoyed this. Good feel. My one suggestion would be to try to learn some very stereotypical blues licks, and expand your blues vocabulary outwards from there. Some of your licks seem like you're just heading in one direction up or down the pentatonic, not that there's anything wrong with that, but it's not the most musical way to approach it.

Keep rockin'. You definately have a feel for being with the rhythm, which is one of the most important aspects of improvisation and soloing in general. I don't know what level you're at in your theoretical understanding of music, but I think you could also benefit by studying the changes before hand and paying more attention to them. Always have the chords in the back of your head, and knowing how to be relevant to them in your soloing opens a whole new toolbox.

[Lucky13pck]

alright fender, ill spend tomorrow practicing that. Ill listen to some riffs and plan out blues licks for them. and ill check out the "for the blues guys" posts. seems like they got good stuff in there. Ill PM you the outcome, deal?

[Noman]

Some nice playing, but I found the thin nasal sound of the guitar to be irritating. Spend a lot of time tweaking knobs and settings until you get the perfect sound. Each song should be treated as unique.

A lot of good advice has already been given, but mine is this from the emotional point-of-view:

You wrap yourself around the song, not the other way around. How you interpret the soul of the song is what counts.

It's the human element that creates great songs.

Noman

[wayslow]

http://soundclick.com/share?songid=6691550
opinions,comments?
Does this sound like it has any emotion at all in it?

Pretty good pickin' there, young blood.

To me, it's a good thing that ya would ask about emotion. Personally, I feel that the bluz is about feelings. It's great to have an extensive library of licks, but if ya can't use those licks to convey a feeling, yer never gonna really play the bluz, imo. While this tune doesn't drip in emotion, it certainly has some in it and I enjoyed listening.

[Stray Dog]

I think this was really damn good stuff! Nice work!
I have nothing really to say about your playing - it all seemed great. Very well executed.
ONE thing I noticed in your phrasing, was that whenever you paused you let the note sustain. Try some pauses when you stop playing ALLTOGETHER for a second or to, just to add more variety. You did well in not playing not stop, but there was always guitar there, be it playing or sustaining. Get some more breathing room, you know what I mean?

And about emotion - I think you're looking at it the wrong way. Emotion isn't a thing measured on a scale of 1 to 10, which people can assess for you. If you got into the song, then you were playing with emotion. You're only ever not when you are bored and can't be arsed to do anything interesting. Emotion doesn't have to mean anything like 'bluesy', 'slow', 'soulful', or anything like that. Thats something that really gets me - the idea that if a song is slow with lots of guitar bends it suddenly qualifies as 'emotional'. Rubbish! Just play you're guitar and don't worry about the emotion. As long as you're having a good time, that's all that matters.

Some nice playing, but I found the thin nasal sound of the guitar to be irritating.

I didn't! In fact I LOVED the tone, it wasn't too thin or nasal at all.
Just had to say that in case you took Noman's comment to mean you had bad tone - you don't. Just because one person doesn't find it to their tastes, doesn't mean there is anything wrong - remember that. It's all about personal tastes. And personally, I found your guitar tone very much to my tastes!!!

[wayslow]

Thats something that really gets me - the idea that if a song is slow with lots of guitar bends it suddenly qualifies as 'emotional'.

Stopped by for a second glance at the comments.

I've been playing/listening to the bluz for more than 30 years, and I've never heard this idea expressed until now.

I didn't comment on the tone, and never will unless it stands out to me as being good...like ya say, it's completely subjective. Albert Collins had a different kind of tone, too, almost piercing at times...but he got his message across with it.