ha cool, i'm looking forward to your solo, and the final track !

Jemi, actually, it's just 30 seconds :

(0:00-1:08)evo.com
(1:08-1:45)Pix
(1:45-2:10)existing keyboard solo
(2:10-2:42)led_zep_freak
(2:42-3:40)z3r0l33t
(3:40-4:13)existing guitar solo
(4:13-4:42)blank spot
(4:42-5:53)Blacktrix

in malaysia, you can be a hero just because you're willing to complete a task ? alamak...

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evo.com > ??? M'sia has got a government ?? Com'on man, stop mocking me ! I lived 4 yrs in M'sia, I would have noticed it by then, wouldn't I ? They do have a huge amount of politicians though. But no government...

Anyway, Jemi, we're all waiting for youuuu, honey.

iliveunderwater > it's what a guitar solo is about... no ? I mean.. you can solo in the lower octave if you want, but it won't sound so outstanding from the backing track. It's quite hard to make a good mix with "low" solo (that's my opinion) and make it sound soulful for quite a while, esp. while improvising (still my opinion).
However, I did start around the 5th fret for the solo, but that's because I'm naturally outstanding

tanton82, yes, obviously, we are just joking. And no, i'm not that mature. I mean, I will probably never be that mature and reach a place of mind where I won't ever joke about a government anymore... And Evo.Com sarted it all... booooh

i'll dl it tonight.. can't wait ! thx jemi

(panning : you can choose the position of your sound within the stereo space... 20% left, 40% right, etc... the extreme right would be 100% right, whereas a center sound would be 0%.)

This post has been edited by Pix: Nov 24 2005, 09:57 AM

evo.com > don't worry, I found your post really funny, and that was the whole point if some "robots" are against us, let's just retaliate with some funky acidic guitar riffs.

jemi, dling now...

iliveunderwater, i don't understand your remark. we might not be superb players (except for me, that is), but yeah, it's what we call solo. I wouldn't mind if someone played some violins or piano...

Ooooh, maybe you didn't get the whole point of the song ? sorry then/... let's recap.
Someone posts a backtrack (drums, bass, rythm), and each of us here are planting a 1-minute solo on top of it.. So at the end you have a backtrack with 6 solos (or more) stick to each others...

jemi > Too bad you're so far on the left it's hard to enjoy your full talent in this way... you're still a technical master, but the fact that you had only 30 seconds pushed you too much, no? And I can hear you've got tired fingers... a bit messy in some licks.
you have plenty of ideas, but not enough time to devellop them, next time i hope you'll have longer bit. oooh, for instance, that vibrato "diving" action is really inspiring, but cut short. grrr.

blacktrix, hey, it's a weird feeling : it's like i'm hearing myself, with additional pings ( and after few more years of practise, i must confess) I like it ! Still some unclean parts, but I can see you worked hard on it.

all in all, i can hear in jemi and blacktrix's parts more tireness than with the other dudes (I was dead-fingered also, but i was going much slower that you two, so I can't hear it that much).

(blacktrix, i'l listen to your mr crowley later tonight, i gotta go now!)

yes, some of us not living in m'sia... (to know which ones : all the ones which are joking about m'sian government... )
but mostly, it's because we're all very afraid of each others.
and because it's hard to find a studio that can bear with 15 noisy punks like us

i didn't play for 2 weeks, and now i started all again : i can't help hearing myself playing. I suck big time ! I'll need few more weeks before doing anything less sucky on a guitar again.

hi animesan,

the overall sound is a bit messy, i wonder whether the low freq. are too loud ? the composition is good, incl. rythm / melody / groovy, and your fruity loops track doesn't sound too de-humanized.
regarding the guitar, i think your sound is too "weak", there's not enough punch for a lead guitar. Try amp settings with less bass and more mids ? i dunno... experiment.
You have really good ideas for the guitar solo, a mix of soulful melody with lightning fast licks. I like it ! Sometimes though, it's not clean enough.

savio, don't be modest, you play very very good piano, especially knwoing that you compose those tracks... franckly, that's impressive ! (i just heard almast) it's true it's a bit "music lift's style", but you master it pretty well. If you play live as good as on the tracks, you should go for live performing in hotels (you know, they propose some background piano during cocktails).

I didn't listen to other track, cuz slow connection...

Jemi... what to say about you...
you're playing furious solos, they sound very "clean". Your whole playing is clean...
The sweepings ? Woaw... very impressive. A bit too much of them for my taste though Actually, the ones at 1:05 are kicking in plenty of good freaking energy, but the ones at 1:18 don't fit in.

The "bluesy" parts (stratospheric bends, pentatonic licks, artificial/pinched harmonics) are really awesome, but slightly too "mechanical" and perfect.

The start noises sound like satch stuff, a little bit. Satch has a way to make those kinds of intro very "interesting", original and leading to something. Here it lacks that "leading to something" approach. I'm dreaming too of doing such purposeful intro, as the master does... but it's just too hard for me

Guitar sound is good in the beginning (very "old" satch), then the solo sound is typical from Jemi, Ssslayerr and friends... cold and sharp, ultra-compressed... pouuuuark. The main disapointment comes from the overall balance : Bass and trebles are 15dB too loud, it's awful (cuz consequently, guitar is 15dB too low !!). I guess that's Animesan who is to blame here, but Jemi, you could have rectified that. Don't you feel like your solo is way too deep in the mix ? Or is it my hearphones ?? I don't think so : bass are so loud, they're saturating !

To end that very mean critic : there's no ending to the solo... it does finish at 1:32 correct ? You still stuck in a flashy alt. picking run on the low frets...

Well, your solo is already at "pro" level, you've got your style, the ideas, the crazyness, the technic... i'm totally blown away. That's why i'm doing such rough & raw critics : that's the only thing i can give you you give me music, i'm giving you opinion... i'm such a looser you rule !

i'll listen to it tonight
do you like to listen to your own solos by the way ? how would you criticize yourself ?

jemi, that wasn't a tricky question.. i genuinely wonder if you (or anyone else) like to hear himself playing. I'm like you, when i record myself, i have a big grin on my face when i hear what i can play ... sometimes> But other times, i feel like i'm so sloppy

i re-listen to your song... i'm less enthousiastic than the 1st time : now that i can hear exactly your guitar. sometimes, you don't nail the note you 'should' (you know... you bend a note to reach one of the notes used in the next chord, or you end a run, or a legato, on such notes) i.e. 0:53. On the opposite, during your intro, you're nailing them perfectly !
And i'm happy because now i could hear the little flaws during your sweepings or alt. pickings. It makes it more human

Overall, you have great ideas to make your solo 'dynamic', your solo is constantly evolving in weird ways. That's your strength. And you have a melodic strength too, cuz you manage to show that you're trying to follow some kind of natural flow... (am i clear ?) But IMO, you have to work on that : be more lay-back during your slow phrases, in terms of tempo. Make it more soulful... and in the fast runs, try to reach those fjooking 'harmonic' notes
You have great potential, after only 4 or 5 years of playing, is it ? Amazing dude.. very mature.

shall we do a new virtual jam for the new year ? holidays will make everybody available... any backtrack available ? anyone, post one !

well, the rythm track can be anything, you can top up a xmas theme on any kind of track

headhunter7, just listened to your song, apart from very simple recording stuff and some awful noise at some point, the whole thing is pretty catchy ! rythms are heavy, you're in synch with the drums, it's not too repetitive. is it a compo or from which artist is that ?
just one more thing, the drums cymbals do sound a bit "cooking pan" like

HH7, talking about the one in Music Recording.. sorry i mixed up the two threads