Hey! Whats up? I used to hang out at guitars101, but it looks to me like all the COOL PEOPLE have migrated over to GB! I used to go by the nick Rj or rjfoster at g101 (for those that may recall - or not hehehe) I'll be going by 88stratocaster here.

I look forward to hanging out with you all here!

In the meantime, heres a cover of an old gerry rafferty tune called Baker Street that I did a while back.

Enjoy!

Rj

Welcome to guitar blast!!
FANTASTIC COVER!:bowdown:
I`m blown away.5stars

Amazing stuff man, great production on this.

Welcome to guitar blast!!
FANTASTIC COVER!:bowdown:
I`m blown away.5stars


Thx Lippy! Glad u enjoyed it! :)

Glad ya made it here Rob, :p Awesome tune man!

Amazing stuff man, great production on this.

Thx Netrom - this song was all mixed here on the PC at home and was done via online collaboration. I spent about 3 months tweaking the mix, because this song was to be featured on a compilation CD that was given to Mr. Rafferty himself for a christmas present! :) Ive never worked on a song so hard in my life before - but the effort was worth it in the end I guess.

Thx again!

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Glad ya made it here Rob, :p Awesome tune man!

Thx bud! see u on messenger! hehehehe

:yourock:

Oh - I should also mention I only did the guitars and mixing on this. Unfortunately I cant seem to find the info on the ppl that did drums bass and vocals on this with me. hopefully I can find that here - somewhere......

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That sounded awesome!:) Welcome to the site!:wavey:

Remember it well RJ - quality cover!! How is the Nexus Breeze holding out? I have been having some overheating problems with mine - the sides are off in hot weather :)

Welcome RJ.

Remember your name from there, but don't think we ever interacted.

Welcome to GuitarBlast,88stratocaster.

What a super super cover, so fresh and new, the voclaist drummer, bass and YOU are awesome. Excellent Guitar tones...the extended solo was very nice some lovely blues/almost Iron Maiden influenced licks there.

This was superb a big 5 from me

Hey Rj. Long time now see!! Thats me on the vocals!

Nice to see you migrate over here!!


rj

Damn, that was good! Great tone! :thumb:

Great cover, nicely rocked up. Cool first post mate ... welcome!

Hey RJ! Good to see ya here. I remember this one well too. I also still miss the midi saxophone on it, haha :p

That sounded awesome!:) Welcome to the site!:wavey:

Thanks Janelle! :)

Remember it well RJ - quality cover!! How is the Nexus Breeze holding out? I have been having some overheating problems with mine - the sides are off in hot weather :)

Hey Goport! Nice to see u again! As for the Nexus- uh - yeah.... Ive been having heat probs too - I had to take the filter out of the bottom fan and that seemed to help.

Anyway - thx and Ill see u around the forums!


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Welcome RJ.

Remember your name from there, but don't think we ever interacted.

Thanks Captain!

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Welcome to GuitarBlast,88stratocaster.

What a super super cover, so fresh and new, the voclaist drummer, bass and YOU are awesome. Excellent Guitar tones...the extended solo was very nice some lovely blues/almost Iron Maiden influenced licks there.

This was superb a big 5 from me

Thanks Macman! Glad u enjoyed the tune!

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Hey Rj. Long time now see!! Thats me on the vocals!

Nice to see you migrate over here!!


rj

Hey Rj! Yeah! Long time no see man! I gotta tellyou - everytime I play that tune for people I hear the statement about how awesome the vocals are!

Everyone give some PROPS to Rjmjajrj on the awesome job he did on the vocals for Baker Street!

(I may just have to work up another project for us..............)

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Damn, that was good! Great tone! :thumb:

Thx for listening Mange! I used my Fender CyberTwin SE and the Ibanez S470 on that one. I LOVE that amp!

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Great cover, nicely rocked up. Cool first post mate ... welcome!

Thx SteveG! Gladu enjoyed the tune!

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Hey RJ! Good to see ya here. I remember this one well too. I also still miss the midi saxophone on it, haha :p


Hey! Nice to see u too man! And I remember you telling me to leave the midi sax on it as well! lol

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Hey RJ! Good to see you! Welcome. (I remember this big hybrid stack on your avatar picture. Can't get it out of my mind. You need a pic now).

Great tune and I love the fresh approach to it. Before I even read through the comments, I recognized RJMJ's voice straight away. Awesome job guys!!

:rock: :rock:

Hey RJ! Good to see you! Welcome. (I remember this big hybrid stack on your avatar picture. Can't get it out of my mind. You need a pic now).

Great tune and I love the fresh approach to it. Before I even read through the comments, I recognized RJMJ's voice straight away. Awesome job guys!!

:rock: :rock:

Oh yeah! The stack picture - I hope I still have that somewhere here! I'll have to see if I can find it! :)

Thanks for the comments 3fingers - and nice to see u again! :)

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Aye, I remember this one. Don't think I ever heard the final mix though.

Good to see ya here mate, and I loved this one the first time round, and still do !

:thumb:

Hey RJ, Yep remember you from G101, great to see you hear. Lovely cover mate and superb playing and great vox too.:thumb:

Holy Batf&^% buttman!!:jawdrop:

THAT'S it, I give up, there is no way I will ever play or record that well. Anyone wanna buy a few Carvins and Deans? j/k I'm not selling them.


Outstanding song man!!

First, it's an excellent arrangement. Definitely gives this song more of a rock attitude. I like the variety of tones you employed too. And of course, Rod is one of my fav vocalists, so you can't go wrong there. I agree about the Iron Maiden influence on the harmonized parts; it is reminiscent of their style. Great post!!

Thx Mondola! Nice to see u here!

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Hey RJ, Yep remember you from G101, great to see you hear. Lovely cover mate and superb playing and great vox too.:thumb:

thx for listening axe2grind!

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Holy Batf&^% buttman!!:jawdrop:

THAT'S it, I give up, there is no way I will ever play or record that well. Anyone wanna buy a few Carvins and Deans? j/k I'm not selling them.


Outstanding song man!!

hanks for checking out the tune! Glad you enjoyed it! This tune is the result of literally MONTHS of recording, re-recording, mixing and re-mixing, so keep on plugging - you'll learn a lot as you go along! Plus there are lots of folks here who can answer questions - myself included.... :)

See u around the forum! :)

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First, it's an excellent arrangement. Definitely gives this song more of a rock attitude. I like the variety of tones you employed too. And of course, Rod is one of my fav vocalists, so you can't go wrong there. I agree about the Iron Maiden influence on the harmonized parts; it is reminiscent of their style. Great post!!


Thanks for checking out the tune ksdb! Glad you liked it! I remember you from g101 too - lots of familiar nicknames here. As for the Iron Maiden influence - yep - I have to admit that its there - those guys were a big part of my musical listening (and jamming) background in my younger days. Heck - they are still awesome! :)

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