All feedback on the entries here please :)

Kickass entry sadge! I can't believe this tune has the same base as the one I'm working on for my own entry. Sounds so different. This is so good ;)

yikes!! we are supposed to compete with that? so much for doing something half assed on my part.

Theres me thinking i may attempt an entry this month.... scaryily good entries Sadge and Johnny. Use your volume knobs for these guys, outstanding!!!:bowdown:

Well guys that is just an explosive start to this months entries :yourock: , you wouldn't think both songs were done on the exact same BT, and the difference is just superb, just what this month is all about :rock:

Sadge, really excellent instumental entry, had a cool Satch vibe to my ears, lovely playing, tones and use of the backer too, great work :thumb:

Johnny, a brilliant take too, with the vocals and the solo, it changes the feel of it so much much, you too have really made it your own, loved the style you chose and the vocals/lyrics, really great work :thumb:

If all the entries are as good as this, its going to be a superb month, and i'm sure it will be :rock:

Gotta say Sadge,..man nice playing bro! 2 totally different feels here between yours and mine! Doesn't even sound like the same backer! Nice work man!

Av,..thanks for the great backer. I'm glad I got in this one. It was a blast doing it and letting some frustration/steam off on it! Can't wait to hear what the other entrées are like!!
Rockit!

Johnny

I promised myself that i wouldn't listen to the entrys until i had mine finished so as not to influence me.

But i just had to listen to these first 2 by Johnny and Sadge these guys did some great stuff with this backiing track!.Excellent singing by Johnny with a strong heavy style, and Sage's entry was well produced with the Synth and added bass and great trem work as well.

hell of a start :banana: looks like this will be a real battle:chucks:

Park

Hey Johnny... Great entry man !!!
Love the tone and playing on rhythm and lead guitars..... perfect for the "punk vibe" you went for. Vox work great as well.....
I'm gonna put my hearing at risk later and listen to this with the "cans" on for maximum effect LOL LOL

I'm looking forward to hearing other guys takes on Av's BT, as the diversity in styles of these first two entries is massive..... taking into consideration that they both utilise the same backer !!!!!

Seems to me that this diversity is exactly what Avalon had in mind when he thought up this months theme... good call Av !!

Seems to me that this diversity is exactly what Avalon had in mind when he thought up this months theme... good call Av !!

It certainly is :) , although i can't claim all the credit, Mart (Bahamut) and myself work very closely on all the themes, jams and everything each month, so its by no means a solo effort on my part :)

Hey Johnny... Great entry man !!!
Love the tone and playing on rhythm and lead guitars..... perfect for the "punk vibe" you went for. Vox work great as well.....
I'm gonna put my hearing at risk later and listen to this with the "cans" on for maximum effect LOL LOL

I'm looking forward to hearing other guys takes on Av's BT, as the diversity in styles of these first two entries is massive..... taking into consideration that they both utilise the same backer !!!!!

Seems to me that this diversity is exactly what Avalon had in mind when he thought up this months theme... good call Av !!

Thanks bro! Yeah Av always comes to the table with something massive and he did it again with this one! After this is all said and done!,..I'm gonna ask him if he can re-write the backer with one more chorus so I can re-record it into a full song. I would like to add one more chorus to it and redo the entire song with a little more production and mixing!
I did this one in like 45 minutes,..I'm sure you can tell,..it kinda sounds like shit! LMAO!! Anyway,..great take on the song man and good luck with your entry!! It sounds great.
:naughty:
Johnny

Yeah Johnny... I plan to re record mine as a full song also !!

BTW, I thought I was scrimping and scraping on the recording/mixing time (took me about six hours), but 45 minutes ?? Holy Shit..... that is an excellent result for 45 minutes work man.... I would still be rubbing my chin and going "Hmmm" at 45 mins LOL LOL

Best of luck in the comp mate !!

Nice to see some entrys early on with others planning to take part aswell , i will most certainly listen to all of your entrys once ive finished mine , just wanna work on my without being influenced by hearing someones elses , look forward to hearing everyones soon tho :)

Yeah Johnny... I plan to re record mine as a full song also !!

BTW, I thought I was scrimping and scraping on the recording/mixing time (took me about six hours), but 45 minutes ?? Holy Shit..... that is an excellent result for 45 minutes work man.... I would still be rubbing my chin and going "Hmmm" at 45 mins LOL LOL

Best of luck in the comp mate !!

It's funny you say holy shit about the 45 mins man! I always have to rush when I record,..because I never have the time to just sit and enjoy it when all the kids are running all over the house and saying dad?,Dad?,DAD???!!!. LMAO!! I think I'm gonna change my name to Mom!!..LOL

Johnny

Ok ... that's my entry in, so I get to listen to the others :woot:

Sadge, that was some burst of inspiration! Real nice melodic playing, shows that you spent some time on it.

Johhny, real angry punk vibe, and I thought I knocked mine up quick :lol: Took me twice as long! Guitar tone and vox fit really well.

Two great entries, and I thoght I had a chance too :bigcry: :lol:

Nice to see some entrys early on with others planning to take part aswell , i will most certainly listen to all of your entrys once ive finished mine , just wanna work on my without being influenced by hearing someones elses , look forward to hearing everyones soon tho :)


same here. i listened to a little bit of sages and decided not to listen to any more because i don't want to be influenced either. not sure what i'll come up with with the way the backer is laid out as for verse, bridge and chorus for adding vocals.

is it ok to alter the backer such as splitting it up piecing it together so it works like intro, verse, bridge, chorus, etc?

same here. i listened to a little bit of sages and decided not to listen to any more because i don't want to be influenced either. not sure what i'll come up with with the way the backer is laid out as for verse, bridge and chorus for adding vocals.

is it ok to alter the backer such as splitting it up piecing it together so it works like intro, verse, bridge, chorus, etc?

Sure, thats fine mate :thumb:

Excellent entry Steve, gets my vote :devilchil: , this is the 3rd completely original entry on the same fast backer, i'm really loving this month so far, and this is excellent Steve, the lyrics, and the style too, its got abit of Motorhead to it which is very cool :)
Another cracking entry :thumb:

Motorhead? I was going for Alice :lol: Best thing is that they are all so different, I cant wait to hear what everybody else comes up with, gonna be a good month! C'mon guys, get some in!!!

:lol: Classic!!! This is brilliant Steve. i'm LMAO here but the thing is its really good mate. The power chords left and the fills on the right work really well with a great gritty tone and the solo is great too. The lyrics i love, especially that line right at the end, it fitted perfectly. Quality.:yourock: :funny:

Johnny: Very cool punk tune! Very intense and catchy.
Steve: Cool rock vibe. Liked the vocals too.

Cool to hear all these three very different songs with the same backing track.

I was just about to crash when I noticed you posting this. Nice one Per, sounds like a lot of thought went into this one! I was all chilled out listening, then the pace picked up, very effective. Great tone and playing as ever. This comp' gets more interesting by the post :woot:

Naif, that was really chilled out listen. Really enjoyed it!

Hard to believe these are coming from the same backer. Excellent stuff coming in.

Naif and Steve,.great entries guys! So different,..all of them are! I thought that Steve's sounded like an Alice Cooper tune! Nice man! Naifs was a and real nice instrumental with excellent playing! Good luck guys,..it's gonna be a tough one!

Johnny

Excellent work Naif, the first entry on the slow backer, and its another stella entry :rock: , loved the different moods you brought throughout the song, and where you went with it, very well thought out, great playing and tones too, brilliant entry :thumb:

This is really turning into a classic month, my favourite for a while, big thanks to everyone who's taking part, and those that are planning to :yourock:

Just checked out Naif's entry.......
man, thats a great vibe you got going there. I had a few takes over the slow backer myself but I couldnt help but quote "Little Wing" when I was playing over it... LOL LOL
I was VERY interested to hear someones take on it and I am not disappointed !! The arrangement, playing and tone are awesome..... reminds me a lot of early Scorps (Lonesome Crow, Fly to the Rainbow) .... are you a fan???
Fantastic work this..........

Steve.... that is fuckin brilliant mate.... you are hereby "elected" as Alice Cooper would say.... lol lol
Lyrics and delivery are fuckin great, cant stop playin the fucker LOL.
In fact I cant stop playin all of this months entries.... what a comp !!!

Sorry Tony, I listened :D Dunno why you would regret recording it, sounds fine here ... and your mathematical ability never ceases to amaze me :lol: Another unique take on the backer ... all still sounding very different. Great rhythm you had going there :thumb:

Great work Tony, and yet another totally unique take on the fast backer :woot: , yours had a Tom Petty feel to it to my ears, some lovely lead guitaring, overdriven rhythm tones and you sung too :rock: , really enjoyed it mate, excellent entry :thumb:

Awe guys, thank you!! I promise I will listen to all the other entries and leave a few words after tomorrow noon. I am sure I will be sufficiently embarrased with my take even more than I am now by then, but wtf, lol! This was pure fun J, really!!! :dj::banana:

Uke,..fuckin nice man! Lovin it! To me it sounds like a Dire Straits tune man! What do ya mean don't play it??!!,..second time around to listening to it and gonna go for a third or so,after I have a few more Miller High Life's man! Excellent playing and the math,..well #1 here bro!

Johnny

Haha Tony. You're a poet, man! Loved the lyrics, and the vocal delivery. Really cool tune, and it made me laugh (with you, not at ;)).

Great Take Ukelele loved the"count"/ also great versions by Naif and Steve.Naif's sounded like Pink Floyd in the Hayday with thick juicy guitars a blazin!, and Steve's voice really sounded like Alice Cooper another excellent entry::) .

Sadge: Sounded like it was part of a movie soundtrack! No doubt you are a tremendous musician!

Johnny: FUCK!!!! Ya want more explicit language? Man, fuck you for kicking ass on this one. You got the ´thang´for tickeling ears man. Ain´t talking shit here. Kickass stuff!

Steve: uuu-huh! I wish I had that mojo you have. Pure stuff fo sure! Adrenaline and more adrenaline keeps ya busy ya old git!

Per: Oh boy, can´t you ever forget about playing such clean, tasty, beautiful music for once? Take a brake man! ....Fuck that! Another mojo man!

Uke, you sure now how to get a cool rhythm going, awesome lead fill stuff too!!!! Damn cool entry... again!!:dj:

Hey Park, nice entry!! Loved the wah, sounds too good for autowah, guess you used a pedal? Liked the way you built on the riff. Another fine entry :woot:

Thanks Steve
I used a Rocktron Banshee talk box i got around Xmas but havent used it for recording until last night.Wanted a more vocal style guitar to take the place of singing.

P.S thanks also for taking time to post something for me Steve.

Thanks also Ukelele,I really liked yours too the anolgy that it sounded like Dire Straights (The band Not your plaing) was a good one to use
Mark Knoppler is pretty good company to be compared to.

Sterophony Thanks as well.Yes i did use a little synth.Any guy who went through the flock of seagulls 80's knows a little keyboard.....and i mean a little!.

Park

Smooth man, I loved it! :dj: :bowdown::banana:

Very tasty entry Parker! Loved the control and a right catchy riff! Did i hear a bit of synth in there? Loved the sound of the talk box thing too, sort of a wah but a bit different ( for want of a better explanation :) This month is turning out to be a cracker!!!!

This month is turning out to be a cracker!!!!

It certainly is :)

Another fine entry Parker, really cool riff throughout the song, excellent playing and tones, and i justed loved the Talkbox in there mixng things up, makes me want to cover Rocky Mountain Way hehe, great work mate :thumb:

Checking out Uke's entry now.....
Great stuff Tony..... that "over" overdriven wah wah on the lead is fuckin awesome, would love to hear it louder in the mix... great edgy tone and playing.
Rhythm work is tremendous too.... the two rhythm guitar parts work beautifully together and that lick just before the vocal starts is killer!!
Well worked out (lol) lyrics and vocal phrasing... great delivery

Another totally unique take on the same backer......
20506.5+1 stars LOL LOL

Great entry Parker......
Awesome riff..... doubling it with the bass beefs it right up
Lead playing is mega, nice tonality there with the talk box..... can't say I've heard one used on a post on this board before, and apparently they aint easy to get the hang of.... so extra kudos for that

Great entry Parker......
Awesome riff..... doubling it with the bass beefs it right up
Lead playing is mega, nice tonality there with the talk box..... can't say I've heard one used on a post on this board before, and apparently they aint easy to get the hang of.... so extra kudos for that



Thanks Sadge.

You are right about those talk boxes being tuff to use at first. I just about blew my teeth outta my mouth:lol: when i first used it with the volume up too high.Feels like the guitar is right in your skull.

Thanks again for checking it out and its nice to meet you as well.:)
I had a listen to your entry and it was smokin:rock: as i mentioned on the first page along with Johnnys.

Steve really has a great angle and hook with the
"Vote for me" entry its almost subliminal.....must vote for Steve.....must vote for Steve.:lmao:

Parker

Steve really has a great angle and hook with the
"Vote for me" entry its almost subliminal.....must vote for Steve.....must vote for Steve.:lmao:

Parker

Haha, my evil plan is working. Today Guitarblast, tomorrow the world. <Fade out to diabolic laughter>

First of all, welcome to the forum Mulletman, and seocndly, excellent work on your entry, it reminds me of Satch in alot of ways, that lovely dreamy feel and chords, reminds me of "Sleep Walk" :)
Great tones and playing too, really enjoyed listening and thanks for taking part :thumb:

First of all, welcome to the forum Mulletman, and seocndly, excellent work on your entry, it reminds me of Satch in alot of ways, that lovely dreamy feel and chords, reminds me of "Sleep Walk" :)
Great tones and playing too, really enjoyed listening and thanks for taking part :thumb:

Cheers me dear. :D Enjoyed doing it. Ta for the versatile backing. :)

Just checked out the Satch track - I hear what ya mean ;) - fun tune. One of the albums of his I appear to have overlooked since 'Engines...' (I know, slap my wrists for not having kept up to date with 'Professor Satchafunkilus').

Nice! Ending made me smile! Great playing and tones, and good to see a new face in the contest too. Welcome to the site mate, hope you enjoy it here, and best of luck with your entry.

Hey Nice entry mullet man.:banana: Really dug the R&B chord structure, i was half expecting Barry White to start singing.:)

P.S welcome to the site as well.

Parker

Nice! Ending made me smile! Great playing and tones, and good to see a new face in the contest too. Welcome to the site mate, hope you enjoy it here, and best of luck with your entry.

Hey Nice entry mullet man.:banana: Really dug the R&B chord structure, i was half expecting Barry White to start singing.:)

P.S welcome to the site as well.

Parker

Ta muchly. :thanks: Glad it raised a smile. :)

Oh, if only I had a voice akin to the dulcet tones of Big Bazza..... :D

Me again. Thought I'd leave some feedback. :)

Sadge: Wicked lead sound - really creamy - and great melodies. Luvin' the effortless shifts of flavour between sections and I can really hear a 'theme tune' vibe to it all. Ace. :D

Johnny: Funk as Puck! ;) Pretty full on, high energy, raucous stuff ya got there! The cat looked at me funny when I tried to start pogoing with him. :rock:

SteveG: I've got a weirdness going on since listening to your tune. Your voice appears to have manifested itself in my head and keeps telling me to vote for you and when I'm singing along to Johnny's tune, it keeps corrupting the lyrics to "don't vote for me" (Johnny - I'd have words with him ;)). Also, I'm now finding that when I try to write a song I can't think of an ending. Is this some sort of Jedi mindtrick, or have you been planting subliminal messages in your tune? ;)

Naifuzan: My ear was well and truely caught by that sweet tone at the start. Lurvely!! :) Dunno if it's what you were going for, but I heard a Metallica (circa '86-'92) vibe to it, especially the clean sound coupled with the backer. Top stuff. :D

Ukelele: Your counting capabilities are phenomenal. :bowdown: I can only get to 4, so to go beyond twenty thousand was mind blowing! Genius. Cool sounds too. :D

Parker1963: Talk box-tastic! I thought it was going to kick into a screaming lead, so the talk box was a nice surprise. Catchy riff as well. Great stuff. :D


:thumb: to all!

Mulletman! Zappa all the way! Loved it!!:dj:

Remember guys, still 1 week left to get your entries in, its been an excellent month so far, lets see if we can reach double figures for entries :thumb:

Just checking out MulletMans......... got it on repeat ....
Awesome work ... and the only entry so far to go with a major tonality..
Wonderful chord choice against the bass notes... beautiful stuff mate
The melody is perfect and beautifully played with the wah.
On first listen I thought the backup guitar was an organ part....... sounds like a fuckin Wurlitzer LOL. Are you using a Leslie speaker or maybe a Roto Vibe?
I'd love to know what you are using to get that sound, any chance you could enlighten me?
Brilliant entry...

GuitarFreak ... Loved it! Both parts but the first half in particular. Great playing and a fantastic tone. What you using there? Sounds like a Strat, but what pickups? Great entry!

Great entry Guitarfreak, loved the opening tone with trem, really dreamy, the second half too, lovely tone and playing, and brilliant use of both backers, excellent entry :yourock:
Big welcome to the forum too, and thanks for taking part :thumb:

Well,..I listened to everyones and have to say they are all really good a thought out. It's so funny that the backers are the same and everyones sounds different. What a comp this month,..just awesome!
Good luck to everyone!

Johnny

GuitarFreak ... Loved it! Both parts but the first half in particular. Great playing and a fantastic tone. What you using there? Sounds like a Strat, but what pickups? Great entry!
Thanks for the listen and the feedback. As for the axe i am using , it is an S470 plugged into a Line6 GuitarPort using a blues setting, of which i cant remember the name off the top of my head. The trem effect is post recording using Cool Edit Pro 2. The pup's are stock off the shelf i just tweak the height a tad to make em sound a bit less plastic, as most Ibanez can do. I was using the single/Bridge combination for that Strat tone.
Once again, thanx for the listen and feedback.

Great entry Guitarfreak, loved the opening tone with trem, really dreamy, the second half too, lovely tone and playing, and brilliant use of both backers, excellent entry :yourock:
Big welcome to the forum too, and thanks for taking part :thumb:

Thanx Avalon. I think you are the one to be thanked for such splendid BT's to work with. As most others have stated it is amazing how diverse the entries are given the fact there are only 2 BT's to choose from. I am glad i didnt listen to other entries before doing this or i would have been stymied. I dont know why the thought to use both BT's but when i pasted em together it was AMAZING, so i went with it after getting your approval of course.
Thanks again for the listen, the welcome and your feedback. This is a great Competition this month. I am glad i joined when i did.
Regards
Freak

P.S. will leave feedback on others later when i can listen more closely. Currently @ work and i cant crank it here.

Just checking out MulletMans......... got it on repeat ....
Awesome work ... and the only entry so far to go with a major tonality..
Wonderful chord choice against the bass notes... beautiful stuff mate
The melody is perfect and beautifully played with the wah.
On first listen I thought the backup guitar was an organ part....... sounds like a fuckin Wurlitzer LOL. Are you using a Leslie speaker or maybe a Roto Vibe?
I'd love to know what you are using to get that sound, any chance you could enlighten me?
Brilliant entry...


Cheers for the great feedback.

The 'organ' guitar is just a batch of fx, no Leslie or Roto Vibe - it's all in the settings. The ingredients include tremelo, auto wah, phaser (set to stun :lol: :rolleyes:), chorus and delay, with sprinkle of eq and compression to fine tune it. You can get a pretty similar sound out of just chorus, phaser and delay (which is what it started out life as - I tweaked it with the other fx as and when I aquired them). Stick it all through an amp with a smidging of gain for that excitable edge, add a splash of reverb and then use your fingers to pick the chords for a more pianoed feel. :D


Now your turn ;).... What's behind your creamy lead sound?

Hi GuitarFreak and welcome. :)

Just been listening to your tune. Neat thought to merge the backers - gives it a nice turn of pace. Me likes the first bit with the tremolo and that phasey thang at the end was ace. :D

Sadge, your track has such a smooth edge and yet it bites into you with a melody that will not let you rest until it is finished with its story. I loved the dual guitars as well.
Johnny, i have to admit i am not a fan of punk yet you turned this track into something i am still shaking my head over. Very intriguing.
SteveG's track is a totally different direction. Theres tidbits of punk and straight forward rock. The vocals really made this one come together.
Naifuzan's take on this was a bit sultry and quite refreshing. After most of the others have used the fast BT you used the Slow BT and made it work for you in every way possible. You even added some heaviness to it for good measure and kept that same groove going but added some balls.
Ukelele has a very 80's pop groove going on. I couldn't decide if it was more Pink Floyd meets Flock of Seaguls or what.. but it was quite interesting. MTV is waiting man.
Parker1963, you have a very cool Sabbathian riff going into the intro, i was expecting it to start really taking off then you hit in with your Talk Box and it just made it all work together yet you kept the same pace. Nice melody line with the use of the Talk Box.
I thought the Originality of Mulletman's track was awsome. Had a slow an sultry groove that made you want to kick back and melt into it. Made me feel as if i was tripping. Nice job.
This will truly be a hard one to vote on.

Nice Mart, much rather listen to that than a shredfest :D Great tone on both chord and lead work, and a well though out melodic piece all round.

9 entries and still time for more, this is going to be impossible to decide on!

Nice Mart, much rather listen to that than a shredfest :D Great tone on both chord and lead work, and a well though out melodic piece all round.

9 entries and still time for more, this is going to be impossible to decide on!

It really is, and all of them fully deserve to win, its a cracking month :)

Excellent entry Mart, it has that lovely Satch/Vai spacey vibe and i really liked the chord arrangement through out, lots of changes going on there, the tones, playing, just brilliant work throughout :thumb:

What a month we're having here, and just 1 more entry would take us to double figures, lets make it happen folks :rock:

Right with mine finished i wanted to take a listen to all of yours, so im typing as im listening to everyones entry :)

Sadge: loved the style you got going on in this mate , just wondering what it reminds me of but can't quite put my finger on it but i do love the arrangement of it and the tasty melodic playing :banana:

Johnny: definetly in your face punk like sounding from my cans here mate , captured the punk spirit in all its form and spirit , i was pretty suprised actually cos you wouldn't think Sadge and yourself are using the same bt , so excellent work on this :devilchil:

Steve: another punk like entry but well diffrent from Johnny's and full of your energy(even if you did have a cold) with great vocals n guitaring , suprised once again cos your using the same bt as Sadge, Johnny , and yet completely diffrent results but still capturing the punk spirit and sounding excellent mate :boobies:

Naifuzan: excellent work on this Naif , has like a moody come happy blues feel to it which works a treat , its interesting to hear how you approached the slow bt (as i saw you were the first to use it) , gotta say you put it to excellent use with some fine playing mate , just like Sadge, Johhny, Steve have with theres , phew this is gonna be a close comp this month and im only halfway through the entrys lol :naughty:

Ukelele: don't listen?? my arse lol and you did great work on this Tony , i loved the clean rhythm you had going on especially on the right side , plus who can't but admire your counting skills lol , haha lovely playing over this mate , this is what its all about , enjoying yourself :banana:

Parker: sweet Hendrix kinda feel to this mate , great rhythm work leading into the song with the ol talk box kicking in, lovely guitarwork throughout and a welcome suprise to add to your entry and i gotta say every entry so far has been diffrent and fantastic :devilchil:

Mulletman: lovely work on this mate , liked the clean but wah like lead you put into action on this , also liked the way you applied the rhythm with the floaty like arrangement , another enjoyable entry , ooh and welcome to forum mate :)

GuitarFreak824: i thought you used both the bts into one with style mate , the first part is kinda like easing you into the guitaring and then bam! it jumps into a diffrent tempo and shows the best of both from slow n fast tempo paces , lovely guitaring on this and welcome to the forum also mate :banana:

Well i gotta say with all the entrys everyone sounds fantastic and to think we all sound diffrent aswell :bowdown:
When Jam and i were working on the ideas for the themes we wanted them to be really freeform , so mission accomplished i think , well done again guys for all the excellent entrys , gonna be one of the hardest months of all time voting wise :chucks:

wow chaps! 10/10 for jam 'n marts backers getting everyones juices flowing!! :bowdown:

the entry thread is bulging with inspiration..ive heard floyd...dire straits..in fact every takes completely different from the rest, :banana:
hope this gets a good turn out from the voters..gonna be a tough pick.

regards,
jim.



Motorhead? I was going for Alice :lol: Best thing is that they are all so different, I cant wait to hear what everybody else comes up with, gonna be a good month! C'mon guys, get some in!!!

LOL! spooky reading that, i was gonna write your track as alice+lemmy!

Bahamut, i think your entry is spectacular. You used every second of this to make an audioscape that was breathtaking. Great job on the choice here. I liked the rhythm just layering in the background. The leads were quite lively yet soulful. Nothing wrong with this track man.

Bahamut, just listened to your track - top stuff. :thumb: Some great harmonics ya got going there and some wicked chord voicings. The meandering feel to the development of the track really helped that dreamy sound. I also thought it had moments of Satch, with a splash of Vai here and there. :D

Thanks fellas , yeah i thought Av made us some lovely freeform bts to work with so i just had some fun playing to these :devilchil:
Yeah ive been practising my tapped harmonics lately (im trying to learn some Petrucci / Morse styles) , its all good fun and thats the mainthing for me :devilchil:
Its gonna be a real close call this month tho with the votes , cos every entry is high quality in my book :bowdown:

Just started the epic listening on these fellas...Awesome job Bahamut, loved the lazy ans spacious chord work paired w/ the flowing Vai-like lead lines, that also sizzled at just the right points.

I'll try to get through them all in the next few days, adding some comments as I work my way through the list, and look forward to checking out how everybody approached this particular piece...

Checking out GuitarFreak824 now............
Nice work with the splice ! Love the tremelo tone on the slow part, and nice lick at 1.52 onwards, to take us into the fast section..
Lots of cool licks in here !! Great playing and tone on both Rhythm and Lead guitars throughout........
Excellent use of Av's backer once again

Listening to Marts....
Lovely playing and tone..... perfectly executed "touch" harmonics and Excellent whammy bar control displayed throughout....

Yet another superb entry......

....And Jeffery brings it to a nice round 10!

There's some great shredtastic stuff ya got in ya jammin' Jeffery - lots of techniques crammed into it. I liked those tapped runs - the first of them was wonderfully Satriani-esque - and sweeps are always a smirk. Top banana. :D

And we have a new record set, 10 entries :woot: , and an excellent entry Jeffery, lots of Satch in there, loved the tapping parts, really great use of that, and the tone and playing throughout, top draw, great work :thumb:

GuitarFreak824: LOL! Nice Floyd intro, then a mix of late eighties pristine happy vibe satch-ish soloing!! AWESOME rhythem in there too!

Mart: Vai all the way man! Way way cool!! Boy you know how to play that guitar! GREAT melodic playing.

JBL: Fuck! Eighties hair-spray stuff! And it sure KICKED ass man!! Loved them bends!

If I had the power I´d vote for ya´all for sure. Man, it´s a hell of a fun thing to see (morelike to listen that is) how different minds approach the same thing. :banana:

Just remembered that I had not checked out JBL's entry ... wow! So fast I could not follow it :lol: but clean as hell picking and melodic all the way. Another goodun. And a record on entries too :woot:

I'll be sure to check the entries this w/e!!
Just by the names on here, I am excited to load up my i-pod.

I thought this was very 80's-ish as well. Liked the sweeps and such.. quite good. Loved it man. ROCK ON

Man the backers for this really sound like a bit of fun..I wouldn't mind doin' somethin over 1 of em'.:banana: How long's left to go for this thing?

Man the backers for this really sound like a bit of fun..I wouldn't mind doin' somethin over 1 of em'.:banana: How long's left to go for this thing?

Last day today Mate, so hurry!!! Aint heard you play for ages :woot:

Cheers for the nfo Steve..maybe i'm too late though..been boozin' half the day now:dammit: Could always post it up somewhere else i suppose:)

You have all of tonight if you wanna put a entry in mate , we will close the entry thread and start the poll thread of tomorrow morning , so knock yourself out :headbang:

10 entries,all sweet.

Sadge-Sweet tone; very melodic and very good bends; very tasteful

Johhny-You have achieved and turned it intoa cool punk tune, very aggressive, and you did a good job with the mix

Gtr Freak-I got sucka punched; love the western flavor start than bam!!! like the legato lick at about 38 sec.

Mullet Man-Nice use of the wah, and the background vamps were sweet.

Bahamut-Dude this sent shivers up my spine very spacious Vai tone; you let the notes sing and really good taste and use of the w-bar-a rare art these days

Ukelele-cool vox; what I liked the most was the lead fills and the really cool rythmn backing you added

Steve G- Lemmy move over-tone was right for the song, so is there a message to the song lol; it was cool!!!!!

Naif-Whoo!! a composition! This was soulful, and loved the soul in this and the harmonized lines; like a cool MSG/Mettalica vibe-

All this was incredible-This is just a great month.
:banana:

Just listened to yours Jeff , lovely playing on this bro , some very tasty fast licks throughout and loved the way you hooked up the arpeggios in the mix of it all aswell , you put them to excellent use and didn't overuse them , sweet tapping work aswell , overall another fantastic entry :headbang:
Im really suprised that we have 10 entrys using the same two bts and not one of our entrys sound the same , brilliant !! :devilchil:

Just finished listening to the only two i have not heard yet.Jeff Bavo Lang and Bahamut's entry.

Two really Great entries.:banana:
JBL's had lightning fast runs ala Paul Gilbert in structure and solid solo tone and flowed really well with the fast pace of the backer.I also liked Bahamuts entry it was very spacious and i liked the harmonic pinches and different scales used as well.

Nice going guy's and good luck in the contest.:)

Park