Friday, April 3, 2009

Two more short(ish) demos

.....just to spam the blog some more with my recordings







..the second tune isn't an original, regrettably....rather, it's Satch's tapping extravaganza named "Midnight"

8 comments:

Anders said...

Hey, that's not spamming, gov.

I'm still impressed with how professional your recording sounds (even with the canned drummer), at least on my crappy PC speakers.

I really do think you're best when you play your own material*, and the firs tune is a perfect example of that. I enjoyed it.

*If only you could convert to acoustic slide... *sigh*

Wilhelm said...

Thanks, Chief

Didn't really think the first song was your bag, though. It's even got an evil title....

..and what's with the dissing of my drummer - will there be a throwing of hands at the usual place at the agreed upon time?

Anders said...

It's even got an evil title....

"Abel's brother"?
"Hellbound"?
"333, the number of the evil halfling"?
"Hellhounds on my trail"?
"Anders"?

..and what's with the dissing of my drummer

No, no. I meant to say he was canned heat. :-D

will there be a throwing of hands at the usual place at the agreed upon time?

Yeah, and if I'm not there, you know what to do...

Wilhelm said...

..music to crash your *high-end car brand from Western Europe* by

Abel's brother was a fantastic suggestion, albeit somewhat familiar :-)

Yeah, and if I'm not there, you know what to do...

Yeah >:-(

:-)

Anders said...

Well, just to elaborate on my previous point.

Independent on my musical taste or the composition, I often feel that your playing is better on your own tunes then cover songs (not dissing your cover songs at all). It's not "technically" better, but then it's not easy to pinpoint exactly what it is either. It may be the indefinable "feeling". You might be just a bit more relaxed when playing your own songs, or that you are a bit more confident, or what ever. Or it could just be that my ear is more keen on hearing something new then something old (but then, considering our taste in music, your cover songs are "new" to me in at least 50% of the cases as well).

Wilhelm said...

Independent on my musical taste or the composition, I often feel that your playing is better on your own tunes then cover songs.

That makes sense though - after all, my own compositions are tailored to my technical level, and is entirely based around my way of phrasing and choice of notes...

It may be the indefinable "feeling".

..yeah; that must be it ;-)

You might be just a bit more relaxed when playing your own songs, or that you are a bit more confident, or what ever.

..not so intimidating being measured against myself compared to how I measure up to Satch, Mike Romeo or YJM himself :-)

considering our taste in music, your cover songs are "new" to me in at least 50% of the cases as well

..so I should start passing off cover songs as original material is what you're saying? :-D

Anders said...

...is entirely based around my way of phrasing and choice of notes...

Do you choose your notes? I thought the idea was just to play as many as possible. You know, since they are played so fast that nobody can hear them anyway.
:-D

..so I should start passing off cover songs as original material is what you're saying?

Sort of yes. In general I'm not into metal bands like Night Stalkers, Bacchus, Navel Lint, Mentäl Retards or Fever Pitch, so you could easily pass their songs of as your own compositions. When I think of it, you might already do that.

Wilhelm said...

I thought the idea was just to play as many as possible. You know, since they are played so fast that nobody can hear them anyway.

...but it's important to end each run on a note suggesting an overall key of something harmonic minor.

In general I'm not into metal bands like Night Stalkers, Bacchus, Navel Lint, Mentäl Retards or Fever Pitch, so you could easily pass their songs of as your own compositions. When I think of it, you might already do that.

Night Stalkers used to be da bomb, but they sort of sold out after their fourth album, man