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Music With Marky

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    Ripped My Guts Our Writing This One...

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    Good job, Mark.

     

    If it was me, I'd want the drums a bit less busy, and the cymbals on the chorus/refrain could lose a bit of the high end or get pulled down in the mix somewhat, but's all very subjective, matter of taste and all that.

     

    The song itself is very well written, I liked your guitar solo,and the instrumental performances are quite good. The video is really good, and after 10 years in video production, I know somewhat whereof I speak on video.

     

    Again, good job, Mark.

     

    Thanks for checking it out and adding your thoughts!

    Steve Vai coming to town

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    Steve Vai is booked into the Celebrity theater Jan 30, 2022. It is a nice medium sized room in the round down in Phoenix (maybe 30 miles drive). The wifey and her sister and I used to get comp tickets to all of the shows there. We knew a gal, that worked there, but that ended 10 or so years ago. I will probably not go, but it sure would be interesting to see him live. He is one awesome player.

     

    I loved his show at the PAC here. I'd recommend it!

    So I made a tune out of Back in Black

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    Great job Mark! I loved the dog too! :thu:

     

    I'm not near the player you are but I do have a theory on writing a song within a song. I have come up with a rhythm which is not found in the original on 3 or more songs that I play and sing. It inspires me to write my own lyrics as opposed to posting my version on YouTube or any other recording venue. Why give it away when I can create something new from something old? No one will recognize that I stole my rhythm and chords as long as I keep it as my little secret and not tell what song I got the idea from... :cool:

     

    Interesting. As I mentioned in the header to it, I did it all as part of a songwriting lesson. I wanted newer guitar players to realize that, just like learning other people's licks at first, you should learn other people's song structures and work from there.

     

    Thanks for checking it out!

    So I made a tune out of Back in Black

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    I hope it's cool to post this here. It's not go ads on it, although I do reference the lesson video which does. Anyway, I wanted to do a songwriting thing where I show how to use a famous song to make a template to write your own. The full song video for the final product is here:

    [video:youtube]

    New Single Out on Spotify

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    Had to sign up to hear the tune. I ain't doing that.

     

    I thought open Spotify was free. Ummm it's on Amazon and Deezer and a bunch others. Do you do any streaming stuff?

     

    My kids just gave a 1 year subscription to Spodify to my wife for her birthday. The cost was $99. I went to your link Marky and would have to sign up to watch the video/audio and would probably get a free trial. But I'm not willing to do that. I will never sign up for sites just to watch a video/audio. On a Facebook post, I will not be able to watch what people link to that site either...Your YouTube links are a better way to go IMHO. :cool:

     

    Hmm; I've already got Spotify for free; when I first went to that link Marky posted above, it prompted me to sign-up to register, even though I'm already registered- so I just opened Spotify from my shortcut, then refreshed the browser-tab I'd opened from Marky's link, signed-in to my existing account and then I was just able to play it.

     

    Dang that's a pain. I appreciate you went through the steps to listen!

    New Single Out on Spotify

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    Had to sign up to hear the tune. I ain't doing that.

     

    I thought open Spotify was free. Ummm it's on Amazon and Deezer and a bunch others. Do you do any streaming stuff?

     

    My kids just gave a 1 year subscription to Spodify to my wife for her birthday. The cost was $99. I went to your link Marky and would have to sign up to watch the video/audio and would probably get a free trial. But I'm not willing to do that. I will never sign up for sites just to watch a video/audio. On a Facebook post, I will not be able to watch what people link to that site either...Your YouTube links are a better way to go IMHO. :cool:

     

    Understood. =] I'll be posting a video for it in the next couple weeks and will share here for sure.

    Crazy, Unique New

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    Excellent info!!!

     

    I haven't played one of these slanted fret guitars yet. I get the concept although it occurs to me that one could simply use different gauges of strings to have the 6th string feel tighter and the first string looser, no?

    It's not so much about string tension- though that is a part of it- as it is, scale-length and the way that effects the ratio of fundamental-note to harmonic-overtones.

     

    The longer a string, the greater the amount of harmonic-overtones, including increased odd-order harmonic-overtones, as well as even-order harmonic-overtones. The longer the string, the more 'breathing room' there is to allow these overtone sub-divisions of the vibrating pattern to bloom and sustain and be heard along with or over the fundamental note.

     

    The shorter the scale-length, the more predominant the fundamental-note will be, with subtler overtones.

     

    For example, note the way that a Strat or Tele will have a twangier, wranglier tone, particularly on the low strings, less mud, more akin to the low keys on a grand piano; more harmonic-overtone 'swirl'. The treble-strings will be brighter, more biting, a bit thinner and edgier.

     

    Whereas shorter scale-length guitars like Les Pauls or shorter scale-length Fenders, etc., will have plonkier bass-strings, plumper mids, and rounder, warmer, fatter treble-strings- more fundamental, less overtones. Think, higher keys on a baby grand piano, or upright piano, as opposed to the grand piano.

     

    Or compare longer scale-length basses to short scale-length basses.

     

    These multi-scaled, fanned-fret arrays bring crisper tones with more harmonic overtones to their bass-strings, and rounder, warmer tones to their treble-strings than there would be if the design had the same scale-length for all of the strings across the fretboard.

     

     

    Though, yes, these also allow more appropriate string-tension for the lower strings, tuned very low; while allowing more agreeable tension for the higher strings, with less likelihood of their being prone to breaking when tuned up to pitch.

     

     

    The first thing that occurred to me is on the lower frets near the nut, pulling the low strings downward to stretch them will also cause them to become shorter since the frets are slanted and pushing the high strings upward to stretch them in the lower frets will make them longer. So you are accelerating the low string stretches and retarding the high string stretches. Something you will need to get used to.

     

    At the other end of the neck where it joins the body, the opposite is true. Pulling the low strings downward to stretch them will make them longer and pushing the high strings up to stretch will make them shorter. Another, different adjustment needs to be made. Have you noticed any difference similar to what I describe (which is just simple physics)? I've got the feel of my string stretching down, I just play and can do microtones, 2 step bends etc., reliably without any thought whatsoever. I might have to relearn my feels on one of these multi-scale necks.

    Not too different from when I went from a very short-scaled axe with a fixed bridge, to a Strat-stylee with a floating whammy; and THEN to a Les Paul! I really had to adjust my bending technique and feel!

    Crazy, Unique New

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    When I do the video review of this, the cover is going to be "I Like Love Ugly Things" and it'll be this guitar next to my pug. =] I have a couple guitars that only a select group of people consider pleasing to the eye and I'm okay with it. I have very unusual taste.
    Just not my cup~o~tea amigo, I didn't think it was ugly, just not my style.

     

    It's cool. My bandmates have been teasing me about it incessantly now. =] My skin aint thin a bit.

    Crazy, Unique New

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    No thanks on the tilted frets, and the color scheme. :wacko:

     

    When I do the video review of this, the cover is going to be "I Like Love Ugly Things" and it'll be this guitar next to my pug. =] I have a couple guitars that only a select group of people consider pleasing to the eye and I'm okay with it. I have very unusual taste.

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