"Bad Attitude" - A "live in the studio" video clip from my upcoming solo album

PJH

Hi everyone,

Just finished shooting and editing the first video from my solo album. The video was shot "live" in the studio during recordings.

Guitars were played through a Marshall TSL and miced with an SM57.
Drums - Gretsch Catalina Kit
Bass - DI into a Bass Pod
Keys - Mainly soft synths

The link: =

For best audio and video quality, please selct 480p in the player settings.

Hope you enjoy,

Cheers,

Peter.

IceCreamMan

:goodtimes:

Awesome

MH

0:35 MORE COWBELL
nice one Peter.

ryanguit

Loved the blues harp or whatever it's called... Peter play more! More! MORE! Just feel the video is too drawn out for YouTube so most people watching will leave before it gets really interesting. tone was amazing and playing was great though so maybe people will wait it out... I did... Respect

PJH

Thanks for watching and your comments guys.

@ryanguit - I hear what you're saying but I have to say it was a really fun track to record. The blues harp was added after the initial recordings were finished and some space was made in the track for him. Yes, I realise that a lot of viewers won't make it to the end but hopefully they'll get into it and before they know it, it'll be over.

Thanks for the comments, though.

Cheers,

Peter.

domhatch

very cool. i agree that some folks might find it a bit repetitive - the general public, perhaps. thankfully, the general public is not (i imagine) your primary audience, because this is a great track. really good playing, loved the interplay between the strat and the paul, and to my mind you showed off the bite and sting of the strat, contrasting that with the warmer 'bucking driven tone of the paul.

your drummer - larry? - was very cool. nice and tight but not too intense, fun to watch now and then, laid down a good beat. do you guys play together often - you as bassist? thought the rhythm 'section' gelled well. you clearly enjoy yourself on the bass as well.

i see you mention the harp was added in afterwards. well, it doesn't feel like an afterthought to me. there's enough room, and it feels like the time is right in the track. and the guy playing is nasty. in a good way. i'd give me left, well, you know, to play like that.

i watched an listened at 480, but i'd still like to hear it at a higher res. it sounded like a good mix - space for everything, and everything in the right place. the only thing i didn't hear much was the keys, but that's probably a good thing, you don't want them getting in there and muddying things up. was also listening on headphones - albeit relatively decent ones - on my laptop, so not entirely in ideal conditions.

the only thing i have to complain about is that you have once again ignited in me the determination to convince my wife to let me obtain a les paul. i thought i'd squished that bug. but alas...

good stuff peter, really enjoyed it.
dh

PJH

domhatch wrote: very cool. i agree that some folks might find it a bit repetitive - the general public, perhaps. thankfully, the general public is not (i imagine) your primary audience, because this is a great track. really good playing, loved the interplay between the strat and the paul, and to my mind you showed off the bite and sting of the strat, contrasting that with the warmer 'bucking driven tone of the paul.

your drummer - larry? - was very cool. nice and tight but not too intense, fun to watch now and then, laid down a good beat. do you guys play together often - you as bassist? thought the rhythm 'section' gelled well. you clearly enjoy yourself on the bass as well.

i see you mention the harp was added in afterwards. well, it doesn't feel like an afterthought to me. there's enough room, and it feels like the time is right in the track. and the guy playing is nasty. in a good way. i'd give me left, well, you know, to play like that.

i watched an listened at 480, but i'd still like to hear it at a higher res. it sounded like a good mix - space for everything, and everything in the right place. the only thing i didn't hear much was the keys, but that's probably a good thing, you don't want them getting in there and muddying things up. was also listening on headphones - albeit relatively decent ones - on my laptop, so not entirely in ideal conditions.

the only thing i have to complain about is that you have once again ignited in me the determination to convince my wife to let me obtain a les paul. i thought i'd squished that bug. but alas...

good stuff peter, really enjoyed it.
dh

Thanks, domhatch,

Yep, my audience is mainly gtr players and other musos but having said that my previous solo instrumental album did very well for and gave me the enthusiasm to record my second one.

It is a riff based track and the groove kind of carried it along.

Larry plays with me in Clint & Co. He's been in the band since August 2009 so we do go back some time. I do enjoy playing bass but obviously if our previous bass player (Mike Dorea) was available he would have played on the entire album. He has since moved from Joburg to Cape Town.

I am in the process of recording two more videos from the album and will put them onto DVD as well. Yes, unfortunately Youtube does have it's issues with quality, synch etc. The originals do sound and look a lot better than the ones on Youtube.

I would suggest that you stop procrastinating and go and buy that Les Paul... you know you want to...

Cheers,

Peter.

PeteM

Very nice Peter. :applause:

Manfred-Klose

Well done Peter. i enjoyed it and all the planning that went into the video part as well.

Now do some more !!!!!

AlanRatcliffe

Good Stuff Peter. I'm one of those who always appreciates a good groove, riff or melody more than a solo, so I have no problems with the lack of six string shreddery scattered all over the track.

Well recorded and mixed too - maybe even a little too good for a rock track. Purely subjective opinion and personal taste though - there's nothing wrong with it. I just like a bit more rawness and noise in rock. Not more guitar distortion, but maybe a little crunch on bass and drum buss and a little less compression overall.

My only real complaint would be lack of development in the groove - I would have liked to hear a few more variations on it.

shaundtsl

I really enjoyed that! Well done Peter.

OneDayClint

GROOOVVVVY! Nice 1 Peter. ? Is there going to be vocals on this?

Tokai-SA

I still think the "Clips for review" section should rather be called, "Member Videos and Sound Clips".

Or, why not have two separate sections, one for "Reviewing" clips, where members are asking for a critical review in order to better themselves as musicians or in the studio scenario, and another section for Professional members who announce the release of their albums by posting a video or sound clip.
I don't think full time professional musicians announcing the release of their albums are really expecting an instant "review".
That's just my opinion, I could be wrong.

Anyway.
I listened to the entire album twice the other night, I was super impressed, lots of melodic guitar soloing, great songs and super guitar tones....love the keys/synth work as well...a great Classic Rock instrumental album.
What a bonus to have the great Larry Rose on drums.

All the best with the CD release, Peter, hope it sells like crazy...looking forward to some more videos.

PJH

OneDayClint wrote: GROOOVVVVY! Nice 1 Peter. ? Is there going to be vocals on this?

Thank you for the comments guys and for taking the time to watch it.

@Clint - no the album is an instrumental album. It has quite a bit of variation on it. This track was a kind of riffey, groove based idea.

Cheers,

Peter.

domhatch

PJH wrote: I would suggest that you stop procrastinating and go and buy that Les Paul... you know you want to...

would that it were solely about procrastination. i'm scratching and saving. and grovelling. the only procrastinating i'm doing is around whether or not to sell my prs to fund the lp - and have some funds left over towards a li'l two channel like the soon-to-be-released-locally sl-5.

i've kinda 83.56% made up my mind. i'll play it again a few times before going all the way...

in the mean time, you keep on keepin' on. this is really cool stuff.
dh

PJH

Joe Moore wrote: Great track !

So Peter , Whats going on in the fx ? especially in the drive department.
Is that all the amps drive ? ....,Your pedalboard ? , .... Studio fx ?
Btw folks , Crank up the volume ! That's what you hear in a live performance . An extremely tight , skilled band in all respects.
"Off the Edge" did a rare live gig last year , at Tanz Cafe (more live gigs please!). The place was filled to capacity . It was awesome ! 8)

Hi Joel,

Thanks for your comments.

The amp is as clean as can be. I played into the clean channel of the TSL and the only distortion is coming from the Crunchbox. I swear by that pedal. It's my go to distortion pedal.

The Strat was played straight into the Marshall also on the clean channel with the volume really cranked.

Regarding Off the Edge - we had booked the Tanz for another series of gigs along the same lines as before but unfortunately the Tanz has now closed down. If we can find another venue similar to the Tanz we'll definitely do another Off the Edge gig. We had a lot of fun doing the whole original thing.

Cheers,

Peter

Rescator

Hi Pete,
Fantastic music and sound .

It's sad news that Tanz cafe is closed down .
Probably my most favored venue in SA in the terms of live music .

Its better to believe me, in my country one can find live music venue on each 100 meters .... :?
Looking forward to see you in live again , keep us informed about another venue...

Cheers,
Zoran

George-Engelbrecht

Awesome stuff, really enjoyed the vibe!

Glad to see this level of pro from someone in SA.

PJH

George Engelbrecht wrote: Awesome stuff, really enjoyed the vibe!

Glad to see this level of pro from someone in SA.

Thanks George,

Much appreciated,

Cheers,

Peter.