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Hey guys.

Links didn't work when I wanted to play then on my cell. Once I went on the PC the links are just fine, well, the player that is.

Loved the entries. such variety!! Completely awesome.

Sadly I am on the road till Sunday so won't be able to jam along to any of these. :'(

Well done people! You are all very talented musicians!

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I can always provide the track without the intro and outtro drums I used to round off the entry.

Sweet entries! Looking forward to seeing the end results.
Actually wanted to do a bass line myself, but my bass (it's a Cort so no surprise) decided it would rather be a bee, and I didn't have time to take it in.

Plucksim! There are some good stuff here! Well done and thank you to all the entrants ?

Some very nice stuff there. Will definitely spend some time this week jamming over some of these

Apologies to all for the teething troubles with getting the entries in & up. My first attempt at ftping to GFSA, creating a poll for voting and setting up the voting thread - it'll be smoother from here on (I hope :-[)

The issue with google axing the gfascomps account caused Eujean's entry to get lost in translation - entirely my fault! I had a feeling that there was eight entries, but didn't check GFSA Pm's for a few days and his entry got left out of this morning post.

But I have added him in the intermediate group (hey, you left it up to me Eujean... ?) and added him to the bottom of the voting list (I couldn't re-order the list without losing the votes cast). Please have a listen to his track and - as always - your feedback is muchly appreciated on all entries...!

This is some great stuff. I am going to enjoy trying to jam to these tracks.

Since I have some OCD and my brain farks out when I don't know the key or chords of the track, can I ask that everyone post either the key/notes/chords they were using?
It will help me a lot to figure out what to play with it. :-[

Great stuff, such brilliant entries and wonderful to hear some new members!

Hasie wrote: This is some great stuff. I am going to enjoy trying to jam to these tracks.

Since I have some OCD and my brain farks out when I don't know the key or chords of the track, can I ask that everyone post either the key/notes/chords they were using?
It will help me a lot to figure out what to play with it. :-[

Key of C [I'm working on an A Minor and C Major Pentatonic Scale solo]

F C F G some D's in-between- enjoy

Think a medley would be a great idea Ian! I am not great at mixing so we'd have to leave that to V8....?

Fwoah! Great turnout! Decisions, decisions...

Hasie wrote: It will help me a lot to figure out what to play with it. :-[

Jamming (Improvization) is a great way to improve listening skills - My short cut is finding a note (by singing it) that sounds like it fits throughout the progression/loop (it's a like a drone note), find it on the fretboard, consider that the root and work out other notes that work from there. You can, of course, apply scale knowledge once you got a root to work from and then forget the root and get all jazz on it too. My hero (Victor Wooten) reckons play rhythmically 1st and worry about the notes later - applies more to bass, but I apply to leads and it works for me ?

wern101 wrote: I am not great at mixing so we'd have to leave that to V8....?

Haha, thanks for that - mixing is definitely not my strength. I'll defer to Adrian, who's Dec entry was insane - 5 genres, 10's of instruments and smooth like butter. Dammmnnnnn, that man has skillz 8)

Thanks V8. Iain showed me during yesterdays lesson more or less what you just told me. I tried it on a few songs, and if it is not some obscure key, it is not that hard to figure out. It will just take some ear training.
I searched in semitone increments until I found a note, then worked around that in semitones and listened what fit and what not. Then figured out which chord shape it is and from there you can get the key.

If the music has some serious fuzz on it, I really struggle doing that.

Power chords (yes I am lazy), with subtle variations to the following progressions:

B, G, B, A
C, G, B, G, E
C, G, B, G , A

The first chord in the progression on the A string, the rest on E

Quick Question?
May I change key and BPM to splice songs for smooth transition?

Stoffeltoo wrote: Quick Question?
May I change key and BPM to splice songs for smooth transition?

I don't know what comp "rules" state. I guess it will also have to be approved by the "composers" of said backtracks.

Me and Lu22 will be jamming to some of these tonight, with some beer in the mix as well. :goodtimes:

Hasie wrote:

Stoffeltoo wrote: Quick Question?
May I change key and BPM to splice songs for smooth transition?

I don't know what comp "rules" state. I guess it will also have to be approved by the "composers" of said backtracks.

Approved. Unless I can get a Dean Razorback out of the deal, then I want a Razorback first. XD.