Jan 2016 Challenge Part I - Get your Jam on & Vote!

V8 · 2016-01-19T07:42:03+00:00

Thank you to all the entrants - I'm super stoked to see us chatting away in the initial challenge thread, please keep it going everyone! So when voting, I'm going to suggest you have your instrument at hand to jam along to the entrants and when casting your vote - perhaps think of not only on what you enjoy hearing, but also what you enjoyed jamming along to. Basically, cue up the track in your daw, find a loop that works and have some fun with it =D You got 5 days and 3 votes...go for it! Part II will be using these entries and hearing what you can do with it - At the moment I'm thinking...-> 1min, 4 tracks (excluding the loop you choose). Also thinking that if you don't use your own track, we can re-render the Part I entries w/o percussion so we have the flexibility of using our own rhythm section. EDIT : Added Eujean @ 09h00 19/01/2016 - I missed his entry...DOH! [b]BEGINNER[/b] [b]Hasie - Chillin’ in Jamaica[/b] http://guitarforum.co.za/gfsacomps/mp3s/Hasie.mp3 [i]BPM: 85 Key: G Major Fender Standard Strat -> Blackstar HT-5R -> Behringer UCA 222 -> Cubase AI LE 6 (Note that ASIO DirectX Full Duplex Driver does not work on Windows 10 - used ASIO4ALL) Drumkit: MT Power Drummer [/i] [b]Lu22 - Dance of the Ropefish (Part 1)[/b] http://guitarforum.co.za/gfsacomps/mp3s/Lu22.mp3 [i]BPM: 150 (not entirely sure as I messed up when exporting my percussion track) Struggle, pain, struggle, acceptance. This is a very basic riff, but it should sound much better when the lead is added to it. Can't wait for the next challenge. Recorded on my ESP LTD M-10, through a Yamaha THR10 and Audacity. Drum track (yes its just a kick I suck at drums) was created in Hydrogen and imported. [/i] [b]INTERMEDIATE[/b] [b]Wern101 -Way Back Track[/b] http://guitarforum.co.za/gfsacomps/mp3s/Wern101.mp3 [i]Track bpm: Uhm…I dunno. I Accidently deleted the media files after rendering. Luckily I had it on my phone, but I have no idea about the bpm. Between 80 and 100bpm? Ok so 40seconds was tight…mine is 45seconds…I basically used the MT Power Drum Kit with reaper and used some of the intro’s, presets and fills for the drum track. I then used power chords for the electric guitar rhythm part. The chords I used are: E5, B5, C#5 and A5. Effects used are only reverb on the guitar and drums. No 'loops' were used in the making of this backing track. First EVER drum track I did!! [/i] [b]Stoffeltoo - It's Plastic! [/b] http://guitarforum.co.za/gfsacomps/mp3s/Stoffeltoo.mp3 [i]BPM 120 ish Genre: Country rock (think CCR) I used the power drum kit with Cubase, sounded really cool! Bass recorded with Sanchez el cheapo controller through prodipe VSTi stand alone. Mix done in Audacity[/i] [b]Eujean - Untitled self title [/b] http://guitarforum.co.za/gfsacomps/mp3s/Eujean.mp3 [i]BPM: 140 This was a fun piece to do, I used my Rocksmith Cable, into Fruity Loops, and Amplitube 4. Didn't do too much mixing. The drum samples I got from a friend. This being my first challenge I think I learned a lot, but think I can learn so much more, so please point out what I should've done differently[/i] [b]ADVANCED[/b] [b]Tokyopop - White Lines on Cherry[/b] http://guitarforum.co.za/gfsacomps/mp3s/Tokyopop.mp3 [i]BPM: 120 This is the beginning of a longer song I've started working on. A C-bebop scale should (I think) work alright with most of this, but some of it deviates from that. [/i] [b]studmissile -Pick Up The Pieces [Backing Loop][/b] http://guitarforum.co.za/gfsacomps/mp3s/Studmissile.mp3 [i]BPM: 100[/i] [b]Meron Rigas - Stick8[/b] http://guitarforum.co.za/gfsacomps/mp3s/V8.mp3 [i]BPM: 94 I went for a bass line, as I wanted to give my new bass a run. Since I ain't a bassist, thought it would be easiest to bang out something familiar from my old band - in which I was apparently the bass player ::). No idea on the key - it starts on C (C, D#, G#, G are the four notes I'm bouncing around). All my guitars are in storage, so no chance to jam a lead...I think F Blues might work? [/i] (old forum) Poll Results: Jan 2016 Challenge Part I - Get your Jam on & Vote! Hasie: 2 Lu22: 8 Wern101: 3 Stoffeltoo: 1 Tokyopop: 7 studmissile: 7 Meron Rigas: 7 Eujean: 6

TokyoP0P

Meron Rigas wrote advanced group. Gotta admit, I thought Tokyopop would have walked away with that one easily - I really liked his track!

Thanks! But Eujean's has so much potential for melody and soloing. I reckon that will be the one I go for.

Hasie wrote I did not get any votes really, and I would thus like some feedback regarding my entry.

Was it difficult to jam to? Is the beat to weird? etc.
I want to learn from these challenges and honest feedback/criticism will be great. If you do not want to post your criticism/feedback publicly, you can PM me.

Thanks.

I liked it. Its a tad bit slow but that's so subjective, you'll find some think its just right for them. Otherwise I found with most of the entries I didn't quite "click" when I tried playing lead over it. Sometimes one gels with a tune, sometimes not. I find, at the moment at least, that Eujean's track allows for of lot of melodic options so I'll probably jam with that one.

Hasie

Thanks Tokyo.

wern101

Good questions Hasie. I would also appreciate if someone could crit my track?
Also, cant seem to download the tracks. (My tech brain is at home) Any suggestions?

V8

TokyoP0P wrote Thanks! But Eujean's has so much potential for melody and soloing. I reckon that will be the one I go for.

Ahh, I meant - from the three advanced entries, yours was the one I thought would get the most votes. Sure, there wasn't much space for another guitar - but I approached it from a bass playing POV, where there was loads of space for a line...beyond my skills atm - but I dug the phrasing! While you mentioned C be-bop scale, I find the root that worked for me was D? Not sure what scales/arpeggio's I was trying, I was just randomly throwing notes in there and seeing what worked.

Eujean's was the other one I had fun jamming a bass line to - I approached it with a tweak-esque punk-y vibe with some G major scale lines, I'm a fan of that kinda groove.

wern101 wrote Good questions Hasie. I would also appreciate if someone could crit my track?
Also, cant seem to download the tracks. (My tech brain is at home) Any suggestions?

I didn't get around to pulling out a guitar and jamming with the tracks - quite busy at work & my home adsl line has been down (and still is >☹). Finally had a day off yesterday and slept 12hrs! So I've been a bit slack on the general fedback thing :-[

To download - the easiest way would be to Right-click on the link and "save as"?

wern101

I can be such an idiot sometime. Turns out I already downloaded the one I wanted to use. Lol. thanks anyway.

If I may give some feedback on one or two of the tracks. I really enjoyed Eujean's track as there was variety to it, and pretty much up my alley w.r.t genre. it has a bit of a punk rock feel to it? maybe inspired by Blink182? or Sum41? That's kinda the vibe I got from it.

Lu22 - your track had a clean tone in the intro part which I loved. I can't quite place where/what it reminds me of, but I was immediately jealous of that tone. ?

But, I will not be using any of these for part II. I am gonna try my hand at using one of the base lines...and see what happens. For me it really is just about stretching my abilities at the moment, getting to know reaper, and experimenting with the different sounds I can create with my multi effects pedal. I haven't played with other instruments in over a year and am seriously missing it....

just hoping I am gonna find time this week to fit it in...

Good luck all.

TokyoP0P

Meron Rigas wrote
While you mentioned C be-bop scale, I find the root that worked for me was D? Not sure what scales/arpeggio's I was trying, I was just randomly throwing notes in there and seeing what worked.

Yeah you're right actually, the root is D.

D Blues Minor or D Minor fits I guess but according to GuitarPro's scale finder the C-bebop has all the same notes plus the extra chromatic stuff thats going on the backing track.

wern101

Hey Meron.

What notes did you use for your track? You mentioned somewhere that you think an F Blues scale might work?

Thanks.

V8

wern101 wrote Hey Meron.

What notes did you use for your track? You mentioned somewhere that you think an F Blues scale might work?

Thanks.

Here ya go : C, D#, G#, G are the four notes I'm bouncing around, with a little chromatic-ish run at the end of each loop (A#, B) . I thought F Blues/Minor Pentatonic might work as it has those notes (I think, don't trust me on theory!).

This was a song from the old band, the guitarist played a ska-ish rhythm using those chords and the bass just warbled around around that. We never did a lead, as he wasn't much of a lead kinda guy and since we coudln't find a bass player, I was kinda busy on the bass ?

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