[VOTE] GuitarTalk 3 Chord Challenge

V8 · 2019-02-04T09:36:15+00:00

Kicking off 2019, we've blues, country and some kinda pop song vying for your vote! Studmissile - Why I failed the 12th Grade 3 times Three Chords (D,A,G)...

[VOTE] GuitarTalk 3 Chord Challenge

studmissile

Thanks Meron, I'm trying to find any excuse to play slide these days.

Yeti: Good solid blues track and playing. Thoroughly enjoyed the witty one-liners, very clever. Uncomfortably true.

V8: Catchy riffage, very cool tone and crisp playing, worth exploring. Loved the mix but theoretically that's 6 chords? ?

Nice one guys.

V8

studmissile theoretically that's 6 chords?

Guilty as charged.... ? But the min->maj modulation sounded too good to pass up...so let's call it a 2x3chord song. Though even worse....after recording and mixing I realized I only play a actual chord once...1m:01s coming out the little moshy bit. ?

But I'm sticking that one into the bank if I ever need a bubblegum song - can see that being fun to play with the right vocals.

guidothepimmp

studmissile i thought you done a great job with the slide playing. Well done.. did you use any alternate tuning? Or standard?

studmissile

guidothepimmp Thanks, standard tuning . Haven't got my head around alternate tuning yet.
I recall reading somewhere Duane Allman also used mostly standard tuning so I'm in good company. ?

V8 Great riffs, lots of possibilities.

domhatch

ok chaps, this is probably one of the toughest votes i've EVER had to make.

i have to say my favourite is, quite simply, 'mouse.' just love the simplicity, the vocals are a nice touch - my style abso-freakin-lootly.

'blues in em' is a great little track and the comments so far, well, there's not much i can add. same for 'why i failed.'

as for who i voted for; we'll have to wait n see. great contributions all round...

well done to all y'all!
dh|

V8

Golllyyyy - 6 votes a pice and we are drawn - seldom happens...but I think it's a worthy result all round!

I thought @Yeti had a more listenable song with the clever lyrics, but @studmissile's use of slide to get every gram of chordy goodness outta his tune swung it for me (we are a guitar forum...sometimes...?)

What's next? I think I'm gonna try and open it up to suggerstions on that whatsapp group - failing that,@Yeti and @studmissile can debate (again) what we can try. It's worked so far!

studmissile

Nicely played gentlemen.

V8 good idea regarding the whatsapp group.

My 5 cents: I was thinking along the lines of another showcase to see what people are up too or working on, band participation included?

Yeti

Thanks @V8. A draw is a surprisingly satisfying result here. ?
Got to agree with you though, this is a guitar forum, so my vote is very firmly for Stud. I really enjoyed that slide playing... going to have to give it a try some time.

V8

studmissile good idea regarding the whatsapp group.

We'll see...yesterday there were a few ideas - shreddy challenge from @guidothepimmp, @Yeti was thinking a group collaboration. We'd agree to genre & tempo and let the creativity flow from there

I'm not against a group collaboration (or even two going head to head). One holdup would be someone mixing and kinda producing the efforts. Though, Instead of one person mixing - maybe we use a online daw like bandlab or soundnation - there'll be limitations - but it'll be a interesting experiment?

Yeti

What I had in mind was more of collaboration than a challenge per se. I quite like the idea of each contributing some the components and then seeing how the different people put them together to make a song.

That said, a group challenge could be a very cool idea.

Yeti

Had a thought for a future theme... folk songs.
So I'm thinking folk songs from any tradition redone in a different genre... metal, country, jazz, whatever.
Inspired by the Thin Lizzy and Metallica versions Whisky in the Jar.

V8

Yeti Had a thought for a future theme... folk songs.

Happy to run - though I'll probably sit that one out, dunno any folk songs!

I did think about starting a bandlab collaboration for us to mess around on, but the riffs I thought of need some work, been struggling to get a decent feel this week - not enough practice!

V8

Wellll, we ain't got many idea's for the next one...

Had a thought - how about leveraging learning(s) by 'Cover something in the style of you' - using the garage day's list as a start?

Garage Days Song list (https://community.guitartalk.co.za/d/27074-garage-days-5-garage-days-vs-predator/29)

Ain't no Rest for the Wicked - Cage the Elephant 
Plush - Stone Temple Pilot Running Wild - Airbourne
Slow Cheetah - RHCP
Eyes of the Panther - Steel Panther
Hells Bells - ACDC
Holiday - Green Day
Summer of 69 - Bryan Adams
Give Me One Reason - Tracy Chapman
Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen
 Just Got Paid - ZZ Top/Joe Bonamassa
 Down in a Hole (Unplugged) - Alice In Chains