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As I was trying to write this track I got to one part where I wanted about 8 bars of a really outside melody thing, so I put down like 32 bars of rhythm to go by and played to the whole thing. I ended up liking it all so now I have a bunch of shit to widdle down so I can record the rest of this...

I'm working on some oddball fusion type of stuff and I've been going for a more realistic drum sound. I've been listening to cats like Virgil Donati nonstop for a few weeks and trying desperately to get it to rub off on my drum programming! I'm pretty happy with this short piece of programming...

This song was basically created as an experiment...trying to find a way to get from the total cheese riff at the beginning to the 13/16 hoedown at the end without sounding stupid. I had those two riffs recorded seperately and I said "I'm going to put these together somehow." Anyway, it was...

So I've been working on some sort of metal / progressive instrumental stuff. So far I've just got a few 30 second or 1 minute pieces of music that I have yet to string together. I thought I would post one of the clips that I'm pretty fond of and maybe get some opinions on the music. Of course...

I crammed some Vintage 30's in my Marshall cab and it made a dramatic difference in the tone versus the G12T-75's I removed...so I decided to revisit the 57 vs. I5 comparison to see how they reacted to the tone I was getting. The amp is a 5150 II with a MXR Wylde overdrive in front for a clean...

I redid these two tracks this weekend to get them a little more consistent because I'm getting them put on a death metal compilation CD that is going to be released on a small label. It's not much, but it's something! I was going for a little more brutal sounding mix than before and a little...

I've recently decided that I must have one of these amps after hearing John Petrucci's live tone the other night. I've also heard that these things are amazingly versatile. Is that the consensus around here? Go ahead, contribute to my gear lust!

Buy all of this stuff right now. M-Audio Tampa - excellent condition - $250 Marshall VS100 100 watt head - $300 Behringer "Composer Pro" compressor - $50 Jackson SLSMG neck thru soloist. Satin black, with EMG HZ pickups - with Jackson hardshell case. - $450 Looks like this: This guitar...

Here is another track of utter grimness. Lead guitar is vomit worthy and I meant to mute it before I mixed this down last night - but I forgot. I'll be recording a proper solo and vocals soon. I just wanted to share. www.themetallab.com/files/TORTURED-CONFESSION.mp3

Yesterday was the first time I've been able to work on this mix for a while. These are my former bandmates, and the drummer who was a dear friend of mine passed away suddenly a couple weeks ago during a show. Anyway, all the drums were thankfully finished, and most everything else is finished...

I'm seriously considering diving headfirst into building my own tube amp(s). I've picked up a decent book on the subject, and I've been lurking over at 18watt and AX84 for a little while. I'm very confident in my ablity to pick up new things, and I'm starting to think this would be a fairly easy...

My five month old daugher seems to like watching me play the guitar, so I wrote this song for her this weekend and got a few big smiles...it's the best audience I ever had! I didn't spend much time on it, so maybe I'll do a nicer version later, but what do you guys think of this one...

Watch this Dragonforce fans....or non-Dragonforce fans. ;) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSNLfa1VPwo

I was always basically happy with my Digitech Digidelay. I don't use any extravagant delay effects, just a simple set and forget for lead guitar tones. Last night the thing just refused to work anymore. I've since convinced myself that I never even liked the damn thing that much to begin with...

This is a band I'm working with lately. I have yet to record their guitar solos or vocals because we've been having some delays getting them back in the studio, but I've been trying to get a mix ready up to that point just to hopefully save some time. What do you guys think of the mix so far...

(If this is a duplicate thread...sorry) Anyway, I revamped the last song I recorded and added some vocals. I also re-recorded the guitars. What do you guys think? www.themetallab.com/files/VIRUS.mp3

Well, I didn't really get any takers for my Death Metal collaboration, so I ended up writing the guitar parts myself :D . I recorded this a couple weeks ago actually, but I thought I would go ahead and post it since nobody else has done anything with it yet. I'll probably record some vocals...

I'm not sure I'm comfortable calling something that I do jazz....but it seems to fit...somewhat. Maybe somewhere in the fusion teritory? Anyway, this is a little ditty I'm working on. Nothing is really finalized, and I plan to redo most of it once I work out the melodies and lengthen the whole...

This is the thread in which all the sickos need to come together to create the ultimate steamroller, eye gouging, vertebrae crushing, entrail quilt knitting, toe nail peeling, face rasping death metal tune in honor of Purge's spitting in the collective face of misfortune and grief! Can I get a...

Pretty much every night I fire up some random preset on the shitty Zoom drum machine and play to it until I get sick of it. Last night I decided to record this and here's what I came up with. A boring ass monotonous rhythm track and a bunch of guitar playing to go with it. It's way too long...