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Nice guitar work there GT, KUDOS!

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You're the only other individual besides myself (and Steve Howe) I've ever heard attempt that tune Do you know The Clap too?
On the recording side, it's a bit muddy. On the delivery side, you have the notes down for the most part but the execution needs more drama. It's like you're running throught the notes just to get them out and not capturing the emotion of the song, ya know what I mean? But it's an ambitious tune to play. It took me the better part of 6 months to figure that one out. Good job.
 
Great job man! when i grow up, i'd like to play that song. Did you finger pick or use a pick? Oh, a note to other listeners, make sure you turn the volume back down BEFORE you play Walk, Don't Run. I nearly was blown from my chair.
 
excellent... I couldnt play that in 2 of my lifetimes.
I hear what Track is saying, but I could never play anything like that, so I thought it was sweet. I heard a crackle when it first started playing, but that might be my speakers...

liked it:cool:
 
I really enjoyed that. Brought back memories of my mis-spent youth. I was listening to see if you were going to leave anything out or water it down - wow - you did a great job.
 
Good job GT!, hard to remember all that stuff I bet. Recording is a litttle muddy as trackrat pointed out, bit of EQ I think could brighten (cut) it up a bit. The mp3 is distorted in lot of parts for me here.

Nice!
 
WOW thanks you guys!!

eyeslikefire,

Great Indian sounding name, or cut back on the fire water. Thanks for listening, glad you liked it.

Track,

Yeah, I allways wanted to record this one, but I had to work up the nerve.

I finally got to a degree, just within the last few days where I could go from he intro fan strumming intro to the lead fingerpicking, somewhat smoothly.

On the muddiness, I backed off a little on the 250 cycle attenuation that I use for finalization, since it was a solo guitar. Your right I should have left it in. Great ears!!

Your also right, about putting more feeling into it, I hope someday that more confident playing will allow. Also I recorded this on my electric, as I don't have a clasical.

Charva,

Glad you liked it! I used fingerpicking on this, I don't think you could do it with a flatpick. Yeah I had to keep the volume down, as clean guitar tends to be more dynamic, and I didn't use compresion.

B.SABBATH,

Thanks, I'm addicted to my guitar. You know the feeling, I don't mind the practice. I'm still like a little kid, with a new toy. That's the only way I can come close to playing half ass.

slkeen,

Thanks for the listen. I wouldn't know what to put in place of what Steve Howe put into this one, and wouldn't dare try.

Emeric,

How are you? It seems like there aren't as many of us homerecers from way back when around these parts anymore.

Right on, there is a lot to remember on this song, whew!

Yeah my recording process is still antiqueted, VCR to Computer sound card. As god is my wittness better gear is around the corner. I think it may be time. Thanks!!

GT
 
I feel stupid because I have never heard the original. But, I thought this was really nice work. The guitar has a Spanish quality to it, and I especially liked the fingerwork from about 1:40 on. The recording sounded good to me. The ending was sort of abrupt though. You are a very fine guitar player! Great job GT!

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Well done, GT. I'd really like to hear you do that on a spanish guitar.

Bob
 
Track Rat said:
On the delivery side, you have the notes down for the most part but the execution needs more drama. It's like you're running throught the notes just to get them out and not capturing the emotion of the song, ya know what I mean?
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Yup, I know what you mean: its too fast!!

Very nice Job GT, really nice playing, liked it a lot. 2 Suggestions:

1. Don't rush. Typical of all players, including myself, but when the notes get harder, you actually play faster.

2. I think you learned some notes incorrectly. I dont have this tune on CD, but I believe you have some notes wrong ( I think there are several A#'s where you play A, for example).

Other than that, good job.:)
 
Si, senor! Nice job.

Definitely an ambitious target.

My only complaint was the crackling on the recording which sounded like a POD overdriving the recording stage. And that reverb (I thought I heard a slow delay returning in the opposite channel?) that sort of washed out the sound. Occasionally it slid really nicely into the sound that I remember from them way back when Fragile was the album of the day.
 
langleyt & Buffalo Bob,

Thanks for the listen, and glad you liked it.

DavidK,

Very cool to have you listen to this song, considering you've played with Yes. Steve Howe is a genius on the guitar.

Suggestion 1. Really hit the nail on the head. This song really demands relaxed, and confident play, quite a challange for me.

2. You may be right about the notes, don't know.

BTW: Last time you played with Yes, did Steve play this song? If so, what did he play it on?

Doc,

Thanks for the download. Critique was right on the money.

For better or worse, I've promised myself a new multitrack, before I push the record button again.

This recording was made on a VCR, to original PC soundcard to Musicmatch mp3. Not a very impresive chain, huh?

I really should have recorded this with a clasical guitar. It wasn't quite right on my electric.

GT
 
GT said:
langleyt & Buffalo Bob,

Thanks for the listen, and glad you liked it.

DavidK,

Very cool to have you listen to this song, considering you've played with Yes. BTW: Last time you played with Yes, did Steve play this song? If so, what did he play it on?
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Yup, he played it, plus the Clap and something I didnt know (I know ALL the YES albums, maybe something new.) It sounded like a typical Classical Guitar; I wasnt on the stage at the time, we left when he did his solo set.
 
>For better or worse, I've promised myself a new multitrack, before I push the record button again.

Don't go all sonusman on us..... :D

There's plenty you can work on, even with that chain, that will improve your results on flashier gear when you get it, so avoiding that red button would be IMHO counter-productive.

Now- me I'm the sensible type. I'm gonna stand on my head and hold my breath until I turn blue or someone buys me a new muscle-machine with a sweet multi-tracking soundcard.
 
Right on Doc!

Even with great equiptment, you can't get away with running it in the red.

I was trying to eek out a little more volume, since it was fairly clean electric guitar.

I've found the cleaner the sound, the less compresion there is, as in drive=compresion.

I didn't use compresion, as the only compresor I have is the one on my pod, and I'm not that thrilled with it.

On the plus side, you can press record all you like on a VCR, and never have to worry about the high cost of memory.

If you do run out, there are plenty of memory tapes around the house gathering dust. Just rip of the lable, and the family will never know. I mean how many times can you watch ET anyway!!

Don't hold your breath to long, that only works with children. When an adult holds his breath and turns blue, people just laugh.

David,

I had one of there live albums, and Steve played Mood for a day on a twelve string, I mean come on, what has this guy got, hands of steel?!?

GT
 
Yup, that's a helluva workout. The fact that you can play it at all should help the confidence part. Now that you know you can play it, emoting a little more should come naturally.

Where in the chain are the overs? Are they on the original recording or was it introduced when transferring to the PC?
 
Buck,

Thanks, allways an honor to have you listen to one of mine.

pglewis,

Confidence for me on this one, seems to come with exact hand placement of my picking hand.

Fingerpicking can be weird, as to how and where you rest your hand.

I had to first find placement that gave me the most control, and then try to turn it into a habit.

As to the overs, I think Doc nailed it, Pod overdriving VCR, and maybe a little while making the mp3.

I was trying to get as much volume as posible, as the strumming part was quite a bit louder than the fingerpicking part, and I didn't want the mp3 level to be to low, you know how that goes.

GT
 
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