New recording for the Guitarist Recording Collective. September’s task was to:

Create something original which pays homage to one of your favourite guitarists.

So I quickly ( cramming in some time for the collective! ) came up with the following song, hopefully not too hard to work out who I am attempting to pay homage to

Gear Used:

Lead/Rhythm Guitar: Ibanez Jem 7VSBL -> Guitar Rig 2
Bass: Peavey Dynabass -> Guitar Rig 2
Drums: Loops from Computer Music Mag

The July task for the Recording Collective was to:

Make a piece of music involving a palindrome, where the second half of *something* is the reverse of the first half. This can be the main melody, the riff, the chord sequence, whatever you want… but something has to be palindromic.

I started by taking a repeating two bar chord change for the A section with a B section consisting of a set of descending chords.

For the second half of the piece, I reversed the B section then swapped the two chords around in the A section, ending up with a structure like:

[A] [B] [A] [B] [rev B] [rev A] [rev B] [rev A]

Basically a mirror image hence why I called it ‘Reflection’ .

Also opted to do some filming again and recorded myself laying down the main lead guitar part on camera :

Gear Used:

Lead/Rhythm Guitar: Ibanez RGA321 -> Guitar Rig 2
Bass: Peavey Dynabass -> Guitar Rig 2
Drums: Triphop Loops from eJay

Just finished off a quick recording for this Month’s Guitarist Recording Collective. This month’s task was to:

Solo piece, ensemble, vocal, fingerpicked, strummed, nylon, steel; whatever you like. Just try to keep it acoustic and the thought of Summer in your head.

Bit different this time, opted to film it!
So here it is, a little piece about a joyous bird… ‘The ‘Appy Sparra’:

Gear Used:

Acoustic Guitar: Fylde Magician -> Rode NT1-A

The Guitarist Recording Collective task for April was to:

You can play anything you like………………. anything, any style, any speed, absolutely anything…… except it must be done in an odd time signature, and by that I mean in a beat of 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 etc.
So, anything as long as there’s no 4/4…..!!! oh yeah, and no covers! everything has to be original thought!

I dug up some odd time signature drum loops and came up with something a bit more on the Rock side.

Gear Used:

Acoustic Guitar: Fylde Magician -> Rode NT1-A
Lead Guitar: Ibanez RGA321 -> Guitar Rig 2
Rhythm Guitar: Ibanez Jem 7VSBL -> Guitar Rig 2
Bass: Peavey Dynabass -> Warwick Blue Cab 20
Drums: Loops from some magazine DVD probably Computer Music

March 2007 Guitarist Recording Collective task was to :

“ take the song “Sleepwalk,” and do what you will with it. I mean it. Mangle the thing, take the ditty for a spin in a completely different genre, a new style, or a re-engineering old style. Above all, have fun with this well-worn tune.”

I’d been dying to get my archtop on a recording so this was the perfect chance . Went for a slightly jazzy-funky vibe on this one.

Gear Used:

Lead Guitar: Ibanez AF105NT -> Guitar Rig 2
Rhythm Guitar: Ibanez AF105NT -> Guitar Rig 2
Bass: Peavey Dynabass -> Guitar Rig 2/ Ashdown MAG-C210T-200
Drums: Fxpansion BFD