Recording Collective October task was:

October’s task is to play solo guitar. No overdubs, it’s got to be one guitar from finish to end. You can record more than one take obviously but the one you put up has to be a ‘live’ recording of you on guitar. No drop ins, no fiddly electronic stuff.

With this in mind I went for my archtop again and wrote a short melody which I then harmonized solo jazz guitar stylee.

Gear Used:

Guitar: Ibanez AF105NT -> Carvin Legacy -> Rode NT1A Condenser Mic

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

Just uploaded a video of me playing a small piece of my own called ‘Xenomorph’…WARNING there may be some tapping!

Gear Used:

Guitar: Ibanez RGA321 -> Carvin Legacy -> Rode NT1-A

Merry Christmas! and as it’s the tradition now , here’s a little festive recording.

Gear Used:

Guitar: Fylde Magician -> Rode NT1-A

It’s been a while since I did anything for the collective so after seeing the December task I thought I’d have a bash.

The December task was to:

Compose and play a piece that shows your true ‘guitar colours’. Your guitar playing in it’s best light. If your natural inclination is metal, do a metal piece, if it’s country, do a country piece. There are no restrictions at all. Do whatever you feel comfortable doing.

I woke up in the mood to record something so dug out some drum loops and came up with ‘Ronk’.

Not sure if it really is where I am musically at the moment but the idea of using cool beats and heavy guitar is something that I really like.

Gear Used:

Lead Guitar: Ibanez RGA321FSB -> Jim Dunlop Crybaby 535Q -> Carvin Legacy -> Rode NT1-A
Bass: Peavey Dynbass -> Ashdown MAG-C210T-200
Drums: Loops, forgotten which ones!

July 2006 Guitarist Recording Collective task enty.

The task was to take a supplied melody and create a whole song with it as a main theme.

I immediately thought of a ’spanish’ vibe and improvised around the main melodic theme coming up with ‘Scorchio! reflective of the ‘hot hot hot’ summer.

Gear Used:

Lead Guitar: Fylde Magician -> Shure SM58
Rhythm Guitar: Fylde Magician -> Shure SM58
Drums: Fxpansion BFD