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by VikingBlues
Sat Aug 21, 2010 2:14 pm
Forum: Backing Tracks
Topic: D Minor Blues by Althrax
Replies: 19
Views: 53631

Re: D Minor Blues by Althrax

So here goes, with a bit Californian white...you know,,, ok wine. Timing sucks, but my 1st post here is this. Please don't hammer me with a sledge :lol: No sledge or hammers needed Pena. Some good note choices. Very bluesy bends and phrasing. :thumbsup: I have the impression the recording was going...
by VikingBlues
Sat Aug 21, 2010 7:43 am
Forum: The Blues Room - Your Songs
Topic: Two Chord Challenge
Replies: 21
Views: 21057

Re: First listen... first take

Ok, This is is in a major keyl, which is totally my nemisis. :whistle: Anyway... this is a first listen, first take totally cold attempt. I downloaded it, plugged in my line6. and this is the result. I could have shined it up for ya'll, but I thought some insight into how blindboy approaches someth...
by VikingBlues
Fri Aug 20, 2010 11:10 pm
Forum: The Blues Room - Your Songs
Topic: Collabs Reminder !!
Replies: 1
Views: 2768

Collabs Reminder !!

Just a reminder, there's two stalled collabs on the gp - "Rollin' & Tumbling" (TheMammals+BluesRiff2 after Vikings part), and "Jazzy Boosa Nova" (Bossacollab3 after ElManos part). :wave:

Anyone fancy a go?? :icon_whoknows:
by VikingBlues
Fri Aug 20, 2010 11:01 pm
Forum: The Blues Room - Your Songs
Topic: Popping up
Replies: 3
Views: 4785

Re: Popping up

Now there's a really nice interesting looking guitar. :thumbsup:
by VikingBlues
Fri Aug 20, 2010 8:49 pm
Forum: Backing Tracks
Topic: G Major Pentatonic (Two chord challenge)
Replies: 4
Views: 8498

G Major Pentatonic (Two chord challenge)

A challenge! Make an interesting musical number from just two chords. :dance:

download/file.php?id=232
by VikingBlues
Fri Aug 20, 2010 8:43 pm
Forum: The Blues Room - Your Songs
Topic: Two Chord Challenge
Replies: 21
Views: 21057

Two Chord Challenge

Anyone fancy a challenge.... Like making an interesting musical piece out of a G minor pentatonic teaching BT that just consists of two alternating chords. :yikes: There's some nice playing on the BT and some good resonances - I'm getting itchy fingers, and notes singing in my head as I listen to it...
by VikingBlues
Fri Aug 20, 2010 8:35 pm
Forum: The Blues Room - Your Songs
Topic: The OCD Blues
Replies: 2
Views: 3752

Re: The OCD Blues

Oh man - you sure have the blues in what you play!! :bb: Love the tone - and I've got a sneaking regard for Telecasters - I think thy're great blues machines - very unfair they get labelled as twangy things just for country music. Sounds like you've found a good responsive OD too - that's a rarity. ...
by VikingBlues
Fri Aug 20, 2010 8:28 pm
Forum: Guestbook, Site News, Admin Notes, Forum Rules
Topic: 12bar album
Replies: 25
Views: 29787

Re: 12bar album

This is a great idea 12 bar - but judging from the number of responses already maybe you'll need 12 albums of 12 tracks!! :big_smile: I wouldn't tend to volunteer to put up a new piece as I know the pressure of knowing what it was for would be damaging to my playing and performance. This is why I st...
by VikingBlues
Fri Aug 20, 2010 8:13 pm
Forum: The Blues Room - Your Songs
Topic: Popping up
Replies: 3
Views: 4785

Re: Popping up

I'm sometimes glad when I hear of problems like this that I only have a few guitars, although just 3 can be more than enough for deciding what to play sometimes. :think: I'm not a rock and roll player so I don't think I'm a good candidate for advice on teh R&R gigs. But if the "SG Built in ...
by VikingBlues
Fri Aug 20, 2010 8:01 pm
Forum: The Blues Room - Your Songs
Topic: Little sister's lunchbreak jam
Replies: 2
Views: 3979

Re: Little sister's lunchbreak jam

Thanks VB for remebering me of the Altrhax Dm BT :) You're welcome - it's a really good one isn't it. I was studying @ home and wasn't hungry so I connected Little sister to my mixer and jammed away. Added a little reverb and some compression, coded to mp3 and uploaded here :) http://12bar.de/commu...
by VikingBlues
Thu Aug 19, 2010 10:54 pm
Forum: Gear
Topic: Little sister arrived
Replies: 20
Views: 17234

Re: Little sister arrived

Yup - that's whetted the apetite. :thumbsup: A steel string acoustic to me only has in common with an electric guitar the steel strings. Everything else is different and, I find, more difficult. Take your time and get into the playing style it needs - we can wait and we can drool in anticipation. :d...
by VikingBlues
Thu Aug 19, 2010 7:04 pm
Forum: Backing Tracks
Topic: D Minor Blues by Althrax
Replies: 19
Views: 53631

D Minor Blues by Althrax

This is the BT for the Bad Day blues piece I posted on the forum - I love the tones and colourings on this one.

Althrax was recommended to me on this forum by LzyBlue.

I'd be most interested to hear some othertakes on it.

download/file.php?id=228
by VikingBlues
Thu Aug 19, 2010 6:59 pm
Forum: The Blues Room - Your Songs
Topic: Bad Day Blues Dm
Replies: 18
Views: 15674

Re: Bad Day Blues Dm

Only just listened to this VB and well done, nice bit of creation :thumbsup: You've fitted the guitar part to the BT real well .....Like the BT too ( any chance of it ending up in the BT section ?? and who/ where are Althrax......I thought it was Anthrax when I first read it !! :D ) Plenty of Melan...
by VikingBlues
Thu Aug 19, 2010 5:54 pm
Forum: The Blues Room - Your Songs
Topic: Bad Day Blues Dm
Replies: 18
Views: 15674

Re: Bad Day Blues Dm

Thank you gentlemen. That's a strong body of opinion from four players I have huge respect for. Interesting point 12bar about the mood - I think the extra large glass of wine was fuelled by the same mood as the music. As they say here in Scotland "I wasnae fleein'". Nowhere near the drunk ...
by VikingBlues
Thu Aug 19, 2010 5:22 pm
Forum: Gear
Topic: Little sister arrived
Replies: 20
Views: 17234

Re: Little sister arrived

Strummer07 wrote:can't wait to hear a snippet or two !!
Me too, me too. :banana:

If she sounds even half as good as she looks we're in for a treat! :drool:
by VikingBlues
Thu Aug 19, 2010 6:42 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Activate Your Brain
Replies: 2
Views: 3694

Re: Activate Your Brain

:music2: It's no wonder that there are so many smart folks on this site.... Hmmm - not sure if this category fits :icon_whoknows: , BUT .... In a study of brain function during different activities, listening to music scored high, but playing an instrument was the single most active thing your brai...
by VikingBlues
Wed Aug 18, 2010 8:55 pm
Forum: The Blues Room - Your Songs
Topic: Collab Amazing grace
Replies: 26
Views: 26423

Re: Collab Amazing grace

Wake up folks... Gerd posted some beautiful music Ooops - I must have nodded off there and wasn't paying attention. WAKE UP VIKING!!!!! :yikes: Beautiful playing indeed - that tone that Gerd caught is exquisite - and that slide work thrown in too. :clap: :clap: And the collab is a great demonstrati...
by VikingBlues
Wed Aug 18, 2010 5:39 pm
Forum: The Blues Room - Your Songs
Topic: After holiday jam
Replies: 11
Views: 10611

Re: After holiday jam

^I don't have guitars or an amp anymore, sold them all. :cry: But someday :oldie: I may pick it up again. ( ) Ouch - sounds like hell to me, but you play the harp so wonderfully well I can see how the guitar could become non-essential. Listening to a player as good as Hans can work two ways of cour...
by VikingBlues
Wed Aug 18, 2010 5:36 pm
Forum: The Blues Room - Your Songs
Topic: Bad Day Blues Dm
Replies: 18
Views: 15674

Re: Bad Day Blues Dm

OOOPS! :mercy:

Sorry lads - bad day, funny mood, and too much alcahol. :shy:

What was I thinking? Hopefully there will be enough parts arriving for the strat build project in the next couple of days to give me something better to do and stop feeling sorry for myself.
by VikingBlues
Wed Aug 18, 2010 5:58 am
Forum: Blues Talk'n Web
Topic: Mind Blowing RJ Info
Replies: 13
Views: 11828

Re: Mind Blowing RJ Info

I think it fair to say that opinion on the Blindmans forum tends to skew to being against the theory that the recordings were speeded up. I sort of guessed it might be given Hawkeye's guarded reply. If the claim had not been for such a major change - say a semitone rather than a tone and a half - I ...