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I got myself some new equipment recently - a gorgeous new ride cymbal - so I thought I'd mess around with it.

It sounds lovely on my macbook recording, so imagine what it would sound like if I did a recording for real!

http://kjsamericanadventure.blogspot...ter-aa-rr.html

Music embedded in the post. Recorded to midi track via garageband.

I'm in love with that new cymbal.

what do the guitar players think of this guy?

He won Guitar Idol 2009 and I think he's pretty awesome, like a more edgy version of eric johnson.

Technically proficient, for sure. And good, I suppose, if you like that sort of music.

Originally Posted by JosephB

Technically proficient, for sure. And good, I suppose, if you like that sort of music.

Well that's why I like him, he's got melodic intensity and doesn't just resort to overly technical playing. In the guitar idol 2009, there were definitely more technical players there, but I think he won because he made a song instead of just a challenging guitar lead. It's also why I like paul gilbert so much, he isn't the fastest player, doesn't do sweeping arpeggios or do much tapping, but his stuff sounds so much better to me than some of the other stuff that is more technical.

In that regard, Joe Satriani is pretty much the currently reigning king of melodic shred playing, plus he is a brilliant individual too if you've seen interviews with him, which I think comes across in his playing. In the same way that Yngwie's or Steve Vai's egotistical personality comes across in theirs.

I'm not a good judge. You know I prefer the more blues based guitarists, Clapton, Page, Hendrix etc. And I pretty much despise the sound of shredding, including Satriani -- and to me, he's one of the more tolerable among the well known purveyors of it. To me, a lot of it has to do with the tone -- the actual sound of the guitar -- it just gets on my nerves. I've tried to appreciate it, but it's just not my thing.

I just made a new song... which is ridiculous because it's not any of the other 3 songs that I've been working on. This one just popped out of nowhere and I ran with it, it's JR22 on my silly myspace band page. http://www.myspace.com/bandjar

I hate how the streaming quality is so different from even my condensed mp3.

also, it is 430 in the morning, holy shit.

It is best consumed while in a detached frame of mind, like if you're really tired or drunk.

Sigg, that's pretty good. It's definitely something I would listen to if I was writing an intense scene. The only thing I would criticize is that the 'beats' seem to be a little out of sync. I love the guitar part in the middle.

That's pretty nice, all right. Lots of good stuff on that JAR label.
Are their cuts with lyrics or vocals?

Originally Posted by Dreamworx95

Sigg, that's pretty good. It's definitely something I would listen to if I was writing an intense scene. The only thing I would criticize is that the 'beats' seem to be a little out of sync. I love the guitar part in the middle.

Thanks, which beats are out of sync? The piano is not meant to be strictly syncopated with the beat and the guitar up until about 2:20 is meant to be out of time with the rest of it.

Although if you were referring to JR18, you are right, the shit is a little out of whack because at the time I didn't have much to record with so I ended up with a weird latency issue where I would record something and it sounded good until I played it back.

That's pretty nice, all right. Lots of good stuff on that JAR label.
Are their cuts with lyrics or vocals?

Thanks, I'm glad you like my stuff. I don't get nearly as much time as I'd like to actually make songs. I play my guitar pretty much every day but sitting down and recording/editing/mixing takes a lot more effort and time.

I've been in a few bands where I wrote lyrics but I don't sing (at least not yet...) so none of my 'solo' stuff has any vocals.

The part where it goes "boom, boom" throughout the song. Doesn't seem to be in sync with the rest of it.

Originally Posted by Dreamworx95

The part where it goes "boom, boom" throughout the song. Doesn't seem to be in sync with the rest of it.

Ah, I don't know what to tell you, it sounds fine to me...

But incase you're curious the beat is on the downbeat, the "and" of 2nd, and on the 3rd beat of each measure. It's in 4/4 and 1 entire run through of the repeating piano riff is 5 measures. Then the snare hits come in on the 2nd and 4th beat of each measure.

Does that help?

Sure I guess. I'm obviously not a musician so I don't know much about these things. It just seemed kind of off to me.

Added a whole bunch of new demo music to my myspace page.

KJ Wong on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Videos

Alianza - a Latin/Jazz track my teacher gave me. Recorded over in Garageband.

Body and Soul, So What, Softly as in a Morning Sunrise - Jazz standards. Trio - Keys, Bass, Drums. Recordings done on macbook via audacity. Bear with the quality.

Let me know what you guys think!

Nice work everyone,

I haven't posted here in awhile, but here is my newest song.

It's on the first post of Freelance Lyrics

-E.

Sigg - A studio musician I once collaborated with in the production of a documentary called that 'sink-her-passion.' I'm not sure if he knew any more about the technicalities of music than he did of the English language but he played a mean keyboard and everyone accepted his idiot-sin-crushes, as he would have said.