751 Reply by polyal

(36 replies, posted in Songwriting on Guitar)

i have just spent  30min writing a reply...and then my laptop crashed
will post a reply asap

sorry
polyal

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752 Reply by polyal

(13 replies, posted in Bands)

yeh..take it all back

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753 Topic by polyal

(1 replies, posted in Guitars)

[youtube]/watch?v=2jd9zJ8ewl4[/youtube]
[youtube]/watch?v=eti21PVHXrg[/youtube]

2 no1's

use these at your xmas bash ...............you'll never be forgotten

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754 Reply by polyal

(36 replies, posted in Songwriting on Guitar)

thanks for that...sorry for the aggro
rock on♪♪

can you post some more of your songs that lean on production
rather than ' melody lyric '...if poss....you're a singer song writer ...im a " producer "
i write a backing then get a vocal/melody added after-->by a third party

does this make sense to you..have you ever done this

i can't write a lyric ..save my life

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755 Reply by polyal

(7 replies, posted in Guitar Techniques)

all musicians are like fingerprints....unique and cant be copied ( not 100% )
so you are who you are .... if you can't play a clapton riff properly..be sure
100% certain he cant play one of  your riffs properly...so be yourself

if you're covering a song play it in your style ..dont worry if you can't get it note perfect
just try to keep the same groove /feeling...................then one day someone will try to copy you

and we'll give them the same advice

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756 Reply by polyal

(11 replies, posted in Guitars)

jamesd74 wrote:

neck to be manufactured in the  "D" shape.

whats the d shape ...is that a thicker neck?????

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757 Topic by polyal

(13 replies, posted in Bands)

which band ( known ) do you hate the most ( musically )

for me ....baby shambles ...or is it pete whatsisname and not the band
can somebody post a link to a good track that the've done

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758 Reply by polyal

(13 replies, posted in Introduce yourself)

hi cogs
i know what you mean ...ive only got 3 on mine ..they're all full up

have you tried googling it
[youtube]/watch?v=vwBO8fxJJYY..can you understand spanish[/youtube]

what a fantastic git is this the same as yours

i dont think this link is working
but theres stuff on youtube about it

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759 Reply by polyal

(4 replies, posted in Everything Else)

before you start practising set up your metronome to the required tempo
http://www.metronomeonline.com/

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760 Reply by polyal

(10 replies, posted in Introduce yourself)

hi olly welcome  have you spoken to olly yet
polyal

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761 Reply by polyal

(36 replies, posted in Songwriting on Guitar)

Instructor wrote:

Vocals were predictable,  the mix was of here and here, the song topics been done a million times over and theres nothing new here, it sounds too much like so and so, and I hate that, the guitars were too trebly and hurt my ears, and clashed with the ride and high hat

if this is a criticism ...id probably say  ..that just your opinion ..which you are entitled to
but im not changing it cause thats how i want it...idont like well separated mixes ..they sound plastic
lets change criticism to opinion then i would agree with what you are trying to get across with this thread

the point about paul mccartney is.. i dont want people criticising me unless they are 100% perfect
and nobody is not even sir paul mccartney..ive heard unpublished tracks of his that would burn your
ears ( in my opinion )

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762 Reply by polyal

(36 replies, posted in Songwriting on Guitar)

who has the right or ability to criticise? ...opinion is different matter
i dont mind peoples opinions..i welcome them...because thats what they are
to criticise is absolute and nobody is that good to criticise  or am i taking the meaning out of context

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763 Reply by polyal

(2 replies, posted in Guitars)

its not a solution just a temp fix

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764 Reply by polyal

(11 replies, posted in Guitar Techniques)

it seems the message is  USE A METRONOME♪♪♪♪
http://www.metronomeonline.com/

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765 Reply by polyal

(11 replies, posted in Guitar Techniques)

it seems the message is  USE A METRONOME♪♪♪♪

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766 Reply by polyal

(6 replies, posted in Misc)

jamesd74 wrote:

Loads of the white stuff here

or more important when is the price of a pint  going to be sensible

now at  £3 in my local....shame on the nob head politicians

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767 Reply by polyal

(10 replies, posted in Recording / Studio)

dont use a compressor ...use a limiter to control the  ' overs '
"mike technique"( yawn ) is the thing...if your going to SHOUT back off ....if its a whisper move in
logical eh!

watch out for proximity ( nearer= more bass ) so for normal busy pop/rock tracks roll off the bass



ps you can use a compressor but vv liberally

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768 Reply by polyal

(36 replies, posted in Songwriting on Guitar)

if i said to paul mccartney ...hey paul what do you think of my song ..and he said 'hi al ..long time no see
but i  think its a pile of shite...i,d  say thanks paul but  not as much a pile of shite as half the stuff that you've written ...so whats the plot about criticism ..its a shambles..self indulgent..patronising.  nobody with any intelligence gives a toss ( shouldn't ) about it...stick to opinions ..its innocuous

but even opinions sometimes should be kept to oneself...ermmm!!

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769 Topic by polyal

(2 replies, posted in Guitars)

i was going to buy a humbucker for my strat...because of the induced noise esp
when using distortion / sustain etc    ie pumping the volume (and induced noise)

but if you use the position on the pickup selector that selects 1+2    or    2+3  the noise
disappears because the pickups are out of phase thus cancelling the noise ( although not 100 % )
this is the basic principle of a dual coil humbucker

to maintain the integrity of the sound of the treble  and bass pickups  ( although not 100% )

adjust the bass and treble pickups( 1&3 )as near to the strings as pos ....and the centre pu
as far away as pos...you are reduced to 2 pu 's ( bass & treb ) but there's far less noise

in a live band situation this probably isn't an issue ... but when recording ..no noise is a must

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770 Reply by polyal

(11 replies, posted in Guitar Techniques)

definitely :  i use speed trainer pro....its an excellent prog and very affordable.. a must for
any git player that wants to improve his speed and esp for students as pointed out by instructor
http://www.guitarspeed.com/

this type of incremental speed up training definitely works and the differences can
be experienced day by day

the cubase bit is for warmup before recording etc  but still very useful

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771 Reply by polyal

(11 replies, posted in Guitar Techniques)

to add to the metronome tip
if you are a cubase user ( or any sequence user )
open a blank project
start the tempo @ say 120 and over the 40 bars ramp it up to say 180 bpm in the tempo track
turn the metronome on
start your sequencer ...over the next 40 bars it will speed up gradually from 120 to 180 as you practice

you can set this up to suit  what you're practicing and increase the tempos as you get faster

you can get speed training progs that work on the same principle but are a bit more sophisticated

every serious musician should use a metronome when practicing..bottom line

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772 Reply by polyal

(6 replies, posted in General Chat)

my favourite summer song is   adagoo by black lace in any key thats above human hearing
and my favourite xmas song is    all i want for xmas is my 2 front teeth...if i cant have kylie minogue
or a top of the range gibson ( byrdland if poss )

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773 Reply by polyal

(11 replies, posted in Guitars)

i thought it aught to be a new thread..its gone off at a tangent to the original post
can you cut ( copy ) and paste to this thread..you make some interesting points

i think i read it somewhere that the original strats were made on production lines using
immigrant workers

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774 Topic by polyal

(11 replies, posted in Guitars)

i have a japanese strat which i use for gigs and recording...i am led to believe  they are quite sort after?
whats the difference between strats made on different continents ( disregarding price )

i thought the american strats ( usa ) were the bees knees...i bet in a dark room no one could tell
a 'dogs bollx' strat from one made in any 4th world country if it was set up right

and in my opinion things dont sound any better or worse they just sound different

else nobody would ever play a banjo

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775 Reply by polyal

(36 replies, posted in Songwriting on Guitar)

i have a japanese strat which i use for gigs and recording...i am led to believe  they are quite sort after?
whats the difference between strats made on different continents ( disregarding price )

i thought the american strats ( usa ) were the bees knees...i bet in a dark room no one could tell
a 'dogs bollx' strat from one made in any 4th world country if it was set up right

and in my opinion things dont sound any better or worse they just sound different

else nobody would ever play a banjo

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