I didn't know you listened to CoB.

[QUOTE=MRDuCran]I didn't know you listened to CoB.[/QUOTE]



yea, i have a few albums on my old mp3 player



I love the guitar work + piano a lot. The vocals are alright i guess. Not particularly my bag per say

Sounds good. Playing this stuff will give you a workout on that 6 string!

[QUOTE=MRDuCran]Sounds good. Pplaying this stuff will give you a workout on that 6 string![/QUOTE]



i got the passage video on the IPOD, so it really gave me the incentive to start learning something from them.



Then i realized i need more string skipping work :lol:

String skipping, look at the 2nd solo in Sixpounder. :thumb:

[QUOTE=MRDuCran]String skipping, look at the 2nd solo in Sixpounder. :thumb:[/QUOTE]



....so i can realize i need even MORE work :lol:



ive been using the acoustic lately to really help with technique and sh!t. The girl is gone today, so its just me, my triple recto, and that beautiful PRS tremonti



Good time

How come you're not playing the JEM?

[QUOTE=MRDuCran]How come you're not playing the JEM?[/QUOTE]


i traded it straight up for the triple rectifier



after my girl got me that PRS signature, nothing else felt/sounded as good ya know

:eek: You traded it! You only had it for a little while.
But I can understand why, it's all good.

[QUOTE=MRDuCran]:eek: You traded it! You only had it for a little while.
But I can understand why, it's all good.[/QUOTE]


yea man



like i said tho, the tremonti just PWNS the JEM so friggin bad. thankfully i got a triple rectifier for trading the JEM, and im in tonal heaven

You should get some sound clips up.

Oh, and for for some string skipping, try Scarified bt Gilberto if you haven't already.
The new version he plays on his own is better since it's got 2 bar s.k lick at the beginning, then the Bach part has s.k, and right at the end which is the hardest part.

i also have a video of PG playing scarified on my IPOD :lol:



hes in some friggin astronauts suit, and playing all the instruments

All the instruments? I haven't seen that I don't think. I have him in a space suit but he's with 2 other guys, a bassist and a drummer.

But yeah, I suggest learning Scarified, Snakebite, Superheroes, Street Lethal, Motorman, all by Racer X, they will all test your s.k abilities not only for lead palying, but rhythm too!! :thumb:

[QUOTE=MRDuCran]All the instruments? I haven't seen that I don't think. I have him in a space suit but he's with 2 other guys, a bassist and a drummer.

But yeah, I suggest learning Scarified, Snakebite, Superheroes, Street Lethal, Motorman, all by Racer X, they will all test your s.k abilities not only for lead palying, but rhythm too!! :thumb:[/QUOTE]



not sure how much of those i could really play tbh



ive been doing exercises for 4 months to build my chops to be able to play that sh!t. I guess i just gotta give it a go huh

Well I can't play it at the same speed at Paul but I can play it as clean because I choose not to play it as fast as possible or play along with the CD or whatever. There's no harm in learning the solos, the problem occurs when you ignore note definition and try and play it fast to impress people like some other people on here.
You could just use them as exercises that you practise everyday with a metronome, which is definately what I should be doing instead of sitting on here. :upset:

[QUOTE=MRDuCran]Well I can't play it at the same speed at Paul but I can play it as clean because I choose not to play it as fast as possible or play along with the CD or whatever. There's no harm in learning the solos, the problem occurs when you ignore note definition and try and play it fast to impress people like some other people on here.
You could just use them as exercises that you practise everyday with a metronome, which is definately what I should be doing instead of sitting on here. :upset:[/QUOTE]



yea man, thats really fukking good to hear.




as far as playing a metronome goes, i always seem to WANT to use it with weird licks that dont fit into 4/4 that easily


like the intro to universal mind - liquid tension experiment...


the intro is played at 155 bpm, 16th notes, but the weird thing is the pattern only repeats after 4 measures, so the down beats dont match up like you would want them to ya know

[QUOTE=MRDuCran]:confused: He doesn't use a green striped guitar...[/QUOTE]

In the "Reap 'n Roll Licks" video, he does. It might be hard to see the green, but it is along the edge of the guitar. I swear that is the greatest guitar in the world... I would never possibly want a better guitar than that... the only thing I could possibly change are the inlays to scythes...

I'm not to familiar with that song but I'll have a listen.

[QUOTE=PsychoticFlubber]In the "Reap 'n Roll Licks" video, he does. It might be hard to see the green, but it is along the edge of the guitar. I swear that is the greatest guitar in the world... I would never possibly want a better guitar than that... the only thing I could possibly change are the inlays to scythes...[/QUOTE]

Well I checked and I can't see any green at all through the entire video, looks like a pure black standard Jackson RR to me.

[QUOTE=MRDuCran]I'm not to familiar with that song but I'll have a listen.[/QUOTE]



its one of those personal bench mark songs everyone has.


I think petrucci is phenomenal on that entire CD tbh

[QUOTE=MRDuCran]Well I checked and I can't see any green at all through the entire video, looks like a pure black standard Jackson RR to me.[/QUOTE]
Eh. I assure you, it is green though... I have great color on my computer, but I think the green is on the outer rim of the guitar. Not on the front. It doesn't matter, that's not the point. I just think that is the greatest guitar I have ever seen...

[QUOTE=kurrptsenate]its one of those personal bench mark songs everyone has.


I think petrucci is phenomenal on that entire CD tbh[/QUOTE]

I dno what cd is which but I adore Pardigm Shift, the first time I heard that I was just like :eek::eek::eek::eek:

just got a band offer actually.



Im used to dealing with friggin jerks, so hopefully this wont turn out like that


edit: paradigm shift is on that same CD


I tried that intro too. GOOD GOD. Thats the whole reason i started sweeping. Give my left hand muting a work out ya know

Paradigm Shift doesn't have sweep picking...:confused:

[QUOTE=MRDuCran]Paradigm Shift doesn't have sweep picking...:confused:[/QUOTE]



yea, i know man...



i was comparing runs at 221 bpm 16ths, and articulating to sweep picking, since both require the left hand to articulate the notes

oh lol im really tired so simple things arent going to make much sense

[QUOTE=MRDuCran]oh lol im really tired so simple things arent going to make much sense[/QUOTE]



its kewl man


i probably could have explained myself more.



This new band sent me their set list. I fukking hate how people expect you to learn 12 songs in a like a day. I try to get them perfect ya know.


O well

What songs are on the list?

ah lets see

/opens email


audio slave - what you are

green day - holiday

metallica - bell tolls

lit - my own worst enemy
weezer - undone
sabbath - paranoid (megadeath version)
white stripes - seven nation army
shinedown - save me
smashing pumpkins - zero
manson - beautiful people
chains - we die young
trapt- still frame



sad thing is, i only heard half of those songs

What an odd setlist, some stuff is okay some is kinda stupid (seven nation army lol).