2 little instrumentals for ya

JacknCoke · Unread post by **JacknCoke** » Sun Apr 25, 2004 9:27 pm

sorry for not posting, school has been kind of ringing my neck the past month and a half with all the work...let me know what you think of these if you get a chance...the first is just a little jam i did fooling around, mostly for solo'ing to...the 2nd is just a nice lil song i came up with a week ago...thanks for checkin em out if ya do..

http://home.comcast.net/~edwardcw/Slappin_Jam.MP3

http://home.comcast.net/~edwardcw/sweetmelody.MP3

JacknCoke · Unread post by **JacknCoke** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 2:37 am

thanks...

horsmar15 · Unread post by **horsmar15** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 3:49 pm

They both sound like good frameworks for songs without vocals. Though they do not have enough variation to be standalone instrumentals, they have nice progressions that would work nicley with vocals

JacknCoke · Unread post by **JacknCoke** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 1:08 am

thanks dude...lol, all i wanted was just something said from anybody...I have been thinking of putting something together with the first song link...just cant think up a song for it yet...but thanks again, much appreciated

Xoosh · Unread post by **Xoosh** » Fri Apr 30, 2004 12:19 pm

i agree they are good skeltons for songs that need something else. They do not really capture the solo guitarist flesh that these kind of need. they are great framework to begin working from though. I recommend listening to the track a few posts up called "one Day" it's really a great example of fleshy, full acoustic stuff... of course i recommend listening to my acoustic instrumental music,but i'm trying to avoid being arrogant and sounding like i know everything... i can say that in the 5 years i've been doing instrumental that i've learned to write music that has lyrics in the guitar... basicly that means write a song that compensates for someone NOT singing... if that makes sense...

My band can get away with this on stage becuase we play VERY moody music (my band consists of myself and another guitarist)... we sound a lot like Tool would if it were an acoustic band, and i think that helps us out... nt that im encouraging you to change your style or sound but i do recommend some tempo variations, adding some personality to your work... dont forget about harmonics... especially if you not utalizing looping and multi track styled soundings.

overall nice work though, rather repetitive but you already knew that.

regards,
X

Xoosh · Unread post by **Xoosh** » Fri Apr 30, 2004 12:21 pm

here's the link to that topic i was talking about wiht hthe song "one day"

http://www.dmbtabs.com/boards/viewtopic.php?t=11370

taylordb · Unread post by **taylordb** » Fri Apr 30, 2004 12:50 pm

Man Xoosh, that was a very smoothly done highjack...best one I've seen in a long time...he probably didn't even know it happened 8) .

I'm just kidding, so please don't get bent out of shape. I know that wasn't your intention.

Bartender2424 · Unread post by **Bartender2424** » Fri Apr 30, 2004 12:53 pm

JacknCoke wrote:thanks dude...lol, all i wanted was just something said from anybody...I have been thinking of putting something together with the first song link...just cant think up a song for it yet...but thanks again, much appreciated

Dude, words of advice, never look for lyrics, let them come to you. I wrote this sweet as riff and I was looking for lyrics, but all I got was shit. Then. at 2 o'clock in the morning, I just got the inspiration to right about the dreams of what the people who found america were and what theyve come to be with "pop culture". Pretty sweet lyrics too.

About the instrumentals, tight, sounds great, repetitive as you already know, and quite original. Keep with this song, it could be a good one

JacknCoke · Unread post by **JacknCoke** » Fri Apr 30, 2004 12:55 pm

ya, i hear what your saying and i did hear that one day track....its funny, i put something down and record it...love it at first and feel like i made some progress, then after a few times listening to it i go "ugg ed"...but lately ive been working with this one and been putting it into a full song with vocals...at first this was just a song i did that had some slapping in it, b/c i have never done that before...just starting to get the hang of it...and yes, i do look at your music as something to work towards.....luckily, ive broken out of the open chords and im going after stuff thats harder, and having some fun with it...Thanks for the reply xoosh, hopefully i can get this thing together for you to have a listen in the near future...

Xoosh · Unread post by **Xoosh** » Fri Apr 30, 2004 1:04 pm

sounds good, jacky-pooh... i highly recommend listening to Don Ross, he's one of my favorites... check out godzila, that song has some attitude and is one of the songs i hold up as "the best acoustic solo" in my mind

it's one track of some CRAZY fuckin shit...

/x

katie · Unread post by **katie** » Tue May 04, 2004 3:03 pm

the first one - I loved the cascading effect you have here, so many emotions conveyed with no words - beautiful. wonderful pickin, really nice. there is a sobering reality to this one, feels like love.

the second one - feels like a nice walk. I admire your talent the way you can make the guitar speak with no words. Almost feels like a parting of sorts - feels like sorrow in some ways.

a pleasure to take part in, thank you for sharing your work.

I am more of a crown and ginger myself

JacknCoke · Unread post by **JacknCoke** » Wed May 05, 2004 10:16 pm

wow, thanks for the good words katie...I never recieved such complements about my playing... :lol:

thanks again

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