Voting for Solo of the Month (SotM) #55

stratman3142

Welcome to the voting thread for Solo of the Month (SotM) #55.

Voting will end at midnight 31st December 2019. Feel free to vote and comment in this thread.

Vote for your top 3 entries. If you're an entrant you can't vote for yourself.

1st choice gets 5 points
2nd choice gets 3 points
3rd choice gets 1 point

The top three will be announced after the voting closes.

You can find all the entries the playlist below.

https://soundcloud.com/thefretboard/sets/sotm55-2019-12
 

soma1975

1st place  Track 7 - Digitalkettle - Really nice phrasing, tone and space. Let it breathe but told a story. Great late entry. 5 points
2nd place Track 6 -  Barney - Nice tone, notes and space - melodic 3 points 
3rd Place - Track 3 Stratman 3142 - Lovely tone, buildup and trem work. 1 point

stratman3142

5 points @digitalkettle : Expressive. Good picking dynamics. Like the scrunchy bends. Nice tone
3 points @Barney : Another expressive melodic solo. Great phrasing and tone. Nicely understated.
1 point @soma1975 : And yet another expressive solo. Some neat little note flurries and nice melodies. Perhaps could concluded a bit better right at the end.

steven70

5 Points @fastonebaz Great playing, made me imagine DG perhaps consuming- let's say a strong coffee - backstage, which suddenly kicks in mid solo.

3 Points @Barney  Lovely melody and phrasing and a sense of space to the whole thing.

1 Point @soma1975  Very tasty melodic runs and nice phrasing.

digitalkettle

5 points for @Barney: good tone, well paced & gently building in intensity, loved the lick at 0:42

3 points for @stratman3142: melodic and full of Gilmourisms, well structured

1 point for @Bellycaster: reminded me of Steve Rothery…nuff said!

fastonebaz

5 points @soma1975 ;; - I reckon he had tears in his eyes whilst playing
3 points - @Barney - the delay was perfectly timed
1 point - @stratman3142 - classy and pro quality as standard

Listened on my phone reflecting the audio off the toaster.  Mmm midnight Christmas brie on toast...

Barney

5 points to @Bellycaster nice note choice and melodic ..solo builds well
3 points @digitalkettle love the tone .. again note choice is great 
1 point @stratman3142 very melodic...love the use of the trem nice tone 

Very hard to pick favourites, all of them are good for different reasons 

equalsql

5 points to @digitalkettle. Liked the start and those clean on edge strat tones.
3 points to @fastonebaz for some very tasteful tapping and those long stretched out bends at the start.
1 point to @stratman3142 for great tone and nice subtle use of the old trem.

Gotta say folks though that it was really hard to choose as all the entries were very good.

Bellycaster

5 Points @digitalkettle - Very tasteful, lovely tone and well executed. I'm amazed this is your first SOTM. You should definitely do more.

3 Points @Barney - Wonderfully expressive and very emotive. Like the atmospheric tone too.

1 Point @stratman3142 - Very beautiful sounding solo and lots of nods to D.G.

Wasn't easy sorting those top 3 out and everyone's contribution contained something special. Well done all.

stratman3142

Voting ends tomorrow night at midnight.

Fretwired

Sad I missed this .. it was right up my street. Some great solos and the decision was hard but ..

5 points @fastonebaz - great technique and very expressive and something DG wouldn't play

3 points @digitalkettle - are you sure David Gilmour didn't dep for you? Great phrasing throughout

1 point @Bellycaster - great tone and emotion in your playing

Vibetronic

5 points - @digitalkettle - that was some really classy playing. Loved the rakes and the quick run towards the end was bang-on. 

3 points - @barney - great playing and phrasing as always!

1 point - @stratman3142 - same as the above, it was really too close to call. 

They were all really good, hard to choose 

stratman3142

Entry closed. Thanks to those that entered and voted.

I announce the results and start the next one within the next couple of days.

midiman1962

@digitalkettle ; impressive run at 49 seconds - thanks for sharing

digitalkettle

Thanks! @midiman1962 ;

I need to get on the current SotM...already missed January’s.