Wrote something for a competition

Bucket

Sarah Longfield has announced a competition on YouTube - write a guitar solo over a backing track, a panel of judges will narrow the entries down to a shortlist of 10, and the public will then vote on it. The prize is one of her signature Strandberg guitars.


Here's my entry:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NN-LwR5d7E


Here's the video explaining the competition if anyone's interested:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YApue9Thw70


So yeah. Hope you enjoy!

thumpingrug

I'd vote for it.

Vibetronic

Great stuff mate! You’ve got massive hands, have only just noticed! May give that a go tomorrow too.

Ben_McCarthy

Sounds great and not over done, not my usual thing but I thought it was really good 

Bucket

Just seen this - another entry which I really enjoyed. There's some stiff competition!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHkq2YoImQg

simonhpieman

Bucket said:

Just seen this - another entry which I really enjoyed. There's some stiff competition!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHkq2YoImQg

Being hyper critical, for a genre that I assume is based solely around technical playing, is his timing pretty sloppy in places or is it just me? It's not like I can do all of that stuff without putting some serious time in so I'm not about to prove him wrong and I don't normally listen to this kind of stuff so I would probably never have the inclination even if I could.

I dunno, I'm probably just a dick!

JohnCordy

Just saw this so since I'm waiting for my video on looping to render I did a quick couple of takes and this was the least shit

terada

Wow this thread just proves how technically inept I am. 

Superb skills @Bucket. I don’t know much about the genre but I’d vote for you

Bucket

JohnCordy said:

Just saw this so since I'm waiting for my video on looping to render I did a quick couple of takes and this was the least shit

Fuck me, that's superb.

Great work.

grappagreen

Amazing technical capability on all fronts... 

@JohnCordy gets my vote (as always)... your note choice, timing and phrasing is joyful to listen to mate.. lifted an otherwise drab day

Si

JohnCordy

@grappagreen well that's very kind of you to say! Hadn't heard about it before I saw this post from @Bucket though so thanks for that!! Good work!

MichaelWatts

Bucket said:

Sarah Longfield has announced a competition on YouTube - write a guitar solo over a backing track, a panel of judges will narrow the entries down to a shortlist of 10, and the public will then vote on it. The prize is one of her signature Strandberg guitars.


Here's my entry:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NN-LwR5d7E


Here's the video explaining the competition if anyone's interested:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YApue9Thw70


So yeah. Hope you enjoy!

That's really great! Well done! 

timmypix

JohnCordy said:

Just saw this so since I'm waiting for my video on looping to render I did a quick couple of takes and this was the least shit

Bloody hell, that was fantastic! 
I think what impresses me most with this is I wouldn't have the foggiest as to how you've even come up with it, in terms of scale/note choice; after years of fairly bog standard rhythm playing my lead work doesn't extend much beyond basic pentatonics and natural minor licks. Lovely phrasing and beautiful playing.

axisus

Cool solo, I liked it. 

I may have a go, but I only have about an ounce of technical ability. I have no idea who she is (I'll have to check her out) but I have to say that her video quality is AMAZING! I've never seen such a crisp clear guitar video before. I wonder what camera is being used?

Great prize ...

Branshen

axisus said:

Cool solo, I liked it. 

I may have a go, but I only have about an ounce of technical ability. I have no idea who she is (I'll have to check her out) but I have to say that her video quality is AMAZING! I've never seen such a crisp clear guitar video before. I wonder what camera is being used?

Great prize ...

I think that the crispness is mainly down to her recording in 60fps (looks like 60 to me). Makes everything seem faster and more fluid compared to the regular 24/30Fps that we're used to. 

Amazing solos guys. Bucket's is great, but John's shreddy legato section really did it for me. 

relic245

simonhpieman said:

Bucket said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHkq2YoImQg

Being hyper critical, for a genre that I assume is based solely around technical playing, is his timing pretty sloppy in places or is it just me? It's not like I can do all of that stuff without putting some serious time in so I'm not about to prove him wrong and I don't normally listen to this kind of stuff so I would probably never have the inclination even if I could.

I dunno, I'm probably just a dick!

I'm probably just a dick too as I couldn't play that. 

I would have loved to see him look up from the camera. To me, a lot of music is about connecting with people, not just notes and chords. 

I also found it a little bit 'paint by numbers' - could probably fairly accurately guess how many seconds in before he did the inevitable tapping bit and the fast runs. 

As I say, he's a way more skilled player than me so who am I to judge......

Sassafras

I preferred you clean shaven with the smart haircut.

monquixote

Absolutely superb work @Bucket ; and @JohnCordy

Bucket if I could make one minor comment it's that compared to some of the other entries the backing track is a bit quiet so it's hard to hear how the notes of your solo fit into the backing, but the playing is first rate.

Brad

Seeing as all my work has now dried up, I thought I'd give this a go to try keep things ticking over. Not my usual thing but a great track to play over. Had to quickly learn a new video editor so the syncing is a little out... 



@Bucket and @JohnCordy - great stuff chaps, very inspiring!

Vibetronic

JohnCordy said:

Just saw this so since I'm waiting for my video on looping to render I did a quick couple of takes and this was the least shit

Congrats @JohnCordy - top 10 I've been keeping an eye on it as one of my students entered btw, I'm not stalking you! 

JohnCordy

@Vibetronic oh right haha I don't even know where to see any of this stuff?