Voting for Solo of the Month (SotM) #59

stratman3142

Welcome to the voting thread for Solo of the Month (SotM) #59.

The backing track is based on the chords to Cry Me A River as suggested by @fastonebaz in post dated March 11 in the thread at the link below:
https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/175046/solo-of-the-month-sotm-58-challenge/p1

Voting will end at midnight 31st May 2020.

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 order of the top three will be announced after the voting closes.

You can find all the entries the playlist below.

https://soundcloud.com/thefretboard/sets/sotm59-2020-05

fastonebaz

5 pts @stratman3142 ; superb playing, sounded like that first passage had been practised 1000 times to nail the sweetest opening bend.  Obviously the opening passage was composed to follow the original vocal melody and beautifully done.

3 pts @Bellycaster really enjoyed that, the first 3/4 sounded like someone was telling me a story, almost in a James Bond film, I felt the final quarter wasn't quite as composed as the rest of it but only a touch.  Great job, well played.

1pt, err, um, 

Bellycaster

5 Points @stratman3142 - Agree with Baz, that opening was something to behold and the whole solo generated the right sort of moody feel that sits right in. Some lovely vibrato on the bends and I like how a lot of the notes flowed together. Great solo.

3 Point @fastonebaz - Was greeted with instant Vai sending me back to 1990 with Passion and Warfare. The layers were very nice and harmonic and liked the more laid back feel of the first half. I did feel the backing track was somewhat lost in there. Still very impressive fingerwork as always.

1 Point - Donated to Charidee!

stratman3142

Two very different styles and I like them both.

5 points : @Bellycaster : I just felt it fitted the style of the backing best and created the right melodic mood.
3 points : @fastonebaz : Outstanding playing as usual. Very Vai'esque. Took things in a whole new direction.

fastonebaz said:

...sounded like that first passage had been practised 1000 times to nail the sweetest opening bend.  Obviously the opening passage was composed to follow the original vocal melody and beautifully done.

IIRC the whammy bar dip/release at the start took 4 attempts. To be honest the whole thing was composed, with the first part following the vocal melody.

AndyJP

Nice job guys, they're all brilliant.

5 points @Bellycaster ;; Shades of Knopfler there on Brothers in Arms. Lovely.
3 points @stratman3142 ;;   lLvely Jeff Beck-ish vibe in there.
1 point @fastonebaz love the harmonies!.  What intervals are you using?

stratman3142

Are there any requests for a style for the next backing track for SotM? Otherwise I might just use one of my Riff of the Month (RotM) entries. Or does anyone want to provide a backing track?

fastonebaz

AndyJP said:

Nice job guys, they're all brilliant.

1 point @fastonebaz love the harmonies!.  What intervals are you using?

Um, unsure, I know 1 was a bit higher than the other :-)

AndyJP

Lovely tone buddy, what are you using ?

fastonebaz

AndyJP said:

Lovely tone buddy, what are you using ?

Assuming this was me ;-)  positive grid Bias FX2 custom patch.  :-)

stratman3142

Voting ends today at midnight.

stratman3142

Voting closed.