Voting for Riff of the Month (RotM) #59

stratman3142

Welcome to the voting thread for Riff of the Month (RotM) #59. 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

Voting will end at midnight 30th September 2020.

The top three will be announced after the voting closes.

You can find all the entries the playlist below.

https://soundcloud.com/thefretboard/sets/rotm59-2020-08

Fretwired

stratman3142 said:

Welcome to the voting thread for Solo of the Month (RotM) #59. Feel free to vote and comment in this thread.

Should be riff shouldn't it ..

stratman3142

Fretwired said:

stratman3142 said:

Welcome to the voting thread for Solo of the Month (RotM) #59. Feel free to vote and comment in this thread.

Should be riff shouldn't it ..

The perils of cutting and pasting stuff on automatic.

Thanks. I've corrected it now.

Snags

My votes, before I change my mind yet again. Purely on what spoke to me on a level of "riffness" rather than "piece of music".

1 - @poopot

I'm assuming the riff here is the opening refrain that carries under (mostly) throughout, and the rest is to give it context. Otherwise swap places with Mr Stratman

2 - @Springywheel ;

Instantly said "riff" to my jaded ears; plus I was in a foul mood the first time I heard it, so it was instantly popular

3 - @stratman3142 ;

Superb as ever, but despite the repeating pattern (er, riff) somehow felt a bit more compositional than riffy. I think I'm probably a narrow-minded riff bigot or something. Enjoyed the multiple listenings whilst trying to spin the bottle to find an order though.

poopot

5pts to @stratman3142 - liked that a lot
3pts to @Snags - put me in mind of the jovi!
1pt to @Springywheel - I want to hear the rest of the track that’ll be turned into! Liked that a lot!

Fretwired

I missed this but some good riffs this month.

5pts to @Snags ; - great acoustic riff .. you should turn it into a song

3pts to @Springywheel - great sonic mayhem a super heavy riff .. a little more variation and top spot could have have been yours

1pt to @stratman3142 - cool riff and liked the idea .. perhaps some variation

@poopot .. loved this a lot but felt it more of a track than a riff .. tbh there wasn't much of a riff. That said top playing, enjoyable track, and great production. Well done.

Springywheel

5 points @stratman3142 - getting nice vibes off this 
 3 points @Snags - nice 'body' to that guitar tone, love it
1 point  @poopot - couldn't really zone in on any given riff, but overall a very nice piece 

IMC1980

5 points @Snags - feels like it would be attached to an epic song, very much my kind of thing

3 points - @poopot - filthy funk, your signature dish!

1 point - @Springywheel - nice sludge rock and great fuzz tone

stratman3142

5 points : @Snags : There's a nice mix of a country blues and a Led Zep feel to it.

3 points : @poopot : I'm going to take the guitar part panned left as riff. Very funky.

1 point : @Springywheel : A bit too dirgy for my taste but an interesting sound and riff.

stratman3142

Just a heads up that there might be a delay in ending this and starting a new one. Things might be a bit hectic this week. Normal service will be resumed as soon as possible.

stratman3142

Voting closes tonight at midnight.

stratman3142

Voting closed.