Voting for Solo of the Month (SotM) #72

stratman3142

Welcome to the voting thread for Solo of the Month (SotM) #72. Feel free to vote and comment in this thread.

The backing track for this one was kindly provided by @digitalkettle

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 31st July 2021.

The top three will be announced after the voting closes. No prizes. It's just for fun.

You can find all the entries the playlist below.

https://soundcloud.com/thefretboard/sets/sotm72-2021-07

Vibetronic

I've been jamming over this one all week - it was a gorgeous backing track, but when I came to record my preamp decided to malfunction with 24 hours to the deadline

1st: @susbemol ; - lovely tasty phrasing and killer lead in to the more melodic section with those synth sounds (which suited the backing to a tee, wish I'd thought of that). Loved how you ended it too, perfect. 

2nd: @stratman3142 - as above, super tasty playing. Really nice tone and fluid lines when you took off in the second section towards the end as well!

3rd: Going to cheat and have a joint 3rd with @Bellycaster and @fastonebaz - former had some lovely melodic playing, latter mixed your usual fierce attack with lots of nice melodic ideas too. The first two entries just pipped it in terms of phrasing though imo. 

Well done all!

fastonebaz

5pts @susbemol wow! Awesome. Tone.  Phrasing.  Composition.  Playing. Mixing.  Splendid. Great work. 

3pts @stratman3142 I was convinced this was my winning choice until Susbemol came along  Rant enjoyed the tone and precision here

1pt @Bellycaster I enjoyed to tone and playing here too but wasn't quite as blown away as the others. 

digitalkettle

Vibetronic said:

I've been jamming over this one all week - it was a gorgeous backing track, but when I came to record my preamp decided to malfunction with 24 hours to the deadline

1st: @susbemol ; - lovely tasty phrasing and killer lead in to the more melodic section with those synth sounds (which suited the backing to a tee, wish I'd thought of that). Loved how you ended it too, perfect. 

2nd: @stratman3142 - as above, super tasty playing. Really nice tone and fluid lines when you took off in the second section towards the end as well!

3rd: Going to cheat and have a joint 3rd with @Bellycaster and @fastonebaz - former had some lovely melodic playing, latter mixed your usual fierce attack with lots of nice melodic ideas too. The first two entries just pipped it in terms of phrasing though imo. 

Well done all!

I'm going to say 'same here'!

Bit bummed that I never found the time to make an entry (to my own backing track!) this month.

stratman3142

5 points : @subsemol : Great phrasing and melodic ideas. Good synth sound and overall excellent fit to the track.
3 points : @Bellycaster : Nice low gain sound and good fit to the backing. 
1 points : @fastonebaz : Great technique as usual but a bit too aggressive for the backing for me.
 

susbemol

5 points: @stratman3142 - very nice work with the trem once again.
3 points: @Bellycaster - lovely contrast between the cleaner and dirtier tones.
1 points: @fastonebaz - lots of energy!

stratman3142

Voting ends tonight at midnight.

stratman3142

I forgot to ask if anyone wants to provide a backing track for the next one. But I'll need it tomorrow, so sorry about the short notice.

If not, I'll use one of mine.

Bellycaster

5 Points @susbemol - Loved the Fusion style playing, great note choices. Fantastic idea for the Guitar Synth, sounded very Steve Winwood.

3 Points @stratman3142 - Nice mix of styles, great trem work and lovely legato runs. Very good fit for the track.

1 Point @fastonebaz - Great Skill as usual, very powerful solo. 

stratman3142

Voting closed.

Aidanspaghetti

Well done to everyone ! Sounded great... ive finally some recording gear arriving next week so might throw in an entry or two to  lower the standard Well done all