Voting for Riff of the Month (RotM) #73

stratman3142

Welcome to the voting thread for Riff of the Month (RotM) #73. 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 31st March 2022.

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/rotm73-2022-03?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

IvanMC

5 points: @stratman3142 - the riff had a kind of sunny morning feel (I haven't been on drugs or anything, really; but aye, proper music to blast from a car I could be driving at this very moment, surrounded by mountains, heading for a ravishing lake in the Patagonia, where I am now actually). I might have picked out Springywheel's one if I'd been in the teeming city, or just in a different mood.
 
 3 points: @Springywheel - the riff tore my head off and made me headbang, literally. This one might've been the chosen one if I was in a differente mood, or on a different day. Both were beyond amazing and radically different. There was a skirmish inside my head.

 1 point: @jeroenvanhulsteijn - nice atmosphere. I like how that guitar sort of turned into a different instrument. I would've been great if that guitar had been joined by some bass and drums. 

jeroenvanhulsteijn

5 points @stratman3142 Title fits the song perfectly. With the sun shining gets and this song in the background brings spring in the house.

3 points @IvanMC Great riff. Very catchy. This would be the kind of riffs I'd that made me wanna play guitar in the first place.

1 point @Springywheel I really like the industrial feel to this. The dude in the Paco Rabanne Invictus commercial would really come out as a tough guy with this as a background music instead of a hairy barbie ken exploited plastic.

stratman3142

5 points : @Springywheel : Heavy and dirgy (in a good way), with an easter flavour. Lots of character.

3 points : @IvanMC : Exciting power rock riffing. I would have preferred to hear the guitar parts a bit more up front.

1 point : @jeroenvanhulsteijn : An interesting layered effect with the echo. Sometimes your lo-fi approach works and gives things an interesting charm, but I think there are some quite harsh tones/resonances in this one. With a better tone, this could have been a winner, because there are good ideas in there.

Habanero

5 pts : @Springywheel

3 pts : @stratman3142 ;

1 pt   : @IvanMC ;

@jeroenvanhulsteijn I liked yours too, but could only give points to three.

Springywheel

5pts - @stratman3142 ;;;;  - Very nice - sounds like you're hybrid picking? 
3 pts - @IvanMC - Great riff and nice bass playing too 
1 pts - @jeroenvanhulsteijn ;;;;I agree with Stratman re: the harsh sound, but still some great licks. 

stratman3142

Springywheel said:

@stratman3142 ... sounds like you're hybrid picking? 

I had to go back and figure out what I did. I think it was hybrid picking and not finger picking, although it could be played either way.

stratman3142

Voting ends tomorrow (31st March) at midnight.

stratman3142

Voting ends tonight at midnight.

stratman3142

Voting closed.