Voting for Riff of the Month (RotM) #82

stratman3142

Welcome to the voting thread for Riff of the Month (RotM) #82. Feel free to vote and comment in this thread.

Vote for your favourite 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 December 2023

The results 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/rotm82-2023-09

flying_pie

Good job guys. This was very close.

I'm a big REM fan so @maharg101 gets the full 5 with an "ignoreland if it was on Monster" type riff, and narrowly edges out @stratman3142 for 3

Habanero

Really difficult to separate these, but I’ve gone for

5pts @stratman3142 ;
3pts @flying_pie ;
1pt @maharg101 ;

On the first one I half expected Sting to start singing 

stratman3142

Habanero said:

... I half expected Sting to start singing 

There's a Stewart Copeland kit sound in the Toontrack Hitmaker SDX. I used that kit sound and wrote a riff around it. The title is a reference to Copeland.

TTony

I never feel that I should vote, unless I've submitted something - but an impressive set of fairly well polished riffs.
 

stratman3142

TTony said:

I never feel that I should vote, unless I've submitted something - but an impressive set of fairly well polished riffs.
 

Voting is open to everyone.

maharg101

Great work on all entries. Thanks for the "Ignoreland" reference @flying_pie, I love REM too, brilliant lyrics on that track.

5pts @flying_pie ; - strident rock riff, really enjoyed the subtle pinch harmonics too
3pts @stratman3142 - The Police with Sting rocking a 5-string bass

stratman3142

maharg101 said:

...rocking a 5-string bass

Yes, perhaps I should have stuck to 4 string to keep it authentic sounding

stratman3142

5 points : @maharg101 : Sounds like it might be inspired by a Who rock opera. Great Townsend'ish guitar tone.

3 points : @flying_pie : A classic rock riff. Would be great fun for people in my age bracket to play solos over it. It would make a great backing track for Solo of the Month

TTony

stratman3142 said:

TTony said:

I never feel that I should vote, unless I've submitted something - but an impressive set of fairly well polished riffs.
 

Voting is open to everyone.

In which cases, I allocate my points to;

5pts @FlyingPie
3pts @Maharg101
1pts @SteelyMan3142

And I'm sat here with a guitar on my laptop waiting for inspiration to strike for the next round ...

stratman3142

Voting closes tonight at midnight.

stratman3142

Voting closed.