Show a bit of your solo'ing style

viz · May 2015

I hesitate to post this because a) the sound's terrible, and b) I look so odd, but it was my first attempt at pure improvising over a jazz backing track and I was trying to throw away all old habits and shapes and not look at the fretboard but just PLAY the tunes in my head as they popped in. It gets more interesting after 0:35. And I quite like the vibrato at the very end which comes from my violinist years lol

jazzlemming · May 2015

bingefeller said:

jazzlemming said:

Really interesting to hear everyone! If you're curious, here's a fusion solo/duo from a Steely Dan big band gig a few years ago:

And here's an original solo piece on acoustic, head, improv (1:15), head:

your playing in the first solo is incredible (some of the best i have heard on this forum) but the clapping ruins it for me i'm afraid.

Second piece is really great too, very fluid playing.

Thank you very much! Yeah, I know what you mean about the clapping, but that's what was in the score!

firks91 · May 2015

I think most of us think we are terrible, i for one always feel like i could of done a bit better after playing. Even now i feel like taking mine back off to be honest! Lol

BGG · May 2015

viz said:

Nice playing on the recent posts. Bgg it looks like your t shirt is playing the guitar.

haha cheers

jimmyguitar · May 2015

1:45 is the solo

jimmyguitar · May 2015

this one's at 2:00

Clarky · June 2015

sted said:

Clarky said:

just found this... it's much more "me".. it's quite a few years old now..
anyways, it's my own composition based on Red by King Crimson.. this one is my little "hat tip" to KC given that I'm a little twig on an extended branch of their vast family tree..
the cool part is that I did this with Fripp's blessing [and he told me he quite liked this too]
the surprising part is that I wasn't given a public flogging for heresy by the die hard Crimson fans [they seemed to quite like it too]
the piece is called Purple cos it's a sort of fusion or Red with some Blues-ish Rock ideas here and there
https://soundcloud.com/clarkymusic/04-purple

Awesome that mate.

thanks matey.... glad you like it....