SOLO of the Month #16 - Chat (Easy One)

Antique_Guitars

This is the 16th SOLO of the Month (SotM) Challenge, being run by @Antique_Guitars and @TTony. 

We give you a new backing track to solo over every month. The backing track will be a maximum of 1.5mins long. 

You download the track from our soundcloud page, record your solo over the top of it and then submit it to us.

 
Challenge #16 is now open, and remains open for submissions until 24th June. 

Voting opens on the 25th of the month, and closes on the last day of the month, when the winner will be announced.

Here is this months backing track (you can download it from soundcloud) 

Specs: Smooth Funk D Dorian

Send your tracks to solos@theFB.co.uk 

The tracks will be uploaded to our SoundCloud account and saved in a playlist that will be linked below

Antique_Guitars

This one is a bit more simple so that hopefully a few more people enter!

Perhaps even I might :-)

Fretwired

The chords sound like Dm and G7 .. I'll have a go over the weekend.

kuryakin85

I am by no means a soloist, but I'm gonna have a crack at this, love me some funk!

markv

Not sure I've consciously played in Dorian mode before. Just had a quick go at a Steely Dan-esque blast, good fun. 

The problem is that there are many people here who can do that way better than me. The challenge is to do something a bit different! (at least, that's my challenge to myself)

Fretwired

You can play in the key of C and resolve to the Dm chord ... you can use the Dm Pentatonic scale if you like.

mudslide73

Every time I get going the fade out starts!

Teetonetal

Is it supposed to be 36 secs?

Antique_Guitars

It's supposed to be a short one Yeah

gingerbbm

Hey, not done one of these before. Should they be improvised or written (or either)? What about chopping together different takes? Any rules, or is it a free-for-all?

markv

gingerbbm said:

Hey, not done one of these before. Should they be improvised or written (or either)? What about chopping together different takes? Any rules, or is it a free-for-all?

No rules that I am aware of.

I've done this competition a few times now and I try and approach it as if someone has asked me to give them an interesting solo in their track, so I am trying to get it as good as possible as a piece of music, rather than a demonstration of my "chops". In past months I've done improv (once, I think) & composed, single take & stitched together multiple takes. I've also done multiple overlaid guitars which obviously couldn't be played in one go.

If you have a few spare moments you could listen to the previous Solo of the Month playlists (in the "voting" links) and see what other people do.

Teetonetal

Right done mine. Bit sloppy and I'm not 100% happy with the sound. But it was a good excuse to get something done with the Helix.

Be interested in what you all think of the tone. Will mail it tomorrow.

MrStoob

Might just have a pop at this.  Plenty of scope to do what one likes really.

Edit:

Funny how different people have different views on ye olde modes.  Personally, Dorian is my mainstay go-to minor preference if I can avoid Aeolian, which I find hard not to end up in neo-classical land.  Dorian has a more free/jazzy feel to me, and lends well to 'outside' moments or a passing major 3rd.  I will add that Misters Vai and Satriani are huge Dorian users so that's where I've no doubt picked it up from.

Edit: Said Ionian, meant Aeolian.

BahHumbug

Done mine and sent it in. I dunt even kno wot one of dem Dorian fings is........I hope I haven't dun it wrong.......

stratman3142

Done mine. After last month, I'm trying to be more understated this time

daveww

Just emailed my acoustic one in.  Been too busy lately but thought I'd try and enter some this month.

gingerbbm

Submitted!

markv

Wow, bumper crop already this month!

I'd better get moving on mine then ...

ChrisRG

Great to see a lot of entries this month.  Better get my Dorian head on ASAP!! (note to self, look up dorian mode....)

Antique_Guitars

Going to upload these all soon, sorry for delay life has been a bit hectic.

Teetonetal

ohhh some good entries