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@PolarityMan .. 5 points
@Hobbio .. 3 points
@Antique_Guitars .. 1 point
I thought the overall standard was very high. And making a decision was tough.
There was one track I could single out, @DesVegas song 23 Swans, for a special mention. I thought it was an excellent track and very Robin Guthrie-like, but I didn't think it a riff. It should be entered in a Fretboard Challenge. And @Antique_Guitars .. very brave playing just an acoustic with no distortion or drums - I think it works.
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
Steam Abacus - Steve the loopy drummer
Lovely guitar tone but the "drumming" in the background I found really distracting, to my mind gentle cymbal swells would have been order of the day here
Downsideup11 - Tele riff
Very status-quo but the tone was very thin and harsh...a phone recording I guess? I reckon this riff would shine alot more in a higher fidelity recording
Spark240 - ROTM Jan 2015
Nice interplay between the "lead line" and the strums. Could easily imagine this as an intro or refrain to a singer-songwriter type piece
Simonbeckwith - 3pc1
Nice indierock piece, unusual repetition structure which remind me vaguely of someone like Biffy Clyro
Anonymous1 - Tiger Toight
Excellent production but I though the riff while typiying djent it was stil a little bit unmemorable
PVO Dave - Riff
Forget the guitar this one is all about the bass! The slap / pop bass in this is great. Nice to see someone not making guitar the vocal point of their track for a change.
SamZadgan - Rotm
Dooooooooommmmy has some of those classic sabbath feel elements to the riff, filthy, filthy tone.
Das Vegas - 23 Swams
I liked the kind of pulsing feel to the bass in this but this sounds more liek a sound texture to me than a riff and while it's well executed doesn;t really tick my boxes personally
Hobbio - Jan 2015
Classic rock stuff, nice crunch tone and very well recorded. Wouldn;t sound out of place on an ac/dc or zz top record
TTony - with bass
More classic rock riffing and while I think the guitar tones are a little lacklustre i really like the little fills/flourishes on the bass drums
Bingefeller - February riffing
Like the post rocky feel of this one, i feel this opne could use a second guiatr part though to really shine
Rocker - Christmas Star
It feels like this is about 15 bpm too slow for the part, reasonably well played riff but with no context it's hard to compare it to some of the more polished entries
JudasVigilante - ROTM
The drums really grab me on this one, and I cant really put my finger on why, I think it might be the feel of the production which in some ways reminds me of the drum sound on Relentless by Pentagram.
Kin - First go
This was really really quiet, and split into 2 sections, i found whatever was making the percussive noises quite confusing in the first section and i felt the second section was really a lead piece over a vamp rather than a riff. Other than the volume nothing wrong with it just didnt feel like a riff to me.
Daveww - Riffyriffrif
I really liked what I guess is the second bar of this riff with some nice unusual note choices in the ascent. I'd have really like to hear this with some context, ie/ bass drum and possibly bass as certain parts of it feel a bit abstract opn their own but I have a felling that in a whole track it would fit really well.
Last Mantra - Dopesick
Great groove on this one, not entirely sure about the flange(?) on the guitar but I think the feel of the track more than makes up for it.
Antique_Guitars - Scratchy Scratch
Being a big opeth fan Im really into this kind of melencholy finger picking. Love this one.
I've had a listen through once but it'll take a couple more (with the help of pen and paper) to extract a top 3.
Well done to everybody who entered.
5 points @desvegas
3 points @steamabacus
1 point @Spark240
I could've happily had @Polarityman and @antique guitars in there too.
Seeing as mine was pretty much inaudible and had an extra bit tacked on that shouldn't have been there , I don't really feel qualified to comment other than I thought the standard was really high overall and i'm looking forward to giving it another go next month.
Our points are as follows
@Polarityman 5 points
Anonymous1 3 points
@Rocker 1 point
I'd also like to add @JudasVigilante I love you guitar sound and I'm looking forward to @Kin next effort, it's a shame I couldn't really hear what you were playing but I liked what I heard.
Well done to everyone who entered and thank you to @Antique_Guitars for hosting this event .. buy a bloody distortion pedal mate : )))))
Note: I wrote this before i read anyone's comments.
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