HawK's June Jam

[Mr Smith]

Ok guys jump on this bugger.. raise your hands in the usual fashion..

This is a real nice backer guys

Each participant is to post their own full rendition! Good Luck! ;-)

Contestants:

Ini
ZappaFan
Viscolex
Zane (Aka Steve)
SteveDak
Me? :-)




Pete :butt:

[ini]

Wow what a backer.

Cant say no. :)

[ZappaFan]

Im IN , this is some kind scary backing track, I love it. woohoo !!!!!!!!!!!

We could of course all do our own version and post them up, that would be cool too !!! Seeing as how Tomahawk is currently leading the guitar battle on G101 with his version of this, can we do better ??? Do we have the talent here to beat the G101 leader ? :-) :-) :-)

Thoughts ???

[Viscolex]

me maybe...

[Viscolex]

/singed to zapp's idea

[Steve Zane]

Yep..I'm in too.

[stevedak]

I'm in, I like Zap's idea too!

[Mr Smith]

:-D Very well Zappz idea sounds like it'll hold water so ok guys start your engines, lets see what tricks you guys will pull out for this beutiful backer!

BTW the origional track has a bitrate of 625 and I'll put it on my website tonight if there is enough interest for it.


Good Luck Lads! :-)
Pete

[ZappaFan]

:-D Very well Zappz idea sounds like it'll hold water so ok guys start your engines, lets see what tricks you guys will pull out for this beutiful backer!

BTW the origional track has a bitrate of 625 and I'll put it on my website tonight if there is enough interest for it.


Good Luck Lads! :-)
Pete

Let us know when it's up there Pete, I am in the starting stalls and ready to get under way.

[Steve Zane]

Ok that was fast:-) here is my bit on Hawk's bt

[ZappaFan]

Ok here is my first take on this too, thought i would post this up as a work in progress version, it was very late here but i just had to get something down against this cool BT whilst i felt "in the groove". This was a hit the record and see what happens and on the whole not too bad. I will include this guitar in the final version too. I will update this with my final version tomorrow sometime.

ZappaFan

[Rob]

Is it to late for me to jump in? Nice BT by the way.

[bigdoug]

very good guys great bt and cool guitar too

[Mr Smith]

Is it to late for me to jump in? Nice BT by the way.

Get into it Rob, its not a collaborative mate, play over the entire track and post er up :thumb:

Pete

[Mr Smith]

Ok that was fast:-) here is my bit on Hawk's bt

Some tasty riffage in there Steve, I like your groovy take on things mate :thumb:

Pete

[Mr Smith]

Ok here is my first take on this too, thought i would post this up as a work in progress version, it was very late here but i just had to get something down against this cool BT whilst i felt "in the groove". This was a hit the record and see what happens and on the whole not too bad. I will include this guitar in the final version too. I will update this with my final version tomorrow sometime.

ZappaFan

The final volume is a little too low Zapp mate..

Some great Diatonic licks I havn't heard you play before and some well placed Pentatonic climbs.. Good work Neal 8-)

A tip though (not a critism) I heard you play a nice melody at the end, maybe you should introduce that melody from the begining and then build some licks around it (please tell me to shut up and mind my own bee's wax lol)

Pete

[Six]

As there's no limit to how many can participate I think I'll have a crack at this.

Very cool backer by the way!

[joebaxi2]

nice bt ,thomahawk , right up my street !!!i will have a crack & post if you dont mind ., thanx

[Mr Smith]

nice bt ,thomahawk , right up my street !!!i will have a crack & post if you dont mind ., thanx

Please do Joe :thumb:

Pete

[joebaxi2]

well sorry hawk i know my name wasnt on the guest list!!lol ;but had to have a bash ,, after recording i realised i needed to come up for air !!!!lol. feel free to give pointers !!!

[zombo]

Is it too late I would love a crack at this one ??????????

[ZappaFan]

I am sure that it's just a dive in and have a go thing Zombo, so get in there mate, get it downloaded and lets hear those Zombo tones ringing around 6SH again. I've missed them mate.

[bigdoug]

nice melody and clean tone joeb, well done:thumb:, and a twilight zone moment for me cause today I was learning the words for simple man and then saw your signature...spooky

[zombo]

Well I just thought I would listen to the song once and just do the shock treatment and get it down I just took my time with this one !
Sorry if I just jumped in quickly Tomahawk but I get my most inspiration when I first hear a track and that's what I was after sort off !!

Cheers Zombo

P.s Great track Tomahawk

[zombo]

I have just listened to you all now I have done mine I am listening to you first Joe you have come on leaps and bounds very very impressed !!

[zombo]

I am sure that it's just a dive in and have a go thing Zombo, so get in there mate, get it downloaded and lets hear those Zombo tones ringing around 6SH again. I've missed them mate.

Oh oh oh thats nice Zappa loved the volume fade ins to begin with gorgeous is it a nice track to play with I missed those phrases from you too!!

[zombo]

Ok that was fast:-) here is my bit on Hawk's bt

I love that nice bluesy start then those rocky licks I also like the way you change from clean to distorted then those taps and phrases scarey wow!!

[bigdoug]

nice feel to that zombo loved the long holds (very gary :smile:) great track.

[Six]

Steve... awesome mate, everything you do sounds polished to perfection.

Zap... what can I say, that had the hairs standing up on the back of my neck, 'haunting' is the only way I can describe it... superb.

John... absolutely shredtastic! and executed with a tone that cuts like a rapier.

JB... excellent job, you're making great improvements and these jams will definately help.

Will be posting mine soon (gulp) was feeling confident until I heard these.

[Six]

okay, here it is.

2154

[Steve Zane]

Wow guys you all did a great job on this one:thumb: :thumb: :thumb:

Zap , I was very impressed with your bit. Lots of emotions from you there
very well done.

[Viscolex]

ok...... u can forget me in here, i cant come up with anything half as good as with u do

Everyones take just sounds UNREAL, im like WOW!!!!

[ZappaFan]

Hey guys I have just had another listen to all these again, through sober ears this time, and they are all just sooo good. Those of you that are members on G101 should go and listen to this months competition there. All the versions you guys have done here knock spots of most of the entries over there. Considering some of the guys over there have probably spent days trying this and that on their tracks. To hear you dudes come up with such great tracks in such a short space of time makes me proud to know you all. We may lose out on numbers to G101 but we certainly make up for it with raw talent.

Zane72, lovely job mate, I know you did that really quickly, but it just show's what a star you are to come up with something that is so well constructed, superbly played, and with a fantastic use of tone that sets the guitar work just in the right spot against the backer. Flawless.

ZappaFan, oops thats me, well best not crtique my own slot had I ? Just to say I enjoyed noodling to that BT and it put a smile on my face and the odd shiver down my spine when i did it. BTW thanks for the comments guys.

JoeBaxi2, I cant tell you how pleased I am to see your playing come on so much over even just the last few weeks. To have gained the comfidence and ability to do this is just fantastic. well done mate,

Flyingzombo, well what can I say, you just have some magic in those fingers and some soul in your heart and it always comes through in your playing mate. I love to listen to your playing because I know it's always gonna hit the right spot.

Sixwheels, another one who has developed his new found confidence to get in on something like this. I know that you have lots of the technique stuff nailed and once again it's brilliant to see you tackling something like this. Top work matey.

Great work guys.

Oh and BTW, a special mention for our resident loonie, the great Flyingombo, it was just so good to hear you doing ya stuff again mate.

ZappaFan

[megaverb]

hey all nice job on this how starting a 2nd thread for this jam and go for a jam 2 and maybee let people vote and see which version they like the best and if u want to i want in on the second jam if u set up...

[bigdoug]

well I'm gob smacked again, great job sixwheels,some impressive riffage going on there. liked the metal type riffs in the middle :thumb:

[Mr Smith]

ok...... u can forget me in here, i cant come up with anything half as good as with u do

Everyones take just sounds UNREAL, im like WOW!!!!

Just keep playing over it Andy, theres no presure to get anything posted mate, this is a very good track to learn some new licks with.. Even if it takes a few weeks to find something your happy with Andy thats cool mate!

Pete

[Mr Smith]

I 'm hearing some real cool stuff here guys! You know it wouldn't be a stupid idea to have an mp3 contest type thing going on 6string, it'll just be down to numbers I guess, what do you guys think?

Pete

[ZappaFan]

I 'm hearing some real cool stuff here guys! You know it wouldn't be a stupid idea to have an mp3 contest type thing going on 6string, it'll just be down to numbers I guess, what do you guys think?

Pete

I have said it before on the forum, I am not a big fan of the competitions, winners and losers spoils it for me. they are all great and are all winners doing it this way.

[joebaxi2]

hey guys cheers for the feedback.i really do think everyone enjoyed this 1 ,ya know what seriously , i firmly beleive that this forum has helped me & others to proggress ,& yes dare i say , i was very happy with my take ,ok the ending was a bit naff ,lol. but something was different this time , ill go as far as saying i could actually tell ! which really does make it all the more worth while ya know what i mean ? im confident that in a another couple of years i will be ill be able to look back with with a rhy smile ! or & maybe play some rhtyhm lol . but that will down to listening-reading lots of posts on this site .i firmly believe this ,cheers joe

[Rob]

I found this quite a sad bt so probably comes out in my playing here, a bit depressing for me, you guys where quick to post on this one JEEZ they all sound fantastic, Zap and Zombo good to here you playing again.
Nice to have some new guys having a go to well done.

I think I will be staying out of comps for a while Im still recovering from the thrashings LOL.

Anyway put the razor blades away and have a listen.

[joebaxi2]

yes hear hear big doug , cool as ya like there zombo , them long sustained notes , sweet as nut ! c what youve gone and done now , im trying to play over - with your take now lol , its got to be helping me !!

[joebaxi2]

okay, here it is.

2154
cool as you like there six , that was like the best ive heard so far from you !!just my opinion mate ,,

[Six]

Rob, that was excellent mate, very soulful.

You know I may have only been hanging around here since March but in that short time I've definately heard great improvements in your playing... well done dude.

[joebaxi2]

hey rob , i was trying to decide about the other guys , then you turn up with this , ya havnt made it any easier for me mate ,,,lol

[Rob]

hey guys cheers for the feedback.i really do think everyone enjoyed this 1 ,ya know what seriously , i firmly beleive that this forum has helped me & others to proggress ,& yes dare i say , i was very happy with my take ,ok the ending was a bit naff ,lol. but something was different this time , ill go as far as saying i could actually tell ! which really does make it all the more worth while ya know what i mean ? im confident that in a another couple of years i will be ill be able to look back with with a rhy smile ! or & maybe play some rhtyhm lol . but that will down to listening-reading lots of posts on this site .i firmly believe this ,cheers joe

Just keep posting your stuff mate your getting more confident as time goes on, that was a long bt to solo over and keep it going so well done.

[Rob]

Rob, that was excellent mate, very soulful.

You know I may have only been hanging around here since March but in that short time I've definately heard great improvements in your playing... well done dude.

Cheers Six hats off to your take nice runs and great tone mate.

[ZappaFan]

Lovely work there Rob, you seem to have found a lot more emotion to throw into that and it's sounding excellent mate.

:thumb: :thumb: :thumb:

[bigdoug]

great take on that rob :thumb: I'm with zap on the comp thing, Whats good about this site is that I can happily post up a jam and have semi pro musicians post up stuff with it. Now where else can mediocre players like me get a chance to do that? Its a learning opertunity which is lost when it becomes a comp. Is the warzone section not for that anyway.

[Rob]

Can see where Zap and BigDoug are comming from on the comp thing. I like the idea of us having a seperate Jam over something like this but it is bloody long I much prefer the zombo type jams tbh just taking a 30 40 second slot and going for it, it produces such a good mix, soloing for 4 mins can be very hard.

[Steve Zane]

I'm looking forward to go home and listen to what you few last guys did.

I don't mind the competetion even if I will loose:wall:

[Mr Smith]

I found this quite a sad bt so probably comes out in my playing here, a bit depressing for me, you guys where quick to post on this one JEEZ they all sound fantastic, Zap and Zombo good to here you playing again.
Nice to have some new guys having a go to well done.

I think I will be staying out of comps for a while Im still recovering from the thrashings LOL.

Anyway put the razor blades away and have a listen.

Yeah it is a sad sounding piece eh Rob, you did a great job of it, you have the advantage of being able to tap convincingly. I also noticed part of a Satch type blues lick in there too, some very clever riffage mate :thumb:

Pete

[Mr Smith]

okay, here it is.

2154

Wow Sixer some premo licks and talk about great control mate!

Pete

[Steve Zane]

okay, here it is.

2154
Is it me or you are improving at the speed of sound dude?
I think that was the best of you so far:mrgreen:
You have some extreme good technics!
Good job on this one:thumb: :thumb: :thumb:

[Six]

Thanks very much guys... I must admit, I really enjoyed playing over this one and wanted to put everything i've got into it.

By the way Pete, I went over to Guitars101 and had a listen to yours... stunning mate! exceptional peice of playing.

[ZappaFan]

Thanks very much guys... I must admit, I really enjoyed playing over this one and wanted to put everything i've got into it.

By the way Pete, I went over to Guitars101 and had a listen to yours... stunning mate! exceptional peice of playing.

I hope you gave it your vote whilst you were there Six.

BTW Hawk, why not post yours up here too ... ??

[zombo]

Just listening to 6wheels stuff now some of those licks where like lightning man you scare amazing phrasing and tasty licks loved it!

[zombo]

The talent we have on this forum is amazing and low and behold Rob you don't dissapoint either you always come up with something new!!
I like the way you slowed down and speeded up at the right time and kept it balanced with bending, legato and tapping great all round playing Rob and you didn't let it get dry either great!!

[Six]

I hope you gave it your vote whilst you were there Six.

BTW Hawk, why not post yours up here too ... ??

Of course I did Zap... you've gotta look after your own, right!!!

And thanks for the comments John, I don't feel worthy :nervous: , you know it's such an honour and a privilege to play alongside such amazing people, we should all consider ourselves very fortunate. I know I certainly do.

[ini]

Ah, finally got time to listen to all of em.

So here we go:

Zane - Wow very nice stuff, that tapping part was extremely cool, great stuff.

Zap - very much feeling as always, notes fading in at the intro makes it sound very cool.

JoeBaxi - cool clean tone, very tidy.

SixWheels - Some very cool runs there, but how did you record this? I think the guitar sounds a bit small in the mix, accenting it a bit more would be cool.

Zombo - Well, just as Zappa said, you really have some soul mate.. killer bends too!

Rob - hey, nice stuff - nice quality too, this is better than the recent stuff I heard from you, you using any new gear?

hope I didn't forget anyone, you're setting a very fast pace with this guys..

[zombo]

Of course I did Zap... you've gotta look after your own, right!!!

And thanks for the comments John, I don't feel worthy :nervous: , you know it's such an honour and a privilege to play alongside such amazing people, we should all consider ourselves very fortunate. I know I certainly do.

ditto

[Mr Smith]

Hi guys, been offline a bit, brought a new AGP Graphics card and fried it within 6 hrs lol.. Not sure what the story is, gonna take it back tomorrow :-(

Thanks guys for your support over at G101, I trust you have heard at least the 5 leading entries before voting, there are some really excellent versions of this and to be even close to the top 5 is a real buzz for me, I have no idea what the outcome will be :)

For anyone who hasn't heard my version on this backer here it is right here.. http://www.6stringheaven.com/forum/vb/showthread.php?t=2224

Pete

[Danny Danzi]

Man I'm sorry I missed this one....killer jam track here!

[Rob]

Man I'm sorry I missed this one....killer jam track here!

You didnt miss it Danny feel free to download it and give it a whirl, PLEASE :-)

Everyon has done there own take on the whole bt.

[ZappaFan]

You didnt miss it Danny feel free to download it and give it a whirl, PLEASE :-)

Everyon has done there own take on the whole bt.

Indeed Danny get onto it matey. If you PM Tomahawk he has a higher quality BT too, if you want it. I am sure he can let you have it.

[Mr Smith]

Absolutely Danny you are most welcome to post your version mate!

Pete

[ZappaFan]

Hey guys can anyone help me out with this backer, what are the chords being used in the track. I am pretty useless at working these sort of things out and I am trying to do some arpeggiated harmonic stuff to some parts of this, and i just cant work it out. HELP !!!

[Viscolex]

ah feck it, not like im a chicken

here is my go:

http://viscolex.googlepages.com/hawkjunejamviscogotenoughcourage.mp3

[joebaxi2]

Hey guys can anyone help me out with this backer, what are the chords being used in the track. I am pretty useless at working these sort of things out and I am trying to do some arpeggiated harmonic stuff to some parts of this, and i just cant work it out. HELP !!!
you know im top on this sort thing zapp ,you just had to ask me , lol:-)

[joebaxi2]

ah feck it, not like im a chicken

here is my go:

http://viscolex.googlepages.com/hawkjunejamviscogotenoughcourage.mp3
hey visco that was really sweat mate , tone sounded a bit err fat ,to begin with but ,was soon overcome with some nice licks mate :thumb:

[ZappaFan]

you know im top on this sort thing zapp ,you just had to ask me , lol:-)

Yeah sorry JB so when will you let me know ? :lol: :lol: :lol:

[joebaxi2]

Yeah sorry JB so when will you let me know ? :lol: :lol: :lol:
next coulple of years sound about right??? but by all means if some 1 beats me to it , please dont think ill be offended ,lol:thumb:

[bigdoug]

visco that got better as it went on, you certainly aint chicken, well done

[Six]

ah feck it, not like im a chicken

here is my go:

http://viscolex.googlepages.com/hawkjunejamviscogotenoughcourage.mp3

I'll be completely honest with you Andy, at first I thought "What's he doing, Andy can do better than this", it was like you were lost and couldn't quite make it all gel, but then suddenly the 1:30 point passed and everything clicked into place. There was some very nice phrasing and a tone that fit the playing style perfectly, also I particularly liked the ascending hammer-ons, they were kind of... Dave Murray does the blues!

All in all a great effort.

[ini]

yeah mate, I have to agree with SixWheels, I didn't like the beginning at all,
but the following riffs were cool. :)

[Viscolex]

here is another attmept, this time i took my basic go at it

the main bit is the tone,

PLEASE GIVE ME FEEDBACK ON THE TONE!!!! i found a new way to create any tone or just to beef up my tone for free XD

[wahwah]

Tone very nice mate...so was the playing...but why does the volume all of a sudden increase at certain points?

[Viscolex]

eh, pick up selector lol, tried to slow down and give it a bluesier tone at some parts by selecting the neck pick up, forgot that the volume nob was turned down there :D

[ZappaFan]

here is another attmept, this time i took my basic go at it

the main bit is the tone,

PLEASE GIVE ME FEEDBACK ON THE TONE!!!! i found a new way to create any tone or just to beef up my tone for free XD

Sounding really loads better Visco, nice one matey

[ini]

Way better mate, nice tone, now that is Andy how we know him.

Awesome.

[Six]

:thumb: Miles better Andy:thumb:

[bigdoug]

yeah like the others I thought that was much better

[coolbreze1011]

Hey fellas is alright to give that Hawk bt a try I dont want to intrude but it sure is a fine melody line to follow

[ZappaFan]

I am sure not one sole on the site will have any objections to that, get to it man !!!!

[coolbreze1011]

Thanks ZappaFan Iam new to the forums and I didnt want to impose. The link is http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=561508

[ZappaFan]

Nicely done CB. :thumb:

I dont want you to think I am being overly critical here, because I am not, but I felt that in places the solo could have done with a bit more varaiation to give more dynamics and feel, plus the guitar seemd to be a bit lost in the mix sometimes. But overall a good affort and nicely played, Well done dude.

[coolbreze1011]

Thanks ZappaFan I will be more than glad to get any comments. I have listened to several of the different styles on these forums and I must say that all Ive heard is alot of great work from you and several others. All comments are well respected. Iam new to recording and I have my work cut out for me, but I do have the drive to get it right. The picking part well thats a different can o worms. Again thanks for the different ideas to work on.

[Viscolex]

very nice, but like zapp said, a little more variation would make it killer

well done

[coolbreze1011]

Thanks Viscolex I will try a little more variation next time. I really have been trying for a good sound more than licks or style. Since I have been trying to learn to program a drum machine and also work with audicity it somewhat overwelming at times but I wil get it done one way or another. This computer recording is cool as a fan I guess it will just take some time. again thanks for the help. btw you did a cool take on the jam yourself just gave it listen awhille ago. Keep it up

[coolbreze1011]

good job viscolex

[Viscolex]

thx a lot