The collab from hell.

[Rick]

i've been hard drive searching again!
back in 1985 a bunch of the top muzos from the rock world got together and made a track.
wiki explains it better than me, so click this!

hear 'n aid stars (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hear_'n_Aid)

anyway i found a backer and the original track hidden away in the realms.

it'll need plenty of guitarists and some singing.

if we are up for it i'll pop both tracks up later tonight

[Rick]

by the way the original guitarists were.
Vivian Campbell (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivian_Campbell)
Carlos Cavazo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Cavazo)
Brad Gillis (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brad_Gillis&action=edit)
Craig Goldy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Goldy)
George Lynch (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Lynch_%28musician%29)
Yngwie Malmsteen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yngwie_Malmsteen)
Eddie Ojeda (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Ojeda)
Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_%22Buck_Dharma%22_Roeser)
Neal Schon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neal_Schon)
Dave Murray (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Murray_%28musician%29)
Adrian Smith (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Smith)

so it will be a piece of cake :poke:

[Rick]

infact here we go!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8eutqgiG1U

[Stempy]

ok, I'll do the third note in the second bar...

[ZappaFan]

Damn good vid, one thing i noted, hardly an Ibanez in sight, oh how the world has changed

[zeusse]

Count me in on this one Rick more than enough talent on this site to reproduce that....maybe even better

[bloodandtears]

quality vid.. put a camera infront of a singer and he turns into a frontman.. the shades the axes the amps great days... love the token appearance of Michael McKean

[stevedak]

I remember this one very well, my roommate had the "making of" video of it and we pretty much wore it out...count me in on this one too!

[bluesgeek]

yep I kept putting this on replay on the juke box, I reckon the entire pub was pretty sick of it (and me) :lol:

[petruccis_shadow]

so what tracks you have in mind for this massive tune? the one we have watched? or you got something else to go with?

[bigdoug]

that is everything that was wrong with the eighties, but I loved it, you guys will shred that. I cant wait to hear it.

[Rick]

it totally up to everybody who plays on it.
it would be nice to improve it.

i love all the original guys licks on it though,

[wahwah]

I'd like a slot on this...just pick one and tell me. :thumb:

[Rick]

when i can get a stable connection i'll upload the backer!it needs rhythm laying down on it.

[zeusse]

Any help you need Rick just give a shout and you got it seems like everyone is positive about doing this one...and maybe Steve should save a spot on the 6SH cd for this tune it would seem fitting

[Rick]

it would be cool if you could mix it eric.

[zeusse]

it would be cool if you could mix it eric.

I'm thinking of the best way we can do this so we don't loose on compression issues and any of you other cats that have suggestions throw them up..but I'll have a better idea once you throw the backer up, if its just drums and bass we can just find a couple of members to get it rolling with the rythem guitars first.....so throw up what you got their Rick and we'll go from there.

[Tony4552]

I'll do Malmsteens solo and Maidens harmony lol

[Tony4552]

Infact let me know what you want me too do as its my day off tomorrow so I'll be able to get it done

[Rick]

i'll try my best to get the backer uploaded asap.

but don't hold your breath it's just taken 25 mins just to read this

[stevedak]

I'll gladly mix it if Eric can't, it would be cool and a lot of fun to just get everyone's bit done as a separate track and then put the whole thing together.

[petruccis_shadow]

awesome! a final track on the cd where we are all present, amazing, great thinking!

[bluesgeek]

In a spooky turn of events, we were discussing doing this on my forum a couple of months ago, and I've just been nagged into doing it this month - our November competition is hair metal ballads as well, wierd ;)

[Rick]

finally

The Backing Track (http://www.cyprusquads.com/Stars.mp3)

[wahwah]

...and they're off!!!! You could put this into any of the slots but I can tell you which one it was if not. How do you want the solo and where do I send for mixing in?

:thumb:

[wahwah]

actually, that's pretty poor! Back to the drawing board I think. I have a plinter in my forefinger and everytime I bend a note it kills! :(

[zeusse]

You could have splinters in every finger Chris and we'd never know the difference..LOL But since Stevedak is a lot better on mixing than me I'd rather him do it if he's ok with that I'm on limited time these days and don't want to fall behind and hold this thing up....its up to you Steve

[zombo]

Count me in let me know where and when I am easy!!

[Rick]

more!!!!! listen you don't need to be malmsteens or whatever, just play something in A and post it up! plenty of space for everybody!

[ZappaFan]

Count me in then too Rick seeing as how it's a charity number, lol

[bluesgeek]

yeah I'll give it a shot :)

[petruccis_shadow]

and lyrics? http://www.dio.net/lyrics/stars.html

I would consider doing quite a few of the lyric portions, if need be.

[bluesgeek]

I'll have a shout at some of the lyrics as well.... :grin:

[bloodandtears]

hmmm i have to jump on this one...

[Rick]

bumpppppppp..
it went all quiet!

[zeusse]

Sorry Rick I've been busy with other projects I wasn't watching this thread but I'm almost done my other stuff and will get cracking on this shortly..I would have thought somebody would have got the ball rolling

[Rick]

hmm same! i've been guilty too

[ZappaFan]

bump again

[Narshadda]

Hey Rick,

Awesome backing. I have never heard this tune before so I just laid a solo track over the bass and drums. I am not sure what you exactly wanted us to do on this so I hope this is good enough.

I couldn't upload the full 10.3MB to this site so I uploaded the tune to soundclick.com - Please let me know if you want me to upload just the solo track so you can drop it in the mix.

Enjoy,

Narsh

Stars Collab - Narsh solo (http://www.soundclick.com/util/getplayer.m3u?id=4818326&q=hi)

[Rick]

jeez man that rocks!!

with all the site stuff and christmas stuff and other stuff i've lost track of every including what day it is,
hopefull this will kick off again now!

[bluesgeek]

yep, what day is it? :eek:

[Paulo]

interesting stuff - would love to jam in \m/

[petermoran555]

How is this working?

Is it going to be like the original with vocals/solos in the right places...

Or is it just a guitar jam for the whole BT?

[Rick]

record a bit, if you want sing a bit.
you can either follow the original or jam a bit i guess

[NightRanger]

Thanx for the backing track rick
i love this song,great guitar solos
i saw the documentery few years ago it's about 30-40 minuets
first time i saw the video in vh1 i wa blawn away

cant wait to hear the finished jam...

[zeusse]

I think I better get at this one this week and maybe just everyone add their riff and we can always edit the clips as necessary....this one is far overdue to get finished. OK its a mission now :bart: