Competition Time - Easy Peasey Feeling

[ZappaFan]

Well it's been a hell of a long time since we had one of these so I decided to resurrect it and challenge you guys to do some melodic noodling to this. We recently had a clean tone challenge from Highway Star and thought I would follow on from that with this Eaglesey type backer. I know it may not be the kind of track that some of you would chose and thats just the reason I chose it. Hopefully it'll give everyone a challenge and we will also see some of the new members having a go. As for all the longer standing members, no excuses get recording!!!!!

I hope a few you have a crack at this.

So download the backer and get your best noodling hat on. When we have a few entries in we'll have a poll and pick a winner. It's all in fun though, so please have a crack at it and show us how versatile you can be.

Closing date will be Sat 4th August.

Cheers.

Zapp !!

[Guitarpima]

A long one Zappa. May take a while. Will work on it though.

[ZappaFan]

Yeah a bit long, but thats half the challenge. Just do what you can though, and thanks for having a crack at it.

[bwdavis99]

I may have to dig out my Tele for this one

[bigdoug]

sorry Zap I'm off on holiday today with the kids but looking forward to hearing them when I get back.

[Lyle]

cool - i'm in! gonna have to wait till I can get into my room though!

[Guitarpima]

I did a little tweeking to this track and was able to tame that snare. I don't know what you call it when you hold the butt of the stick on the drum and hit the rim. I guess it is sort of a rim shot but I know rim shots are different. Anyway I had to do it so I could live without a headache. :smile:

Any suggestions about tweeking and I can fix them, Maybe?

[zombo]

I will give it a crack too I just hope we can get enough to vote on it !!

[ZappaFan]

Shame the regulars members arent having a crack at this. Thought it would entice them, maybe they just arent good enough. :-)

Cheers though Zombo, look forward to hearing your crack at it.

[rubberducke101]

i'll have a crack at this but it is a long one so we'll see what happens
like the backer though
:jump:

[Rick_Lamoreaux]

I'll have something... :mrgreen: This one needs some serious lyrics, but I would need some extra time for that.

[ZappaFan]

Lyrics eh ?? I hadn't thought about that, but I might have a crack at that too.

[Highway Star]

Just seen this and without even downloading it you can put my name in. If you selected the BT then it is bound to be a cracker.

Norman

[Highway Star]

Well..... my turn to be out of my comfort zone!! Really not sure about this but here it is ... warts'n'all!! I felt like I should have "cut loose" somewhere but didn't know what with!! LOL Oh... it also clips a bit....

Norman

[ZappaFan]

Well..... my turn to be out of my comfort zone!! Really not sure about this but here it is ... warts'n'all!! I felt like I should have "cut loose" somewhere but didn't know what with!! LOL Oh... it also clips a bit....

Norman

Hey Farl, I likes that a lot mate. Sometimes it's good to be out of that comfort zone, makes you think about things from a different perspective. Lovely tones and very flowing licks you used there. I am well impressed mate and thanks for having a go.

[Lyle]

mind if i do a video for it?

[Rick_Lamoreaux]

Farl - great sound on that axe, man! Alot of feel in there, bro :-D I would have to fiddle with my settings forever to get a sound like that, lol. One of the misfortunes I deal with...

[Rob]

Well..... my turn to be out of my comfort zone!! Really not sure about this but here it is ... warts'n'all!! I felt like I should have "cut loose" somewhere but didn't know what with!! LOL Oh... it also clips a bit....

Norman

From blues to country without missing a step, sounding very cool :thumb:

[ZappaFan]

mind if i do a video for it?

Go for it :thumb:

[Highway Star]

Cheers guys! The old Fender USA Strat came out of the box for this one. Weird really, I rarely use it but I quite enjoyed playing it for a change! I used the neck pick up and through the Gearbox "Bad" preset with a bit of extra "stomp". I added reverb after recording and hey preresto! I used to take ages to pick a tone but I go with the flow real quick now and more often than not I get what I feel sounds OK.

Thanks for listening and commenting.

Norman

[Bluto]

That was quality Farl...absolutely, the business. :wnw:

Have another rep point my friend...well deserved!

[Highway Star]

That was quality Farl...absolutely, the business. :wnw:

Have another rep point my friend...well deserved!

Ha!! Thanks Dan!! Glad you liked it!

Norman

[Guitarpima]

Nice one Farl! I like the tone you had a lot. :thumb: I don't know what you mean about "out of your comfort zone". It sounded comfortable to me.

[Rick_Lamoreaux]

Thanks to Neal for providing a great backer to noodle over! A real pleasure to jam on. :grin: I still think this would be a great one to place some vocals over, though. :mrgreen:

I'm not completely happy with my take, though. It's a bit commercial sounding IMHO. Anyway, my take:

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[ZappaFan]

Thanks to Neal for providing a great backer to noodle over! A real pleasure to jam on. :grin: I still think this would be a great one to place some vocals over, though. :mrgreen:

I'm not completely happy with my take, though. It's a bit commercial sounding IMHO. Anyway, my take:



Not Happy ???? !!!!

I though that was way cool Rick, loved the twin guitars and the interplay between the two. Very nice indeedy. :-)

[bwdavis99]

I'm trying to resist listening til I do mine

[Rick_Lamoreaux]

Heh - thanks Neal. :smile: I so want to get some vocals on this one. It's begging for it, lol.

Barry - Looking forward to your take, bro!

[Highway Star]

Rick L matey!! You should be real pleased with that! Nice bit of twin as Neal said but also a real laid back feel! Damn! I want to change mine now!! LOL I did it in a real rush and yours has given me a few ideas! I'll stick with my first effort though but next time I may just go for a couple of Rick L runs! Very cool!

Norman

[Leezor]

This definitely is a track for lyrics, but I might give this one a shot, been playing with it for about an hour and it's tough - I don't know if I can come up with enough quality 'guitaring' to fill up the track ;)

[Rick_Lamoreaux]

Rick L matey!! You should be real pleased with that! Nice bit of twin as Neal said but also a real laid back feel! Damn! I want to change mine now!! LOL I did it in a real rush and yours has given me a few ideas! I'll stick with my first effort though but next time I may just go for a couple of Rick L runs! Very cool!

Norman


Farl: Haha! Thanks, bro! It was a long one, but fun to jam to. :mrgreen:
I've had a lot of yard work to do, so it was hard for me to find the time, but I hope we see other people posting their takes by tomorrow. :-)

[Highway Star]

BUMP.... Come on guys, post an entry or two.

Norman

[bwdavis99]

I''ll try to get mine done today

[ZappaFan]

Sorry Norm, running a bit late with my go too, will have it posted up shortly

[ZappaFan]

Here's my crack at it , this was actually was much harder than I thought, but I gave it go.

For those who may be remotely interested I used my Tascam 2488 Mulitrack for the recording on this. For the electric guitar parts I used my JJ Hucke Sahara, through my Boss GT6 for a couple of the bits and the Digitech 2101 for another. The acoustic, my Yamaha APX7, was plugged straight into the desk and I just added some reverb and EQ from the onboard effects.

Neal.

[Bluto]

Very nice Neal. Great vibe, very mellow and extremely well played. Top stuff mate!:thumb:

[bigdoug]

Farl that was a great job you did on that :thumb: and Zap some nice guitars on there :grin: well played chaps

[ZappaFan]

Thanks for the comments guys

[ZappaFan]

As others have said they are going to have a go at this i'll postpone the the poll for a while.

[Highway Star]

Neal..... It's tasty, tasty very very tasty, it's very tasty....

For anyone that does not come from the UK, that will make no sense! LOL but believe me, it is a compliment!

Norman

[ZappaFan]

Neal..... It's tasty, tasty very very tasty, it's very tasty....

For anyone that does not come from the UK, that will make no sense! LOL but believe me, it is a compliment!

Norman

LMAO, cheers Norm :-)

[Lyle]

i'll have mine up today

the weather is absolute sh*** - so there's not going to be a better time than now

[Rick_Lamoreaux]

Neal - cool take with the different guitars in there! I'll have to ask my sister who lives in Stoke-On-Trent to see what that tasty remark means, lol.

Looking forward to Kirk's take... :mrgreen:

[ZappaFan]

Neal - cool take with the different guitars in there! I'll have to ask my sister who lives in Stoke-On-Trent to see what that tasty remark means, lol.

Looking forward to Kirk's take... :mrgreen:

Thanks for the comment Rick :thumb:

As for Norm's tasty remark, unless your sister is older than Nostradamus she probabaly wont remember it or have a clue. Norm has been reincarnated many times and sometimes quotes adverts that he read in the small ad's in the back pages of the dead sea scrolls :-)

[ZappaFan]

Bumpety Bumpety !!!

C'mon guys, if you put your name down, lets have your posts up please

[Lyle]

mine's up now

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[ZappaFan]

Nice one Kirk, some really cool licks and nice phrasing in there mate. Just shows what a versatile player you are.

[Highway Star]

mine's up now

4573

Country meets Rock!...... Country Rock?? Nah, sure it has been done before!

Nice playing Kirk!


Is that it then?? Norman, Rick L, Zappafan and Kirk? Any more (Barry?? Leezor??, GP??) or is it voting time?

Norman

[Lyle]

thanks guys

i just went for a straight one-take recording - then snapped a string! (DOH!) -hence the obvious overdub.

[Rick_Lamoreaux]

Cool :-D Sounds like Satch meets country :razz: There'll probably need to be a new music category created for than one :mrgreen: I wonder how Satch would play it 8)

[Guitarpima]

Nice one Zappa. I like the contrasts between the accoustic and electric.

Very laid back Rick. Well put together.

Nice use of motives Kirk. I like your tone a lot.

I enjoyed those. I finally have a theme for mine so I should have mine if a few days.

[bigdoug]

great stuff Kirk, very satchesque for sure. I like it. :thumb:

[bwdavis99]

Give us til Sunday?

[Viscolex]

here is my take

[ZappaFan]

Give us til Sunday?


No probs. Sunday it is. Then it's poll time .... :-)

[bigdoug]

welldone visco I was looking for a cow to milk there....very country at the start :thumb:

[bwdavis99]

Here it is warts and all

[Bluto]

Here it is warts and all


I can't see it Barry...:(

[bwdavis99]

Tried to load the wrong file sorry

[Bluto]

Tried to load the wrong file sorry

:lol: I think you did it again...I reckon you uploaded the BT without your bit!!

[bwdavis99]

I think I got it right now