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Post by bluesbruce on Jan 7, 2015 20:02:25 GMT -6
Hey Marc, I enjoyed that one, too. Nice tone - not too clean, not too dirty. Good job. Keep em coming.
Bruce
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Post by joachim on Jan 8, 2015 10:33:39 GMT -6
Nicely played, Marc! What equipment did you use, and how is it recorded?
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Post by Phil on Jan 8, 2015 15:54:38 GMT -6
Marc,
Ok, here's my take- timing is good, bends need a lot of work. The good news is that bending to pitch is an easier problem to solve than timing issues. At least that's been my observation. We've all had and continue to have problems bending to pitch consistently. You also need to stop the string from ringing and not let it fall back down unless, of course, that's what you want. In this study you don't want to let the bend fall back towards the starting note. I'm probably not making myself clear. Someone else may be able to explain it better. John G. gives a good explanation of this somewhere in BYCU. It's a simple matter of being aware of it and then practicing it. It's one of those things that will take a little time to get a handle on.
But there's also something else going on here that I can't put my finger on. Is it possible that you are not quite in tune with the backing track?
Keep those recording coming. Understand that anything I say is meant to be constructive, and is nothing more than my opinion. It can be difficult to be encouraging and critical at the same time.
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Post by Marc on Jan 8, 2015 19:08:09 GMT -6
Nicely played, Marc! What equipment did you use, and how is it recorded? So my audio interface is on the fritz, and not able to pick up a microphone so i'm falling back to using a johnson j-station plugged to the computer.
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Post by Marc on Jan 8, 2015 19:22:42 GMT -6
Marc, Ok, here's my take- timing is good, bends need a lot of work. The good news is that bending to pitch is an easier problem to solve than timing issues. At least that's been my observation. We've all had and continue to have problems bending to pitch consistently. You also need to stop the string from ringing and not let it fall back down unless, of course, that's what you want. In this study you don't want to let the bend fall back towards the starting note. I'm probably not making myself clear. Someone else may be able to explain it better. John G. gives a good explanation of this somewhere in BYCU. It's a simple matter of being aware of it and then practicing it. It's one of those things that will take a little time to get a handle on. But there's also something else going on here that I can't put my finger on. Is it possible that you are not quite in tune with the backing track? Keep those recording coming. Understand that anything I say is meant to be constructive, and is nothing more than my opinion. It can be difficult to be encouraging and critical at the same time. Thanks for the feedback!! I will defiantly work on those bends and controlling notes like you suggested. I'm not sure about the tuning on what track do you hear it? I'll give them another listen and see if i can pick up what you hear.
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Post by Phil on Jan 9, 2015 3:52:49 GMT -6
Marc, Ok, here's my take- timing is good, bends need a lot of work. The good news is that bending to pitch is an easier problem to solve than timing issues. At least that's been my observation. We've all had and continue to have problems bending to pitch consistently. You also need to stop the string from ringing and not let it fall back down unless, of course, that's what you want. In this study you don't want to let the bend fall back towards the starting note. I'm probably not making myself clear. Someone else may be able to explain it better. John G. gives a good explanation of this somewhere in BYCU. It's a simple matter of being aware of it and then practicing it. It's one of those things that will take a little time to get a handle on. But there's also something else going on here that I can't put my finger on. Is it possible that you are not quite in tune with the backing track? Keep those recording coming. Understand that anything I say is meant to be constructive, and is nothing more than my opinion. It can be difficult to be encouraging and critical at the same time. Thanks for the feedback!! I will defiantly work on those bends and controlling notes like you suggested. I'm not sure about the tuning on what track do you hear it? I'll give them another listen and see if i can pick up what you hear. My last comments were about "True Blue." The others sounded fine. This particular tune drags anyway, but something sounds off to me. Maybe someone else could comment on this or maybe it's just my old ears.
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Post by joachim on Jan 9, 2015 4:12:23 GMT -6
It sounded to me like you were a ahead of the beat in some places; the timing was good, but you just started some figures a little to early. Perhaps that concurs with Phil's impression?
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Post by jack1982 on Jan 9, 2015 6:13:34 GMT -6
Sounding very nice Marc! About the only nitpick I'd mention (please remember this is always just meant as advice to help you get better - not criticism) is that the little lead-ins at the end of a few bars seem to be giving you a bit of a problem. Like the one at the very beginning of the song and the one at the end of bar 7 / beginning of bar 8 (sounds like you're adding an extra note in there to fix it). That's probably just a matter of practicing through it a few more times and getting a feel for them because you've got all the other lead-ins going great. Also at the end of bar 5 / beginning of bar 6, you're letting those notes ring together like a chord, but you want to play them individually.
Nice job overall, you're really cranking these songs out! It's great to have so many new recording to listen to.
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Post by Marc on Jan 9, 2015 22:41:44 GMT -6
Thanks for y'all input and feed back. The only way i can get better is to focus on my weaknesses. I did record a new track but something is bugging me about it but i'm sharing it anyhow. BYCU - Swinging the BluesSomething is really bugging about timing and tuning. It sounds good in my bedroom when I'm playing along but when i listen to the recording it sounds off. I wounder if it's may audio interface it's been being really buggy lately. I spent some TLC time dusting off my old Tascam Portastudio recording both the BYCU and BYCU backing tracks on on some cassettes. I did not get much playing time. I'm going to take a few days and really focus on some bending and playings. I probably won't upload anything new for a few days....but when I do I'll probably upload a few at once. I defiantly don't what y'all to think I'm mad, just refocusing my efforts....cheers
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Post by jack1982 on Jan 11, 2015 7:10:06 GMT -6
Marc, yeah like you said the timing is generally a bit off. Maybe just need to spend a little more time practicing along with John on the CD? I always practice along with John, then play along with the backing track, repeat repeat etc. to make sure I've got the timing correct. I know exactly what you mean about it sounding good when you play it but then you notice mistakes when you listen back to it. I think the ability to critically evaluate your own playing while you're playing is just one of those skills that develops over time. It is cool to see an old cassette based Portastudio still in use though! Ah, the good ol' days when things were simple I love your Swinging The Blues background image on Souncloud, very nice!
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Post by Phil on Jan 11, 2015 7:38:38 GMT -6
Marc, Jack pretty much said it all above and I agree 100% on "Swinging the Blues." There is no better teacher and harsher critic than a recording of yourself. As a side note: I just watched a Steve Krenz video on practice. One of the things he mentioned is the benefit of having a practice partner to help you stay motivated and help you make progress. Well, I thought, this is exactly what we are doing on this forum.
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Post by cunningr on Jan 11, 2015 13:25:36 GMT -6
Yeh these forum guys rely crack the whip here . Joking aside thanks to my BYCU friends I have stayed motivated and feel like I am improving.
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