[Kirk Lorange]

Here is a backing track that re-surfaced at the PlaneTalk Forum recently. Allthumbs found it and it's a great one to play over. It's in Am, and it's a pretty standard minor blues progression.

The chord progression is:

| Am - - - | Dm - - - | Am - - - | - - - - |
| Dm - - - | - - - - | Am - - - | - - - - |
| Em - - - | FM7 - Dm Em | Am - - - | - - - - |

It's in 4/4 time; the long notes from the bass are the 1's of each bar if you're wondering how to count it out ... if you want to count it out.

The backing track is attached, and below is my steel string acoustic track I played this afternoon. This tune sounds great on electric too, a la BB King, but there are countless ways to play to it. I know a couple of PlaneTalkers have already done some versions (James, Peter ..?) so hopefully they'll post them too.

Don't be shy! Let's hear some and maybe we can kick off a whole overdubbing 'add-a-track' thing here. This is obviously not for beginners who bought their first guitar last week, but even if you just dabble in improvisation or building solos more methodically, this is a great way to get feedback and make progress.

[Garry]

Originally Posted by 737blues

Garry, absolutely no offence taken. I didn't think for one moment that you were having a go at anybody.

'Twas I 'wot felt like a dope when I read my post again, after your reply and realised that most folks in this forum would not know that I was already one of Kirk's band of merry twangers. I should have introduced myself.


John

All cool here John I believe we met..pleased to meetcha

[Garry]

I love slop...

[nowhere-man]

Bravo. More slop please Bob

[aarona36]

Originally Posted by strtblstr

I'd say that was first rate slop.

Agreed!! i guess one mans slop is another mans... or something to that effect. Great job as always rockerbob.

[CanuckTodd]

Those takes sound great. How do you eeelectric geee-tar wizards get the ideas for what you are going to play? Take the root chords from the backing track and play around with variations on them? Or... just go with the flow and play whatever spirit posseses you once you flick your amp on?

[Rockerbob]

Sloppy is as sloppy does, or something like that.

[737blues]

Originally Posted by Rockerbob

Sloppy is as sloppy does, or something like that.

Well, sloppy does it for me Rockerbob. Great take !

[Kirk Lorange]

Great take, RockerBob! I just love the way you squeeze those notes out ... Great sound, too. You have somehow made it loud and clear, but back in the mix ..? How d'you do that?

[Sidney Schwartz]

Here's one of my takes. So spare, it's almost not there.

Enjoy. Or not.

Sid

[737blues]

Nice one Sidney. Chorus tone worked really well. Atmospheric!

John

[nocat]

No shortage of talent here... Awesome stuff guys...!!!!

On some takes it sounds like Blues, on others it sounds like Funk, Soul... Wow, Amazing...!!!

[mjwjr]

Wow, yes! Inspiring takes by all! Unfortunately, the inspiration peters out a little before it reaches the flailing sausages on the ends of my arms.

This recording business is brutal. I have already picked up on many little annoying idiosyncrasies the bother the crap out of me in my own playing ( besides the off key notes. ) Very constructive. I will have to hack at it a couple of more weeks and try another post.

With apologies in advance ...

mjwjr

[strtblstr]

I'd say that was very pink floydish Sidney. very cool!
mjwjr, your on the right track, just steam those clams!

[allthumbs]

Nice one mjwjr. You really started to groove towards the end of your take. Keep it up.

[Garry]

I'd say ya did good, ya found a zone and hung with it...hang in there...got a feeling it won't be long till ya go on auto-pilot. Nice job MJWRJ