[msnelson]

Heres a couple from Clapton. A little slower and dare I say easier to conquer.

Track 1 is Running on Faith and Track 5 is Wonderful Tonight.

Enjoy.

Snelso.

[Jim]

Cool - thanks! I'll enjoy playing with those!

Jim

[krissovo]

Wonderful tonight looks like my weekend project now.

Thanks

[macman01]

thx man, I want to do a cover of wonderful tonight for my wonderful wife, thx for the backer, that will also be my weekend project

[Jim]

This is not a solo that's meant to bear resemblence to the original "Running On Faith", but rather just my try at playing something from my heart that is inspired by the backing track (as if it were not already a well known song). So please don't judge this by whether it sounds like versions you already know, but as original material.

I also wanted very much to continue to experiment with recording using the SM57 mic I got, and different tones I could get. This is a try at getting a cleaner, yet still full, tone that befits the song. Let me know how I did. I may also post this over in the main booth just to get feedback on the tone issue from people that usually don't come over here to the Backing Tracks area.

I haven't tried "Wonder Tonight" - partly because that has such a well known melody that's so ingrained in people's memories that it would be hard to get away with playing it without getting the real melody down correctly, and I haven't done that yet. I also hope Krissovo gives it a try as he mentioned.

Here's my attempt:

Jim

[Kirk Lorange]

Good stuff, Jim.

That Running on Faith is sure a beautiful set of chords, isn't it? I couldn't resist having a stab on slide, but I left it at just one pass through the chords. I, like Jim, made no attempt to play the original, as I don't really know the tune.

Hope you like it, I sure enjoyed playing to it!

[krissovo]

Both very nice and I could listen to it all day, I am not quite convinced by the Tone Jim (Sorry)I cannot help but feel a slightly more aggressive crunch Tone would do that better justice. Put that through a Boss Blues Driver pedal and I think she will sound sweeeet!

[Jim]

Nice job Kirk! Yup, those chords are irresitable -- I didn't know the melody well but I couldn't help myself in playing over that beautiful progression...

Thanks Kris! I agree now about the tone, and I think I wasting time trying to record through a mic off that tiny Marshall MS-4 microstack...it just won't give the sound I need. The SM-57 will be fine for acoustic, vocals and a good amp. For electric, I'm going to go straight into the PC - and now I have some software I'm trying out that should improve the tone immensely! I may try to re-process this same take and mix it back in again and see how much better it sounds. Probably this weekend, so stand by!

Jim

[krissovo]

How are the micro stacks? I am doing more and more travelling with work and I cannot bear to be away from my geetars one of those would be ideal to mess around on.

ps, Sorry to steal the thread

[allthumbs]

Nice takes both. I always find it intersting that following chords produces a melody that is strikingly close to the original, even if the player hasn't heard the original tune. Proving once again, strong melodies are built around chord tones.

[Jim]

Originally Posted by krissovo

How are the micro stacks? I am doing more and more travelling with work and I cannot bear to be away from my geetars one of those would be ideal to mess around on.

ps, Sorry to steal the thread

I love the micro-stack! It's tiny (about 9 inches high), light as a feather (almost) and can run off a 9 volt battery or AC adapter. Two speakers in the stack - you can also get an even smaller non-stack model (MS-2) with just one speaker. For $60 or so, it's a fabulous amp to pratice with and it can get pretty darn loud (my wife is always telling me to turn it down... ). As long as you don't expect it to sound like the big boys, you defiinitely get your bang for the buck and it's perfect for traveling - it can fit in the case (depending on the model) or gig bag pouch. It has a Volume, Tone, Gain and On/Off switch on the front, and 1/4" input and output jacks, as well as a headphone (mini) jack. I recommend it!

Jim

[Jim]

Originally Posted by allthumbs

Nice takes both. I always find it intersting that following chords produces a melody that is strikingly close to the original, even if the player hasn't heard the original tune. Proving once again, strong melodies are built around chord tones.

Thanks Marty. That's an interesting point you bring up ... it would be an interesting study to do to see if a group of people given a unique chord progression to a well known song (that they didn't know) would mostly come up with a solo close to the original melody or not. To see if the chords drive the melody that strongly. And I suppose the reverse test (given a melody, come up with a chord progression for it) would also be valid.

The kinds of things composers spend their time doing (creating melodies to fit harmonic progressions and visa versa). How close would several composers come with the same starting material?

Possibly Masters or Ph.D. thesis material there!

Jim

[737blues]

Great take Kirk.

[macman01]

Ok guys I will listen to all your tracks later, sounds like you have all been working hard, cannot wait to listen to all later

[macman01]

nice recordings guys