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May 17th, 2008
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The Road Home
I had last night's gig cancelled with little notice. A touch annoying as I really needed the money. Oh well!
I ended up writing and recording this piece, even though I had intended to watch the Waratahs play. I did a few takes, and ended up going for this one as I felt it portrayed the emotion behind the piece the best. I had recorded an alternative take with some very fast legato, sweep-picked arpeggios and string-skipping ideas in the middle section, but they just didn't seem to belong.
I am more conscious of melody now than ever. I have speed and flash if I need it, but I have found that I am not as happy with that of late. I think my playing has matured, and the strength of a musical idea lies in the choice of notes in a given musical context, not how many I can play in one beat/bar/chorus.
I used my Ibanez s470 on this piece, with Dimarzio pickups in the neck and bridge. I just recorded it through Guitar Rig. Not really possible to mic up at the amp and run it through my pedal board at home. Maybe I will take it down to the studio soon and do another take, using the amp. Same with the acoustic guitar track. I used a BBE preamp I normally save for the resonator with my Taylor DDAE. I would have preferred to mic the guitar, but I was recording into the PC, so there would have been too much noise coming from the fan and drive.
If anyone wants to have a play over the track I'll post it up here for you.
SoundClick artist: Scotty Burford - page with MP3 music downloads
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May 17th, 2008
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Nice scotty. I agree the right notes beat the most notes every time.
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May 17th, 2008
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Join Date: Mar 2007
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That was beautifully done  
"To play without passion is unexcusable" - Ludwig Van Beethoven
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May 17th, 2008
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Nice playing Scotty_b, great song to chill out to, good to hear you again a real treat 
You don't stop laughing when you grow old; you grow old when you stop laughing.
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May 17th, 2008
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Nice and Melodic....my kinda stuff!! 
SlipSliding_______away
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May 17th, 2008
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Great! Nice playing and a very powerful song
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May 18th, 2008
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Location: Sydney
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I love a big rock ballad and that certainly was one, tons of melody and feeling.. top shelf Scotty .
There's no such thing as a clean getaway.
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May 18th, 2008
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Hi Scotty! Where have you been?? We missed you...well, I did anyway! That was very, very nice - reminded me of Local Hero dire straits which I have always loved. Excellent
One good thing about music is that when it hits you, you feel no pain - Bob Marley
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May 18th, 2008
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Join Date: Dec 2007
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Location: China, oh yes!
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This is how I want to play! Fantastic.
Ian
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May 18th, 2008
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Scotty,
Nice work. Great tone !
Nothin sweeter than the sound of music comin out of a 6 string box - EZ me Music / ASCAP
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May 18th, 2008
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Scotty, that was a nice tune and well played, enjoyed listening to it
I probably never listen to how other songwriters write their songs, I just write on using my own imagination. windsong
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May 18th, 2008
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Thanks everyone.
And thank you for your kind words Carol. I have had a lot of things to deal with in the past 6-8 months, so a lot of other things that I enjoy were put to one side while they were sorted out. Not quite there yet, but I am working on that!
Take care
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May 19th, 2008
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Nice Scotty, very nice.
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May 20th, 2008
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That was sweet. And just when I was starting to feel pretty good about my own playing..... 
Chris
Life- live it.
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May 21st, 2008
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Real nice. +1 to the 'whole bunch of notes' thing. There's a time for that, but it's not all the time.
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