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This is the track I chose to open my new CD because it`s a very Hi energy piece. The Whammy pedal is the main effect throughout the song. The main riff is a descending octave with the Bass ascending. The whammy was used like a mini moog; I moved the pedal to simulate the jog wheel on the moog. A very cool effect.
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Drop D groove with a steady double kick throughout the track. A repeating main melody followed each time with a different guitar fill. The Bad Horsie wah was the main effect for this tune, held back at times for that sweet mid spot.
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Title track, this track has all the elements of where I`m at as a guitarist at this point in my life, a very UFO-type groove with a long sustaining melody is the body of the song, filled with sections of over the top whammy and wah. The mid solo is Blackmore influenced, Highway Star E String dance. The ending outro solo is a fun one played over the main groove, almost everything is in there except the kitchen sink.
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Just me playing over a synth drone. The guitar was split to two amps, one with the unaffected guitar and the other with an octave box set at an octave above.
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A galloping beat, all front pick up Strat stuff for that round warm tone. A repeating melody building to the solo section, the solo was written in two sections, the first half is all left hand pull offs, very melodic, approached like a violinist, the second section is attacked, I used the Uni Vibe on this at a slow speed to fatten up the tone, this builds back to the main melody.
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This started with the rhythm track, I wanted a straight groove throughout, the intent was so that the melody would set the mood changes as opposed to the rhythm. The whammy pedal was used on the intro melody; the verse melody was straight guitar doubled by James on bass an octave down. The middle solo was all Bad Horsie wah, the end solo was Bad Horsie with the whammy truned on but left alone just to vary the tone.
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This is as close to a Ballad that we get on this disc. A very simple melody. No rhythm guitars, truly a trio. All Strat all the time. Lots of verb, Uni Vibe on the solos.
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Lots of layered guitars with a melody played over the top, the drums and bass make this tune work, and the middle solo is the only normal thing about this tune.
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E-bowed guitar, lots of verb and delay over a cool synth drone, the bass and drums give it an Ummaguma Floyd vibe. Inspired by a picture I saw of the moon IO over Jupiter.
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I think the title gives you the idea, lots of heavy guitars, this tune has an early Deep Purple groove, "In Rock"/"Machine Head" period. Lots of percussive scale work on the guitar, ala Blackmore, of course all Strat.
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I give a nod to my favorite metal band of all time, Iron Maiden. I wrote this with two guitarists in mind, even though it can be played with one and a slew of effects. The groove is in the Maiden style with lots of clickty bass, which James does a marvelous job on, without the bass line on this tune it would not work. The main melody is twin guitars througout, building to the solos. The solo is a call and response section as if two guys were battling to see who`s hotter, panned left and right for effect.
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Dropped D tuning, very heavy low octave attack. The main melody is long verbed out sustaining notes, which builds to the middle section. The middle section is an acoustic strumming with a slide melody over it; this builds to the end section that is the main groove but with a tap solo over it into a long sustained heavily verbed fade out.
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A touch of techno, Dropped D tuning heavy vibe played over drums and bass filled with a percussive loop. Lots of layered guitars for that heavy chunk, Les Paul with EMGs.
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