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GT Solo Assignment June, 2006

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06/01/2006 1:38 pm
This months jam track was contributed by Julian Vickers. It has a Jazz/Blues flair and is in the key of G minor. Im sure Julian can let us know a litte more about the track. Have fun guys!!!

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06/01/2006 5:24 pm
hmm, I listened to the track and honestly, not a lot of ideas came to me for solos... this one could be more difficult, especially since jazz is one of the few styles of music I don't play really. we'll see what I come up with.
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06/01/2006 5:28 pm
This one is a little more challenging than the last two but the whole point of this little operation is to get us exploring new things and to keep us learning. Posting up easy tracks every month isn't helping no one but will just be like a showoff stage which isn't my intentions.
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06/01/2006 5:30 pm
Originally Posted by: magicninjaThis one is a little more challenging than the last two but the whole point of this little operation is to get us exploring new things and to keep us learning. Posting up easy tracks every month isn't helping no one but will just be like a showoff stage which isn't my intentions.

oh I know, I wasn't trying to say that it was too hard for me or anything, I'm just saying I have no idea what I'm going to do yet.
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06/01/2006 5:31 pm
yeah me either but it'll be fun figuring it out.
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06/01/2006 5:57 pm
here a quick take i did since i had a bit of time this afternoon, i dont think there will be a improved version as its back to revision for another 3 weeks

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=477449

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06/01/2006 7:45 pm
Julian, are there a specific chord sequences or anything? I've got some different ideas for this one.
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06/01/2006 9:51 pm
yep, it's all in Gminor.

Scales to play over the whole track:

Gminor Pentatonic
Gminor Blues
Gminor Dorian


You will have noticed that there is a sort of 'chorus' in the middle, which is still in G minor, but here are the chords for that:

Gminor/C7/Fmajor7//
Gminor/C7/Aminor/Dminor
repeat once.

I've posted up a quick sample solo on my purevolume so take a listen to that to get ideas, I'm using the Gminor Dorian and Pentatonic/blues for the whole song. I didn't do much in the chorus though...I'm sure you can go wild.

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06/02/2006 12:46 am
wow, this is extremely hard. Man after doin a first take and then hearing Julian's makes makes me feel i just got a corkscrew up my ass. :p
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06/02/2006 1:02 am
I love it. I think I'll take my time and actually write something for this one, rather than just improving.

sometimes it seems easiest to just sing a little solo over something like this and then use that as a guide...

anyways... awesome track, Julian. love the steel drums in it, great effect.
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06/02/2006 2:05 am
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=532497

I have never done jazz before, but it was fun. :)

actually, im not sure if what I did was even jazz.
Hey Julian, can you give me some info on your guitar? Like what kind, pups, ect...
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06/02/2006 6:42 am
Awesome track! I shall record my take this Sunday.
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06/02/2006 6:51 am
Sorry for the double post :o, but...

Mark that was cool! You reminded me pleasantly of Robbie Krieger... in fact, Julian, the whole thing reminded me a little of "Light My Fire" :cool:. Anyhow, good job, mate.

Alucard, yours was interesting too - you actually have a nice, bubbly jazz lead style. The tremolo'ed chord near the beginning was cool, too.

Well done, fellas. :)
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06/02/2006 11:41 am
Originally Posted by: alucard0941http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=532497

I have never done jazz before, but it was fun. :)

actually, im not sure if what I did was even jazz.
Hey Julian, can you give me some info on your guitar? Like what kind, pups, ect...


My guitar is an Epiphone Dot Deluxe, you can see me playing it in that 21st thread in open discussion. The pickups are just the standard humbuckers that come with it....not sure really :o
here's a link:
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Epiphone-Dot-Deluxe-Archtop-Electric-Guitar-with-Gold-Hardware?sku=518251&src=3SOSWXXA

Good luck with the track guys! I won't be posting an 'entry', cause in a week I'll be heading up to work at a skifield for a few months, so no recording for me!

Oh yeah I guess one of the tricks to a track like this is to practice playing it slow at first, til you find some notes that you like, then elaborate on them. Good tracks so far guys!
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06/03/2006 1:22 am
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=383346

got a take done. I guess it's what I would call a jazz-blues fusion. since I'm way better at blues than jazz I decided to do it that way! :p it's way different from the type of stuff I normally do. it was a learning experience alright though! tons of fun too!
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06/03/2006 3:05 am
i can only imagine how the solo wud sound like...if i were to be any good i wud try to do something...lol
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06/03/2006 12:24 pm
Originally Posted by: AkiraI majorly blow at jazz.


so do i but still had a go lol
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06/03/2006 12:54 pm
fair point.
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my soundclick page nothing very impressive though
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06/03/2006 4:20 pm
Originally Posted by: AkiraYeah, but I just can't get any ideas for this at all, and I don't want to force myself to record a track just for the sake of recording a track.

Good BT though.

So learn!!!! That's why I made this whole thing. I want people to learn the things they don't know and Julians' track gives us who aren't proficient at Jazz to learn something new.
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06/06/2006 2:32 am
Here is the gtrack for those who don't wanna go through soundclick. :) Right click and save target as.
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