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hi guys playing around with this struggling to get a medley line with this any way it was fun thanks ror listening and comments eric https://soundcloud.com/f-m-m/the-rose all real tracks except guitar solo Style is _CWZSSAJ.STY (CntryWalzSlow SoloAcPiano [85RS]) RealTracks in song: 1759:Bass, Electric, Pop16ths Ev 085 RealTracks in style: ~2049:Piano, Acoustic, Solo-Accompaniment CountryWaltzJohn Sw 085 RealTracks in song: 408:Guitar, Resonator, Background Allis Ev 120 RealTracks in song: ~~1179:Fiddle, Background PopWaltz Ev 120 RealDrums in Song: BodhranCelticJig^1-a,b:WoodSimple
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You're a person whose ideas, style, and taste come from a broad and diverse range of sources and on this song it all starts with your instrument choices. Everything is put together very nice. I like this one a lot. Enjoyed my listen.
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Ahhh Yes. What a beautiful sound! Long but still held my attention easily. Cheers.
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Yeah.... this has some nice parts.
The main reason you are struggling with this and can't find a melody in it is because it has no real structure and the changes in the chords are much too numerous and random.
This was what I was thinking as I listened: It sounds like an introduction at the start... but then I could not tell when the intro stopped, is it here: nope.... here? nope.... ok way too long for the intro...... the next thing I thought was...OK no intro, straight into the verse..... then after a while..... ok...where is the end of this verse into a chorus or bridge or something? ...... hummmm.... nothing is making musical sense in a structural way.... just one long random jam..... OK...so.... lets see where it goes.....for 4:40.....
You might have part markers in this but I couldn't tell you where they are.... there are no "part markers" for the listener. Even folks who play those longer songs with guitar.... folks like Via and Satriani and others... if you listen to those tunes there is structure to the song if only for the listener.
This sounds more like something that the Melodist function will give you when you ask it to compose a song for you.... in a jazz kinda style.... lots of changes and some get pretty far out there.
The solution is to consolidate it a bit. Find the parts you like and that sound good.... copy and paste and remove the strange and abnormal sounding changes. Build some structure and repetition into that structure..... if you do that, I'll bet that you could find a melody easily. There were a number of really good, solid song ideas in there.... you just need to extract them and compose them into a structured song format. By using the word structure..... it doesn't have to be boring.... just give the listener a break by placing some signposts in there to let us know where we are.
I hope this points you in the right direction.
Another parting thought.... bring instruments in and out... I seem to recall hearing lots of things playing constantly ..... use them as accents and let them have a spotlight then step back and let something else shine. That too keeps interest. I wanted to smash that freaking dobro....
Last edited by Guitarhacker; 02/17/15 03:27 AM.
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Hi Eric,
I could never analyse this as Herb does. But I can see his point. Still some great guitar wizardry going on ☺
Like!
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Hi Eric, As always, your guitar work and the tone you use are spectacular. The sonic fabric of this creation is masterful in that the choice of instruments and their mixing is inspired. That there is no easily identified signature melody did not bother me. Some people write lyrics using a principle called "Stream of Consciousness". This composition sounds like it could well be the musical equivalent of that process. I simply sat back and enjoyed your creation as a relaxing, pleasant musical journey. All the best, Noel
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An interesting mix, I agree with Herb about the direction. At times I wondered what the time signature was. Bars of 4 seemed to appear in unexpected places. Nevertheless, it was certainly melodic.
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Very sweet!! You and the band really connected on this one, and the playing was equally beautiful on both of your parts. Really loved this!! Take care. Greg
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Very enjoyable listen. Excellent guitar work
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As others have mentioned, it's a bit meandering. I got about halfway through, and figured with was finished.
But still, there are some really nice things going on here, and I thought there were places where you did give the instruments space instead of everything going at once which well.
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