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EP325 – Motown Style

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  • This topic has 19 replies, 14 voices, and was last updated 6 years, 5 months ago by Dan L.
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    • October 24, 2019 at 10:34 am #147689
      Dan L
      Participant

        One of my favorite recent lessons, I struggled with keeping the chords short and sharp and took a while to get some of the timing right. Any feedback would be appreciated! Thanks

        https://youtu.be/7uQv9RVvY9o

      • October 24, 2019 at 10:39 am #147690
        Canada Moose
        Participant

          well done Dan, you nailed it. Great accuracy with the fills, very nuanced phrasing, and great tone. And you did all that without the backing track. Congrats!

        • October 24, 2019 at 10:44 am #147692
          Dan L
          Participant

            Thanks for the comments. I haven’t worked out how to record the backing tracks with a decent sound yet, hopefully I’ll sort that out soon.

          • October 24, 2019 at 11:12 am #147694
            charjo
            Moderator

              Really good, Dan. Importing the tracks into a digital audio workstation and recording your guitar as a separate track is very satisfying. Playing with the track is the real test of your timing, I’m sure you’d have no problem.
              John

            • October 24, 2019 at 1:58 pm #147696
              sunjamr
              Participant

                Way cool, Dan. I love that lesson, and you really did it justice.

                Sunjamr Steve

              • October 24, 2019 at 3:52 pm #147701
                Dan L
                Participant

                  Thanks John, in will read up on what would be the best way for me to include the jam track on future recordings. Thanks Steve, I learnt alot from this lesson

                • October 24, 2019 at 5:37 pm #147706
                  Anonymous

                    I thought it sounded great without a track Dan. I’m sure that would have captured any listeners attention. No constructive criticism from me, although it would be cool to hear it over a track too.
                    👍

                  • October 24, 2019 at 6:05 pm #147709
                    JoLa
                    Participant

                      That was really really sharp, Dan, great strumming on the chords! It was so good I forgot all about the jam track 🙂

                      🎸JoLa

                    • October 24, 2019 at 7:01 pm #147710
                      sunburst
                      Blocked

                        nice Dan! You’ll have fun here too!

                      • October 24, 2019 at 7:24 pm #147713
                        Dan L
                        Participant

                          Thanks all, I appreciate the comments. I’m looking forward to learning more from this site and hopefully improving along the way

                        • October 24, 2019 at 8:17 pm #147722
                          John H
                          Participant

                            Dan this is really sweet sounding. I really can’t find any weaknesses or errors. I will say your execution, timing and tone are exceptional. Like Charjo says “playing with track can be very satisfying.” I totally agree. You might have a fuller sound but I will say this. Playing solo without tracks in my option is not easy. You kept a great balance between rhythm, timing, Chording and your fills. Job well done! BTW you are a fine player!

                          • October 24, 2019 at 10:10 pm #147726
                            Dan L
                            Participant

                              Thanks John, I really appreciate those comments. I think playing will a jam track will help my timing improve so I’m aiming to try that out soon. I’ve learnt so much already after only being on the site for a few weeks. I didn’t know anything about chord shapes or the fretboard. I can see what there are so many people on this site!

                            • October 25, 2019 at 1:44 am #147729
                              WBlues
                              Participant

                                Perfect, Dan. You play flawless, exemplary and have the timing in a good mood. You have it. Thumbs up.

                                Play guitar just like you live; don't get bogged down in theory, it's just a tool without feeling.

                                Wilfried

                              • October 25, 2019 at 2:01 am #147732
                                Dieter
                                Participant

                                  Exciting rhythm -good Sound.

                                  Dieter

                                • October 25, 2019 at 1:34 pm #147742
                                  John B
                                  Participant

                                    That was excellent!!!!

                                  • October 25, 2019 at 2:33 pm #147757
                                    Dan L
                                    Participant

                                      Thanks John, Dieter and Wilfried, that’s kind of to say. I’m going to go and look at everyone else’s playing this weekend as I have had chance yet.

                                    • October 27, 2019 at 3:05 am #147842
                                      Lights
                                      Participant

                                        Perfect tone and good work, Dan!

                                      • October 27, 2019 at 3:22 pm #147876
                                        snakechisler
                                        Participant

                                          I really liked the work you put into the damping chukka sections after completing some rhythm lessons last month getting a loose flow through while having crisp damping is

                                          DAM HARD

                                          anyways a+ for that 1

                                          🙂

                                        • October 28, 2019 at 2:12 am #147905
                                          Billy
                                          Participant

                                            Well played there man, easiest way to play along to a backing track imho is to download it to whichever device you have, phone, ipad/pod, tablet or laptop and connect to your amp through the aux socket, control the backing track vol from your device and your good to go.
                                            Looking forward to hearing you play some more.

                                            ..Billy..

                                          • October 28, 2019 at 7:47 am #147914
                                            Dan L
                                            Participant

                                              Thanks everyone. Billy, I’ll give that a try , although I have a fairly old amp so I’m not sure it has an Aux output. I will figure something out I’m sure.

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