August 2025 challenge response

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- September 12, 2025 at 9:33 am #400010
  AndréM
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  Hello AM family
  
  Challenge: play something with only 2 major chords.
  
  I call this one: ”Are you experienced”, LOL
  I am playing the ”G” & ” “C” major chords.
  To me it sounds a bit retro.
  Also I asked a couple AM friends if they would have heard the repeating riff I play in 3 places during the song.
  It sounded familiar to me, it sounded like something from the 70’s 80’s.
  But I found out it was in a composition I had done earlier when I started AM.
  
  There is a little add-on at the end of the track. I had time on my hand this time.
  
  Rhythm: Taylor GS mini
  Bass: Godin
  Wah: LP with tons of reverb & delay with a pinch of OD.
  Lead: LP with OD in the Spark preset, Blues driver, Boss Super OD. reverb & delay.
  B3 from Eastwest
  Drums: Gretch kit from Eastwest
  
  Enjoy
  
  AndréM
- September 12, 2025 at 9:48 am #400017
  James W
  Participant
  André, that’s some beautiful phrasing and feeling you put into this tune. Also, I love the theme you go back to every now then. Really nice playing and performance!
- September 12, 2025 at 11:10 am #400049
  Michael L
  Participant
  Stellar playing, as always, Andre. Great jam band groove. The tempo on this one is right at that pace where keeping phrasing in time gets tricky… harder to play a slower tempo than a faster one. But, you nailed it throughout the whole song! Fun to hear the individual instruments at the end, too.
- September 12, 2025 at 11:45 am #400081
  Jennifer D
  Participant
  That was a really exciting piece. It wasn’t until you broke down the individual instruments at the end that I heard the panning on the guitar and I love your drum groove, very nice indeed!
- September 12, 2025 at 11:45 am #400082
  JoeD1
  Participant
  That was awesome Andrè! Everything blended perfectly together and each instrument stood out in the mix.
  
  Joe
  
  The sight of a touch, or the scent of a sound,
  Or the strength of an Oak with roots deep in the ground.
  --Graeme Edge
- September 12, 2025 at 11:52 am #400089
  Bill
  Participant
  Sustain for days! You coulda hit one note and it woulda held the whole time, lol. Love that tone.
  Unique LP with the middle humbler with no cover.
  I like your bass track too, really holds it down against the soaring lead. Great work Andre!
- September 12, 2025 at 1:55 pm #400134
  charjo
  Moderator
  Beautiful melodic lead, Andre. I noticed the sustain, also. Great mix in your instruments, love that B3 organ, and who doesn’t love some electric guitar effects😜.
  John
- September 12, 2025 at 3:16 pm #400142
  Richard G
  Participant
  Awesome playing Andrè, your composition, lead and backing was carefully crafted together. Good to see the new Taylor acoustic played a part in this enjoyable performance.
  
  Richard
- September 12, 2025 at 4:33 pm #400160
  James B
  Participant
  Quite a production with just two chords, Andre. Nice to see and hear the individual tracks with the different instruments. You are the music man. 🎶 🎸 🎶
  
  James
- September 12, 2025 at 8:38 pm #400182
  Alan L
  Participant
  Love the lead tone is very captivating, and your playing it top notch too. Very expressive and melodic. Well played
- September 12, 2025 at 10:25 pm #400198
  sunjamr
  Participant
  Awesome composition & arrangement, Andre. Do I understand correctly that you had 3 OD pedals in use at once? You had some seriously good sustain going on, and I read that heaps of overdrive is part of the trick.
  
  Sunjamr Steve
  - September 12, 2025 at 10:32 pm #400200
    AndréM
    Participant
    Hi Steve, thx for your comment.
    Yes I had my Boss Blues driver and my Boss Super OD and an OD driver from the Spark Clean clone OD.
    Sure helped with the sustain.
    
    AndréM
    
    AndréM
- September 13, 2025 at 5:43 am #400217
  Scott M
  Participant
  Fantastic production and performance Andre! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
  
  Scott
- September 13, 2025 at 6:35 am #400229
  Manfred M
  Participant
  That’s how you turn two chords into an epic, Andre. Fabulous production with your masterful playing.
  A lesson from the category: take two colors and turn them into a masterpiece.
  
  Take the chance to meet your AM friends on Zoom
  The next Meetup is expected to take place in November 2025
  
  There will be a detailed announcement here in the forum in good time.
  
  I look forward to meet you.
  Manfred
- September 13, 2025 at 11:06 am #400297
  Dieter
  Participant
  Very soulful interpretation – sounds excellent.
  
  Dieter
- September 13, 2025 at 2:35 pm #400370
  Alan O
  Participant
  Dude, that was awesome! Sustain for days and professional level playing. I really enjoyed listening to this one!
  
  Alan
- September 13, 2025 at 9:40 pm #400414
  Reuben B
  Participant
  Nice composition Andre. Very classic rock. played so soulfully.
- September 13, 2025 at 10:21 pm #400418
  JoLa
  Participant
  Pretty amazing, André, you do those multi-instrumental productions so well! Seeing a GS mini in the mix was a bit of nice surprise to me considering you also used 3 types of overdrive 🙂 I liked the slower tempo, too, it had a nice flow to it. Nice rig breakdown at the end, I enjoyed that!
  
  🎸JoLa
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