My first vid ;) Funky jam.

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    • November 5, 2008 at 8:08 am
    MSzymanek
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    šŸ˜®

    Finally I did a recording of myself jamming. Can’t say I didn’t learn anything. I gotta record more stuff like this so that I know better what to work on.

    http://pl.youtube.com/watch?v=4_jaM82go-Q

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    • November 5, 2008 at 12:49 pm
    Sean Conklin
    Sean Conklin
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    Yes Marcin has video now! šŸ˜€

    Cool video man! Some neat licks in there. The delay made it a little difficult to distinguish your phrasing ideas though, I’d maybe lessen that a bit next time.

    Great to see you play. Keep the vids coming!

    • November 5, 2008 at 2:14 pm
    MSzymanek
    Member

    Thanks man:), I was just trying out some of the effect tones around there and liked particulary that one, but you’re right, it makes the sound less clean then it would otherwise be ;).

    • November 5, 2008 at 2:59 pm
    billmeedog
    Member

    Hey Marcin,

    Great job man! I gotta agree with Sean about the delay, but I could hear that your feel was nice, and I noticed some nice legato stuff too!!! I think the combination of the backing track, the amount of delay, and your feel all reminded me of a “Another Brick In The Wall – Part 2” by Pink Floyd (David Gilmour – one of the all-time GREAT players BTW!) but way more shred style than Gilmour’s “psychadelic-blues!” Well done!

    Speaking of “Shred-style Pink Floyd,” I think it’s interesting to see how the great Dave Kilminster approaches the classic Floyd/Gilmour solos when he plays lead guitar for Roger Waters’ band. Check it out, as he plays most of them spot-on “note-for-note,” and Dave K. is capable of “Govan-like” shred too! That goes to show you the amount of respect even a GREAT player like Dave Kilminster has for Gilmour’s body of work with Pink Floyd. Dave K. approaches those solos as integral parts of those songs, NOT improvisational opportunities. Do you know what I mean? Anyways, as I so often do, I’ve digressed off-topic a bit! Sorry šŸ˜® Anyways, I guess what I mean is that it’s quite a compliment to be compared to David Gilmour in any way, so there you have it! šŸ˜€

    Great job Marcin!

    ~Bill Meehan~

    • November 5, 2008 at 4:01 pm
    MSzymanek
    Member

    Bill…

    Wow this is strange! The strange part is that I’ve never really dug into Pink Floyd, although at some point I’ve heard quite a lot of their work (my ex girlfriend loved them), and appreciated the solos, it was never so much of an inspiration for me šŸ™‚ . It’s a strange feeling to be compared to a great guitarist who you have never really listened a lot to.

    But thanks man!

    • November 5, 2008 at 9:36 pm
    pekki
    Member

    commented on youtube!
    pretty cool stuff man, I dig it

    • November 6, 2008 at 4:37 am
    billmeedog
    Member

    @Sealer 5400 wrote:

    Bill…

    Wow this is strange! The strange part is that I’ve never really dug into Pink Floyd, although at some point I’ve heard quite a lot of their work (my ex girlfriend loved them), and appreciated the solos, it was never so much of an inspiration for me šŸ™‚ . It’s a strange feeling to be compared to a great guitarist who you have never really listened a lot to.

    But thanks man!

    Hi Marcin,

    I just got home from work (teaching guitar lessons – if you can call it work – I LOVE IT!!!) a little while ago and read your comment about NOT being DIRECTLY influenced by David Gilmour. As I said in my comment, I didn’t think it sounded a lot like David Gilmour, I think it had more to do with the tone, the amount of delay, and the mode (Dorian maybe?) of your backing track that reminded me of Gilmour. As I said, you had a much more decidedly “shred”/busy element to your style (David Gilmour rarely plays a note value faster than an “eighth-note-triplet” or maybe a “slow-tempo-sixteenth!”) So clearly, you have the faster stuff that David Gilmour just doesn’t do. As most people know though, the guys that don’t play many notes usually have the happening stylistic elements like “phrasing,” “tone,” and melody.” Know what I mean? Also, don’t underestimate the “indirect influence” that Gilmour might’ve had on your subconscious while you went out with your ex-girlfriend (sorry if this dredges up bad memories BTW!) I believe that even without actually trying to play someone’s music “note-for-note,” you can STILL be influenced by your EAR! Know what I mean? I think this is especially true when it comes to these “feel” & “style” players like David Gilmour, Eric Clapton (NOT one of my personal faves, but I respect his influence on others!, or even Jimi Hendrix (my personal REASON for playing guitar literally! I owe more to Jimi Hendrix;s influence than I have space to explain here!!! – LOL!) Maybe the more “shred-style” players require a more “direct” influence, whereby you would need to actually “dig-in” to their respective bodies of work (like maybe: Yngwie J. Malmsteen, Steve Vai, Michael Angelo Batio, Greg Howe, Guthrie Govan, etc!)…I digress…as usual!!! SORRY! šŸ˜®

    The bottom line: Anyone can be influenced by sources OUTSIDE of their “direct” influences that obviously shape one’s musical-vocabulary! šŸ˜Ž

    P.S. Atleast go listen to the track “Another Brick In The Wall – Part 2” to see if you agree with me whatsoever!!! :confused:

    Great job Marcin! šŸ˜€

    ~Bill Meehan~

    • November 9, 2008 at 5:15 pm
    Tom Quayle
    Tom Quayle
    Member

    Hey Marcin!

    I like it – really nice playing! I’d go with Sean on this one with the amount of delay – made it kinda hard to discern definite phrases. Things I’d work on would definitely be phrasing and time feel. Try singing a phrase over the backing track and then try finding it on the guitar – don’t play anything until you’ve heard a phrase. You have to be really honest with yourself here. Have I heard the phrase I’m trying to play or am I just letting my fingers take over? You don’t have to get the phrase exactly as you hear it – just phrase in a more natural way by waiting for your musical ear to hear something first.

    Also, try working with motifs. Try taking a single phrase through the backing track moving it up and down the fretboard, through the scale that you’re playing. This should help to make your improvisations sound more like a conversation.

    I really liked your tone! What’s the setup your using?

    Like Bill, I picked up on the legato stuff too! Good going dude! I also really liked your use of the b5 note (Db) over the Gm7 harmony. Nice one!

    Post more!!!

    Tom

    • November 9, 2008 at 9:47 pm
    MSzymanek
    Member

    Hey Tom!

    Thanks a lot for the response, I really appreciate it, even more as you made some very valid points. Right now I’m working a bit more on my technique – alternate picking, sweep and tapping, but you definitively have a point that phrasing and motifs should be my priority as well (I rarely exercised them before and feel mistake now).
    I’m using an Esp Navigator strat and Guitarport for recording. I can check out the parameters of the tone if you want.

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