SHRED THIS TOO, with Marco Sfogli, new solo comp now live!

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- December 19, 2009 at 9:25 pm
chrisbrooks
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Intro video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9QH-2U9W2M

Lifted from Truth in Shredding…

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Truth In Shredding and Marco Sfogli wants you to shred this too!!

Marco Sfogli wants you to play… so Truth In Shredding has lined up this awesome judging firepower:

Marco Sfogli: http://www.marcosfogli.com/
Rick Graham: http://youtube.com/starlinginspector
Tom Quayle: http://youtube.com/tq105
Magnus Olsson: http://www.magnusolsson.com/
Chris Brooks: http://www.chrisbrooks.net/

The Prizes:
1 Tom Quayle: Toadworks John Bull Mark III
2 Magnus Olsson: Ibanez SM7 Smash Box
3 Marshall Harrsion: signed guitar transcription volume 1
4 Richie Kotzen: signed Peace Sign
5 Lori Linstruth, Arjen Lucassen: signed Guilt machine

How you enter

1 Download the backing track http://tiny.cc/sfoglibt
2 video your response solo
3 Complete the entry form http://tiny.cc/sfogliform
4 and then post your video in response to this video: http://www.youtube.com/video_response_upload?v=Q9QH-2U9W2M
5 promote your video
6 Win!

What we are looking for: Great improvisation or composition. great tone, note selection A one take solo, no harmonies, no double tracking, one guy, one guitar, just you against the backing track.

Good Luck

This is going to be a lot of fun guys. I’m looking forward to hearing what you can all do. As a casual observer of the original Shred This, I saw some awesome potential from some and downright scary talent from others. Good luck, and don’t forget to pimp those videos! I wanna see players of all levels giving it a go!

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- December 20, 2009 at 8:45 pm
TheAngusBurger
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I’ve been having a play over the track today, I may have to enter although I’m not sure if I’d get anywhere…
- December 21, 2009 at 5:11 am
larkinguitar
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Definitely gonna do this, and unlike the last few I’ve done, actually get it finished with plenty of time to promote the hell out of it. Already started writing a composed one, and I’ll probably also do an improvised one (like I did with the first contest). Should be fun. 🙂
- December 21, 2009 at 10:10 am
chrisbrooks
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Looking forward to it!
- December 21, 2009 at 3:42 pm
burnedoutgolfer
Member

Great group of judges. Your album the masterplan is amazing! This is my nephews vid from last year. I am trying to think of something to do for this now. Great bt by the way. This performance will be tough to beat. He had only been playing for 4 weeks, when we filmed this last summer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Wft-lUF4Yo
- December 21, 2009 at 6:00 pm
TheAngusBurger
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What benefits would promoting your video actually bring? Surely if it’s being judged by a panel the public’s reception isn’t relevant?
- December 21, 2009 at 7:21 pm
lauriemonk
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@TheAngusBurger 9709 wrote:

I’ve been having a play over the track today, I may have to enter although I’m not sure if I’d get anywhere…

Just go for it… a chance to show your quality!
- December 21, 2009 at 7:22 pm
lauriemonk
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@larkinguitar 9714 wrote:

Definitely gonna do this, and unlike the last few I’ve done, actually get it finished with plenty of time to promote the hell out of it. Already started writing a composed one, and I’ll probably also do an improvised one (like I did with the first contest). Should be fun. 🙂

LOL are you sure mate?… I can feel a last minute scrape coming along! Have a good Christmas!
- December 21, 2009 at 7:23 pm
lauriemonk
Member

@burnedoutgolfer 9720 wrote:

Great group of judges. Your album the masterplan is amazing! This is my nephews vid from last year. I am trying to think of something to do for this now. Great bt by the way. This performance will be tough to beat. He had only been playing for 4 weeks, when we filmed this last summer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Wft-lUF4Yo

You’ll have to show Slimer this little guy Ramon Luis Galang

http://truthinshredding.blogspot.com/2009/12/ramon-luis-galang-9-year-old-wunderkind.html
- December 21, 2009 at 7:26 pm
lauriemonk
Member

@TheAngusBurger 9722 wrote:

What benefits would promoting your video actually bring? Surely if it’s being judged by a panel the public’s reception isn’t relevant?

Ah you know… I always thought that when the first guitar idol came along… but since then, if you want to make a living at guitar or make bonds with people the self promo aspect is key.

A simple way to achieve this is positive feedback on videos you like. Subscribe to channels and get them to subscribe back… build a following network… you may not win the title this time, but you will be building your future.

Cheers Laurie
- December 21, 2009 at 8:19 pm
TheAngusBurger
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Cheers for the quick reply Laurie, I was only curious about whether it had any bearing on the judging etc, but I can see where you’re coming from in terms of networking. I’ll probably enter at some point in January once I’ve bought Guitar Rig 4, I’m busy learning Sfogli’s own Andromeda at the minute!
- December 21, 2009 at 10:18 pm
JMinoia
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Ah I never made the connection, is your nephew Slimer and your the Slob ?

I am IPawnNoobs from Youtube 🙂
- December 22, 2009 at 7:25 am
larkinguitar
Member

@lauriemonk 9724 wrote:

LOL are you sure mate?… I can feel a last minute scrape coming along! Have a good Christmas!

Merry Christmas to you too, Laurie! 🙂

I think my Strings on Fire entry was a wake-up call to stop submitting things at the last minute. (Not only because of the sloppy performance and bad audio/video sync issues towards the end, but also the stress from various hardware/editing-related issues, right down to the last few hours).

I always want to give myself the most time to practice and polish these things, and I seem to work well under pressure. But it doesn’t always work out.

On a related note, I think someone needs to create a “Write and record an instrumental album!” YouTube contest and set the deadline for March 2010… That might be what it takes for me to finally FINISH this thing, LOL!
- December 22, 2009 at 1:11 pm
Andy Mclaughlan
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@larkinguitar 9734 wrote:

Merry Christmas to you too, Laurie! 🙂

On a related note, I think someone needs to create a “Write and record an instrumental album!” YouTube contest and set the deadline for March 2010… That might be what it takes for me to finally FINISH this thing, LOL!

I am currently doing an HND in Music Business at college and Im am writing and recording an instrumental album for release in March for my graded unit. I didn’t have to pcik that but now I have I have no choice but to complete it. Its only taken about 3 years to finally get started on it!
Andy
- December 23, 2009 at 3:23 pm
larkinguitar
Member

@Andy Mclaughlan 9738 wrote:

I am currently doing an HND in Music Business at college and Im am writing and recording an instrumental album for release in March for my graded unit. I didn’t have to pcik that but now I have I have no choice but to complete it. Its only taken about 3 years to finally get started on it!
Andy

😮 That’s pretty wild that I said that jokingly and it turned out someone is actually doing it.

Good luck with it, Andy! 🙂
- December 24, 2009 at 7:28 am
chrisbrooks
Member

@burnedoutgolfer 9720 wrote:

Great group of judges. Your album the masterplan is amazing!

Thanks man! Much appreciated!

Already the entries are coming in and sounding good!