The ELVIS Guitar Thread...

[ELVIS]

Welcome to my thread and welcome to ELVIS' headquarters...


Well, after getting married and constructing my own man-cave/studio and getting everything into place, the results are finally starting to come to fruition...

This is my first demo attempt of one of my song ideas from the ELVIS vault...

Three straight tracks on GarageBand...

No overdubs or editing...

Don't laugh...

I'm Runnin'

[jhale667]

Not terrible...

[ELVIS]

It's only a song idea...

[VAiN]

Nice! You got some chops there, E...

I'm a big fan of GarageBand and recently upgraded to Logic - I highly recommend it.. the amps and effects are fucking sweet!

[sadaist]

Welcome to my thread and welcome to ELVIS' headquarters...


Well, after getting married and constructing my own man-cave/studio and getting everything into place, the results are finally starting to come to fruition...

This is my first demo attempt of one of my song ideas from the ELVIS vault...

Three straight tracks on GarageBand...

No overdubs or editing...

Don't laugh...

I'm Runnin'

Holy crap dude! What a fucking great groovin' tune. My feets was a tappin'. Great job! Any chance of emailing me that in mp3 so I can have it in the trucks rotation?

[conmee]

ELVIS,

Just took a listen to "I'm Runnin'"... has a bit of a Thorogood/ZZTop vibe (and some others I can't quite recall while sober) and then at the 1:12 mark you turn into Steve Vai and shred (1:25 onward hit your stride)... from a producer's perspective, it sounds like you may have two different ideas here that might work better on their own... looking forward to hearing how you developing the song idea/structure. I know you're just playing into Garage Band, so take my comments with the tiniest grain...

Very cool, bro.

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[ELVIS]

Sure...

[VAiN]

What are you using for your beats? I get mine here: www.betamonkeymusic.com. Nice shit, all sampled from real drums..

[ELVIS]

ELVIS,

from a producer's perspective, it sounds like you may have two different ideas here that might work better on their own...
Very cool, bro.

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Thanks...

The song itself has that particular SRV vibe in mind, but the solo was improvised off the top of my head in my general style...

So I see what you mean...

[ELVIS]

What are you using for your beats? I get mine here: www.betamonkeymusic.com. Nice shit, all sampled from real drums..

I play an Alesis DM5 set with a DM Pro head unit live...

I'm quite a bit better than that clip suggests...

[jhale667]

Check out EZdrummer...huge libraries of sounds (also sampled from real drums), and cool beats.

[ELVIS]

My idea or goal for everything I do is to play my parts live all the way through...

It adds a dynamic to music that you can't get by editing a song together...

It's hard as fuck, but it's also a good way to get good, In my opinion...

[conmee]

Thanks...

The song itself has that particular SRV vibe in mind, but the solo was improvised off the top of my head in my general style...

So I see what you mean...

Yep, that's it... SRV... I was trying to think of maybe Tuff Enuff by the Fab T-Birds (or Family Style LP right between Hard To Be and White Boots)... "I'm Runnin'" wedged in between the sound of, say, Tuff Enuff and The House Is A Rockin' (or Change It but at 2x).... but forget the comparisons, you sound great, looking forward to updates.

That is all.

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[ELVIS]

BTW, the reason the timing fluctuates so much in that clip is because I played the song on guitar first, added drums and bass and then replayed the guitar track...

[jhale667]

My idea or goal for everything I do is to play my parts live all the way through...

It adds a dynamic to music that you can't get by editing a song together...

It's hard as fuck, but it's also a good way to get good, In my opinion...

That's what I do 90% of the time... best way to try to avoid sounding mechanical in digital....