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Title: Youtube covers
Post by: rabidgerry on July 25, 2016, 03:43:31 AM
Just a video of my playing along to some Russian heavy metal from the 80's,  wanted to do a video like this for a while.  It might seem bizarre to some of you as it's in a language I can't even understand but he it doesn't matter, music is the only language we need to undertsand each other right :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Tk3_-UYuBA
 
Might do another one when I learn to play something else as well.

Please feel free to use this thread to post any of your own videos of you playing along with things online or anything else you would like to share  :thumb-up:
Title: Re: Youtube covers
Post by: Harley Hexxe on July 25, 2016, 05:13:48 AM
Cool video RG,

     You've definitely got the tone for it, and it sounds like you're spot on! :thumb-up:
Title: Re: Youtube covers
Post by: Orkun on July 25, 2016, 05:23:30 AM
Good cover :metal: .
Title: Re: Youtube covers
Post by: rabidgerry on July 25, 2016, 06:02:53 AM
Cool video RG,

     You've definitely got the tone for it, and it sounds like you're spot on! :thumb-up:

I thought so anyway.  I really dig that tone.  I got closer when I used a JBL D120 speaker impulse as opposed to another one I normally use (I can't remember what kind  :facepalm:).  I filmed on a camera and recorded in my DI setup that I use for all studio style stuff.  So I had to sync the audio as best I could when editing the video.  I got there eventually but it can be tricky syncing sometime if you have no actual markers!  Looking forward to doing another one, but no idea if I can nail anything harder than that, have trouble with my own music most of the time lol


Thanks Orkun, glad you enjoyed it.  ;)

Title: Re: Youtube covers
Post by: MarshallJMP on July 25, 2016, 08:16:27 AM
Good one  :thumb-up:
Title: Re: Youtube covers
Post by: Dante on July 25, 2016, 08:44:42 AM
Sounds good Gerry!

BTW: I fixed your YouTube link to show the video in the thread  :thumb-up:
Title: Re: Youtube covers
Post by: rabidgerry on July 25, 2016, 12:03:23 PM
haha thanks Dante.  I work in IT and I did not realise how to do that hahahaha
Title: Re: Youtube covers
Post by: rnolan on July 27, 2016, 07:30:38 AM
Hey RG Cool, I enjoyed that  :thumb-up: , great tone and nice playing, and you looked like you were having fun!!!
Title: Re: Youtube covers
Post by: rabidgerry on July 28, 2016, 01:11:15 AM
Thanks man  :)

Yeah I like that tone, super mid rangey.

I was enjoying it, but concentrating very hard as I didn't want to embarrass myself and I wanted to make as good a video of playing as possible.  I've often admired others on YT doing something similar and I wanted to test myself.  I had practiced the song 1millions times so I wont lie about that.  I learnt it by ear, as there is no tab for that since it's a pretty obscure band.

Why i started smiling at the end was my girlfriend came up the stairs and started to pretend to sing along!  I didn't mind at that point as I knew I was home and dry but had she done it before the solo it would have distracted me and I'd have made a mistake lol
Title: Re: Youtube covers
Post by: rnolan on July 28, 2016, 04:30:37 AM
Hey RG, yeah I could tell you'd put some work into it and you did a good job working out the bits  :thumb-up:   I still pretty much work everything out by ear, there was no tab when I was learning.  Sometimes I pick up something from a tab that I just can't quite hear what the guitar is doing, though generally I find tabs frustrating, they are often wrong and I end up just wanting to fix them up. :facepalm: .  But then (as I'm sure Mike will attest to) I often change things a bit, kind of make it my own (if you know what I mean).
Title: Re: Youtube covers
Post by: rabidgerry on July 28, 2016, 07:38:26 AM
Oh I agree, I find it hard working a lot of stuff out, and sometimes I have to go to some tab, but with that song I felt I really deciphered it well.  I know I did two tiny bits a little different, but not so much that when I played along side you wouldn't notice.

I often refer to tabs at the stage when I can't get it myself by ear.  Sometimes I then modify as do you, in order to sound a little more how I think it actually should go like (according to my ears).
Title: Re: Youtube covers
Post by: rabidgerry on August 10, 2019, 01:56:44 AM
Another youtube cover from me.  Another Russian band  :lol:  It's more fun doing random bands.  I mean how many Iron Maiden covers do we need?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsL3J8IQ8Zk

Not perfect and I nailed it on previous takes but the dam phone ran out of battery.  I probably will do it again but here is my first attempt.  Learnt a few things during this song, proper use of the whammy bar for a start.  This encouraged me to try and be more musical with my own music.  Also there were some challenging bits in the solo (easy for others may be but difficult to me).  Overall a nice little lesson for myself if anything and a random cover of a band who's first two albums I really enjoy.  The song has an anti nuclear weapons theme I believe from lyric translations I have read.
Title: Re: Youtube covers
Post by: Aelfad on August 10, 2019, 06:37:22 PM
Hey, Gerry! Nice playing there.
BTW, I still have the original Demon LP by August :-)
Title: Re: Youtube covers
Post by: Rusty on August 11, 2019, 03:56:42 AM
Hi RG, nice wan, you have those tunes well nailed, the sound is good too, spot on, Great.  :thumb-up:
Title: Re: Youtube covers
Post by: rabidgerry on August 11, 2019, 10:54:13 AM
Hey, Gerry! Nice playing there.
BTW, I still have the original Demon LP by August :-)

Hi Aelfad, I bet that record goes for a high price these days.  They're a really good band.  Their singer (as far as I can tell) still sounds really good on more modern youtube clips of them playing live.  Unusual name for a band is "August", but hey what the hell!!!  Glad you enjoyed the playing.  I will nail it better next time though  :thumb-up:

Hi RG, nice wan, you have those tunes well nailed, the sound is good too, spot on, Great.  :thumb-up:
Hi Rusty,  the "Demon" track I did a couple of years ago, probably can't play half of it now.  But the other one I've been working on for a while.  I like that song a lot so I felt it was within my playing capabilities despite the solo having stuff in it I couldn't do before so it was a lesson that paid off I feel.  Glad you liked it.

The sound is just into my Rockmaster > Boss SX700 (bit of reverb) > EPSI impulse pedal (can't remember the cab and speaker I have loaded) then direct into my multitrack.  It was hard making the video as I had three audio tracks to sync up.  That from my phone, the one I recorded on the multitrack and then the actual music track.  So I may have played that little bit tighter but it got lost in the syncing up.

Rockmaster has the two temporary mods done on it.  A lo pass EQ having a cap parallel to a resistor and then one of the coupling cap mods I spoke to you about before.  Think I will make these permanent now as I like the sound.
Title: Re: Youtube covers
Post by: Soloist on August 13, 2019, 11:21:37 AM
Nice! Sounded great Gerry! Your dive bombs on the whammy were spot on. You also seem looser, not as tense when playing which makes it even more fun.  :thumb-up:
Title: Re: Youtube covers
Post by: rabidgerry on August 13, 2019, 02:23:07 PM
Nice! Sounded great Gerry! Your dive bombs on the whammy were spot on. You also seem looser, not as tense when playing which makes it even more fun.  :thumb-up:

Thank you man, I do nail most of them.  I can actually do that solo a little bit better, but sometimes it's hard to nail it all in one take and play all the rhythm parts at the same time whilst recording both audio and video.  I get all nervous  :lol: even if it's just me in the room.  There also some bits in the solo are my interpretation of whatever those guys are doing.  There is an upward bend on the bar that I don't do the same but it's similar enough to blend in I think.  Few other bits are like that as well, and I guess that's what happens when you try work something out like that all by ear.  Happy with it though.

Yeah I have really, really been working hard on being looser, more relaxed and all that.  I got the action quite low on that guitar now too and have managed to keep the fret rattle to a minimum, so I believe this has also helped.  I made an adjustment to the truss rod taking away some relief and the setup really came together.