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maggior
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maggior
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04/22/2019 4:20 pm

I've been in a bit of a rut musically as of late and haven't been very inspired. Somebody suggested I do something different to get the spark back.

So I pulled out a chord progression I have been toying with to see what I could do with it. This time around, I was hit with some inspiration.

So, how is this different? It's on acoustic guitar...I usually play electric. My lead playing is usually pentatonic. Well, that didn't work here...I tried :). I started with and arpeggio idea and branched out from there finding things that sounded nice. Being on acoustic forced me to keep my playing more basic. Turned out to be a very worthy exercise in that regard.

Hope you enjoy it.

https://soundcloud.com/ballistic_squid/beams


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VulcanCCIT
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VulcanCCIT
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06/08/2019 11:02 pm

Amazing! loved it! what did you mix it with? did you play all tracks? I assume you did except maybe percussion? either way LOVED it!!!!


Chuck,

Phoenix, Arizona

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maggior
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maggior
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06/10/2019 5:55 pm
Originally Posted by: VulcanCCIT

Amazing! loved it! what did you mix it with? did you play all tracks? I assume you did except maybe percussion? either way LOVED it!!!!

The drum track is a half time shuffle from a phone app I have. The rhtyhm and lead guitar parts I played and recorded with my Seagul S6 acoustic. I used a MXL 990 condenser mic...nothing really special.

I mixed the tracks using Reaper. There was some minor EQ and reverb added during mixing.

Thanks for listening and commenting! Appreciate the kind words! :)


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stephenstoelinga14
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stephenstoelinga14
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06/20/2019 5:03 am

I really like the flow of this. Pretty good.

mcdvoice


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