Woo Hoo, new band!

[Twitch]

So, a friend of mine, drummer of the first band I was in moved back to Indy from Chicago. He started jamming with some guys about 3 months ago and they decided to look for a second guitarist. I responded and went over there to jam and party Sat. and Sun.. The music is kind of like a southern metal/ rock kind of music, like Down or Crowbar etc.. Im diggin it. Its challenging, which is nice. The riffs incorporate a lot of scale usage with picking/fingering patterns Im not used to. With the other band recording and not jamming and the fact that Ive been playing the songs for so long and theyre not difficult to begin with, I was getting pretty bored. This is cool, and only a 20 min. drive from my house. I cant wait to get back there the weekend after next and continue getting stuff written and ready for shows. My only complaint so far is that other than the drummer and I, no one has real professional equipment and the bass player kind of fakes it with some if the scale notes, but the bass player is great at arrangement and the other guys CAN play. I guess everyone has their priorities in a different place for what ever reason, so I cant judge, I guess one of my other amps will be getting some use. Anyhow, good stuff!

[DalyTek]

Great to hear, Twitch! I'm assuming a jam recording bootleg will leaked here for all of us?

[Twitch]

Yeah, once I find a good way to record it. I wont have the luxury of jamming in a studio with these guys, yet. The real fun part is going to be learning the solos for "Bleed for Me" and "Domination". I have the technique, I think, but I cant hear that fast, so Ive used a computer program to slow the song to a crawl without changing the pitch so I can pick out all the notes. The solo to "Domination" Ive slowed down to like 60-70 bpm and parts of the solo are still twice that, damn Dime had fast fingers, the things at like 220 originally.

[Grim]

Yeah, once I find a good way to record it. I wont have the luxury of jamming in a studio with these guys, yet. The real fun part is going to be learning the solos for "Bleed for Me" and "Domination". I have the technique, I think, but I cant hear that fast, so Ive used a computer program to slow the song to a crawl without changing the pitch so I can pick out all the notes. The solo to "Domination" Ive slowed down to like 60-70 bpm and parts of the solo are still twice that, damn Dime had fast fingers, the things at like 220 originally.

At least it's not all picked.

I love the whole southern rock/sludge metal thing. Big Stoner metal fan as well (Boris, Electric Wizard, Kyuss). Look forward to hearing some stuff!

[Twitch]

At least it's not all picked.

I love the whole southern rock/sludge metal thing. Big Stoner metal fan as well (Boris, Electric Wizard, Kyuss). Look forward to hearing some stuff!

Im having better luck picking it, cant seem to do pull offs with the B/G walk down with the close fret spacing, but on the other hand, I can do the 13-12-16 to 15 on the B with pull offs but then cant seem to transition to the alternate picking for the B/G walk down. What have I gotten my self into?? Luckily, Ive got a few weeks to get it, but cripes it shouldnt take me that long to get this, some of my own leads and practice exercises are at around 200 so WTF. Like I said in my other post, I can alternate pick the whole thing at about 3/4 speed, but no faster.

[Larz]

Just put your own spin on it....

[Twitch]

^^^^ Thats probably whats going to happen, just trying to give the note for note approach a shot. Id hate to use a short cut by changing it so I can play it efficiently, but I may have to. Im relatively certain the rest of the solo is going to be ok, but Ive gotta get this part down first before I can move on. The other super fast parts of this solo are fingered 1 2 4 1 2 4 1 2 4 alternate picked, so Im not really worried about them and the other scale walk part is at 80 bpm or so. Not worried about the Bleed for Me solo either as its similar in the fingering above, coordinating the wah with that ones gonna be the toughest part.

[bratfink]

Let me know when you guys are ready to play out, we might be getting close as well in a few months. There is a monthly show up in Lafayette (Hard n Heavy) that normally has availability.

[Twitch]

Cool, my other band is still planning gigs too, we have one in July as it stands right now. Let me know when you guys are ready and well just help each other out, all 3 bands.

[Cygnus X1]

Congrats Twitch!

[Twitch]

Thanks Cyggy.