Lord Sausage

you use both ways, but i don't think tunes like this would be able to be written without theory knowledge....it's sublime and beautiful! http://youtu.be/h1DDndY0FLI

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1382211368' post='2249426'] Yip - people arguing about stuff on the internet. [/quote]

Showed Steve today. Basically i've gotta essentially squeegee wood filler into all the grain bits then sand back. I'll put a pre and post pic up so you can see how not to do it. haha

[quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1382178506' post='2248914'] Nice one! I'm a big fan of Gotye myself. Wally's a very talented chap and his music is a big breath of fresh air. Good stuff [/quote] Mega talented and some of his stuff moves me to tears which i'm not afraid to say (not weeping, just welling)

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1382195273' post='2249159'] Let's keep it civil, y'all... Thank you. [/quote]Have you noticed what the common denominator is?!

[quote name='paulconnolly' timestamp='1382197869' post='2249203'] This version seems pretty authentic. What does everyone else think? [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11PZTWL1Z0w[/media] [/quote]it's not exact. that ain't a criticism!

When i used to play it i never replicated it exactly. I kept the main themes of the line but in beats that were essentially little runs i figured he probably improvised them so i did the same.

The keyboard player in an old band of mine developed a rep for genius solos. Loads of used to show up just to listen to them. It pissed him off. So he just started playing amazing grace or one note or Yankee doodle for all his solos

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1382190179' post='2249082'] He'd better let it lie. And so on. [/quote]

[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1382189909' post='2249076'] No, I often think you talk a lot of old bollocks [/quote]I just laugh snorted

[quote name='Lowender' timestamp='1382189222' post='2249069'] Ah, admit it, you may not LIKE what I say, but you know I'm right ..and that's what you don't like about it. lol [/quote] You wouldn't let it lie!...He wouldn't let it lie!

[quote name='Joe86' timestamp='1377030611' post='2182557'] I recommend a track called 'state of the art' from the making mirrors album. It's fresh and unique, has plenty of bottom end boom and the production is great. [/quote] Check this live version of it! http://youtu.be/dCaNju6zvis

nice and simple bit of a riff, bit of a run, bit more of riff, bit more of run etc. or if doing a more traditional solo start slow and simple and build it up. You can go wrong with an old fashioned pentatonic with an added flat five.

[quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1382108443' post='2248143'] White Spirit Woops. Beaten to it. [/quote]Done it. My neck now stinks! My bass neck that is!

[quote name='DarkHeart' timestamp='1382107860' post='2248128'] did you use grain sealer? [/quote]No, starting to realise that maybe i should of!

well i've done a few coats of primer and i guess i've ballsed up the prep. Novice and all that. I can still see the grain in places and i obviously haven't sanded it smooth enough as little dints appear everywhere. Guess that's the joy of plywood. I'm taking it to Steve Robinson @ ManchesterGuitarTec tomorrow so he can have a look and tell me how to remedy it. I am also going to pick up a bass and some more primer.

Well what i find hard to believe is how no Luthier has called themselves Lex!

Ha ha it's just like the Wooten thread!

[quote name='Graham' timestamp='1381701052' post='2242700'] Or at the very least have his wah pedal removed from him and told to start thinking about notes rather than just making a lot of wah noise. [/quote] Also his intonation is piss poor!

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1381701456' post='2242703'] But is it arse entertainment..? [/quote] Fookin genius! Like a class stand up comic, referring old themes. ha ha. well remembered!

That is just f***in incredible! And, most importantly, you look cool as f*** playing it. That is surely the main reason why we do it!

[quote name='BassTractor' timestamp='1381699870' post='2242679'] Yeah. Trying to be slightly less longwinded than I tend to be, I in fact worded it wrongly. It reduces my joy when I loved the composition to begin with. It increases my joy when I disliked the composition. BTW, I'm not talking about general knowledge of theory. I'm talking about minute analysis of one composition - analysis that would involve writing out the whole composition by ear, then analysing it in its minute details, and writing down a reflection of that analysis. The immense amount of time used on a composition this way, and later "hearing" not my joy but my remembrance of the analysis... that is what ruined it for me. General knowledge of theory did augment my general appreciation for the work of a composer and for certain works, but appreciation is not the same as deep emotional experiences when hearing certain music. I prefer that my ears just hear how great a piece is, rather than that an analysis tells me it is great. [/quote] Totally agree with the appreciation is not the same as the emotional experience. It's just I'm a bit of a nerd musically and i value the understanding on a intellectual level equally but totally different to the emotional experience.

[quote name='oggiesnr' timestamp='1381699733' post='2242674'] +1 When I started learning theory I found that my appreciation of a lot of music (even jazz which I'd always regarded as a closed shop to me) increased. Steve [/quote]Totes!

Off the top of my head I think it is (broken into phrases over chord) Eb-D-C-Bb. F-D-Bb-G (both descend from first note of each group of 4) Can't remember g run. Something up the pentatonic to octave. (This bit twice) Eb_D-C-Bb. F-E-Eb-D. C-Bb-A-G-A-Bb-C then pentatonic fills over the C then D. I think they are different each time. Sorry for the bizarre nature of how this is written. Would be easier on manuscript. Hope it helps.

Can't go wrong with these really! http://youtu.be/PfAWReBmxEs http://youtu.be/kzkXGIRaxcI