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Location: Chicago | A moody lullaby I came up with one afternoon while my daughter, Sasha, was deep asleep. This is an example of "somnolent" lead-playing!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8pxgSYrhV8
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Location: Chicago | Hey guys... post some lead-playing samples already! |
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Location: Orlando, FL | Here's some samples. I Included the time of the solo if you don't want to sit through the whole song.
When I play solo acoustic songs, I don't want to play a bunch of single note stuff, so I generally try to roughly outline the chord progression using fills and bits of chords to keep as full a sound as possible.
Here's two samples that follow that model. Both of these solos I worked out and learned. I play them pretty much the same every time. They both have an intro and a solo.
http://www.reverbnation.com/stevekraemer/song/13489363-if-you-dont-love-me-baby-lie-to The solo starts about 1:35 and
http://www.reverbnation.com/stevekraemer/song/17446730-bad-baby-blues-rough The solo starts about 1:30 Here's a couple of electric songs with supporting instrumentation. The first one I worked out an intro and a the first bar or two of the solo. After that, it's all made up on the spot. I would never play this song the same twice. Every version will have a similar feel and some of the same peices, but I wouldn't memorize something like this. This song has a lot of fills and a couple of solos. http://www.reverbnation.com/stevekraemer/song/12189926-just-like-a-fish The first solo starts at 1:15(ish) and the second solo and outro is about 2:22. This song I worked out the lead and play it the same every time. http://www.reverbnation.com/stevekraemer/song/12910529-live-with-the-blues The solo starts about 1:36.
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Location: Chicago | Nice ragtime feel on the acoustic solo in "Lie to Me". and.... what IS that flanged-out sound in "Live with blues"? Sounds like a guitar through two Leslie speaker! Cool. |
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Location: Flahdaw | Damn good stuff Steve!!! |
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Location: Orlando, FL | Thanks for the kind words Bob and Greg. I appreciate it!
That guitar sound in Live with the Blues in a Line 6 Roto-Machine. It's a Leslie simulator pedal. Growing up in the 70's I always loved that sound!
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Location: Fort Worth, TX | Designzilla - 2013-06-01 8:05 AM
I love to listen to horn sections and try to pick out the chordal movement and harmonies they are creating.
When I played bass in an orchestra with dwgpreacher on drums for 5 years I too used to listen to the horn players, especially the baritone player, to get ideas for how to play the bass. I'd copy runs he did and beat him to them the next time around in the song. It was cool. He caught on and would just smile at me. It's great when you can cue in on other instruments to get your ideas for what you are going to play. I miss that ensemble greatly. dwgpreach and I had years of great fun in that group. |
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Location: Chicago | A short race with the drummer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgU43AobryQ
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Location: Northwest Arkansas | The guitarist I've worked with, on and off, for 27 years is a cross between Dickie Betts and one of the guys in ARS. He's a great southern rock player, but I noticed he was really good at improvising. We would be playing in front of a large crowd, somewhere in the neighborhood of 1000 people, and he would play a blistering solo. Then he would point at me, "It's your turn." Dink Doink Dink-Dink Doink Bend. I'd go home that night and work up a passable solo to that song. The next night, in the same club, we got to that song and he played all the way through. We got to the next song and he pointed at me. Dink doink... Needless to say, I learned a lot of scales and how to put them together, how to play the melody by ear and insert a lick or two that way. At the time it angered me. But it made me a lot better player. I still can't play anywhere as good as him, but I can play leads now. My advice is play scales a lot. It doesn't matter which ones. Sooner or later they all fit together. Figure out what the next chord in the song is and what notes will work with that chord in the key you're playing. It'll take some longer than others. But I guarantee playing those scales over and over to the point of hearing the melody of the song in them, will make you a much better player.
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that was pretty awesome, Greg |
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Location: Chicago | Thanks, Bob! I remember feeling like I had to go-go-go or the drummer would run me over. Whew! |
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How do YOU play a lead?
