Nice intro bassline... Turn up the volume!
For the 1st time we jammed at my room. From evening to late-night. Yazid brought along his newly-bought black electric guitar. And his marshall amp. Hasyim with his keyboards.
We are still working on our original. It was like 50% completed, and after yesterday's session, I could say that we are on the 75% or 80% percentage.
We were working on the kick-in part, from slow to faster-paced. Yazid's method was fairly creative. But I'm sure we'll develop into bigger entrances some next day. Or next future songs. I'm satisfied, though. The most important part of playing a song is how we deliver it. Let's just stick to positivity and rockin' thunderness! \m/
Since we moved from dual-guitars attack to a single-guitar band, I completely shifted my ideas and the influences of our band.
I'm a bit disappointed about the change of our guitar system. But at the same time really, very looking forward to take on the almighty bass.
I don't hate being on the bass. In fact I love it. I have lots of bass inspirations. The undisputed Geezer Butler of Black Sabbath, Tim Commerford from RATM, Metallica's Jason Newsted, and more (Yups I know guys. Cliff Burton is more f*ckin awesome in Metallica. But Jason uses the plectrum like I did).
As for the band, I look into superior one-guitar bands, like Van Halen or System Of A Down. They play single-guitar to the superb levels, equivalent firepower to two guitars (Stratovarius and Nightwish too, one guitarist and a keyboardist working together. And Coventide deserves some credit here too! They rule!). Of course these one-guitar bands don't play boring all power-chords from start to end, these smart one-man-show guitarists juggle from riffs to licks to solos. And of course, excellent palm-muting and variations!
Eg. Of excellent one-man show rock guitars (w/o keyboards...)
- Van Halen - Ain't Talking Bout Love
- Van Halen - Panama
- System Of A Down - B.Y.O.B
- Motorhead - Ace Of Spades
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