isaacullah
2665 posts
Mar 10, 2014
12:32 PM
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I've been working a lot on my guitar playing lately, and today being the first day of Pitt's Spring Break (yippee! No more students!), I had a chance to break out the looper pedal this morning before work. I mainly was trying to combine some of the guitar stuff I've been working on with a bit of harp over the top. I thought this little ditty was the best of what I came up with... Any comments/suggestions are welcome!
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Last Edited by isaacullah on Mar 10, 2014 12:33 PM
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nacoran
7602 posts
Mar 10, 2014
6:01 PM
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I'm listening for the 3rd time right now. But it could be just I have a crush on the girl with the whipped cream hair. :)
Right around the one minute mark you play a series of single notes, and one of them seems just a little out of time. I like the part around 2:37 where you seem to slip into a different modality briefly. Going in for one more listen, then I'm going to listen to some Ana Tijoux.
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isaacullah
2666 posts
Mar 10, 2014
7:30 PM
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Thanks for the repeated listens, Nate! I appreciate it! Thanks for the critquea too, they are very useful and quite helpful too! By the way, the change in modality you heard was what Bob Ross would call a "happy accident"! But when I listened back, I liked it too! :) I'm using a natural minor harp.... Glad you like the sexy food cartoon lady! :)
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isaacullah
2668 posts
Mar 12, 2014
6:59 AM
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Any other comments for me? :)
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JInx
750 posts
Mar 12, 2014
9:09 AM
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needs a bit of tightening up, got to lock steady. simplify everything even more.
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1847
1577 posts
Mar 12, 2014
9:34 AM
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fabulous! if you put that recording to clint eastwoods
high plains drifter, it would also be a perfect match
nice job, was this done on a mac?
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isaacullah
2670 posts
Mar 12, 2014
10:46 AM
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@Jinx: Thanks! I will work on that for sure. I started trying to play the guitar riff to a metronome, and I noticed that I definitely start to drift over time! :)
@1847: Thank you so much! My wife calls this one my "western" riff, so it's great to hear you say something similar too! I use linux, and did the audio "mastering" in audacity (added some compression, reverb, a low-pass filter, and some stereo widening), and then used a piece of video editing software called "flowblade" to stitch together some bits of an old 1940's cartoon for the graphic component. I got the original cartoon from here: https://archive.org/details/classic_cartoons. I made sure to pick one that was in the public domain and that was kinda weird! :)
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XHarp
543 posts
Mar 12, 2014
1:22 PM
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Well now that was great! I love the looped guitar keeping the groove and the droning bass it sets up! The harp was fantastic and didn't notice any "scabs". Creative and honest. Nice job.
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isaacullah
2671 posts
Mar 12, 2014
5:17 PM
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Hey X! Thank you, man! That means a lot coming from someone who's such a great guitarist and harp player too! I really appreciate it!:)
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Komuso
286 posts
Mar 12, 2014
5:39 PM
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Sounds great, I like unison harp/guitar lines, working on some myself at the moment.
I like the video too;-)
One thing: I like the little scale run up you did at 2.30, but then straight after that you play a little riff that sounds in the wrong scale to guitar (major to minor) that clashes to my ears. It's a nice riff, but sounds more whimsical (emotion wise), than the main theme.
Clashing isn't always a bad thing, but me personally I think it works better as dissonance over major rather than the other way round.
But that's just my ears. Whatever works for you works for you!
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Last Edited by Komuso on Mar 12, 2014 5:51 PM
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isaacullah
2672 posts
Mar 13, 2014
6:12 AM
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Thank you so much Komuso! Always glad to have more critiques and opinions! It definitely helps me to get better.... And all this feedback helps me to know that I'm on to something that appeals to others, and that's always a great thing! It gives me the fuel to keep at it! :)
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1847
1592 posts
Mar 16, 2014
7:07 PM
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ok i just unpacked my new loop pedal
per...... harp to swings request
i included girlie pictures
i played the backing guitar
added an organ type part on the harmonica
then another harp.
yes i hit a few clunkers, that will improves shortly
2014-03-16 15 02 30 from bob cooper on Vimeo.
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i get a lot of request when i play my harmonica
"but i play it anyway"
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i get a lot of request when i play my harmonica
"but i play it anyway"
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isaacullah
2676 posts
Mar 17, 2014
11:35 AM
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Cool stuff, 1847! Glad you are enjoying the new looper... You'll see that it starts to become intuitive the more you use it! Well done!
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