Greg M
Greg Melia
York
UK
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OKAY THEN, CLARKY OWES MOWLIE OODLES OF BEER. I WOULDN'T MIND SOME, EITHER.
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Tue Mar 25 '03 8:08:00 am
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Lyz
Elizabeth Miller
Buffalo, NY
USA
Plays: Guitar (25 years)
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Musicians - Haven't been here for a while, so excuse me if I missed the answer to this question somewhere...Does anyone have any CDs available to buy via online? I have a hard time actually downloading a lot of songs, since my pc is well, sh*t. If not I guess I will have to wait for the boxed set of the T2J album ;).
Speaking of T2J, I was going to contribute something a while back, but was unable to produce my idea....well just yesterday I spent about 4 hours tweaking this idea that just came into my head. It should be ready for the next T2J album if there is one :). I just need to buy myself a better sound card.
I'd actually have to thank people here like Matt King and Clarky for all the little tips and music theory they talk about. I always had problems creating good solos over a rhythm track, because I felt limited. Both of you guys (and possibly others here at T2J) had said something along the lines of, "Don't play chords to go with a scale, play scales that go over the chords". It has helped me a lot, especially with the piece that I just mentioned. (For pure self indulgence I am going to type the chord progressions I used, let me know if anything is musically incorrect).
At first I used a small classical guitar piece, that I made up about three months ago, which uses the chords (in this order)
Am, G --> G / C , F#m --> F#m add D (whatever chord that is, I guess it is a D since when I play it I neglect to play the C#), E ---> Esus4. All these chords I played arpeggiated into a sort of rhythm track.
Now to me this progression could fit no scale that I could think of, except maybe D or A Major. But I could not explain the A minor. Anyhow, the solo over that progression ended up being modes that stemmed from A Major, sounded pretty good at the end of it all (I purposely did not play a G# over the G major chord)
After this progression I was in a freaky mood and decided to use a diminished scale, while still using A minor, so I went with this progression.
Am, F#dim, G#dim. I got this from the melodic minor scale, and actually ended up playing the G#diminished scale, with my root being A, over the whole thing. From here I went to Am natural, using this progression:
Am, F, G, C. I just arpeggiated these chords and didn't use a solo, since the thing had enough in there as is and I just needed a connector between my diminished mood and the end theme (which is the same as the beginning).
All in all I am pretty proud of myself, it was almost a musical revelation to me, since I actually used what I learned here it made a lot more sense than just reading the words.
~Lyz
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Tue Mar 25 '03 8:11:19 am
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Clarky
Paul Clark
plays the organ, going blind
www.paul-clark.com
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ovation - dude when I get around to it, maybe I shoud send you a full set of compositional footnotes to accompany each track.. what everything means and all of the creational ideas blow by blow...
mowlie - to confirm.. if this works then I owe you beers up to and including being sick... lol
greg - so all of a sudden I owe everyone beer???... shit this is like a virus... lol
Lyz - this is an awesome thing to find out... it's so nice when enlightenment suddenly hits you.. like all of a sudden being able to see through the fog...
If ever you get to a section where there is a key / chord change and you are unsure of how to handle it... isolate it.. make a little backing track of just that change... nice and slow too... first put pen to paper, do the math and work out the options.. then find out where everything is on the neck... noodle with it until you are comfotable and then add it to the rest of the track and play it as a whole...
This way you are not distracted by the complete song and can focus your attention to a specific detail...
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Tue Mar 25 '03 8:39:47 am
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Mr Nick
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master yoda..make coffee..lol...where did you get yours from? theres a music shop down there isn't there? perhaps i could get one from there. how much is it down there?
iuma is nearly up..just waiting for the "real" one...not the preview one.
greg m..clarky owes us all beer?? that sounds like a really good idea.
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Tue Mar 25 '03 8:47:06 am
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RedRandy
Randy Wilkerson
St. Charles, IL
U.S.A.
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Hi Joe!
I just came across this site & had to join it! Very nicely done, and plenty of cool info & areas to explore here. I caught you on the Rockline internet broadcast, on 3/12, that was AWESOME!!!! Can you go into more detail about your inclusion in that mix? The song Vertigo was mesmirizing, to say the least. I see that on July 19th Sammy Hagar & Journey are playing a festival in Chicago IL. I was curious as to whether Planet US might do anything there, since Sammy, Deen & Neil will already be there that night? You guys sounded like you've been playing together for a long time already, I can't wait to get another listen!
Thankx,
RedRandy
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Tue Mar 25 '03 9:11:29 am
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matt king
Matthew King
Brick, New Jersey
United States
Plays: Guitar (35 years)
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Lyz - congratulations on the enlightenment! glad to have helped out!! :)
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Tue Mar 25 '03 9:18:03 am
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BEARMAN36
Barrie Poole
Orillia, ON
CANADA
Plays: Guitar (34 years)
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Song Of The Day:
No One Knows - Queens Of The Stone Age...
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Tue Mar 25 '03 9:18:20 am
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Do The Stu
Austin Lewis, III
Costa Mesa, CA
United States
Plays: Bass (25 years)
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death cube K - LOL...sorry about that. Maybe we can start scoring things like golf, so I'll lose. ;-)
Adrianorb - Yeah, the shows will be the same but you'll still have a lot of fun at each of them.
...Austin...
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Tue Mar 25 '03 9:29:56 am
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matt king
Matthew King
Brick, New Jersey
United States
Plays: Guitar (35 years)
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talk2joe project -- perhaps we can just do a real studio cut of "flight of mind" and use that? the other song I wanna do is still very possible and all, but I don't think we're as ready to record it as we are with "flight of mind"...
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Tue Mar 25 '03 9:43:00 am
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death cube k
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austin like golf you say?.... hahaha .... hey man. why doesnt joe tour around canada.. more? if you know.
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Tue Mar 25 '03 10:11:17 am
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PhryDom
Dave
Atlanta, GA
USA
Plays: Guitar (45 years)
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Austin please can you get together as many fridge magnets with (different!) places on them and send them to me? My mum collects them... that's all I ask! Thanks DCK for yours dude! :-)
Man a long day.... eleven dogs here so I had to do three walk shifts... and shortly I have to take one of them home, then go back to the old house to finish moving out of it, and then clean it! Oh woe is me!!! &-(((( Later everyone... and I promise I'll work on the Bios page for the T2J site as soon as I can! Promise!!!
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Tue Mar 25 '03 10:29:24 am
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crispin
crispin Da Costa
high wycombe, bucks
England
Plays: Guitar (26 years)
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happy 800th austin.
CLARKY: yeah it is good isny it
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Tue Mar 25 '03 10:41:06 am
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kell
Kelly Ritchotte
Boise, ID
US
Plays: Guitar (44 years)
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Without question.....this is the best damn car Ford has ever produced! 2k3GT40
Someday..... when I'm sickeningly wealthy! lol! Yeah, It ain't the fastest around.... but damn she's a beauty!
-Kell
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Tue Mar 25 '03 10:47:39 am
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Mahavishnu
Brian Currier
Newberg, Oregon
US
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Joe, have a safe trip down south , wish I could see one of the shows. Take care!
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Tue Mar 25 '03 11:19:53 am
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brymstone
Steve Hartland
England
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Plum Loco and JS Clone 1
Hey guys and thanks for the help!! I managed to get it working this morning (uk time). I've been away from the board for a bit, could you tell me if the T2J tracks are still being accepted? It's just that now I have the capability (and sorely needed drum loops :)), I'm finally able to contribute with hopefully a half decent track. Thanks again.
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Tue Mar 25 '03 11:51:24 am
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Invigor
John B
Regina, Sk
Canada
Plays: Guitar (27 years)
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plum loco: that song rules
you should try... sam roberts - don't walk away eileen
sweet song as well
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Tue Mar 25 '03 12:36:39 pm
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mick87
Spoonman Spider Mike
Plays: Spoons
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Nice... I'm gonna be getting Beck's Blow by Blow, Koch's Radio Free Gristle and Flying in a Blue Dream in less than a week.... should be good.... mick
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Tue Mar 25 '03 12:53:16 pm
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Invigor
John B
Regina, Sk
Canada
Plays: Guitar (27 years)
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js song of the day: new blues
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Tue Mar 25 '03 1:11:23 pm
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Greg M
Greg Melia
York
UK
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Blow by Blow and Blue Dream are both really excellent albums, but Blue Dream is better. The title track is my favourite Joe song.
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Tue Mar 25 '03 1:19:39 pm
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la belle guitare 0221
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Hey Joe , What's up ????????? long time no see lol how are you ?????
i hope to see you in G3 this year iam really looking forward to seeing you perform with steve vai , and another awesome guitar player such as Pat Metheny, anyway getting down to business, iam going to buy some guitar efects later on in the week, one of my choices is the line 6 pod, i was wondering have you ever used one before ???? iam also getting the Korg Pandora PX4 ion the pandora what is your favorite effect to use, and last but not least iam going to get a BOSS DD-5 a BOSS mega distortion and otherr goodies lol, well i got to go talk to you soon
Tiffany
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Tue Mar 25 '03 1:24:40 pm
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GroupTherapy2
Carol Dill
Concord, NC
USA
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When is the new G3 Tour DVD (with John Petrucci) being released???
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Tue Mar 25 '03 1:56:20 pm
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Do The Stu
Austin Lewis, III
Costa Mesa, CA
United States
Plays: Bass (25 years)
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PhryDom - Okay, cool. I'll get one or two from my school and then maybe I can try to get one from Hollywood this weekend. I'll let you know.
kell - That is an awesome car. I love Corvettes, so I usually have to have a dislike for Fords because they make the Mustang. ;-) But the one you posted looks cool...actually very similar to a Corvette in some ways.
This should be a fun topic. Everyone post a link to a picture of your favorite car. This is mine.
brymstone - I think the T2J deadline is March 31st, so you still have a few days.
GroupTherapy2 - As far as I know, there won't be a G3 2001 DVD. I think some of JP's G3 stuff is on the DVD version of his Rock Discipline instructional video, though.
...Austin...
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Tue Mar 25 '03 2:00:49 pm
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dragonchild
Eva Viding
ENSKEDE,
Sweden
Plays: Other (27 years)
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Whispering A Prayer 4 - Windows To The Soul 2
WAP is awesome, but WTTS is just... special.
CLARKY- save some of that beer for me, eh? ;-) I'll buy you a round next time you happen to be in Stockholm.
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Tue Mar 25 '03 2:18:12 pm
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JS Clone 1
Richard Haier
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
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The Deanster - Every tour, Joe hits Toronto.
Lyz - Any demo recordings of yourself? I have a clip of mine on my iuma site but i'm not going to continue with being on the cd. http://richardhaier.iuma.com - full clip
Brymstone - If you can make the March 31st deadline.
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Tue Mar 25 '03 2:39:24 pm
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BiZaRrE cOnTaCt
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Hi everyone!!!
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Im totally desesperated, I cant wait for the concert, just 2 days left, aaaaaaaaahhhhh!!!!!!!!!!
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Do The Stu:
Nice car, my favorite is this one
I love that car
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Tue Mar 25 '03 2:40:18 pm
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