js1000 is the guitat to go for. i got another £600 to go but my birthday is in a month.

there is nothin wrong with using a signiture guitar to play if you want to get good and famous. The les pual is a signiture and look at how many people use that.

Michelle - Yeah that was awesome. Big fat thanks to John(Invigor) for saying hi to me. Was working for 6 hours on Saturday.

Well, it seems like there are a lot of negative feelings about the chat now. I said a few "bad" things about the whole process yesterday, but I think it went pretty well once I sit back and consider what it was. It could've been better, but it was great for an average "online chat".

gleed - The webmaster does have a point. The service is free, and he's under no obligation to make it work for you specifically. It does sound like he was a little rude, but maybe he had a lot of people emailing him about the chat.

Man... smile people cuz life's too short NOT TO! :-)

Symphony 5 ‘Preludio’ by V. Williams. Who was asking about this???? [I can’t remember]….. Anyhow, I dug out the CD and took a listen…. I recall that the debate was “is the opening section in C Lydian or D Mixlydian?”
This was a tricky one…
The most prominent bass note is C. The bass line itself always seems to start and end on C so the C does seem to be ‘in your face’…..
The collection of notes being used comes from G major…. This combination of the G major key centre and the prominence of the note C in the bass does point to C Lydian…
However, this is not the whole picture…. The is one major item missing….
What is the nature of the chord that functions essentially as ‘chord I’?
You can hear this pretty clearly in the strings.
’Chord I’ is D7 is always heard in 3rd inversion. [and on occasions D9 in 3rd inversion]
3rd inversion means that the 7th of the chord is in the bass. The 7th of D7 is the note C.
This makes the bass a bit of a ‘red-herring’ as a means of identifying the tonic.
The answer is D Mixolydian due to the value of ‘chord I’.
It is unusual to find ‘chord I’ permanently fixed in an inversion… but that is the ‘gotcha’ in this very cleverly written and subtle piece of music.
Take note that this is a 20th century work… This means that the conventional rules of harmony can get seriously broken… basically, expect everything to be unusual but it’s not always as obvious as stuff like Bartok and Schoenburg…

Look for the notes used to establish the key centre and the value of ‘chord I’…. Most often, ‘chord I’ is in root inversion…. Also take note of the date of the composition as this provides clues to the nature of the harmonic style employed…. e.g. you wouldn’t expect JS Bach to create a Chorale in F Lydian… This being the case, guys like Williams would only really employ the traditional rules of harmony if they felt the need to sound ‘authentic’ in recreating a moment from a specific period.

Hey Joe, Thanks for the inspiration. I'm trading up my Fender gear towards a new Ibanez JS. Can't wait to pick it up next week. You truly are the master creator of tone. Rock on!!

Matt King!! I agree with you on the guitar thingy about using signature models...

If your sound is similar to the artist in question you're more or less catagorized in the "Cover Band" section and regardless of it being original tunes of your own to a few covers, those record producers out there automatically know if they can market your music...

If you ever want to hit it big, find a sound that's you... whether it's complex or not, focus on a style that's never been developed yet... In this day & age of guitar rock, your sound is either clean or heavy... Maybe develop a style that is in between all that, or combine Clean with Heavy...

Matt....You also metioned on your forum that you got an endorsement through Brian Moore Guitars... I think you should go for it... they have alot of amazing instruments... Especially the ones with the Piezo Bridges...

Unfortunately electric guitar players don't develop their acoustic guitar techniques & skills as much... Just think if you used one guitar with all the toys built in... without changing instruments you can develop styles that can quite possibly make you a diverse player & that my friend I think makes the record companies notice you more if you use everything to your disposal...

Here's a word of encouragement Matt, your band is great and everything but I truely think I can see you as a critically acclaimed session musician that all the big name acts can rely on to create real good music 10 years from now... that's my opinion anyway...

joe a little questions: the people from www.satriani.s5.com (site in spanish languaje) ask to you if you will have to make a autograph secion and about the new playlist and any equipment news.....thanks

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