Georgia On My Mind

guitaroscar · February 05, 2009, 07:46:20 PM

This is my third attempt. I got the comp from band in a box, saved it as an mp3, loaded it on the mbr, then imported it as I was instructed here.
Anyway, impatience got me; I should have done another take on the guitar... but I was really keen to post.
Cheers
Harry

BossMicroBRew · February 05, 2009, 09:27:32 PM

Last time I was in Georgia, I went rambling through La Grange. Excellent barbeque restaurant there; fine baked beans and sloppy-good luscious pig-cicles. Now I have GA on my mind, and I like it.

Impatience?! --> Premium work. No other take necessary for my ears. What a way to wind down for the day.

The Reverend 48 · February 06, 2009, 03:19:19 AM

Beautiful...Sweet as A Georgia Peach

I love the tone of the guitar what guitar are you using and what effects?......

mr2kewl · February 06, 2009, 04:03:20 AM

smoooooth!!!!! got any more?

tafka · February 06, 2009, 04:11:46 AM

this is classy stuff.
no need for another take.
imperfections can give it a "live" feel. didn't hear any though.

Tony J

guitaroscar · February 06, 2009, 02:20:51 PM

Quote from: forte8 on February 06, 2009, 03:19:19 AMI love the tone of the guitar what guitar are you using and what effects?......

Thanks for the vote of confidence

I am using a Hagstrom Viking reissue, neck pickup. I lined it out of a Roland Micro-cube and into the MBR dry.
After the recording I added heaps of reverb (it seems to me that effects are not as strong when added after the take), and that was about it.
The only reason I recorded dry and not direct is that I couldn't tweak any of the MBR effects to give me the sound I wanted.
Cheers
Harry

jackofall · February 07, 2009, 04:08:37 AM

That's the first bit of jazz guitar I've heard on the forum. It was excellent! I've been learning jazz guitar mysself but don't seem to be getting very far with it. Do you do it in the really formal, academic way - jazz min scale over a dom 7th etc? It's so complicated! Or do you use just your ear? I love the sound but how to play jazz is still a bit mysterious to me. I hope you'll keep these coming.

guitaroscar · February 07, 2009, 05:41:15 PM

Thanks for the compliment!
I did learn in the 'formal' way, ie theory, scales arpeggios etc. It should be remembered, however that the whole point of aquireing all this knowledge and technique is so you can forget it and just play. Your ear will guide you if you have done the homework.
In some songs, if you have to rely on your intellect you have already nissed the boat. eg by the time you think od the scale or chord, it has already passed and the band is playing the next one. The only way around this is to do the homework, then let your ear guide you.
Cheers
Harry