Sloe Gin (kind of) instrumental

[Rickocaster]

Thanks!

[Tony W]

jimminy crickets Rick. This is a fantastic piece. When you jumped into the biting lead.... it set the soul on fire. You want tips? keep cranking out music. This is top shelf.

Someday I hope to improve to the point to where I really am comfortable and can get it down in one take.

I'm not sure there are many here that can do that. you have to be thinking 5 licks ahead of where you're playing, and intimately familiar with the piece you are playing on.

I'd be afraid to reach that level to be honest. Then what?

[Speed Demon]

A fine composition, Rick. I don't think you need any particular tips on your soloing. Sounds good to me.

And good luck with doing a song in one take. Best I could do a complete song was four takes. Worst was over thirty recordings before I was satisfied what I did. I accumulated nearly two gigabytes of files before that tune was finished. All but one went into the trashcan after it was done.

Gene

[Bluesberry]

Just found this, fantastic playing.  Bonamassa just kills me, he is so frigging good.  The only thing I would say is maybe give yourself some more compression.  Bonamassa has this tone that just pops out of the speakers, a lot of compression I think.  Your playing here is on the money, the build up into intense full-on and then pull back is essential, and you got it good.  Sounds really good to me.