Wim VD1
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On 9/22/2020 at 6:09 PM, Joao Peneda said:
Wow @Wim VD1! That's amazing! And inspiring!
Hope someday soon I can play it as well.Great job!
Thanks, Joao,
The tab for Yoni's arrangement is freely available at the B&G website:
Wim.
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On 9/22/2020 at 5:25 PM, gotto said:
I recently read a quote from country icon Vince Gill that all he ever sought from music was to be moved by it. Listening to your recording, one of my all time favorite songs, I was truly moved . The song is deeply emotional, provocative and thought provoking to begin with, and you captured and framed all of that essence in a brilliant interpretation. Thank you so much for sharing your music with us. should you choose to create an album of songs, lt me be the first on your list to purchase it.
Greg
Wow Greg, that's the nicest compliment to get. Thank you.
Nowadays more than ever, with so much ugliness and harshness in the world around, I seek for beauty and emotion in music. I am glad to be able to share it on this platform here.
Wim.
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On 9/22/2020 at 1:21 PM, Simira said:
Hi @Wim VD1, Another fab recording, you never cease to amaze me, you really are becoming an accomplished allround player. I'm familiar with Yoni, he is one of those jaw dropping players who seem to be able to play all instrument parts at once! I've noticed that now he also gives tabs and lessons. He only posted himself performing his arrangements before.😊
Thank you, @Simira.
Some great covers and arrangements from Yoni Schlesinger can be found on YouTube, Brothers In Arms being my favourite.
I need to study his percussive slapping technique. He adds this snaredrum sound to his fingerstyle playing, that makes it even more interesting.
Wim.
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On 9/20/2020 at 4:29 PM, Colkat said:
Found something I recorded 5 years ago. Chicken in the Rain by John Knowles.
Nice Travis picking, I like that style.
Thanks for sharing,
Wim.
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I wanted to learn a solo arrangement of Brothers In Arms ever since I heard this song covered by Yoni Schlesinger in a promotion video for B&G Guitars. I hesitated to record it on acoustic or on electric guitar, but finally decided for acoustic.
It's a great song to learn, with many nice licks and a beautiful chord progression.
Wim.
https://soundcloud.com/wim-van-damme-401299565/brothers-in-arms-solo-acoustic
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Very nice, Mandy. It's great to see you playing fingerstyle!
i agree with what our other guitar friends are writing here, your progress is remarkable.
Wim.
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1 hour ago, gotto said:
Awesome Wim! Perfectly played. Loved it. I need to get back into the LMG Fingerstyle lessons. I got stalled out mid session 2....still living with my flailing fingers style.
Greg
Thanks, Greg. Of all the courses I have done so far, I like the LMG Fingerstyle course the most.
Wim.
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Perfect timing. I am right now in session 7 "Jazz" of the fingerstyle course, so that fits perfectly with the challenge of the month 😀.
This is a walking bass style arrangement of the jazz standard Autumn Leaves.
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On 8/2/2020 at 9:33 PM, Skip Russell said:
Having been picked to choose this months recording challenge theme, I thought I would get going on a Jazz Standard. This is All of Me, straight out of the Real Book. I know we are going to study this one for the Jazz Standards Academy course, so I thought I would try it on my own first, and see the difference after Steve presents this in class.
Thanks for any comments.
Good playing, @Skip Russell.
You jazz cats are being spoiled by Steve with a new Jazz Standards course! Enjoy it.
Wim.
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On 8/1/2020 at 8:40 AM, Fretless said:
Here is a live song from a teacher's concert at my wife's music school. My wife played the piano, the other piano teacher played the drums and I was a guest that evening, playing a Burny jazz archtop guitar. The song is called Spirit Song.
What a nice Jazz trio, @Fretless.
Like @Eracer_Team-DougH said, it's great that you can enjoy making music together.
Well played,
Wim.
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On 7/31/2020 at 8:38 AM, Mike Hoodenpyle said:
Here's my attempt at Laurence Juber's "The White Pass Trail." This piece is special for several reasons:
1. It's one of my favorite originals by one of my favorite players.
2. It's in DADGAD tuning.
3. There's a lot going on: hammers, pulls, bends (both subtle and full step), slides, frailing, slap harmonics, percussion, just a little muted rhythm, and a pinch harmonic where the 24th fret would be if I had a 24th fret. Some of those things are going on simultaneously.
I did some things differently than LJ does (some of them actually on purpose 😀). I changed the transition to the percussive section with a brief lick and the aforementioned 24th fret harmonic. I also changed the transition to the outro. If you've heard the original, you know he plays a little blues lick there. I've never really felt like that belonged, so I changed that bar.
This piece is a little above my ability level, but I gave it a shot. No one was injured in the making of this video, so here it is.
That is great fingerpicking, Mike.
Your sound is very clean. Could you tell me what strings you are using?
Wim.
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Greg, having your granddaughter singing along makes this special indeed 👍.
I truly enjoyed the result of your family collaboration.
Wim.
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On 7/23/2020 at 10:16 PM, Slaphappy said:
Thx to those that lead me in the right direction. I posted incorrectly my first time around.
I haven't played for a good while but I've gotten back into it with Learn and Master, Blues Guitar, Jazz chords, and various other resources that I found from Steve. No particular theme to this impromptu noodling session. Just me messing around. I play both guitars and bass, and recorded them on a PreSonus Audio box. A fun afternoon.
That sounds great, @Slaphappy,
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I'm sad to hear that Peter Green died today aged 73.
Back in the old days, he played the blues with so much soul. He did not play too many notes, but he played the right ones with great feeling.
I dived a bit deeper in his songs and style when learning to play Albatross 2 years ago.
A little tribute to Peter Green 🎸😪
Wim.
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On 7/20/2020 at 4:24 AM, Eracer_Team-DougH said:
I'm a bit hesitant to post this lick as it needs so much work.
It's from a TrueFire course I’m working on by Jeff McErlain. it’s his take on a lick from Dire Straits Sultan’s of Swing
The lick Jeff McErlain calls Guitar George (remember Sultan's of Swing.. "Guitar George knows all the chords")
Remember , I’m working on it..
It’s half step bends on the first finger, full step bend on the third finger, hybrid picking , pull offs and hammer on trills, slides and vibrato; it's got a lot going
I’m choking out the notes when I finger pick so hard the string slaps the next frets and kills the note..
I have to fix my over pluck on that.. grrr.. (once I'm done, I'll have to learn the rest of the song)
So its 5:15 of will he ever play this right .
(And yes @NeilES335 I did use the Sharaton for this phone recording)
Good work on a difficult lick.
Wim.
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On 7/18/2020 at 1:56 AM, Skip Russell said:
Hi @Wim VD1, @NeilES335 I am still trying to determine the best way to input my guitar signal into my audio interface, weather directly plugged in, out from my Amp, or some other way. I would be interested. In any comments or suggestions.
Thanks Skip
My amp is an old solid state, so I always record electric directly plugged into a DAW. I am quite familiar with Garage Band, and now I am exploring Reaper.
Wim.
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On 7/17/2020 at 5:09 PM, Skip Russell said:
For this months recording challenge, I am submitting my version of All the Things You Are, a well known Jazz Standard. This song, written by Jerome Kern & Oscar Hammerstein, contains an interesting (or special) intro and outro, which contain b7#9 cords. Steve has performed and analyzed this song a while back on Live Lessons. It was a great song to learn.
Skip
Skip,
good job on a song full of nice color tones. Well done.
Wim.
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On 7/15/2020 at 8:42 AM, Nutty 1 said:
@Wim VD1 that was excellent! Beautifully played and with the great tone that we always hear from you. 😎👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
20 hours ago, NeilES335 said:@Wim VD1 Beautifully played Wim! The breadth of you ablilty is very impressive... from rock and blues, to fingerstyle, on this wonderful hymn (one of my favorites) you are covering it all. Your timing, was spot on, and I detected no "misfires" ... Tone very good too. For your first recording with an interface and Reaper DAW, this was very well done By listening, I gather you used the Focusrite Scarlet mic (that comes with this excellent gear,) to record your acoustic guitar. I have yet to use mine... I do want to try it with my Fender Princeton amp.
Not intending to be critical, I'm sure you're aware of the string noise. I think the mic accentuates this in the recording. Other than possibly string change I'm not sure how to fix this... maybe a slight change of technique, ie; lifting the fretting fingers slightly on chord changes perhaps. (This is one of the reasons I like flat wound strings on my ES guitars; no string noise) On acoustic I struggled with this and found Martin SP strings to be very quiet while still delivering excellent tone. Some swear by other brands of coated strings like Elixer (I didnt care for them... put them on, played them once, took them off)
Anyway Great job as always! Cheers; Neil
Thanks, Mandy and Neil.
@NeilES335, the string noise is indeed still an issue when recording my acoustic. It is a bit better with the new microphone. I have Elexir Polyweb strings on now and will try out Martin SP when I change strings again.
In this song, there were some slides of full chords, making it hard to avoid squeaks.
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19 hours ago, NeilES335 said:
Hi Wim
I'm very glad that whatever experience shared has been of some help you. The biggest lesson learned is that recording is a natural progression for guitarists and musicians of all stripes. Recording it is however, a whole new skill set that takes time and patience to learn. I have barely scratched the surface!
Regarding the jazz tone... As you say, Reaper has dozens of standard "plug ins" for immediate use. And, you've likely discovered there are many more that are available Free throught the Software "Plug in Collective". These cover a huge range of effects and sounds. My advice would be simple. For your use, (recording yourself on guitar)... Dont waste a lot of time downloading ALL the accounts (like I did), because many are of no use in this application.
After much trial and error, I found that the guitar is the best "tone tool" you have. I tried several different plugins on my recordings, with mixed results. But after all that, on my most recent recording, I found my best "jazz tone" was with NO effects at all! Just my Gibson ES-137 on the front (humbucker) pickup, with the volume on 10 (full out) and tone on 4. I kept the input volume down to about 11 oclock on the interface, (to reduce distortion).
If you'd like to discuss other recording tecniques etc. we could continue by P.M. if you wish.
BTW Great job on that hymn... beautiful!
Hi Neil,
Indeed, your Gibson ES-137 is a great instrument with beautiful Jazz tone, so that will do the job without much processing.
I want to get a good Jazz tone out of my solid body PRS S2, so I will play around with the guitar settings and eventually some plug-ins to get closer.
I have just started session 7 (Fingerstyle Jazz) of the fingerstyle course, and look forward to learn the song "Back home in Indiana".
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10 hours ago, NeilES335 said:
Hey @Wim VD1 There are lots of good videos on Reaper's website to learn from. "Kenny Gioa" explains it pretty well. It can get pretty complex, and I admit I got a bit flustered with it in the beginning, but in the end to do a simple guitar recording isn't overly difficult. A lot of the stuff is customization, which isnt really needed.
Hi Neil,
I checked out the video series from Kenny Goia "recording your band" and those gave me most of the info I needed to record my first tune in Reaper.
Thanks for your earlier advice to use Reaper instead of Pro Tools First. I think learning from your experience saved me a lot of frustration and time.
Do you get your nice jazz tone on your latest recordings from using standard Reaper plug-ins?
Wim.
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4 hours ago, matonanjin said:
Steve is teaching a guitar training workshop for band directors and so there will be no Live Lesson tonight. But he said we would be back next week.
So let's all use this time tonight for practicing! No slacking off!!😮 No TV!😉
I'm going to be working on this one really cool blues rhythm. Kind of a funky thing. And I've gone back and am re-working on pentatonic scales.
What about everyone else?
Ron, I will spend some more time tonight learning the ins and outs of Reaper.
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For this month I chose another song from the L&M Fingerstyle course. This one is from session 6 and it is one of my favorite tunes from the course. Steve has put several techniques in his arrangement: hammer-ons and pull-offs, harmonics, slides, 6ths,10ths, octaves and pedal notes. To make it even more fun, the tuning is drop D.
This is the first song I recorded using my new Focusrite Scarlett Studio Bundle and Reaper as my DAW.
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🎸The September Recording Challenge 83 - Solo🎤
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I gave the same Brothers In Arms arrangement a go on electric guitar today. I actually like it more than the acoustic version, because of the better sustain and articulation.
Wim.
https://soundcloud.com/wim-van-damme-401299565/brothers-in-arms-solo-electric