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What do you think of this?
« on: October 13, 2006, 01:22:05 PM »
I was just wondering if I could get your opinion on this.
Any criticism is welcome

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Re: What do you think of this?
« Reply #1 on: October 13, 2006, 01:43:17 PM »
that you playing guitar, pete?

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Re: What do you think of this?
« Reply #2 on: October 13, 2006, 01:52:08 PM »
Yes sir, it is. What did you think?

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Re: What do you think of this?
« Reply #3 on: October 13, 2006, 01:58:43 PM »
Yes sir, it is. What did you think?

hasn't played yet.  i have to register for youtube to view it.  stops after 20 seconds, right before you start playing, if you're not signed in.

While I register to hear you play, here goes some clips of me playing!

http://240fm.com/vids/2.mp3

http://240fm.com/vids/4.mp3

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Re: What do you think of this?
« Reply #4 on: October 13, 2006, 02:03:59 PM »
cool, very Satriani feeling.  Very good tone for that genre.  You play in a local band? Only knock is that the timing is maybe a little off at times - very common thing for bedroom virtuosos who don't regularly jam with a full band.  that kick drum hitting in your chest makes you hit on every 1 and 3 thru habit.

but i'm just a bass player who likes to play Slash and SRV shit on my les paul :)  your site looks good, you look like a creative guy.  Keep sharing the good stuff here!

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Re: What do you think of this?
« Reply #5 on: October 13, 2006, 02:05:09 PM »
I'm from a Canadian band called "Harem Scarem", you've probably never heard of it though as we've never broken through into the U.S., Alot of our market is in Europe and Japan. You should check out www.haremscarem.net when you have the time.

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Re: What do you think of this?
« Reply #6 on: October 13, 2006, 02:09:57 PM »
Wow Pete,  your look has changed through the years..   Checkin' out some of your stuff..

http://www.haremscarem.net/index.php?view=photogallery 

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Re: What do you think of this?
« Reply #7 on: October 13, 2006, 02:13:15 PM »
Pete, Good stuff man!! nice tone, good texture for your sequenced parts, lots of feeling!
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Re: What do you think of this?
« Reply #8 on: October 13, 2006, 02:24:31 PM »
sounds fvcking great. no offense but it sounds like a love scene song. Like i can see people getting it on to this song. I would love it for my collection of ass getting tunes

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Re: What do you think of this?
« Reply #9 on: October 13, 2006, 04:33:54 PM »
nice

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Re: What do you think of this?
« Reply #10 on: October 16, 2006, 05:11:45 AM »
Thanks for all the compliments guys!!!!
Sorry, for not replying sooner but I've been really busy. We've just finished recording our 11th Harem Scarem album and I've been up to my nuts in a some other projects.
Thanks again y'all!
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Re: What do you think of this?
« Reply #11 on: October 16, 2006, 06:38:48 AM »
hasn't played yet.  i have to register for youtube to view it.  stops after 20 seconds, right before you start playing, if you're not signed in.

While I register to hear you play, here goes some clips of me playing!

http://240fm.com/vids/2.mp3

http://240fm.com/vids/4.mp3

How do you think you compare to Pete yourself?

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Re: What do you think of this?
« Reply #12 on: October 16, 2006, 06:51:47 AM »
Pete kicks my ass! lol...

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Re: What do you think of this?
« Reply #13 on: October 16, 2006, 07:32:06 AM »
Pete kicks my ass! lol...

Mate, that's some brutal honesty.

Doesn't say much about you though.

Save Gilmour, and a few others, Pete kicks everyones ass. ;)

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Re: What do you think of this?
« Reply #14 on: October 16, 2006, 07:46:42 AM »
Pete- Your playing is smooth and professional, but not my style of music.

Rob- Cool that you are well rounded with hobbies, but don't quit your day job!  ;D

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Re: What do you think of this?
« Reply #15 on: October 16, 2006, 07:47:35 AM »
LOL... I decided early on that the odds of getting a record deal and doing that for a living were too small to count on.  Since then, music has just been a part-time thing to have fun.  I'd rather do 5 jaeger shots and jump around all night playing an intense live show than dazzle 2 guitar players in the crowd who are just begging me to play a bad note so they can clown me to their non-musician friends.

Besides, if Blink and nirvana can make retirement $ by 30 using 4 chords and one strumming style, perhaps there is still hope for me!

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Re: What do you think of this?
« Reply #16 on: October 16, 2006, 07:53:57 AM »
I was just kidding with you man. Congrats on the baby!

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Re: What do you think of this?
« Reply #17 on: October 16, 2006, 08:16:15 AM »
thanks man.  easier than i thought it would be!

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Re: What do you think of this?
« Reply #18 on: October 16, 2006, 08:26:52 AM »
you look like kato

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Re: What do you think of this?
« Reply #19 on: October 16, 2006, 08:28:57 AM »
Again, I thank you guys for your honesty.
240, keep playing for fun man. This is really the only job that I've ever had. I just recently turned 38 years old and I've been playing in bands ever since I was 13 or so. It's really a bitch trying to make money at it, but its been alot of fun and all is well right now. I am one of the few people who can actually say that they love their job.
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Re: What do you think of this?
« Reply #20 on: October 16, 2006, 08:39:45 AM »
very nice. I especially like the wierd cute little expression at the end.  :)
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Re: What do you think of this?
« Reply #21 on: October 16, 2006, 08:45:05 AM »
very nice. I especially like the wierd cute little expression at the end.  :)

Well, thanks.......that's just kind of the way I am at times.

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Re: What do you think of this?
« Reply #22 on: October 16, 2006, 09:11:39 AM »
Sounds good, though I have a few critiques-

1) I'm not too much of an expert on that genre, but a lot of guys have a tone that sounds so similar, but that tone IMO is a little on the horrid side. Too many effects covering up what technique you may have- which one must have good technique to play like this, why not show it a little more? Guys like Eric Johnson (who does go for a different feel on many of his songs), have impeccable technique and a tone that is cool. EJ's tone would show a mistake instantly, kind of a catch-22 where his tone shows off his playing, but could also show how rotten he is should he not be too good!
2) Learn to deaden a note instantly. There are many places I heard where you should have just killed the note, but you let it ring as you slid up/down the neck. Basically, you would be playing a dotted quarter where it should be just a quarter or eighth note after a rest.

Aside from those two minor critiques, you sound like you know how to play-not some chump that overdubbed a track and is calling it his own.
I also have struggled as a professional musician, but after making 9k in one year, I said "Forget this." Just playing occasionally now, but always practicing.
Keep up the good work. :)

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Re: What do you think of this?
« Reply #23 on: October 16, 2006, 09:52:53 AM »
Sounds good, though I have a few critiques-

1) I'm not too much of an expert on that genre, but a lot of guys have a tone that sounds so similar, but that tone IMO is a little on the horrid side. Too many effects covering up what technique you may have- which one must have good technique to play like this, why not show it a little more? Guys like Eric Johnson (who does go for a different feel on many of his songs), have impeccable technique and a tone that is cool. EJ's tone would show a mistake instantly, kind of a catch-22 where his tone shows off his playing, but could also show how rotten he is should he not be too good!
2) Learn to deaden a note instantly. There are many places I heard where you should have just killed the note, but you let it ring as you slid up/down the neck. Basically, you would be playing a dotted quarter where it should be just a quarter or eighth note after a rest.

Aside from those two minor critiques, you sound like you know how to play-not some chump that overdubbed a track and is calling it his own.
I also have struggled as a professional musician, but after making 9k in one year, I said "Forget this." Just playing occasionally now, but always practicing.
Keep up the good work. :)

Thanks for your honesty.
I can tell you that I did not overdub someone elses stuff and I'm trying to pull it off as my own. This was written and recorded in 1993 and was put out on my band's (Harem Scarem) second studio album Mood Swings. I agree Eric Johnson is an amazing guitar player.

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Re: What do you think of this?
« Reply #24 on: October 16, 2006, 10:01:58 AM »
Here's a few more that you may find amusing LOL!
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