coll 2009

"Guitarist Collective" - see www.guitarcollective.org.uk/forum for details of what it is about. It is a bunch of musicians (mainly guitarists) who have a monthly task to create some music that fits a task and then we all feedback on each others attempts). Here are mine, with my latest entries are at the bottom of the page.

Guitarist Collective - (JANUARY : 2009 Task)
Do something with "odd timing" so here it is in 11 eight timing.... that's pretty odd!
January Task here to download --------->Lakes11               (mp3 format)

Guitarist Collective - ( FEBRUARY : 2009 Task )
so this month I am the taskmaster.... and the task is to create something using SLIDE guitar
This will be the first time I have ever used a Slide !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

February Task here to download -----------> Shuffleslide (mp3 format)

Guitarist Collective - ( MARCH : 2009 Task )

A riff was provided and we were told to create something with it

March Task here to download ---------> kcabslide (mp3 format)

Guitarist Collective - (APRIL: 2009 Task)

Task this month was to feature "arpeggiation" - so I did it a different way to the way I would normally do it!

April task here to download -----------> Daffodil (mp3 format)

Guitarist Collective - (MAY : 2009 Task)

Task was to create something without using the 2 E strings and to keep simple - no overdubs;-

Having just completed a 29 hour journey from deep jungle in Brazil , I got home exhausted but.. eager to have a go at the May task! - so, Saturday afternoon (got up very late!) I decided to construct something that would fit the task. Due to the insistence on simplicity from the taskmaster, I decided to leave the variax in its case along with associated paraphernalia - multi-effects and guitar synth, so just used a cheapo Chinese Strat copy through a pocket pod and then into the recorder.

I dialled up a simple beat on the zoom drum machine hit play/record and in 1 take got this!

Sorry for the poorer than usual sound quality - due probably to using a drone bass note.

I used a capo on fret 3 and decided to use the bottom A string (note C) as a drone bass, playing the strings DG and B only for the chord/melody.

On listen back if I were to do this again properly I wouldn't use the bottom A (note C) string as a drone and would multi track a proper bass line.. But the task required simplicity and the result was what you hear - not bad for 1 take!!!

I hope I threw in enough rhythmic riffs to make it an interesting piece.

I also withheld the temptation to play proper edited drums.

Due to jet lag I hit the stop button a bit too early so the ending is more abrupt than I intended!!!!!!

May task here to download -----------> Banishee (mp3 format)

Guitarist Collective - (JUNE: 2009 Task)

Task this month was to create an INTRODUCTION to a tune/song, which I thought was a pretty original task actually! - with the addition that the entire "intro" should have a pedalled bass note!! anyway, eventually I came up with something which is very prog rock / pomp rock!!!

I may return to this later...... bwah ha ha ha ha ah ha ha aghhhh ha!

June task here to download -----------> prologue (mp3fomat)

Guitarist Collective - (JULY: 2009 Task)

Task this month was to create something using "polyrythms" which means the main body is in 1 time gignature, whilst something else played over it is in a different signature that in theory would clash!- I honestly have never even thought of doing this before and found this task hard.

For the techy's reading this, the main riff is in a count of 7 and the polystuff is in good old 4/4

July task here to download ------------> wackojay (mp3 format)

Guitarist Collective (AUGUST:2009Task)

Task this month was to create something that reminded us of our childhood - I remembered the relentless march of school hmmmmm

August task here to download ------------> relentless (mp3 format)

Guitarist Collective - (SEPTEMBER : 2009 Task)

I am the TASKMASTER!

The following backing loops (some are full backing tracks) - can be downloaded, messed with or left alone and all you have to do is record them and your guitar doing your thing over the backing, just enjoy yourselves!!!!!

Here they are;-

The following is my own task entry for this month, where I used my own backing track called "progression" and added drums and bass and lead synth and of course, lead guitar!

It is called "The Quadratic" - click here to download ----> quadratic (mp3 format)

Guitarist Collective - (OCTOBER : 2009 Task)

Meester Norelpref said that this task was to create something with multiple TEMPO changes, which mine has, but in addition my entry has different TIME SIGNATURES as well!

This was weird!

October task to download here --------> veeeered (mp3 format)

Guitarist Collective - (NOVEMBER : 2009 Task)

Anything goes this month, just post something that you were working on.

So.... DragonDreams (Paul) sent me some of his tracks without guitar and I er, added guitar sounds! - all guitar sounds are via the chinese Stagg strat through an old Boss GT3 - simple!

November task has 2 songs song 1 is here -------> greydragon (mp3 format) &

November song number 2 is here ----------------> pauldragon (mp3 format)

Guitarist Collective - (DECEMBER : 2009 Task)

The task this month was to record you playing any of the Christmas Number 1 singles since its' inception. I dedicate my entry to Trevor, RIP mate.

December task to download here--------------> moonriver (mp3 format)