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For the love of Vai (Rec.Exercise/Quip/Joke)
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Vai Quip '03 (recording exercise) After a struggle to get my technique down adequate enough to even attempt a tune like this, I recorded a Vai tune (lol); *****see "Full Song Info" below for all the details*****
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A mixture of: Alternative Rock, Hard Rock, Progressive Rock, & Alternative Metal. http://www.soundclick.com/ominousgray
of it is from my current band named (the band officially changed it's name to Aries Rising in March 2014, but I've held on to the name "Ominous Gray" for obvious reasons).
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Alternative • Alternative General
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Peak #160
Peak in subgenre #53
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October 07, 2011
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MP3 5.5 MB • 128 kbps • 5:57
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2003 Vai Quip (Recorded late '03) After a struggle to get my technique down adequate enough to even attempt a tune like this, I finally recorded a Steve Vai tune (well, I did my best; LOL); Though there are several flaws, & I did take a few liberties with the melody, it is still fairly close to the original tune (Thanks to ProTools & a LOT of editing). Yes I recorded this tune as a joke, & yes I even borrowed an Ibanez JEM7V to record it (I honestly don't even own a guitar with a Floyd Rose; I know, all those guitars & none with a Floyd Rose). However, I did attempt to play this tune again (pathetically) after the '04 semi-finals of Guitar Center's Guitarmageddon competition, in San Marcos, California (I was a guest judge for Guitar Center's annual Guitarmageddon contest that year). I renamed this version "For The Love Of Vai, God This Was Hard" my own PUN on the original title; By now most of you know that I'm more into playing Original Rock than this type of 'shredder stuff', but I figured that it would be a challenge (& honestly it was quite difficult); I had fun recording it, but I don't think I'll be doing anything like this again since it's just too difficult for me to maintain the technique, plus I had to do soo much editing just to get it sounding right, & honestly why would I want to play like this all the time anyway; to me it just gets boring (lol) . . . Ian
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