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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Holdsworth Holdsworth has been cited as an influence by a host of rock, metal and jazz guitarists such as Eddie Van Halen, Joe Satriani, Greg Howe,Shawn Lane,Richie Kotzen,John Petrucci,[Alex Lifeson, Kurt Rosenwinkel,Yngwie Malmsteen, Michael Romeo,Ty Tabor,Fredrik Thordendal Daniel Mongrain, John Frusciante, and Tom Morello. Frank Zappa once lauded him as "one of the most interesting guys on guitar on the planet",while Robben Ford has said: "I think Allan Holdsworth is the John Coltrane of the guitar. I don't think anyone can do as much with the guitar as Allan Holdsworth can." that's a SHORT list~!~ LOL Immediately after I.O.U.'s release, guitarist Eddie Van Halen brought Holdsworth to the attention of Warner Bros. Records executive Mo Ostin. Van Halen had previously enthused about Holdsworth in a 1980 issue of Guitar Player magazine, saying "That guy is bad! He's fantastic; I love him", and that Holdsworth was "the best, in my book". Furthermore, in a 1981 interview for Guitar World magazine, he said that "To me Allan Holdsworth is number one".

uh, no.

Allan Holdsworth. or edward.

i bought my waves plugins. i own them. no lease at all. i'll use them for a thousand years.

thanks again mark! the trilogy idea just kinda came about on its own, as i got more entrenched in watching formula one, it just seemed like an obvious thing to run with.

thanks so much terry! i tried to make the guitar the voice. i have so many songs (so many...) with lyric and singing, that i need some balance in my repertoire, this seems like the best way to find it!! but you are right... it's such a simple song, simple arrangement, it'd be easy to write a lyric to it.. but it really doesn't need it.

https://batsbrew.bandcamp.com/track/open-wheel-champion

Thanks Mark I've got the kick dialed in now, gonnA upload it shortly... Maybe check it again tonight?

hey thanks tim! kicks are usually pretty subjective, but i know there will be systems or cans or earbuds where it might come across too much, so i'm trying to dial that in as best as i can. that kit, is one of 3, that i'm shooting to make my 'sig' sound kits. the wah, ha, my first effect pedal. i kinda grew up on the wah, i use it without even thinking about it. i guess i'm going for a more 'vocal' sound, listened to a lot of jeff beck and hendrix. thanks for listening!

how's the kick translate? actively working on the kick, would love some feedback on that, it's a superior drummer kit i custom built in SD using 'rooms of hansa', with a Masshoff twin shell kick. i'm not sure if the kick has too much level, or too many lows. two mics on the kick, the 'sub' is tweaked right at 100 hz, the other mic a bit below 100hz.

i updated this mix especially for Max Verstappen, the Formula One open wheel champion for 2023! it's an anthem, big mix, and i used my new Tele for the first time, to record the guitar parts for this. it's part of a 3-song trilogy, inspired by F1. enjoy! https://batsbrew.bandcamp.com/track/open-wheel-champion

it snowed in the mountains here.

i do not miss the vinyl sound. i DO miss that ritual of opening up the album, taking it out, putting it on the platter, setting the needle, kicking back with the album art, and just listen. for, about, what, 20 minutes?! LOL, then have to get up, flip it, and do it all over again... but i never thought vinyl was very accurate. noisy. and if you didn't have your turntable far enough away, or, in my case, floating in the air riding on a macrame sling, the low end would make the needle jump!! how annoying... i bought a nice Yamaha Natural sound receiver, cd player and tape player set back in 1980, gave it to my parents, 20 years later, i had it back, and still have it! i rip my own albums from my cd collection, and i have a hundred cassettes that STILL play, but no vinyl.

i heard many words.

very interesting, all 4! thanks

yep, not impressed at all. it's too....average. for a band like the stones, with all that experience, like a self stereotype.

tequila, and some pineapple express (crossing Trainwreck with Hawaiian) would be my go to.

last time i went whale watching, i was at the mall.' ba-da-boom! THANKS FOLKS, I'LL BE HERE ALL WEEK.

i always find it's better to go for the sound in your head, rather than emulating another era/style. if you like 70's prog, just use your ears and break down your favorite recordings, as to what was done then. things were a lot simpler in the 70's, because there just were not as many choices. i use plugins that emulate older equipment, using K-18 as a basis for gain structuring. dry drums (except for sections that need bigness, think, pink floyd TIME, and the drum intro...), and favor more mono drums, with hard panning for overheads and toms. smoother sounding guitars, that don't have a lot of high end crunch, and MUCH less gain, more room sounds than actual reverbs or delays. analog style delays for solos, etc. all analog keys. use MOOG sounds and ARP, Yamaha CS80, etc... verb and delays on voices, but with a good amount of predelay.

Fralin's got em

hey jeff! thanks for the comments yea, i tried to match the arrangement with the actual race... It started with Max Verstappen's car damage, then the drama at Ferrari, and then finally to cap it all off, the late-race Safety Car restart that added to the nerves. start, stop, sprint, buildup, race! LOL

hey thanks so much for the feedback, mark! it helps me dial stuff in, to get impressions back... i never keep the old one, i figure, if i needed to work it some more, it wasn't there yet! yes, i did several things to make this punchier.. i took off the 2-bus compression (which was a SSL style G seried comp, doing very little work)... i took the LA2A compressor off the rhythm guitar buss, and just let them ride on their own.. i took some low bottom out of the bass, moved the low peak from 60hz to 80hz, kick from 50 hz to 100hz (it already had enough at 50) and then tweaked the levels just a bit.

don't practice comprehension much, i see. probably substance related? or other?

you are!