Music Banter - View Single Post - Songwriting Tips Thread
View Single Post
Old 08-29-2008, 08:05 AM   #76 (permalink)
Whatsitoosit
Bringer of Carrots
 
Whatsitoosit's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2008
Location: New York, NY
Posts: 648
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Halfa View Post
the kid built a lap steel from scratch and also took a 100 dollar squire and customized it himself. the kid is amazing.
WOW, I admire anybody who can build their own instrument and make it sound amazing.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Halfa View Post
oh and that picture u have with brian may and his guitar there?
brian may is his hero. umi knows every little detail of everything (gear wise) brian may ever played.

in other words he's a freak with a queen fetish.
Nice, yeah I love that pic... to me it just embodies what he was all about. He created his own sound by building his own guitar and playing it differently then anybody else... him and Freddie were an awesome blend of sounds. Deacon and Taylor were great as well... Deacon especially, awesome bassist/song writer. I did a bit of research on how Brian got his sound but never went too far into the workings of his guitar, I do own the burns version of it and I have fun with it.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Halfa View Post
brian may does great solos. they're so well thought out and never do more than they need to, which is exactly what they need to do. i think that one of the keys to soloing over a song is just that.
when theres a good solo thats flashy and showy and is really awesome with a song, thats what the song calls for.
exactly. He said in an interview he tries to avoid just playing the vocal melody as a solo because most of the time it's lame. He always searched for that counter melody that wasn't there from the start but felt like home when it was.
__________________
"It takes 43 muscles to frown and 17 to smile,
but it doesn't take any to just sit there with a dumb look on your face."
Whatsitoosit is offline   Reply With Quote