Guess the solo game!

dead forever · Post by **dead forever** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 6:01 pm

I'll reupload it to something else tommorow, its from Power Metal in any case. Also you probably just worked out yer first Marc Ferrari solo !

warhead dime · Post by **warhead dime** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 6:07 pm

I'm confused

dead forever · Post by **dead forever** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 7:20 pm

The solos on proud to be loud were played by Marc Ferrari, not dime.

warhead dime · Post by **warhead dime** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 7:24 pm

On the actual Power Metal album? I thought he just did that with them live or something.

warhead dime · Post by **warhead dime** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 7:27 pm

I just read that on the net after doing some research. I can't handle the truth

I also read he did the final solo on We'll Meet Again. That's just fucked up! My life sucks now

dead forever · Post by **dead forever** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 7:43 pm

warhead dime wrote:I just read that on the net after doing some research. I can't handle the truth

I also read he did the final solo on We'll Meet Again. That's just fucked up! My life sucks now

Yup, I've got the original vinyl and he's credited for both the writing and solos on Proud To Be Loud, and the outro solo on We'll meet again. Guys a pretty good player. But dont be pissed, it just shows how much of an influence he was on Darrell at the time.

warhead dime · Post by **warhead dime** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 11:42 pm

So the main solo on We'll Meet Again was played by Darrell?

13steps · Post by **13steps** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 6:32 am

warhead dime wrote:So the main solo on We'll Meet Again was played by Darrell?

hells yes!

dead forever · Post by **dead forever** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 6:48 am

13steps wrote:
warhead dime wrote:So the main solo on We'll Meet Again was played by Darrell?
hells yes!

warhead dime · Post by **warhead dime** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 2:45 pm

That solo fucking rules

warhead dime · Post by **warhead dime** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 5:03 pm

Here's another guess solo. Pretty easy one. I recorded this after I got baked with my drummer earlier, so don't mind the mistakes.

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?a ... EA7C59F0DE

7Dime7MetalMassacre · Post by **7Dime7MetalMassacre** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 5:21 pm

Thats pretty fucking cool Warhead, weird sounding and i like the octave thing at the end

warhead dime · Post by **warhead dime** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 5:27 pm

This is a tab I made for it (nothing else to do) if anyone wants to learn it. It's a complete brain teaser at first but it's fun to play when you can do it off muscle memory.

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(--18-15-------------------------------------------------------------18/21-18-)
(--------17-------17-16-15----------------------------17-------17-20----------)
(-----------18-15----------18-17-18-15----------15-18----15-18----------------)
(--------------------------------------17-14-17-------------------------------)
(-----------------------------------------------------------------------------)
(-----------------------------------------------------------------------------)
(-----------------------------------------------------------------------------)

(--------------------------------------------------------------15-18\15-------)
(--20-17-------17-16-15----------------------------17-------17----------17----)
(--------18-15----------18-17-18-15----------15-18----15-18---------------18--)
(-----------------------------------17-14-17----------------------------------)
(-----------------------------------------------------------------------------)
(-----------------------------------------------------------------------------)
(-----------------------------------------------------------------------------)

(--------------------------------------------)
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(-15----18-17-16-15----15--------------------)
(----17-------------19----17----------17-20--)     Then just transscend this part
(----------------------------19-16-19--------)     down half a step starting at 17
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7Dime7MetalMassacre · Post by **7Dime7MetalMassacre** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 5:40 pm

ACE!!!

Three Second Doom · Post by **Three Second Doom** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 6:05 pm

River Dragon

Some of the stuff he does is insane, I tried learning the Psalm of Lydia sweeps and realized I have a long ways to go, haha.

warhead dime · Post by **warhead dime** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 6:16 pm

I never got around to learning the whole arpeggio section of The Psalm of Lydia. I figured out like half of it and then got lazy.

I learned the arpeggio section in This Godless Endeavour towards the end though.

The Fear · Post by **The Fear** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 8:12 pm

Jeff Loomis is one of my favourite guitarists. If you can play his stuff then you're a pretty amazing guitarist.

7Dime7MetalMassacre · Sun Aug 06, 2006 11:26 am

<THe_FeAR> wrote:Jeff Loomis is one of my favourite guitarists. If you can play his stuff then you're a pretty amazing guitarist.

Dimejandro · Post by **Dimejandro** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 5:11 pm

I'm going to have to disagree with some of the later comments. jeff loomis is pretty good and all, but i would not hold him in such high esteem. oh and dont take me wrong, I love his music and songwriting but having the capability to play his stuff isn't amazing. (when compared to other guitarists and compositions)

7Dime7MetalMassacre · Post by **7Dime7MetalMassacre** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 5:19 pm

Dimejandro wrote:I'm going to have to disagree with some of the later comments. jeff loomis is pretty good and all, but i would not hold him in such high esteem. oh and dont take me wrong, I love his music and songwriting but having the capability to play his stuff isn't amazing. (when compared to other guitarists and compositions)

Easy for you to say, ive seen your vids and you shread, i can't play most loomis shit but i am not a bad guitarist. I think he is good

warhead dime · Post by **warhead dime** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 5:33 pm

Dimejandro wrote:I'm going to have to disagree with some of the later comments. jeff loomis is pretty good and all, but i would not hold him in such high esteem. oh and dont take me wrong, I love his music and songwriting but having the capability to play his stuff isn't amazing. (when compared to other guitarists and compositions)

Have you even heard the solo to Engines of Hate?

Dimejandro · Post by **Dimejandro** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 5:58 pm

nope. i mean sure, maybe im wrong, and in your opinion I probably am wrong but from what I've heard i just havn't been impressed, honestly.

warhead dime · Post by **warhead dime** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 6:14 pm

Most of his lead writing on the latest album is unfocused in my opinion. But on his previous ones, especially Dead Heart in a Dead World, his soloing is very well written.

Check out the solo from Engines of Hate, intro to Psalm of Lydia, arpeggio section near the end of This Godless Endeavour, Enemies of Reality, Tomorrow Turned Into Yesterday, The Heart Collector.

Try some/all of those out if you want. I have a high opinion of him because I think he has a lot of control, and a very melodic but not typical style. Not to mention he has a shitload of ability, and only busts out when it's necessary. Some of the solos I reccomended are just well written and not necessarily his most technical.

Dimejandro · Post by **Dimejandro** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 6:23 pm

I'll check em out warhead! Actually, I learned psalm a few months ago when i made a thread about nevermore. it was the only song i knew that was playable on a six string so i tried that one out. I think the only sweep passages on that album was on the last track and psalm.. and just one sweep lick on that song that went " just set your mind freeee..."
yeah, he's got a pretty cool melodic style actually, that what i dig most about him. in the technical aspect you're right, he doesn't go balls out all the time, which is a good thing. stuff like dragonlord, or whatever its called, can get old real quick.

warhead dime · Post by **warhead dime** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 6:33 pm

Dimejandro wrote:I'll check em out warhead! Actually, I learned psalm a few months ago when i made a thread about nevermore. it was the only song i knew that was playable on a six string so i tried that one out. I think the only sweep passages on that album was on the last track and psalm.. and just one sweep lick on that song that went " just set your mind freeee..."
yeah, he's got a pretty cool melodic style actually, that what i dig most about him. in the technical aspect you're right, he doesn't go balls out all the time, which is a good thing. stuff like dragonlord, or whatever its called, can get old real quick.

Oh the other sweep you're talking about was in A Future Uncertain. He does this really bizarre arpeggio at the end of his solo in Born, you should check it out.

And you mean Dragonforce. I could never get into them, I think their speed loses it's effect after the first 20 seconds. Not to mention all of their songs sound the same.

BassPhemy · Post by **BassPhemy** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 7:51 pm

This warhead dime person has no idea what hes talking about.

warhead dime · Post by **warhead dime** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 7:53 pm

Sorry if you like them, bra. I never liked them and I can't get into them.

Are we gonna have a problem, bra?

BassPhemy · Post by **BassPhemy** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 7:56 pm

They put on a hell of a live show, but all their songs are the same crap. I saw a guy who was like 40 years old at their concert and he knew every lyric to every song.

warhead dime · Post by **warhead dime** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 8:06 pm

Was he wearing a Dungeons and Dragons shirt

Watw-Drums · Post by **Watw-Drums** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 8:14 pm

warhead dime wrote:Was he wearing a Dungeons and Dragons shirt

Level 43 Dungeon Master

warhead dime · Post by **warhead dime** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 8:58 pm

I'm only a level 2 druid