Then I will be able to evaluate what they sound like with my style of playing, rather than in the hands of an accomplished shredder like Nolly.
That's
exactly how I was feeling :lol:. Although, I got a very pleasant surprise about his playing that morning. In the same session, seeing as I was on a PC that could handle streaming ok, I checked out the BKP tutorials... Nolly, you're a blues-monster as well!! :D (what are you playing all this widdly stuff for if you can do that?! :lol:
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I would like to hear then with out the mix as in the Red Seas Fire clip the keyboard line playing in unison with the guitar distracted me somewhat as to what the guitar actually sounds like ( I used to have the same problem with Deep Purple - what I used to think was cool guitar riffage was often John Lord's Hammond organ overdriving often mirroring Blackmores strat.
I also thought this... and funnily enough, I've just been posting something similar about Deep Purple on another site. For years I was making the same mistake as most guitarists do/did with "that" riff. Most of what we think is distorted guitar is actually Jon Lord on "The Beast", and the guitar part of the riff sounds LOADS better (and more aggressive) if you play the minimal that Blackmore did...
I have made that mistake SO many times....starting to doubt Blackmore was even in the band. lol
:lol: I went through a period of that and then I saw a program about them. I think it was the Classic Albums episode on Machine Head, and Roger Glover was showing us what was in the mix and highlighting these stunningly simple things that Blackmore added that just made the track. When he was playing "rhythm", he truly was a
rhythm guitarist. Most of us add harmony when we're rhythm guitarists, he didn't need to when Jon Lord was there, so he concentrated on being part of the rhythm section and adding excitement in that area.
