Rodman

6 hours ago, cacahuate51 said:

i think this one is my favorite of the ones you made so far! Im always a sucker for 4 chord songs lol. Never would've imagined this song to be simplefied to that extent or without the main piano melody but it works! goes to show that a song with good lyrics and melody can carry itself.

very nice work Rod and your daughter. (btw does she play gtr/ participate in rocksmith championship?)
 

Thank you mister!

Well - when i showed her the arrangement she was let´s say the opposite of happy - she went "argh, that´s slow.... ah, and are we into metal or what - that´s a ballad, Dad.... ah... and what´s that playing - even i can play like that, and when do i even start, i don´t wanna sing to that!" (exact words) In the end i asked again.. she said: "Its not metal, but it´s no ballad at all, it´s good, it was fun" pfeew... the brilliance of that song kept me alive

Well - she had some guitar lessons in primary school and now from tome to time fires up Yousician, but no - she doesnt really play guitar, never tried RS.

Rod

.... yay here we go.

Well - my belief is that you cannot butcher a top song to death any easily and on the other hand you cannot bring a bad one to life - in other words you will not bring a Ricky Martin song to glory whatever you do and as we have one of the greatest written songs of all time on the table - any cover will bring the vibe.... So ... i wanted to make that the smallest version possible - acoustic guitar and voice only, i stripped it to a 4 chord song - i swear, and not even the chord intervals are exact, only verse-chord, no pauses, no extras. I think i´m right.

Rod.

i got too many versions.... think i played the wrong one...

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slayer!

BOC yeah, ultra hard with the tech notes

16 hours ago, Mikson said:

This is @ Rodman  stuff  

 

Maybe ... but it´s part of the week-start process 

22 hours ago, Willyam said:

Btw @ Mikson  @ Rodman  where are our rankings!!!!

I want to see my name at the top before someone outranks me!  

Sorry - React App started. Scores shall be flying there - now

I gotta play Slayer, Tallicats and BOC in the same week in my classes. Happy New Century (or so)

Thx @ Mikson

13 minutes ago, Mikson said:

Ok. I see all I can do is open some popcorn and watch @ Satinuke  fight @ cacahuate51  in Lead. I admire @ Rodman  for trying so hard, but they're too good  

Yeah a good fight there and those brave men are beasts ... Surviving the solo any good is pure luck for me, it´s a tad too fast with the bends to keep control, i could have got lucky with one of my tries but wasn´t....  BUT... i just kept playing after my 25th SA attempt not caring about the score anymore for 90 more minutes because that really felt like playing guitar, pure pleasure. Yay - praise the championships.

always the same many tries

again.... it´s official - i´m a chicken

3 minutes ago, cacahuate51 said:

i got lucky xD

congrats!!! 95 is a rock. Me myself got unlucky... that 94.2 i went out of the solo with few mistakes there aiming for 96 i think... then got nervous and killed the attempt almost - aint that cute

absolutely true @ Mikson  - blast to play... unexpected line but soo cool - made it to my favs lead and rhy

absolutely anniversary worth cdlc! thx

+ lead

3 hours ago, cacahuate51 said:

https://imgur.com/U33cWKa

gonna have to practice it more lots of pullofs/hamerons im missing 

Edit not sure why iage preview isnt appearing with imgur HMm

Good score!!

Also for my Coverpeople and everyone interrested in producing Music on PC/Mac

There is a big big Music production bundle at humblebundle.com

You get Plugins and Tools worth 2100€ for 35

There is Sample Tank - almost any Instrument you can imagine - alone and in predefined Orchestras to play your MidiTrack

TrackS6 - an easy to use mastering Plugin with a lot of presets

And for us maybe most importantly - Amplitube and ToneX - 2 full guitar workstations with tons of Amps and effects to play your guitar over your PC or i think Mac also or get a great guitar tone in Reaper (or any other DAW)

Just tested a bit - Guitar and Bass tones are supreme, tested instruments in that SampleTank thing - organs and strings and flutes and drums sound very good.

Might be worth a shot.

Rod.

On 4/18/2025 at 1:14 AM, drand said:

Fine fine, for the Rock n Roll! 

I couldn't find a way to make the chorus not sound  but I am over it!! Bear with me y'all

I felt like I was guessing on the timing the whole time, rough!

Sorry for the deeeeeeeeeeeeeeelay.... week was stuffed as ... no - i leave that to everyones imaginations.
However hell yeah yeah - very strong cover - real intense and own interpretation!! I love it from the start .... hammer how the drums start it off and then the guitar that is doubled at the riff - heavy stuff!!! ... then the vocals come in and tell us to relax. listen and chill the fxxx - wild! In the chorus the tune fx on the vocals makes it leave the key there which creates a .. idk whats the right word ...  sinister maybe even eerie feeling - just great. And you know i put special attention to songends - you tighten it up like a bomb timer. Thats setting the bar!!!!!!

Well well... I recorded Take On me Yd.... the way i wanna do it i need my singer... and she couldn´t make the week for horse riding championships of some sort....

BUT we did some fun with the RHCP last week .... so here is some Rodders and Izzena on or under the Bridge.
@ drand  i have the under the bridge guy back especially for you - i think he strikes even harder here

Cannot wait to finish Take On me.. yay.
 

3 hours ago, shaggy_malagy said:

Great score there!

ftl, aye

a lot better

ok .. the non-Slash part is there

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such a cool riff... + lead