Bark At The Moon solo/Steve Morse-style

[brightredcar]

VERY Steve Morse! Awesome job! Well done!

[MrSteveMorse]

this isnt steve morse

[krustacean99]

Fun idea.

[chillichomper]

First, I love what you did with this morse style solo. Sure , it ain't as clean and fast and steve but the flavour is spot on! I kinda wish you had done the whole song though. Good job

[mgs316]

Jesus, you people are morons. Yes, we are all aware that this isn't actually Steve Morse, thus the name "Steve Morse-style". F-ing youtube idiots.

[stratthead]

That ain't Steve Morse. Sounds sloppy. Don't worry about picking all the notes, the legato stuff lets the music breathe a bit. Picking everything makes it sound way too forced and practiced. Listen to some horn players, lots of loose flow, and hammers/pulls/sweeps all help to get that. 

[KingTabor]

@stratthead "Picking everything makes it sound way too forced and practiced" - nobody had told this to Steve?

[pattygilmour]

@KingTabor Steve Morse is god.. To say otherwise is blasphemy!!

[fixin02]

THIS IS NOT STEVE MORSE. The phrasing isn't tight or smooth enough.

[spirographmessiah]

great solo.....don't believe its steve....haven't seen the other vids so I don't know what you are doing over there.....Ozzy's taste in guitar players has never suffered (Brad gets a pass and even he did OK considering the shoes) Jake was great on bark, the production set him back, but O zzy is the MAN everybody wanted to hear and he came out strong.....he evn knew in Zakk,,,,,hated him for years then he turned into a monster

[janderson2000]

This doesn't sound like Steve Morse in any way.

[KingTabor]

You right, maybe all the picked notes is like Kotzen or Satch´s styles.

[MetalGuitar4Ever]

@KingTabor

satriani uses lots of legato :P

[ricaard]

@janderson2000 it sounds about 30% like Morse...

[janderson2000]

@ricaard  The 30% result of somebody else trying to sound like somebody else perhaps

[ricaard]

@janderson2000 Yep!

[NorthernComfort]

I like most of Steve's playing, but I think the Jake E Lee version is a lot better, I love most of the lead from that song though.

[billmeedog]

@NorthernComfort, Dude, that was NOT Steve Morse, but I do agree that Jake's solo (and rhythm btw!) are super in the original version.

[Allarich75]

Das Original ist viel besser! Ein Solo wird nicht besser wenn man mehr Töne einbaut! Hätte er sich sparen sollen....

Jake ist der Bessere!

[skezza]

Steve is a great guitarist, but this solo was so unnecessary. Jake E Lee is a fantastic guitarist. So is Steve, but it just seemed like a cheap attempt at trying to one up Jake. In doing so, he basically messes up a great solo.

[donnaldinho]

no he doesn't

[danny110220]

totally agree i mean the original solo is livin his full potential so why bother? when there are SO MUCH solos that can be easily replaced by better ones

[Voodutube]

Ugh.....

[POTTLEDEE]

loved it.

[KingTabor]

@POTTLEDEE Thanks!

[michaeljamsmith]

Steve's studio was a half a mile away from mine in Ocala, FL in the early 90's. (His wife got that property in the divorce.)Got to tell you all something funny about the guy. He doesn't really give a crap about the guitar. His obessession is flying. If you ever meet the man, don't talk guitars, talk aircraft and will become very engaged.

[PaulC39]

Almost hard to believe that he likes flying more than playing guitars. Two totally different professions. I just enjoy listening to his music a lot.

[michaeljamsmith]

Well, I am a software engineer and lead guitarist. I quit a recording studio to write programs. Some people have multiple interests. Steve even quit playing for a while and worked as a commerical pilot. But he combines his interest. Being a touring musician, he flys to his gigs. I think after a number of years as a full time musician, it become a job and you need a diversion so the job doesn't get to be a bore. That is what happened to me.

[beeroosterm]

Actaully, Steve never quit playing, and his commerical pilot "career" only lasted for 6 months after he qualified for his ATP rating. He still flies every chance he gets and the last I heard he had 4 or 5 planes, including a jet trainer and a motorglider. By the way, I've heard all of Steve's stuff and he's a perfectionist; this brief solo sounds way too sloppy to be done accidentally. He's just slumming it up to sound dirty...

[KingTabor]

this is a joke I did, read all the info or watch till the end of vid, please

[beeroosterm]

Ahhh....silly me - not waiting to the very end. Welp, guess I called it. Back to practicing yet another diabolically difficult Steve Morse song I cannot play....

[michaeljamsmith]

@beeroosterm I know quite a bit about Steve. I had a studio about a half-mile from his in Ocala about 15 years ago. Used to see him everywhere in town. I actually knew him for 6 years before I ever saw him play. I even recorded a CD with Dave LaRue. Oh, this cut? Thats not him.

[beeroosterm]

Yeah, I'm hip (see comment below) Steve just rules - pure and simple. I've met him a few times, had him sign my Steve Morse model guitar, even corresponded a little through his website. Great guy all around. And that man sure does love his aircraft as well.

[elletsco]

posted a comment a few back... been playing now, over 33 years. what amazes me about morse, aside from sheer brilliance, is his stunning speed, when you don't know it's there. he uses speed as a fill. not as a solo. (in my opinion.) he uses speed as an enhancement to his work. i really don't believe that there is another quite like him. when he does pour on the speed, note that he never misses. he is as accurate as you could hope to be. sure there are better, but he is my favorite.

[KingTabor]

Wow, still some issues about Steve-NPS. By the stuff I´ve read since I 1st heard Steve´s music about 17 years ago, SM is a gifted composer, had a degree in Music and who happens to play very fast and complex lines. I am sure he wants to be remembered as a composer in the 1st place. The people who is into NPS and breaking records focus more on technique, precision, etc, and most of their lines had almost no complexity like skipping strings, etc. Thanks for all comments!

[Growlycake]

Agreed, guys like Steve are all about the music, not the number of notes they can cram into small increments of time. Can you imagine someone like Eric Johnson sat at home thinking 'now by combining fragments of different pentatonic positions into one passage, I can play THIS many notes'. Great job with the solo by the way, I came up with a similar idea of a solo Steve might play over SRV's Scuttle Buttin, good fun :)

[kurt6string]

I'm 50, I accidentally met and jammed (well, steve jammed) when I was 16, long time ago. Steve had already nailed his technique then. The thoughts my dazed brain managed to pull together were along the lines of 1. I had no idea the guitar could be take that far. 2. If god came to visit well, he might play just like that. You can get tech (nps) all ya want but I'd suggest that you better try REAL hard to get near his level. And note those biceps. They must help huh?

[elletsco]

i saw jake w/ ozzy in '86. he was incredible. then, there is steve morse. to me, the best all around guitarist in the world.

[Bifrons]

I agree. Steve is the most well-rounded guitarist in the world. A shredding guitarist with a composer's heart. If there is an actual position of Guitar God in the cosmos, it should be him.

[dodel1]

TBH this doesn't sound like Steve Morse, he wouldn't overuse speed like that.

[KingTabor]

LOL actually Steve is WAY faster.

[dodel1]

My first statement still stands.

This sounds like Zakk Wylde, Morse.

(Wylde and Morse are both 13 NPS)

[KingTabor]

I don´t care for stupid things like 'NPS'. Please don´t say a word more about this.

[dodel1]

WTF is your problem

Since you learned to play fast you obviousy care about NPS

[KingTabor]

No, dodel, this is not that fast. If you think this is fast what is the stuff that people like Michael Angelo and Impelliteri plays? Anyway I´d never measured how much notes I can play in a second and have no interest in knowing this.

[dodel1]

Don't talk to me like I'm an idiot.

MAB is a circus clown, he can't play music for shit.

NPS is a normal thing in the world of rock, metal and shred guitar, better get used to it.

[KingTabor]

I will play 3 notes per minute, much better!

Listen to THE BASH by Dregs and tell me Morse is NOT a fast player. I doubt he knows how much NPS he can achieve, though...

And I´m done with this and hope you do so. Thanks!

[dodel1]

I also don't think that Steve cares about how fast he can play.

I saw DP with Morse in November and I've pretty much every good youtube video of him and have two albums with him on them, I know what he can do.

I like your cover/remake btw.

[Airakobra]

"Since you learned to play fas you obviously care about NPS" No sir! that statement is not necessarily true!

IF someone cares about NPS is that they obviously care about playing fast! not the other way round! Most of the amazing guitarists play fast naturally without giving a rat's ass about NPS! I think worrying too much about NPS is athletism... not music! and I'm a fan of shredding... just grow

[dodel1]

I don't think that anybody measures their speed in NPS everyday but Steve Morse still has 13 NPS and has claimed that he practiced alot to get that fast.

HE cared about NPS.

[Growlycake]

Anyone who associates the likes of Steve Morse with this 'nps' concept is seriously missing the point.

[dodel1]

you're missing the point that Steve Morse uses elements of shred in his music

Steve Morse isn't some kind of god that requiers different handling from other virtouses

[ksmithdc]

Agreed.

That's Morse playing 8th notes. He would've been playing sextuplet 128th notes with the dotted whole note = 208 on the metronome. Hahahahahahaha....

[SeeYouInHell2]

why dont u do something constructive like try and play the guitar yer own style instead of trying to ripp everybody else of . a sure sign of someone without any tallent of there own, or maybe u could saw yer balls of on camera an put it on youtube as u dont seem to use them anyways

[KingTabor]

I DO have my own music, if you don´t like my 'rip-offs' it´s simple go see/listen other people.

[WalkoriTheUberctopus]

i pref randy rhoads!

[TMUSICIAN]

the original solo is by Jake E. Lee.. (the guy in the pictures)

[SeeYouInHell2]

congratulations on completely fuckin up a good solo 10 points

[gringodelgado]

Schade, zu kurz.

[KingTabor]

sorry? english or portuguese please

[gringodelgado]

Too bad, too short, but absolutely genious.

[ducabeloguitar]

Muito bom cara!!!

[KingTabor]

obrigado!

[ciaobebbo050]

very good man, but i would that it was you in the video details

[KingTabor]

Many thanks, Ciao! I have plans of recording a video take of the solo very soon, keep tuned and greetings from Brazil!!

[ciaobebbo050]

cool, i'd like to see it "in the flesh"

[volumerock]

Muito bom mesmo... hahahah

[KingTabor]

Valeu, obr!

[KingTabor]

Hi Norcott! The stereo tipo was great, many thanks! Keep in touch and thanks for listening!

[LightOfTruth777]

very good which amp n cabinet model did ou use here?

[KingTabor]

Many THANKS! I used POD XTL emulating Peavey 5150 amp (from 'Metalshop' pack if I´m not wrong). The guitar was the red Yamaha AES 620 which I used to record the other videos here.

[LightOfTruth777]

Thank you bro! what settings did you use for the mic etc? because you can put it 0 procent, 100 procent etc. and there are things like Axis, off axis etc. could you help me with that? thanks! i will subscribe now!

[KingTabor]

Hi Light! The mic was 57 on axis at 6%. Reverb was medium hall with predelay decay and tone at 50%, mix at 43%. The Yamaha pups are S. Duncan JB (bridge) and DiMarzio EJ Custom (neck), you can actually notice when I change between them.

Many thanks!

[wnorcott]

I really like your sound on this. You are a really fine guitar player. By the way if you type &fmt=18 at the end of this video's link it plays in stereo. This is a good trick you can use.

For example watch?v=Qt3bgcmPnFA&fmt=18