Michael D Ricketts "Majestic"

[jimdog1964]

VERY nice! This is perfect for driving around or something where you can just let go for a while. Very nice indeed man...

[mstampe]

Mike, enjoyed the song. Haven't seen you in 20 plus years. I took lessons from you for a very short while with Harley Hess. Good to see you again through the world of technology! Mark Stampe (Yes I still play, just not very well)

[royenfield2]

pretty neat stuff mike....

[theguitarwiz]

Hi

Thanks allot! Glad you like it. This is a demo version of a song that is on the Clark Pauken Ricketts CD called "Reactivated".

If you like melodic instrumental rock music, Check it out.

Take care.

Mike

[Nitrodist]

gold tops are smexy!

[rui2amorim]

Hi.

The amp used here is a Mesa Boogie Mark I ?

Fantastic playng style. What a sound :) ?

Thanks a lot

[theguitarwiz]

Hey There

No the amp on this is my old Laney which is an EL34 based amp. The Boogies tone is to fat for this tune.

Thanks for listening.

Best

Mike

Check out Clark Pauken Ricketts "Reactivated"

[theguitarwiz]

Hey Howdy Hey

I try to practice using the best technique that I can but only on these and other exercises. The stuff that I write or improvise, I pretty much do whatever it takes to get it out and dont think much about it.

All the best:-)

Mike

michaeldricketts dot com

P.S The studio version of this song turned out very well. Its on the Clark, Pauken, Ricketts CD "Reactivated" Files are on all the download sites, iTunes etc,

[RGlaney]

Hi Mike! you are amazing at guitar, I am inspired :) I saw your video on economy picking, do you strictly use economy picking or economoy picking over alternatepicking? thanks

[RGlaney]

Wow, Michael you are amazing! Excellent song writing and technique :) Just a question, I saw your video on economy picking.. do you economy pick over alternate picking or what? thanks :)

[theguitarwiz]

Hey Howdy Hey

I try to practice using the best technique that I can but only on these and other exercises. The stuff that I write or improvise, I pretty much do whatever it takes to get it out and dont think much about it.

All the best:-)

Mike

michaeldricketts dot com

P.S The studio version of this song turned out very well. Its on the Clark, Pauken, Ricketts CD "Reactivated" Files are on all the download sites, iTunes etc,

[srstreng]

Mike is a ripper!

Go mike go!

Tyler, you getting all this????

I am still wondering can Mike play bluegrass?

[theguitarwiz]

Aye Scotty

You want Bluegrass? You want Bluegrass? I'll give you Bluegrass! Check out Spastic Bancoustic on the "Reactivated" CD :-)

Lets go eat.

Mike

michaeldricketts dot com

[theguitarwiz]

Howdy

Thanks man. I had heard of Paul Gilbert back in the 80s but I had no idea what a monster he was until watching some of his videos here on youtube. He was playing Yngwie lines as good as or better than Yngwie!

Thanks again.

Mike

michaeldricketts dot com

[DR400]

very rich song !! i can hear a little paul gilbert and 90s influence

[Tonycaveman]

Beautiful composition! Going straight to my favourites =) . Rock on!

[theguitarwiz]

Tony

Truly flattered, thank you:-) XM radio is featuring the studio version of this song on the Radar Report.

Check it out.

All the best.

Mike

michaeldricketts dot com

[mistameanlead]

well i liek to improvise and i lvoe the sound of this song....so i did put some lead to this in the modes....and it sounded great....is it just that u cant use modes for all music or what?

[theguitarwiz]

Hello

Wow, thanks a bunch :) This was just a demo for the pre-production of the Clark Pauken Ricketts "Reactivated" CD. The version on the disk is way better than this demo. The term mode is really mis-understood, a mode is simply when you play in a key but start on a note other than the root. So yes you could play in any mode during a song and I played through most of them on this one.

Thanks again.

Michael D Ricketts

michaeldricketts dot com

[mistameanlead]

are u a solo artist or are u in a band? that was an amazing song... very melodic.......very soothing.....had a lot of different sounds put in one that all jsut fit together sooo well. great job!

[theguitarwiz]

Hello

Well I do write the music but it would be nothing without Jeff Clark and Molly Pauken. We play off of each other and it makes you write things you would have never come up with on your own. We just put out a new CD last month called Clark Pauken Ricketts "Reactivated" The music on there is what happens if you are fortunate enough to get the right people in the same place at the same time.

All the best and thanks for watching.

Michael D Ricketts

michaeldricketts dot com