Matt Van Dongen - Improvisation on Slow Dark Loop

[sologuitardeath]

You are most welcome! Means a lot coming from the composer. It must be cool to see all kinds of interpretations of your work in such an improvised way. Keep on creating.

[audiomosaic]

Shredfest! Holy mother of god that is fast. Sound good! Thanks for ripping it on my track. Have a good one, peace.

[liof16]

Sorry about all the nooby deleted comments hahaha! I know the last one says "@sologuitardeath @liof16".... bah not sorting that out now :p

[liof16]

Is it as hard as it looks to pick that fast? Where did you learn to do that please tell me!!!

[sologuitardeath]

@liof16 PM sent

[liof16]

@liof16 Hey dude,

Thank you so much for taking the time to provide such a detailed reply. I want you to know that I really appreciate that :)

Well, I guess I'll be keeping hold of your PM for reference and studying Rusty then! I have been teaching myself for about 6 years but am finding my practice extremely repetitive. Who knows... maybe in years to come I'll look you back up and show you what progress I've made :)

p.s. check out my response to the backing track if you want to.

[liof16]

@sologuitardeath @liof16 Hey dude,

Thank you so much for taking the time to provide such a detailed reply. I want you to know that I really appreciate that :)

Well, I guess I'll be keeping hold of your PM for reference and studying Rusty then! I have been teaching myself for about 6 years but am finding my practice extremely repetitive. Who knows... maybe in years to come I'll look you up and show you what progress I've made.

Check out my response to the backing track if you want to.

[sologuitardeath]

@liof16 You are welcome.  If you are serious about playing and studying, find a good teacher who can guide into becoming the player you want to become. Having a mentor figure is extremely important for motivation; plus you get deadlines which makes you have to get something done by a certain day, instead of an indefinite time. Best of luck and work hard.

[liof16]

@sologuitardeath That's exactly what I'm doing dude, found a teacher and I am starting lessons next Tuesday :D

[jivediscodan]

Hey man! That was fucking hilarious in the beginning when you play one note and then you just shake your head and you're like (fuck, I suck...) You should upload another video that's just the first ten seconds of this one and call it "Unbelievable Guitar Playing."

I was feeling that mM7 at 3:50, and I like how you tagged this as religious and gospel music. A couple tags you forgot: bull testicles and sphincter warts. Oh, and Are - You - Sure - This - Is - Not - A - Joke?

[sologuitardeath]

@jivediscodan Dan! Ha! I'm glad you enjoyed it! I never thought of those tags either. Good call. 3:50 was D# diminished-sus4 chord. The suspension was in both the bass and tenor. I remember playing the displaced melody from the soprano to the bass, holding onto the G, and then going for a diminished figure. The next thing is do is rake an E minor chord over the second chord which is a C. Substitutes! Next time I'll have to throw in some Scarlatti quotes. Long live K.380.

[jivediscodan]

@sologuitardeath HmMm...so D# dim sus4 would be D#-F#-A-G#, and the G was played right before that chord...perhaps? Anyway, sounded neat. When I heard it the D# sounded like a major 7th over a minor chord but diminished makes sense. mM7's are for pussies.

[sologuitardeath]

@jivediscodan Almost...I played a G natural, no G#. The G came before the diminished chord. The progression is in E minor, so the D# you can think of as #7 locrian idea. This keeps the chord routed in E minor and not in the key of D# minor. Also a suspension chord suspends usually the 3rd or the 1st of the chord. So the notes were D#-G-A, and the voicing I played was G-G-A-D# on strings 6,4,3,2 in 14th position. Feel free to play along!

[NotToBlame1]

Is - This - A - Joke? I feel like im in a fishbowl drowning.. seriously - no offense but this is absolutely terrible to listen to. :-/

[sologuitardeath]

@NotToBlame1 This - Is - Not - A - Joke? It's an improvisation over a chord progression in E minor. As noted, I do use a lot of dissonance over the chords; which for me was definitely an acquired taste. What drew me to it was it's shades of expression. I appreciate the quality of sound of say the opening notes of G and G# against an E minor chord. Using both thirds of an E triad created a sound that I enjoyed and that spawned the rest of the improv. Thanks for listening!

[liof16]

@NotToBlame1 You need to think outside the box... in the description he mentions he is taking the "composer" approach here... not guitarist. As far as I understand, it's all about trial and error.

[meromero989]

Great

[sologuitardeath]

@meromero989 Thanks for listening!

[squand5]

You say you went to school for guitar?

[sologuitardeath]

@squand5 Sure did. I went for Classical guitar though, I'm a self-taught electric player, and my exposure to classical music; especially 20th century music has a had a profound effect on my interests and my interpretations.