Original Progressive Metal Song, "The Span Between" by Steven DeMartini

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This is the third of four songs I plan to self-release on a solo instrumental progressive metal EP later this year. All parts of the song were written and recorded entirely by me. Hope you enjoy it.

Details:
Electric Guitar: Schecter C-1 Hellraiser FR
Acoustic Guitar: Martin (not sure the model)
Bass: (crappy) Squier
Drums: All written by me. Used EZ Drummer with Drumkit from Hell for the virtual sounds. I'd record live drums if I had the equipment to do so.
Digital Audio Workstation: Reaper

Recording: All recording was direct through a cheap USB interface. For acoustic guitar, I used the guitar's built-in aftermarket pickup and an external microphone. (Note: Underneath the acoustic recordings are layers of electric guitar to make it sound more full.) I used no amps, stomp boxes, or any external effects of any kind. I used a demo of Guitar Rig 3 and a demo of Guitar Rig 4 for all guitar tones.

Tunings:
Electric Guitar: D-standard (DGCFAD)
Bass Guitar: D-standard (DGCF)
Acoustic Guitar: DADGCE

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Steven DeMartini
• progressive rock
• progressive metal
• uc berkeley
• musician
• guitar
• bass
• live
• similar to
• Animals As Leaders
• Tosin Abasi
• Scale the Summit
• Cynic
• Tesseract
• Opeth
• Bulb
• Ron Jarzombek
• Spastic Ink
• Keith Merrow
• Cloudkicker
• Canvas Solaris
• Dream Theater
• John Petrucci
• Liquid Tension Experiment
• Between the Buried and Me
• BTBAM
• Toontrack
• EZ Drummer
• Drumkit from Hell
• Jakub Zytecki
• CHON
• Cockos Reaper
• technical
• shred
• melodic
• djent
• instrumental
• tapping
• cover

[piikapoka]

I don't even listen to metal, but I could listen to this all day :D

[sjdemartini]

@piikapoka Cool. I'm glad you enjoyed the music, even if metal isn't your thing.

[TheHakemaru]

Much respect.

[sjdemartini]

@TheHakemaru Thanks! I appreciate it.

[rockr500]

@megleyd its in D standard (in the description), everything is tuned down a whole step.

[dcaid420]

i like the part that sounds like buckethead big sur moon

[MeGustard]

I was listening to the finger tapping bit and its sad that you were playing something epic on the bass but you couldn't hear it.. other than that pretty darn amazing.

[megleyd]

this in drop D?

its sick btw

[BartinixP]

wtf are you doing home when you should be touring the world?! SHIT!

[webbey]

love your creativity...keep good work more

[tguipi]

I've been listening to your songs since a while (even if they are only 3), and i am always like "wow dude". Really hope you'll manage to do something big. Waiting for the EP! (sorry for the english)

[Scariestkiller]

I get a bitter sweet feeling listening to your music. Part of me says... "Wow.... I should really get an autograph from this dude before he gets famous." and part of me says "Damn... he's better than me." lmao

[zacmosh]

This is so great.

[wlkdesigns]

between the buried and me fan?