Country-Tele: In The Style of Johnny Hiland

Download backingtrack & tabs here:
http://www.box.net/shared/h9upvbn8gn


This is a cover of "In Your Face" made by Johhny Hiland.
You can find it on his CD called "Johnny Hiland". An amazing CD for pickers...highly recommendable.

Being able to make this video was a long & hard goal for me to reach. Climbing the Hiland speed-picker wall took me 4 months and many crises during that period. Each day with at least 1-2 hours of practice.

This edition is only 95 % of the original speed (115BPM).
And even then I had to remove some of his ultrafast "no open strings" licks and change those into something I could handle. Some may advise me to play it at slower speed..but I felt it would spoil the characteristics - but for sure tones and precision may be better at a lower BPM. But I opted that out.

I also had to switch to using thumbpick - and found out I needed to re-invent a thumbpick that suited me, - and THEN LEARN to use it.

Also I had to get 2 acrylic nails set on my picking fingers, - AND THEN LEARN to USE them.

I had to totally re-invent my gear-setup - make many recordings and decide on how to get the best sound. One thing for sure is that a Tele cannot entirely sound like his PRS guitar. The PRS guitar has a somewhat more midrange heavy output.

When I saw this video myself first time I instantly thought "That looks like it is very easy to play". But I am telling you - I may look relaxed - but in my head there's a buzzing of (what's left) brain cells trying to keep up with the song.

I felt I had to make a video-take more showing my picking hand as a picture-in-picture, to give you a chance to see what goes on under that hand.

I would like to thank Dave Shapiro who has made the tabs / transcription to "In Your Face". You can find other good tabs made by Dave on http://ohdave.com/guitar/

Also a big thanks to Kevin (Kevland1 here & Ormond on TDPRI) for being my Tele-mentor & Tele-shrink during these months. Whenever I felt like I hit the Hiland wall - he gave me a kick and made me go for it again.

Keep Picking and upload your stuff :-) / Cheers

Category:

Music

Tags:

• telecaster
• chicken
• picking
• twang
• country
• licks
• riffs
• guitar
• Fender

[harleyshouseofsound]

Had to stop by to say your such a bad ass Lars. I am sending out my 4 hour performance from last weekend its in the mail today,

[lambadalasse]

@harleyshouseofsound Thanks a lot Harley. Cant wait to watch it. Looking forward.

[capitalismforme]

It's hard to play in time isn't it.

[lambadalasse]

@capitalismforme yes...close to impossible. I will never understand how JH can play so fast and so precise at the same time.

[IZERAZER]

woww how can i get tab?

[lambadalasse]

@IZERAZER if you look under video theres a link to tab and backingtrack

[tony57286]

Back to Barnyard...

[thermality]

Helluva job, Lars. Real nice video & performance.

[BlackZar84]

Great awesome work sir :D you just gave me a new goal as i'm approaching country music for the first time every during these months!!! Thanks for the video!!! I think we all appreciate it :)

[harleyshouseofsound]

Man you are a wealth of knowledge and just extremely seasoned would love to pic your brain. Harley 970 412 0407

[capitalismforme]

@lambadalasse That makes two of us.

[0000thommes]

omg