Author Topic: mods please delete cuz i am a guitar noob lol (Read 3508 times)

dethklok09 · « **on:** December 27, 2010, 10:30:17 PM »

ok so im going to attempt to cover every dream theater song (solos included) on guitar. I will be posting vids of every song, covered completely. I have not learned every song yet and will be going in chronological order, the bad news is I dont have a vid for the first song on the list, A fortune in lies but will be able to upload one hopefully soon. Anyone interested in following? Also forgive me if i make a couple mistakes (john petruccci's work isnt exactly the easiest)
also it wont be officially started until after new years sorry but im spending time with family and am away from my equiptment and recording stuff

Elsydeon · « **Reply #1 on:** December 27, 2010, 10:37:32 PM »

I'd definitely follow this

dethklok09 · « **Reply #2 on:** December 27, 2010, 11:45:18 PM »

also every once in a while i'll throw in a demo song or something that isnt on their live albums.

Global Laziness · « **Reply #3 on:** December 28, 2010, 12:40:00 AM »

Interesting idea, but how do you have that kind of time?

Mechanix1911 · « **Reply #4 on:** December 28, 2010, 04:26:53 AM »

Quote from: Elsydeon on December 27, 2010, 10:37:32 PM

I'd definitely follow this

dethklok09 · « **Reply #5 on:** December 28, 2010, 10:08:32 AM »

Quote from: Global Laziness on December 28, 2010, 12:40:00 AM

Interesting idea, but how do you have that kind of time?

well the point of all this is, is to boost my guitar playing while playing music i love. im in high school right now and have no job (at the moment) or sports to worry about. but i am part of two other bands but i can handle it. this is gonna be a long term process but a good one

antigoon · « **Reply #6 on:** December 28, 2010, 12:26:12 PM »

That's quite a tall order. Good luck.

jsem · « **Reply #7 on:** December 30, 2010, 11:52:25 AM »

lol. i should do same thing with sax

as i am... bass cover on baritone sax

dethklok09 · « **Reply #8 on:** December 30, 2010, 06:20:52 PM »

Quote from: jsem on December 30, 2010, 11:52:25 AM

lol. i should do same thing with sax

as i am... bass cover on baritone sax

you should cover meshuggahs discography with a sax.

jsem · « **Reply #9 on:** January 02, 2011, 01:24:57 PM »

Quote from: dethklok09 on December 30, 2010, 06:20:52 PM

Quote from: jsem on December 30, 2010, 11:52:25 AM
lol. i should do same thing with sax

as i am... bass cover on baritone sax
you should cover meshuggahs discography with a sax.

Wait.. maybe I should... 0.o would be freaking epic

wolfking · « **Reply #10 on:** January 05, 2011, 04:40:21 AM »

Quote from: dethklok09 on December 27, 2010, 10:30:17 PM

ok so im going to attempt to cover every dream theater song (solos included) on guitar. I will be posting vids of every song, covered completely. I have not learned every song yet and will be going in chronological order, the bad news is I dont have a vid for the first song on the list, A fortune in lies but will be able to upload one hopefully soon. Anyone interested in following? Also forgive me if i make a couple mistakes (john petruccci's work isnt exactly the easiest)
also it wont be officially started until after new years sorry but im spending time with family and am away from my equiptment and recording stuff

Do you seriously have any idea how long this would take?

I think your goal is set way too high, maybe aim for an entire album before you go thinking about an entire discography. I mean think of songs like ACOS, 8VM, ITNOG, INPOE, TCOT, TDS, Scarred, SDOIT.

How long have you been playing, and I assume you own a 7 string?

dethklok09 · « **Reply #11 on:** January 05, 2011, 05:16:35 AM »

Quote from: wolfking on January 05, 2011, 04:40:21 AM

Quote from: dethklok09 on December 27, 2010, 10:30:17 PM
ok so im going to attempt to cover every dream theater song (solos included) on guitar. I will be posting vids of every song, covered completely. I have not learned every song yet and will be going in chronological order, the bad news is I dont have a vid for the first song on the list, A fortune in lies but will be able to upload one hopefully soon. Anyone interested in following? Also forgive me if i make a couple mistakes (john petruccci's work isnt exactly the easiest)
also it wont be officially started until after new years sorry but im spending time with family and am away from my equiptment and recording stuff

Do you seriously have any idea how long this would take?

I think your goal is set way too high, maybe aim for an entire album before you go thinking about an entire discography. I mean think of songs like ACOS, 8VM, ITNOG, INPOE, TCOT, TDS, Scarred, SDOIT.

How long have you been playing, and I assume you own a 7 string?

for about 3 years and im gonna play the seven string parts a higher octave or quickly play it on keyboard when possible. the whole idea is to boost my playing and technique its gonna be a very long process.

jsem · « **Reply #12 on:** January 06, 2011, 04:24:19 PM »

To dethklok: Start with the ballads.

But seriously, octaving everything (if on guitar) is gonna be difficult, just skip those songs for now until you get ahold of a 7string. If you're going chronologically, it's going to be quite difficult. Definitely start with the easier songs first and work your way from there.

On a personal note:
I was thinking about covering JM's bass parts on all songs on the baritone sax. I just checked out IPTOE pt. 1. Struck by how stellar it is and also how notoriously difficult it is because of all the long runs of notes, 8th and 16th note runs on the bass that keep on it for quite a while - insane to do on a wind instrument cuz there's almost no time to breathe then. Ah well. This isn't written for wind instruments, but I might throw up an As I Am cover on the baritone soon enough.. and I needa pick up a soprano so I can play Another Day. Plus, the range of the bass doesn't really match for sax... hehe.

dethklok09 · « **Reply #13 on:** January 07, 2011, 01:52:45 PM »

Quote from: jsem on January 06, 2011, 04:24:19 PM

To dethklok: Start with the ballads. But seriously, octaving everything (if on guitar) is gonna be difficult, just skip those songs for now until you get ahold of a 7string. If you're going chronologically

well no seven strings are involved until awake, and yeah i can just really quickly switch to keyboard.

emindead · « **Reply #14 on:** January 12, 2011, 06:50:19 AM »

So when are you gonna start posting the videos?

dethklok09 · « **Reply #15 on:** January 12, 2011, 04:06:38 PM »

when i stop sucking at guitar,
but no seriously
i should have one up soon sorry for the wait.

WDADU · « **Reply #16 on:** January 20, 2011, 10:48:43 PM »

Awesome stuff. Just have fun with it

wolfking · « **Reply #17 on:** January 22, 2011, 05:13:13 PM »

At this rate, all DT songs will get covered in maybe, what, 60 years!

dethklok09 · « **Reply #18 on:** January 22, 2011, 07:05:57 PM »

Quote from: wolfking on January 22, 2011, 05:13:13 PM

At this rate, all DT songs will get covered in maybe, what, 60 years!

yeah im starting to think this was a bad idea im on the final solo for a fortune in lies. god damn sweeps!

jsem · « **Reply #19 on:** January 23, 2011, 11:38:18 AM »

Quote from: dethklok09 on January 22, 2011, 07:05:57 PM

Quote from: wolfking on January 22, 2011, 05:13:13 PM
At this rate, all DT songs will get covered in maybe, what, 60 years!
yeah im starting to think this was a bad idea im on the final solo for a fortune in lies. god damn sweeps!

Did you have to go chronologically? Lol.

dethklok09 · « **Reply #20 on:** January 23, 2011, 11:40:26 AM »

Quote from: jsem on January 23, 2011, 11:38:18 AM

Quote from: dethklok09 on January 22, 2011, 07:05:57 PM
Quote from: wolfking on January 22, 2011, 05:13:13 PM
At this rate, all DT songs will get covered in maybe, what, 60 years!
yeah im starting to think this was a bad idea im on the final solo for a fortune in lies. god damn sweeps!
Did you have to go chronologically? Lol.

yeah im not gonna do that. i know a few songs in full so ill just post them

BRGM · « **Reply #21 on:** January 24, 2011, 03:47:55 PM »

You don't really need to play the exact same solo, give'em a nice dethklok09 touch

jsem · « **Reply #22 on:** January 24, 2011, 04:22:54 PM »

Quote from: BRGM on January 24, 2011, 03:47:55 PM

You don't really need to play the exact same solo, give'em a nice dethklok09 touch

This.

Just a strict cover is pretty boring. Make it your own.

dethklok09 · « **Reply #23 on:** January 30, 2011, 11:09:56 AM »

yes i know i havent put any vids up but will hopefully lol. anyway decided not to do this chronologically cause lolguitarnoob. I do have wither down but keep making mistakes when recording so i will hopefully have it up soon

rumborak · « **Reply #24 on:** January 31, 2011, 05:34:18 PM »

Haha, we'll see whether we actually ever see a single song.

Seriously, I can only chime in with wolfking. You don't stand the slightest chance of playing even remotely that much. This is coming from somebody who can play ~20 Dream Theater songs on guitar from beginning to end including solos; it took an inordinate amount of time to get all that stuff into my mind and under my fingers. And I had the motivation that I was going to perform them live.

Choose some songs you really want to play. Much more fruitful enterprise.

rumborak

wolfking · « **Reply #25 on:** February 02, 2011, 04:58:23 AM »

Yep, Rumbo is correct, it just isn't easy. I remember learning Learning to Live, it took so long. Seemed like an easier one but it took so much time. It's not just the fast fretwork, but the chord structures and time signatures. By the time I moved on and practiced another DT song, I had forgotten half of LTL. There is just too much going on in the songs, and if you are making mistakes with Wither, just forget it. Don't set your goals so high because you are heading for failure. We are not being harsh but just realistic.

I think people don't fully appreciate what this band and others like them pull off every night. For a band like DT to be as good as they are every night and remembering so many of their songs is incredible, especially when the alter the setlist so much.

dethklok09 · « **Reply #26 on:** February 02, 2011, 10:13:58 AM »

no wither is easy i just make a mistake or two everytime i play in front of the camera, anyway I have pretty much given up on this. so whatever

wolfking · « **Reply #27 on:** February 03, 2011, 04:06:35 AM »

Quote from: dethklok09 on February 02, 2011, 10:13:58 AM

no wither is easy i just make a mistake or two everytime i play in front of the camera, anyway I have pretty much given up on this. so whatever

just post one song dude, we would like to see something from you.

News: Track-by-track video for Untethered Angel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Co1_h0GtAw

Author Topic: mods please delete cuz i am a guitar noob lol (Read 3508 times)