Guitar Center Blues Masters featuring Joe Bonamassa Contest (Page 3 of 12)

Hello!

Thanks everyone that's been checking these updates from me out I just tried the song Blue and Evil again, adopting some of my own stuff to it for the contest. I shared the last work in progress. Just wondering if this second attempt is better then he first one. Also, your thoughts on this song. I used a different tuning and chilled out some more.

I hope to just get feedback form you all to improve my entry. I appreciate any time it takes to look at these videos. I know time is scarce. I am sorry if it is novice and sloppy sounding. Just we all got to start some where.

All the best. - Donnie Bugden (A.K.A. - Ok, Enough)

Cheers!

Bring my Dead - 2nd attempt at GC's Blues Masters with Joe Bonamassa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KV5Qf_7jU84

My initial thoughts would be to play with the song and not over the song. It sounds like you are doing your own thing without playing to the track. Try playing to the tempo of the track and not your original song. That might make it meld a little better.

Use this contest to showcase your playing to Joe's tracks and not necessarily incorporating original material that could stand on it's own in another fashion. I understand this contest to be about a contestants best blues riffs and playing and not something like a songwriter challenge.

Hopefully some of this feedback has been helpful. This attempt was much better than the first. Good luck and keep working on it.

Yeah, Derek is big on eastern music and phrasing. He listens to some obscure stuff.

I don't think you are supposed to sing in the video, but I'm guessing you know that. I believe it is supposed to be playing a guitar to the backing track and nothing else. It's real hard to hear your resonator over the song, so you might want to play with that some more.

Blues, thanks for kind words.

Truth be told, I know that there will be much much better players that will enter, so not worried......i liked the tracks to jam to, but since those are good songs.....did not want to play 6 minute guitar solos over them, or intepret the vocal melodies on guitar....so said to myself, let's jam some and highlight the GOLDIE collection.

Not even sure I will enter, and based on your quote there, would most likely get kicked out anyway, so will spread the love here in JB land.....

Jay

Here's a few:

Story of a Quarryman - E
Blue & Evil - E (lots of opportunity for cool minor tones in that one)
Dust Bowl - I think it's G#
Ballad of John Henry - B - note that Joe tuned all the way to a "B standard" for his Royal Albert performance. It's real hard to solo with the strings that loose. There is an alternate tuning (tune your 6th E down to B). Or you could just solo in B and leave it in standard 440.
Happier Times - That's a simple Cm,Fm,Gm

That should get you started. Now go out there and create some blazing solos so you can show off your talent.

lonesome road in G is a short song rockin and good for jammin with ... that could be my choice
really I'm bummed he didn't pick a REAL 12 bar blues song...like sloe blues.!
thanx for the other keys i kinda figured most out ....

Yes, the songs aren't really 12 bar, but most of your standard blues progressions and scale patterns will work fine with them. The songs with alternate tunings might be a bit tricky.

Blue & Evil is actually a great one for you to consider because the standard E blues pentatonics will work great for that song. It also leaves room for the other minor scale variations and gives you a great number of positions to play on the neck.

Good luck, can't wait to hear something.