WARNING: this is a 14 min long piece of self indulgent prog
Having just finished the BLIM course, I feel guilty posting something which is not terribly bluesy!
If all you’re interested in is the main guitar solo, it starts at about 5:40.
Did all the instruments on this one, with varying degrees of success. It’s the first time I’ve played drums by hitting things - always programmed them previously. This time I used a Roland drum pad - it’s harder than it looks isn’t it?
I have but one word for it: excellent! I play guitar only, and don’t know much about playing and recording other instruments, but from what I hear, the tracks are very well balanced and the sound is awesome (I love the keyboard part). The guitar solo is great, too (with not so obvious scales and difficult melodic lines in it).
Sincere congratulations!
Well that took me right back to 74, stunning job Phil. I wonder how our tikclockers are coping with nearly a quarter of your earth hours.
Back in the day, you’d drop a tanner in the Juke box down the Busy Bee and do the double roundabout circuit and get back before record finished. Then along came Focus and Iron Butterfly. Drop a tanner in the juke box and jet off to Torremolinos with the family for a fortnight and get back before the record finished. Woulda thunk.
I’ll say the same now as I did 50 years ago. Disappointed by the lack of yodelling but twas an epic track and the boy done good. Now get back on the album work sunshine !!!
Just briliant Phil! Bravo! You are multi instrument talented. I am trying to understand how much effort is necessary to record this and then edit audio / video.
Excellent! The balance in your production is spot on: sounds like a band in harmony. Your rendition of the lead is superb: you sound very reminiscent of Akerman.
Wow Phil that took me back in time. What terrific musicality, what multi instrument skills, what a production. I’m blown away by this, it must have taken months of work!
Amazing!
Incredible, Phil, in every respect so no picking out highlights. I enjoyed it from the opening which I though sounded quite Jon Lord-esque (without the overdriven breakup). Fabulous guitar tones.
I listened all the way through, though didn’t stay with the video for the entire time.
Hey, Mr Phil … haven’t you spent the last six months being far-too busy immersed in blues for any of this progressive twiddly nonsense?
Holy cow, you must have abandoned BLIM at some point … you, sir, seem to lack focus!!
Wow, what an amazing production and performance. I’m not familiar with the piece, but I really enjoyed it. There were some tricky guitar runs in there, and some nice bass playing too.