Well we are a couple of weeks away from JGC OM 31 and I realised I never dropped my usual Dry Run for my last Community Open Mic. Hardly surprising as the recordings in the run up to the show were full of fluffs and I’d not decided on sitting or standing. And even an hour before kick off I was not a happy 
On top of that I had planned to go back to video the triad based rhythm track I had recorded and added to the BT, that I had morphed from the original album track, as provide by https://www.karaoke-version.com/
Given the original belts out at over 150 bpm and the solo has some incredible sextuplets runs at that speed, I dumbed it down to make it playable (to sing with) and took the essence of the solo and threw together something that sounded kinda ok (and lashed it up on this version and at the OM !!) and gave a nod to Roy Z’s stunning solos. The triads were homage to Adrian Smith’s delicate arpeggios that litter the track.
Yes it was also my first attempt of bouncing between rhythm and lead and back again, plus trying to link the vocals seamlessly. Like the jeans with the 4 inch turn ups back in the day, yeah like no one noticed.
Anyway, having confirmed the OM 31 Performers via DM today, I though I’d better review what I’d dropped into the private section of my YT channel for the last one and at least keep my Madman Diary entries up to date.
So as usual there is the normal Madman waffle and subsequent recording. This one was about 6 days before the gig but maybe the best of a bad bunch. Would have been happy if the actual OM had captured the same tonal quality, in spite of a few cock ups !!
No doubt folks will not know the original which came out in 1998 and was the title track of the Bruce Dickinson solo album. It was 2 years after I first started playing and I’d attempted a few of Bruce’s tracks from his non Maiden escapades. That’s the reason I chose my old Squier Affinity Strat that has been heavily pimped from back in 96 !!
Yeah only took me 27 yrs to cover and butcher !! Here is the original for reference and way above my play grade after all these years and likely always will be .
