Feedback please

leftyguitarman · 10-31-2009, 05:56 PM

This is only the third video I have ever posted online. I usually don't like to play in front of people, just because I'm shy I guess. I know I'm not the best player, far from it to be exact, but it makes me happy so that's all that counts. And I'm really not that great with a slide. Anyways, I was noodling around in Open D on my Agile and recorded this short little thing. Tell me how you think it sounds. What can I improve on? What can I do better on my playing style? I know the quality isn't the greatest, but it's all I got. Thanks in advance!

YouTube - Slide demo

BMS · 10-31-2009, 06:09 PM

Nice slide. Very smooth in your technique. Nice tone too. Well done my friend!

zeppelin101 · 10-31-2009, 06:15 PM

You sir should give lessons

benjammin420 · 10-31-2009, 06:20 PM

sounds good man, very smooth and clear, alot better than me, so i cant really give you any tips, 'cept keep at it

leftyguitarman · 10-31-2009, 06:51 PM

Thanks for the kind words guys! I really wasn't expecting much positive feedback. Maybe I'll put up a couple more videos when I get a chance.

benjammin420 · 10-31-2009, 07:30 PM

we've all seen worse vids posted here, feel free to post more. i could use a few lessons myself to get that good. i tend to avoid practicing slide because i can't get it to sound decent

leftyguitarman · 10-31-2009, 07:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by benjammin420

we've all seen worse vids posted here, feel free to post more. i could use a few lessons myself to get that good. i tend to avoid practicing slide because i can't get it to sound decent

I'm sure there's been some worse videos. I was watching some videos from a certain forum member today and I couldn't believe what I was hearing. I've never had a lesson, I've just taught myself. I've been messing around with slides for four years now and I'm still nowhere close to being really good at it. It takes a lot of technique and you really have to relearn the fretboard if you use open tunings. Just within the last couple months has my slide playing started to sound semi-decent. The more you mess with it, the better you get. One tip I can give you, is you can't hold your hand still. If you want to hold a note (or multiple notes) with a slide, you have to keep it moving to get it to sound right.

st.bede · 11-02-2009, 01:50 PM

good job, keep it up....I do not play slide so, I do not have any pointers .....I did learn while I spent about a month playing slide and gave up as soon asap (I only did slide because I had stiches in one of my fingers), was that it is all about choking the notes that are ringing out...too much work for me....peace

rickym · 11-02-2009, 05:18 PM

Very, very nice. Into Ry Cooder territory. I play slide & not all slide is about sounding like Duane A. You've got the swampy, haunting side of slide. Keep it up.

AngryHatter · 11-02-2009, 05:21 PM

Your bass contrast to the notes on the slide are wonderful.
Love it.

st.bede · 11-02-2009, 09:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rickym

Very, very nice. Into Ry Cooder territory. I play slide & not all slide is about sounding like Duane A. You've got the swampy, haunting side of slide. Keep it up.

never though about that...hmmmm, yes, you are right

Shithead · 11-02-2009, 09:21 PM

Very nice! Usually i'm in standard 440 and just grab my slide and go at it.
Played a Resonator for the 1st time in dropped d and had a blast. Guys couldn't believe it was my 1st time playing one.

Keep at it!! Sounds good!!

leftyguitarman · 11-03-2009, 05:22 PM

Thanks for all the kind words guys!

Quote:

Originally Posted by rickym

You've got the swampy, haunting side of slide.

I guess my interests in delta blues are showing through then!

Frails · 11-04-2009, 11:58 AM

Well done, Sir. Nice to put a face to the name too. Is that a glass slide or metal?

leftyguitarman · 11-04-2009, 04:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frails

Well done, Sir. Nice to put a face to the name too. Is that a glass slide or metal?

It was a brass slide. I'm in Scottsdale all the time, so if you see me, say hello!

10-31-2009, 06:09 PM	#2 (permalink)
BMS Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 395 Thanks: 6 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Feedback please Nice slide. Very smooth in your technique. Nice tone too. Well done my friend! __________________ I've got two words for Don Henley, Joe F#ckin' Walsh. www.myspace.com/rockwithbadmotorscooter http://www.mylespaul.com/forums/memb...lbums-bfg.html http://www.mylespaul.com/forums/memb...ny-terror.html http://www.mylespaul.com/forums/memb...bums-gear.html

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zeppelin101 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Cleveland OH Posts: 1,055 Thanks: 4 Thanked 9 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Feedback please You sir should give lessons __________________ My vocation is more in composition really than anything else - building up harmonies using the guitar, orchestrating the guitar like an army, a guitar army. Jimmy Page

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benjammin420 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Vancouver. BC Posts: 2,031 Thanks: 41 Thanked 29 Times in 15 Posts	Re: Feedback please sounds good man, very smooth and clear, alot better than me, so i cant really give you any tips, 'cept keep at it __________________ "Led Zeppelin didn't write songs that everybody liked. they left that to the Bee Gees" http://www.myspace.com/benjamminsbadassrocknroll

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leftyguitarman Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Anthem, Arizona Posts: 1,283 Thanks: 2 Thanked 5 Times in 3 Posts	Re: Feedback please Thanks for the kind words guys! I really wasn't expecting much positive feedback. Maybe I'll put up a couple more videos when I get a chance. __________________

10-31-2009, 07:30 PM	#6 (permalink)
benjammin420 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Vancouver. BC Posts: 2,031 Thanks: 41 Thanked 29 Times in 15 Posts	Re: Feedback please we've all seen worse vids posted here, feel free to post more. i could use a few lessons myself to get that good. i tend to avoid practicing slide because i can't get it to sound decent __________________ "Led Zeppelin didn't write songs that everybody liked. they left that to the Bee Gees" http://www.myspace.com/benjamminsbadassrocknroll

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11-02-2009, 01:50 PM	#8 (permalink)
st.bede V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Fresno Ca Posts: 3,427 Thanks: 81 Thanked 35 Times in 20 Posts	Re: Feedback please good job, keep it up....I do not play slide so, I do not have any pointers .....I did learn while I spent about a month playing slide and gave up as soon asap (I only did slide because I had stiches in one of my fingers), was that it is all about choking the notes that are ringing out...too much work for me....peace __________________ "to criticize without vision is to be complicitious with dominance" Carolyn Casey "Go easy and, if you can't go easy, go as easy as you can" Jennifer Stone.... (from KPFA Cover to Cover) the wings of inspiration come to each according to their own song-des sad but I have made an ass of myself lately....

11-02-2009, 05:18 PM	#9 (permalink)
rickym Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Monrovia, CA USA Posts: 853 Thanks: 7 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Feedback please Very, very nice. Into Ry Cooder territory. I play slide & not all slide is about sounding like Duane A. You've got the swampy, haunting side of slide. Keep it up. __________________ *ShamRockers-1Up/Press Play On Tape-The Eric Clapton Social Group-The VOX club*

11-02-2009, 05:21 PM	#10 (permalink)
AngryHatter Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: SoCal Posts: 778 Thanks: 6 Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts	Re: Feedback please Your bass contrast to the notes on the slide are wonderful. Love it.

11-02-2009, 09:21 PM	#12 (permalink)
Shithead Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Chapel Hill, N.C Posts: 1,579 Thanks: 71 Thanked 60 Times in 25 Posts	Re: Feedback please Very nice! Usually i'm in standard 440 and just grab my slide and go at it. Played a Resonator for the 1st time in dropped d and had a blast. Guys couldn't believe it was my 1st time playing one. Keep at it!! Sounds good!! __________________

11-04-2009, 11:58 AM	#14 (permalink)
Frails Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 546 Thanks: 1 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Feedback please Well done, Sir. Nice to put a face to the name too. Is that a glass slide or metal? __________________ Orville by Gibson Black Custom Les Paul Greco Cherry Sunburst Les Paul Tokai LS-105F/L VF Les Paul Custom "Gilmour" Black Fender Stratocaster Custom "1962 Model" Sonic Blue Fender Stratocaster Custom "1965 Model" Dakota Red Fender Stratocaster MIJ "1957 Reissue" Sunburst Fender Stratocaster

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