Backing Tracks

[dVX]

I've been recording a lot of improvising lately...
I've found a few backing tracks on the internet that are great,
but the more I attempt to expand...the less I can find
anybody know of any sites that offer good tracks?

Also, I've been playing for approximately eight months on guitar...
and a previous 4-5 on bass (8 + 4 = 12 = one year)
tell me what you think of some of this stuff
it's all I can fit w/ the 20MB that tripod gives me
http://www.angelfire.com/blues2/dmfmxxx/
P.S. = you might not want to listen to the Voodoo Chile interpretation
:(

THANK YOU:(

[SwampDonkey]

There's some good back tracks here (http://www.torvund.net/guitar/Backing/index.asp), give them a try if you haven't already. :)

[dVX]

thanks dude...
:)
anyone else got anything?

[imikeyi]

wow, that's really good, I like C-5 especially :)

I've been playing for 3 months and am not as good as you obviously :) but I was wondering, how do you improvise? Do you use particular scales or do you think it up in your head and transcribe it manually?

[dVX]

Yo...
thanks dude, I'm glad to hear that somebody thinks it doesn't suck...:)
as for the improvising, unfortunately I'm lacking the knowledge/ experience/ genius to think it up in my head and write it out
The majority of the time I'm just improvising with a set of notes, (that must be some scale)...I normally use all the minor pent notes, I typically add that note that makes it a "blues" scale, I also add in notes that are minor (In A I'll add B and F)(?), I'll add in what I think are "Santana" notes from time to time (in A it would be maybe like a F#), if I'm really bored I'll just add in random notes that are fast enough to not ruin the vibe haha, and "Rejjay" was a major scale I think.
Anyways, if you've been plugging away for three months, before you know it...you'll realize those recordings eat %$#@ :D
PEACE

[dVX]

http://www.crossroads-guitar.com

there's some really good tracks to jam to on the free section of that site

[imikeyi]

Originally posted by dVX

Anyways, if you've been plugging away for three months, before you know it...you'll realize those recordings eat %$#@ :D
PEACE
Nah I like your technique, very concise and your pulloffs and bends are real good. I like your tone too, what guitar is it?

As for the scales, I had no idea what you were talking about apart from the pentatonic scales, so i probably should learn where each note is on the fretboard huh? Damn this is gonna be a hard one

Also you should search kazaa for instrumentals, particularly hiphop ones if you can, maybe rakim or something :)

[dVX]

lol...
well I guess I'll just have to accept that someone likes it...
my "gear",
my dad's 97'(?) American Strat (Lonestar)...
it's like a fat strat, it's got a Pearly Gates H-bucker at the bridge
and two "Texas" s-coils at middle and neck (black w/ maple neck)
I actually used to play on a bass amp, w/ no distortion, and my fingers
about two months ago I started learning how to use the pick,
and I also got a little practice amp for my b-day that's for a guitar and not a bass..so my tone changed quite a bit (it's a Fender Frontman 15G)
I want to buy a Crate 120W w/ two 12"s :D
as for knowing every note on the board (good luck), that's what I'm trying to learn now :(...I want to learn all the "mode" patterns but I'm too lazy

[dVX]

ooooo...
I forgot,
my strings are .11, .15, .18, .26, .36, .50
all the songs on that site are w/ GHS Nickel Rockers
but I just put on GHS Boomers
I think strings affect the tone(?);)

[wild_axeman]

Here's an old backing track thread:

old thread (http://www.guitarlodge.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=3706&perpage=15&pagenumber=1)

[wild_axeman]

here's a bunch (http://guitar.com/discuss/readmsg.asp?showdates=&messageID=2524037)

[Kitarist]

hey you play cool i like your like hm style of playing but where did you learn i mean where did you start

[dVX]

thanks man,

as for how I started..
my dad played guitar about thirty years ago, so when I started playing
he showed me the basic chords (D,D7,Dm,A,Am,A7,etc) and the structure
of a 12bar blues. He plays bass too, so occasionally we "jam" (mostly "House of the Rising Sun" haha) :).
that's how I started

[Kitarist]

i know i mean how did you start to play solos i know chords and... because i played in a band rhytm so i want to learn some "real" solos not punkrock solos heh

[Kitarist]

oh yes my father played guitar too ;)) and house of the rising sun is cool :)

[dVX]

oooooo right,

well I started w/ the pentatonic box like everyone else
I haven't been playing all that long, so I still work preety hard on
improving my improvising (just bought a new book)
right now I just play a mutated scale all over the neck, I'm not
sure what it's called, and occasionally I'll play major notes (major scale)
like, I'd say...get some backing tracks, find a set of notes
that sounds right to you, and just start jamming hardcore

like for me...blues stuff in A I play...A,B,C,D,Eb,E,F#,G most
of the time...
for country stuff like Sweet Home Alabama, just play major pent.
(like D Cadd9 to G chords)
for punk or Reggae that's "happy sounding" (major) I'll play a major scale)
and I'll play minor and dorian somtimes...
just sit there for a really long time and improvise to music, tap your foot

[Kitarist]

pentanonic box? what do you mean

[Kitarist]

heh :(