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Topic: New Album: Pathways (more guitar)

Another step in this series, but I don't know if the step if forward, backwards or sideways.

Continued the idea of 4 guitars that build the general texture of the songs but this time there is no lead guitar and instead the 4 guitars play a equal role in rhythm and melody. In general the songs are, I'd say even tempered with not a lot of dynamics, it might be boring, not sure, but I'd say it's more up to the listener to decide how vested they want to be to listen to the interplay of the 4 guitars. Other big change in this series is there is no jazz swing beats here. So primary differences are:

- No lead (or shared between 4 guitars)
- No jazz swing rhythms
- Drums have more snare composition.
- Ample amounts of the Harmonic Minor scale is used to give a dissonance interest (at the cost of sweetness I guess)

All comments much appreciated.

Here are 2 sample songs:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJSFB0g...mp;index=4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DT0SY0...p;index=12

Enjoy!

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Re: New Album: Pathways (more guitar)

kencarlino wrote:

Another step in this series, but I don't know if the step if forward, backwards or sideways.

Continued the idea of 4 guitars that build the general texture of the songs but this time there is no lead guitar and instead the 4 guitars play a equal role in rhythm and melody. In general the songs are, I'd say even tempered with not a lot of dynamics, it might be boring, not sure, but I'd say it's more up to the listener to decide how vested they want to be to listen to the interplay of the 4 guitars. Other big change in this series is there is no jazz swing beats here. So primary differences are:

- No lead (or shared between 4 guitars)
- No jazz swing rhythms
- Drums have more snare composition.
- Ample amounts of the Harmonic Minor scale is used to give a dissonance interest (at the cost of sweetness I guess)

All comments much appreciated.

Here are 2 sample songs:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJSFB0g...mp;index=4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DT0SY0...p;index=12

Enjoy!

Hello again ken,

A new step, yes. At first I missed the lead guitar. Got so used to it in your music. But as I said before, I am interested in (vested) listening to panning left right in all music.
Actually an interesting idea that the 4 guitars play an equal role in rhythm and melody. Just have to get used to it. Thought about how it would sound with four guitars with slightly different sounds.

”Another step in this series, but I don't know if the step if forward, backwards or sideways.”

Naturally a step forward, but at the same time saying, a parallel step alongside the "old" series.

I like experiments - well done kencarlino, as always.

Best wishes,

Stig

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Re: New Album: Pathways (more guitar)

Hi Stig, thanks for your feedback!  Yeah, I hear ya, I missed the lead, then I didn't and now I am missing it again. True, it's a step, hopefully not a step into manure   For me I need yet more separation in time before I can judge it more pragmatically. 

Thanks again, much appreciated!