During September and October 2015, I have been hard at work writing, recording and producing a brand new backing track for you to practice your lead guitar playing. The track features a Jazz/Blues style in the key of C Major/A Minor. You can download or play the track directly from our website via the DOWNLOADS page from the scroll bar above. Use the track to practice your melodic shaping and phrasing using the C Major, C Pentatonic Major, A Natural Minor, A Pentatonic Minor, C Blues or any of the model scales within the key of C Major. If you are not a Guitar School student and do not have access to such scales, please feel free to email me and I will forward you the scale sheets for you to work on.
Working on the track has given me the bug for recording again. And over the past few weeks I began working on a set of acoustic cover versions, which I plan on uploading to my YouTube channel. Recently purchasing a pair of original Yamaha NS-10M monitors combined with our studio KRK Rokit 6’s to help with the mixing, I hope to have a really professional product at the end of this process.
It’s been a long time since I have uploaded a YouTube cover. I have never been comfortable with recording songs via an iPhone, or uploading, due to it’s poor quality audio and video features.
With this in mind, I set about recording the acoustic guitar parts via an external condenser
microphone to obtain a more professional sound. Home recording doesn’t have to be an expensive process these days. If you need any guidance on equipment or techniques, I am more than happy to advise you on the essentials you’ll need to create your very own home recording studio.
The run up to Christmas will see a slight refurbishment of the home studio. This will enable it to become a much more usable space for recording. Adding vintage synths, vocal pre-amps,
acoustic sound absorbers and base traps to help with the quality of productions for our recording artists in the future.
If you have a song, spoken word or musical idea you would like to record, please don’t hesitate to get in touch. I love to work on new and exciting projects.
Keep rockin’!
