The Official November 2009 Guitar Battle voting thread

Here are our brave contestants in the order entered:

Rockettmeister: http://www.sendspace.com/file/z52weo
Dolphinsex.org: http://www.mediafire.com/?mnnnntxtx5n
MistaMarko: http://www.box.net/shared/xe9bs5lgi8
Overtone: [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eTft6NeXWI"]YouTube- sdrawkcab gniyalp[/ame]
Mike Wazowski: [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJivjM1KDBY"]YouTube- 5/8 Guitar Hilarity[/ame]
Born for Dying: http://www.box.net/shared/fdgnec8bl8
WogBog: http://www.sendspace.com/file/l4qx20
Nolan: http://www.box.net/shared/tlt5l3fj0f
Cheddar: http://www.box.net/shared/1gbfv5gmc7
Cow: http://www.sendspace.com/file/js48tg
Lord Voldemort: [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YobgojRWOUs"]YouTube- 5/8 shards[/ame]
Manbient:http://www.bumblelovesmusic.com/videos/hahawhops.wmv


Some good entries for sure. Voting ends on the fifth. If you do vote, please at least say why you voted for the person; nothing like a stroked ego.

BTW, I'm allowing multiple choice, because, well...I couldn't decide between a few people. Now, do try to stick to TWO people if you can, please.

I voted for you, because I felt you had the most consistency and flow to your lines, as well as some interesting technical things that didn't pull away from the overall feel.

I went with Mike W. and MistaMarko.

I liked Mikes quite a bit, good tone, ideas, phrasing, decent shreds. Good solo.

MistaMarko because yours was just fucking awesome, dude. Very cool tone, different than the thousands out there on youtube which was cool, cool phrases and great technique.

EDIT:

I also want to say that Born for Dying, Overtone and Rockett's were all really close runners up.

Well thanks, dude.

I voted for Rocketlol and Mike Wazkzkziwksiso;slkadjfalksdfsd.

The former cuz it totally ignored the jazz convention that a lot of the others conformed to, and the latter cuz the tone was really quite nice.

its a jazz track, bro.

With out sounding condescending, I've noticed that every single player here seems to have the same problem, and that's really bad flow. I don't understand why, but almost every single one has those weird like bend to an out of tune note then pause and look/sound like you're struggling for the next transition/idea and then repeat...

Is that a common problem among players? That's something I've never struggled with is consistent flow, however you like or dislike the playing.

Way to miss my point, bro.

I think it comes moreso from people who didn't develop on guitar by improvising all the time. A lot of the people I know on this forum, not specifically in this thread, built up their technique and musical sense just by learning other songs, in which case, they don't have to think of their feet so much as just play what they know.

That could have something to do with it. Especially if you're having to actively think about the changes, it can detract from actually keeping a consistent flow. Improvisation is completely different from composition and performing a prepared piece...worlds apart.

That's a good point. That's all like you and I have been doing for about four years now is Improvising over and over and over, and just in the last year, really have I been focused on writing real songs, not just Backing tracks to showcase my shreds.

For me it was the track. I could do a more "free" improvisation that flows decently but would be sloppy as hell. For recorded solos I like to come up with it piece by piece, kind of improvising, kind of composing, and it tends to flow really nicely, but that just wasn't working on this track... probably because it's such a long progression that goes back and forth too many times.

Yeah, I struggled with this BT as well. That was like my fourth take, and I'm still a little arsed at myself for the random underbends and such. Generally I'm not so picky, but gah.

FUCK I voted for Voldemort but I completely forgot about mike wazowski's. Goddamn this pressure.

lol, I made it multiple choice man. Thank you for the vote though, genuinely flattering.

How do I vote for an additional entry?

I think you deserved the vote, yours was the most enjoyable to me after wazowski's. Manbient's had some cool licks but too many missed notes and random ideas and didn't really pique my interest, and Rockett had that awkward tapping that ruined it for me.

thank you anonymous vote donor.

You just click on more than one bubble when you cast the vote, but it's too late now unfortunately.

FUCK I had no idea you could even do multiple choice on these polls. All this newfangled technology.

I voted for myself because I'm not a faggot, but also because I think mine had the best tone, flow and melodic ideas.

Pre-emptive avatar quote. Nice.

I voted for mine because mine is by far the most wildly experimental.

I also voted for everyone else because I love dicking with multiple choice polls.

I voted for myself because i think mine was by far the best

lol fuck

Well this is a raging success.

You guys are egocentric retards.

lol i'm beating Overtone

Mike, some awesome ideas in there and I really dig the tone as always but the bad notes are a shame.

Voted for BFD (my favorite one... seemed to fit real nice and it was pretty well executed) Cheddar (pure awesome), Mista Marko (another one that fit and was well played), and LV (big improvement... made the exotic sound work, plus some tight licks). The others were good too, especially MW's but those are the ones that made the most emotional connection.

Can't wait for round 2...

Btw, David, post a December BT Nominations thread and then a poll.

http://www.fiveeightforums.com/december-guitar-battle-suggestion-comment-thread-t83671/index.html

Already done, yeah. Thanks Dislol

Wait - what the fuck? Who the hell else voted for me?

Gah, I should have made this public I think.

Try editing it; maybe you still can.

You can't. Even mods can't.

hah, i didn't take this seriously at all. That was first take at 5 minutes to the deadline, wasn't trying to win anything

Good thing too, loser.

ps cows and wogbog were my favorites because they made me happy, overtone had the least linear ideas which was cool, and everyone else was completely horrendous

ok true story, i admire really epic awesome players who do crazy stuff with super phrasing, but i am basically an art fag these days. I see any kind of playing an expression of emotional intent, or an idea of a feeling to convey. I tend to find that ultra technically skilled musicians (even guthrie) have about the same emotional intent as just about anyone who has a go at these kinds of backings. The fact they pull off a lot of things a ton better actually means very little to me, because i connect emotionally to it only mildly better. I don't get the "wow" because it's really hard to do. There has to be some sort of creative, emotional, artistic intent with just enough ability as is required to pull it off for me to get into it. "i'm going to play some badass licks" just doesn't cut it as an intent, no matter how fucking badass. I know it's just a backing, the point is to show off, yadda yadda, but i thought i'd explain to people why i just don't care about how well something is played if the idea behind it is boring, and about as innovative as cooking the perfect loaf of bread.

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that post made about as much sense as this picture.

i have no idea who the fuck voted for me, and i assume most of those votes are in jest, but i'd just like to note that i didn't vote for myself

I really did vote for myself, and then made another account to vote for myself again when i saw the results were not public. I'm thinking of doing it a few more times, or getting my friends to sign up

Supposedly Cow voted for me along with every other entry just to be avant garde. You can bet there won't be a single goddamn rest in my next entry.

Haha, I dunno if I'm gonna bother with the voting next month.

For the record, I really liked yours Voldemort. It was probably my favourite.

I think my penis just twitched a little.

Yeah, in this format the voting is pointless. (I think voting, in general, for this stuff is stupid, but whatever.)

I also am guessing that a lot of people didn't even listen that closely to all of the entries (or even listen to some of them at all).

There might be better formats for getting feedback (which I think it more important than voting). For example only 3 people commented on mine, and I know there were others with few comments as well.

What's interesting is that often the best criticism of someone's soloing is that there aren't enough rests, and they just continue playing note after note when the solo would benefit from some breathing room. Many great jazz solos have numerous brief rests. The problem with yours and a few others is that the rests are awkward, and sound more like you're struggling to come up with the next lick as opposed to a natural break.

ps: coincidentally someone linked me to this video, and devin starts to kind of talk about what i was trying to say

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NongtyxkfY"]YouTube- Devin Townsend Unleashed[/ame]