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improv: metal synth lead / rock lead organ - live (session outtake)

from music for visuals: live sessions - an eternal album by dave stafford

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improv: metal synth lead / rock lead organ - live (session outtake)


track: 03

session date: 20110529 take: 3 duration: 1:06

description: live guitar synth improv


another recording made with my then-brand new roland gr-55 guitar synth. this is an improvised piece of rock lead guitar, processed through the first two patches of the roland gr-55 guitar synth, which are named "metal synth lead" and "rock lead organ" respectively - this piece is really more about the joy of playing lead guitar through an amazing patch, or in this case, two amazing patches...

what I find most interesting about this short but powerful piece is the fact that, it is such a radical change from the previous two takes, which are of course "st. alia of the knife" and "inside the keep: alia's secret" - I can never quite fathom, after the fact, how I am able to switch from ultra quiet, ambient oboe soloing over ambient reverse guitar, to the raw, powerful solo that this take is, it's like night and day, like two different guitarists from two different sessions.

but, the truth is, they were recorded minutes apart...just after finishing take two, I changed to "metal lead synth" and launched into this incredibly loud rocking improv - very strange change, especially when you play them side by side!

I can only surmise that one of the purposes of the session, was to trial and use a variety of the gr-55 patches...and that is exactly what I did - for 18 full tracks; each consisting of multiple takes; using a wide variety of guitar synth sounds. an absolute blast, sheer fun, sheer guitaring joy - most excellent !!

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from music for visuals: live sessions - an eternal album, released May 17, 2014
dave stafford: roland gr-55 guitar synthesizer

voices used: metal synth lead, rock lead organ

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dave stafford Stirling, UK

ambient loop guitarist dave stafford performed on stage with robert fripp and the orchestra of crafty guitarists in early 2009, and again with robert fripp and the symphony of crafty guitarists in 2015, and has worked with ambient music and looping for over twenty years. stafford has a rich back catalogue of ambient and loop music, +rock, prog or acoustic crafty guitar music: www.pureambient.com ... more

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