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Originally Posted by tstrahle
I do studio work for a living. Sometimes I'll do complete passes perfect, other times we have to "comp" tracks. Sometimes, in pop tracks I'll play something a bunch of times and then we'll go searching for the the one to four bar phrase that has that mojo and loop it. The great thing about that is you can go crazy experimenting and trying things that you would have never done if you were trying to get 80 bars of a perfect take. Here's an example, though I played the opening riff many times just fine, we just chose one or two and went with it as a loop...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxmGDBEnsIw
Here's an example of a Django thing I did for fun. I comped the melody from a couple different takes. Ended up with a couple of licks I never would've have played normally...
https://www.box.com/shared/86xfliszzj |
i dug the django-esque tune, very fine. the repeated guitar riff for the bieber tune also works well. i imagine piecing together parts is the standard method for creating pop tunes these days.
my initial post was really just about solo fingerstyle, but your point about playing it safe still applies. and studio work must have lots of deadlines as well as mixing and editing expertice, so doing 100 takes doesn't make as much sense in that environment. there is still something nice to me about a single 'live' guitar take.
thanks for your knowledgable thoughts.