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Edit: Just had a listen and mine’s perhaps a touch too hot now.....
Submitted a remastered version for inclusion (of the same solo). All this has highlighted to me is that I don't have a fckin clue how to master and I'm just clicking buttons until it sounds brighter. lol
It was also being tongue on cheek because last month my solo was far louder than the rest and gave a nasty surprise halfway through the playlist so I remastered it. We had a discussion about levels which I completely forgot about when it came to recording this one!
When listening to others' entries, I try not to be influenced by the different volumes of different tracks. What does put me off is if the solo is unbalanced against the backing - i.e. so loud you can hardly hear the backing or (much rarer) too quiet.
I read a book on (real) mastering, "Mastering Audio" by Bob Katz. I thought I knew the basics of mixing music but this was so far beyond my understanding, it was unreal.
Approach-wise I kept things pretty standard over the Gm, a little bit bluesy, generally keeping to chord tones and targeting the 9th a fair bit.
For the D7#9, I went for D Altered and there is a iim7b5-V7 line to create some tension moving back to Gm.
Over Eb9 - D7#9, the 1st time an Eb7 arpeggio chromatically connecting to a D7 arp. 2nd time using the Eb Lydian Dominant mode with a chromatic line to finish.
(She said.)
Oh and I used a Telecaster.
I think I’m in the lead in the “least number of notes in a solo” category at the moment.
Edit: I counted, 72 notes
Very enjoyable again. My usual "move the major scale shape around until it sounds ok then play pentatonic if you get lost" approach. I've not played many notes either
New version in playlist. It might be worth checking I uploaded the correct version. It's been a long day and my brain's not fully in gear.
Added to playlist and thanks for the info on your approach.