Voting for Solo of the Month (SotM) #81

stratman3142

Welcome to the voting thread for Solo of the Month (SotM) #81. Feel free to vote and comment in this thread.

Thanks to @DrHungry for providing the backing track for this one.

Vote for your top 3 entries. If you're an entrant you can't vote for yourself.

1st choice gets 5 points

2nd choice gets 3 points

3rd choice gets 1 point

Voting will end at midnight 30th April 2022.

The top three will be announced after the voting closes. No prizes. It's just for fun.

You can find all the entries the playlist below:

https://soundcloud.com/thefretboard/sets/sotm81-2022-04?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

stratman3142

5 points : @DigitalDave ;; : Extremely musical. Reinvented the track with great additions. The guitar started off sounding a bit Metheny then morphed into latin flavoured Santana in the second half.

Very hard to choose between the next two.

3 points : @fastonebaz ;; : Sitar like eastern flavour well suited to the track. Ravi Shanker in shred mode (Ravi Shredder ).

1 point : @Bellycaster ;;: Really nice lines and melodic ideas. Nice used of an additional guitar in the second half. 

DigitalDave

really enjoyed these solos, so hard dishing out points...

5 points: @fastonebaz ; for the red hot sound and exotic tones in the first part & loved the 'rip your face off' (technical term) style in the second part

3 points: @stratman3142 ; Carlos Sultana lol, a very lyrical solo in part one and a fabulous Di Meola pickfest in pt2

1 point: @Bellycaster ; loved the smokey lounge vibe of the tone on this and in particular the repeated backing phrase in pt2, i don't know if you're into Zappa but i dig the phrasing here it reminded me of his style  

Bellycaster

All great efforts here and we all seemed to follow a similar approach. Really tough to choose between you 3 as there is the usual presence of style, imagination, variation and technical wizardry. But.....here goes.

5 Points @stratman3142 - Subtle to Sizzling

3 Points @DigitalDave - Romantic to Necromantic

1 Point @fastonebaz - Gentle to Mental

 

Seriously though, well done everyone.

@DigitalDave I haven't heard much Zappa at all and I know I'm missing out, so will have to check out his stuff. I struggled to think what to do with that last part. All I can say is that necessity must be "The Mother of Invention."

  

fastonebaz

5pts @DigitalDave ingenious first passage,  well played

3pts @stratman3142 deffo won the most notes contest this month

1pts @Bellycaster excellent playing and some nice tones 

stratman3142

fastonebaz said:

@stratman3142 deffo won the most notes contest this month

Possibly, but I've got a lot of catching up to do to, to match your total so far

fastonebaz

stratman3142 said:

fastonebaz said:

@stratman3142 deffo won the most notes contest this month

Possibly, but I've got a lot of catching up to do to, to match your total so far

 

stratman3142

Voting ends tonight at midnight. You don't have to be an entrant. Anyone can vote

stratman3142

Voting closed.