Voting for Solo of the Month (SotM) #106

stratman3142

Welcome to the voting thread for Solo of the Month (SotM) #106. Feel free to vote and comment in this thread.

Thanks to @susbemol ;for this backing track

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 31st May 2024.

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/sotm106-2024-05?si=c8b3108bdeb74ea2b84c98197fcd150e&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Bellycaster

5 Points - @susbemol - Very melodic, nice snappy tone and attack. Some good harmonies in there and a bit Nuno-esque around 48 seconds.

3 Points - @fastonebaz - Again, the melody in the tamer parts suited the track and the face melting parts had some wonderful legato and other great technique in there. I envisaged smoke coming off the fretboard after that

1 Point - @flying_pie - Some good inventive lines in there and nice phrasing. I like how the solo sounds "distant" in the mix, but not buried. Very deceptive as it seems to sound front and centre.

Great solos again from @stratman3142 and @Bennyboy-UK , was that a bit of Bon Jovi that slipped in there, Benny?

Like it.

Bennyboy-UK

(Hahaha! Yep I stuck a couple of jokes in there! In retrospect maybe I shouldn’t have!!!)

fastonebaz

5pts @stratman3142 ; really enjoyed the crisp tone and bouncy melody.  Nice work.

3pts @susbemol a masterpiece in composition, creativity and performance, I just preferred  the tone of Stratmans

1pts @Bellycaster loved that wah section especially

Great work all round.

Bennyboy-UK

I’ll quickly bang in my votes now but promise I’ll add some proper comments for everyone to follow:

5pts @susbemol ;
3pts @stratman3142 ;
1pt @fastonebaz ;

As ever I rate everyone who puts the effort in to write and record something for SOTM - well done everyone!!

Cheers,
Ben.

Bellycaster

Bennyboy-UK said:

(Hahaha! Yep I stuck a couple of jokes in there! In retrospect maybe I shouldn’t have!!!)

No, It all adds to the fun of it.

susbemol

Lovely stuff from everyone again but as we must choose only three:

5 points - @fastonebaz ;- Super energetic shredz as usual. I really liked the kill switch bit.

3 points - @Bellycaster ;- Laid back but weighty tone. Nice buildup with the overlapping parts in the middle section.

1 point - @Bennyboy-UK has been a naughty boy with his Deep Purple and Bon Jovi quotes so he gets only one point this time. Joking of course, I liked that!

stratman3142

5 points : @susbemol ; : Packed with loads of ideas. Dual guitars. Clipped notes creating a sense of space and giving room for things to breathe. Inventive and nice phrasing.

3 points: @fastonebaz : Soaring melodic shredding. Steve Vai'ish. This stuff is your forte. Have to confess I slowed it down at about 11s using Transcribe! to nick the idea of that fast legato lick

1 points : @Bennyboy-UK : It sounded like you were really going for it and I liked the jokes. Good what you did in the break. The tone was perhaps a bit muffled for my taste

stratman3142

Voting ends tonight at midnight.

flying_pie

5 points @susbemol ;

3 points @fastonebaz ;

1 point @Bellycaster ;

As always not really much between them and great playing all round. It all came down to what approaches were a better fit to the track subjectively 

stratman3142

Voting closed.

fastonebaz

stratman3142 said:

3 points: @fastonebaz : Soaring melodic shredding. Steve Vai'ish. This stuff is your forte. Have to confess I slowed it down at about 11s using Transcribe! to nick the idea of that fast legato lick

@stratman3142 ;
I don't even know what I did there  Probably best not to slow it down, that's when all the sloppiness can be heard