Added a guitar solo to a friend's tune

My good old friend Mathias contacted me the other day and asked if I could add a guitar solo to a tune he recorded. Sure, I said! Mathias and I used to play together in a fusion band called Local Gossip, back when I lived in Sweden. He's a great keyboard player and musician, and this time he added some vocals too.

I fired up my Line 6 Toneport, my Suhr and my MacBook Pro. I use GarageBand for recording, mostly because it is so simple and easy to work with. It doesn't have a lot of fancy things to it, but I like that. I'm a simple man...

This song is called "Give Me" and it has a key change halfway through the solo. I realize I've been so much into blues for last few years, so that playing lead over a song like this was quite difficult. I had to try a few takes to see what kind of stuff would sound good.

I used a Marshall Plexi model on the Toneport together with the tube screamer model. It seems I lean towards that amp model anytime I want some good rock tones, although I like most of the available amps on the Toneport. Most of them can be tweaked to sound pretty good. Well I guess I'm not a great fan of the Insane Distortion stuff, but it can be cool too!

Have a listen and let me know what you think of my solo!

Listen to the tune Give Me by Mathias Aberg.

It might sound a bit different that the stuff I usually play, let me know your feedback. I hope to do more collaborations with Mathias, and perhaps other musicians too. It doesn't really matter where people are in the world - the Internet connects us nicely for musical collaborations like this.

By Robert Renman - www.dolphinstreet.com

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Posted by Robert Renman on January 07, 2009

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Kim said...

Nice work! I've heard another few songs by Daniel Minteer - some really choice rock guitar. I love guitar music.

Comment added on December 21, 2009

Mike said...

Really great solo and better than the song. Love the way it starts in a very fluid sophisticated way. The first few bars made me think of some of the solos in Christopher Cross songs.
Would be wonderful to see a few videos on using the Toneport and Suhr as I always enjoy your blog.

Comment added on January 09, 2009

gromek said...

yeah, the solo's quite cool! some bluesy shades to it but with a sort of sophisticated feel. and you've mastered the key change very smoothly I'd say. would certainly be interesting to hear some more in this vein from you in the future.

Comment added on January 08, 2009

jack said...

love the solo. very progressive. you're living on the edge. that's good.

Comment added on January 07, 2009

Bill said...

Hey! Robert! That song was very good man! Its like a slight touch of the beatles early days,and I think something like that would be welcomed in the music world today..We need a new wave yet bring something back to us middle aged..Good for the young and old..You should pursue this ..

Comment added on January 07, 2009

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