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You Smell The Sound of Purple [Woodstock] by Bob6stringer [Email]

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Last Played: Nov 21, 2008 - 05:07:28 PM
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Uploaded: Apr 05, 2008 - 07:48:57 PM
Last Updated: Apr 08, 2008 - 08:27:18 AM
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Description:
Buckle up, eat some paper polka dots, don your finger cymbals and turn it to 11 and a half, virtual Woodstock netizens.

You smell. The sound. Of purple.

It's basically a little exercise exploring a theme with some dual lead guitar chases. The fake poetry behind it is that it all takes place in the moment between two notes of the Star Spangled Banner.

Hardware:
My ol' Fender Strat Plus, Boss GT-6 (effects), PreSonus Inspire 1394 (interface) and an assortment of plucky plectra. (The "synth" sound in the background is just some heavily effected guitar.)

Software:
It's all just my effected Strat Plus into GarageBand with some reverb and echo, including the bass and "synth" washes.

One drum loop. (I posted it without the second loop's level up... so be it.)
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You Smell The Sound of Purple &mdash 04/05/08 - 07:57:14 PM
WOO ..a superb and powerful guitar work here !!
great great bass boomin in the back ...the atmosphere
the back ground ...just perfect ...man this is
all so good ...Far out !!!!!!!!

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Purple &mdash 04/05/08 - 08:16:13 PM
Like I just said to you in chat while I was listening to this - it's awesome. Really really impressive guitar work. Shades of Hendrix - highest compliment - thanks!

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Love everything about this &mdash 04/05/08 - 08:30:19 PM
the Grateful Dead drumming - the background washes and the soaring riffs. Doesn't get much better than this in my book. Psychedelicize me.

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Timeless really &mdash 04/05/08 - 10:17:15 PM
there's always a place in my world for some grooving and trippy guitar playin'. What I really liked was the clear sense of melody in the song... can't say that's always the norm in some of these spaced out jams. You've got some style, Bob! Way to make the Strat laugh, cry and sing!

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It's like listening to &mdash 04/05/08 - 11:11:02 PM
Jimmy Page and Jimi Hendrix when they're on acid, which would have been appropriate for the time. Oh yeah, and I forgot to mention, the backup band was Lead Zeppelin.

Far out bit of Psychedelic mind distortion there Bob. Great feel to it and it's easy to dance to, oh wait, that was on American Bandstand. Never mind, I'm losing it from all the drops and toke man, but it's super cool no matter what.

Great tracks Bob and it fit in with the whole Woodstock thing.

Ed

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THANKS! &mdash 04/05/08 - 11:22:14 PM
Really I wanna thank everyone, but picked (SloParts') kind words to post this reply. Love my new digs at MJ. And if you wanna hear the version with the missing drum loop added back in, it's linked in the song description above... if you really want it I'll be glad to e-mail it to ya.

Lots of delay and 'verb, not to mention some possible synth simulation via the GT-6... gee, this 60s music might be more 90s afterall...
--Thx ~B6s

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: ) &mdash 04/06/08 - 09:12:27 AM
FLOWERS TO YOU Great to hear this !!! tx from a tired one...as we allare by now I guess.. : )

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awesome job! &mdash 04/06/08 - 02:01:31 PM
love the trippy quality in this.
great soundscape, and an excellent job capturing the era!
very nice indeed.

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Holy Jeff Beck Batman &mdash 04/06/08 - 07:31:50 PM
Brilliant... nice playing ....you sound like Jeff Beck to me....

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re: "sound like Jeff Beck" ... &mdash 04/06/08 - 09:26:25 PM
Y'know, I didn't try to sound like anyone but I definitely thought it ended up sounding like nobody but Jeff Beck.

Also, thanks EVERYONE for the feedback. It's much appreciated.

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Jeff Beck &mdash 04/07/08 - 08:28:05 PM
The comparison was intended as a compliment....the cool use of the tremolo arm...the unpredictable phrasing and the patience and taste in your delivery, the great tone on the chording ( and imaginative structures )....whether you are into Jeff Beck or not, it doesn`t matter I thought this was very good

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Beck-ola! &mdash 04/10/08 - 06:26:46 PM
My wording above was a little convoluted... It wasn't an intention going in, but indeed I definitely noticed a Beck sound in this when I was midway through. The same thing happened with a tune "What Exit?" which I have at my older home (iComps) and will post here soon. It holds together better compositionally and has more has more energy...

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The biiiiiig sound &mdash 04/07/08 - 08:43:13 PM
Very cool production. Your reverb and echo sound great. I like listening to these biiiig sounds.

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I really &mdash 04/07/08 - 09:23:35 PM
like the way you intertwined the guitars on this- sometimes in harmony,sometimes answering each other.Great tone and phrasing.Excellent track.

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i agree with norman &mdash 04/10/08 - 09:45:14 AM
this has a realy nice beck feel about it. jeff's custom shop album had alot of music similar to this. very cool fusion of rock and blues here. i loved it and the sustain carrying throughout the tune was a g reat way to fill the spaces in between.
Allen

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Wow!! &mdash 04/13/08 - 10:21:02 AM
Don't know how I missed this Bob. Fantastic sounds-
Brilliant guitar work.
I got lots of polka dot dresses though. haha Love it.
Download you bet. And another for my Ipod.:)
Thank you so much for sharing your great music also.
Peace Dee.

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I Thought It Sounded Like... &mdash 04/15/08 - 12:19:33 PM
a communication from my mothership... E.T. go home now. ;)

Interesting soundscape and guitar interplay.


--- Joe

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Now THIS is the song art I should have used... &mdash 04/15/08 - 12:33:15 PM
Just wanna thank all who commented. I'm tempted to develop this further, it just occurred to me there's an opportunity for a whole new, overlapping melody, and a bridge... not sure about lyrics. For now I'll keep moving forward.

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Excellent &mdash 04/18/08 - 08:37:15 AM
you've got some wicked riffs going on here......and it's bloody good ....d/loaded.

Jarvoid

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Heavy &mdash 04/19/08 - 09:13:48 PM
very heavy

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Great! &mdash 04/25/08 - 06:16:24 AM
Fantastic. Amazing guitar work and an excellent backing track. The drums sounds great!

Take Care
- Yeman A. Al-Rawi

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great guitar &mdash 05/01/08 - 10:05:55 PM
i like it! Very jeff beckish like others have said. A good thing!

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hey &mdash 06/05/08 - 09:27:01 PM
I'm back for another listen
I will post some music eventually
great playing

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Hey, wow, another listen! &mdash 06/12/08 - 09:24:03 PM
Thanks for da support... for coming back for another listen to my "purple" psychedelic-ish jam. I have more stuff at iCompositions but have kind of gravitated here since the crash there... the mix of musicians seems a little more my speed.

But man I've been so swamped trying to get my freelancing under control (writing) under control I'm now like months behind in getting collab tracks done... I might actually get something done this weekend.

Mainly, I just wanna say good luck to both of us getting new noise online!

--Bob

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Great &mdash 08/05/08 - 11:08:53 AM
Stuff. Wild guitar ride. A heaping helping of some years gone by. You have quite a style. O.K. I am rambeling. Awesome !!!
Thanks and be well, Russ

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Ramble away! &mdash 08/05/08 - 07:14:32 PM
If that's rambling, I like it! Thanks for the feedback. I kind of had that riff running through my head and churned it out quick and loose for the Woodstock "event." I've been off the fretboard for a couple of months, this is the last thing I did and it's killing me... I'll be back soon.

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synesthetic &mdash 11/08/08 - 05:31:31 PM
very nice guitar sounds from the strat, cool bass playing too.
I like! Guitar instrumentals with generous use of the whammy bar always hit the spot for me.





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