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Recent content by Ryan Athey

  1. Ryan Athey

    A7X live on instagram....little spoiler for the fans??

    Get that drummer a headphone mix! Wonder if they're using SD3.
  2. Ryan Athey

    Help a first timer for buying an Amp

    This is the answer if you just need something.
  3. Ryan Athey

    THE REALITY OF MY SURROUNDINGS by Fishbone

    Love when I get handed great new bands. Never heard of these dudes before today. Favorites: Fight The Youth: Insane groove, leading tone vox harmony into the chorus makes the song for me. Ridiculous solo. So many Millions: I mean what the fuck, its like this skulky verse/chorus into smooth...
  4. Ryan Athey

    DISCO VOLANTE by Mr. Bungle

    This record is honestly what I imagine a manic breakdown sounds like.
  5. Ryan Athey

    Synyster Gates Ideal Amp Settings

    It depends on what era we are talking about: WTF and CoE both have spanky, mid rangy high gain tones. Legend has it WTF was Mesa Boogie Dual Rectos. CoE was Bogner Uberschalls with ubercab. White album, no idea but I would guess still continuing the Uberschall trend. Nightmare I think I read...
  6. Ryan Athey

    Recording software recommendations

    +1 on reaper Look into getting quality midi drums like EZDrummer 2. And as with everything else, practice 🙂
  7. Ryan Athey

    Good warmups to do before practicing?

    Watch your favorite wicked live shows on youtube and get PUMPPED
  8. Ryan Athey

    Planning practice

    Just force yourself to play for at least X amount of time. For me it’s 15 minutes, if I’m getting somewhere it usually gets longer. But honestly, 15 minutes ain’t shit in the grand scheme of things at it makes a noticeable difference.
  9. Ryan Athey

    Does Drop D twist your neck

    Short answer: No Don’t put your guitar through crazy weather/humidity changes and you should be good.
  10. Ryan Athey

    Tabs to print?

    I dunno.. Take screenshots?
  11. Ryan Athey

    Does anyone know how to record guitar harmonies like Syn?

    It’s kind of a complicated answer.. the best solution is to play around with it but as a rule: write a melody ( say, bat country harmonized bit) and harmonize a 3rd above that melody. Take into account what key you are in and try your best to compliment what chords you’re playing over ( that is...
  12. Ryan Athey

    What settings do you put your amp on?

    It depends man, every amp sounds different. Every guitar sounds different. Every PERSON sounds different. Play around with it until you find something you like, or sounds close to a goal tone of yours.
  13. Ryan Athey

    Let's get to know each other!

    Suh dudes 25 y/o str8 out of Huntington Beach, California, playing for about 10 years now. Cool to see a cohesive resource for learning, excited for what will come of it.
  14. Ryan Athey

    Post stuff you want to learn

    “I really wanna see some extended range stuff. I’ve recently got into guys like periphery and stuff and I’d love to see syn’s take on that.” That’s a realm of progressive music, it gets pretty unconventional and advanced.. I’d recommend listening to bands like Meshuggah, Veil of Maya, Haunted...
  15. Ryan Athey

    Scale memorization

    Star with the basics, Major, minor, melodic minor, harmonic minor, pentatonic scales. Learn them all the way up the next and KNOW WHAT THE TONES ARE! I.E. know where the tonic(I) is wherever you’re playing. Knowing just that you will have no problem thinking modally, or learning any weird...
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