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  1. Ed Seith

    Help on Equalizing

    No, cut everything below 100. Maybe 120, if you’re standard tuned. Everything below that belongs to the bass and kick and any competent engineer in a studio would cut that without even telling you. Use a high-pass filter for that. To get rid of the hiss, use a low-pass filter, somewhere between...
  2. Ed Seith

    Need help with basic pick use

    Practice the scales a little slower, with a focus on smooth, even pick movements. Try not to bounce up and down on each note – imagine the fluidity of your smooth strumming motion, with or without a pick, only smaller. Hold the pick only a little harder than you need to in order to keep it from...
  3. Ed Seith

    Guess That Riff

    That’s really cool
  4. Ed Seith

    Guess That Riff

    I don’t know the riff, but that’s a mean tone you’ve got there.
  5. Ed Seith

    How important is tone when sweep picking?

    Slow down to speed up. It’s frustrating as shit, but it is legit the only way. I’m taking it back to basics and starting with Syn Etudes on sweep picking. Starting with the first one, which only covers B and E strings, at 50BPM and working on getting that shit super clean before I move on. I am...
  6. Ed Seith

    Easiest to play?

    Punk is easy, but FAST, but it’s okay to be sloppy, too. I think I might have to agree. John Mayer is a BEAST.
  7. Ed Seith

    Share Your Goals and Dreams!

    I used to want to be a rock star. Not for the drugs (never did ’em) or the women (got the only one I need) or the glory or anything. I grew up idolizing the rock stars like Randy Rhoads – in it for the music, and just looking to keep expanding horizons, musically. I have to say, I think the...
  8. Ed Seith

    Shocking news for me… opinions?

    Congrats to family Breaux, including the new +1. Pics will be expected, eventually.
  9. Ed Seith

    Learning Only Solos and How It's Doing You More Harm Than Good

    I did this instrumental version of Queensryche’s “I don’t Believe in Love” as a demo foundation with a singer I was working with. Unfortunately, shortly after I finished this quick tracking, she wound up moving away. She still may come back and sing it, but here it is instrumentally in all it’s...
  10. Ed Seith

    Learning Only Solos and How It's Doing You More Harm Than Good

    When I was starting out there was no instant gratification with YouTube. You had to get into a band to get any kind of audience. Ripping a solo might get you in the door for the audition, but if you couldn’t play the SONG, you were useless. There’s a lesson there for anyone who wants to be more...
  11. Ed Seith

    how to get gigs when you're young

    It all starts with finding a like-minded group of people at a similar or slightly higher ability to jam with. Craigslist, local Facebook groups for musicians, post on the board at the local music store. It all starts with one person reaching out and meeting another person or other people...
  12. Ed Seith

    Fast down picking tips

    I’ll go you one further, @andrew. When I play that, the chugged D notes are all downpicked, and the melody notes are upstrokes. It’s just what’s logical and comfortable to me.
  13. Ed Seith

    Fast down picking tips

    Great advice from Jak, as always, and this is something I’m working on, too. I can play it at roughly 185BPM, so I’m got 25 BPM to go before I can play MoP at tempo. In addition to relaxation as a critical factor, study your movements and work on ECONOMY OF MOTION. Limit how far you move the...
  14. Ed Seith

    Watch A7X Live at Rock on the Range 🤗🤗

    Ohio.
  15. Ed Seith

    Audio frequency

    There was a conspiracy thingie going around for a while that 432Hz was “best” because it somehow worked more magicaler mathematically. It was one of those things that, if you never bothered to look any further into it, it REALLY seemed to make a TON of sense, and you’d really question it. But...
  16. Ed Seith

    Audio frequency

    It really wasn’t “scientifically proven.” Someone did some math that showed 432 was more “mathematically accurate,” but it was settled at 440 by a number of decidedly non-Nazi musical standards groups well before that era. It took a while to become globally accepted, but there’s nothing Nazi...
  17. Ed Seith

    Watch A7X Live at Rock on the Range 🤗🤗

    And Zacky calls himself “rhythm guitar.” Dude runs side by side with Syn on some serious shit, and he can hold his own EASILY with some bands’ lead guitarists.
  18. Ed Seith

    Watch A7X Live at Rock on the Range 🤗🤗

    Sorry for replying to myself three times, but as I watch this, all I can think is that this is a must-watch for all the people here who get down on themselves for mistakes. Syn makes a bunch. Wanna guess how many fucks he gives about them? The same amount as the whole audience there. NOT ONE...
  19. Ed Seith

    Watch A7X Live at Rock on the Range 🤗🤗

    The real question in my mind as I watch this, besides getting pumped for August in Phoenix, is “is that Hellwin or Fractal?”
  20. Ed Seith

    Watch A7X Live at Rock on the Range 🤗🤗

    Cool! It lags a lot, but I caught it int he middle of Afterlife, and will watch to the end. Thanks, Jak!
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