Mining the Wealth Here at the Fret
I was revisiting my "The Fret" playlist on my iPod on the way to work and thought I would make sure the new players here have found the wealth of music made available by our own right here. I had a habit of adding anything a fretter posted to my iPod and have ended up with a great playlist to just enjoy or to learn from. Since many are instrumental, it is ideal for listening to ideas, phrasing, etc. for learning.
Below are a few of my favorites with links:
http://www.thefret.net/showthread.php?t=4024 Let Freedom . . ., Jimi75
(Sweet singing guitar lead over a nice blues rock original piece)
http://www.thefret.net/showthread.php?t=3324 Detente - StingX (smooth) Also, check out his Stones covers.
http://www.thefret.net/showthread.php?t=2528 Brother - Jimi75 (a beautiful, personal piece, click "Brother" in the list of songs posted)
http://www.thefret.net/showthread.php?t=5623 - Til' there was you - Vihar, also Old Guy does a take.
http://www.box.net/public/529q4bmmdm, Spud, Zeusse, DVM jamming in this thread http://www.thefret.net/showthread.php?t=1834 A great Jam!
I have a couple more I want to find online that I can't right now, like one Spud did which has a really smooth LatinBlues kind of feel. Also I wish I could find one OldGuy did that I called his "Surfabilly" piece. I love that one and can't find it here anymore. I am also leaving off the great recordings by Frank Axtell and Jim Pfeiffer you can find on soundclick. Those are great too, just go to soundclick and listen to them. Robert's stuff at his site too. Also, there is more right here. The above is just scratching the surface.
The backers for some of these pieces are still available too (not Jimi's originals though) and mining through these member clips and collabs is really worth it. Have fun!
Steve Thompson
Sun Valley, Idaho
Guitars: Fender 60th Anniversary Std. Strat, Squier CVC Tele Hagstrom Viking Semi-hollow, Joshua beach guitar, Martin SPD-16TR Dreadnought
Amphs: Peavey Classic 30, '61 Fender Concert
Effects and such: Boss: DS-1, CE-5, NS-2 and RC20XL looper, Digitech Bad Monkey, Korg AX1G Multi-effects, Berhinger: TU100 tuner, PB100 Clean Boost, Line 6 Toneport UX2, Electro Harmonix Little Big Muff Pi, DuhVoodooMan's Rabid Rodent Rat Clone, Zonkin Yellow Screamer Mk. II, MXR Carbon Copy Delay
love is the answer, at least for most of the questions in my heart. . .
- j. johnson