I would really appreciated it if you guys/girls come check out my site...and tell me what you think. My music is all guitar oriented.all instrumental.

All instruments were played,recorded and mix by me....all in my house...
www.mp3.com/split2nd

please give me your feedback..either here or my guestbook..

thanks

Nice guitar work. I also like the sound of the drums(?) What did you use to record these?

thanks for replying..

my equipment:

Drums : YAMAHA RY30 rhythm programer(i think it's an old one)
Guitar: Dean avalanche 7-string through a line 6 POD
Everything else : Roland GR-30 guitar synth.

Recorded on my i-mac with logic audio platinium software.

i don't have midi, so all the tracks when in from the line in/mic. Maybe next time.

Nice work! Some of your stuff has a really great Steve Vai kind of vibe (but still sounds very unique).

I would lighten up on the reverb a bit on many of those tunes... it keeps it from sounding "in your face" (which I think it should -- you're a great player). A light delay in place of heavy reverb can sometimes preserve the depth without making it sound so distant (IMO).

I guess vai is one of my greatest influences..thanks for the tip, that's what i really need...most of the time there was no one to point things out for me..it's all trial and error

no..no..no this ain't a sad story

Thanks again

That "Rush" song rules...! What kind of wah do you have...? Dunlop..? Morley..? I love the start of it, and I'm a big wah fan, so it gets me every time the wah comes in... lol Nice job...

Gabriel

I too, love the wah

i'm using the wah padel from the line6 pod...it's a great all around effects/sim that i've tried(in my opinion).

anybody using one?(POD line6)

thanks for asking.

I haven't used a POD, but I think my uncle used one once... I will more than likely end up buying one soon, though... lol

REALLY REALLY LIKED THE GROVE ON KING@QUEENS NICE MIX COULD HEAR EVERYTHING
GREAT STYLE

MIKE FROM CLEARWATER

CLEARWATER

thanks mike for the nice comments!!!

Checked your songs out!!nice voice u shouldn't use so much effects on it...

thanks...

your songs are THE BEST!!!
I LOVED kings and queens!!!
How long have u been playing??

GREAT STUFF! It's good to hear someone that plays guitar cuz I spend most of the day surrounded by the radio and bands that DON'T! Kings & Queens! AWESOME STUFF!

Eastern Wing

very nice work on that guitar...I like it a lot! total arrangement is kick butt...

my little pitiful mp3 sounds kinda pitiful indeed compared to this...lol

I am listening to kingsqueens since everyone seemed to like that one. You are a very talented guitarist!

Rock ON!

sounds good, keep up with the good work man

WOW!!!thanks...nice to hear great feedback on King's & Queen's...

@ camilla..i've been playing for Hmmm...10-15 years..i loss count... thanks for asking

@songstress51...Your mp3 sounded nice to my ears...beside..with a great voice like yours, it doesn't really matter that much.... (hey..who knows maybe we can try recording some thing together..anythings possible with the internet...don't u just luv it)

Thanks again for everything guys/gals!!!

j.lii

i would be honored...to record with you. You are awesome!

Do you live in kuala lumper?
I used to live in singapore!!
Why don't you add lyrics to your music?

yup!! live in Kuala Lumpur...

I don't write lyrics coz:

1. I don't write good lyrics

2. My voice sucks( i did try )

Do any of you know good sites(which are free) that have vocal lessons or some sort? I'm still not giving up..haha

You should try searching at about.com, in the music sections. They have a lot more stuff than I thought! But I've only searched for guitar things...

Depends on what style of vocals you're going for...I heard that to sing well, you always start by SINGING. The more you use your voice, the better it gets. Ask songstress...I heard she's pretty good at it!

thanks 4 the tip, i'll give i a try...

since ur looking 4 guitar stuff..wonder if u seen guitarplayer.com website, they have loads of lesson/articles (in case u didn't know)

Most of my guitar work/skills/tricks...bla..bla are from lessons by these guys

Thanks back, Jlii!!! :p

Hey wait! my browser couldnt find ant such website! Did u type the right one??

@camilla, sorry 4 the late reply...it's the correct url but now it's been moved:

try:
http://archive.guitarplayer.com/index_old.shtml

or
http://archive.guitarplayer.com/archive/index.shtml#lessons

:p

Thanks again!

Good music...I posted in your guestbook. please read and reply. Thanks.

@cj60 thanks for the offer but i don't need any lyrics at the moment, but i'll let you know if i need any

thanks again

You COULD put some lyrics in your songs...but you'd have to cut out a lot of those really cool fills and riffs of yours!
You should get a drummer...the computer generated drums dont sound good enough to me.
ps: there is a song by aerosmith called `kings and queens' did you know???

I do have songs that has lyrics in it, but at the moment i like writing instrumentals..maybe i'll release some of it in another site or the existing one...well c. i'll let you guys/girls know.

I would love a real drummer...i've got some friends who can play drums but i can't record them in my house(apartment).If no one needs to sleep, hey!!! I'm all for it!!!

Aerosmith huh....i didn't know..which album is it from?new or old?

j.lii

I have no idea which album...I just saw it at tabcrawler.com.
Why dont you play in a band? Unless you're the 'yngwie Malmsteen' type, its always more fun to play with friends.

Are you over 20? or very old (like so many people on this board?!) Dont get me wrong! Just curious coz you said you've been playing for 10 years (but then again, maybe you started at 7, so you'd be around the same age as me, but with 9 years more experiance!! )

I do have a band...we play crossover metal..kinda like faith no more meets sepultura meets dream theater kinda thing...we've got two albums out already...

I also have a jazz trio that i'm working on.

Right now i'm getting into jazz stuff like : tribal tech, Alan holdsworh, pat metheney etc..etc..because the more i study about music (scale,chords,arangements etc..) the more interest i have in jazz.

Age doesn't really seem to matter..esp in music to me, it's how much you are willing to learn/study and how well you learn/study..which leads to determination.

I would love to go on and on and on....you get what i mean..

j.lii

i'm getting close to 30 by the way

Well, I don't think I've told you yet, but you're cool, dude!! Rock on!!(forever!) :p

and let us hear the albums!

Thanks man!!!!

RocK 'N Roll....

j.lii

Hey, J.lii, I just listened to your stuff and I gotta tell ya, it's some pretty awesome guitar! To my ears, I hear echoes of Vai and Satriani to be sure, but some of your lines sound like Frank Gambale, with his sweep picking technique. Have you listened to Frank at all? I think you definitely have the chops to do some jazz stuff. I'm also a big Pat Metheny fan (I actually post quite a bit in the "Garage" on his web site, it's a cool site.) I'm a guitar player also and into rock, jazz, blues, basically anything with great guitar!
I come here to check out some rock stuff, but your stuff is the best guitar I have heard on the site, and there is a bunch of great guitar stuff on onlinerock. But I have one thing I wanted to mention to you. When I listen to music on onlinerock, I don't have to deal with all the annoying bullshit that happens when you go to MP3.com, which is why I pretty much never go there. FYI, just now when I went to hear your stuff, I had to put up with three different pop-up advertisements that were very long and you couldn't click them off! Plus, I had to answer questions before I could listen! This is totally unacceptable to me to have to deal with bullshit like that in order to listen to a couple of tunes. Why don't you put up a page here, insted of linking to your MP3.com page? It would actually be better for people to be able to listen to your music without anything getting in the way. I'm sorry, but I hate MP3.com! They're just so corporate, and all the advertising and hoops you gotta jump through just to listen to a couple of awesome tunes! And you know I'm going to start getting spam from them now! It sucks! Sorry, I digressed. Anyway, your stuff is very, very good and I wish you the best of luck!

Taoist...Thanks very much for the nice words..firstly i'm sorry you had to deal with all that stuff from mp3 n about having my stuff on online-rock..well, we'll see


Yes, i do listen to Frank Gambale n all the other great jazz guitarist..Pat Metheny is an amazing guitarist...no doubt these guitarist has help my way of playing, thinkin,writing..etc in whole different way

thanks again Taoist and also to everybody else in this board..
j.lii