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What time signature is this?
First half is 4/4, what's the second half? I was definitely pulling from Dream Theater and Intervals on this one. I wrote this 4 years ago in a song that I hated so I decided to pull it out and try to rework it into a new track. I also layered the lead guitar with a synth and I love how smooth it makes it all sound.
Using my Ibanez KRYS10 through Neural DSP's Archetype: Petrucci
Bass is Submission Audio's UmanskyBass
Drums are RS Drums Fairview kit.
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How to set up your DAW for heavy riffs
zhlédnutí 371Před 14 dny
I finally got setup to record some tutorial style content on top of my regular riff videos! This is how I setup my sessions for when I'm doing a riff video or a heavier demo. It gets me to a great starting place and I can then mix on from there. I've been asked a lot of questions like this over the last couple of years so I thought it would be a great place to start as I figure out how to make ...
KEYAN Inspired Riff
zhlédnutí 436Před měsícem
I wanted to write a riff in the style of KEYAN so I booted up Neural's SoldanoX plugin and slapped on a preset from Keyan himself, threw together some cool major-y riffs with taps, chugs, hammer-ons and melodies galore and this is what came out. Pretty happy with how it turned out. Does this remind you of his riffs? Using my Ibanez AZ2402 through Neural DSP's SoldanoX. Bass is Submission Audio'...
Ibanez AZ2402 Tone Demo (No talking)
zhlédnutí 1,1KPřed měsícem
There is so much range to the AZ2402s, especially with the alter switch, (10 tones all up), that I really wanted to do a video showing it off. I decided to pick 2 tones, a fully clean tone and a reasonably high gain crunch tone, and play the same thing on every pickup setting so you can hear how much ground it covers. I tried to play a range of things for each tone so you can actually get a goo...
More proof that drop D is heavy
zhlédnutí 3,6KPřed měsícem
It's nearly been a year since I did the "Proof that drop D is heavy" video so I figured it was about time to do another one. What better way to do it than with a new guitar! I got this Ibanez AZ2402 in Prussian Blue secondhand in Tokyo for a really good price. Insanely stoked with it. It sounds unreal and plays even better! I also picked up the SoldanoX from Neural DSP in their birthday sale an...
What genre is this?
zhlédnutí 3,2KPřed měsícem
What genre would you categorise this as? I wrote this after getting home from seeing Thornhill last year. They're such an inspiring band, especially live. I love the rocky feel they have on their newer stuff despite playing in such low tunings, it's such a unique feel. Guitar: Ibanez RGIXL7 into Neural DSP's Archetype: Gojira X Bass: Submission Audio's UmanskyBass Drums: RS Drums The Fairview kit
Playing Pop Punk on the Polyphia sig
zhlédnutí 665Před 2 měsíci
Pop punk riffs are so much fun to write. Had a blast with this one! The KRYS10 really handles that lower gain rhythm tone so perfectly! Guitars are all the Ibanez KRYS10 into Neural DSP's Archetype: Plini X Bass is a Sandberg Cali into Neural DSP's Parallax GetGood Drums OKW: Pop Punk for all that rhythmic goodness! ps. more heavy soon #ibanez #poppunk #riffs #guitar #homestudio #summervibes
ERRA inspired riff on the Ibanez RGIXL7
zhlédnutí 2,9KPřed 2 měsíci
I wanted to do something ERRA inspired this week because their new album Cure drops TOMORROW. I'm so excited to sit down and listen through the whole thing. As well as that, Jesse Cash is one of my favourite songwriters and guitarists and whenever I listen to his stuff I feel so inspired. So this is the result of that. On the guitar note, this has to be one of the best baritone guitars for mode...
Standard tuning with an octave pedal is nasty
zhlédnutí 457Před 3 měsíci
This riff did not exist 26 hours ago. I've been so busy that I've had no time to practice, let alone write/record a riff for a video. I sat down yesterday and wasn't feeling inspired at all, just exhausted, so I decided to pull out some groove packs from RS Drums to kick-start the creative juices and in 20 minutes I had this. It's so important to have tools to help you stay inspired and able to...
what it sounds like to fall in love
zhlédnutí 541Před 3 měsíci
I started writing this piece about 2 years ago when I first met Amy. It perfectly captured how I felt about all the excitement and hope for a future with her, buttt we'd only just met and I mayyy have been jumping the gun a little; so I put it on the shelf to pull out down the track. We got married at the start of this year and when we came back from our honeymoon I picked this up and got back ...
what it feels like to move on
zhlédnutí 420Před 4 měsíci
This is a little piece I wrote a few weeks ago that I felt captured the feeling of acceptance and moving on into change pretty well. I don't play heaps of acoustic these days, but whenever I do I'm reminded just how much I love this guitar. It's a Martin DCPA4 that I've had for over a decade and it plays and sounds amazing. I would like to note that I was also reminded just how difficult it is ...
Proof that standard tuning is heavy
zhlédnutí 1,5KPřed 4 měsíci
Do you guys still enjoy heavier riffs in standard tuning? First video in my new house! This riff came out of me being really motivated to write in standard and drop D to see how heavy I can get it to sound. Really happy with the results. Lighting is a little rough at the moment but I'll hopefully have that sorted soon. Hope you guys enjoy! Guitar: Ibanez KRYS10 Tones: Neural DSP Archetype: Rabe...
Boomer Blues 2.0
zhlédnutí 425Před 5 měsíci
Boomer Blues 2.0
ERRA - Gungrave (THAT Riff)
zhlédnutí 1,8KPřed 5 měsíci
ERRA - Gungrave (THAT Riff)
I bought a baritone 7 string (and played Doomsday by Architects)
zhlédnutí 9KPřed 6 měsíci
I bought a baritone 7 string (and played Doomsday by Architects)
Do you like Meshuggah?
zhlédnutí 1,5KPřed 7 měsíci
Do you like Meshuggah?
The most experimental guitar pedal I've ever used
zhlédnutí 658Před 7 měsíci
The most experimental guitar pedal I've ever used
Dua Lipa but it's modern metal
zhlédnutí 700Před 8 měsíci
Dua Lipa but it's modern metal
How I won the Polyphia riff competition
zhlédnutí 10KPřed 8 měsíci
How I won the Polyphia riff competition
I used a MIDI drum pack to write this INSANE riff
zhlédnutí 1,7KPřed 9 měsíci
I used a MIDI drum pack to write this INSANE riff
Trying out a NEW drum library! | PV Matt Halpern Signature Pack
zhlédnutí 1,6KPřed 10 měsíci
Trying out a NEW drum library! | PV Matt Halpern Signature Pack
a happy riff for a happy day
zhlédnutí 1,1KPřed 11 měsíci
a happy riff for a happy day
The "proof that drop D is heavy" riff... but now it's in F#
zhlédnutí 21KPřed rokem
The "proof that drop D is heavy" riff... but now it's in F#
Discount Polyphia #2
zhlédnutí 4,3KPřed rokem
Discount Polyphia #2
Proof that drop D is heavy
zhlédnutí 42KPřed rokem
Proof that drop D is heavy
You like Pop Punk?
zhlédnutí 1,4KPřed rokem
You like Pop Punk?
Cavern Creatures - winter's bloom (Playthrough)
zhlédnutí 490Před rokem
Cavern Creatures - winter's bloom (Playthrough)
Wake Up
zhlédnutí 719Před rokem
Wake Up
From The Archives #001 - I'm Alive
zhlédnutí 603Před rokem
From The Archives #001 - I'm Alive
Final Fantasy VII - Jenova (@RetroGameRemix Guest Solo)
zhlédnutí 397Před rokem
Final Fantasy VII - Jenova (@RetroGameRemix Guest Solo)

Komentáře

  • @Danny654-v2i
    @Danny654-v2i Před 17 hodinami

    proof that f# is just as good as drop d.

  • @kassxcii
    @kassxcii Před dnem

    49 seconds

    • @itsMEADOWS
      @itsMEADOWS Před dnem

      I... guess I can't actually dispute this

  • @elalamofilms8492
    @elalamofilms8492 Před 2 dny

    Pussy Metal

  • @Alec-pc2kk
    @Alec-pc2kk Před 2 dny

    4/4

    • @itsMEADOWS
      @itsMEADOWS Před 19 hodinami

      Definitely mostly 4/4 but it changes around a good bit in the second half!

  • @flufo
    @flufo Před 3 dny

    just cause it's not 4/4 doesn't mean it's interesting. focus on rhythms and groove instead if all you're gonna do is palm mute 0s, and don't do that, notes are nice

    • @itsMEADOWS
      @itsMEADOWS Před 2 dny

      Tell me you didn't watch the whole thing without telling me you didn't watch the whole thing

    • @mysteryfish2043
      @mysteryfish2043 Před 2 dny

      worry less about other people’s art

    • @flufo
      @flufo Před 2 dny

      @@itsMEADOWS I watched the whole thing you arpeggios at the end don't fix the issue, it's still just 0s with a couple high notes in between listen to periphery's "the price is wrong", it's a cool song with great guitars, they do 0s really well in that

    • @itsMEADOWS
      @itsMEADOWS Před 2 dny

      @@flufo there is no issue. It's a build up before the riff with the time signature change. As I said in the description, this is from a full song and I just ripped it out and uploaded it. Music exists before and after this, this is just a build and a riff. The song called for something more straightforward in the 0s section so that's what I did. There isn't an "issue".

    • @flufo
      @flufo Před 2 dny

      @@itsMEADOWS alright, good shit

  • @saneksin
    @saneksin Před 3 dny

    for the second part I hear it as a 9/4 bar, an 11/4 bar, and then plain 4/4 with syncopation four times

    • @itsMEADOWS
      @itsMEADOWS Před 19 hodinami

      That's extremely close! I have it written as: 9/8 11/8 8/4 8/4 9/8 11/8 7/4 8/4

    • @rodmeadows8013
      @rodmeadows8013 Před 17 hodinami

      @@itsMEADOWS Show off!!!!!!!

  • @sbo1349
    @sbo1349 Před 3 dny

    Everything is in 4/4 if you wait long enough

  • @fearedge6928
    @fearedge6928 Před 3 dny

    Awesome. thanks for your time super helpful wished to see more. keep up the good work Man. Cheers

    • @itsMEADOWS
      @itsMEADOWS Před 2 dny

      Glad it was helpful for you, man! Thanks for watching!

  • @liquidpear
    @liquidpear Před 3 dny

    I've been ruminating on this. I hear the first section as 4/4, but then at the second section I'm just hit with a sense that Subway spokesperson Jared Fogle will continue to serve his sentence until at least the year 2029

    • @itsMEADOWS
      @itsMEADOWS Před 2 dny

      Ah, damn. I was really hoping I could finally write something that would take people's minds off the fact that Subway spokesperson Jared Fogle will be serving his sentence until at least 2029 but I guess I need to keep working on it. 🙏

  • @KuruniYoutube
    @KuruniYoutube Před 4 dny

    - What time signature is this? - Enough

  • @salvatorepane4493
    @salvatorepane4493 Před 4 dny

    Great video and awesome playing ! Have a question please, is the guitar easy to switch tunings? From standard to drop D for example, does it stay in tune for gigs or its a pain? Thanks and congrats again

    • @itsMEADOWS
      @itsMEADOWS Před 2 dny

      Cheers man! No, it has a floating bridge so you can't switch tunings unless you block that off with a tremel-no or something similar. Same as any floating bridge guitar. I just have it set in drop D and it stays there. Stays in tune super well! Really happy with how stable it is for gigs and recording! 🙂

  • @snesmocha
    @snesmocha Před 4 dny

    7/8 for the beginning and I got 19/16 for the second part? Edit I tried again counting it and I got 17/16? For the second part

    • @itsMEADOWS
      @itsMEADOWS Před 19 hodinami

      Good guesses! It's all 4/4 for the first half but the second half changes a lot. My tab was written out as: 9/8 11/8 8/4 8/4 9/8 11/8 7/4 8/4

  • @jordanhitchcock8263

    Great riff!

  • @siadamkucam
    @siadamkucam Před 4 dny

    I'm not good at music theory, so I created the code in Python that count time between peaks of intervals, which is for the first half 0.288 and for the second 0.311 which means that the second half may be similiar to the 4/4. I will not guess, but maybe this information will be helpful for someone else :D Great piece anyway, as always. Cheers!

    • @snesmocha
      @snesmocha Před 4 dny

      first riff was 7/8, second part I counted was 19/16 I believe or 17/16, I’m not exactly sure tho

    • @flufo
      @flufo Před 3 dny

      great work

    • @itsMEADOWS
      @itsMEADOWS Před 19 hodinami

      That's so sick haha. I love that you did that. The time signature in the first half is 4/4. The second half is: 9/8 11/8 8/4 8/4 9/8 11/8 7/4 8/4

    • @siadamkucam
      @siadamkucam Před 12 hodinami

      @@itsMEADOWS what the heck :D nice! Can't wait for the next video!

  • @isotope10
    @isotope10 Před 6 dny

    Is this color available!!!

    • @itsMEADOWS
      @itsMEADOWS Před 5 dny

      Yes! It's not in Australia, though. As far as I know it's available in Japan only. Maybe it's in Europe or somewhere else but I'm not sure

  • @mertgunes9854
    @mertgunes9854 Před 7 dny

    Hey man, great playing. I was wondering about getting the 6 string version of this baritone (never had one), the rgrtbb21. I'm also looking to upgrade my main guitar so I could also buy the standard version of these (rgrtb621) but I can only afford one of them. I'd like to get your opinion, should I just upgrade my guitar or get the baritone to expand my 'arsenal' so to speak?

    • @itsMEADOWS
      @itsMEADOWS Před 6 dny

      Hey mate, thanks! Sure. I think it all depends on what you have already and what you want to be able to do. Are you playing heaps of low tuned stuff but your main guitar isn't good for that? Need to cover multiple tunings etc? Like, I have this in drop F# because my other guitars are in standard/drop D, so it fills a need by doing something they can't do. If that's what you're trying to do then filling out your arsenal with a baritone sounds smart! But if your having trouble with your main guitar and it needs upgrading to something and you don't want it dropped super low then maybe the standard version would be best? It's hard to say without knowing the situation

  • @shaneilellis9832
    @shaneilellis9832 Před 7 dny

    Sounds good 👍

  • @jordanhitchcock8263
    @jordanhitchcock8263 Před 15 dny

    The algorithm still sending me dirty bass videos 😮 Better clear my history…

    • @itsMEADOWS
      @itsMEADOWS Před 14 dny

      Hahahaha. I think it'd be best if you leave your history alone so it keeps recommending my videos to you, honestly

  • @nunolance23
    @nunolance23 Před 17 dny

    Really cool tricks! Will give these a try later and make my own template!

    • @itsMEADOWS
      @itsMEADOWS Před 16 dny

      Awesome! Let me know how you go! Hopefully you can find some cool stuff on the way that works for you. 🙂

  • @nunolance23
    @nunolance23 Před 18 dny

    Would love to give this template a try! Do you only use studio one?

    • @itsMEADOWS
      @itsMEADOWS Před 17 dny

      Yeah just Studio One these days! The full video in the description walks through all the steps I do to get it to this point if you want to see how it's done. 🙂

  • @mikeKidLazy
    @mikeKidLazy Před 20 dny

    Sounds great!

  • @MasLipa
    @MasLipa Před 20 dny

    Wow😂

    • @itsMEADOWS
      @itsMEADOWS Před 18 dny

      Hopefully that's a good wow 😅

  • @coleemery8452
    @coleemery8452 Před 24 dny

    hey i’m looking to buy this exact guitar but i’m scared the finish will scratch since it’s flat, will this happen or no ?? because i can go for an icm gloss one if it scratches bad

    • @itsMEADOWS
      @itsMEADOWS Před 22 dny

      Hey! You mean flat colour as in not gloss? Because this one in the vid has a gloss coating. If you're thinking about the flat finish AZs then I can say from owning a bunch of more flat satin finish guitars that yes they can scratch, but if you're careful with it it shouldn't be an issue. And while I always get annoyed in the moment when I ding a guitar I think they're meant to be played and that stuff is going to happen so I try to embrace it, it just makes the guitar more "yours".

  • @connorpayne2671
    @connorpayne2671 Před 26 dny

    This is pretty good. What are your settings for Gojira X and, if you're alright with sharing, what was the mastering process if it wasn't very long

    • @itsMEADOWS
      @itsMEADOWS Před 24 dny

      Cheers man! This was quite literally the default settings on Gojira X haha. Funnily enough I've actually got my first tutorial style video coming out next week that will go through the master stuff I used, so keep an eye out for that. But it had a tape machine, bus compressor, EQ and Flatline 2 for clipping and limiting.

    • @saminekunis8680
      @saminekunis8680 Před 17 dny

      Your Playing is outstanding just the Guitar Anp Plug in dies not fit. If you saw the naking of Erra Self titled Album then you know that Jessie’s main sound cane from a Diezel Herbert Mk II with the Fortin Pedal in front ir you could jyst take a Diezel Herbert Mk III which comes already as tight as necessary for the Erra Sound & like Jessie said in a recent interview in Australia he does not use noise gates to the extreme like Periphery or Neschuggah. I hope that these are sone tips to help you fir your text Video

  • @evancosman5039
    @evancosman5039 Před 26 dny

    This is great! Groovy and melodic

    • @itsMEADOWS
      @itsMEADOWS Před 26 dny

      Thanks man! Glad you dig it. 🙂

  • @radbradmusicartist
    @radbradmusicartist Před 28 dny

    My favorite lamb of god riff 😏

  • @jordanhitchcock8263
    @jordanhitchcock8263 Před 29 dny

    One of your best!

  • @tonycarpaccio9550
    @tonycarpaccio9550 Před měsícem

    Reminds me of I built the Sky. Sounds great man.

    • @itsMEADOWS
      @itsMEADOWS Před 28 dny

      Oh cheers! I'm a big IBTS fan. Ro's stuff is so great!

  • @x0scimy0x
    @x0scimy0x Před měsícem

    Unfamiliar with KEYAN, but to me this sounds like Periphery in a major key lol

    • @itsMEADOWS
      @itsMEADOWS Před měsícem

      He's a massive Periphery fanboy so yeah that checks out haha

  • @Wind-nj5xz
    @Wind-nj5xz Před měsícem

    Sounds like a normal metal riff changed to major key

  • @Stubsinator12
    @Stubsinator12 Před měsícem

    Just gets better

  • @siadamkucam
    @siadamkucam Před měsícem

    Inspiring piece of art!

  • @Jaycjones
    @Jaycjones Před měsícem

    This is NASTY! Sick!

  • @1m_s0_happy
    @1m_s0_happy Před měsícem

    absolutely FIRE 🔥🔥🗣️🔊🔊💯

  • @Wotswiv
    @Wotswiv Před měsícem

    0:17 I love this transition, and the following riff murders cognition.

    • @itsMEADOWS
      @itsMEADOWS Před měsícem

      Cheers! I'm glad you dig it! Yeah that section was pretty annoying to get down haha. The down picking is demanding enough but there are some pretty awkward changes throughout that made learning it a real pain.

  • @scale8125
    @scale8125 Před měsícem

    Wasn’t a question. Lamb of God is pretty heavy and they play drop d.

    • @itsMEADOWS
      @itsMEADOWS Před měsícem

      I agree. Plenty of people disagree, though. 😅

  • @yonducs3494
    @yonducs3494 Před měsícem

    Hello, any issue with tuning strandberg 7 string down to drop F#? Thanks

    • @itsMEADOWS
      @itsMEADOWS Před měsícem

      Hey! Look it can definitely do it but here I was running a .10 - .74 8 string set with the .64 thrown out and it held tune and sounded fine but it was definitely pretty floppy still. Maybe it would be fine with thicker strings but I don't like anything above a .74 personally. They're amazing guitars but outside of the 8 string models I don't think Strandbergs quite have the scale length for super low tunings.

  • @chupiconverge6034
    @chupiconverge6034 Před měsícem

    Great Sound. Good Job

  • @snesmocha
    @snesmocha Před měsícem

    if i could afford any guitars this would be a good oen to get, but im stuck with a crap strat clone lmfao

    • @itsMEADOWS
      @itsMEADOWS Před měsícem

      Oh man, that's tough. It feels like a rite of passage though, haha. We've all been there!

    • @SpartanS117C
      @SpartanS117C Před 18 dny

      Check out Harley Benton, they make pretty great guitars for the money (athough a pickup swap definitely can be recommended)

  • @nunolance23
    @nunolance23 Před měsícem

    Really versatile, lots of usable sounds there! And imo the best finish on these prestige AZs ❤

    • @itsMEADOWS
      @itsMEADOWS Před měsícem

      Yeah they're super versatile! I agree, the Prussian blue is definitely hard to beat haha. Maybe a pink or seafoam could give it a run for its money though. 👀

  • @chupiconverge6034
    @chupiconverge6034 Před měsícem

    Cool guitar. Great Job

  • @michelangelomaria9555
    @michelangelomaria9555 Před měsícem

    Proof E Standard Is Heavy: Thank You For The Venom

  • @Gameboy-2007-yt
    @Gameboy-2007-yt Před měsícem

    Sounds kinda like Sxun's style from Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas

  • @starrsignn
    @starrsignn Před měsícem

    what guages do you have on the seven???

    • @itsMEADOWS
      @itsMEADOWS Před měsícem

      It's a 10 - 74 8 string set but I don't use the 64

  • @swietoslawprozak
    @swietoslawprozak Před měsícem

    Even half step up can be heavy. Vektor exists.

  • @Nekeian
    @Nekeian Před měsícem

    Check out 3rd strike

  • @tinkesakara9093
    @tinkesakara9093 Před měsícem

    the first riff reminded me of Slipknot

    • @itsMEADOWS
      @itsMEADOWS Před měsícem

      I can definitely hear that!

  • @mtus647
    @mtus647 Před měsícem

    Psycroptic plays in drop D, enough said Killer riff man

    • @itsMEADOWS
      @itsMEADOWS Před měsícem

      Yep haha. They know heavy. Cheers, dude!

  • @HaileyThiccc
    @HaileyThiccc Před měsícem

    i got two 20 second ads for this video, but the guitar is sick and the riffage even sicker

    • @itsMEADOWS
      @itsMEADOWS Před měsícem

      Oh man. I appreciate you sticking it out to get to the video though! haha

  • @uruhara8803
    @uruhara8803 Před měsícem

    String gauges?