Having fun with a theme from one of my favorite games growing up. Come, get some!

Duke Nukem - Grabbag (Orchestral Version)

I never use the electronica side of my samples. So, here you go...

Eclectica 01

Testing the Suhr Reactive Load box. I am loving the fact that now I can record my amp with the Master on 5 at 3 a.m. 

Suhr Reactive Load, Clean Tone

Playing over this chord progression for a TGP thread...

Soloing over Hey Joe

Foxy and the Sound.
Gracie Finnigan-Fox: Vocals
Jeff Bauer: Keys
Jason Lobell: Bass
Aron Ortega: Guitar
Sean Rainey: Drums

Spank Me

Lock Me Up

Runaway

CSI-type Cue01

Epic Doom Trailer

May 2013 Theme: Facing your fears.

Since I am not a songwriter and words are out of the question, I decided to approach this challenge from a technical stand point. I fear emptiness. I listen to all of this instrumental stuff that is so technically layered and wonderfully arranged, so sometimes I feel like recording a bare Rock instrumental (as a trio), with minimal overdubs has got to be a challenge. There's gotta be a reason why so few attempt to do it!

So I wanted to approach this track a little like a live trio performance. There are some layers, used mostly for fades and transitions between sections. But the entire piece can be performed by one guitarist alone. I held from adding rhythm guitars, keyboards and other things to fatten up the arrangement. Instead, I turned up the reverb for the clean sounds and added some modulation effects for good measure on both clean and lead lines. It was also apparent from the very beginning that I needed to include chordal work into my lines to give the song a little more harmonic foundation.

I also went for a very heavy tone for the solo. I wanted to see a contrast between sections. So far, I dig it!

The result is an open kind of tune. Please, do not mind the mixing. That is not really my thing...

Aron Ortega

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