In the first week of May 2018 Outloud hosted a guitar solo contest. The winning entry is to be featured on their upcoming album. My entry didn't win, but I'm proud of my work and I had a lot of fun making this. This was the first time I wrote and recorded my own guitar solo for a song. I have plenty of experience writing my own songs, but I never worked on a solo like I did for this project.



This fragment is uploaded with permission from the band.

The original compilation video is available on YouTube. My entry is #43. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0xMoI1eQHQ&ab_channel=pvgroup

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If you like what you hear, go out and buy the album when it's released.

Outloud Guitar Solo Contest 2018 Submission

If you ask people to do a guest solo for your project, make sure to offer payment or compensation of equal value. Get offended by the fact that a professional musician will charge you for the service and you will get memed.

Rhythm guitar, guitar solo: Ollie Morgan (ex-The Ritual Aura, Solus Ex inferis)
Rhythm guitar, bass, drum programming, sound design, mix, master: Thomas Niehof (Vermin Lord, Ramkraak & Defektt)
Vocals: Jay Huxtable (Cumbomb)

Rage Quit The Quest - Listen Miles

One month ago I got my Axe-FX III and after trying to make some nice sounding presets I decided it was time to try and recreate one of the filthiest, most disgusting guitar tones ever: the sound of the BOSS HM-2. I normally use ENGL amps for my real amp rig, so I'm used to running the BOSS HM-2 in 'Swedish Mode' into the high gain channel of a modern sounding amp. This is basically what I tried to recreate and the tone you can hear in this song gets pretty close to that. I did apply a bit of post processing, as I'm planning to release this song with vocals when I have a whole album done.

The song was written a few years ago, but since it's so short I thought it would work well as a demo track. Enjoy the madness!

New Grindcore project - Song 1 instrumental

This is a new version of the 1min grindcore track I recently uploaded. Someone on Facebook pointed out I was boosting a wrong frequency band and he sent me the schematics of the Boss HM-2. I made some changes to my 'Fake Boss HM-2' tone based on this information. I re-recorded the guitars using the new tone and changed the mix a bit. Please check out both tracks and let me know which one you think is better.

For more information about my work, please go to https://www.facebook.com/ThomasNiehofCreativeHeadroom/

New Grindcore project - Song 1 instrumental - New guitar tone

This is the unmastered version of an upcoming Ramkraak & Defektt release. Details about the release will follow soon. Follow us on Facebook if you don't want to miss any updates: https://www.facebook.com/RamkraakDefektt/

Ramkraak & Defektt - Beefed Her To Death - Pre-master

This is a rerecorded version of my entry for the guest solo contest Outloud did in 2018. My solo didn't make it to the album, but I'm happy with what I made. In December 2018 I bought a new guitar (Solar Artist V) and today I decided to rerecord my solo for 'Share My Dreams'. The album 'Virtual Hero Society' is out now, so please go and support this band.

This clip is posted with permission from the band.

GEAR USED:

Solar Guitars V1.6 Artist BOP
Maxon OD-808
ISP Technologies ProRackG Stereo
ENGL E860 Rackhead
ENGL 2x12" cabinet with Celestion V30 speakers
Shure SM57
Sennheiser e906
Apogee Ensemble Thunderbolt
Minor post processing (delay and reverb on the guitars, limiter on the master bus) done with Waves plugins

Photo credit: Lindy Balduk Photography

OUTLOUD - Share My Dreams - Guest Solo Contest New recording 2019

Just a quick recording of me playing the guitar intro of Deadhead by Devin Townsend Band. I was messing around with Drop C tuning, instead of the D Standard tuning I normally use this guitar for. I tried adding a lot of extra delay and reverb to get that Devin Townsend vibe going. I think it ended up sounding kinda neat so I decided to record a part of this DTB classic.

Gear used:

- Solar Artist V 1.6 BOP LTD (see pic)
- Axe-FX III with FW5.07 using a variation of my own main patch. This version just has a lot more delay and reverb going on.

No further post processing used.

Photo credit: Lindy Balduk Photography

Deadhead intro riff test

Dutch musician/composer/studio engineer, multi instrumentalist, allround music nerd. Also EDM producer known as Ramkraak.

Thomas Niehof // Creative Headroom

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