Proco Rat example

Drums: Alesis SR-16 Hard Rpcl 1

Photo: Yamaguchi Okatomo - Netsuke in the Form of a Rat https://picryl.com/media/yamaguchi-okatomo-netsuke-in-the-form-of-a-rat-walters-71936-right-5f7467

The Rat

Rooftops

By Simon Peter King
Scotts' Bass Lessons - Players Path Level 4
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Red Hot

By Simon Peter King
https://scottsbasslessons.com/

Red Hot version 2

Scott's Bass Lessons - Players Path - Level 4
By Simon Peter King
https://www.scottsbasslessons.com/

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Scotts Bass Lessons
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George & Joe - Musicology

Instrumental progressive metalcore piece blending neo-soul rhythmic sophistication with orchestral emotion and metal intensity.

**Core Sound:** Cello-driven, featuring Rostropovich-inspired singing tone with dramatic dynamics and Bach-like structural clarity. Violin handles soaring melodic leads instead of guitars. Piano adds atmospheric shimmer.

**Rhythmic Foundation:** Soul-funk drumming with syncopated grooves, trap-influenced hi-hats, off-beat snare placements. Bass is warm, melodic, funk-articulated with slides and ghost notes—creates infectious pocket even in heavy sections. Sleep Token-influenced groove over traditional metal aggression.

**Emotional Arc:** Opens intimate and melancholic (solo cello), builds through driving soul groove, explodes into crushing djent-influenced climax, resolves with hopeful tension. Extreme dynamics—whisper to roar.

**Thematic Content:** Father watching child begin life's journey. Conveys protective anxiety, necessary release, resilience through innocence. Maps with blank spaces, light through water, flame in storm imagery.

**Production:** Spacious mix with room ambience, audible bow pressure on strings, cello present throughout as emotional anchor. Ends on unresolved chord—the journey continues.

Unique fusion: working-class grit meets orchestral sophistication, intellectual rigour meets raw feeling, groove-oriented heaviness without metal clichés.

Joe Heffer

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