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Originally Posted by Nik  Damn you for making me want a tube amp 
Having said that, freakin' awesome job man! I'm getting that Satch vibe, too, but that's a good thing. The middle section is amazing. My only note would be that a casual non-musician listener who can't think to themselves "Oh man, listen to that creamy legato" or "damn, that's some crazy-awesome tone" might get a bit lost in the part leading up to the middle section. Of course, if you're not interested to catering to that crowd, that's perfectly fine  Although I'd spice it up somehow a bit more.
Again, really awesome! I like the middle the best, definitely  |
Yeah, I played this for my brother, who plays a bit of guitar, but listens to vocal music almost exclusively. His comment was that as a guy who doesn't really listen to a lot of instrumental stuff, the first thing that really grabbed his ear was the distorted riff that came in about halfway through, and that it didn't seem like a "song" as opposed to just some lead guitar doing its thing until that point.
On one hand, that's sort of what I wanted here - I'm totally taking the first G3 version of "Cool #9" as inspiration here, almost to the point where it's too much of an inspiration, I suppose, where you've got a guitar theme that you sort of expore around for a while before you really kick in. But, on the other, the dude sort of has a point, and some more time making that hook really sing is clearly in order.
Anyway, I was more worried about the arrangement - I'm not 100% sure I like how it holds together after the distorted stuff.