Metpage Death Magnetic Project

[atoal]

well with 3 songs already available from the new album i decided to try out my guitar skills at figuring them out by ear. i have been pretty successful to tell ya the truth. i have most of TDNTC comes down and some of MA and a few riffs from cyanide. now with the 30 sec. previews of each i started workin on those (got most of em on the first try).

now to the thread topic:

how about a contest for guitarists/bassists/drummers or any musician to post some videos or clips on your take on the new songs (once the album is officially out)

i have been looking for a good challenge musically lately, and with new metallica material out and my guitar ability becoming better lately i would love to, for once, learn the entire album by ear. i learned most of the the other albums from the tab books and some parts by ear. but this time i want to try my best at doing it all on my own.

no prize needed for this (i think) but if anyone is up for the challenge i will gladly participate and post my own vids/audio of my interpretations

[TayfunRaider]

I'd like to see your performance indeed, atoal.

[Pete-Rock]

Well, as the tabs are downloadable all over the place it would be pretty hard to keep people learning the songs just by ear....

[Fadingtoblack]

This sounds doable! I'll see if we can get this going.


Not sure how much cash we've got left for prizes though so it might end up being tracker related again, like maybe a week free leech for the winner, ratio padding for 2nd, 3rd?


It'll be up to you guys to contribute though!

[atoal]

Well, as the tabs are downloadable all over the place it would be pretty hard to keep people learning the songs just by ear....

yea i had thought about that. honor system i guess.


i dont really care much about an actual prize, im looking for personal satisfaction and some recognition of my hard work.

ill do my best at uploading a video but i dont really have a good way to record (from vid. camera directly to dvd-recorder, then rip to computer and convert and compress) so ill probably end up with just audio. to get a taste of what ive got so far ill try and record some of TDTNC and some of the riffs from the 30 sec. clips

[Fixxxer_Au]

I personally think it would be difficult enough to learn it from tab and play. I'm tone deaf. I need tab!

[Fadingtoblack]

Do you guys want to brainstorm some rules for us if we run it as a contest here?


As for recognition, well a couple of things I was thinking:


-If we can get the majority of songs done, we can make a Metpage compilation album.
-Have it up in the main news part of the site, offer it ratio free on the tracker etc

[atoal]

what i plan on doing is just using the actual song as a backing and put a few tracks of myself over it with the original turned down a bit so im more audible, but if we could get all the instruments a compilation would be sweet. kinda like when we were gonna do the cover compilation a few years back but that never happened.

ill try and think of some rules tomorrow; i just read the above post and its late here so im gonna get some sleep

[TayfunRaider]

If vocals needed on this project, I'd like to help.

[Fadingtoblack]

Well we can do it as a contest for a prize - OR, if we can get it organised, we can just cover the album as a Metpage project. I'm feeling that idea!


It might not be exact, but I think it will be impressive (maybe we can send it to the boys )


Everyone can contribute we don't always have to have the same people doing the same jobs.


Keep brainstorming!