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An original instrumental..... The painting sporadically shown is by Levi Fleming. It was originally used for my "Wondrous Makers" EP back in 2006. It works strangely well with this track, and helps to highlight hit points! Youtube does wonders for crushing audio-fidelity, so please download and hear my pained-over mix in it's proper (sort-of) glory. Download the full track for free at www.reverbnation.com/samvallen Sign up to my fans list if you enjoy, there's more on the way!...

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Unpredictability part 3: Odd-Note groupings made "easy" Sam Vallen tablature can be found at www.myspace.com or www.reverbnation.com - in the blog section. This is the final in a series of three lessons. Guitarists seem to get stuck in ruts working on triplet and quaver based patterns. I think it's a shame considering the fact that a lot of the new breed of guitar players end up sounding very alike, especially in their faster work, All it takes to sound unique is a little experimentation in ...

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Unpredictability part 2: Unusual Sweep Picking.... Sam Vallen tablature can be found at www.myspace.com or www.reverbnation.com - in the blog section. This is the second in a series of three lessons. Guitarists seem to get stuck in ruts working on triplet and quaver based patterns. I think it's a shame considering the fact that a lot of the new breed of guitar players end up sounding very alike, especially in their faster work, All it takes to sound unique is a little experimentation in your ...

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Unpredictability part 1: Legato+wide stretches+taps=unpredictability Sam Vallen tablature can be found at www.myspace.com or www.reverbnation.com - in the blog section. Welcome to my first online lesson, if you enjoy this one check back regularly for more! Guitarists seem to get stuck in ruts working on triplet and quaver based patterns. I think it's a shame considering the fact that a lot of the new breed of guitar players end up sounding very alike, especially in their faster work, All it ...

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The solo for a track I'm demoing at the moment. I'm not sure exactly what'll come of it - be it solo or with my band but I really like this solo and I'm glad I got footage of it. For a change there's pretty good sound quality thanks to my using the "actual" recording for audio. Ibanez RG350FM with Duncan JB in the bridge and a Dimarzio Evolution in the neck into an ENGL Powerball with a Boss DD6 in the effects loop.

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Jem Godfrey's amazing keyboard solo at the end of the track "Black Light Machine" from Frost's "Milliontown" album. It's by no means perfect, in fact, I couldn't believe how difficult it was! Learning a keyboard solo like this poses a hell of a lot of technical challenges on guitar, and if I miss a note here or there, deal with it. It was of course a lot of fun to try and make it work on the guitar's fretboard. If you haven't heard Frost* and you're into progressive music of any type, don't ...

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Here's a video of me playing the opening track off my upcoming demo. For some reason the sound quality turned out a fair bit worse then most of my videos...Particularly in the guitar sound. Go to www.myspace.com/samvallen to listen to the full version of this song. Vocals and all.

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(edit) This video is so amazingly old now I'm sure I'll have to redo it in the coming months. I cringe when I watch this.... (original) video of paul gilbert/racer x's scarified, the arp's in the middle are a bit rushed and the tappings a bit off, but for the most part good....Tell me what you think.

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