00:06So a lot of times when I'm thinking as a guitar player arranging, composing,
00:12instrumental, or even music where it's with vocals, I like to think as an
00:18orchestrator. So if I can kind of represent everything in the guitar, I
00:23might start with a bass thing that's... Okay, whatever. Kind of cheesy, just standard G7
00:38thing. So that's kind of covering my bass thing. And I might do something in the top
00:43where... So it goes along with it and it kind of feels like this supplemental thing
00:57where now it almost really just kind of feels like it's still part of the same
01:01thing. And I could do the same thing... Something in there, chordal, or...
01:16You know, just doing this thing up top as a third guitar. It's still playing... You know,
01:26it's going with the rhythm that's happening there. So right now I'm kind of building
01:30parts that all feel like, when they're mixed together, they are one big thing.
01:34Although they're three separate guitar parts, right? And I might even think...
01:45Maybe I'll do another one that kind of hints at that part, but has a little bit
01:50more of rhythmic momentum.
02:12And here I make it so it's an actual four bar phrase. So it's not just the exact same
02:17thing the whole time. You know, I'm trying to make it... So you can definitely tell
02:23where the top of the phrase is. And, you know, it'd be a lot easier if I was looping
02:27myself and I could remember exactly. But, you know, that sort of concept or...
02:37I'm trying to think about all those things in my head as I'm going.
02:40So now I have that. Maybe another part is almost just like think of a shaker or a hi-hat.
02:47Now I'm thinking, you know, I'm thinking as a percussion player.
02:52So still sitting on G7. Might just pick a simple this voicing.
02:59Like an open C, just moving that up.
03:05But I'll just hit these two.
03:08The F, the flat seven and the one.
03:10The F and the G.
03:10I might go...
03:21Now all of a sudden it's this thing on top.
03:23So just like a drum kit has kick, snare, hi-hat, this is kind of functioning as my
03:28hi-hat.
03:31And this is the foundation.
03:38That sort of thing.
03:39And then I have a little bit of energy happening in the other parts.
03:43And what I also might do is come up with something then
03:47that feels a little bit melodic to go with it.
04:03It's just these double stops.
04:04And adding that little chromatic thing, it's just kind of interesting.
04:08You know, it's just to add something that's a little interesting.
04:11Because I think everything else has been a little stock so far.
04:19And the way that I'm doing it, just to kind of give it a really tight, almost pizzicato
04:26violin sound, is I'm doing all downstrokes and it's palm muted.
04:35That really adds to the sound rather than...
04:39It doesn't quite do it the same way if I'm adding all these parts together.
04:44And then when I do that, now what else is missing?
04:48There's...
04:48Everything is quite rhythmic.
04:50So, I might think almost...
04:54I want something that kind of sustains through.
04:56So, what kind of vibe do I want?
04:58Do I want to have something that feels...
05:02Now, with this layer, you have the ability to really change the vibe.
05:07You can go...
05:15You know, go bridge pick up and whammy, almost make it a little bit of Hawaiian thing or...
05:21Ah.
05:32You know, almost like Freddy Freeloader, Miles Davis thing.
05:34But with all this other rhythmic kind of funky-ish stuff happening, syncopated stuff, the sustain-y
05:44guy now kind of adds something that's a little bit interesting that just hasn't been filled
05:49before as a role.
05:50So, as you can hear, what I'm going for in all of this is finding roles, finding a purpose
05:58for a part, and then assigning some sort of visualization to it.
06:04And a lot of the way that I arrange my guitar parts, I think like a drummer, but I don't
06:10want to...
06:11Where it's, you know, like hat, kick, snare, toms, I'm trying to think of these different
06:15things that all go together to make one drum beat, right?
06:18Like, when we play guitar parts, we normally think just like guitar part one, guitar part
06:21two, guitar part three.
06:22Drummers could do the same if it's just like boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, and then
06:28you add the snare, add the high...
06:29But really, when it's all together, like it's all these things together that make one part,
06:33that's how I like to think about my guitar playing.
06:37And then beyond that, it's really, really important, I've said this in other columns before, don't
06:44just think G7.
06:46Even when you're playing tunes, try to think of something that feels iconic to that song,
06:51something that feels like it is that song.
06:56That feels like it's unique to that thing.
06:58Like, if you were, if a wedding band was covering this song, what do they have to play?
07:04Okay, the bass player is playing this thing.
07:06Okay, some of the extra parts, yeah, that's stuff that just kind of adds to it, sure.
07:10But what you should try to do is come up with rhythmic parts that fit the chord that feel
07:15like hooks, that feel like melodies.
07:17And then all of a sudden, rhythm guitar playing is a lot more fun to do.
07:21So when I'm layering, I'm always thinking of what is this layer function as, how does
07:26it work with the other layers, and is it accomplishing something new?
07:31Is it just supplementing something else?
07:34Yes.
07:34And sometimes it's just, I need to add something that's completely different.
07:38It's perfect.
07:39It might keep whose head.
07:41South Asia.
07:41smokedम Seren...
07:42Was it just like Inhale to drain Gate?
07:44Isn't it perfect?
07:44You
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