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Sunday, 5 January 2020

Bohemian Rhapsody guitar solo MADE EASY - tutoriel en français

I have to admit I'm not a huge fan of Queen and Brian May, but this solo is absolutely great.
Some students needed a version for their School Party, and here you are. 

Disclaimer for advanced players: you wanna bend a lot of notes more than this, but this is a transcription for mid-skilled players. Read the video description on YouTube.





If you need a backing track to practice, voilà:



HAVE FUN!

Friday, 13 October 2017

How to write your first song // You're not too young to write a song! Tu n'es pas trop jeune pour écrire une chanson!

"My Students" Episode 1

Alberto is 10 years old, and he attends my guitar class in Brussels. He came out with that song.
I helped him here and there in the creative process and with the arrangement, but he wrote and performed it.
I just programmed the drums with some Native Instruments plugins, recorded and mixed.
Thanks to my other pupils Auriane and Ida-Marie, aged 13 and 12 for the acoustic guitars and the backing vocals.

I did a very small amount of editing and fixing. The goal is not having a perfect fake radio-ready pop song but teaching my students how to arrange and record a song, and work it out with headphones, metronome and layering parts and instruments.

So, what are waiting for? Write your first song!

More to come, stay tuned and spread the word :-)

Thursday, 24 August 2017

How to make your guitar solo louder (with a TC Electronics MojoMojo) - Gain stage and volume between pedalboard and amp

I’m not an endorser, and the fact they are part of the same brand was not intentional. Instead, that’s the result of many trials and price comparisons. For me these guys are just the best value/size/money ratio on the market. Nothing fancy, but put them in your backpack when you’re in a rush and you won’t be disappointed. A real guitarist survival kit! #guitarplayer #guitar #electricguitar #rocknroll #musicproducer #musicismylife #homestudio #recordingstudio #mixing #studiogear #rock #music #tutorial #ontheroad #ontour #survivalkit #tcelectronicflashback #mojomojooverdrive #polytunemini #polytunemini2 @tcelectronic @guitarsarebetter @guitarsdaily @guitarstagram @guitarworldmagazine @all.things.bass

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Even on the same amplifier, every channel will react in its own personal way to the sound coming out from your stompboxes.
This is particularly true for the LEVEL coming OUT from your pedal rig, which will influence the way you may DRIVE and BOOST the INPUT stage of your amp.
Unlike you could think, the cleaner the channel, the more it will react in terms of VOLUME.
The clean channel of a Fender Twin will increase the volume A LOT as you increase the OUTPUT VOLUME on your overdrive pedal*. And what's more, it will preserve your transients.
While the lead channel of the same amp (let alone a Marshall) will result in a more saturated and compressed sound but the VOLUME will nearly stay the same.
The more you push your input stage, the most muffled and confused your sound will come out from the amp, due to the circuitry of your amp, like tube load and stuff like that.
Which is pretty cool in terms of SOUND, but it is totally useless in term of "song arrangement" such as PUMP UP your volume during a solo.
So it really depends on your needs. You just have to look around a little bit with your settings and try different pedal order in your rig to find what works for your personal needs. Both with your own amp, and every time you're going to play with a backline amp.
Sometimes I end with using the crunch cannel for the clean parts, and switching to the clean channel + overdrive* for the solo section.
You may think it is a paradox and yes it is, but it works.

Check it out, your sound engineer will be happier than ever!

It happened to me during a gig to use my regular fuzz setting I was used to use on the crunch cannel of my VHT Pitbull amp on the clean channel of a Fender amp.
Don't do it, unless you want to transform your reggae party in a Manowar show.


* or no matter what other kind of distortion / boost unit.

Monday, 31 July 2017

DIY Guitar Strap Lock with a bottle cap - How to - Tutorial



When you're touring and and the promoter brings you a spare guitar without strap lock, you definitely don't want to see that '78 unique Les Paul fall on the floor, right?
Well to avoid to argue with him, create your own strap lock in 5 minutes!

TIP 1 - The clip is just a quick idea, obviously you wanna match the hole with the screw in your guitar body. But it works, it saved my life several times.

TIP 2 - Keep in mind this technique doesn't work if you just forgot your strap but your screws come from a real strap lock system. Usually the top of that screw is not large enough to avoid the strap to tear away, with or without cap. So find another "locker" around or replace the screw with the original larger one before placing the plastic cap.

Thanks to my ex bandmate Ronald Dondez from Driving Dead Girl for the tip.

Friday, 26 May 2017

Fender Stratocaster e altre chitarre - Ecologia, sostenibilità e altre mezze bufale.

Chiariamoci subito.
Io i sacrifici per il pianeta sono disposto a farli, sono l'unica politica alla quale mi sento di poter appartenere al giorno d'oggi.
Mi muovo coi mezzi pubblici, per anni non ho utilizzato il riscaldamento, faccio molta attenzione a quello che acquisto quotidianamente, soprattutto a livello alimentare.
Metto sempre gli stessi vestiti, alcuni da 20 anni.
Tengo conto, con una compagna architetto, anche dell'aspetto della sostenibilità a livello edilizio, quando possiamo avere voce in capitolo.
Certo sarò ben felice di dare il buon esempio ed accettare di suonare chitarre anche fatte di farina di fagioli. Forza facciamolo, ci sto dentro.
Però mi viene anche da dire... Ma con tutti 'sti mangiapane a tradimento e arnaccatori che firmano e stracciano accordi internazionali come fossero carta da culo, con tutte le città in cui non si respira, con tutta la munnezza che buttate ovunque, con i mille aerei al giorno che mi passano sulla testa qui a Schaerbeek, con tutte le morti umane, animali e vegetali che avete sulla coscienza, e bla, bla, bla bla...
Insomma con tutti i casini che ci sono al mondo, dovete davvero sfracellarci la minchia a noi chitarristi per i legni che usa la Fender?
Ma che, veramente?

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Tuesday, 1 November 2016

Elle(s): le théâtre de Sylvie Landuyt en France cette semaine

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J'ai composé les musiques de cette pièce avec grand plaisir.
Je joue de la guitare électrique sur scène avec les 2 comediennes Sylvie Landuyt et Jessica Fanhan.
Cette semaine on est en France pour 2 spectacles:

4 Novembre - Le Polaris, Corbas
5 Novembre - La Soyerie, Faverges


Voilà les 3 reprises qu'il y a dans la pièce, et le morceau à moi qui termine le spectacle:

Tuesday, 11 October 2016

Romano Nervoso: confermate le date in Italia

A breve suonerò in Italia con Romano Nervoso.
Casa dolce casa.
Cominceremo proprio da Torino, da Spazio 211, uno dei migliori rock club della penisola, per me pieno di ottimi ricordi.
Sarà un onore.

26/10 Torino (TO) - Spazio 211 - http://www.spazio211.com
27/10 Seregno (MB) - Honky Tonky - http://www.honkytonky.it/
28/10 Varese (VA) - L’arlecchino -https://www.facebook.com/larlecchino.showbar
29/10 vittuone (MI) - Shout Live - http://www.shoutvittuone.it/


In questo video io non compaio, ero appena entrato nella band,
Però le chitarre che ascoltate sono arrangiate e suonate da me al Koko Records non lontano da Liegi, qui in Belgio.
Mi sono divertito non poco a doppiare il riff iniziale.
Stessa Telecaster, stesso ampli VHT, ho solo differenziato l'ottava del lick che chiude il riff.
Bomba!
Assolo, bello caldo pure quello, il Turbo RAT a manetta non tradisce mai!

Il brano è una cover di Fred & The Healers, progetto del noto chitarrista belga.
...Have F:U:N: