![]() It’s probably a sure bet that they’ve now realised that not only should you practise with a metronome, but if you actually begin to sound like one, the whole band benefits. By now, your group is almost certainly using a metronome wherever possible, especially the drummer. This tip is a combination of the Guitar Pro and sweep-picking concepts. After you’ve made your draft arrangement on photoshop, just filter it with various shades of purple and you’re good to go. Using the key words – nebula, spiky, and alien – alone can net some pretty impressive results. Sure, not every album can be adorned with a killer Par Olofsson original, but if you look around online it’s actually quite easy to find what you’re looking for. Why spend all the time putting in the hard yards doing all the riff-gymnastics if when your album sits on the shelf, it doesn’t scream TECH-DEATH to the consumer? It makes no sense. ![]() If you try and go against these two things, you’re destined for failure. ![]() Now I know what you might be thinking, “W e’re a tech-death band, everyone has done purple space aliens to the death, we need to branch out to differentiate ourselves from the rest of the pack.” While this might seem like the logical step to take for your artwork, it is, sadly, a fallacy. Interludes, fills, drop them in mid-riff, even transpose your licks to keyboard and get your synth player on board to truly sweep your audience off their feet. You’ve spent all those countless hours learning to do this technique, don’t be constrained by what others call “tasteful”. So what can you do to impress the audience, talent scouts and record company execs? The answer lies in the frequency of sweeps. Hell, even that dinosaur Yngwie Malmsteen can chuck a few diminished arpegggio sweeps into a lead. It’s in practically every solo ever recorded in the genre. Once you’ve learned it though, when do you use it? Now most of you will know that sweeping is an integral part of any tech-death guitarist’s lead repertoire. Learning to accurately rake your pick across the strings to get a nice clean sweep is something that takes a shitload of practice. The only muscle-memory I’ll be expecting from young bands is that which allows them to type-out riffs on a keyboard faster than R.L. In the modern-age where electronics are king, it is nigh on complete lunacy to sit in your bedroom learning scales and modes like some kind of prehistoric virtuoso, becoming fluent in all manner of finger exercise regimes just to be able to nail the riff perfectly, when all you really need is Guitar Pro. I can’t tell you how many bands I’ve come across entering the studio who have merely practised their shredding to the point of perfection without actually using Guitar Pro. Without further ado I’ll hand over to the master. ![]() What matters here for us though is that we’ve got exclusive access to their insights and tips on how to get noticed and achieve success through music. I’m sure some of you more knowledgeable in the music industry have already worked out who it is, but for those who haven’t, let’s just say they’re a pretty big deal, having worked across a couple of decades, covered a plethora of sub-genres and gathered information from all parts of the music industry. So for the purposes of this series, they’ll be referred to by their initials, B.S. Now due to contractual obligations and other such legal restrictions imposed by those pesky record labels and other suit-wearing corporate scum, we’re not allowed to officially name the producer we’ve been in contact with. ![]() This first installment will cross all your weedlies and dot all your deedlies. This exclusive to TovH will put you in touch with one of the leading names in metal production today, helping you get the edge over the endless stream of new bands/artists all seeking those sweet yet ever-dwindling record deal dollars. Want to record that perfect take? Write the riff to crush all genitalia? Get that perfect drum tone? Need album direction ideas? Well today we have something extra special for all you aspiring musicians, the Producer Series. ![]()
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