You Smell The Sound of Purple [Woodstock]

Bob6stringer

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Description

Buckle up, eat some paper polka dots, don your finger cymbals and turn it to 11 and a half, virtual Woodstock netizens.

You smell. The sound. Of purple.

It's basically a little exercise exploring a theme with some dual lead guitar chases. The fake poetry behind it is that it all takes place in the moment between two notes of the Star Spangled Banner.

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Hits: 1283
Comments: 30
Fans: 21
Plays: 110
Downloads: 56
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Uploaded: Apr 05, 2008 - 07:48:57 PM
Last Updated: Apr 08, 2008 - 08:27:18 AM Last Played: Oct 28, 2009 - 06:49:41 PM

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Hardware:

My ol' Fender Strat Plus, Boss GT-6 (effects), PreSonus Inspire 1394 (interface) and an assortment of plucky plectra. (The "synth" sound in the background is just some heavily effected guitar.)

Software:

It's all just my effected Strat Plus into GarageBand with some reverb and echo, including the bass and "synth" washes.

One drum loop. (I posted it without the second loop's level up... so be it.)

Comments

Feter	Feter said 582 days ago (April 5th, 2008)
	You Smell The Sound of Purple WOO ..a superb and powerful guitar work here !! great great bass boomin in the back ...the atmosphere the back ground ...just perfect ...man this is all so good ...Far out !!!!!!!! Check out my latest song called A Night With Feter feat'(Roxylee sloparts crissew johnwhitehead and Yamin AL Yamani )

magnatone	magnatone said 582 days ago (April 5th, 2008)
	Purple Like I just said to you in chat while I was listening to this - it's awesome. Really really impressive guitar work. Shades of Hendrix - highest compliment - thanks! Check out my latest song called Symphonic Smackdown

bud	bud said 582 days ago (April 5th, 2008)
	Love everything about this the Grateful Dead drumming - the background washes and the soaring riffs. Doesn't get much better than this in my book. Psychedelicize me. Check out my latest song called Expanding Toys (Halloween Remix)

aclarke	aclarke said 582 days ago (April 5th, 2008)
	Timeless really there's always a place in my world for some grooving and trippy guitar playin'. What I really liked was the clear sense of melody in the song... can't say that's always the norm in some of these spaced out jams. You've got some style, Bob! Way to make the Strat laugh, cry and sing! Check out my latest song called Ballad of The Little Tiki

sloparts

sloparts said 582 days ago (April 5th, 2008)

It's like listening to
Jimmy Page and Jimi Hendrix when they're on acid, which would have been appropriate for the time. Oh yeah, and I forgot to mention, the backup band was Lead Zeppelin.

Far out bit of Psychedelic mind distortion there Bob. Great feel to it and it's easy to dance to, oh wait, that was on American Bandstand. Never mind, I'm losing it from all the drops and toke man, but it's super cool no matter what.

Great tracks Bob and it fit in with the whole Woodstock thing.

Ed

Check out my latest song called Just a little Something

Bob6stringer

Bob6stringer said 582 days ago (April 5th, 2008)

THANKS!
Really I wanna thank everyone, but picked (SloParts') kind words to post this reply. Love my new digs at MJ. And if you wanna hear the version with the missing drum loop added back in, it's linked in the song description above... if you really want it I'll be glad to e-mail it to ya.

Lots of delay and 'verb, not to mention some possible synth simulation via the GT-6... gee, this 60s music might be more 90s afterall...
--Thx ~B6s

Check out my latest song called Yours and Mine

saymme	saymme said 582 days ago (April 6th, 2008)
	: ) FLOWERS TO YOU Great to hear this !!! tx from a tired one...as we allare by now I guess.. : )

	said 582 days ago (April 6th, 2008)
	awesome job! love the trippy quality in this. great soundscape, and an excellent job capturing the era! very nice indeed.

Norman Goodman	Norman Goodman said 581 days ago (April 6th, 2008)
	Holy Jeff Beck Batman Brilliant... nice playing ....you sound like Jeff Beck to me.... Check out my latest song called Sailing Across a Sea of Light Pt II

Bob6stringer	Bob6stringer said 581 days ago (April 6th, 2008)
	re: "sound like Jeff Beck" ... Y'know, I didn't try to sound like anyone but I definitely thought it ended up sounding like nobody but Jeff Beck. Also, thanks EVERYONE for the feedback. It's much appreciated. Check out my latest song called Yours and Mine

Norman Goodman	Norman Goodman said 580 days ago (April 7th, 2008)
	Jeff Beck The comparison was intended as a compliment....the cool use of the tremolo arm...the unpredictable phrasing and the patience and taste in your delivery, the great tone on the chording ( and imaginative structures )....whether you are into Jeff Beck or not, it doesn`t matter I thought this was very good Check out my latest song called Sailing Across a Sea of Light Pt II

Bob6stringer

Bob6stringer said 577 days ago (April 10th, 2008)

Beck-ola!
My wording above was a little convoluted... It wasn't an intention going in, but indeed I definitely noticed a Beck sound in this when I was midway through. The same thing happened with a tune "What Exit?" which I have at my older home (iComps) and will post here soon. It holds together better compositionally and has more has more energy...

Check out my latest song called Yours and Mine

VicDiesel	VicDiesel said 580 days ago (April 7th, 2008)
	The biiiiiig sound Very cool production. Your reverb and echo sound great. I like listening to these biiiig sounds. Check out my latest song called Pipe Spring at Dusk

Ibstrat	Ibstrat said 580 days ago (April 7th, 2008)
	I really like the way you intertwined the guitars on this- sometimes in harmony,sometimes answering each other.Great tone and phrasing.Excellent track. Check out my latest song called Blues in Bm

	said 578 days ago (April 10th, 2008)
	i agree with norman this has a realy nice beck feel about it. jeff's custom shop album had alot of music similar to this. very cool fusion of rock and blues here. i loved it and the sustain carrying throughout the tune was a g reat way to fill the spaces in between. Allen

	said 575 days ago (April 13th, 2008)
	Wow!! Don't know how I missed this Bob. Fantastic sounds- Brilliant guitar work. I got lots of polka dot dresses though. haha Love it. Download you bet. And another for my Ipod.:) Thank you so much for sharing your great music also. Peace Dee.

J.A.Stewart	J.A.Stewart said 573 days ago (April 15th, 2008)
	I Thought It Sounded Like... a communication from my mothership... E.T. go home now. ;) Interesting soundscape and guitar interplay. --- Joe Check out my latest song called A Night @ Neverland

Bob6stringer	Bob6stringer said 573 days ago (April 15th, 2008)
	Now THIS is the song art I should have used... Just wanna thank all who commented. I'm tempted to develop this further, it just occurred to me there's an opportunity for a whole new, overlapping melody, and a bridge... not sure about lyrics. For now I'll keep moving forward. Check out my latest song called Yours and Mine

Jarvoid	Jarvoid said 570 days ago (April 18th, 2008)
	Excellent you've got some wicked riffs going on here......and it's bloody good ....d/loaded. Jarvoid Check out my latest song called Witches in Texas-'Hallowe'en Challenge 2009'

johnny d	johnny d said 568 days ago (April 19th, 2008)
	Heavy very heavy

	said 563 days ago (April 25th, 2008)
	Great! Fantastic. Amazing guitar work and an excellent backing track. The drums sounds great! Take Care - Yeman A. Al-Rawi

rsorensen	rsorensen said 556 days ago (May 1st, 2008)
	great guitar i like it! Very jeff beckish like others have said. A good thing! Check out my latest song called You Are My Whole Life

johnny d	johnny d said 521 days ago (June 5th, 2008)
	hey I'm back for another listen I will post some music eventually great playing

Bob6stringer

Bob6stringer said 514 days ago (June 12th, 2008)

Hey, wow, another listen!
Thanks for da support... for coming back for another listen to my "purple" psychedelic-ish jam. I have more stuff at iCompositions but have kind of gravitated here since the crash there... the mix of musicians seems a little more my speed.

But man I've been so swamped trying to get my freelancing under control (writing) under control I'm now like months behind in getting collab tracks done... I might actually get something done this weekend.

Mainly, I just wanna say good luck to both of us getting new noise online!

--Bob

Check out my latest song called Yours and Mine

mowguy3	mowguy3 said 461 days ago (August 5th, 2008)
	Great Stuff. Wild guitar ride. A heaping helping of some years gone by. You have quite a style. O.K. I am rambeling. Awesome !!! Thanks and be well, Russ Check out my latest song called A Different Shade Of Moonlight

Bob6stringer	Bob6stringer said 460 days ago (August 5th, 2008)
	Ramble away! If that's rambling, I like it! Thanks for the feedback. I kind of had that riff running through my head and churned it out quick and loose for the Woodstock "event." I've been off the fretboard for a couple of months, this is the last thing I did and it's killing me... I'll be back soon. Check out my latest song called Yours and Mine

Relic67	Relic67 said 365 days ago (November 8th, 2008)
	synesthetic very nice guitar sounds from the strat, cool bass playing too. I like! Guitar instrumentals with generous use of the whammy bar always hit the spot for me. Check out my latest song called Novis Libris

Daugrin	Daugrin said 218 days ago (April 5th, 2009)
	Purple Sound Nice work. You taste the purple too? I concurr on the mid term Becko vibe. Daugrin Check out my latest song called Daphne w/ Andy Wigzell

Reisinger	Reisinger said 123 days ago (July 8th, 2009)
	this is tubular Check out my latest song called The Eyes of Feeling

tmcfate	tmcfate said 116 days ago (July 15th, 2009)
	reminds me of steve hillage reminds me of steve hillage. i am not a big fan of electric jams but this really got me.love it Check out my latest song called Shadow of the son

Bob6stringer	Bob6stringer said 116 days ago (July 15th, 2009)
	The blotter I don't know Steve Hillage but I hope he's got more dynamics than I gave you here in my first "event" here (to do a Woodstock tribute.) I started with the Star Spangled Banner and took a quick left turn. Maybe it was the blotter. Check out my latest song called Yours and Mine

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Name: Bob "Takin' out the Guitarbage" Sperber

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