never planned a solo in over 100 songs. just pick up the guitar and press record!!! as Mike Campbell says 'play a solo to suit the song not just playing to go off'
is there any chance to do any tutorial about Michael Schenker style? Using your style of explaining stuff it will really be an eye-opener! Please do! Please!!
My guitar teacher taught me a tip when constructing solos, use motifs from the hook melody of the song. Not directly using the melody, but make variations of it.
Absolutely great advice. In this case, we have no melody to work off of, but in my single Generations you can hear my take on melodic variation at the end.
@@SignalsMusicStudio yeah. My struggle is that I don't know where to put my shred licks. They are all very scale sequence based but when I do it doesn't sound like I intended to have that scale run it sounds like I just put that shred run in the solo because I can.
I think with metal you can get away with "shred cause you can". As long as there's not TOO much of it... like salt ya know. I think the most important element is the structure, the ups and downs, the highs and lows, fast and slows. It keeps things interesting
Tension and release, the melody and dynamics are HUGE. Slow it down, that will help with getting away from the mindless part. If it doesn't sound good slow, its not gonna sound good fast (There are exceptions, but its not the norm). Also need breathing room...look at it like talking, ya need room to breathe (usually...lol). Also, build it in sections that make sense. Both rhythmically and melodically. It took me 20 years before I could write a solo that would impress me. It gets easier the more ya do it. Learn 20 solos from some different genres and players (Gilmour, Slash, Yngwie, Petrucci, Marty, AC/DC, Satch, EVH, Santana, Knopfler, etc.... and REALLY dig into em. Its also the delivery as much as it is note choice...don't short change yourself on the technical side of note manipulation. There is a hundred ways to play any one note, and a good lead player will know them and use them without even thinking about it.
You : "You shouldn't start the solo with just a note" Me : "Oh yeah just like Mustaine says, a solo should start explosively" You : "Start with a bend" Me : "Oh yeah just like Tornado of Souls solo" You : "It's in the key of B" Me : "Oh yeah just like Tornad..." You : bending to that B note Me : *IT'S TORNADO OF SOULS SOLO*
More videos like this would be great. Your more general theory videos are awesome but "here is a thing I wrote and why I wrote it this way" is obviously something only you can provide and I really like how your mind works compositionally. Either way, keep up the great work!
No way, that's an impressive tutorial for sure. My guitar solo planning is more of a two step process. 1) Pick up some booze 2) Pick up my guitar Obviously you must remember to plug in the booze!!! I might give your method a go and see what happens tho...
Jake, your lessons have been a game changer for me. The Metallica scale, plus the breakdown of your thought process in this video illustrate the main moving parts behind my favourite metal tunes. I love that you focus on the overall approach rather than individual techniques. Thank you so much from Yorkshire, UK 👍
The solo and the guitar lesson is amazing, but even more amazing is how you talk and shred at the same time so effortless. Congrats and thanks for these great ideas to aply to our solos. Keep it up Jake.
You're an incredibly gifted teacher! I've seen your other videos on modes and scales, and they all build upon each other seemlessly with this. Thank you , for sharing your wisdom!
I'm sure you hear this constantly, but I have never been able to get interested in theory until I found these videos. And I can actually grasp it, the way that you teach it. So thank you!
It's funny that you mentioned Mr. Plinkett, because when I slowed the video to learn the licks you sounded just like him LOL. Jokes apart, great lesson, you're such an amazing teacher, really humble guy and I like your compositions. Keep up the great work!
Thanks for this video, Jake. It's really nice to hear somebody thinking out lout about what they are doing when writing such music. Thanks for the inspiration!
Don't get me wrong Jake, this is all wonderful and very helpful. But what we ALL need is a tutorial on how to make PROPER dad rock. Show us how messiah.
wow this was really comprehensive, i just joined a new metal band and was asked to solo first practice session on the first song, i used one of my old ones but that made me look up some guidelines and tips, and this is amazing showing the SIMPLE tricks instead of like just showing off how to play 3 notes-per-string scales at 3000 bpm without any musical context, and best of all its comprehensive with just wathcing/listening already without the need to learn all of what you played good job
The insight you give us innyour video is so precise and to the point that I hardly get from anyone except Steve Stine and you Sir. I have tried to solo on an entire 4 min backing track and believe me I was able to do a decent solo on a backing track but after 100 genuine attempts, taking out main ideas from my improvisations and combining them with again a lot of improvisation. This gave me a more clear approach to what I should do in future. Thanks a lot.
Dude! Awesome lesson. These types of 'under the hood' lessons that walk us through from theory to concepts to practice - priceless lessons. Good job man!
Jake, you're very good at teaching people things to where they will understand it. That's why I subscribed. You are incorrect about one thing you said in this video though. Not only was David Gilmour the only classic rock guitarist to not improvise his studio solos but he wrote them down in standard notation. In addition, most classic rock blues-based guitarists play their solos different every time they play them. The metal genre is more known for playing the solos the same way every time.
Such great lessons, and driving home the point that you get good by studying and practice and putting time into your work rather then just having some god gifted talent is so true and I'm so happy when people who are successful have the humility to remember that and tell their students.
"I just picked this random note and key here to bend up" >Literally the intro note to the Tornado of Souls solo, bend and all This guy is really on another level
I really enjoy your videos. Great job explaining what your doing. I think I've actually learned something when the video is over. Please make a video dissecting Jake E Lee's writing style.
Well. You've just blown my mind : I've discovered your channel an hour ago, and I think this is the most perfect next level information I need to progress. You really rock ! I really appreciate your theorical video, which help to fix some of my fragile knowledges, and your practical explanation on how you wrote a solo. I that awesome golden key I really need to improve my licks writing. Thank you so much ! \m/
Hi, I'm Jim. Great video. Honestly I've never been able to watch instructional guitar videos. They irritate the shit out of me in seconds. But this one I was able to sit through. By the end I was amazed at your diligence. See, I'm exactly opposite. My record for any solo attempt is 6 passes. I try to keep the first pass, and if I want to punch in I allow myself 1 repair. The files are numbered sequentially, and I feel like I'm leaving data trash when I continue to record over and over. I don't want to sort out the good files from the trash files. But my results reflect it. Nothing near as polished as the youngens. You ripped it, that's for sure. I see why YT recommended you. Good advice.
OUTSTANDING !! I typically improvise all my solos recordings and then cherry pick what ends up sounding okayish, deleting all the crap and mistakes for final mixdown, needless to say I'll be "writing" all future leads from hereon in (copycatting Jake's lead work to the extent possible hahah)
My eyes always glaze over when someone starts talking about music theory. I don't think that this is necessarily my style of doing things but your teaching style is awesome!! I wish that I would have found something like this when I was still young and impressionable not when I was old and stubborn 😜🤘
Fantastic video and explanation. I love the ideas, and the solo sounds great. Can you do another video of how to write a hard rock solo? That'd be awesome.
Super helpfull explanations! I understand and play modes and stuff but you are learning me key things through some of your videos I've been trying to understand for a long time. Thanks ALOT!
My job is writing solos and leads I feel you when you say its difficult. I plan on watching this video again to get those licks down and the pseudo scales im gonna use instead of the same old blues and minor scale. Blood sweat and tears but the end result playing on stage my solo makes all the work worth it! BTW nice solo sounds great!
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these days i love funk and rock and prog and pop and trance... but you can't kill the metal. the metal will live on.
A referance to the metal by tenacious d in your comment lol. Nice
never planned a solo in over 100 songs. just pick up the guitar and press record!!!
as Mike Campbell says 'play a solo to suit the song not just playing to go off'
Signals Music Studio “The Spirit Carries On”
is there any chance to do any tutorial about Michael Schenker style? Using your style of explaining stuff it will really be an eye-opener! Please do! Please!!
OMG the best guitar story-teller ever!!!amazing
My guitar teacher taught me a tip when constructing solos, use motifs from the hook melody of the song. Not directly using the melody, but make variations of it.
Variations and variations on variations are what keep your licks tasty and fresh!
Absolutely great advice. In this case, we have no melody to work off of, but in my single Generations you can hear my take on melodic variation at the end.
I'm fairly certain that Synyster Gates did that for the solo from Natural Born Killer and lemme tell you, that solo is noice
Humanoid25 did it in Shepherd of fire as well.
The best example of this IMO is the solo from Edge of Sanity's track "Losing Myself"
This video is actually pretty helpful for me.
When I solo I either shred mindlessly or play really generic blues stuff.
It's all about that refining process. Hope this gives you some ideas!
@@SignalsMusicStudio yeah.
My struggle is that I don't know where to put my shred licks.
They are all very scale sequence based but when I do it doesn't sound like I intended to have that scale run it sounds like I just put that shred run in the solo because I can.
I think with metal you can get away with "shred cause you can". As long as there's not TOO much of it... like salt ya know. I think the most important element is the structure, the ups and downs, the highs and lows, fast and slows. It keeps things interesting
Tension and release, the melody and dynamics are HUGE. Slow it down, that will help with getting away from the mindless part. If it doesn't sound good slow, its not gonna sound good fast (There are exceptions, but its not the norm). Also need breathing room...look at it like talking, ya need room to breathe (usually...lol). Also, build it in sections that make sense. Both rhythmically and melodically. It took me 20 years before I could write a solo that would impress me. It gets easier the more ya do it. Learn 20 solos from some different genres and players (Gilmour, Slash, Yngwie, Petrucci, Marty, AC/DC, Satch, EVH, Santana, Knopfler, etc.... and REALLY dig into em. Its also the delivery as much as it is note choice...don't short change yourself on the technical side of note manipulation. There is a hundred ways to play any one note, and a good lead player will know them and use them without even thinking about it.
I shred mindlessly whilst playing really generic blues.
But as long as I play really fast I can trick people into thinkning I know what I'm dong.
Sounds like kirk hammet trying to play tornado of souls
Both solos are in the same key, B minor
hahahaha great!!!
Aynen
Yea , But that would never happen , not in Kirk’s wildest , wettest , Wha pedal dreams
@@CrisKRA both solos. what is the second solo
You : "You shouldn't start the solo with just a note"
Me : "Oh yeah just like Mustaine says, a solo should start explosively"
You : "Start with a bend"
Me : "Oh yeah just like Tornado of Souls solo"
You : "It's in the key of B"
Me : "Oh yeah just like Tornad..."
You : bending to that B note
Me : *IT'S TORNADO OF SOULS SOLO*
Either way, it's a good example.
Yes, it's Tornado !!! ahhhhh
More videos like this would be great. Your more general theory videos are awesome but "here is a thing I wrote and why I wrote it this way" is obviously something only you can provide and I really like how your mind works compositionally. Either way, keep up the great work!
10:14 - How can you talk so chill while your hands are shedding??? Dude!!
"At the end of the day I get an awesome metal solo that I get to shred in someone's face."
Dude, I love you so much.
That sneaky Mr. Plinkett reference. Love it.
Came to say the same thing!
That quote fits into so many music theory topics.
No way, that's an impressive tutorial for sure. My guitar solo planning is more of a two step process.
1) Pick up some booze
2) Pick up my guitar
Obviously you must remember to plug in the booze!!!
I might give your method a go and see what happens tho...
Jake, your lessons have been a game changer for me. The Metallica scale, plus the breakdown of your thought process in this video illustrate the main moving parts behind my favourite metal tunes. I love that you focus on the overall approach rather than individual techniques. Thank you so much from Yorkshire, UK 👍
Man,that's the best lead guitar lesson i've seen in a while!!!It really helps a lot.Thanks for the great Video; )
This is note perfect tuition. Please continue to shred in my face.
What a great solo AND lesson! Those lessons always make me grab my guitar and try out new stuff. Thank you for your inspiring work sir.
Greetings from SLC in 2021. Jake...you're remarkable. What a gift you are to the community. Thanks for all you do my dude.
The solo and the guitar lesson is amazing, but even more amazing is how you talk and shred at the same time so effortless. Congrats and thanks for these great ideas to aply to our solos. Keep it up Jake.
You're an incredibly gifted teacher! I've seen your other videos on modes and scales, and they all build upon each other seemlessly with this. Thank you , for sharing your wisdom!
Needs more wah
This is a great lesson! Would love to see more videos about soloing strategies! Keep them coming.
how to write a killer metal solo *has kirk hammett on thumbnail*
Great video though, really helpful.
I'm sure you hear this constantly, but I have never been able to get interested in theory until I found these videos. And I can actually grasp it, the way that you teach it. So thank you!
When you're so early the video is private
It's a Jake's video. Who wouldnt
Dude i learned more with your videos than with my music teatchers, really ur gifted with teaching skills, so clear to understand
Commenting before viewing... I joined a metal band and dont know how to play metal solos. Great timing for this one!!! And thanks
It's funny that you mentioned Mr. Plinkett, because when I slowed the video to learn the licks you sounded just like him LOL. Jokes apart, great lesson, you're such an amazing teacher, really humble guy and I like your compositions. Keep up the great work!
Thanks for this video, Jake. It's really nice to hear somebody thinking out lout about what they are doing when writing such music. Thanks for the inspiration!
Don't get me wrong Jake, this is all wonderful and very helpful. But what we ALL need is a tutorial on how to make PROPER dad rock. Show us how messiah.
i will host a festival of the dads and post the vid
14:28
the guitar solo on steven wilson's drive home by Guthrie govan was made exactly that way! 😂 and it's one of my all time fav guitar solo
wow this was really comprehensive, i just joined a new metal band and was asked to solo first practice session on the first song, i used one of my old ones but that made me look up some guidelines and tips, and this is amazing showing the SIMPLE tricks instead of like just showing off how to play 3 notes-per-string scales at 3000 bpm without any musical context, and best of all its comprehensive with just wathcing/listening already without the need to learn all of what you played good job
Would love to hear you dissect a song from Symphony X. Brains would explode everywhere! :-) Great video as usual.
I concur! Michael Romeo is an incredible composer and player
Thats not gonna happen. No promotion of crappy powermetal stuff on this channel.
And here we have yet another bloody great tutorial!
A wealth of knowledge given away freely and with humility. A really good teacher and a genuinely nice guy. Thanks for sharing.
Thumbs up, Literally just started video says no views yet, but I know it'd b great vid
I sometimes slow down your videos to see your picking. Sideeffect: your facial expressions on .25 speed are gold :D
You wouldn’t understand how much you’ve helped me! THANK YOU SO SO SO SO SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I used all the tips in this video to write the solos for my first EP, great teaching dude!
You’re my favorite teacher. Fun stuff!
Jake, I honestly enjoy your 'metaphors and analogies' just as much as I love your lessons and ideas!!!
The insight you give us innyour video is so precise and to the point that I hardly get from anyone except Steve Stine and you Sir. I have tried to solo on an entire 4 min backing track and believe me I was able to do a decent solo on a backing track but after 100 genuine attempts, taking out main ideas from my improvisations and combining them with again a lot of improvisation. This gave me a more clear approach to what I should do in future. Thanks a lot.
You're a good artist. I like how you know what picture you're painting, in all your videos I can see it.
Dude! Awesome lesson. These types of 'under the hood' lessons that walk us through from theory to concepts to practice - priceless lessons. Good job man!
His lessons are so articulate. Love them!
Holy Mother, great video, just love it
Jake, you're very good at teaching people things to where they will understand it. That's why I subscribed. You are incorrect about one thing you said in this video though. Not only was David Gilmour the only classic rock guitarist to not improvise his studio solos but he wrote them down in standard notation. In addition, most classic rock blues-based guitarists play their solos different every time they play them. The metal genre is more known for playing the solos the same way every time.
This video is GOLD!!!!
Such great lessons, and driving home the point that you get good by studying and practice and putting time into your work rather then just having some god gifted talent is so true and I'm so happy when people who are successful have the humility to remember that and tell their students.
Sir, You are a genius teaching; never boring!
Loved the Mr Plinkett reference
love the flat-bend trick into the solo
Just me or do you love the solo from disposable heroes by Metallica
lololololol that's literally the solo that made me want to learn lead guitar. Sad part is I never fully learned it....maybe it's time to revisit it
Signals Music Studio it makes me feel so epic, also love the channel dude
"I just picked this random note and key here to bend up"
>Literally the intro note to the Tornado of Souls solo, bend and all
This guy is really on another level
Maan, I love DrivingForce too! Such an awesome band!
Thanks, Signals Studio!
I really enjoy your videos. Great job explaining what your doing. I think I've actually learned something when the video is over. Please make a video dissecting Jake E Lee's writing style.
So true. The best solos are often composed. And, even played live, they'll have like stock-licks that are like the pillars of the whole thing.
you explain everything so simply and perfectly.....love your videos!!!!
Nice solo build, sounded fantastic!
One of the best teachers on youtube
10:10 You sunk it up? Haha. Great video, man. You know what's funny? I'd spend a week just learning your "throw-away lick!"
He synced it lol
Your videos and your approach are a goldmine, man! Thank you!
such a good teacher
Your tutorials are actually Fantastic thank you
Putting in theory is fucking gold in your vids.has taught be how to break out of those patterns. job well done .
Awesome lesson! Cheers from Brazil
I love how you share valuable insights related to composing. Thank you.
Great, this is actually a solo a you can understand once you hear that. Very structured a cool sounding. It sounds like a sountrack for Doom.
Well. You've just blown my mind : I've discovered your channel an hour ago, and I think this is the most perfect next level information I need to progress. You really rock ! I really appreciate your theorical video, which help to fix some of my fragile knowledges, and your practical explanation on how you wrote a solo. I that awesome golden key I really need to improve my licks writing. Thank you so much ! \m/
Absolutely love this channel!! Loads of great tips!!
thats amazing dude please make video about dream theater songs theory.its my wish.
That blues scale is really effective to spice up the solo.
Killer lesson! Love your style! Thanks so much.
You are so humble!
This guy is the Einstein of music theory. I wish I had that level of understanding about how music works.
This video is pure gold. Thanks so much
your videos always inspire a tune in my mind I want to write. thank you.
Dude! Did you just throw in an RLM reference? My brain totally noticed! Your channel is even more epicer now!
Hi, I'm Jim. Great video. Honestly I've never been able to watch instructional guitar videos. They irritate the shit out of me in seconds. But this one I was able to sit through. By the end I was amazed at your diligence. See, I'm exactly opposite. My record for any solo attempt is 6 passes. I try to keep the first pass, and if I want to punch in I allow myself 1 repair. The files are numbered sequentially, and I feel like I'm leaving data trash when I continue to record over and over. I don't want to sort out the good files from the trash files. But my results reflect it. Nothing near as polished as the youngens. You ripped it, that's for sure. I see why YT recommended you. Good advice.
If you just listen to this video without watching, you'd think Obama is teaching metal guitar.
Jake Lizzio for President!
I think he kind of sounds more like Dave Ellefson.
Naww...he doesn't say "uuhhhh" with every other sentence.
Obama isn’t part of anything cool. He’d be in a video about dropping bombs or looting and rioting.
@@Bogeyman19DidNotScareMyAss wrong!
I really like the "bubbly" trill phrase! I've always called it the face melter. Keep up the good videos man.
I loved that solo, nice work.
That RLM reference. Haha Solid information, man!
OUTSTANDING !! I typically improvise all my solos recordings and then cherry pick what ends up sounding okayish, deleting all the crap and mistakes for final mixdown, needless to say I'll be "writing" all future leads from hereon in (copycatting Jake's lead work to the extent possible hahah)
Man, this is great!!!!! Thank you!!!
when I read "Combo breaker" my head voice said it like the Killer Instinct announcer haha
Brilliant mate! Your efforts are commendable! I really enjoyed seeing your process! Cheers!
Only just found your channel, excellent stuff.
Sounds like Kirk Hammett trying to play Kirk Hammett. Kidding you did a great job.
Marty did a ton of crazy improv on the Rust in Peace lead guitar sessions from what I've heard.
Most helpful video I came across in a long time... Great job Sir
Geez dude your lessons are really amazing!
I have to say that this video was so inspirational and instructive for me.
Really insane work to share this thoughts with us :)
I wished YOU had done the new Lux Eternal solo! Jeez! Cheers! Love the channel man!
My eyes always glaze over when someone starts talking about music theory. I don't think that this is necessarily my style of doing things but your teaching style is awesome!! I wish that I would have found something like this when I was still young and impressionable not when I was old and stubborn 😜🤘
Fantastic video and explanation. I love the ideas, and the solo sounds great. Can you do another video of how to write a hard rock solo? That'd be awesome.
Super helpfull explanations! I understand and play modes and stuff but you are learning me key things through some of your videos I've been trying to understand for a long time. Thanks ALOT!
Wow. Excellent , it is a terrific class for solos
Perfect for the project.
My job is writing solos and leads I feel you when you say its difficult. I plan on watching this video again to get those licks down and the pseudo scales im gonna use instead of the same old blues and minor scale. Blood sweat and tears but the end result playing on stage my solo makes all the work worth it!
BTW nice solo sounds great!
This video is sure to get Kirk's attention since you put his picture in the thumbnail.
Love your videos, that song and solo was very thrash inspired sounding to me.