Have listened to a few of these new tracks. Always great technique on display and amazing that you can get any control of the tone in the outdoors cold.
The comments/constructive criticism are similar to the earlier video. On Equinox you're playing as though the backing band/track is there. It's not. Still a good rendition but only makes sense if somebody is already familiar with the original. The Christmas tunes should have had a better response from passer-bys, but I'm not sure it worked that well. Good to have the guitarist with you. I know how hard it is to play when it's cold, but the heads on those tunes didn't have any warmth to them. Possibly vibrato would have helped? The tone and attitude completely changes in your "solo". But this was once again screaming and I don't think it communicated anything much other than "hey, I've got good technique"! Nobody cares. Technique needs to be in the service of music, not the subject of it.
This is especially evident in "Christmas Time is Here". This is a quiet reflective tune and you're playing a solo FFF. You're not drawing people in, you're pushing them away. In this sort of busking situation you have around 15 seconds to capture them, if that's mostly hearing something that aggressively played they are not drawn in, they are pushed away. Remember when you first learned how to growl and used it way too much? You don't need to use everything you've got all the time. Pushing hard is what you do in the woodshed. Communicating and touching people's hearts is what you do in public.
You've worked hard to achieve your technical abilities. It’s best way to use these sparingly. Old saying, leave them wanting more. If you are pushing hard continually, people will back away. Draw them in.
The comments/constructive criticism are similar to the earlier video. On Equinox you're playing as though the backing band/track is there. It's not. Still a good rendition but only makes sense if somebody is already familiar with the original. The Christmas tunes should have had a better response from passer-bys, but I'm not sure it worked that well. Good to have the guitarist with you. I know how hard it is to play when it's cold, but the heads on those tunes didn't have any warmth to them. Possibly vibrato would have helped? The tone and attitude completely changes in your "solo". But this was once again screaming and I don't think it communicated anything much other than "hey, I've got good technique"! Nobody cares. Technique needs to be in the service of music, not the subject of it.
This is especially evident in "Christmas Time is Here". This is a quiet reflective tune and you're playing a solo FFF. You're not drawing people in, you're pushing them away. In this sort of busking situation you have around 15 seconds to capture them, if that's mostly hearing something that aggressively played they are not drawn in, they are pushed away. Remember when you first learned how to growl and used it way too much? You don't need to use everything you've got all the time. Pushing hard is what you do in the woodshed. Communicating and touching people's hearts is what you do in public.
You've worked hard to achieve your technical abilities. It’s best way to use these sparingly. Old saying, leave them wanting more. If you are pushing hard continually, people will back away. Draw them in.
