Friday, March 9, 2012

POWER BALLAD SOLO IMPROV

POWER BALLAD SOLO IMPROV
This is me doing a improv guitar solo over a backing track. All lead guitar is mine the rest is pre-recorded. Nothing was prepared I just listened to the track a few times then went at it. gear used schecter synyster gates custom line 6 spider 4 head mesa boogie dual rectifer 4by12 cab boss ce-5 chorus spring hall reverb





Zahed Sultan - Reuse Me (Official Video)

Zahed Sultan - Reuse Me (Official Video)
Through his new body of work, Zahed delves deeper into uncharted territory -- fusing influences in alternative / electronica music with tantalizing vocals in both English and Arabic. Zahed debuts his vocal talents in both languages to express ever-growing concerns for social change around the world. Aspiring for his sound to seep through crevices and appeal to today's community of change-makers, Zahed's conjures up two original tracks and two intricately woven remixes to lure listeners into his psyche with his new "Reuse Me - EP" -- drawing on inspiration from the likes of Radiohead, The Gorillaz, Kanye West, Sigur Ros, and Nicolas Jaar amongst others. Zahed releases his new EP in conjunction with an annual exposition he holds in Kuwait, entitled "REUSE," to promote eco-friendly living via creative mediums. www.projectreuseme.com LYRICS Why you want to Why you got to Why you want to Why you got to It was a day like today Your eyes bared A lighter shade of grey It was a day l! ike today The sun chose To hide its rays away Oh could this be A new reality Oh should we fear All that we believe Would you please Ctrl alt delete My misery My misery Reuse Me Abuse Me Confuse Me Misuse Me (Repeat x 4) Don't presume I live to consume Don't debate If it is or if it ain't Who's to blame? Who's to remain? Ease the noose So we can conceive the truth You can't control me You can't own me I am me I want to be free Got to (Repeat x 8) Reuse Me Abuse Me Confuse Me Misuse Me (Repeat x 4 ...





Making of 'Real Steel' (2011)

Making of 'Real Steel' (2011)
While Real Steel is garnering excellent reviews based on its powerful story and engaging characters, it is the visual spectacle of massive robots in the boxing ring that make for some of the movie's most rousing scenes. Those boxing matches were conceived, planned and executed using an innovative process that gave the filmmakers unprecedented creative freedom and efficiency by taking virtual production out of the studio and bringing it into real-world settings. Director Shawn Levy wanted the boxing matches between eight-foot tall CG robots to feel truly visceral and natural, so he called on Digital Domain and visual effects supervisor Erik Nash to make it so. The team designed a virtual production workflow that allowed Levy to direct CG characters as if they were actually present on set -- in the boxing rings where background plates were shot -- just like he would shoot any other scene with human actors. To achieve this goal, all fight sequences were choreographed and motion! -captured on a stage in Los Angeles long before principal photography. Then, the CG characters created from those sessions were placed in virtual environments that matched the actual Detroit locations, for use within the Simul-Cam system made famous on Avatar. This process enabled Levy and director of photography Mauro Fiore to "see" fighting robots on the Simul-Cam monitor during principal photography in Detroit, and follow the action as they shot each robot fight even though to everyone else on set ...