How I write/record guitar solos - FAQ Special #3
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- Опубликовано: 24 июл 2024
- A very personal insight on how I write and record lead solos for songs.
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I just have to mention that Per did his part in one take. No extra takes, no practicing or anything. Just shows how awesome of a guitar player he is. Buy one now
Per is a monster of the highest caliber \m/
Love how all of his scars are in perfect symmetry.
Ola Englund love your work man, I'd actually like to write a university report on this and was wondering if you could tell me what software/hardware you're using to record all of this? it would me a major asset to my report if I could get a response from you on this. cheers man 🤘
Man just watch some other videos... for the software, the DAW is Logic Pro X. I think Ola had an Apogee Quartet interface (not sure if he still does), and then just bunch of cool metal amps, usually Hesu 2x12 cab and a SM57. Here you go.... plus that awesome Washburn Solar guitar...
cheers man, was hoping for a reply from Ola to make the essay look heaps more credible but this will work fine
Do you remember that time we made a Per play popular movie theme songs on guitar out of thin air without having played them before? I do. He played the bass and lead lines of John Williams film scores at the same time off the top of his head. So yeah, we all need a Per. He's great to have at parties as well as in the studio.
lmao!
Keith Merrow yeah you just get him drunk and he becomes a jukebox of awesome songs
Guy played with Timo from Delain at the Aristides after party at NAMM and they both literally harmonized 16th notes at an ungodly tempo ... fully improvised. It was like watching the second coming of shred.
Keith Merrow pepridge farm remembers.
lmao!
5:21 Ola's tone is so good that he doesn't even need to play notes to write riffs
Just randomly pulls out one of the best lead guitarists of our generation into his video with no warning or foreshadwowing, Ola is a legend.
My DAW can't load the PerNilsson.dll
Great video! I really love your solos, I have learned so many of your songs and I am always impressed. It is such a great mix between hard riffs and nice clean parts and awesome solos, which touch my heart. Can't wait to get the new Feared album...
Tusen tack för denna video! Som smått förvirrad gitarrist i utveckling och som har gett sig fan på solon (och påläst med skalor och grejer) blir prestationsångesten till något som kan liknas ett monster och dödar en självkänsla totalt... så löjligt egentligen... känns lättare nu. Tror jag kan besegra monstret efter att ha sett detta. Tack igen, och Rock on!!
Oh my god! That final part was so unexpected!
Dude, I freaking LOVE that pinch harmonic towards the beginning of the solo!! The pitch and the feel is spot on and fits so perfect! Total ball grabber!
I love your honesty, and your openness about your weaknesses. It's good to know you're human!
Sometimes I feel locked up in the technicalities of music theory, and feel like I have to learn it fully before I start composing, but this video was a helpful reminder that what's most important is just making something that sounds good. Thank you! :)
Well at least you're not locked up in Ola's guitar lead closet
Jag älskar dig Ola. It's really awesome that you show us mere mortals how music is created instead of all those studiodiaries where a dude just nails everything on first take. Every time. You show us how it actually is for most of us.
Can i get a Per from Ikea?
just by what you said in the beginning you already proofed you´re one of "the good ones " thanxxxx for sharing, very worthy
Not a lead player my arse
Well, he'd be lying if he considered himself a lead player on par with Per Nilsson. Ola is humble.
true, but he still shits on most of us :)
Yeah hes comparing hmself to the technical masters like Per. The good thing is that leads dont have to be technical to be awesome even in metal. In fact the best solos in my opinion are not super technical.Per understands this and just throws in his technical mastery sparingly.
LMAO
Ola and Per are both amazing, but I do agree. Just by playing with good timing, good tuning & vibrato tech, and by presenting memorable melodies you can get far already.
One of the best vids on this channel! love it
Honestly, it's a beautiful solo! I liked it a lot! And the harmony was perfect, made it even greater!
Amazing video Ola!
Per and You are amazing guitar players!
Where can I buy a Per Nilsson?
I think IKEA have started selling them now (in their music department). ;)
That humility. I like you more. Thanks Ola. You rock
Fucking loled at last Per Nilsson part!
Do you know if they sell Pers in the US? Would come in handy for sure!
Awesome that you share stuff like this, very engaging with fans..... Thumbs up Ola!
Per ❤️ one of the Best Guitar soloist. Love his flow, his sense of "reach the target note". And thanks Ola for this (and all of your) video!
Haha, Per is indeed the solo master. And this headless strandberg is amazing.
Thanks for letting us see part of your creative process. It is nice to know that I'm not the only one that struggles with coming up with leads. Also as a professional product designer i'm always curious how other creatives create and manage their process.
I like your leads Ola. Hearing "Time will not heal..." inspired me to really challenge myself on guitar again. So I thank you
This is pretty similar to what I do when writing solos. I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who goes for this approach. Thank you for the video!
Ola
Awesome thanks so much for posting this.
You could have kept the mystery but props for your honesty.
I write solo's in much the same way. I have no musical training at all, what I have learned I learned for books, RUclips and by listening.
It's heartening to know that a quality player like yourself goes about things in the same way (although your results are a lot lot better), makes me think maybe, just maybe if I keep plugging away I get maybe achieve a sound that doesn't make me wince when i listen back to it.
Thanks man
This is exactly how I go for solos! Either this or a great improvisation the first/second time I jam on the rythms in the background. Glad to see I'm not the only one ^_^ keep it up Ola
Great contribution! Thank you Ola!
I'm using this in my Riffer Ed segment! It's amazing to know theory but also is awesome to create direct from what you think sounds great!
Really cool, I need to back to write my songs, but the things that I need to do it, now it's complicated to have, but, you make this more possible than it is. Thank you Soo much, I'm already your subscriber, but I'll follow you more and more.
Really honest, Ola. Deeply appreciated! Loved the end hahahaha
Thank you for posting this video. Very helpful and inspiring
PER NILSSON!!!
I laughed so hard when I saw that part, what a guy that PER is!
This reminds me of an article I read on David Gilmour. He did the same thing back in the day. The result was incredible melodic solos. We have the advantage of technology today and this technique makes complete sense to me. ..another kick ass Ola video.
Ola is using the same way to build a great solo as most of us do. Sure, there are some that hit, "record," and go for it, but this is effective for those of us who rarely can pull that off, especially whith no prep.. DLR mentiolned Eddie doing the same back in the day. He would create these parts, arrange them, and then learn to play them as a whole, for the live show, later. Recording is about the album. Great video, Ola. I just saw the comment about Per doing a one take. Special breed.
It's always good to have one or two Per Nilsons ready at hand. You never know when you need one.
Love your work dude, same way i think, write and record too. Riff Kings 4 life!
Very cool to watch even as a fan. Since i am not a guitar player i would need to get a Per and a Ola. :D
Good stuff Ola! I just ran into your video because I was struggling to write a solo. That Per part was hilarious! :D He is a genius. I want one! :)
Trial and Error is still the best way to do it.
At least for me, everytime I focus too much on the theory, modes and scales for a lead section, my solo always fall flat with no feel at all.
Great vid
I might have just heard a part in the solo that reminded me of Pantera's This Love...Awesome!
I'll tell you what Ola, your feel and vibrato is killer!
Feared getting more and more Pantera-ish. AWESOME
I ❤️ The Haunted!! Glad I found your videos.
PER!! I knew I needed to watch this video! Will you guest solo on Scar Symmetry's new album? *thinking emoji*
Per is an amazing guitar moster!!!
Coming from a fellow guitarist who does the same thing who also isn’t well versed in lead playing this is a very good way to right leads
Hahahah that ending!!! Per is love Per is life
Love your honesty. We are the same theory-wise so this was very helpful!
I love your honesty
4:40 dude you're like the best shredder I've ever seen!
Great man!! For me that's pure music, and a very smartphone way to compose.
Cheers!!
Dude, you're the best! Love your videos.
This is a totally legit way to do it. Trial and error, a lot of intuition, which you clearly have!
But hey... if you want to know more about theory and how to approach it a bit more intellectual... next time you are in the Frankfurt area... let's hang, films videos and do stuff about theory... I know a few things about that... I don't have the intuition... all the stuff you have, but I know theory...some of it!
Interesting video thanks. I do my solos similarly, although I don't record them, just loop, for quite a while. It helps to listen sometimes instead of playing over and over. Get to know the track etc. I find that space in the solo, not filling every milli second with guitar, makes for a much better and interesting guitar part.
as someone who is learning how to play lead I found this really helpful. thanks!
Damn good solo for a rhythm guitarist! You give me hope! Although we all know rhythm is the most important part of any song.
Damn, now I want one of those Per Nilsson thingies...
the final take with Per make my day hahaha
Lol the ending was hilarious! Great stuff Ola!
Very Megadeth-y feeling to the solo and rythm , fucking love it , great job Ola as always :D
Hahahah that ending was really a surprise!! Awesome yet honest method for lead writing, thanks for the tips
Great video Ola! As a fellow clueless-when-it-comes-to-leads player, it's cool to get some insight into your process.
However, when I reach your level of "cluelessness" I'd count myself as a pretty damn slick lead player. You're so humble. ;-)
That's a very good Per Nilsson you have there Ola, where can I get one too?
Sounds like it works pretty well!!
I can confirm the benefits of purchasing a Per for when you need an epic lead in one of your tracks. Low maintenance, virtually no noise and the one thing to bear in mind is to provide your Per with healthy doses of beer / bacon to ensure optimum functionality.
Awesome with the harmony
That was great Ola!
wow, Per Nilsson is killer in his solos!
Wow, that's freaky.. that tapping lick Per did was almost exactly what was going through my head listening to that arrangement. o_O
Nice Ola - that's kind of how I do it. Right after that point where I'm freakin' sick of the repetition is usually when something I really like happens. It's so much better than leaving the best parts in the rehearsal room. Peace
I just do the same in my compositions and it is really practical if you know exactly which sound you are looking for, even without knowing the notes on the fredboard.
Thanks Ola, very interesting approach! I dont know anything about music theory either so it was very helpful :) Oh and could you maybe upload the backing track somewhere to practice writing?
Ola, thank you very much for this video, too bad I only got to find it 2 years later. I'm also not a lead guitarist and have zero (0.000) theory as I'm self taught by listening to bands I like. I really enjoyed your approach and have recently started doing something similar with Bandlab Cakewalk. Thank you very much for the inspiration and for giving some support to guitar players who have no clue which dissonant eighth of the whateveratto mode should fit into a given solo.
P.s.: searching for a Per Nilsson on amazon.com
nice video!! i improvise allways my solos and after i try to recorded the best parts in one!! the same for me
That was hilarious! Also both styles sound amazing!
I've hit the thumbs up BEFORE the Per Nilson part. I wish I could give two thumbs up now
i hope young guitarist understand just how helpful your videos are. I write solos in a similar way as you do sometimes, but it took years of playing to figure out what works and what doesnt. then again, i had a needle and a record player to learn songs with by ear also. The only other helpful hint i would give a guitarist in solo writing is to just begin by sliding a one finger pattern to the root note of every chord to begin with. then work on that as a start, great video as always Ola.
Thanks Ola for sharing your knowledge! I really enjoyed this video ;-)
Capo! muy buenos tus videos, sirven para orientar y activar una opcion mas en este mundo de la guitarra. Seguis mucho tu intuicion y eso es muy bueno, no matas la espontaneidad!. Saludos desde Argentina. Podes usar el traductor pero "Capo" Its like "Awesome dude" something like that.
It would be awesome to have Per on call! That was funny!
Wish you kept Per's solo for this song (My Next), it really wouldve made the song moreee kickass with the scar symmetry sound!
awesome as usual, thank you for making a how-to-per. couldnt get mine working properly. maybe the basement isnt the best place to store your per...
According to David Gilmour, this is basically how he comes up with solos as well. (Except for the Per Nilsson part. And maybe using tape instead of .wav's, but I don't know about that.) As a guitarist, if you find that you're doing things like David Gilmour, chances are you're not going too far wrong.
He has also said that he'll carry a small audio recorder around with him and sort of sing or hum little melodies or motifs into it to later learn on the guitar for solos or even the main melodies of songs. That way if an idea hits him while he's out driving or something he can get it down and save it; it doesn't just evaporate back into the ether, never to reappear again.
Fantastic my friend
Hey Ola, did you know that there was a piece of software called Synergy that lets you use one mouse and keyboard for two devices? Works with PC, MAC and Linux :-)
Where can I get a Per Nilsson?
Ola you're the best
I love that alarm tone at the beginning.... it makes you much more..... eehm... human to me :-).
Very good video!
So jelly! Would love to pick the brain of Per!
Awesome!!
Ola, how do you approach mixing lead harmonies ? Like Panning, EQing, Stereo.
Do you use the same settings for both left and right channel??
I was just wondering, if you don't know anything about theory, how do you write such awesome harmonies? Is it just what sounds good to you? Awesome solo!
Awesome Video!
But how did you slow down the audio?
I would love to slow it down without changing the recording but I couldn't find any info on how to do it!
If anyone knows how to do this that please respond, I would appreciate that a lot!
thanks!
Exactly how I do it. Good to know I'm not the only one who records like that lol.
I need one of those 👀
i guess i should listen to ola's music now