1st Band Session at Rockspace in Vancouver.
Improvising around the flamenco chords usually found in Taranto toque over a heavier groove mixed with Yngwie Malmsteen and Uli Jon Roth influences...
1st session with some of Vancouver's best musicians...
Spontaneous improvising with a heavier feel....more of a linear style of soloing (Uli Jon Roth, Yngwie Malmsteen) and more of a legato feel...
Here is a clip from the 3rd band rehearsal at the Roxy Vancouver. Issah, Jim and Adis are trading solos....blues progression going into shreddy zone as well....influenced by Lucky Peterson, Steve Lukather, Blues Saraceno, Kee Marcello...
Here is a clip of Adis going for the funky bluesy Scott Henderson vibe....trusty Washburn 36 fretter guitar.....less of a vintage and more of a modern midrangy active pickups tone...mixing Lukather in there...
A first rehearsal session - lots of jamming and shredding to kick things off.
This clip is in the style of Greg Howe, Michel Cusson (Uzeb, Wild Unit), Kee Marcello tap-string skipping with a little bit of wild Lukather bending and going for it....
This clip is from the 3rd band rehearsal with Issah on drums and Jim on bass at Roxy Vancouver.....going for the shreddy bluesy Nuno Bettencourt and Blues Saraceno feel...
Jam session with Issah on drums, Jim on Bass and Adis on guitar - pleasure to be there.
Zoning out into the Metal Bop Shuffle....
This was a first jam session, completely improvised...
This is a whole song (Stevie Wonder - Superstition) Adis performed at the ROCK 101 contest in 2005. Adis was the only instrumentalist among all vocal line-up. He finished 3rd. Adis won 1st place in Guitar Shredoffs and Music West competitions...
Here is a clip of Adis playing "Crossfire" solo -
Spectograph Frequency Analyzer is on the (camera) left. It is used for visual inspection of frequencies that are present in the sound source material which can be continuously fed in the input.
check out www.adisguitar.com for other stuff in the style of Yngwie Malmsteen, Vinnie Moore, Jimi Hendrix, and other guitar influences...
This is practice improv stuff - speedy stuff, alternate picking, arpegios and few mistakes - technique building elements...phrygian dominant/harmonic minor family scale with chromatic ideas..
Here is a clip from the 2nd band rehearsal (Issah, Jim, Adis) at Vancouver Rockspace. Improvisation in odd time..7/4..... mixing early Malmsteen-Marcello style of legato playing......
This clip is from the 3rd band rehearsal with Jim on bass and Issah on drums at the Roxy Vancouver.....going for a more fusioney legato style of playing influenced by Joe Satriani and Allan Holdsworth ....
Another old practice tape - I like the delay effect especially over arpegiated Paganini Caprice. Great for building articulation and precision... And you can't hide the mistakes!!!
This clip is from the 3rd band rehearsal with Issah on drums and Jim on bass at the Roxy Vancouver......going for the Gary Moore / John Norum vibrato and bending mixed with Vai octave-tapping and Satriani-Holdsworth legato...
The clip is from the 2nd band rehearsal at the Vancouver Rockspace with Jim on bass and Issah on drums. Shreddy country rock solo with Steve Morse influence....
This clip is from Jagua gig at the Roxy organized by Fox radio station (band competition).....sol oing in the style of Yngwie Malmsteen and Steve Vai...
This clip is from the 2nd band rehearsal with Issah on drums and Jim on bass at the Vancouver Rockspace.....going for the shreddy style mixed with bluesy slide playing....mixing Vai with Ry Cooder shreddy bluesy styles (Crossroads duel)with a heavy groove....