I could’ve waited it out until I got my banner and thumbnails and that. But no.
Ladies and gents and inbetween, I never thought I’d be saying this at this time, or anytime soon, but. But.
I am a YouTube Partner.
Legit full partnership in my grasp. Which is quite a surreal thing. Never have I thought I’d be a Partner at this time, but it definitely shows that it’s worth the original material and backings that I’ve made, the regular content, and more!
I’d like to say a massive thank you for the support, and I hope to keep giving you awesome content within this year. I will be uploading three videos every month starting from June. I will be introducing new things to go alongside my guitaring stuff; exploring demonstrating products, a little bit of video blogging, and more!
Let me know what you want to see from me! Thank you again for the support, and here’s to my upcoming career as a YouTube Partner Guitarist Person Yay Awesome Rad Cool.
I hope, for anyone who’s seen my latest video already, you enjoyed what I made last week, with the Snarky Puppy-influenced jamming and all that. It’s a style that I’m quite comfortable with, at the moment, but when I keep updating my videos, I hope to start expanding my horizons in terms of what I do; not just regarding my guitar playing, but the additions of my compositions and creating general content!
So next week (6th June), expect a new video from me, in the form of an entry for Wallimann‘s Melodic Solo competition. After that, I’m going to have a mini-hiatus from making videos until halfway through the month, as I want to get university things out of the way. Then from the 18th onwards, I should be ready to make more content for you!
I hope to put out a metal-shred esque clip of myself, for a start off. And then afterwards, I also hope to put out an exclusive preview of ‘Animus’, my composition as part of my demo EP. EXCITEMENT. For a while, I have been intending to get a new camera for myself, as well, so I hope quality of both visuals and (some) sound would be improved.
So that’s what I generally have planned for June! I am not making any promises regarding dates and regularity of videos, just for this month, due to university-related things. But from mid-June onwards…
…let’s just say that I’m intending to make my summer busy. Unless my family decide to go on holiday. In which I’d have to organise ALL the things. We shall see.
New video, yeah? I was influenced by Snarky Puppy a shitload recently. So yeah, this was the result. I highly recommend you to check them out, if you haven’t done so, already!
Just a matter of grooving and playing a custom backing, this time! Really liked making it, anyway (except that B string ringing out, olol). As per, my equipment used - Jaden Rose Series Two into SM57 Mic and Blackstar HT-1R, into Focusrite Saffire Interface and DAW of Logic Pro 9.
My next video will be made and hopefully uploaded within the first week of June, to be an entry for this competition held by David Wallimann, one of my favourite YouTube guitarists out there, and seems like an awesome competition with prices; £100 voucher on backing tracks? Yes please! So watch out for that.
Also, on an entirely unrelated note, I will be attending the MCM Expo, or London Comic Con, in London starting tomorrow through to Sunday. Will you be there? I certainly will. We can geek out and things. I also have these business cards.
Which you may have, if you find me! But yes, to summarise: new video posted yesterday, next one within beginning of June, and I will be spamming or posting on my Twitter very frequently about the London Comic Con because I can. Until then,
Firstly I want to apologise for how mediocre the video angle is this week; I’d rather people see pretty much the whole guitar and myself playing, rather than just me, aha. I guarantee though that the next video enables you to see ALL the things.
As wrong as that may sound.
But anyway, I got this free Pink Floyd/David Gilmour inspired jam track from Jam Track Central.com – otherwise known as ‘bluesjamtracks’ on YouTube. So yeah, this is me basically demoing my new AMT California Sound distortion pedal, which sounds pretty swell; was worth it after a long while of developing a sound through my set up, in order of stream:
AMT California Sound; Blackstar HT-1R; SM57 Mic; Focusrite Saffire 6; Logic Pro 9.
First time around I play with a standard Blackstar clean tone, then moving onto using the pedal. So I hope you like it, and feel free to comment on the video regarding what I should do to improve pedal/mic tone, etc.
New video out next week, which will be more groove and jazz based; let’s just say during the time of filming, I was listening to a heckload of Snarky Puppy.
And finally, website update! I am happy to say that I have added a ‘Services’ section to my site, so if you want to find out more details on what I can do and compose for you, and how to do so, the information is all there! Saves me from my status section having an essay rather than its actual purpose.
Oh look today is new video day oh god I’m so sorry for what you’re about to hear.
Yeah, I apologise in advance for my mediocre tone. Also the ending. And faces (I was pretty much concentrating on what I was playing for a bulk of it, aha).
So I decided to have a go with this backing – always wanted to have a go with it after watching Martin Miller play and own that track. I may try it again in the future, but eh, I thought I’d post it anyway to see what others think. Feel free to comment, post constructive crit. and all the things.
Playing my Jaden Rose Series Two, going into a Blackstar HT-1R, mic’d with a SM57 going into the Focusrite Saffire 6, recording in Logic Pro 9.
Also, I’m actually going to be uploading weekly videos this month (except the last week as I have a uni exam)! So that’ll be exciting. And the next few videos will be better than this weeks – in my humble opinion. So if you’re subscribed to me, keep your eyes peeled for the next few Wednesdays, as I’ll be uploading my next two videos for the month then!
Next week’s video WILL feature the AMT California Sound pedal, expect some melodic rock stuff – with a backing track (Jam Track Central) influenced by the likes of Pink Floyd. Would be lovely if you subscribe, if you haven’t already,, and like/share my videos around, until then!
Hey guys, thought I’d give a little update to say that I’m still alive! Just been very busy with composing my latest big piece, along with working with a few people! I am willing to put up a video in a few days, which will basically be blues-chill based, and will also be demoing the AMT California Sound – so watch out for that.
I also want to start offering my services of composing, and playing guitar on pieces, for others. Read more on your right under the ‘Status’ bit of the website, but I basically want to start getting some experience under my belt, and build up a portfolio of sorts for myself. This is all for free at the moment, by the way, so ’tis ideal if you’re looking for loops, simple songs of less than a minute, etc. If it’s a project that’ll take some time to do, like a month or more, than you’ll have to message me to negotiate prices.
Here’s an example of what I’ve done very recently, making montage-esque, and ending music for upcoming YouTuber ItsJackMace. He’s hoping to have a backlog of sketches under his belt in the next few months, so please subscribe to him!
If you want any music done for free (loops/minute-length clips), feel free to DM/tweet me at @lizrainsberry, or use the ‘Contact’ section of my website if you want to discuss via email. Here’s to a new video hopefully out soon within the next few days!
So it’s been a month since my last post, which I apologise for! The past month has been terribly busy for me, what with the last few important uni lectures before the easter break, the first minuscule YouTube related meet-up I went to, etc… and this month is just going to get a little busier!
I will be working on a piece that will be included in my little demo EP (as well as it being my final first year composition), which will take up a fair bit of the month. I will also be playing bass for a friend’s metal project, working on not only a 2,000 word essay but also a fair bit of song analysis. /uni is so fun.
I am hoping to upload a good few videos within this month, though! This was the latest video I uploaded in the last month:-
It unfortunately hasn’t got as much exposure as I’d like it to have got, so feel free to share the video around a little more and give it a ‘like’, too. I can understand though, seeing as I was just playing around with most of my favourite riffs that you may have heard in the past, aha. But all I wanted was to experiment with this particular ii-V-I turnaround, trying out different alternative chords and scales to solo over the V with.
This is also the first type I’ve experimented with getting a good sound – as in hardly any buzz, and also equalising. If anyone has any constructive crit. on my producing skills (olol), feel free to comment here, and on the video, too. I’ve been getting some great comments (on and off YT) so far, so keep them going. Also I apologise for the slight lag, if there is any.
As usual, I’m playing my Jaden Rose Series Two, going into a Blackstar HT-1R and Focusrite Saffire 6, recording in Logic Pro 9. I also created the backing track.
Next video is going to be a little more heavy based, I’m hoping to be demoing my AMT pedal, so that should be up in a week or two! We’ll see what happens. I’m may make it all a bit Pink Floyd/progressive-esque, but like I said, we shall see what happens.
