Green Day - American Idiot

Green Day's "American Idiot" home recording.


Here is the setup I used from Pick to HeadPhones.

Pick: Dunlop Tortex Yellow 0.73  
Guitar: Ibanez AS80 (mid-80's Made in Japan)
Strings:D'Addario 010～046
Cable: Providence LG401
PedalBoard: 
DOD.270.AB.Selector  => A/B Select
A: BOSS TU-70 Tuner 
B: BOSS DS-1=> BOSS CH-1=> MXR micro amp (CH-1 never used)

Audio Capture: Edirol UA-25
PC: Dell Latitude E6410/Core i5/W7-32bit/3.5GB
DAW: Reaper from http://www.reaper.fm/
Amp-Sim: LeBrit from http://lepouplugins.blogspot.jp/
Cabinet:
HeadPhones: Audio Technica ATH-A700
Backing Track: http://www.guitarbackingtrack.com

Band:Green Day
Song:American Idiot
Album:American Idiot
Guitar/Vocals:Billie Joe
Richard Hurtado

(Note:The times are only for the guitar parts
not the lyrics)

(clean) (0:00-0:02)
E|----------------------------||
B|----------------------------||
G|------666------6------------||
D|-666--666--44--6--6--4------||
A|-666--444--44--4--6--4------||
E|-444-------22-----4--2------||

(distorted) (0:02-0:05)
E|----------------------------||
B|----------------------------||
G|------666------6------------||
D|-666--666--44--6--6--4------||
A|-666--444--44--4--6--4------||
E|-444-------22-----4--2------||

(distorted) (0:05-0:07)
E|----------------------------||
B|----------------------------||
G|------666------6------------||
D|-666--666--44--6--6--4------||
A|-666--444--44--4--6--4------||
E|-444-------22-----4--2------||

(distorted) (0:07-0:10)
E|----------------------------||
B|----------------------------||
G|------666------6------------||
D|-666--666--44--6--6--4------||
A|-666--444--44--4--6--4------||
E|-444-------22-----4--2------||

(distorted) (0:13-0:16)
E|----------------------------||
B|----------------------------||
G|------666------6------------||(says the lyrics then plays the guitar part)
D|-666--666--44--6--6--4------||
A|-666--444--44--4--6--4------||
E|-444-------22-----4--2------||
Dont want to be an american idiot.

(distorted) (0:17-0:20)
E|----------------------------||
B|----------------------------||
G|------666------6------------||(says the lyrics then plays the guitar part)
D|-666--666--44--6--6--4------||
A|-666--444--44--4--6--4------||
E|-444-------22-----4--2------||
Dont want a nation under the new media.

(distorted) (0:23-0:26)
E|----------------------------||
B|----------------------------||
G|------666------6------------|| (says the lyrics then plays the guitar part)
D|-666--666--44--6--6--4------||
A|-666--444--44--4--6--4------||
E|-444-------22-----4--2------||
And can you hear the sound of hysteria?

(distorted) (0:28-0:31)
E|----------------------------||
B|----------------------------||
G|------666------6------------|| (says the lyrics then plays the guitar part)
D|-666--666--44--6--6--4------||
A|-666--444--44--4--6--4------||
E|-444-------22-----4--2------||
The subliminal mindfuck america.

(distorted) (0:31-0:49)
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|-66666666------------88888888------------66666666------------88888888---||
D|-66666666--66666666--88888888--66666666--66666666--66666666--88888888---||
A|-44444444--66666666--66666666--66666666--44444444--66666666--66666666---||
E|-----------44444444------------44444444------------44444444-------------||
Welcome to a new kind of tension.All across the alien nation.Everything isnt meant to be okay.
Television dreams of tommorow.We're not the ones who're meant to follow.For thats enough to argue.

(distorted) (0:51-0:54)
E|----------------------------||
B|----------------------------||
G|------666------6------------||
D|-666--666--44--6--6--4------||
A|-666--444--44--4--6--4------||
E|-444-------22-----4--2------||

(distorted) (0:54-0:56)
E|----------------------------||
B|----------------------------||
G|------666------6------------||
D|-666--666--44--6--6--4------||
A|-666--444--44--4--6--4------||
E|-444-------22-----4--2------||

(distorted) (0:59-1:02)
E|----------------------------||
B|----------------------------||
G|------666------6------------||(says the lyrics then plays the guitar part)
D|-666--666--44--6--6--4------||
A|-666--444--44--4--6--4------||
E|-444-------22-----4--2------||
Well maybe I'm the faggot america.

(distorted) (1:04-1:07)
E|----------------------------||
B|----------------------------||
G|------666------6------------|| (says the lyrics then plays the guitar part)
D|-666--666--44--6--6--4------||
A|-666--444--44--4--6--4------||
E|-444-------22-----4--2------||
I'm not a part of a redneck agenda.

(distorted) (1:09-1:12)
E|----------------------------||
B|----------------------------||
G|------666------6------------|| (says the lyrics then plays the guitar part)
D|-666--666--44--6--6--4------||
A|-666--444--44--4--6--4------||
E|-444-------22-----4--2------||
Now everybody do the propaganda.

(distorted) (1:15-1:17)
E|----------------------------||
B|----------------------------|| (says the lyrics then plays the guitar part)
G|------666------6------------||
D|-666--666--44--6--6--4------||
A|-666--444--44--4--6--4------||
E|-444-------22-----4--2------||
And sing along in the age of paranoia.

(distorted) (1:18-1:35)
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|-66666666------------88888888------------66666666------------88888888---||
D|-66666666--66666666--88888888--66666666--66666666--66666666--88888888---||
A|-44444444--66666666--66666666--66666666--44444444--66666666--66666666---||
E|-----------44444444------------44444444------------44444444-------------||
Welcome to a new kind of tension.All across the alien nation.Everything isnt meant to be okay. 
Television dreams of tommorow.We're not the ones who're meant to follow.For thats enough to argue.

(distorted) (1:38-1:40)
E|----------------------------||
B|----------------------------||
G|------666------6------------||
D|-666--666--44--6--6--4------||
A|-666--444--44--4--6--4------||
E|-444-------22-----4--2------||

(distorted) (1:40-1:43)
E|----------------------------||
B|----------------------------||
G|------666------6------------||
D|-666--666--44--6--6--4------||
A|-666--444--44--4--6--4------||
E|-444-------22-----4--2------||

(distorted) (1:43-1:45)
E|----------------------------||
B|----------------------------||
G|------666------6------------||
D|-666--666--44--6--6--4------||
A|-666--444--44--4--6--4------||
E|-444-------22-----4--2------||

(distorted) (1:45-1:48)
E|----------------------------||
B|----------------------------||
G|------666------6------------||
D|-666--666--44--6--6--4------||
A|-666--444--44--4--6--4------||
E|-444-------22-----4--2------||


SOLO (distorted) (1:48-1:58)
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|---------------------------------------------888-101010-121212-13/15/13-||
D|---------------------------888-10-11-10-8-6-----------------------------||
A|-888888-6-4--6666--8-6-4-3----------------------------------------------||
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------||

(1:58-2:07)
E|----------------------------------------------------------------||
B|----------------------------------------------------------------||
G|----------------------------------------------8/13~-------------||
D|----------------------------888-10-11-10-8-6--------------------||
A|-888888-6-4--6666--8-6-4-3--------------------------------------||
E|----------------------------------------------------------------||


(clean) (2:07-2:09)
E|----------------------------||
B|----------------------------||
G|------666------6------------||
D|-666--666--44--6--6--4------||
A|-666--444--44--4--6--4------||
E|-444-------22-----4--2------||

(clean) (2:09-2:11)
E|----------------------------||
B|----------------------------||
G|------666------6------------||
D|-666--666--44--6--6--4------||
A|-666--444--44--4--6--4------||
E|-444-------22-----4--2------||


(clean) (2:11-2:14)
E|----------------------------||
B|----------------------------||
G|------666------6------------||
D|-666--666--44--6--6--4------||
A|-666--444--44--4--6--4------||
E|-444-------22-----4--2------||
Dont want to be an american idiot.


(clean) (2:14-2:16)
E|----------------------------||
B|----------------------------||
G|------666------6------------||
D|-666--666--44--6--6--4------||
A|-666--444--44--4--6--4------||
E|-444-------22-----4--2------||
One nation controlled by the media.


(clean) (2:16-2:19)
E|----------------------------||
B|----------------------------||
G|------666------6------------||
D|-666--666--44--6--6--4------||
A|-666--444--44--4--6--4------||
E|-444-------22-----4--2------||
Information age of hysteria.

(no guitar) It's going out to idiot america.

(distorted) (2:22-2:39)
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|-66666666------------88888888------------66666666------------88888888---||
D|-66666666--66666666--88888888--66666666--66666666--66666666--88888888---||
A|-44444444--66666666--66666666--66666666--44444444--66666666--66666666---||
E|-----------44444444------------44444444------------44444444-------------||
Welcome to a new kind of tension.All across the alien nation.Everything isnt meant to be okay.
Television dreams of tommorrow.We're not the ones who're meant to follow.For thats enough to argue.


(clean) (2:39-2:42)
E|----------------------------||
B|----------------------------||
G|------666------6------------||
D|-666--666--44--6--6--4------||
A|-666--444--44--4--6--4------||
E|-444-------22-----4--2------||

(distorted) (2:42-2:45)
E|----------------------------||
B|----------------------------||
G|------666------6------------||
D|-666--666--44--6--6--4------||
A|-666--444--44--4--6--4------||
E|-444-------22-----4--2------||

(distorted) (2:45-2:47)
E|----------------------------||
B|----------------------------||
G|------666------6------------||
D|-666--666--44--6--6--4------||
A|-666--444--44--4--6--4------||
E|-444-------22-----4--2------||

(distorted) (2:47-2:50)
E|----------------------------||
B|----------------------------||
G|------666------6------------||
D|-666--666--44--6--6--4------||
A|-666--444--44--4--6--4------||
E|-444-------22-----4--2------||


Outro (clean) (2:50-2:52)
E|---------------------------||
B|---------------------------||
G|------666------6-----------||
D|-666--666--44--6--6--------||
A|-666--444--44--4--6--------||
E|-444-------22-----4--------||
distorted    ..  .  .

Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit

Another home recording, this one is Nirvana`s "Smells Like Teen Spirit". I think this was about the 10th recording, but still working on it. I guess it goes to show that even the simplest songs are not all that simple...or I just suck that bad. This song has a lot of loud/soft, so I have problems with the changes using the pedalboard. I record live all the way through, so makes for great practice and prep for live performances.

 

Here is the setup I used from Pick to HeadPhones.

Pick: Dunlop Tortex Yellow 0.73  
Guitar: Fender American Standard Stratocaster Custom Shop Texas Special Pickups
Strings:D'Addario 010～046
Cable: Providence LG401
PedalBoard: 
DOD.270.AB.Selector  => A/B Select
A: BOSS TU-70 Tuner 
B: BOSS DS-1=> BOSS CH-1=> MXR micro amp

Audio Capture: Edirol UA-25
PC: Dell Latitude E6410/Core i5/W7-32bit/3.5GB
DAW: Reaper from http://www.reaper.fm/
Amp-Sim: LeBrit from http://lepouplugins.blogspot.jp/
Cabinet:
HeadPhones: Audio Technica ATH-A700
Backing Track: http://www.guitarbackingtrack.com

Stone Temple Pilots - Plush

Here is a stab at home recording. I am using this song to try out several configurations of VST`s and Pedal Board combinations. I hope to learn more about how to get nice tone from a real pedal board and home recording using DAW and VST plugins. Then I want to take my pedal board to the studio and make some mic`ed recordings and compare.



Below is my home recording setup, etc.

Guitar: Ibanez AS80
DAW: Reaper
Amp-Sim: LeBrit from http://lepouplugins.blogspot.jp/
Cabinet:
Distortion: Boss OD-2
Chorus: Boss CH-1
Backing Track: http://www.guitarbackingtrack.com
PC: Dell Latitude e6410/Core i5/W7-32bit/3.5GB

Random notes

4 – Random notes
Practice playing random notes through the scale. For example:

Major scale = 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Pick out notes randomly: 1 6 3 2 12 15 3 5 11 7 etc.

This will help you to learn the scale thoroughly, it will make you more flexible and again give you more freedom when improvising.

Melodic patterns

From http://www.guitarhabits.com/

3 – Melodic patterns
Learn to play the scales in 3rds, 4ths, 5ths, 6ths, 3 in a line 4 in a line, etc.
Example:

Major scale = 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
C major scale = C D E F G A B C D E F G A B C

3rds = 1 3, 2 4, 3 5, 4 6, 5 7, 6 8, 7 9, 8 10, 9 11, etc.
C major scale = C E, D F, E G, F A, G B, A C, B D, C E, D F, etc.

4ths = 1 4, 2 5, 3 6, 4 7, 5 8, 6 9, 7 10, 8 11, 9 12, etc.
5ths = 1 5, 2 6, 3 7, 4 8, 5 9, 6 10, 7 11, 8 12, 9 13, etc.
6ths = 1 6, 2 7, 3 8, 4 9, 5 10, 6 11, 7 12, 8 13, 9 14, etc.

3 in a line = 123, 234, 345, 456, 567, 678, 789, etc.
4 in a line = 1234, 2345, 3456, 4567, 5678, 6789, etc.

Minor/Major Pentatonic & Major Scale

From http://www.justinguitar.com/