Concept and inspirations: In 2013 I made a backing track from some of the earliest ideas I ever wrote. A few months later, jamming on that backing track became a part of my warm up routine and what ended up happening quite often, is that I was jamming and experimenting with ideas for hours on end, forgetting whatever I was supposed to work on that day.
That feeling of losing the sense of time in joy became the theme of the track
Valentin The Mad - Losing the Sense of Time (Indie Rock Instrumental)Valentin The Mad2017-10-03 | An indie rock instrumental (with some Spanish music vibes as well) by Valentin The Mad
Concept and inspirations: In 2013 I made a backing track from some of the earliest ideas I ever wrote. A few months later, jamming on that backing track became a part of my warm up routine and what ended up happening quite often, is that I was jamming and experimenting with ideas for hours on end, forgetting whatever I was supposed to work on that day.
That feeling of losing the sense of time in joy became the theme of the track
*** Equipment used in this track: Gibson Flying V guitar Traben Neo bass Apollo Twin Duo
Amplitube 5: Mesa Boogie expansion - rhythm and lead guitars
EZDrummer 2 Metalheads expansion - drum sounds Submission Audio Flatline was used on the master bus
Filming gear: Sony a7ii Canon G15 Canon L 17-40mm f/4 Canon STM 50mm f/1.8 Canon L 80-200mm f/2.8 Industar/FED 50mm f/3.5An alt rock guitar soloValentin The Mad2023-07-30 | A new track is in the making and here's a preview from the guitar solo recording sessions.
*** Equipment used in this track: Gibson Flying V guitar Traben Neo bass Apollo Twin Duo
Amplitube 4: Mesa Boogie expansion - rhythm and lead guitars Amplitube SVX expansion - bass
EZDrummer 2 Metalheads expansion - drum sounds EZMix 2 was used on the master bus
Filming gear: Sony a7ii Canon G15 Canon L 17-40mm f/4 Canon STM 50mm f/1.8 Canon L 80-200mm f/2.8 Industar/FED 50mm f/3.5Illusion of Control - guitar solo recording sessionsValentin The Mad2022-09-15 | Full track is live now: youtube.com/watch?v=Qr4kBxsPozs
A new solo project track is on the way and here's a preview from the guitar solo recording sessions.
Currently tracking a piece that is sort of a blend of alt rock and metal, and one of the riffs ended up being quite inspired by Megadeth's Cryptic Writings album (that I dig a lot).
Here's a quick preview from the recording session, stay tuned for the full track coming soon.
*** About the track: Deadly Obsession is a concept track. The theme of it is something that started out as a positive, good idea, but went really wrong somewhere along the way, became a dangerous obsession and ended very badly.
I'm very excited to have Ryan Van Poederooyen program the drums on this one too. I'm a huge fan of his work for Imonolith and the Devin Townsend Band, and hearing his interpretation for something I made is just something else.
The video was professionally filmed by MenahemD. He is an awesome creative mind and his vision and ideas were able to make the video aspect of this track better than I could have thought.
*** This is a remake of a demo I originally released in 2014, if you are curious to hear how that one sounded you can find it here: youtube.com/watch?v=5zfPxx1SQp8
*** Equipment used in this track: Gibson Flying V guitar Traben Neo bass Apollo Twin Duo
Amplitube 4: Mesa Boogie expansion - rhythm and lead guitars Amplitube SVX expansion - bass
EZDrummer 2 Metalheads expansion - drum sounds EZMix 2 was used on the master bus
Filming gear: Sony a7ii Canon G15 Canon L 17-40mm f/4 Canon STM 50mm f/1.8 Canon L 80-200mm f/2.8 Industar/FED 50mm f/3.5War Pigs intro (with real air-raid siren in the background)Valentin The Mad2021-12-16 | A cover of the intro of War Pigs by Black Sabbath, with a real air-raid siren in the background.
I live in Haifa, Israel. Without getting into the politics - war is a thing that happens here, and so the army and authorities did a drill earlier today with an air raid siren, the kind of one you would hear in the case of a real attack too. So I did the only reasonable thing you can do - use the opportunity to cover the War Pigs intro on bass.
I was pretty anxious before this recording since you don't have too much opportunity for retakes, but I think it came out OK.
Hope you enjoy this. Peace and love, hope air raid sirens remain only a drill.
*** Check out more music here on the channel: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgrDAPIq_KbvO_kfrm7XSLIhEZHKKduOZA preview from an upcoming track (and a riff you may know)Valentin The Mad2021-11-23 | A clip from the guitar solo recording session for the remake of Deadly Obsession. You can also hear some of Ryan Van Poederooyen's awesome work on the drum track here. The rest of the track is just as intense on the drum side ;)
*** About the track: The theme of Drive is motivational. The idea was to write the kind of music that would make you want to get up, go out there, and get things done
Usually my tracks are solo releases in every sense of that term (with me doing the writing, production, drum programming, and the video), but that is not the case here. The drums were programmed by Ryan Van Poederooyen (drummer of Imonolith, ex-long time drummer of Devin Townsend). Ryan is one of my absolute favorite drummers and his work here just blew me away. If you're familiar with his drumming style you'll definitely recognize it here, and for me it's a huge honor to hear his interpretation and drumming on something I wrote.
And the video was professionally filmed by MenahemD, with Almog Davidov joining us for some shots of skateboarding.
*** Equipment used in this track: Gibson Flying V guitar Traben Neo bass Apollo Twin Duo
Amplitube 4: Mesa Boogie expansion - rhythm and lead guitars Amplitube SVX expansion - bass
EZDrummer 2 Metalheads expansion - drum sounds EZMix 2 was used on the master bus
Filming gear: Sony a7ii Canon G15 Canon L 17-40mm f/4 Canon STM 50mm f/1.8 Canon L 80-200mm f/2.8 Industar/FED 50mm f/3.5Metallica - So What (S&M Style)Valentin The Mad2020-10-21 | A fan version of So What in the style of S&M.
Original song by Anti-Nowhere League Based on Metallica's live performance of the song in Cunning Stunts DVD Orchestra footage taken from S&M (1999)
Orchestration by Valentin The Mad
Inspired by Metallica's shows with the San Francisco Orchestra in S&M 1 and 2.
*** Other projects of mine include a death metal song with wild boars (recorded in my city) doing the vocals: youtube.com/watch?v=B-C8jdXIG5A
And a solo project of instrumental guitar-centered music (ranging from soft rock to heavy-thrash metal). Metallica is the reason I started playing music in the first place, and they're a major influence for my writing as well: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgrDAPIq_KbtKRCBYON1Tw541_5Kd5Ukl
*** How it came to be: In anticipation of S&M 2 I came across the documentary of the first show on Youtube. At one point, Michael Kamen (the conductor of the symphony) joked with the members of Metallica about the possibility of playing So What in S&M.
I thought that could be really cool, and some time later I decided to just do it myself.
A big plus while making it was the fact that the Cunning Stunts DVD comes with a 5.1 channel surround sound option. There's a channel that includes only the vocals, drums and bass, and 2 channels that mainly include the guitars. That helped a lot with the mix.
Music written and recorded by Valentin The Mad Vocals: various wild boars Artwork by Tatiana Belokonenko Videos of me playing were filmed by Amit Cohen Special thanks to MenahemD for additional help
*** How it came to be: I live in Haifa, Israel. As far as I remember wild hogs were always present in the city, but in recent years there has been a massive increase in their population. In some neighborhoods seeing them became a daily occurrence.
One day I encountered a family of hogs in the middle of the day on a busy street. I took out my phone and recorded a short video (the one you see at the start). Later that day I was listening to a brutal death metal album, and at the same time I had the hog video playing. There was a very notable similarity between the deep vocals in that album and the voice of the hog in the video, which led to this idea.
I borrowed my friend's B tuned guitar and in the following weeks I was walking around town late evenings and nights with my camera and a handheld recorder, sampling and filming the local pigs. So yes, all the vocals you hear in the song are autotuned street hogs from my city.
When I'm not stalking wild pigs, I have a project of instrumental guitar-centered music, with the genres ranging from soft rock to heavy-thrash metal. You can listen to that in this playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgrDAPIq_KbvO_kfrm7XSLIhEZHKKduOZ
Gear used making this: Ibanez RG370DX (guitar) Traben Neo (bass) Zoom H1n (handheld recorder for sampling the pigs) Universal Audio Apollo Twin (audio interface) IK Multimedia Amplitube 4 Max (guitar and bass plugin) Toontrack EZDrummer 2 (drum software) and EZMix 2 (for compression on the master bus) Auburn Sounds Graillon 2 (autotune software) Waves Tune (also autotune)Valentin The Mad - Devils Courtyard (Heavy-Thrash Metal)Valentin The Mad2020-04-20 | A heavy-thrash metal instrumental track, written and recorded by Valentin The Mad. Drums were made with the assistance of Jonathan Mekarkash (Hell Of A Mess). Get a high quality mp3 or in loseless format (and support my work) on Bandcamp: valentinbk.bandcamp.com/track/devils-courtyard-2
*** About the track: This release is a remake of a demo I made back in 2014. The idea was to revisit the track, re-record everything from scratch, flesh the ideas out, but keep the spirit and the vibe of the original. And now, after much work of recording, mixing and experimenting, I'm really happy to finally have it out.
Musically, as the shirt suggests, Megadeth was the biggest influence.
The demo is most commonly known for being used in the intro of the review and discussion videos on my gaming channel "Random Madness", where it was heard over 4 million times in the various videos.
As for the video - I was in the final stages of working on the track when the whole crisis started breaking out. When the time came to film, my country was in the middle of the lockdown with strict movement restrictions, so I decided to film the video on an improvised set on my roof.
*** Equipment used in this track: Gibson Flying V guitar Traben Neo bass Apollo Twin Duo
Amplitube 4: Mesa Boogie expansion - rhythm, lead guitars, first guitar solo Orange expansion - 2nd solo Amplitube SVX expansion - bass
EZDrummer 2 - drum sounds EZMix 2 was used on the master busA preview from an upcoming trackValentin The Mad2020-01-28 | The next solo project release (a re-recording of my 2014 track Devil's Courtyard) is now actively in the works, and here's a vid from the recording sessions of the first guitar solo.
Tweet me! twitter.com/ValentinTheMadValentin The Mad - Open Season (Alternative Ending)Valentin The Mad2019-09-19 | A heavier, alternative ending to my track Open Season (hard rock-heavy metal instrumental).
I was working on a machinima video for my gaming channel, with Open Season being the theme track for it, and as I was nearing the end I was about 20 seconds short of music. So I decided to experiment and see what I can do, one thing led to another and I wrote this heavier ending.
After the machinima came out I decided to take the time, finalize, re-record the riffs and release this version of the track as well. Hope you'll enjoy it!
*** Equipment used in this track: Gibson Flying V guitar Traben Neo bass Apollo Twin Duo
Amplitube 4 - rhythm and lead guitars Amplitube SVX 2 expansion - bass
Ignite Amps TSB-1 plugin was also used for the bass sound
EZDrummer 2 - drum soundsLord of Strange [guitar solo recording sessions]Valentin The Mad2019-08-04 | A clip from the recording sessions of Lord of Strange - the upcoming song for Trust Confirmed, an alt rock band I started with a good friend of mine Matan S.
The tracks are also available on Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, Bandcamp and most digital distribution platforms. You can find them through my artist name (Valentin The Mad).
Currently working on the guitar solo of an upcoming hard rock-heavy metal track called "Open Season". Still much work to be done and I hope you'll enjoy this preview.
An instrumental melodic metal track dedicated to the memory of Chester Bennington, the late frontman of Linkin Park. Parts of the track were written in the days following the news of his passing.
On the creation of the track: I began working on it in June of 2017. I was experimenting with ideas, riffs, figuring out the arrangements. At one point I hit a writing block and went back to working on a different track (called Losing the Sense of Time, already released).
A few weeks later came that Thursday when I heard the news of Chester's passing. It was a massive shock and it hit me hard. It felt a lot like losing someone I've known for years, and in a way it was that. Linkin Park is the band that reignited my love for rock music back in 2003, I've been listening to them non stop back then and the early albums have remained a significant part of my life's soundtrack throughout the years.
Following the news of his passing and the massive amounts of Linkin Park I was listening to in those days I picked up my bass, went back to writing and the missing pieces of the track were filled. The music was emotional from the very start, but after that, it took an entirely different meaning.
Tweet me! twitter.com/ValentinTheMadValentin The Mad - Insomnia [guitar solo re-recording]Valentin The Mad2018-05-04 | A re-recording of the guitar solo section of Insomnia, the very first release in the solo project.
It will now be featured in a new podcast called "Life of Laymen". One of the hosts (McWonderBeast) is a long time viewer of my gaming channel and now the new recording of Insomnia (and Losing the Sense of Time) will be played during the intro and the outro of the podcast.
An instrumental heavy-prog metal track inspired by Middle Eastern music. Written and recorded by Valentin The Mad First rhythm riff written by Maor David
On the creation of the track: The initial idea was born in a jam with a friend of mine, Maor David. He came up with the first rhythm riff, which is the foundation of the track. After writing the intro solo later that night, I decided there's no way I'm letting it be another unfinished project, and I continued to work on it on and off throughout 2013, releasing a demo in early 2014.
The idea of re-recording it now was to reexamine everything - the riffs, the bass parts, the solo rhythms, and deliver a clearer, fleshed out version of the track.
*** Equipment used in this track: Gibson Flying V guitar Traben Neo bass Apollo Twin Duo
Amplitube 4 - rhythm and lead guitars Amplitube SVX 2 expansion - bass
Ignite Amps TSB-1 plugin was also used for the bass sound
EZDrummer 2 - drum soundsLosing the Sense of Time - alternative introValentin The Mad2017-12-28 | A playthrough video of the alternative intro I made for a track from my solo project called Losing the Sense of Time.
Instagram instagram.com/valentinthemadIronOxide - Full Guitar Playthrough (Electronic Music, Rap & Metal)Valentin The Mad2017-11-23 | A playthrough video of my guitar parts in IronOxide, a collaboration track of metal, electronic music and rap.
Tweet me! twitter.com/ValentinTheMadA preview from an upcoming track 2Valentin The Mad2017-08-18 | Taken during a practice session of one of the solos, new stuff is coming folks!Rust - IronOxide [Guitar solo 2]Valentin The Mad2017-07-14 | A video from my recording session of the 2nd guitar solo for IronOxide.
SLEN twitter.com/SLEN_LBValentin The Mad - Everything on the Line [Heavy Metal Instrumental]Valentin The Mad2017-05-26 | A heavy metal instrumental (with some prog influences as well) by Valentin The Mad
Concept and inspirations: The track is about the choice of dedicating yourself to creating art. You're putting everything on the line, the risk is huge and there are much safer, more secure paths but you got that burning drive and passion you can't ignore. It comes with quite an emotional trip. Insane motivation, heavy doubts, and sometimes just pure emptiness.
Main musical inspirations: Metallica, Dream Theater (their self titled album was a pretty heavy inspiration for the first half of the track) and Pink Floyd
New music is coming (several tracks are being worked on at the moment) and here is a preview of one of them.Valentin The Mad - Apocalyptic Visions (Heavy Metal Instrumental)Valentin The Mad2015-04-26 | Support my music and buy the track at: valentinbk.bandcamp.com/track/apocalyptic-visions
Writing, guitar and bass performance by Valentin The Mad
Sound production, drums and keyboards by Matan Shitrit
Apocalyptic Visions is an old school Heavy Metal guitar instrumental inspired by, yes, you guessed it - the apocalypse.
More on this track: When I was working on Sandstorm there was a point where it was way too short (around 2:30 mins) and felt incomplete, so I was looking to solve that.
I thought about making a "proggy half" to it, which ended up being the first few riffs of When The Dust Settles. Eventually the solo section of Sandstorm got longer and I wrote an outro so I decided to split the two and keep developing the ideas to make it a track on its own.
By September 2014 I had most of the track was written down and I started completing it. The work on the solos took much longer than I expect it, but I think it was worth it.
Let me know what you think in the comments section, and share the video if you dig the music!
Equipment I used on this one: Guitar: Gibson Flying V Amptweaker TightRock Distortion Pedal MXR Six Band EQ Pedal TC Electronics Flashback for Delay Bugera V5 Amp
Shure SM-58 microphone was used to record the guitar
Bass: Traben Neo bass guitar Warwick Blue Cab 30 amp
Audio recorded using Edirol UA-25. Audio edited using Cubase 7 Elements. Guitar VST - Guitar Rig 4 Drums VST - Addictive Drums Video recorded using Sony HDR-CX290E Video edited in Vegas Movie Studio HD 13Valentin The Mad - Hypnosis (IndieProg Rock Instrumental)Valentin The Mad2014-09-10 | Buy this track at: valentinbk.bandcamp.com/track/hypnosis
Hypnosis is an Indie\Prog Rock track from my solo project. It will probably be the finishing track of the upcoming solo album (I have more writing to do, so everything is still open!). And like all of my other solo tracks this one was written and recorded entirely by me. See if you can spot Kelly (my cat) on this one :D
Have a listen, and dont forget to share the video if you dig the music!
Equipment I used on this one: Guitar: Gibson Flying V Amptweaker TightRock Distortion Pedal MXR Six Band EQ Pedal TC Electronics Flashback for Delay Bugera V5 Amp
Shure SM-58 microphone was used to record the guitar
Bass: Traben Neo bass guitar
Audio recorded using Edirol UA-25. Audio edited using Cubase 7 Elements. Guitar VST - Guitar Rig 4 Drums VST - Addictive Drums Video recorded using Sony HDR-CX290E Video edited in Vegas Movie Studio HD 13Valentin The Mad - Never Peace Of Mind (Prog Rock Insturmental)Valentin The Mad2014-04-07 | Support my music by buying this piece at: valentinbk.bandcamp.com/track/never-peace-of-mind
Never Peace Of Mind is a prog rock instrumental with metal, alternative and hard rock influences written and recorded entirely by me. This video features the glorious return of "Cat Cam" first presented in my video for "Sandstorm".
One important life lesson learned during the making - when a cat occupies a box it becomes their independent territory. Learn from my mistake, and dont invade it ;)
The title is about me and peace of mind - a something that I dont get to feel much. I constantly feel the need to go forward, write the next piece, do the next show, make the next step towards the blurry destination I call "making it in music". And the only relief I get from this feeling is when Im actually taking that next step. Even when I relax, I always feel this turbulence inside me, and this feeling was the inspiration to the title and some parts of the music. And now that Im done with the writing, the recording and the video editing, Im thinking - whats next?
Enjoy the video and share it with your friends if you dig the music!
About the writing of Never Peace Of Mind: Its a piece I started working on shortly after finising my version to Lily Was Here. I came up with a few ideas, intending to do an alt-ambient rock piece (- to explore some unfamiliar territory), but ended up doing something entirely different once I came up with the main theme. The piece went through a crazy amount of changes from the initial idea to what you are hearing right now - from changing the time signature (from 4\4 to 3\4) to significant structure changes mid-recording and much more. But eventually Im happy with all of them, those changes are a really fun part of the writing process.
Lead Guitar: Gibson Flying V Amptweaker TightRock Distortion Pedal MXR Six Band EQ Pedal TC Electronics Flashback for Delay Bugera V5 Amp
Rhythms: American Fender Stratocaster Deluxe Amptweaker TightRock Distortion Pedal MXR Six Band EQ Pedal TC Electronics Flashback for Delay Bugera V5 Amp
Shure SM-58 microphone was used to record the guitars
Bass: Traben Neo bass guitar
Audio recorded using Edirol UA-25. Audio edited using Cubase 7 Elements. Guitar VST - Guitar Rig 4 Drums VST - Addictive Drums Video recorded using Sony HDR-CX290E Video edited in Vegas Movie Studio HD 13She Hates Me *2 guitars & vocal live cover*Valentin The Mad2014-03-29 | This is a cover for She Hates Me (originally by Puddle of Mudd) I played with a friend (Vadim Oriadov) on my Live Guitar Madness show on 22.03.2014 at Urban Street Bar in Haifa.
We didnt drift too far from the original on this one, but we added our touch.
This is my all-guitar version of Lily Was Here by David A. Stewart and Candy Dulfer. I remember this piece being played in my home since I remember myself, so it was just a matter of time until I made my own version of it.
About my version of the piece: The idea to make my version of Lily Was Here came to me an year ago (Feb 2013), I thought it has great potential so I started thinking of my vision , how I see my remake and playing around with ideas. I was experimenting on and off for about 10 months. By the time "Sandstorm" came out (early Jan 2014) I already had all of my ideas written down and all that was left is to practice the guitar solo to death, which I was doing for a month or so.
My goal with the guitar rewrite was to make my version of the piece and not just another cover. To do it my way but still to stick to the amazing atmosphere of the original.
As for the solos - I wanted to make 2 guitar solos, a distorted one that will be pretty shreddy, and generally the kind of solo you could expect from me. And a clean one which would be a complete contrast to the distorted one. Which is kind of what I did.
Equipment I used on this one: Distorted guitar: Gibson Flying V Amptweaker TightRock Distortion Pedal MXR Six Band EQ TC Electronics Flashback Delay Pedal
Clean guitar: American Fender Stratocaster Deluxe MXR Six Band EQ TC Electronics Flashback Delay Pedal Electro Harmonix EH-4600 Small Clone Chorus
Bass: Traben Neo (not running through any effect pedals, added a bit of reverb in Guitar Rig 4 though)
Audio recorded using Edirol UA-25. Audio edited using Cubase 7 Elements. Guitar VST - Guitar Rig 4 Drums VST - Addictive Drums Video recorded using Sony HDR-CX290E Video edited in Vegas Movie Studio HD 11No Doubt - Dont Speak *New Guitar Solo*Valentin The Mad2014-02-10 | Check out my originals: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD4A406DF298C779D&feature=mh_lolz
This is a guitar solo I wrote for Dont Speak by No Doubt. Since there was no backing track for this song I didnt rewrite the acoustic solo the original song has, and instead solo`ed on the final chorus to the end.
I dedicate this solo to Veronica, she is a good friend of mine, loves my music and is very supporting of my goals as a musician (you guys have no idea how important such support is) . So when I thought what should I do for her birthday, the answer was pretty obvious :D
Audio recorded using Edirol UA-25. Audio edited using Cubase 7 Elements. Guitar VST - Guitar Rig 4 Video recorded using Sony HDR-CX290E Video edited in Vegas Movie Studio HD 13Michael Jackson - Billie Jean *Full Guitar Cover + New Solo by Valentin The Mad*Valentin The Mad2014-01-27 | Check out my originals: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD4A406DF298C779D&feature=mh_lolz
This is my take at Billie Jean by Michael Jackson. I played the rhythms with a bit of overdrive and added my own solo. You will notice that the solo section is significantly louder than the rhythms. Unfortunately this is the only way the solo could be heard properly since this song doesnt has a guitar backing track with vocals.
Guitar solo is at 03:30
Enjoy the cover, let me know what you think and subscribe if you dig my style!
Equipment I used on this one: Fender American Stratocaster Deluxe Amptweaker TightRock Distortion Pedal MXR Six Band EQ Pedal Dunlop KH-95 Wah Pedal (Kirk Hammetts signature model) TC Electronics Flashback Delay Pedal
Audio recorded using Edirol UA-25 Video Recorded using Sony CX 290E Audio edited in Steinberg Cubase 7 Elements Video edited in Sony Vegas Movie Studio 11Michael Jackson - Billie Jean *New Guitar Solo by Valentin The Mad*Valentin The Mad2014-01-27 | Check out my originals: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD4A406DF298C779D&feature=mh_lolz
This is a new guitar solo I wrote for MJ`s Billie Jean. I was intending to do a cover of the song and improvising on the solo. Yeah. Right. That aint happening. I ended up writing a solo, some of the scale runs are pretty improvised though.
Equipment I used on this one: Fender American Stratocaster Deluxe Amptweaker TightRock Distortion Pedal MXR Six Band EQ Pedal Dunlop KH-95 Wah Pedal (Kirk Hammetts signature model) TC Electronics Flashback Delay Pedal
Audio recorded using Edirol UA-25 Video Recorded using Sony CX 290E Audio edited in Steinberg Cubase 7 Elements Video edited in Sony Vegas Movie Studio 11The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army *New Metal Solo*Valentin The Mad2013-11-08 | Have a listen to my originals: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD4A406DF298C779D&feature=mh_lolz
This is a new guitar solo I wrote for Seven Nation Army by The White Stripes. Came up with some ideas while jamming it with a friend and decided to write it into a full solo. Its pretty shreddy and metal.
Here is a part that never was in Electric Funeral - right when the song ends and the riff fades out me and my friend Menahem decided to jam a bit, extending the drums and recording the bass and guitar parts.
Its a really fun part to jam on and having no ideas pre-prepared we came up with our soloing on the spot, and it sounds pretty cool.
We are planning on posting a full cover that will be posted.. Someday..
Equipment used on this vid: Valentin The Mad (lead guitar): Ibanez RG 470 Bugera V5 amp Amptweaker TightRock Distortion Dunlop KH-95 Crybaby Wah TC Electronics Flashback Delay Pedal
Menahem (bass guitar): Cimar bass Mxr super compValentin The Mad`s Channel Welcome VideoValentin The Mad2013-10-11 | Hello and welcome to my Youtube Channel! Im a lead guitarist from Haifa, Israel. Im playing mostly different types of rock and metal. This video will introduce you to some of the stuff I have here on my channel.
The music is the guitar solo of my piece entitled "Insomnia".
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Follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/ValentinTheMadVideo Outtakes #1 - Kelly (My Cat) Attacks Guitar CableValentin The Mad2013-09-28 | When I was recording my new guitar solo for Smells Like Teen Spirit my cat decided to attack my guitar cable and when that kind of failed she just continued her day like nothing happened. Unfortunately I lost my concentration when that happened, it could be a great take of the solo :P
Wrote this solo kind of spontaneously, just picked up guitar at midnight and after jamming for a while I decided to see if I can write a solo for Smell Like Teen Spirit, which I did. Its fast paced and pretty metal and nothing like the original solo Nirvana had.
And you can see Kelly (my cat) just chilling here.
Equipment I used on this one: Gibson Flying V Amptweaker TightRock distortion pedal MXR Six Band EQ pedal TC Electronics Flashback Delay pedal Small Clone EH4600 Chorus (used right after the solo)
There are thousands of backing tracks on Youtube, some of them are really awesome, but there is this one backing track that inspired me so much I just wrote lead guitar parts all over it.
That backing track is chussssss`s "Arabic guitar backing track C Phrygian Dominant" and when I discovered it I jammed on it in non stop for two friggin hours.
This isnt exactly one of my original and it isnt a backing track jam either. All of my parts here were written.
This is a new solo I wrote for Pumped Up Kicks (awesome song!). I wrote it about an year ago but just now decided to actually write the scale runs and record it.
Equipment used on this one: Gibson Flying V Amptweaker Tightrock distortion pedal Recorded using Roland Edirol UA-25
Enjoy the video! Feel free to rate and comment. Subscribe if you like my videos and want more!Metallica - Carpe Diem Baby *lead guitar cover*Valentin The Mad2013-06-27 | I was warming up today and thought I didnt post a video for way too long so I recorded this - its one of my favorite Metallica songs from my fav album of theirs (PUT DOWN THE FORKS!), I love the solo on this one.
And if youre watching covers only for the solo: 3:20
Equipment used on this recording: Dean Razorback 10k (Dimebag Darell siganture model) Gibson Flying V (second guitar in some sections of the solo) Amptweaker TightRock distortion pedal Roland Edirol UA-25 sound card
Enjoy the vid and feel free to rate and comment!You Can Leave Your Hat On *Hard Rock Cover*Valentin The Mad2013-03-25 | This is a jam of the masterpiece "You Can Leave Your Hat On" by Joe Cocker we had at the Seminar Bar in Haifa.
Vocals - Matan Shitrit Lead Guitar - Valentin The Mad Bass - Maor David Drums - Gil 'Gilda" Daniel
Enjoy the video, dont forget to rate and comment.Valentin The Mad -The Return (Rock Ballad Style Instrumental)Valentin The Mad2013-02-01 | Support my music by buying this instrumental at: valentinbk.bandcamp.com/track/the-return
Equipment used to record this demo: Gibson Flying V Traben Neo bass guitar Amptweaker TightRock distorion pedal Electro Harmonix Small Clone Eh 4600 Chorus Pedal