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Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction - All Respect

This year 2014 again, I have this nostalgia for old Megadeth albums. I listened to all their new albums but to be honest I don't think I gave them enough time to absorb or understand. I just formed a quick judgement which is plain unfair. Hopefully I will have time soon to analyze and give them another shot.

This month I started listening again to the album 'Countdown to Extinction' released in 1992.

I have a few favorites in this great album that I'd like to share with you..

First of course is 'This Was My Life'

Other popular songs include

- Symphony Of Destruction

- Countdown To Extinction

Clearly in this album in particular there was a new approach at the time which was to focus on rhythm guitars more than lead solos and fast runs. If you listen carefully you will notice that rhythm guitars sound is very unique plus that the rhythm parts are very well composed and played containing many harmonious layers.

This was the beginning of Mustaine's trademark rhythm approach which is both sophisticated and admirable. I still wonder how he could sing along while playing those difficult riffs.

-- Enjoy!~

E Phrygian Dominant - Guitar backing track Wahrane style - RichMix

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chusss 2014 Compilation

chusss 2014 Compilation

Hello my music friends,

 
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This is a small compilation of some instrumentals taken from
all my albums released since 2008

Zukhruf (2008)
The Visit (2010)
Fragments (2011)
Heart Discharge (2013)

Witch of The Ocean Track from unreleased album Sinka (2004)

All instrumentals composed, recorded and performed by me
All rights reserved Mohamed Shawky (chusss) 2008-2013

For a complete list of all albums with full tracks streaming
http://chusss.bandcamp.com

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Thank you very much for your time and support
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Guitar Soundtrack - The Witch of The Ocean - chusss - The Visitor

The Witch of The Ocean - chusss - The Visitor
(Electric guitar soundtrack / Guitar instrumental in A Minor)

The Witch of The Ocean by Chusss - The Visitor on Mixcloud

Hey there friends,

I'm happy to publish my latest work and this time it's an old song that I composed on the classic guitar a few months after I started playing the guitar for the first time in 2000.

It was not completely done in terms of composition until the end of 2002 after I began to play the electric guitar.

What I wrote on the classic guitar was the main riff which is played at 1:34 and it was really very inspiring to me at that time and it still actually brings a lot of memories whenever I listen to it. I even still have the test wave file recorded by Windows 98 sound recorder using a headphones mic!

The first demo I recorded was done in 2002 and I was so happy and excited with it when I first learned to multi-track and do arrangements using software applications.

But when I listen to that early demo now I really think it was a bad joke! composition is exactly the same note for note, but the recording/mix quality was too bad.

Even though, this current demo recorded in Sep 2013 might not sound very professional but it makes me happy to see some progress and some improvements after all this time!

Shit! it's been more than 10 years now! and I'm still using my favorite FLstudio.. version 9.0 for arrangements/sequencing/effects...etc

in 2002 it was still version 3.0! I participated personally in the development of that version with many new features ideas/testing and bugs reporting with the image-line team.

About recording and multi-tracking, I stopped using Cubase and moved to a much simpler software for recording and mixing which is Sony ACID Pro 7.0

You might not find any professional musicians or sound engineers using ACID, but to be honest it's an excellent application, very stable and very friendly with CPU usage and it gives me more than I need.


You can check the main page of ACID on www.sonymediasoftware.com and you can listen to some samples done by pro's and you will hear clearly the kind of quality it can deliver.

Then you will probably understand that basic knowledge is much more important than powerful softwares. The application alone won't allow you to produce quality tracks without the knowledge, even if you use some Hollywood computer programs! This is one of the most important things I learned over the years.

This electric guitar soundtrack is in A minor mostly, however there is a few key shifts in the middle 2:03 - 2:33 until the main solo part which is in E minor, then after the solo everything goes back again to the main key of this instrumental which is A minor.

Thanks for taking the time to stop by.. Please share the song with your friends with similar tastes and help me spread my works.

chusss