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- Hypermodal BalladLEVEL 7A modal ballad, with an interesting chord sequence to pay attention to phrasing and tone, as well as the fastest licks.
- Jazzy BalladLEVEL 4Practice improvisation skills over jazz backing track.
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Carlos Carrillo12th January 2009Thanks guys! Capt.Z and Ger!!
Gerardo Siere10th January 2009Very nice lesson. The guitar in the begining has a "Burning of the midnight lamp" vibe.
Capt.Z9th January 2009Real nice sound
- Carlos Carrillo8th January 2009
hahaha!! Bravo!! Bravisimo!! hahaahah!thanks friend!
Sinisa Cekic8th January 2009Very good Carlos,bravo !
- Carlos Carrillo8th January 2009
Thanks my friends!! Lian and Bodgan!!
- Carlos Carrillo8th January 2009Nice one Carlos!
thanks tony!!
Very nice in style lesson Carlos!
Thanks for comment pedja!! god bless you! - Carlos Carrillo8th January 2009
Hi playaxeman! Thank you for your feedback. I compose my lesson's backings in midi format with nuendo sequencer and then I go to Gabriel's studio where he assigns the vst instruments and makes the final mix.
I use Pod X3 live for my lessons and I don't use to save the presets, we just work on them everytime we start recording a lesson and that's why I just writte the parameters of the settings that I use. However you could ask Gab about details about the backings and pod patches. 
Bogdan Radovic7th January 2009Cool lesson Carlos ! You captured the style well!
Lian Gerbino7th January 2009cool lesson man!
Pedja Simovic7th January 2009Very nice in style lesson Carlos!
Toni Suominen7th January 2009Nice one Carlos!
playaxeman7th January 2009Hi Carlos,
That was realy good. Nice lesson can be done quickl: not to advanced it think.
The tension in this track was building up ending in a powerchord riffing climax.
Did you also made the backing? If so very well done! I is great to improvice over.
Maybe you can share with us how you made it.
Maybe you post your pod patches i am a pod XT live user.- Carlos Carrillo7th January 2009
Amp. 1993 solo. Gain: 100%
Fran7th January 2009One more thing Carlos, appart from chorus % delay, what amp/cab model did you choose on X3?
Thanks!- Carlos Carrillo7th January 2009That was awesome. You have a thing for putting alot of emotion into your playing, I love it
Great!! Thanks for your comment! It is really important for me!Very cool. The intro pattern sounds a bit like Metallica "One". I like lines like that a lot
yes...it si true!hahah...metalica style lesson??....
Thanks for your comment!! Excellent lesson, love its sad, dark slow melody, makes me want to grab my axe and solo over it. Actually a second lesson with a solo over it would be really cool Carlos!
hey thanks!really?I need more interested 
!! Hahahah!!cool lesson!
Saludos amigo
ok ale!!
gracias!! un abrazo enorme!! 
Alejandro Pinero7th January 2009cool lesson!
Saludos amigo- Fran7th January 2009
Excellent lesson, love its sad, dark slow melody, makes me want to grab my axe and solo over it. Actually a second lesson with a solo over it would be really cool Carlos!
Emir Hot7th January 2009Very cool. The intro pattern sounds a bit like Metallica "One". I like lines like that a lot
Eat-Sleep-andJam7th January 2009That was awesome. You have a thing for putting alot of emotion into your playing, I love it
- Carlos Carrillo7th January 2009
really make me happy that you enjoy this! Nazgul! Thanks for your comment!!
Nazgul7th January 2009Very interesting ballad, Carlos! Fireflight is really cool.
- Carlos Carrillo7th January 2009Very nice and melodic Carlos, great job
Ivan!!
Great my friend!!Really makes me well read all his commentaries!!You showed that with a simple riff it's possible to make a very nice ballad! Second parts hase some cool riffing and melodies!
My Friend!! The simple things,some times,are the most important! and everything is Possible!! GOD bless you!! 
kaznie_NL7th January 2009You showed that with a simple riff it's possible to make a very nice ballad! Second parts hase some cool riffing and melodies!
- Carlos Carrillo7th January 2009good beginner lesson
You are welcome Roadside!!! Thanks for your comment! GOD bless you!! This is very nice
hahaha!! Great Dejan! Thanks! I'm speechless. I love the way you kinda build up the tension and then this sad kinda heavy melody kicks in.
Would be awesome if you could do a lesson in the style of AFI from the Sing The Sorrow album
ok my friend! In the style of AFI in progress!! Thank for your comment! 
Cool Carlos! Everything sounds just great!
Piotr Kaczor! You are great my friend! Thanks for your comment! 
Ivan Milenkovic7th January 2009Very nice and melodic Carlos, great job
Piotr Kaczor7th January 2009Cool Carlos! Everything sounds just great!
Batista7th January 2009I'm speechless. I love the way you kinda build up the tension and then this sad kinda heavy melody kicks in.
Would be awesome if you could do a lesson in the style of AFI from the Sing The Sorrow album
Dejan Farkas7th January 2009This is very nice
Roadside7th January 2009good beginner lesson
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Ok friends of GMC! In this opportunity, we will see Fireflight´s style again, but this time; We will study the style of their ballads!
The ballads of this band are really brilliant, the voices, the arrangements, create a special environment! When we speak about arrangements, we speak about very well done strings arrangements, a brilliant performance on the guitar and a great drum accompaniment! The perfect combination for make big songs! In his algums you will find ballads like "Brand new day", "Wrapped in your arms", "it’s you" and others. Today's lesson is based in the song "Forever"! Very cool song!
Ok! Sincerely, all his ballads are very powerful. They don't only transmit feelings, but they finish with great power! The guitar parts are not very difficult, not complicated, but they sound great!
You’ll work aspects like rhythm, scale uses, and different techniques as alternate picking, slides and vibrato. The tuning is down 1/2 step D#G#C#F#A#D# and this lesson is on G minor scale.
Band members
* Dawn Richardson - lead vocals
* Wendy Drennen - bass guitar and vocals
* Justin Cox - guitar and background vocals
* Glenn Drennen - guitar
* Phee Shorb - drumsDiscography
Independent albums
* Glam-rok (2002)
* On The Subject of Moving Forward EP (2004)
Flicker Records albums
* The Healing of Harms (2006) #37 Top Christian Albums, #48 Top Independent Album
* Unbreakable (2008) #10 HeatseekersAudio Settings: to record this lesson I have used the POD X3 live.
Analog Chorus: Depth 66% Mix: 35%
Analog Delay with modulation: 413ms Mix: 43% feedback: 43%
Nothing is impossible! Feel the music and God bless you!From this course:
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