Re: Stick Tune - Strength (Original)
That's one of the more proggier things I've heard you do, Scott. Lots of cool energy here, and lots of chord flavorings explored through the runs against the bass. Very energetic bassline against somewhat simple melodies that are punctuated with pyrotechnic runs. I was really digging your melody string bendings and also bass bending. Got that diggy-diggy bass sound going awesomely.
I could hear the definite shift halfway through from one modality to the next. Ah, this is the middle section, with the verse in front and after.
Very "strong" tune here, Scott! I dig this style you're developing and creating.
And this is why I like prog rock and don't like jazz (as much): it's not the harmonic complexity--it's the beat. Give me a rocking tempo and beat and I'll let you modulate and stack chords all day long, as long as I can headbang to it.
Good job on this one, JS Kerr.