need an answer from Dave...

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Hey i just got the cd about a month ago and i am totally hooked... it seems you get that a lot on this forum lol... anyway when i looked in the booklet to see who the keyboardest was i found it was you and i just wanted to say you are awesome !! i also play and i would like to know where you came up with that solo in AS WINTER FALLS? i mean what inspired you to come up with something that great.

[Dave - Power of Omens]

Originally Posted by prelude-to-an-end

Hey i just got the cd about a month ago and i am totally hooked... it seems you get that a lot on this forum lol... anyway when i looked in the booklet to see who the keyboardest was i found it was you and i just wanted to say you are awesome !! i also play and i would like to know where you came up with that solo in AS WINTER FALLS? i mean what inspired you to come up with something that great.

Thanks!!! I'm glad you're enjoying the disc.
I wish I could take credit for "being" a keyboardist, but in all reality I'm just a song writer/composer who can play a little...hehe
The solo section of that song was written years ago, in fact just a few years after putting the band together. That particular solo section used to belong to another song that didn't make the first CD. When I wrote it, it was written in sections and then sequenced for the recording. I wanted something that would start out slow and melodic then would tear into a bit of shredding, then come back down with some melodic guitar-type phrasing. Of all the keyboard solos, it's always been my favorite.

~D

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wow... that is awesome. thanx for the reply and i think that the solo is one of my favs too. that melodic to shred back to melodic idea worked out perfectly. i am def. gonna try to pull off sumfin like that with my band!

[Dave - Power of Omens]

Originally Posted by prelude-to-an-end

wow... that is awesome. thanx for the reply and i think that the solo is one of my favs too. that melodic to shred back to melodic idea worked out perfectly. i am def. gonna try to pull off sumfin like that with my band!

Very cool!!!
Best of luck with your solo!!!!

I think approaching a solo like that gives you a good balance of shred and emotional playing.

~D