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**Once again, it's time for the FNGT!** If you don't know how this works, [click this link](https://fngt.gq/index.php?page=intro). That link will take you to another site to give you some additional information and tell you about some of our off-site features. That's also the site where we will host the weekly guitar threads, should Poal go down. **NOTE:** That site is by invitation only. If you want an invite, and you're a regular participant, then just ask Crazy, or myself. If you do know what's going on, you probably don't need to click that link - but you may want to, to make sure you know of the other features, such as the archive or a separate forum that's invite only. Remember, we are guests here on Poal. Let's act like it. If you're interested in supporting Poal, then [you can donate](https://poal.co/donate).

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Thanks. It's one of my favorite of our compositions.

The name refers to the competing nature in parts. The 2nd part is played by my wife, actually. In a way, it's kinda a modern take on the Dueling Banjos. Except it's longer and comes together more often. The parts don't seem like they'd go together, but they do. I'd actually suggest that she had the more difficult of the guitar parts. It was recorded 'live', with us each playing our parts at the same time to the drum track that was prerecorded, as well as a little bit of bass that's intentionally sparse and only used to fill in as little as necessary.

I agree with the adage (normally) that the bass player should play as little as is necessary - to fill in around the edges or to empathize a tone.

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So, you guys were dueling. Were you trading off. Like call and response? That's some tight playing man. Way tighter than Steve Vai and Ralph Macchio in Crossroads.

It sounds like you used Trans Siberian Orchestra as an inspiration. She's got some chops man. You sure taught her how to play that thing. It ain't easy. She's got some commitment.

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She puts her hours in. Many days, she practices for four hours. She's kept up that schedule since 2018. She still has tons of questions and all sorts of things she's still learning, but I can compose to her skill level and I can always cover the more complicated bits if needed.

For a while, she was learning slide and it mostly sounded like she was murdering cats. While she has improved, it's not enough improvement for me to suggest she cover a role that includes slide guitar.

I didn't really think of TSO, just melodic metal was the thinking. The name actually came before the full music. I picked the concept and then composed to meet that element. It was not unlike being in a studio as a gun for hire and asked to fit a theme. Well, in this case I didn't earn $80 an hour for my work... So, there's that...