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.
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...
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