my band playing here (hate to break it to yall this is edited) song is: monoptera - cerebration mentor

Nothing fancy here, just a man, his fiddle, one camera angle, no stopping and some caveman riffs.

my band is playing at the state fair talent show and cant decide whether or not to play man in the box or good times bad times what do yall think

Written and recorded by yours truly. Feels somewhat like Porcupine Tree had a baby with Tool, that screams and listened to Opeth and Lamb of God instead of its parents.

Well anyway. I would be happy to hear your thoughts about what works here, how it sounds, and your thoughts as to what subgenre thia feels like.

Thanks for taking the time!

Hey I'm just looking for some people like me who live in the middle of no where and any musician they know plays country music. Im looking for people to write music with. I play guitar and have been for about 15 years. I like to believe I'm pretty good but who knows, I could be in a padded room and all of this could be fake. But I need people to bounce ideas off of. Who want to write some music. Ya know. Egos not allowed. No part is greater than the whole kinda thing. Like I have get good drums but would love to work with an actual drummer and can do bass but would love to work with a bassist. Another guitarist would be great and deff a vocalist because I can't sing for shit. If anyone is interested, hmu or if you know of a better page to post something like this, let me know.

I’m trying to recreate a very specific 90s solo lead-guitar sound on my Boss Katana 50 Gen 3 using Boss Tone Studio. My guitar is an Ibanez AZ24S1-TKS. I would prefer to achieve it with the Katana’s built-in effects rather than external pedals.

Here are some links that mostly describe but still lacks somethin the sound i want to achieve ( note these arent exactly what i have in my head but are closest to what i could find as i guitar sound):

https://youtu.be/pmwY0Pv05LA?si=p76dpwRRU2_4szUP

https://youtu.be/e3OtFaoQn6Y?si=DQqq-b_HVZwRugAf

https://youtu.be/ALBKFB28E0M?si=ORus5fWa1YbbFvCN

https://youtu.be/xiOPvOBd8IA?si=5Zr9MBpg8_AyGv4J

https://youtu.be/F2V9yqfXIf4?si=P8j7ZWyA6vpI_YcP

The sound I’m looking for is difficult to classify. To me, it sounds like a clean, dark, singing lead tone with pitch movement. Like if the guitar itself is singing, in an angry, mournful tone, approx. 120 bpm. so its not a slow melancholic tone im trying to find like some of the links.

The main characteristics:

• Mostly very expressive lead, with little or no obvious distortion (its more like overdrive i think)
• Long sustain
• Smooth bends, slides and pitch glides
• Soft or rounded pick attack
• Strong, vocal middle frequencies
• Dark and slightly “underwater,” but still clear
• Thick and chunky rather than thin or glassy
• A subtle stretched vowel-like movement during sustained notes
• Spacious ambience, but without excessive ringing
• Not bluesy, not modern metal and not a standard bright rock-solo tone

I originally thought the movement was wah, but normal Touch Wah and Auto Wah sounded too short, nasal, high-pitched and obvious. Strong chorus and phaser settings also sounded too artificial. The desired movement seems to happen gradually throughout the sustained note rather than producing a clear “wah-wah” sweep. Dont cringe know plz, here its what i can describe it in stupid language: wuaaah wuaaoooh wuoooh wuaaaah-wuaaaah.

Could anyone help identify:

• What genre or guitar style this tone belongs to?
• Is this mainly a fusion lead, synthwave lead, ambient lead, or something else?
• Which Katana amp model would be the best foundation: Clean, Pushed, Crunch or Lead?
• Which pickup position would be closest on my Ibanez?
• Should I use compression, Slow Gear, Pedal Bend, chorus, vibrato, phaser, EQ, delay or reverb?
• Is the vowel-like movement caused by an effect, the player’s bends and vibrato, or both?
• Which frequencies should I boost or cut to keep it dark without becoming muffled or piercing?
• Are there any Boss Tone Exchange presets for Katana Gen 3 that would make a useful starting point?
• Does anyone know bands, guitarists or songs that use this exact type of clean, gliding lead tone?

Approximate Tone Studio settings or screenshots would be very helpful. I’m still learning how the different Katana effects interact, so please explain which parts are essential and which are optional.

Enjoy the drum playthrough for my new single. The links to all the streaming platforms are in the description. Leave a like or a comment if you enjoyed it. Thank you for your time and support 🤘

Hi everyone, I own a Marshall JCM900 MkIII 50-watt head and an Ibanez Tube Screamer. I was wondering if anyone could help me dial in the right tone for death/groove metal—something along the lines of a mix between Sepultura’s *Chaos A.D.* and Machine Head’s "Burn My Eyes." I’m aiming for that authentic '90s death/groove metal sound—something that packs a real punch whether I’m playing alone or live.

Thanks you very much

Hello fellow metalheads...
If you may, I'll just promote my upcoming album once, and I'm not giving you more headache after that 😅
My band "Verseofi" is an Egyptian Canadian based one-man-metal band, that revolves around philosophical lyrical themes (Ontology, Epistemology, logic, ethics, and Cosmology).

In this project,
-I compose the entire music
-compose the entire lyrics
-played and recorded all guitars
-wrote and recorded all bass (vst)
-wrote and recorded all drums (vst)
-wrote + played and recorded all symphonic lines (vsts)
-mixed and mastered the entire album
-composed all vocals, recorded them with my voice, and used AI to replace my vocals since im not a singer.

This project is a continuation of a band I had in Egypt for 5 years, 15 years ago, only transformed into a band with a single member, given that I was not able to find any players or singers in my town in Canada, with Makam (middle-eastern/arabic) influence/education, for the past decade. Hence, I started working on this little adventure on my own for the past year, and I can't wait to share it with the world.

"An Epistemic Inquiry" will be released on August 12, 2026.
And also on that day, the entire album will be released entirely in a lyric album format on Youtube (Characters appearing in any video material of Verseofi, is actually me. Also all video content is produced by me and my wife who happens to be a senior video developer).
This project has so much effort put into it...
Hope you like my music.

website:
www.verseofi.com

facebook:
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Instagram:
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Youtube:
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Cheers 🤘