- Hey, what's up this is Cory Wong with Fender
doing my artist check-in.
I think for some people this is a really good time
to finally work on that album or that book
or that opus you've been wanting to write
and for some of you it's just a time where you need to relax
and reset and contemplate life.
But for myself I am feeling really creatively energized
and I've been working on a bunch of different guitar things
and I've been writing.
And one of the things that I've been working on lately,
because I'm a rhythm guy
is just trying to play along
with a quantized drum machine loop.
So that way all the pressure is on me
and the understanding of a Backbeat
and why beats two and four are strong.
So I'll just play a little bit
of what I've been kind of messing around with
and will be playing around with this drum loop.
(guitar music)
I don't know, it's fun.
I just kind of get caught in the thing
and just try to keep adding and stacking things
and making little phrases,
to make something that feels like it's still playing a song,
making it feel good,
even if something is just a drum machine
or just something that's like playing
a quantized groove the whole time.
And it's been fun,
and trying to treat everything that I'm playing like a hook,
like something that's signature to whatever song
or idea I'm playing.
Even if it's not a song that I'm playing,
I try to make everything feel
like it's a very intentional part
that's supposed to be a thing for a song
something that's a signature part.
And then, the other thing that I'm doing
is I'm just trying to play,
come up with little like riffs
that are like guitar parts that are rhythm parts
that can also just kind of be the lead thing
if they need to.
So I've been practicing,
just like playing some little fun lead lines
that could be a rhythm guitar part if they needed to be
but also could carry a moment if they also needed to.
So here's it's a little line that I've been playing
that's kind of fun.
One, two, three.
(guitar music)
Yeah, so it's been fun
playing little lead lines, rhythm lines.
I'm always kind of exploring the idea
of a rhythm part as a lead part.
And the rhythm guitar being a lead instrument
and that's something that I've been exploring
I guess the last few years,
but especially focusing on that this week.
So I hope that wherever you are, whatever you're doing
that you're practicing safe lifestyle habits.
I wish you guys the best,
hopefully you're safe and cool.
And I'll see you guys out there in the real world
outside of the digital world
when this is all over, Peace.