OMG, you're awesome!! I guess Japanese TV shows and Babymetal might pick up your video. I've already seen fan cover videos on J TV shows and Babymetal official SNS. They're watching you. Good luck!
Great cover! I was wondering how you like that guitar? I was thinking of getting one but the 7 string version. Is there anything you dislike about the guitar? Thanks.
Thanks! :D I love the guitar. There really isn't anything bad about it, but it's a little heavy compared to my ESP. It's so good I'm thinking about getting the 7 string version as well.
Dude, you're a great guitar player! You definitely got my sub! Anyways, you've probably been asked this before. How do you drop the volume of the guitars in the song while keeping the other instruments higher? Especially from a fully compressed MP3? Or do you just up your guitars track volume higher than the rest of the song in general?
Thank you very much! I just turn the down the volume of the song, and turn up my guitar volume. The guitar sound has alot to say also. I usually set my tone to something that cuts through the other instruments. It's easy with Babymetal because the guitar isn't that loud, at least not in this song.
Excellent cover! I wish there was a pro-shot video of Gimme Chocolate from the European tour. You would probably do that one then. Kami band plays this song faster & heavier, especially chorus sections.
Thank you! I did NOT make this tab, and I didn't play it 100% the same either. I modified it a little. The only tabs I've written for Babymetal is Ijime, Dame, Zettai and Akatsuki. I will try both Akumu no Rondo and Catch Me If You Can eventually! :)
Rainday Bow Listening to it now. I can probably learn it. I just have so many Babymetal covers to do first. I wanna cover the whole album. If I remember it I'll do it! :)
***** I've tried lots of times when I was 10, 13, 16 and 23. I'm almost 35 now. I'm just not musically inclined unlike my other siblings, I guess they got it from our dad. My mom doesn't have any talent in musical instruments either, so I guess my mom's genetics is stronger in me than my dad's...hehe
You're playing 10.0 guitar and shooting all that great action with a 1.0 camera so sucks it was grainy on my mobile phone is it too much to ask if you could buy a better camera. To reach a level of Master like that would be fulfilling for me I hope to reach sometime in the future, notice I didn't say near.I will use your vids to keep me inspired and trudging onward on my fingertip shredding muscle memory journey.
Thanks for the nice words! Are you sure you had the video on the highest quality settings on your phone? The camera is supposed to be pretty good. It's not grainy on my phone :s
I did what I could with the 6 string. :p Doesn't sound like it's lower to me. I know they use a 7-string which is probably in B so it sounds lower than mine. As long as it sound decent I'm happy. Don't know If I could have tuned my guitar lower either because I probably wouldn't have enough frets for the solo. I could very well be wrong. Hope they give out 100% accurate tabs soon so I can learn the songs properly :p
alisonmlb Haha. Got confused for a moment. I guess I've gotten used to sugoi. Other people have commented that they want me to cover iine as well, so I just assumed you did too. Thanks for the comment! :)
This is awesome! You do the best covers and deserve every like and sub you get! :) On the other hand, this is one of their least technical songs of all, (Kind of boring, really.) I don't even know why Gimme Choco got way more popular than their other, more technical and better composed songs, like "Megitsune", "Ijime, Dame, Zettai", "Headbanger" or hell, even "Catch Me If You Can". It must be the chocolate...
Thank you! You're right, it's not one of their most technical songs, but I actually think the solo in this is a little harder than "Ijime, Dame Zettai". Might be becuase I'm not used to play solos like this. But it's harder to play than "Megitsune" which is one of their easiest songs. It's probably so popular because it's a little weirder than the other songs. Especially the verse. The chorus is also extremely catchy. It also got a lot of attention because of RU-vidrs React. And probably becuase of the chocolate :p
You are right, it is catchy as hell :) And RU-vidrs React had a lot to do with it, I'm sure, but that also featured "Doki Doki Morning" and "Iine!", and those didn't receive anywhere near the popularity in comparison. It must be chocolate then :D Also, it seems strange to me you said this is harder to play than IDZ and Megitsune. (Did you listen to the "Nemesis" version of IDZ? It has Chris Amott from Arch Enemy on guitar! /watch?v=22jm5hiRh7I ) I admit I don't play the guitar myself, so I defer to your judgment on this one, but I do make music, and the overall composition in Megitsune and especially IDZ sound way more detailed and elaborate. Maybe because they are more melodic or something, I don't know.
Playbahnosh The "Nemesis" version is definitely harder yes, but the most known version is easier. I agree the composition is better on those songs. Gimme Chocolate is just a standard thrash metal song, with a poppy chorus and a Slayer-ish solo. The meldodic part probably has something to do with it, and yes IDZ consists of so many more nuances. A lot more riffs, more variation, piano break in the middle. More technical rhythm playing as well. Akatsuki is also very cool, which I think is one of my favorite guitar songs from them at the moment along with Akumu no Rondo. The rhythm playing in Akumu no Rondo is so sick! I'm more a rhythm player so I really like stuff like that.
Playbahnosh Also I think Gimme Chocolate got more attention than "Doki Doki Morning" and "line!" becuase Gimme Chocolate is more "metal". It's more of a shock. But the hip hop break in "line!" that suddenly goes over to metal is pretty weird as well! I guess we'll never know the answer, but we'll say it's the chocolate! XD
***** Oh yes, Akumo no Rondo is a masterpiece, it's an absolute face-flaying death metal base combined with a mellow ballad that shows off Suzuka's voice spectacurarly with it's unusual vocal range and many sustained notes. That, along with Akatsuki, which is a straight up power-ballad, are the best solo tracks for lead. Su is like a goddess on stage when she performs them
