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Cosmin Lupu13th April 2014Thank you Michael!
Jackson Shredder13th April 2014Damn cosmin that was awesome. I actually had to listen to it twice. I'm impressed
- Cosmin Lupu5th December 2012
Where, is the Slayer, Slav??
Slavenko Erazer4th December 2012SLAYER!!!!
- Cosmin Lupu4th December 2012
Hey Trey! Glad to know you like it!
TreyDeschamp4th December 2012I'll definitely be learning this one!
- Cosmin Lupu3rd December 2012
Thank you Piotr!
Piotr Kaczor3rd December 2012Love it! Awesome vocals and arrangement!
- Cosmin Lupu1st December 2012
Thank you Fayeed and JPBluestring
JPBluestring1st December 2012Multifaceted, multi-skilled and multi-talented. Just great dimensions in plural form. You understand what cuts it! A new classic.
Fayeed Tan30th November 2012LOVE IT!!!
- Cosmin Lupu30th November 2012
@DarkWaveRiffer - your voice is nothing else but a natural instrument!
Alongside your ear training, it should help your guitar playing quite a lot We can talk about it in your mentoring thread, now that you are back! - Cosmin Lupu30th November 2012
Hey guys! Thanks a BIG BIG LOT!
DarkWaveRiffer29th November 2012This is bad @ss! This song has been sticking in my head since I heard it. Very cool you posted it as a lesson. So how do we learn to sing like you??
St Anger29th November 2012Cosmin Lupu is Cosmin Lupu !
- Qenzoz29th November 2012
Awesome!!!
coffeeman29th November 2012Awesome Cosmin, this will be the first lesson I learn from you without a doubt. And the lyrics are go tottally with my lifestyle.
Rammikin29th November 2012Great song and great lesson. The breakdown is is very Cosminy!
thefireball29th November 2012Yep, one day I will do a cover!
Gabriel Leopardi29th November 2012This is awesome mate!! I already said that I love this song! The chorus is so great! Great job with this lesson!!
- Cosmin Lupu29th November 2012
Thank you very much Kris and Bogdan!
Kristofer Dahl29th November 2012Killer song and singing Cosmin!
Bogdan Radovic29th November 2012Great lesson and song Cosmin!
- Cosmin Lupu29th November 2012
Thank you Dieter and Ben!
Ben Higgins29th November 2012Excellent song and lesson !!!
Dieterle29th November 2012Yes this is awesome !
A big Step forward MAN !
Thanks for sharing it !
Dieter- Cosmin Lupu29th November 2012
Thank you S-man!
Sinisa Cekic29th November 2012This is great ! Keep rocking mate
- Cosmin Lupu29th November 2012
Thank you
borewik50529th November 2012Whoah... Nice job mate
- Cosmin Lupu29th November 2012
Marc! Glad you like it
Thanks!! 
mad29th November 2012AAAAHHHHHH! This is pure Awesomeness!!!! Thank you so much for this!
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Good day to you GMC'ers!
I am very honored to present the first official 'Days of Confusion' or Aria as some of you may have known my band before we decided to change the name. The song presented in this lesson - called 'Meta' - is our single and it also has an official video which I have spoke a bit about in the forums. If you are curious, check out some more about it here.
The song is about being your true self and not letting yourself get corrupted by the external factors which will constantly try to bend or break you throughout your life. Now, regarding the style of the music, we are basically a modern metal band, having some alternative and progressive influences. I'm also taking care of the vocals as you will notice in the main video above and if you follow the spoken part of this lesson, I will provide some insights regarding my journey of dealing with playing the guitar and singing in the same time, a technique/approach which I am currently developing.
If you like the song and the lesson, check out more about my band by accessing the links in my forum signature.
If you can play this tune, you will be one step closer to mastering stuff such as:
- Tight rhythm skills
- Alternate picking, down picking
- String skipping
- Orchestration in the style of Days of Confusion
- Mixing power chords, octaves and melodies
- Insights on singing and playing the guitar in the same time (check out the spoken video)
Homework included - check out the video part 12!
Tempo: 146 BPM
Scale: C minor
Tuning: Drop C - C G C F A D
Time signature: 4/4
Tone settings: We have used a combination between a Mesa Boogie Roadking and a Crate Blue Voodoo 120 - Lead channels for the overdriven parts and clean channels for the clean parts. The melodies were boosted with a Suhr Shiba Drive pedal and all the effects were added in the DAW.
Guitar: PRS Paul Allender and Gibson Les Paul Standard
Effects: DAW added delay and reverb
Check out other GMC lessons based on Days of Confusion songs appearing on our EP:
Days of Confusion - Seeds1, Days of Confusion - Seeds2, Days of Confusion - Faceless, Days of Confusion - Grace1, Days of Confusion - Grace2
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