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Adrian Figallo12th September 2011good funk over there
Daniel Realpe17th April 2010Great funky riffing!! great lesson!
Ivan Milenkovic23rd December 2008It has lot more components, and some very cool Tool modifiers. It's a stereo plug so you can split the channels and make virtual crossovers so you apply effects only to bass notes for example. These are just some of the functions. It has full MIDI control support, and very easy to use.
No prob mate!
When I transfer, I will definitely post some experiences with it 
playaxeman23rd December 2008Hi Ivan
What better options of GR3 do you mean?
Well if you have transferred i glady hear about your experiences.
Cheers- Ivan Milenkovic23rd December 2008
Thanks a lot mate.
I'm not leaving Gearbox for now, but planning to do so in the next months. I think GR3 has better options and it is more versatile. It also has a bit better sound on some presets. Gearbox has some great sounds as well, so transfer will be a bit difficult until I found good presets with GR3 as well. - playaxeman23rd December 2008
Ivan
T.O.P Soul with a capital S hahah
Finaly i have the chance to learn to play this kind of funky style.
Thx a lot
I saw yor leaving gearbox?!
I have gearbox myself. Like to know if Guitar rig3 is better and why?
Regards
Robert
p.s. Merry Christmas 
Ian Bushell1st September 2008Great lesson Ivan
- Ivan Milenkovic31st August 2008
It's great too see that the lesson could be inspiring, thanks. I would like to hear that groove
sigma731st August 2008wow after this lesson i made my own funk groove. Im gonna try to upload it someday and hope to share buts its not as good as this. Awesome!
Lian Gerbino31st August 2008cool lesson Ivan, really funky
- Ivan Milenkovic31st August 2008
Thanks
Kristofer Dahl30th August 2008Love it Ivan - funk can add so much groove to your solo phrasing. I recommend everyone to have a go at it if you haven't yet!
Vinod Saranga30th August 2008You play funk very well.
Inspired me a lot
Great lesson Ivan
Nemanja Filipovic30th August 2008Amazing backing man.Really like the playing too.
- Ivan Milenkovic29th August 2008
Thanks a lot Sergio man, it means a lot
Sergio Dorado29th August 2008Great sense of rythm. OK!!!
- Ivan Milenkovic29th August 2008
Thanks for kind words guys
Torben29th August 2008WOW! I don't know what to say...T.O.P has always been one of my favorite bands. And now you offer us to learn how to play like them! It's spot on, and I dig it!
Henry Dietzel29th August 2008Straight out of Oakland CA! TOP was a hot group.
Job well done covering their style Ivan
Joe Kataldo29th August 2008Nice lesson, I love T.O.P and you nail it!
Marcus Siepen29th August 2008very funky indeed, cool lesson
Danilo Capezzuto29th August 2008Nice lesson, great groove!
Fran28th August 2008Excellent & inspiring as usual Ivan
Hisham Al-Sanea28th August 2008Excellent Ivan.very funky
Toni Suominen28th August 2008Funktastic lesson Ivan!
Gerardo Siere28th August 2008Beautiful lesson Ivan, I love TOP and it is very hard to play rythm guitar on those styles consistently.
Jerry Arcidiacono28th August 2008Great funky lesson
Trond Vold28th August 2008Great
Nice and funky- Ivan Milenkovic28th August 2008
Thanks guys, I'm glad you like the lesson
JuanMV28th August 2008wow... amazing as usual
Alberto Catasso28th August 2008Great job man!
Eat-Sleep-andJam28th August 2008What a lesson Ivan ! My guitar teacher introduced me into funk not to long ago, Tower of Power "What is Hip?" was the first thing we started with ! Your Funk Technique is so highly developed and so inspiring to watch
I hope to one day play Funk as good as you do ! Nice Job 
Sami28th August 2008Nice Ivan! i actually know the ensemble leader, he was one of my teachers at berklee!! The first day we actually saw them play! it was greattt
kaznie_NL28th August 2008Lots of Funk
Thnx Ivan!!- Ivan Milenkovic28th August 2008
Thanks for kind words man, I'm glad you like it
Nazgul28th August 2008That's some nice riffing, excellent lesson! And I always admire your muting.
- Ivan Milenkovic28th August 2008
Thanks guys
@Nighthawk
Well, I read on the forum how Marcus use it, so I decided to try it out. I wasn't thrilled with version 2 but GR3 is probably the best software there is. It models the punch from 4x12 nicely, better then Gearbox, and it has a ton of features. I will not transfer to another month or so, I'm waiting for a new sound card. 
Bogdan Radovic28th August 2008Loving the funk man!!
Nighthawk128th August 2008Delicious piece of funk guitar
Why are you transferring to guitar rig?
Emir Hot28th August 2008Ohoho, great. I love the ending.
Gabriel Leopardi28th August 2008Really cool Funky style Ivan! I used to watch to a live dvd of this great band very often.
Kuba Szafran28th August 2008Appreciate it, especially when I play a lot of funk&jazz in my new band. Thanks Ivan.
kyldeee28th August 2008Now, that is funky
- Lesson
- My notes
Hello there GMC, welcome to my new lesson in the style of Tower Of Power. :)
This lesson was requested from some of the members some time ago and now it is turn to cover the style of this great funk band that was active and very popular in the '70ties. Most of this lesson is based on one of their most popular songs "what is hip".
In this lesson we are doing a lot of syncopated licks, so it would be wise to take things slowly, although it is not a hard lesson. A bit of practicing with a click and studying those pauses will really mean a lot while learning these licks. So what are we waiting for - let's funk some! :)
This lesson contains:
- Tower Of Power style guitar licks
- Cool funky grooves
- Syncopated rhythmic patterns
- left hand muting
- play-along metronome on videos for easier playing
Unfortunately for this lesson, I didn't used any preset from gearbox, so I will not give a tutorial. I'm currently transferring to Guitar Rig 3, so in future I will give Guitar Rig 3 tutorials mostly. Until then, keep practicing! :)
Jump to start: Home or `s` , you can also click/tap the lesson part again (the numbers above player)
Go to next part: PageUP or End.
Volume: ArrowUp / ArrowDown keys
Go to any part: Number keys (combinations also possible)
Pause or play: `k` or space key
Fullscreen: `f`, esc to close
Increase / decrease speed : `+` or `-`
