Shadowing Practice: Iron Maiden - Senjutsu - Adrian Talks Solos - Learn English Speaking with Video

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As far as playing solos, when I was recording, when I first joined the band, I used to work my solos out.
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I didn't quite have the confidence to just kind of let go.
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I'm a bit more spontaneous these days.
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We started off doing the solos when I'd be out in the control room
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and Kevin and Steve would be sort of producing what I'm doing.
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and we did it all like
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that i did feel like i was under a bit too much pressure though
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and perhaps they'd you know want to go with something
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that i wasn't happy with i was too close to it
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so i said to them like i'm going to go off
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and do them on my own so i went upstairs
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and there's another studio upstairs and i i know how to work the recording gear
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so i just did my solos again
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and i think we ended up mostly with using what i did the first time around
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because it's amazing how your perspective is a great thing
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and it's very difficult to retain your perspective when you're that close to recording.
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But writing on the wall, yeah, a few people have commented on that.
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I think that's the first time I've ever done a solo of that length on a Maiden Elm when normally Jan, Dave and I would do 16 bars and that's it.
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That's all we've ever done.
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At least I'm pretty sure it's all I've ever done.
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I thought, well, I'm going to I write myself a nice solo, it must have been my birthday or something, I thought I'd write, you know, like do a 32 bar solo, which was a bit of a challenge.
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But, you know, something different.
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I like to try and do something different on every album.

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