The HAARP Machine Megathread

[Necropitated]

Yeah cool, I hope they are releasing official tabs but they are not
answering me on their personal facebook accounts.

Tab-info: For Guitar II I changed the fingering of the riff that comes before and after the solo. I added some hammer ons and pull offs and the position of
the notes so it's more fluid now. You'll see in the PDF. I also wrote down how I pick. Where I do an upstroke and a downstroke. I think it's very important for The HAARP Machine.
You know, starting riffs with an upstroke. In the PDF there is also the second riff of The Escapist Notion. I slowed down
the playthrough of Al to see how he picks it. Though the audio and video don't match up, he's
really doing the double downstroke there. And you'll see, its easier this way.
Hope it helped.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/63800797/The HAARP Machine Riffs.pdf

 

[Nats]

What did Bulb post though?

He called them out for recording all the guitars at half speed and then speeding them up.

 

[Nats]

guitars sound like poop in my opinion. too dry.

I'm flagging this post and having you banned by an admin for saying something negative on the internets.

 

[Necropitated]

I made two new tabs. I finished my Esoteric Agenda tab und made
a new Extension to One tab which is based on Josephs tab.
I only tabbed one guitar because I'm too lazy right now ^^.
Covers of both songs coming soon.

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/63800797/HAARP Tabs.rar

EDIT: Had a mistake in the Esoteric Agenda tab. A bar in the last riff
was missing. Corrected it and added all of my tabs.
(Pleiadian Keys, Esoteric Agenda, Extension To One, Intro of
From Vanity to Utility)

 

[Stealthdjentstic]

Yeah cool, I hope they are releasing official tabs but they are not
answering me on their personal facebook accounts.

Tab-info: For Guitar II I changed the fingering of the riff that comes before and after the solo. I added some hammer ons and pull offs and the position of
the notes so it's more fluid now. You'll see in the PDF. I also wrote down how I pick. Where I do an upstroke and a downstroke. I think it's very important for The HAARP Machine.
You know, starting riffs with an upstroke. In the PDF there is also the second riff of The Escapist Notion. I slowed down
the playthrough of Al to see how he picks it. Though the audio and video don't match up, he's
really doing the double downstroke there. And you'll see, its easier this way.
Hope it helped.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/63800797/The HAARP Machine Riffs.pdf

Im beginning to think you should replace Al as the new Haarp guitarist

 

[Sikthness]

^awesome tabs dude. I can't wait to get some accurate tabs of the other tracks, especially a full Disclosure and Machine Over tab

 

[musicman420]

i just dig the idea of a "conspiracy theory" band causing enough hu-bub to get people banned or deleted in a forum, kinda how facebook is closing accounts of people questioning the media and blah blah blah

as a conspiracy theorist myself, I love the ideas behind this album. the real world HAARP machine is a scary deal.

back on topic, the musicianship of this band is pretty solid the first few weeks i bought the album i could not for the life of me put it down. first track to the last, i enjoyed it all. yeah, i can see how it sounds like every other sumerian band but, hey, i love the bands that label has. the comments about the band recording at half speed as me intrigued... must hits the googles....

 

[Necropitated]

Im beginning to think you should replace Al as the new Haarp guitarist

Haha, well I asked them if they'd be looking for a 2nd guitar player but they
didn't answer. I'll do 2 new videos and then I ask again ^^.

EDIT: Corrected my post above. Esoteric Agenda had a mistake in it and
I added Pleiadian Keys and the intro of From Vanity to Utility.

 

[Necropitated]

So here it is, my playthrough of Extension To One.
My least favourite song and the hardest IMO.

 

[Renen]

Wow. Nice job man

 

[Eptaceros]

very solid picking!

 

[Necropitated]

Yeah, the picking was really hard on this one.
Even if you start with an upstroke, there were some
really hard patterns.

 

[Maniacal]

Good work, very tight playing!

 

[goherpsNderp]

how you don't have a ton of accidental open string hits is beyond me. EVEN IF i was able to play that fast it would sound like a total disaster.

i need to practice my string skipping way bad.

 

[Necropitated]

Well, try starting riffs with an upstroke.....for example:
The riff after the intro, I start with an upstroke.
This way I can play those ringing notes cleaner.
And whats most important: practice ^^.
I practiced the escapist notion over a year. no kidding.

 

[Maniacal]

A year?

How often? Daily? Weekly?

 

[goherpsNderp]

oh damn. yeah, i'm trying to think of each riff (regardless of what im playing, be it a song or lesson) with what the most efficient way of playing it is. low E would be a down and then D string would be an up, etc. but with some riffs they change it up like you were saying so you have to adapt. it's tough.

my forearms also get fatigued really quickly even when i'm relaxed. (i'm literally skin and bone) so i will just need to make sure i get in X amount of practice EVERY day. can't wait until i start building muscle memory with proper technique!

 

[Necropitated]

Yeah, for HAARP its important to play it the most efficient and tightest way. Normally I play the songs the same way the guitar player plays it.
For example, Necrophagist: strict alternate picking. Psycroptic: strict downpicking (crazy).
If you want to build stamina I recommend The Black Dahlia Murder. Not super-fast but still fast. Its fun to play too. Brian downpicks
everything so thats good too. For HAARP you could try that:
For wide jumps try to get the movement out of your forearm, not the
wrist. Your faster that way.

A year?

How often? Daily? Weekly?

It depends. I practiced it daily, then after some time I got demotivated and put it away. Then again, daily practice -> demotivation.
I couldn't quite figure how he picks the fast string skipping stuff.
After I found a way to play it I practiced it up to speed.
Strict alternate picking (up,down,up,down...or reverse) didn't work.
I posted a pdf on the last page with my picking pattern.
And now I can play it. But my performance declines if I don't play
for like 2 days ^^.

 

[jawbreaker]

Please be their new guitarist. You would fill such a void live. jussss sayin.

 

[Stealthdjentstic]

Yeah and hes cleaner than moo'in