With my song titles there's always speculation on the subscriber guitar boards out there. Fact is I enjoy reading it, it's way off the mark usually but still entertaining as I drink my morning coffee. At the end of the day the song's title "Soulmate-gate" means what you want it to mean when paired with the cover-art. Hint to the speculators, the cover-art is important with this one. But you all know it's never really that simple with me. The titles always have a specific meaning, and in some cases a message attached. This title has both.
This title is about a missed opportunity. One of life's little moments in time that I'll always look back on and wonder "what-if". Plainly put this is a missed opportunity for myself and someone very special to connect. I'm saddened that neither of us ever made an attempt. I'm sure we each had our reasons at the various times we were supposed to connect. But in the end after watching it all play out like a spectator in the stands I have to wonder if those reasons were worth the loss off the missed opportunity. -- Cheers (updated 9/10/2020)
For the music side, "Soulmate-gate" is a remake of what was an interpretive version of White Lion's "When the children cry" I did back in 2008 for a now rather famous among JFRocks fans and guitar freaks guitar lesson. This is track is actually an interpretive version of THAT track. However this version is a bit more structured and orchestrated with lots of guitar volume swell harmonies during the later two chorus sections. This version is still very abstract though, so I don't believe it'll be a mainstream hit, However I do believe my cult guitar following will eat it for lunch, dinner, and have the leftovers for breakfast the next morning. There's a lot of epic MXR flange going on with the guitar tone and that's always popular with that crowd. The riffing itself again is interpretive. Meaning it's an embellishment but an almost artsy embellishment of the main theme of the "When the children cry" song it's based on. These are always good exercises for artists of any kind to partake in because they help to expand your view of things. In the case of composers like myself it's a way for us to dig deeper into the songs we know and find other worlds living within them. Either way even if you just learn it, it's a great example I think of taking a simple strummy-dummy chord pattern as my teacher used to all them and making it into much more.
Enjoy the song guitar freaks and JFRocks.com fans.... and as always, CRANK IT UP!!! The louder the better for this one, and I strongly suggest a good set of headphones to get the full stereo vibe happening.
"Soulmate-gate"
Composed & arranged by Jeff Fiorentino (ASCAP)
Performance notes:
Jeff Fiorentino - All Guitars
Mick Simms - Bass
Jeff Fiorentino - Drums
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Track info:
Key: E minor
Tempo: 108 b.p.m.
Guitar Tuning: 1/2 step flat; (Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, Bb, Eb)
Guitar Effects Used: MXR Flanger, MXR Stereo Chorus, MXR Dyna comp
Guitar Used: Gibson Les Paul (studio model), The infamous JFRocks.com White Kramer (solo only)
Guitar Amplifier Used: Crate GFX 212