REM: Improvisation and creating your own Solo!

I really hope you’re going to find this fun!

In this session were looking a simple scales and how they can be used to create simple yet effective Melody lines and solos. We have used the classic REM song Losing My Religion to demonstrate how this works. So, once you’ve got the scale and the feel for it we’ve recorded a simple chord sequence backing track for you to create your own solo for the song!

So let’s get started…

Introduction Video

Melody Line

Jam Session 1

Jam Session 2

Jam Track

Your comments please…

Hope you’re enjoying the videos, but please do remember to leave us a comment below. We really need and value any input you can provide – even if it’s just to say if you think this is ‘the best thing ever’ or just OK. Whatever your comment, we’d love to hear from you. Thanks – and have fun! Andy