<glacius:metadata>

    <title>Metallica - Sad but True - Solo</title>

    <description>My recording of the solo from Metallica's "Sad but True"</description>

    <category>Music</category>

    <category>Music recording</category>

    <category>Guitar</category>

    <series order="17">2022 music project</series>

</glacius:metadata>

<p>

    <em>Sad but True</em> is the 2nd track from Metallica's "sellout" 

    <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metallica_(album)">self-titled album</a>,

    released in 1991. It's less thrash-metal and more... I don't know. <em>Better</em>

    metal. I wanted to do a solo from this album that wasn't <em>Enter Sandman</em>

    (although I may do that one, too, just for fun). Also, conveniently, this song

    is downtuned a whole step to D, just like

    <glacius:link page="music/projects/forsaken-solo">Dream Theater's <em>Forsaken</em></glacius:link>,

    so I didn't have to retune my guitar. And that's always a big win in my book.

</p>

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    <caption>

        <em>Sad but True</em> solo from Metallica's "black" album

    </caption>

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<p>

    I also didn't want to a true thrash-metal solo, as I'll need to practice

    my downstroking for the rhythm parts. I need to work my way up to that.

</p>

<h2>Recording</h2>

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    glacius:src="sad-but-true-solo-480p.mp4" 

    glacius:thumbnail="sad-but-true-solo-poster.jpeg" 

    type="video">

    <caption>

        Practicing my E-minor pentatonics while doing my best Kirk Hammett impression

    </caption>

</glacius:figure>

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<p>

    Recorded in <a href="https://ardour.org/">Ardour</a>

    and <a href="http://hydrogen-music.org/">Hydrogen</a> was used to program

    the drum track.

</p>

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    glacius:src="sad-but-true-ardour-hydrogen.png"

    glacius:thumbnail="sad-but-true-ardour-hydrogen-thumb.jpeg" 

    type="image">

    <caption>Screenshot of my Ardour/Hydrogen setup</caption>

</glacius:figure>