[ramonesfreak]

i listened to it when you posted the thread but decided to hold off on giving my opinion. ive thought about it and see now that there are a few above who were thinking the same thing i was thinking...getting more from the notes.

maybe i can elaborate a little. you might want to work not only on your vibrato, but also your approach to how to play a note or series of notes. its a bit too complicated and abstract to describe this in writing but ill try.

work on sliding up to and down to, the note and try to work on creating more harmonic atmosphere by using more volume. for example, my own playing is often on the verge of feedback. i used my hands to suppress the feedback until i need or want it...this gives your lead playing notes more personality, as though there is a halo of energy around each note.

when i do allow the feedback to surface, i control it with a bigsby or my hands and then suppress it again. i do ALOT of sliding up to and down to, the note(s) I want....where I start that slide is sometimes random, sometimes more calculated but rarely just from a half or whole step away on the same string.

i dont hear much going on with your picking hand....without thinking about it at all after 27 years, i vary my pick angle alot, i use palm muting alot, i vary my attack with the pick alot as well as varying the stroke....down strokes, alternate, rake etc....

i could give you quite a few more techniques to work on but i think you get the idea...

this may sound strange, but when i listened to it, my first impression was that you were playing sitting down. maybe i am wrong, but if you were in fact sitting...try playing to the same track with the guitar strapped on, standing up, and with your amp at a loud enough volume to get more personality to come out of the speaker...i can never quite get my groove going when im sitting down and it results in a more sterile sound from me. i never ever play or practice sitting down for this reason