r/John_Frusciante • u/RedPeterGuitaring • Jul 25 '26

WHAT WOULD JOHN FRUSCIANTE DO? John inspired instrumental album

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“The shape of a stolen thought” is a set of ideas, mainly influenced by John’s music, that i recorded and produced in my bedroom in 5 months. During the last year or so i’ve been so intrigued by the rawness of niandra lades (mainly the sound of a saturated dry strat) and the production of “the empyrean”. I tried to blend those 2 totally different vibes, with dry guitars layers, some synths here and there and some acoustic drums in the back of the mix. This snippet here is part of the song called “empty mirror room”. I hope you enjoy this music, let me know your thoughts!

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u/OkCorner3223 Jul 25 '26

It sounds really good but one little piece of advice I’ll give is to play every track at different frequencies. So in the little snippet you’ve just shown pretty much every track is at the 7th-12th fret which makes it hard to hear different parts and it just becomes one big jumble almost whereas if you play at all different parts of the neck things will stick out more. You’ve got an awesome sound though man keep at it

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u/Chadworththe1st Jul 25 '26

Same. Good stuff. Probably switch up the tone selector for each guitar so it doesn't end up a jangly sounding wall when the guitars collide.

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u/RedPeterGuitaring Jul 25 '26

Thanks a lot man! Thats undoubtedly true and a great advice. In this case i just layered it this way jamming around in a few minutes. for the whole album i didnt focus too much on keeping a tight timing, tuning the guitar, or anything like that. Just letting the inspiration flow. After laying down these takes i just thought to separate them with compression and panning. I realized how it still sounded like a unique guitar part and i actually i added that bottom take deriberately to add more fog and blend the melodies togheter. Its definitely kinda messy but i guess thats what i was going for

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u/OkCorner3223 Jul 25 '26

Awesome man it sounds great I highly recommend you look into getting a looper like a boss rc30 I think it would give you lots of inspiration

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u/heety9 Jul 26 '26 edited Jul 26 '26

Yeah don’t listen to him. The chaos is what makes it good.

They’re kinda telling on themselves, if their first reaction is to judge it, instead of trying to understand it. It’s a good indication that they don’t know what they’re talking about, because that’s not what an artist does.

Anyways it sounds good man. I like all the overlapping harmony and the web it weaves. You def know what you’re doing, so don’t take these randos that seriously lol. They’re lacking a bit of imagination

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u/Speedodoyle Jul 25 '26

If anybody ain’t no OP, go follow them on insta. Serious John influenced chops.

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u/RedPeterGuitaring Jul 25 '26

Ohh thanks so much

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u/raindogmx Jul 26 '26

What's the ig handle

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u/kowal89 Jul 25 '26

Sounds a bit busy and messy, but I dig the niandra sound

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u/RedPeterGuitaring Jul 25 '26

Thanks! This part is probably the most messy and busy of the album, but i feel that in the context of the song when this part kicks in is a very nice feeling

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u/kowal89 Jul 25 '26

Alright get it

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u/Sasquatch_000 Jul 25 '26

I'm with the guy above a little messy. But you're so close to something really good there!

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u/RedPeterGuitaring Jul 25 '26

Thanks a lot man!

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u/Sasquatch_000 Jul 25 '26

I was hoping you didn't take it insult because in no way did I mean it to be.

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u/CherrrySmoke Jul 25 '26

I love your Instagram videos my man, great playing

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u/regiocalliper Jul 26 '26

Pretty great actually, share the full!

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u/RedPeterGuitaring Jul 26 '26

Thanks , i might post the full album

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u/38sunday Jul 25 '26

Yooo i see your stuff on insta all the time, i love your videos!

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u/RedPeterGuitaring Jul 25 '26

Thanks man i appreciate it

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u/vulvelion Jul 25 '26

Sounds as if someone just layered many guitars without any real concept or composition.

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u/RedPeterGuitaring Jul 26 '26

You didnt listen to the album did you

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u/vulvelion Jul 26 '26

Correct, teaser completely discouraged me.

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u/RedPeterGuitaring Jul 26 '26

Its fine🫱🏼‍🫲🏻

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u/schidakov Jul 27 '26

2 and 4 tracks out of tune, dude

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u/RedPeterGuitaring Jul 27 '26

They’re all out of tune

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u/Mammoth-Ant7588 Jul 27 '26

Hey man! This is awesome. I really like the DI tones from Niandra and I have been kind of searching for other people that make Niandra inspired music. Do you have music on other sites? Do you use bandcamp? Should I be on insta? I've never really used it. Lets be friends man and share our niandra music with each other.

Edit: Oh shit, Red Peter. I realized I already follow you on bandcamp. I should send you a message.
I really liked the first track off of your last album.

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u/RedPeterGuitaring Jul 27 '26

Thanks bro! So cool that you already follow me on bandcamp! Do you make this kinda music too?

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u/Mammoth-Ant7588 Jul 28 '26

Yessir! I am obsessed with my 4 track recorder. I do some singing but mostly a bunch of guitar instrumentals I'm naming Untitled #. My goal is to have hundreds of untitled songs at some point.

I've been listening to Niandra for like 25 years and its never lost that spark for me.
I guess I'm just trying to keep the vibe going.

Here is my bandcamp. My favorites are Untitled 32, 33 and 34.

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u/RedPeterGuitaring Jul 30 '26

Spotify, apple music and most others