Playing "The Hand that Feeds" by NIN

[anonymous278347457]

Our drummer suggested that we play this song at our school's band night this summer, we were planning on playing 2 originals, Iron Man and this, (we get a 15 min set )

Ive got a couple of questions I want to ask.


I was wondering, since this song doesn't have 2 guitar parts(At least I don't think it does) If we should just make one up and have a guitar part take the place of the keyboard.

Or, I could just play the keyboard part(I play rhythm guitar normally) on a keyboard instead.

I'm worried about getting the synthy sound, since between us we have 1 synth pedal(my bass pedal) and the other guitarist's amp has a few effects on(phaser, flange, etc...)

I think It might be far easier if I did the keyboard part rather than trying to emulate the sound on guitar.

Anyway, anyone played this before? what did you do in terms of instrumentation? Any other tips?

[nudge]

to be honest, as long as it sounds good i don't think it really matters how exactly like the original it sounds.

btw great choice, going to see NIN this sunday, yey!

[PalaNIN]

Originally Posted by nudge

btw great choice, going to see NIN this sunday, yey!

Make sure you check the bathrooms for any USB flash drives :P Edit: Holy cow, there actually was a flash drive there, which had another song leak. Awesome!

As for the song - just mess around with it and see what sounds good. Personally I think the keyboard solo on a guitar with a few effects chucked in would sound pretty nice, especially if you fancy it up a bit.