euphoria, you know I dig your stuff. I think you have the right idea, but you gotta work on more feeling if you're gonna do blues. I like that you try different things and strive to be very versatile. That's very commendable. But for this kind of blues, I would suggest slowing it down a little and use less notes. Let one hang for a bit. Hit something hard then let a scale move into being soft.

Blues music is something that requires your feelings to come through more so than the technical aspects of guitar playing. It's ok to be a little sloppy for mood's sake. Blues is about telling a story with the guitar.

For example, if you're telling a story about frustration, that frustration needs to show itself for a moment, then maybe the mood changes to a sadness and explanation of that. A subtle fingering that expresses the despair. A single 10-second segment can change from one to the other (or maybe longer or shorter depending on what it is).

This is the kind of thing where I usually give advice to people to speak with your guitar as if you were speaking to someone in real life (with your mouth).

I know you're very experimental. Maybe give this a try. Take the rhythm and slow it down a little bit. That will be the foundation. Now use the slide as one voice, fingering scales as another, and do a call and answer as if the two were arguing over something.

Your technical skills are there. They always are.

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Sounds OK. I like where you are going with this.

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...I for one, sure would appreciate the return of intelligent conversation, spirit of assistance and the simple yet effective ignoring of those who can't seem to hang with that...
Best regards,
rob