Possibly the greatest song ever written, whether you like it or not. Vastly overplayed but never over-rated.
One of my favourite songs. It means so much to so many people in so many different ways.
The accoustic version is awesome to learn how to play.
Original:
Accoustic:
Enjoy!
A great live performance. Look at his guitar. It is right handed, being played left handed. An unquestionably gifted artist.
Or for some good old fashioned playing with the teeth action:
I have not seen the movie “Crossroads”. I’ve heard it’s not that great and from the clips I’ve seen I’d have to agree. But based purely on the guitar work in the film, I may just get around to watching it anyway.
Take a look at this for some incredible playing. The best bit is right at the end.
Steve Vai was trained by Joe Satriani, who also taught Kirk Hammet of Metalica.
I’m learning Eugene’s trickbag myself right now. Who knows, one day I may post a video of myself playing it!
“…that day was to come much sooner than anyone could possibly have expected. For little did the falsely named “guitarmaster” know that a secret amulet was to soon fall into his posession completely by chance. It was crafted by quantum brothers at the dawn of time as we know it, which was actually the violent end of a previous multiverse. The amulet stored the only remaining truth from the good souls of the previous dimension. And little did the “Guitarmaster” know that with this amulet he could freely travel to and from his own dimension and between any other, including those that no longer existed in his own concept of time. With enough practice at this, he truly would become… The Guitar Master.”
His diary can be found here. it changes frequently as he jumps around between practice sessions, adding and taking away depending on who happens to be looking.
Until next time…
The Guitar Master
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Jimi Hendrix – Fire and Foxey Lady – Live
A couple of great performances by a true virtuoso. Enough to inspire anyone to get lost in their own mini episode of personal guitar glory. Simply plug in, switch on, close your eyes and play. you never know what you might find.
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Happy New Year!
To anyone who happens to be reading this.
I’d like to start the new year by apologising to any of my students that are awaiting tabs. They are on the way, but I’ve just been uber-busy!
The next thing I’d like to do this new year is recommend that you check out one of my favourite bands, Tenacious D. Jack Black and Kyle Gass are an insanely funny duo. Their subject and lyrics are mostly I suspect written completely on the fly and spontaneously ad-libbed to allow their creative juice to flow.
Their words range from the profound to the profane. For younger audiences, I highly recommend watching The School of Rock for some easily accessible Jack Black mayhem. I also just finished watching one of my Christmas presents, “Nacho Libre”, also starrring Jack Black, made by the same people behind “Napoleon Dynamite” (another hilariously sublime story with an incredible twist at the end). The single releases “Tribute” and “Wonderboy” from their first album are probably the only tracks suitable for younger listeners, but for adults that aren’t easily offended, the rest of the album is highly hilarious.
Another film (for slightly older audiences) is the “Pick of Destiny”. Awesome. Is the only word to describe it. For any die hard Tenacious D fans, you may have seen the “Complete Masterworks” DVD with the short films and HBO episodes. If this is the case then a lot of the jokes will appear familiar to you. But even so, it is a wondrful thing. The mushroom / yeti scene is worth the price of a cinema ticket or DVD alone.
One thing that stands just behind all of the films I’ve mentioned, is the music. Whether it’s a purpose-written movie soundtrack, an obscure unknown song that really deserves higher respect, a 70′s rock masterpiece or an 80′s hair-metal concerto, the music is pivotal to the whole portrait. Without it, everything would be just ridiculous men prancing around in tights or bouncing around like toddlers in nappies. The music holds it together like superglue and allows the message to be effectively delivered. I’m not sure I know what the message is but I’m fairly convinced it is something to do with a couple of complete and utter losers that were probably highly unpopular rejects at school, embarking on some mighty journey or other and defeating the darkest evil and restoring balance to the universe in the name of good, light, love and rock. It is awesome. And it is pure. And I think that’s why some of us can relate to it so well.
Happy New Year!
The Guitar Master
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