Monday, August 27, 2012
Tools of the trade: Guitarist Reference
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Guitar Heroes: Igor Presnyakov
Nothing Else Matters (cover Metallica)
Sweet Child O' Mine (cover Guns 'n' Roses)
Pirates Of The Caribbean Theme
Friday, August 10, 2012
Guitar Heroes
- they are not meant to be comprehensive (neither the list nor the single post)
- they are not necessarily the "best" guitar players
- they play very very different music styles and genres
- they are not about speed: there are fast ones and slow ones
Guitar Heroes: Earl Slick
Earl Slick used to play lead guitar to David Bowie, and that's enough (for me, at least) to put him amongst the living legends. Listen to this beautiful version of Stay:
Or this cover to the Beatles' song One After 909:
Thursday, August 9, 2012
Guitar Heroes: Andy McKee
Guitar Heroes: Tommy Emmanuel
Tommy Emmanuel plays Amazing Grace:
Tommy Emmanuel convinces 75% of guitar players in the world that they'd better give up:
Guitar Heroes: Jimi Hendrix
Does Jimi Hendrix really need an introduction? Here some of his classics:
Hey Joe
Purple Haze
Little Wing
All Along The Watchtower
Guitar Heroes: Stevie Ray Vaughan
Guitar Heroes: John Petrucci
Guitar Heroes: Steve Vai
Guitar Heroes: Joe Satriani
A true master of modern guitar, Joe Satriani can do almost anything, from shredding so fast he too has trouble following his fingers:
to heart-melting ballads:
But I find it even more amazing that he was the one who taught people like Steve Vai and Kirk Hammet.
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Guitar Heroes: Michael Angelo Batio
Since I discovered Michael Angelo Batio's video for the song No Boundaries I could not stop watching it.
It's not just the speed, it's the ease with which he sweeps through the song apparently effortlessly. Not always his music strums the right chords (pun intended) in the listener's soul, but the technical prowess and the strenght of the character stand out brightly.
There's a lot more to say about Michael Angelo, but I'd rather let the music talk.
His instructional DVDs seem to work, too, since someone's been able to learn his song note by note. I bought the DVD... but I'm nowhere near that skill level, so I put it back in its box, for the time being.