Something that often gets said – generally by other guitarists, in my experience – on hearing a technically excellent guitarist blazing away is some variation on: “all flash, no substance”. I’d just like to say: “bollocks to that”. :-p Flash *is* (or can be) substance, just as much as slower playing – which is always...
This I reproduce with a tip of the headstock to Laurie Monk: Alex Hutchings: custom fusion series 2 coming soon I have a few backing tracks I bought from bluesjamtracks and they really are good. I still haven’t got around to working through the accompanying transcriptions of Guthrie Govan’s solos though O_o Laurie reports that bluesjamtracks...
I’ve been having some fun with the way cool backing track Tom Quayle supplied for the Truthinshredding Shred This! competition It’s a bit scruffy … kind of like me, yes :-p … but fun as well.
With a tip of the pointy headstock to Laurie Monk here are the guitar instrumentals Steve Vai likes best: http://www.aolradioblog.com/2009/08/21/steve-vai-unveils-his-10-favorite-instrumentals/ His number one (the “voice of God”) he lists as: 1) Santana: ‘Europa (Earth’s Cry Heaven Smile)’ For me, this song is the closest thing I have heard to the voice of God on an electric guitar. It’s...
