30
May
2010
Guitarnoize.com Anti-shred
Jon at Guitarnoize.com is having an ‘Anti-shred’ competition, it’s more about melody than flash, so I thought I’d give it a crack! The backing track is a short, but very tasty, slow ballad-type progression and lends itself really well to big bends and sustained notes.
Here’s what I came up with:
The hat was a last minute addition to the outfit, but judging by the comments on the video, it was a popular move 
Oh, and it was pretty dark in the room, so the video quality is abysmal!
25
Jan
2010
Somewhere Over The Rainbow (tapping)
A nice version of Somewhere Over The Rainbow played using 8-finger tapping. I wish I could convince my brain to be able to play chords and lead at the same time like this!
21
Dec
2009
14
Dec
2009
Paul Gilbert – Using Rhythm To Write Guitar
Paul Gilbert talks about writing guitar licks using different rhythms.
7
Dec
2009
Gustavo Guerra plays Andy Timmons’ “Electric Gypsy”
A fantastic cover of the Andy Timmons’ tune Electric Gypsy:
5
Dec
2009
Vinnie Moore guitar lesson
The Vinman talks a little and plays a little:
It’s great to see how his style has changed over the years, from the “neo-classical” shred dude, to a more bluesy-rock style. I still like to give his old albums a listen now and again, but the new stuff is great too 
4
Dec
2009
Fallen – YouTube Webcam Jam
This showed up in my YouTube list today, and I thought it was a really good example of a collaboration gone right. Some really nice playing in there, and it’s quite well put together as well:
Guitar player, IT guy, web designer, Photoshop hack
