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Tag Archives: Guitarists
Fear of the Unconventional
There is a significant population of people that are alarmed, scandalised, affronted and viscerally offended by pictures painted in bright colours, whether representational or abstract, or somewhere in between. I have the anecdotal evidence. They can’t stand them, but more … Continue reading
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Tagged Abstraction, Aesthetics, Anarchy, Art, Artists, Colours, Control, Creativity, Criticism, Curiosity, Experimentation, Exploration, Fear, Freedom, Guitarists, Innovation, Music, Musicians, Novelty, Obedience, Order, Orthodoxy, Painters, Painting, Stability, Synthesisers, Unconventional
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What’s Wrong With Guitar Solos
Let’s face it. Guitar solos are out of fashion. They’re sneered at as an expression of supreme self-indulgence. They’re about as hip as a square. Having played guitar for eighty two percent of my life and actively listened to guitarists … Continue reading
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Tagged Aesthetics, Arrangement, Authenticity, Colours, Composition, Depression, Emotional Impact, Frustration, Guitarists, Happiness, Humanity, Imagination, Inspiration, Journey, Music, Musician, Musicians, Originality, Painting, Passion, Play, Quality, Reaction, Recording, Solo, Song Writing, Songwriting, Statement, Technique
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Infinite Sustain Through Controlled Acoustic Feedback
If you’re an electric guitar player, especially a lead guitarist, you probably already know about this. Lead guitarists often use screaming, positive feedback to make sounds and musical tones that sustain indefinitely. This property can be used to great musical … Continue reading
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Tagged Blackstar, Boss Guitar Effects, E-Bow, Ear Protectors, Feedback, Fernandes Sustainer, Guitarists, High Gain, Jim Dunlop Crybaby, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Satriani, Just Too Much, Lead Guitarist, Marshall, Mesa Boogie, Musicians, Scholz, Sustainiac, THD, Tom Scholz
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Some Good Reasons to Be In a Band
Has being in a band lost its gloss? Lots of people record in their bedrooms, these days, working on solo projects, sans collaborators. The media is full of stereotypical stories about the drunken, drug-binged debauchery of life in a band, … Continue reading
Impossible Guitar Sounds
When I was a teenager, first learning how to play the electric guitar, I encountered the Electro Harmonix range of guitar effects pedals (or “stomp boxes”) and I was immediately enchanted by the way you could twist and morph the … Continue reading
Seven Habits of High Gain Lead Guitarists
Lead solos have fallen out of fashion these days, but there are still some practitioners of lead guitar as a solo instrument. Not so much for “widdly, widdly” sake; more as a means of expressing a passionate melody. Lead guitar … Continue reading
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Tagged Distortion, Guitarists, Guthrie Govan, High Gain Amplifier, Jim Dunlop, Joe Satriani, Lead Guitar, Musicians, Mute, Muting, MXR, Smart Gate, Sustain, Tom Scholz
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Creative Ideas for Starving Artists 