"A real loser is someone who’s so afraid of not winning that he doesn’t even try" – Grandpa from Little Miss Sunshine
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This band is masterminded by two geniuses of metal and rock, Jon Schaffer of Iced Earth and Hansi Kursch of Blind Guardian.
Their music is truly monumental. No holds barred powerful metal of epic proportions. But by epic, I don’t necessarily mean 10 minute long operas with marathon guitar solos. If you are a fan of any of the rock and metal legends Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Metallica or even Dio, you will have plenty of time for these guys.
Check out some of the tracks from “Touched by the Crimson King”, several of which are based on the Dark Tower series by Stephen King and also has a song about Dorian from “The Portrait of Dorian Grey” that will knock your knitting needles right out of your hands and into your cake. Then when you’ve recovered from that bombshell, move on to their first album, Demons and Wizards. Both are incredible for sightly different reasons.
This is enjoyed the most played seriously loud. Although some of the guitar work on the slower tracks will have serious musicians enchanted, the heavier licks and lead breaks will have everyone losing brain cells in violent head-banging joy. The vocals are akin in many ways to those of Led Zeppelin at times and Queen at others. The full choir from blind guardian take part and give an extra ambience where needed.
In short this is awesome stuff. I think each album should be used as the soundtrack for some awesome movie. And they would be the best movies ever.
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A selection of people performing various covers of Pachabel’s Canon in G.
Trace Bundy
Small Korean Boy
15 Year old future Rock God!
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Ever get down about your guitar playing and wonder what it’s all for? Feel like you’re not improving quickly enough?
Well take a leaf out the book belonging to some of these people. And remember that there is always reason to play your guitar. Sometimes we all hit a plateau in our learning curve. All you need is a little inspiration or to find a new song to learn. Inspiration comes from many places. Maybe you will find it here today, and maybe you won’t.
Mark Goffeney – The Armless Guitarist
Seasick Steve – The Three Stringed Guitarist
10 year old plays some amazing guitar
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I’ve heard that this is a pretty poor movie. but I might watch it anyway, as the guitar is amazing. Steve Vai is brilliant. He was trained by the best – Joe Satriani, who also taught Kirk Hammet of Metalica.
Here is a snippet of the movie with some incredible guitar. The best is right at the end.
The technique used in the dual at the end is mostly sweep picking. Take a look at the instructional videos for a brief introduction to get you started.
As promised, here is the tab
Good luck!
The Guitar Master
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A truly inspiring songwriting genius, he is quoted as having said: “Me not of the world, y’know. Me live in the world but I’m not of the world”.
Visit the Bob Marley Wikipedia page for a run down of his life and works. You can also visit the official Bob Marley Website.
Or click on the links below for some great Bob Marley music videos:
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I give you, Eddie Van Halen:
Van Halen are responsible for one of the happiest cheese party anthems of the 80′s. See it here
They are also named for their guitarist, Eddie Van Halen, one of the greatest virtuoso’s in guitar history. I bet Ziryab would have ben proud.
For a little taster of his ability and personality, see here.
The Guitar Master
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