Tag Archive for "guitar"
Fender American Standard Stratocaster Review
I may not have the best nose in the world, but I definitely smell an Oscar.
Check out my behind the scenes, professionally (cough) edited video review of my brand spankin’ new guitar.
It’s sexy, and it’s informative. Just like your 6th grade history teacher! Oh, Mrs. Young, we miss thee, what with your poor-man’s-Angelina-Jolie looks and proclivity to trip over violins. Every time you mispronounced obelisk I swooned.
Err…what was I saying? Right. PAPA’S GOT A BRAND NEW GUITAR! Check this thang out mang, you won’t regret it!
Chorder
I will admit, out of the five of us I know the least about music theory. I’ve always learned by ear and simply by playing what I think sounds ‘right’. Initially, I learned by trial and error. One can argue the pros and cons of classical training versus teaching yourself, however I feel it is a moot point. If you can play, you can play. What goes on between your brain and the instrument is the true beautiful mystery that is music.
With that said, I’ve decided to make another attempt to learn the fundamentals of my favorite programming language: Sound. I’ve found a great site called ChordER. If you’re struggling with the basics, I suggest you check it out. Inside you’ll find a great interactive tool that will now only show you how to play chords, but what actually goes into the tonal structure of the sounds you’re creating.
Mark King Slap Solo
Here is a sweet video of elite bassist Mark King. This guy makes popping look so easy.
Quoted as saying "Hold on a second, I can't hear you over the radiant awesomeness of this shirt"
Here’s a little info on Mark King, via Wikipedia:
Mark King (born 20 October 1958, Cowes, Isle of Wight) is an English musician. He is most famous for being the lead singer and bassist of the band, Level 42. In the early 1980s King popularized the 1970s-era slap and pop style for playing the bass guitar by incorporating it into pop music.
Mark King helped to develop and popularize the slap and pop style of playing the bass guitar in the 1980s. The slapping and popping style was developed in the 1970s by funk bassists such as Larry Graham and further developed by jazz fusion bassists such as Stanley Clarke and Marcus Miller. King developed a rapid playing speed using this technique, and introduced technical elements that enabled him to produce a mix of percussive effects while still playing a bass line.
One of King’s greatest influences was the musician Tom Taylor who gave King guitar lessons at the age of twelve.
King’s bass playing style is largely based on continuous 16th notes (aka semiquavers), variously described as “machine-gun” style. The “machine-gun” style of playing consists of popping a note, hammering on, then slapping (occasionally with a left hand slap combined) very rapidly.
King and Level 42 are considered highly influential artists of the brit funk movement of the 1970s and 1980s.
Fastest Guitar Playing Ever
This video is why I stopped sitting down with a metronome trying to play as fast as possible. First of all, there are grotesque and strange people out there who will sit in a basement day in and day out psychotically practicing, and they will be faster than you.
Plus, this shit is ridiculous. It isn’t even music anymore. Any computer could generate these noises… you see, my friends, I discovered that the key to music is humanity, and beauty, not a speed contest that you are doomed to lose to some lifeless processor.
That being said, this guy is absolutely nuts!!
World Record Guitar Speed 2008 Tiago Della Vega – Free videos are just a click away
thatwasthen | Coach House Aug. 22 – Brenton
seriously, this pile I have is all there is left… and about 20-25 are sold!
