Rodan

When I was 12 or 13, I began taking lessons from my cousin, who says now that she was just a few lessons ahead of me! She had a thing for Blues and showed me the pentatonic scale, some Stones, Freddie King, Zeppelin and Aerosmith... Her brother also played, but at a pretty high level, and showed me "Godzilla", "Flying Turkey Trot", "Rock Bottom", "Emerald" and a few other tunes right square in my sights. From that point, I began pulling things down by ear - "Dr Music", "ETI", some Sabbath - and gradually, plugging pentatonics and half-step/whole-step wandering into key signatures, for someth

I can defend anything that I like, with or without reservations. But I don't often tell the dudes that I love October Project or Regina Spektor or things of that ilk.

Ah! ^ Y'remind me - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wuMEaB1gBY Mogg is a little pitch-y, but the guitar part is surgical aggression!

Song lyrics may come close to describing a bummer I'm feeling, but it's often the music that resonates more closely. In fact, music is most often an enjoyable distraction for me...if there's a particular reason I'm putting it on. Along mourning lines, I could go straight to something wistful and elegant, like Stan Getz' version of "Blood Count" or "Speechless", by Weather Report. Both marry sadness to beauty - and that experience kinda transports and gives me a bit different focus... Other times, just gimme a bit of Allan Holdsworth - or another really profound virtuoso - for that wide-eye

These are pretty good guys to deal with... Got my white Chap' and Mesa DC5 there.

How about a bid further into Art Rock obscurity? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHNVsoBtpdA

And they keep popping to mind...

Ah - forgot about Let it Bleed and this cut -

Didj'all notice that the first guy was doing those kitchen-clean tapping runs with no damping device? I mean, REALLY clean...and he COULD've put some felt down by the nut... Nice!

My Cool Girlfriend came up over my shoulder and said, "What is that?" So, yes - it definitely communicates, musically. This performance shows real dedication to the music, itself. Pretty cool!

Sorry to make a pile, but this is a good topic! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4omAQje1IA

Actually, this one's good for about 37 seconds, at least... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oZPTlI3MEo And I know - a "song" has to have lyrics...STILL -

Cool. As. Hell. Enjoy the bonding sessions!

Late to the party and not decided about the sequence, here (R to L, should the wah follow the volume...?) but this is ebbyting, to now.