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Bofatron
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Bofatron
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03/15/2001 9:14 pm
Okay, well I'll do better than that perhaps. I've got a tiny little sonic joke at my download page called "No Sir" that, while not the same lick, is the same fundamental approach with a bit more of a melodic sense and is a lot slower.

"No Sir"

http://www.ampcast.com/bofa

but keep in mind as I said in the lesson text, melody and speed do not, in my opinion, mix very well. I see no point in playing melodies fast because it just goes over the head of most people. I think people like Neil Young and other guys do it just about right. And, honestly, when I play live I'm pretty darned slow (no shredding) except a couple of times per set. When I think of speed I think in fairly utilitarians terms and what it can do in a live situation...like audience management in a sense. But there's an aesthetic side as well...and that is if you want to speed as a way to represent something about society today then you've got to have the capacity for horrifying speed...they kind that you just stare at and scratch your head.

In short, if you want music then go slow, find the good note, concentrate on phrasing, and make people happy. If you want speed, if you must, then don't try to play music fast. It sounds like a cartoon soundtrack. Play outside the domain of music...go for a "sonic event" or call it noise or whatever. It has a time and place. And keep in mind that my little disk was/is a demo in the sense of exaggerated and inhumane guitar tricks that goes with an instructional video...not intended as a stand-alone musical disk per se -- even though, in my mind, I personally like it as "music" even if it's not for everyone. If any of this makes sense ;-)

http://ShredLikeHell.com