Alright, so check out the video of the Christian McBride Band doing Weather Report’s “Boogie Woogie Waltz”. Everyone’s amazing, of course, and the drummer, Terreon Gully, takes this hi-hat/bass-drum solo while keeping time with rim clicks on the snare that’s just so subtle and yet smokin’ at the same time. Wow…
Now, just to (futilely) forestall the But what about…
questions, this isn’t a list based on technical skill. They’re all technically competent. If all I cared about was technique, I’d have Yngwie, Vai, and Petrucci on here. But they aren’t, because as far as I’m concerned they’re technicians. They can play 85254872459598 notes a second, but who cares. It’s all sterile.
I’m a big fan of Apple’s silhouette iPod ads—actually, I’m a big fan of the music used in TV ads, period. I often try to track down the music I hear in ads and end up either buying it from iTunes or, if left with no other option, pilfer it from a P2P file sharing service.
read more…So, after seeing Jim’s article on the Gibson announcements at NAMM, I of course, being the Gibson Whore that I am, dropped all that boring work I was doing, and leapt like Tigger on speed, (Okay, I just opened a new browser window, but every fiber of my being was on fire when I did, so it was like leaping, but in a less Oh crap, John’s destroying the cubes again
kind of way) to the Gibson web site, and the page talking about the new models.
The All Stars played last week at Macworld, and man did it feel good. This, despite the fact that I forgot how to play “Brown Sugar.” 
I NEVER go out for music “cold,” to see a group I’ve never heard of, but it was my birthday and no one we know was playing that night…
read more…I’m sure everyone remembers the Quiet Riot tune, Metal Health. Unfortunately for me today, I am remembering it over and over again.
read more…Take five Swedish guys, give them instruments, turn on amplifiers and hide yourself in a bunker. This won’t be an easy ride.
read more…Okay, so I don’t have a band. Actually I’ve never played in a band. And I’m not so sure I can play the Blues. Piss off!!
read more…I put together a demo for another song in the last couple of days. I wanted to try out the ART TPS II I mentioned last week, so I chose another one of my simpler tunes that I wrote a very, very long time ago. It’s called “It’s All For You,” and I’ve always been fond of it.
