Guitar-book dudes

[six]

i'm really curious about the following:

there's a lot of guys writing guitar-books with included cd's which you can hear THEM play on... we all know/have books like that, right?
now what's really amazing is that they say like "eddie van halen taps like that... paul gilbert has those damn fast picking-parts like this... that one sweeps like that..." and they can play it all!
are they just fooling us? is it the recording-/mixing-engineer who makes them play that well? or do they really have this brilliant technique?
I mean if yes; THEY are the great guitar-heroes - why do they write books instead of selling records???

 

[Roel]

1) Because they are bored.
2) Because their technique might be good, their musical feeling sucks.
3) Because they can't write hits.
4) Because they don't care about writing hits.
5) Because they just aren't lucky to get a recordcompany to back them up.
6) Because they make enough from their books.
7) Because they got a better paying modelling job.
8) Because they feel that, altough my technique is not that good, I still deserve it more than they do, so they just leave it up to me.
9) Because they cannot leave the institution, for 'medical' reasons.
10) Aliens shouldn't become famous.
11) My head hurts.
12) Alcohol and drugs bring more happiness than fame.
13) I hope 12 is really true...

 

[BBB]

Heh. Ditto Roel.

Also, you wouldn't believe how many guitarists have that ability. There's a link at www.guitarwar.com....

Ok, I found it
www.guitartricks.com

Check out both sites.

There's some pretty incredible playing in the "pro" war section of guitarwar. Unfortunately, you have to register and it costs $5/month.

Also, the guitartricks sit somtimes contains audio that goes along with the licks. Some good playing there too.


Matt

 

[bongolation]

I'm glad that someone has pointed out (however circuitously) that one's instrumental virtuosity is utterly irrelevant to anything connected with being a recording star.

Really.

It doesn't matter. It never did. Flashy guitar work is a low-status support role for studio contractors.

You're supposed to know this by the time you're sixteen so you can concentrate on stuff that does matter.

 

[Slackmaster2K]

Every guitar store has 20 guys who can noodle-oodle-doodle off riffs at lightning speed. Unfortunately that's all they can do. Practice makes stupid.

Slackmaster 2000