Numbers are then placed on these lines to represent finger positions on the guitar fret board. If you read the diagram below you would play this on a guitar by putting your finger just behind the 2nd fret on the 5th string, then you would play the note at the 4th fret, then again on...
“I went to the guitar teacher and said, ’Teach me how to play rock'n'roll.’ He looked at me like I had three heads. I quit after one lesson and bought one of those "how to play guitar by yourself" books, which taught me the basic barre chords. Then I sat in my bedroom and...
"We didn't think we were good enough to get it done right, but Slash is doing most of the string arrangements on guitar with a harmonizer," Rose noted. "To me it's likeTom WaitsmeetsMetallica, it's the way I sing it, so rough and scratchy. It's working out really good, it sou...
Before long, Pharrell and Hugo had a record deal, and The Neptunes were born. The wildly successful duo went on to produce some of the most recognizable hits of the ‘00s; Nelly’s Hot in Herre, Kelis’ Milkshake, Britney Spears’ I’m a Slave 4 U, Snoop Dogg’s Drop It Like It...
(Atlantic, 1993) The Melvins are cited as being one of Nirvana mastermind Kurt Cobain’s biggest influences. The Nirvana frontman co-produced ‘Houdini,’ one of the Melvin’s most commercially viable records, though their oddball fingerprints are still everywhere to be found on songs like “Ha...
Though "November Rain" was included on Guns N' Roses' 1991 album Use Your Illusion I, the track was actually written years before Appetite for Destruction even came out. According to Axl Rose, a fellow rocker actually inspired him to write it — Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee....
The Conversation: This was a tougher call with Godsmack’s percussive take on “Come Together” also very deserving of a nod, but the group’s take on the Led Zeppelin classic “Good Times Bad Times” seems to give a broader showcase to the group as a whole with some nifty guitar work...
prowling Los Angeles sidewalks as dolphins swim through the streets; leaping off an oil tanker into the ocean, where he is rescued by said dolphins; and, finally, Slash rising from the watery depths to rip a guitar solo while standing atop the waves like some sort of chain-smoking, top-ha...
Though "November Rain" was included on Guns N' Roses' 1991 album Use Your Illusion I, the track was actually written years before Appetite for Destruction even came out. According to Axl Rose, a fellow rocker actually inspired him to write it — Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee....