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"I decided that I was going to write a song with a lot of chords." Robby Krieger tells how he wrote a timeless hit with "Light My Fire"
Krieger explains how the song changed from the time they played it in clubs until it became a chart-topping hit single ...
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Mike Rutherford’s “lead” bass approach helped demystify the low-end for prog rock cornerstone Genesis
“In the late ’70s, I would write on guitar and we would track bass last. As a result, some of the note choices would define ...
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Learn Travis picking, harp harmonics and 8 other techniques that make Tommy Emmanuel an acoustic tour de force
If that’s indeed the case, Australian acoustic guitar maestro Tommy Emmanuel certainly has a lot more than that under his ...
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50 Albums Later, There’s Still a Bit of Luck Left in Herb Alpert’s Trumpet
Paste Magazine is your source for the best music, movies, TV, comedy, videogames, books, comics, craft beer, politics and ...
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How Phil Lesh Reimagined the Electric Bass
Phil Lesh grew up listening to classical and jazz music. Then he reimagined the electric bass and changed rock history. The ...
“Carol Kaye taught me real hard”: Gene Simmons names 6 bass players who shaped his sound
The Kiss icon explains how Ronnie Wood is a better bassist than guitarist, why he can’t recall anything John Paul Jones played, and what makes him the Burger King Whopper of bass players ...
Phil Lesh Was the Grateful Dead’s Great Explorer
With lead guitarist Garcia and rhythm guitarist Bob Weir, Lesh was the bottom layer in an unpredictable rush of sound. Add in ...
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“My playing has always sucked, but it sells!”: The guitarist who co-wrote two of the most famous songs of all time admits he is no virtuoso
I'm not a guitar player, I never took the time ... God gave you a capo right here [holds up his first finger] so I learnt how to play a lot of chords with three fingers instead of four. That was ...