i would also say my guitar teacher. aperantly he appeared in Guitar PLayer magazine, and was featured in Guitar 9 Records online magazine. (Adam Mcdonald is his name if you read either of those magazines) and also played live across Canada and Asia.
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@ 6StringEvil
THANK YOU! I love those guys, they're soooo amazing. Zakir Hussain is a true inspiration for me on tabla. He also played with John McLaughlin, which was amazing. Their version of "Lotus Feet" is soooo amazing. That song moves me everytime I hear it.
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wow...what the aamerican mind thinks now. a person with brown skin or a even close to mid easter name is auto a terrorist. i know ur joking but its kinda true. at airports, i see ppl with those cloths on their head just taken outof the line from their flight to wherever, my friend in skoo ltold me they took him and his family to customs or somthing to check if they were terrorists. theyre hindi.
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lol
"do you want brown rice with that sir"
"brown? BROWN? BROWN!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!?"
"yes sir brown rice"
" *while panting* BROWN>>!??!?!!?! BROWN?!?!?! RUN ITS BROWN!!!!AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"
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Some of ya'll are talkin about your guitar teachers influencing you. Way to make me feel like an outcast! lol j/k. I never had lessons. I played with this one guy a lot and sometimes he'd do something interesting and I'd be like, "how'd you do that?" That's how I learned finger pickin and how to embelish chords, but I don't feel like he influenced my style. I tended to make the skills he taught me my own. My influences would have to be SRV when I'm playing just straight up blues, but when I'm playing the real bluesy, hard rock stuff, I'd have to say Slash, Billy Gibbons and/or although I'm not a fan of Pantera or Dime in general (yes he was a talented guitarist; I just don't like his style), he influenced me regardless. Sometimes I get a little Iron Maiden feel in a riff I write, which is cool. When I'm screwin around, Kirk Hammett has a big part in that. When I'm writing acoustic stuff, however (assuming its not bluesy), I don't really have an influence.
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Guitar - Eddie Van Halen, Randy Rhoads, Slash, Zakk Wylde, Kirk Hammett, James Hetfield, DAVE MUSTAINE, and mostly my guitar teacher because he doesn't have one style he expanded to almost every style of playing I can think of [+ he plays banjo too].
Lyrics - Dave Mustaine, Axl Rose, Ozzy Osbourne, Lennon, Jimi Hendrix.
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hey ozzfan, fyi ozzy didnt do **** with lyrics, now or ever. his first 2 albums bob daisley wrote. he writes the lyrical rythm in the song which is pretty easy after guitar and lyrics re written, idk where he gets his lyrics now, but he definatly doesnt make his own, hes too stoned.
Funny you should mention Bob Daisley, I was watching him play on my Rainbow Live DVD earlier on. Great bassist.
If you're into bass guitar, check out Jack Bruce from Cream. He's one of the best ever!
Some of ya'll are talkin about your guitar teachers influencing you. Way to make me feel like an outcast!
lol ive never had a lesson in my life its fine. im one of the self teachy people and people say im good at guitar but i dont believe that for a second. neways yeh dont worry you're not the only one. and in the other thread your pretty good after 10 months might i add.
p.s coheed and cabria rule!
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Next up...
John McLaughlin!
John McLaughlin started playing guitar when he was 11 and was initially influenced by blues and swing players.
John McLaughlin became famous as the guitarist of Mahavishnu Orchestra, a group that combined the power of rock with the sophisticated improvisations of jazz.
He also played on 2 classic Miles Davis albums : 'In a Silent Way' and '****es Brew'.
In 1975 McLaughlin switched directions and began playing acoustic guitar and Indian music with his band Shakti.
John McLaughlin is a great inspiration, a true innovator and an outstanding musician who's stretched out to so many diverse styles! I really look up to him.
Some of my favourite guitarists are listed in my profile.
I wouldn't dare to say that some of the following greats echo in my own music... Still, they inspire me: Edvard Grieg, Claude Debussy [he really didn't give a &*#&$ about the rules, although he knew them better than anyone] probably the most.
Furthermore Oscar Peterson [check out the great LP "We Get Requests"] and Nigel Kennedy are among my favourites.
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Claude Debussy was amazing! Great choice exp.
Next up for me! And who I proudly recommend to you all!
Yoko Kano!
She's the pretty Japanese girl in Red.
She's a MAJOR inspiration to me, because she composes Jazz, and she composes for Games AND Movies and Shows! (Exactly what I want to be) The main one she's composed in is the big hit Anime: "Cowboy Bebop"
Her First composition was for a game in 1985 called "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"
Her total of Games, Moves and Shows she's composed for SO FAR is 107!!! :D I was so excited to see half of the stuff she's composed for and I never even realised!
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Good Call on John McLaughlin I've been a fan of Mahavishnu Orchestra for a long time.
this is how i discovered them.....I went to one of these book store, coffee shops and asked what is Fusion Jazz they handed me a copy of The Inner Mounting Flame by Mahavishnu Orchestra. That is a very bold statement, and a very Bold Disc. I recommend every one listen to it.
[to stay in the McLaughlin vibe...]
For those who haven't heard this masterful trio:
Although I find some parts a bit too speed pour speed it still is awesome to see these greats perform a beautiful composition like this.
Sidenote 1: Check out Paco's amazing fingerpicking...
Sidenote 2: I must say the version on "A Fridaynight in SF" is superior to the one in this vid.
I saw McLaughlin, Di Meola, and Paco DeLucia at the Beverly Hills theater in the 80's. I also saw DiMeola, McLaughlin, and Steve Morse on the same tour. Paco couldnt make that show but Steve Morse was just amazing.
