I've always loved this song. This is a good song to practice your on and off both hand mutes, and also sticking the notes instead of sending them into Zakk Wylde squealy vibrato land. I remember Tom Bukovac said something about how people hide behind their vibrato, and sometimes [a lot of times] you should just stick the notes, like it exudes confidence.
As always, I am making these videos as more of a tribute and thank you to the bands for making such kickass guitar music. With that said, they are frequently not straight covers and I take some creative liberties. Sometimes it's combining multiple guitar parts into something I could play by myself to try to cover most of the bases, a lot of times it's my dotted eighth note delay mayhem. It's just kinda my thing. I sprinkle it on a lot, but I promise I would dial it back in a band situation. :) A lot of these videos are made as a sort of "recital" where I take a song I wanted to learn that would be performable in a live band situation. Sometimes the video is the culmination of where I've taken the guitar part to as a way of documenting how I played it. [I imagine myself looking back on videos years down the road like, "how did I play that part?"] Some songs, like the one in this case, are ones that I've played forever and am finally getting around to recording.
My favorite thing is probably when some guitarist comments that they are so happy because the video helped them learn the song. I also think of these videos as a body of work that could kind of pre-qualify me for an audition if there was an opportunity to fill a guitar slot in a band. The actually recording the audio and video part is helping to hone that skill, and to be used to seeing the red light going and just feeling used to it. Listening with a critical ear. Becoming a better player. Learning shit. A video will get 50 views in a year, or 300 views in 3 days. I'm sure it all just depends on the song. And of course, you probably notice that I do a lot of songs that you just don't see on UA-cam. [I do a lot of songs that you do see too.]
Anyway, really chatty tonight. I'm in a good production groove and am able to crank these out without too much trouble. I have a lot of ideas for next songs. I want to start rolling in original content, as the "pressure" of putting a completed work on UA-cam is a good thing to help drive projects to completion. Learning how to play a song always adds a new tool to the kit, and ultimately I learn how to play songs that I would want to write like in a band scenario.
I'm excited about this video because I feel that it adds a little excitement and spice to a song that has remained a favorite of mine for so many years.
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