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Guitar World: April 2006 – Learn to Satch Boogie

Matt — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 04:42:31 +0000

Although I have never really been a big Satriani fan, nobody can deny that he is an amazing guitarist. The subtitle of this month’s Guitar World reads “He taught Kirk Hammett & Steve Vai… and now he teaches you!” That’s pretty exciting if you ask me because all three of those are some crazy guitar players.

This issue really is focused on the guitar solo. Each article has some relation to that underlying theme and if you can master everything this issue has to offer you will be a better player because of it.

Superhero

5 SONGS

Nirvana

In Bloom

Jimi Hendrix

Purple Haze

Joe Satriani

Satch Boogie

10 Years

Wasteland

Trivium

A Gunshot to the
Head of Trepidation

Joe Satriani talks about his new album and gives us some tips on how to write rock solos. He stresses playing slowly to learn and that its not always what you play, but how you play it. He says “if you pick every note identically in an absolutely plain way, the succession of notes will not sound very interesting.” The article has 22 different tabbed learning licks with audio on the CD to accompany them.

Boogie Man

Joe Satriani gives a step by step walk through of playing his 1987 hit Satch Boogie.

Reinventing the Steel

Trivium talks about being accepted by the elders of thrash, playing with ex-Pantera members (RIP Dime), the necessity for guitar solos, and their upcoming album The Crusade.

Young Guns

An interview and harmonizing solo lesson with Trivium’s Matt Heafy and Corey Beaulieu

Magazine also includes the following articles:

The Cover Story: Randy Rhoads – Tribute to Ozzy Osbourne’s Guitar Genius!

The tribute is actually a series of articles that give a rounded overview of Randy’s career and his tragic demise.

Randy Rhoads & Ozzy Osbourne

A dove, a bat, an airplane. Launching his solo career with guitarist Randy Rhoads, Ozzy Osbourne found both fortune and tragedy in the form of flying objects.

The Diary of a Madman Tour

In an excerpt from his forthcoming autobiography, bassist Rudy Sarzo recalls his crazy life on the road with Ozzy Osbourne, Randy Rhoads and assorted midgets and meats.

Randy Rhoads: The Quiet Riot Years

Kelly Garni recalls his wild-and-crazy teenage years with Randy Rhoads, his best friend and Quiet Riot band mate. Plus: A special pictorial of artifacts from Kelly Garni’s personal collection of Randy Rhoads memorabilia; and the night Randy Rhoads met Eddie Van Halen.

The Making of Blizzard of Ozz

Producer Max Norman describes the recording of the album that launched Ozzy Osbourne’s solo career and made Randy Rhoads a guitar god.

Poster of the Month

Side one: Randy Rhoads, Side two: Atreyu.

Betcha Cant Play This

Doug Doppler plays a two bar tapping lick.

All of that and much more in March 2006’s Guitar World.

Guitar World: March 2006 – Learn to play Crazy Train

Matt — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 23:35:06 +0000

March’s Guitar World is out and I’m pretty stoked about this one because it contains a step by step guide to playing Crazy Train. It includes a tab and a video lesson on the CD. I have already pretty much mastered the song. The video doesn’t include all of the little fills and licks, but the tab does a good job at illustrating them, so anyone should be able to learn the song from this lesson. One other thing worth noting is the video of Eric Johnson playing Cliffs of Dover on the CD. I haven’t heard that song for a pretty long time and when I watched the video I melted. It really is an amazing song and is 10 times as amazing when you get to watch him play it.

5 Song Transcriptions

Fall Out Boy – Dance Dance
Johnny Cash – Folsom Prison Blues
Green Day – Jesus of Suburbia
Eric Johnson – Cliffs of Dover
Ozzy Osbourne – Crazy Train

The Magazine also includes the following articles:

The Cover Story: Randy Rhoads – Tribute to Ozzy Osbourne’s Guitar Genius!

The tribute is actually a series of articles that give a rounded overview of Randy’s career and his tragic demise.

Randy Rhoads & Ozzy Osbourne

A dove, a bat, an airplane. Launching his solo career with guitarist Randy Rhoads, Ozzy Osbourne found both fortune and tagedy in the form of flying objects.

The Diary of a Madman Tour

In an excerpt from his forthcoming autobiography, bassist Rudy Sarzo recalls his crazy life on the road with Ozzy Osbourne, Randy Rhoads and assorted midgets and meats.

Randy Rhoads: The Quiet Riot Years

Kelly Garni recalls his wild-and-crazy teenage years with Randy Rhoads, his best friend and Quiet Riot bandmate. Plus: A special pictorial of artifacts from Kelly Garni’s personal collection of Randy Rhoads memorabilia; and the night Randy Rhoads met Eddie Van Halen.

The Making of Blizzard of Ozz

Producer Max Norman describes the recording of the album that launched Ozzy Osbourne’s solo career and made Randy Rhoads a guitar god.

Poster of the Month

Side one: Randy Rhoads, Side two: Atreyu.

Betcha Cant Play This

Doug Doppler plays a two bar tapping lick.

All of that and much more in March 2006’s Guitar World.

Guitar World: February 2006

Matt — Sat, 28 Jan 2006 18:28:13 +0000

I know it’s a little late, but here’s my overview of February’s Guitar World. I was a little skeptical when I saw the cover. What is Jimmy page doing with Jack White? I was really hoping they werent doing some kind of colaboration. When I read the article I realized it was just a discussion about their blues influences. The article really focuses on the pioneering of blues by Charley Patton, Son House, and Robert Johnson, and how those artists influenced Page and White. I few pages later it is followed by a five page article on John Bonham, the drummer from Led Zeppelin.

5 Song Transcriptions

Led Zeppelin – Stairway to Heaven
White Stripes – Blue Rochid
Coheed and Cambria – The Suffering
Korn – Twisted Transistor
Deep Purple – Lazy

The Cover Story: The Art of Playing the Devil’s Music

Jimmy Page and Jack White talk about their musical roots and their blues influences.

Guitar World Honors the Drummer Behind Led Zeppelin’s Rise and Fall

A look into the life of one of rock’s greatest drummers, John Bonham.

Stair Master

The Ultimate Guide to Playing the Ultimate Classic Rock Guitar Song, Led Zeppelin’s Stairway to Heaven
Jimmy Brown goes through each part of Stairway to Heaven with us and shows us each parth. This article is accompanied by a video lesson on the CD.

Poster of the Month

Side one: Zakk Wylde, Side two: Jack White.

The Readers Poll 2005 Results

Zakk Wylde and Black Label Society clean up winning 4 our of 11 polls.

Betcha Cant Play This

Nevermore’s Jeff Loomis plays a smashing riff that I cant play.

Steel Wool Lesson – Mark Morton of Lamb of God

The Mother of Innovation
Mark Morton teaches us how new techniques come through creativity and how to play the intro to The Subtile Arts of Murder and Persuasion.

The Merchant of Menace – Jeff Loomis

Follow The Darkness
Nevermore’s Jeff Loomis continues last months lesson on playing The Psalm of Lundia.

Children of Bodom’s Alexi Laiho talks about his arm breaking accident last year and how it had an effect on the songs he wrote for 2005’s Are You Dead Yet?

Guitar World introduces an “On Disk” icon to their magazine. The icon appears on articles that have a multimedia component on the packaged CD-ROM

Yngwie F**king Malmsteen answers readers questions in a Guitar World interview. He talks about his guitar setups, how he has never done a guitar exercise in his life, and his unique fashion style.

Korn talk about the making of their new album and the loss of their guitarist Brian Welch.

And thats whats in this Feburary’s Guitar World.