What about it?
Only four little measures, you may be thinking. Right—four measures of eyebrow-raising, finger-contorting mayhem! Alright … that might be overstating it a bit. Bizarpeggios...
Radiation
The Rack: Monosyllabic
We live in an age of speed, an age of instantaneous everything, of immediacy. Our wireless, micro-blogging culture is about knowing and doing it all right now. And so, in keeping our entertainment...
Black Ops Guitar No. 3: Arpeggio Exchange 23
What about it?
I’m constantly surprised at the amount of discussion I read and the number of questions I receive about the technique of sweep picking. I’ve been under the impression that...
The Rack: 6 Guys Called John
I don’t know about you, but my desk is cluttered, my checkbook is a goddamn nightmare and my car could use a good vacuuming—and yet my music collection is clean and organized to within an...
The Rack: 3-way Eruption-off!
Gather around, my friends, and witness this battle royale to crown the greatest musical “Eruption” known to civilized men. The bout will feature an international field of legendary and...
The Rack: I used to hate … No. 2 - Bob Seger
I used to hate Bob Seger.
In the beginning
In the beginning … I liked Bob Seger. As a kid immersing myself in FM radio during the early ’80s, I could dig songs like “Nine Tonight”...
Mike Keneally: The Radiation Interview
Do you know people who make you feel like you’re moving in slow motion? I don’t just mean an over-caffeinated coworker on a Pixy Stix bender, but someone whose brain you sense is moving at...
The Rack: I used to hate … No. 1 - Bruce Springsteen
I used to hate Bruce Springsteen.
In the beginning
As with about 20 million other people my age, I became extremely (painfully) familiar with Bruce Springsteen upon the release of Born in the U.S.A....
Black Ops Guitar No. 2: The Tritone Ramifications
What about it?
The Tritone Ramifications is the spiritual and theoretical cousin of Black Ops No. 1: Cross Section, its tritone movement ushering the fingers across the neck in an angular fashion....
The Rack: A Zappa Halloween playlist
Top 10 Zappa songs to listen to for Halloween
Looking for alternatives to Warren Zevon’s “Werewolves of London” or Bach’s “Toccata and Fugue in D minor” to stick in your Walkman this...
