This video is a reminder that there are SO many guitar players out there who are waiting to stun us with their playing and musicality. I'll never forget my uncle showing me Stevie Ray Vaughan AND Dream Theater on the same day. It was for sure one of the best musical days of my life. Check out the vid below and let me know what you think!
Kirk Fletcher on No Guitar Is Safe
The amazing Kirk Fletcher is the latest interview on the No Guitar Is Safe podcast. From gospel to blues, Kirk has some incredible licks under his fingers. That being said, I have to give it up to Jude Gold, who through 69 episodes of his podcast, has hung with all of these guitar greats, and been up to the task of jamming with them.
Check out the full episode with Kirk here - https://soundcloud.com/guitar-player-magazine/ngis-69-kirk-fletcher-final
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Copying is how we learn
Austin Kleon is one of my favorite writers. His books are all about creation, copying and living an amazing life. One of my favorite posts he wrote this year has to do with copying.
Some of the most famous guitarists have copped to copying their heroes and making riffs their own. Here's a great quote I enjoyed from Kleon's post:
My kids (5 & 2) are gleeful, natural born copycats. Copying is how they wrap their hands and hearts and heads around the world. They not only copy drawings and music and recreate the world with blocks and play, they mimic their parents, they mimic each other, they mimic kids on the playground, etc. Copying and mimicry is as natural to them as breathing. There’s nobody around telling them they should do any differently, nobody saying something dumb like, “Don’t you want to do something original?” So they go about their mimicry, unfettered by any adult notions about originality.
Check out the full post for some great inspiration on how you can turn copying into learning.
Whenever I need inspiration, I watch this one take Guthrie Govan solo
Whenever I'm looking for a dose of inspiration, I always check out this one take guitar solo from Guthrie Govan. It's for Steven Wilson's Regret #9 song. Truly inspiring stuff.
