Session Guitar: 10 Life-Saving Soloing Tips

Posted 05/15/2012 at 2:30pm | by Ron Zabrocki

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Hi, gang! Seventy percent of my time as a session guitarist is spent soloing and/or coming up with parts. These can also be considered mini solos or licks. Or, as we call them from a songwriting POV, hooks. A memorable little snippet that repeats through the song. Or maybe just a part to wake listeners up during the second verse.

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GW Blog: Pantera Release 'Vulgar Display of Power' 20th Anniversary Edition Today

Posted 05/15/2012 at 1:02pm | by Josh Hart

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While 1990's Cowboys From a Hell was a radical reinvention for a band that wrote "Ride My Rocket," Vulgar Display of Power was the next logical step in the evolution of Pantera, further refining their signature recipe of equal parts groove and thrash into a piledriving cacophony truly worthy of the tag "vulgar."

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Insomnium Tour Blog: London & Norwich

Posted 05/15/2012 at 12:54pm | by Ville Friman

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While the other guys stayed in beautiful Bradford for a day off, I ventured to Oxford where I used to live for one and a half years. Nice city with great pubs, but also lots of posh students and tourists.

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Metal Mike: Simple Truths Regarding Focus for Musicians

Posted 05/15/2012 at 11:39am | by Metal Mike

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In photography, the term depth of field is often used to describe what object retains the focus and what is blurred out. In a long depth of field, everything is sharp and ready for examination while in short dept of field you will see the sharpness emphasizing the main subject, while the remainder of the picture is blurred out.

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Sick Licks: Go Over the Top With the A Minor Pentatonic Scale

Posted 05/15/2012 at 10:09am | by Glenn Proudfoot

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In this Sick Lick, I'm using the A Minor Pentatonic Scale. The lick is played high on the neck, which makes some of the transitions very difficult, but the results are worth it. We start this lick with a five-string arpeggio, then slide up to the 22nd fret and start moving back down the neck. You'll notice most of the really fast sections are created with three- and five-string arpeggios.

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