“Just the other day I pulled out this old cassette of Ragged Glory and I popped it into my cassette player and I was digging it. They were just a great rock and roll band, one that presents the song ahead of everything else - there's no grand idea or concept behind it.” IdeasSongBehindsPlayerRocksBandGloryConceptsRock And RollDiggingRaggedCassettes Author:Krist Novoselic
“I mean, no offense, but I don't really see why, like guitar players from Creed, or something like that, are on the cover of guitar magazines. Almost anybody can sit down and learn to play those songs.” MeanPlaySongPlayerDown AndGuitarMagazinesCreedsOffenseGuitar Player Author:Dweezil Zappa
“I always make it a point to pick songs on which players really shine.” SongPlayerPicksShining Author:John Mayall
“One of my favorites has always been 'Swap Meet.' One of the reasons why I like that is it's a song that's in a drop-D tuning, and of course, also being a guitar player, it's one of the songs that I really like the riff on it.” ReasonSongCoursesPlayerGuitarReason WhyGuitar PlayerTuning Author:Chad Channing
“Pete Townsend for me was a huge influence. Because essentially they were a three-piece band and the way he structured his chords and took up a lot of space musically in the songs was really important to the way Rush developed. Geddy and Neil both were such active players and lot of the time we were all playing like crazy and it was too much and somebody had to reel it in and me being the faceless guy, I would do that.” WayImportantGuySongThreeSpaceToo MuchPiecesPlayerCrazyInfluenceHugeBandActiveChordsFaceless Author:Alex Lifeson
“I always had wished somebody else would sing my songs, but there wasn't anybody who knew them, so I sang them myself and eventually became a better singer and guitar player.” SongPlayerGuitarSingersGuitar Player Author:Buffy Sainte-Marie
“I was off the scene for a while during the ska period and when I returned and joined the Treasure Isle studio, I came there with a different mood. The musicians picked up on that and we kept on going in that direction. The music became slower, which gave the bass player the time to play more notes. In 1965 I named it rocksteady. The first rocksteady song was 'Girl I've Got A Date'. That one was still a bit up-tempo, leaning towards ska. It turned the tide and made Treasure Isle the number one studio.” FirstsMadeStillsDifferentPlaySongGirlBitsNumbersPlayerPeriodsSceneMusicianMusic IsNotesStudiosMoodTreasureTidesBassTempoIsleBass PlayersDifferent Moods Author:Alton Ellis
“I started taking piano lessons when I was 8 and I wrote my first song shortly after. Music was really important in my family. My grandma was a professional violin player and my parents first met when my dad was giving my mom guitar lessons.” GivingFirstsImportantSongParentPlayerMomDadLessonsMetsMy FamilyGuitarMy DadMy MomPianoViolinGrandmaMy GrandmaPiano Lesson Author:Eric Hutchinson
“I like it when girls are screaming for me. It makes me feel really player-like. I enjoy being out there, delivering my songs, and putting a face to the music.” FeelsFacesSongGirlEnjoyPlayerDelivering Author:Kirko Bangz
“I always thought of myself as the piano player in the band. That, I suppose, I'm confident about, and I guess my songwriting developed as I went along and I got a certain amount of confidence in that. The songs are like my kids, I'm proud of all of them for one reason or another.” ReasonKidsCertainSongPlayerAmountProudBandPianoSongwriting Author:Billy Joel