Guitar Player on MSN9d
“It’s a famous riff, and I have to admit, it’s hard to play. You have to be a real guitarist to do it well." How Andy Summers made a massive Police hit using a hand ...
For me it’s the best of the Police,” guitarist Andy Summers says. “There are a lot of other great tracks, but I’ve always ...
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Mike Rutherford’s “lead” bass approach helped demystify the low-end for prog rock cornerstone Genesis
“In the late ’70s, I would write on guitar and we would track bass last. As a result, some of the note choices would define ...
Guitar World on MSN12d
Andy Summers on his “abstracted instrumental” collabs with Robert Fripp, his dream pedalboard, and what he learned from Béla Bartók
It was the ’80s and Andy Summers was living the dream as guitar culture grew, and his side-project with King Crimson's ...
The Night R.E.M.’s Drummer Almost Died Onstage
It was 1995, and the band from Georgia was touring the world on the strength of three smash-hit albums in a row when Bill Berry collapsed—and everything almost fell apart.
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50 Albums Later, There’s Still a Bit of Luck Left in Herb Alpert’s Trumpet
Paste Magazine is your source for the best music, movies, TV, comedy, videogames, books, comics, craft beer, politics and ...
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Bon Iver Is Searching for the Truth
The artist Justin Vernon discusses his new EP, “SABLE,” the dream of a happy adulthood, and his worry that he’s purposely repeating a “cycle of sorrow.” ...
The Forward22d
How George Harrison, the Beatles’ unsung hero, wrote his own ‘Hallelujah’
The book takes on the iconic — and nearly undecipherable — chord that opens “A Hard ... that really introduced that kind of 12-string electric guitar, resonant jangle sound that’s so ...
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Jeff Lynne’s ELO says goodbye with a hit-filled farewell show at Kia Forum
Same with the power chords ... open the number to its stacked harmonies, cowbell-like percussion, swelling strings and more. The song, which arrived as the encore, only reached No. 36 on the ...
AZ Central24d
Best ELO songs of all time: Electric Light Orchestra's 30 greatest moments
It peaked at No. 18 on the Billboard Hot 100, 10 spots lower on the U.K. pop chart. He’s been calling ... “The first three chords came right to me. It was the quickest thing I’d ever done.” ...
American Songwriter9h
How One Chord Helped the Kinks Change Rock and Roll Forever
The Kinks’ use of the power chord changed rock ‘n’ roll forever. Countless bands in just as many subgenres would go on to ...
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Learn how polychords and slash chords hold the key to musical exploration, just as scales do
A slash chord such as A/B features a triad over a non-root bass note. In this case, an A major with a B in the bass (check ...
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Violinist William Shaub Explains Stravinsky's 'Passport Chord'
Those familiar with the piece know that it starts with a chord that spans more than three octaves - practically speaking, an ...