Sweet child of mine on sitar

I recently came across this interesting ad of channel v. The song has been played by two sitarist's and has been sung by a Indian classical vocalist, it has about a minute of the song. The vocalist hums the tune which axl rose sings. It shows the versatility of Indian musicians and the Indian instruments.At the end of the song there is a note which says V are all rockstars! 

Experimentations with Guitar

After a long time i managed to come up with something that i think sounds where similar to hindustani  music. Though my idea could be completely wrong as i am completely illiterate in that field.It's more of a jam session and I havent really structured it. So please feel free to let me know as to what you think about it. Hope you enjoy.

Flight of the Bumblebee @600BPM!!

Most of us have seen the video with a guy playing flight of the bumblebee at 320 bpm and that was supposed to be a world record. That was fast. Now check this video out. This guy starts at 250 bpm which is pretty fast by itself and then goes up to the likes of 500 bpm and then finally 600 bpm. See it for yourself!

iGuitar Magazine

Here's a really nice magazine that everyone can take look at and every guitarist should take a look at iGuitar.

It's a really awesome digital magazine with videos and reviews and interviews. You can subscribe for FREE and download the magazine.

http://www.iguitarmag.com/

Lesson 2: c major chords

In this video there are a couple of chords and struming patterns on the c major.hope you enjoy. leave your comments below here.

A guitar tuner has been added to the blog. Incase you think you are out of tune try to compare the sound with that of the tuner.

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Walk with me in hell cover

This is the "walk with me in hell" cover by me. I have played both the guitarists parts with the solo. Hope you enjoy it. Leave your comments below.

Forest long Xylophone used to play Bach's piece!!

This is an advertisement for a touch wood phone by the japanese mobile phone company NTT DoCoMo. They have built a forest long xylophone in order to play Bach’s ‘Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring’ by dropping a wee wooden ball down the staircase. After the song is played the ball falls on the phone. They have implemented the same concept as they use to build traditional xylophones unlike the xylophones with resonators they use nowadays. Watch the video, the amount of work that might have taken to build the pieces of wood to perfection to get get the exact sound and then ensuring that the ball doesn't fall off is unimaginable!

Porcupine Tree

Lately I have been trying to listen to a lot of bands, basically being open to a lot of ideas hoping to form new and better ideas myself.
Some of the bands that have really appealed to me are mainly aren't very heavy but are definitely beautiful to listen to.
Porcupine tree is one such band which can be categorized as psychadelic rock.
I got addicted to the band when i heard songs like lazarus, lightbulb sun. They are able to form a very good concoction of acoustic and distorted sounds. The album "the lightbulb sun" is mainly acoustic and is one that appealed to me a lot.
The newer releases by them are slightly more on the heavier side none the less they have not lost their charm.

Metallica Concert in India

Tickets will go on sale on July 3, 2011 at Noon (12 PM) local time. Tickets will be available at Ticketgenie.in.
This is for their tour to india.
Rumours about the big four making it to the tour can be trashed as there is no such official news. Sadly they might be rumours forever.

riffing and soloing influences

Its very essential that you choose what you want to be and know what you are better at. The main two streams that one can choose are riffing that is rhythms and soloing which is leads. It is definitely a misconception if you think that soloing is tougher than riffing. When I just started guitaring thought that soloing was way tougher, but oft late i realized how wrong i was.
 I have become a huge Lamb of god fan and have also started listening to some djenting bands. It is very essential that as a guitarist you initially pick up songs. You just can;t learn your theory and make your own song. picking up songs helps you from patterns and outline scales that you might have learnt or read about. Once you are jamming it becomes very easy to get a hold of these patterns if you have picked up many songs.
If picking up songs is so important it is also equally important to narrow down on a few bands to define your music style. As a musician I know that musical influences are really important. 
So be careful as to what songs you pick up. Make sure that you are not wasting time and that the influences help you in creating the music you want.
For example my major influences are Lamb of god and dave mustaine for riffing, John petrucci for shredding and steve vai for sweeping. I play more L.O.G stuff and petrucci solos as i want my music tto be somewhat similar to theirs. So if you are still new and are wondering what songs to pick up narrow down what you want to do. As in find out what music you love the most!