Obvious I am not Dan, but thanks a bunch Paul. Gilbert is a total ass kicker on guitar, and his Intense Rock DVD is great. It made me want to grab my guitar to learn the stuff he teaches, and plus he has a great sense of humor. Definitely a great teacher, guitarist, and musician.
Paul Gilbert wrote: You are often lumped in with shredders like John Petrucci. Considering your opinion of your own style, would you prefer to be put in a group with him or someone like Jimmy Page or Randy Rhoads?
I think as a fan and as a listener: Jimmy Page and Randy Rhoads are where I was coming from. John is certainly a great guitar player, and some of the Dream Theater stuff is killer. And where we’ve ended up is similar: our styles have crossed paths, as far the kind of picking we do and our modern shred tone. I’ve done some tribute gigs with Mike Portnoy, who plays drums with John, and he said John’s influences are really different than mine. Apparently, John was really into progressive rock, like Rush. I love Rush, but at the same time, I have a feeling I went a lot deeper into the pop music of the Beatles, Todd Rundgren and Cheap Trick. It would be a huge honor to be in either category. But I’ve gotta say, if I look to my right, I’ve got a big poster of Jimmy Page hanging on my wall.
Okay, so I had mentioned that I was working on a progression in D and was using fretboard diagrams to generate ideas.
Here is the progression in PowerTab format and the fretboard diagrams for both the arpeggios and the scales I plan on using.
I thought it'd be fun to have anyone who wants to work out a melody write something out and see how many different ideas might be generated using the same arpeggios and scales.
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