RIP Eddie Van Halen Eddie Van Halen has passed away from a long battle with cancer. His contributions to modern rock music go unchallenged. I will run down just a few of his innovations off the top of my head and in the video below I will give some musical examples of his genius. Here[…]
RIP Eddie Van Halen
By fearzero Guitar Lessons Oct 26, 2020
Eddie Van Halen’s “Falling Down The Stairs…Landing On Your Feet” Technique.
By fearzero Guitar Lessons Oct 03, 2020
Eddie Van Halen’s “Falling Down The Stairs…Landing On Your Feet” Technique. Hey everyone, welcome back. Today I am talking about Eddie Van Halen’s “Falling Down The Stairs and Landing On Your Feet” Technique. This is a technique Eddie has talked about in various interviews over the last 40 years. In a nutshell, this technique[…]
How To Play The Solo To Tom Sawyer By Rush Hey everyone, today we are looking at the awesome solo to Tom Sawyer by Rush. With the passing of Neil Peart, I decided to throw down some Rush for y’all to dig into. This solo by the inimitable and unique Alex Lifeson, is a[…]
How To Play White Lion’s “Wait” Guitar Solo Hi everyone, today I am going over “How To Play White Lion’s “Wait” Guitar Solo.” x The “Wait” Guitar Solo Lesson is a mini masterpiece of melody, technique, and overall creativity, and was performed by the amazing Vito Bratta. This solo is in the key of A[…]
#1 Way To Improve Your Guitar Groove! Hey everyone, today I am going to show you the number one way to improve your guitar groove. What I mean by groove is, your ability to play in time. Guitarists are notorious for focusing on scales, arpeggios, and chord voicings, and not spending enough practice time on[…]
Ozzy’s Top 3 Guitarists and Riffs! Hey everyone, today I am going to teach you 3 riffs, one from each of Ozzy’s 3 most legendary guitarists. First up I am going to show you a sweet riff by none other than Randy Rhoads, Ozzy’s first guitar phenom who was tragically killed in a plane crash[…]
Van Halen Vs Vai, Live Guitar Solos In this lesson I go through a section or two of live solos by Steve Vai and Eddie Van Halen. For those that are unaware, Steve Vai is the guy that replaced Eddie as David Lee Roth’s guitar slinger after he left Van Halen. The comparisons were inevitable[…]
Eddie Van Halen Hates Copycats!
By fearzero General Music Lessons, Guitar Lessons, Lessons Jul 20, 2020
Eddie Van Halen Hates Copycats! It’s true, Eddie Van Halen hates copycats. Back in 1979, Eddie did an interview with a well known guitar magazine , just as his band Van Halen was making it’s way up the ladder popularity wise. In mid 1978, Van Halen opened for mega pop rock outfit Boston when[…]
I’ll Be Bach – Guitar lesson
By fearzero Guitar Lessons Jun 21, 2020
I’ll Be Bach – Guitar lesson Hey, today I we are going over a partita for violin on the guitar. Doing this kind of thing is great for getting new ideas into your guitar playing. Many well know guitarists take pieces for violin, saxophone and other instruments and adapt them for guitar. There is no[…]
Hi everyone, this week we are talking Brian May and his wonderful live unaccompanied solo from Brighton Rock during the live in Montreal recording from 1981. Back in the 80s seems like every hard rock guitar player was using effects, whether it was Eddie Van Halen and his flangers, phasers and delays, or Yngwie with[…]