As Far As Practicing Goes...

[Mincer]

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Ironically enough , their song “Changes” came on the radio today.
It’s just plain brilliant.
It’s a musical work of art yet still commercial enough to be accessible to the average Joe.

Trevor Rabin is a genius, and just what Yes needed at the time.

 

[Demanic]

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Has anyone mentioned "Tales from the Topografical Oceans" yet? That album was always one of my favorites.

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[Diego]

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Has anyone mentioned "Tales from the Topografical Oceans" yet? That album was always one of my favorites.

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That album is mad as hell. You've read this a million times, but it literally was so pretentious and overblown it made Rick Wakeman quit the band.
With that said, I definitely love that album. But four 20 minute songs, yikes.

 

[NegativeEase]

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That album is mad as hell. You've read this a million times, but it literally was so pretentious and overblown it made Rick Wakeman quit the band.
With that said, I definitely love that album. But four 20 minute songs, yikes.

So over the top that Wakeman quit -was something thought impossible.

I hung out for a bit with Wakeman last year, and forgot to ask any good questions like about the mellotron on Space oDdity -or the piano line on Life on Mars or his TRex sessions

Instead I kept offering to do a spot on Chris Squire if they ever needed..... :lmao:

Im such a dumbass....

 

[Demanic]

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That album is mad as hell. You've read this a million times, but it literally was so pretentious and overblown it made Rick Wakeman quit the band.
With that said, I definitely love that album. But four 20 minute songs, yikes.

I'm sure it was inspirational to many. Dream Theater and Opeth come to mind.

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[Diego]

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I'd love to give the Steven Wilson remasters a proper spin. They get plenty of thumbs up from the internet overall, which is something rare.

 

[Mincer]

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So over the top that Wakeman quit -was something thought impossible.

I hung out for a bit with Wakeman last year, and forgot to ask any good questions like about the mellotron on Space oDdity -or the piano line on Life on Mars or his TRex sessions

Instead I kept offering to do a spot on Chris Squire if they ever needed..... :lmao:

Im such a dumbass....

It probably inspired me to do my long-form ambient guitar recordings. 20 minutes is nothing. But I still play 'The Ancient' in solo shows to this day.

 

[Phantasmagoria]

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The only full tunes I ever learn are death metal or doom ones for my band's cover's at our gigs ..so lots of Bolt Thrower, Candlemass, Sabbath, Obituary, Morbid Angel, Asphyx, Autopsy & the like.

Otherwise all I usually do practice-wise is pick out snippets (riffs/parts of solo's) that get stuck in my mind for some reason and then jam/play around with those..

 

[Lucius Paisley]

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Prac... Tice?

 

[DavidRavenMoon]

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Has anyone mentioned "Tales from the Topografical Oceans" yet? That album was always one of my favorites.

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Sorry, I hated that album. It just seemed like a incoherent mess. Way too long.

I saw them on that tour with Moraz in place of Wakeman.


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[Mincer]

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I opened for a solo Patrick concert. He invited me to improv with him for the encore- I jumped at that chance.

 

[timtheshredder]

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I would have to say Metallica's Master of Puppets really helped me learn a wide variety of different techniques. There is fast down picking in the intro, slower melodic finger picking type bridge, and blazing fast solo for a beginner. This one was really influential for me early on.