damn it'd be cool if they made a print edition of that

they have in the past, have a Tom Petty one that was put out sometime after his death.
[Reply]

Pasadena is considering a statue
[Reply]

There hasn't been a single new guitarist this millennia that's had even 1/100,000th the influence of Eddie Van Halen, whether it's musically or via the business side.

The only people that really care about guitarists and rock music in general are the generations of people that grew up with that music.

The ability to play guitar at an extremely high level has almost zero meaning the world over.

No one cares anymore.
[Reply]

Unfortunately this. The world changes. The world moves on....
[Reply]

Like I said, I'm not the average listener. I actually agree with you. It's sad though because there's a lot of innovators even today the deserve recognition and don't get it because music just isn't what it used to be.
[Reply]

Stumbled upon this from Rolling Stone earlier today

A long read full of much you might've already known, but much you probably didn't as well

Its nice to see them cover, you know... music once in a while

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/m...ibute-1081034/
[Reply]

The dude used a power drill, man.
[Reply]

Yep, all about DJs lately. So weird
[Reply]

I actually don't like that people know I play. It's always been my own private thing until last year and it's now back to being a private thing.


[Reply]

Not really.

He wasn't using it to play, like Billy Sheehan and Paul Gilbert had done in Mr. Big a few years before the Unlawful album.

He used it as a sound effect.
[Reply]

Yep.
[Reply]

I hated it. Shit gimmick.
[Reply]

Oh, and hey, fuck you guys. :-)
[Reply]

As I said back in 1997 on the old Star Board and on CP for years after we moved over here, illegal downloading and file sharing killed the music business.

Now, instead of putting together a band, writing songs and trying to get a record deal, the most talented musicians and composers are going to Berkelee School of Music, USC and UCLA Film School to have a career composing and producing music for Film & TV.

The smart guys, like Marc Ferrari, realized this early on and has earned more than $20 million from writing cues for TV shows. Some of us learned about this later on and still do extremely well.

It's just different because most people don't know where the music they hear on eleventy billion TV shows comes from, nor do they care.
[Reply]

I read that Rolling Stone piece online earlier today. Worth it.
[Reply]