Steve Vai Acoustic

The other day I went with my brother to the local music store Picholi to check out the acoustic guitars they had on stock. Most of them were Fender, Ibanez and Takamine. When we were about to leave, I picked up an Ibanez acoustic guitar catalog, and checked out that Joe Satriani and Steve Vai had both their own signature guitars.

Knowing their virtuoso playing style and high performance and technique with the electric guitar, I wanted to see how did they perform with the acoustic. A very interesting video from Steve Vai playing "All About Eve". For me, it gets just in the limit where natural paced, instinctive playing gets faded by playing fast, thousand scales and all that stuff. Although, it has the unique brand of Mr. Vai in it:

Sepultura (Making of)

OK. Here I am posting some videos of the recording of the 11th studio album from brazilian heavy metal band Sepultura. For this album, they are working with producer Roy Z in Trama Studios at Sao Paulo, and it should be released in 2011 by Nuclear Blast, both in Europe and in the USA.

As I have already mentioned, I am a great fan of Making Ofs, so, I hope you enjoy with these videos and get an insight of the work that is done in the studios. Have fun!

14.01.2011


29.01.2011


08.02.2011


26.02.2011


08.03.2011

Hurt (Johnny Cash)

My younger brother introduced me to this song (get Spotify, great invention!!):

Hurt - Johnny Cash (Spotify URL)

Hurt, by Johnny Cash. A simple, minimalistic song, powered by the guitar and the unquestionable voice of the artist. According to Wikipedia, the video that was released for "Hurt", a cover of the song by Nine Inch Nails, fits Cash's view of his past and feelings of regret. The video for the song, from American IV, is now generally recognized as "his epitaph", and received particular critical and popular acclaim:



And here a great guitar lesson on how to play this song:




Lyrics:

I hurt myself today
to see if I still feel
I focus on the pain
the only thing that's real
the needle tears a hole
the old familiar sting
try to kill it all away
but I remember everything
what have I become?
my sweetest friend
everyone I know
goes away in the end
and you could have it all
my empire of dirt

I will let you down
I will make you hurt

I wear this crown of thorns
upon my liar's chair
full of broken thoughts
I cannot repair
beneath the stains of time
the feelings disappear
you are someone else
I am still right here

what have I become?
my sweetest friend
everyone I know
goes away in the end
and you could have it all
my empire of dirt

I will let you down
I will make you hurt

if I could start again
a million miles away
I would keep myself
I would find a way

Godsmack

Boston based metal band, Godsmack, is a quartet with a unique and self-owned sound, showing clearly their grunge influences with really heavy and low string riffs. Their main influence is Alice in Chains (even the name of the band is a track from Alice). Dirty, heavy and sometimes melodic harmonies define their style, making use of some acoustic guitars from here to there. Actual members are: Sully Erna (lead vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards, drums, percussion, harmonica), Tony Rombola (lead guitar, backing vocals), Robbie Merrill (bass guitar) and ex-Amen drummer Shannon Larkin (drums and percussion).

They reached popularity from their singles "Whatever" and "Keep Away" from their 1998 self-titled album. Now, they have released in May 2010 their 5th album, "The Oracle". Here Im leaving the video for the first track of this album, "Cryin' like a bitch". Critics say is their heaviest and most aggressive album up to date. Well, check it out:


The following is a spectacular video of a drum battle, between both percussionists of the band. Sully started his musical career as a drummer and percussionist, and even recorded drums in their first album. Enjoy: