“Wish You Were Here” – Pink Floyd Free Official TAB of the Day Click the link below to get the TAB: The first 10 readers each day get the TAB for free and everyone else gets a 50% discount until midnight after the freebies run out, then it’s 15% off after that. Remember, the first […]
Moving between the Metal and Jazz worlds throughout his long and successful career, guitarist Alex Skolnick is one of the few musicians on today’s scene who can claim to have played Thrash Metal shows and appeared at the Rochester International Jazz Festival. After graduating from the New School in New York, where he studied jazz, Skolnick has been blazing a new trail with his music as he and his trio brings Metal, Rock and Jazz together in highly personal and effective combination. All of these influences can be heard on the band’s latest album, Veritas.
“Every Breath You Take” was such a huge hit for Sting, who wrote the song, and The Police, who recorded it, that it is commonly said to generate 25-30% of Sting’s entire royalty income, which is saying something for one of the most prolific and successful songwriters of the past 30 years. Beginning with one of the most famous and commonly learned guitar intros in rock history, the song showcases the jazz-influenced side of Police guitarist Andy Summers, a side of his playing that the guitarist would pursue in the ‘90s and ‘00s as he branched out in his artistic endeavors.
Jazz is an art form that lives in the moment. Musical ideas are created on the spot, melodies swirl around complex harmonies and everything is kept together with a pulsing rhythm that ranges from bombastic to sultry and seductive. Because of Jazz’s ability to be absolutely spontaneous, many fans believe that live albums are the only way to properly capture the moment when a band comes together to breathe life into their tunes. But, live albums are also some of the hardest to capture because of the risk involved whenever a high level of improvisation is being injected into the music.
“Blurry” – Puddle of Mudd Free Official TAB of the Day Click the link below to get the TAB: The first 10 readers each day get the TAB for free and everyone else gets a 50% discount until midnight after the freebies run out, then it’s 15% off after that. Remember, the first ten downloads […]
Released on their 2002 album Songs for the Deaf, “No One Knows” became the first single by modern rock band the Queens of the Stone Age to top the U.S. Modern Rock Charts, garnering a Grammy nomination for Best Hard Rock Performance in the process. The song was more than five years old when the band went into the studio to record the album, showing the patience that the quintet has when it comes to writing and recording new material. The choice to wait and let the song grow over the years proved to be the right choice as it was a major hit for the now famous band from California.
Spending a record setting 16 weeks on top of the Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks charts in 1999, “Scar Tissue” was a major hit for the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The songs laid-back riff and slide guitar parts have also become iconic, and the song’s solo landed at #63 of Guitar World Magazine’s 100 Greatest Guitar Solos. Guitarist John Frusciante has stated that his playing on the first solo of the song inspired him to take two notes, at wide intervals, and play them around the neck in rhythm, inspiring that part of the song’s guitar line.
Sung in the first person from the point of view of Lucifer, “Sympathy for the Devil,” which was originally titled “The Devil is My Name,” is one of the biggest all-time hits for the legendary band the Rolling Stones. The song’s title and lyrics caused a media stir, as well as fallout from parents, who felt that the band was promoting Satanism and corrupting the youth at the time. Though the song was told from Lucifer’s standpoint, the lyrics reflect many of mankind’s atrocities, including the Kennedy assassinations, the original lyrics were changed at the last minute from “Who Killed Kennedy” to “Who Killed the Kennedy’s” after Robert Kennedy was murdered at the same time as the song’s recording session.
Replacing “Dead Memories” as the band’s most successful single, “Snuff” was a major hit for modern metal band Slipknot. Appearing on their 2009 album All Hope is Gone, the song was also the final single released by the band before the untimely death of bassist Paul Gray. Recently, Corey Taylor has performed an acoustic version of the song during Stone Sour live shows as a tribute to the bassist. The video for the song, which is more like a short film, features Corey Taylor “unmasked” for only the second time in a video, as well as features actors Malcolm McDowell and Ashley Laurence from the film Hellraiser.
“Born to be Wild” – Steppenwolf Free Official TAB of the Day Click the link below to get the TAB: The first 10 readers each day get the TAB for free and everyone else gets a 50% discount until midnight after the freebies run out, then it’s 15% off after that. Remember, the first ten […]
