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I had a run in with a lurker musician guy claiming to have near perfect pitch in the SMP LC thread who called me out on a chord that I said EJ plays here:

chord at 1:04-1:05 after the lick

I had tried to learn to play this part before and was going by a youtube lesson, so I said it was an A9sus4 or Asus2 and he said no it was an A7sus4, basically comes down to whether he plucked the open B string, what I was saying, or hit the D on the 3rd fret B string, what he was saying, anyway he was about to bet his life that EJ plays the D on the B string, I admit my photo exhibits were a little blurry but a few months ago I came upon a newer version of EJ playing this and with a better angle, yeah, he never touches the D on the B string in that chord, so suck it 5 years ago rando with near perfect pitch.

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He’s a prick, but bright nonetheless.

No way I can limit access to media. I listen to music to and from work, during lunch, during any break where I’m not working and even in the minutes leading up to class as students walk in. Honestly, being able to listen to something other than students in other classrooms or the construction across the way is a joy.

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I’ve always thought how great it would be to learn theory. I have a very limited basic understanding of some rudiments.

well done on that particular chord knowledge!

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question for you… that Pinnick Gales Pridgen track I posted today… the guitar during the chorus sounds like it changes voicings ever so slightly to me, but I don’t have the best ear, and it could just be the bass changing underneath or something

that staccato guitar passage during the chorus

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lol listening to that concert you posted at SMP

Trail of Tears is such a colossal track

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Tones, baby

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Up ahead, I know the trailway stops.
From there, only eagles fly.

up ahead! oh that solo is nasty

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My ear is shit, but that part is cool as fuck. That little slightly discordant part when it changes from the higher chord to the lower chord?

That chorus reminds me a little bit of end (6min) of Halo on Fire by Metallica that I posted above when James is singing “Hello darkness say good bye”

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I meant TV, social media etc

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This guitarist. What a cutie… she plays in the Stephen Colbert band now

smrk4, who are some of your other favorite guitarists?

I’ll start… Vernon Reid, Marty Friedman, Joe Satriani, Marco Sfogli, Alex Skolnick, Ty Tabor

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At the start it was Hammett and only Hammett, but I was young and dumb and didn’t realize half the stuff I liked was actually played by James. Marty for sure, I asked my first guitar teacher to teach me the Poison Was the Cure solo, but same thing, I didn’t differentiate/appreciate Mustaine as much as I should have. Slash was in the mix. There was a guitar summer camp I went to for two summers and I got into a few group lessons with Alex Skolnick. Some beyond Metallica/Megadeth that I got into that I got my hands on, Van Halen, Malmsteen, Randy Rhoads. A bit more recently, respect for Paul Gilbert, Reb Beach, Satriani, Schenker. Gary Moore, EJ, SRV, Knopfler, Gilmour, love the bluesier guys too.

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Reb Beach is the name of my fantasy team!

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where u from, california?

skolnick and metallica are both cali musicians

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that is sick af!

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NY, this would have been in 94-95, it was a two week thing at some boarding school campus on summer break I guess, maybe he was there just for a week and did a few seminars

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lol Skolnick moved to NYC at some point, I’m pretty certain, had a jazz trio and stuff lol

yeah, he was prolly just travelin’ around