Harmonic Function! [VIDEO]

So I was referred to this video on harmonic function and I love it.

Had to share it:

Elton John & the Legacy of Barre Chords II

So Elton John recently made news headlines for bashing songwriters of today, and commenting on how boring the X-Factor (British singing competition similar to American Idol that resulted in the career of Leona Lewis) is as a result, among other things.

Is modern songwriting boring? Well, yes, as a matter of fact, it is. 

John Petrucci’s Rock Discipline

I have just found all one hundred and eighteen glorious minutes of John Petrucci’s Rock Discipline on Google Videos.

You will likely not see or hear from me for the next 8 weeks.

Next Level Sweep Picking

Well, it’s damn early in the morning, so it must be the perfect time to reflect on the wonder that is all around us known as music. If only to interrupt terrible dreams about climbing the Great Wall of France. Who knew they had a Great Wall in France? And that it has a tram? Must be close to EuroDisney.

So yesterday I was driving home from work listening to the local jazz station when I had an epiphany. This epiphany was facilitated by a weekend spent under the influence of the flu, with nothing else to do but lie in bed and sweep pick. And because this is an epiphany that I have never seen anywhere in any magazine, web post, lesson, video, etc, I am forced to accept that perhaps this might not be part of the public lexicon for sweep picking. But it’s soooooo easy.