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zepp_rules
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zepp_rules
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10/22/2001 4:42 pm
i used to think van halen was better. however, i started listening more and more to randy, and i disovered more and more that he was really really good. some thingss i noticed were that van halen's tone and solos were all pretty similar, while Randy's varied a lot, take for example, Dee. also, randy had the knowledge and theory to go along with his music. he knew what he was doing, i doubt van halen knew as much as rhoads did. in my opinion Eddie is very good, but rhoads is much better.
To improve technique and of course trying to keep all as clean as possible. I know my own limits and speed limits and so on I never play anything I'm not capable of. That wouldn't make any sense. After three years of playing I tried to play everything as fast as possible and that sounded, I would say, like shit, and I didn't realize that if I'd play bit slower things than I was capable of playing then everything would sound much better.

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