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I doubt very much that James HAD to hum the melodies so that Kirk could play along. The only way this was the case is that James is the songwriter and knows how he wants his songs to turn out. He's the main man in Metallica and generally what he says goes. If you've heard any of the demo versions of when James does the solo's you'll soon see who's the top lead guitaist!Don't get my wrong, I'd never slag James off....it's just that Kirk is the lead guitarist in the band. Kirk does solo's that fit in with the music, I think if James is able to hum solo's for Kirk and he's able to translate them into cracking solo's is impressive and could be what makes Metallica the greatest band in the world. These guys like Satriani make solo's into song's when it should be the solo's that fit into the song.