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Slipin Lizard
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Slipin Lizard
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01/20/2012 9:25 am
Keep in mind that Hunter is just kidding when he says "destroying..." don't take him too literally. And I know what he means.. sometimes you just see something like that and think "man, I'm so far behind..." But yeah, to each their own... play to your strengths. The guitar solo by The Edge in "New Years Day" is still one of my favorite solos ever, and its really nothing that complicated, but it sure fit the music. There's a saying "third eye blind" meaning rather than looking at yourself you are just caught up in what you are doing and not judging yourself or the quality of your music/performance.

By the way, as great as the kid in the video is, and not to take one bit away from his technical skills, I don't find his music all that listenable. That slap-pop-tap-harmonic stuff is great for about 20secs, but I couldn't listen to a whole CD of that. Too frantic for my taste, though I did like Kaki King's "Playing with Pink Noise" so I don't know why this kid's thing didn't really grab me.