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zepp_rules
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08/10/2002 11:31 pm
as my music tastes have progressed, i've never gotten tired of that song, it still remains my favorite. one time during a road trip, i listened to it for ten hours straight. i know, there are much more difficult songs, and zeppelin has made some other great ones, but i still love this song. for some reason it really resonates very deeply with me, as i suppose it has with many others


however other people have their views, and i respesct the fact that they believe there are better songs out there. stairway will always be my favorite. one of the reasons i like it, i guess is that it is one of the most melodic songs in history. the solo is very emotional, much more emotional than paradise city, although i like that a lot. to me, at least its a great song.
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.

--Aleksi Laiho - Advice to Play By