Yeah, thats what I mean. Of course it's harder the faster you play something, but it's hard to NOT write a solo that is just really fast pent licks or arpeggios. Taking the time to write something very melodic takes more consideration, and then it's even harder to resist the urge of filling in that space with fast runs and licks. Instead throw in a unpredictable transition or funky rhythm. Steady 16th note solos are very predictable, I like to be surprised. To me a solo isn't only where the guitar steps outside the music and just shows off what he/she has got, it's where the guitar steps onto the foreground but still keeps it to the theme of the song. Those are the sort of things I like in a solo; creativeness and innovations over skillfulness and technical skills. But everyone is different.
[Edited by noticingthemistake on 09-12-2003 at 02:03 AM]
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