'I can already tell by your input in the "resolution to speed" forum that you seem to think that technicallity trumps creativity in the realm of musicianship.... and there's where I will tell you that just false. You can teach any kid off the street how to play a fast lick or two... you can show him how to play fast... You can't show a kid how to play with passion and feeling. It's something that you either have or don't have... EVH didn't have it.......... I'm not going to get into a long debate about it so I'll just say that your opinions on the subject of Eddie Van Halen are yours and there they will stay...'


Whatever assumption you are making here about me is not true. You seem to be of the mindset that technique and creativity cannot go hand in hand. You don't think that what EVH did with the whammy bar was creative? With tapped harmonics? The two are not mutually exclusive. It takes technique many times to be creative. Think about it, if Jimi Hendrix hadn't practiced the blues scale, he wouldn't have been able to be creative with it. Same goes for EVH and many other guitarists.

And yes, you can teach someone to play with 'passion.' All you have to do is show them the different types of cadences and teach them about vibrato. Voila', emotional expression.

It's fine if you think that Hendrix is more soulful or whatever---but when you start trying to say EVH is not creative or didn't have any musical ideas to express and the like, it's just not true.