New G3 lineup
Posted by ROBOT | Posted in personal blog | Posted on 21-05-2008-05-2008
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I just heard about Buckethea…I mean Paul Gilbert and John Petrucci playing 2008 G3 with Joe Satriani. It should be interesting. I never went to a G3 show but I have been at a Joe Satriani show once. I will never go to one again. He is a great musician and the guitar playing was decent, however guitar alone is boring to me. I can only listen to guitar solos for a little while and then I want to leave. My favorite part of that show was the Stu Hamm bass solo actually. I should mention that Stu gives online lessons along side of me at Music Virtuosity.
One cool thing about guitar shows is that the audience tends to clap in time. The shitty thing is that it is basically all guys who play guitar and stare at the dude on stage with their arms crossed thinking… yeah I play that song better at home on my POD…or whatever.
One review of my album said I should be a third of G3 someday. It would be fun for me but I always tend to think a straight out guitar show is boring for the audience. Steve Vai is a great front man and musician…perhaps he could pull off entertaining without vocals. He seems to. I liked his DVD from London.
Before anyone thinks I am bashing guitar based music…keep in mind, I put out an all instrumental guitar album and love listening to instrumental music. But as far as a live show goes, It seems boring to me.
Yeah, I’m with you on that one. I saw Satriani at London Hammersmith Apollo a couple of days ago – great musician, but solo after solo does drag a tad. Paul Gilbert was the support – a pretty good mix of new instrumental stuff, but with a couple of songs with vocals (Down to Mexico & Daddy, Brother, Lover, Little Boy). The audience seemed to liven up for the songs with vocals – the instrumentals for both sets attracted the “arms crossed analysts” (I guess I was one too – but know that I can’t play any of the stuff I heard!). I left the Satriani set a bit early – I’d heard enough to enjoy the gig without being bored.
I am a big fan of Paul Gilbert. Vocals do help. Someone who used to talk some with me before being pulled into Guns n’ Roses was Bumblefoot (Ron Thal). He has some awesome vocal music with some great shred playing. We were supposed to share a night for a NY city show and then.. poof.. he is in GnR. If you haven’t given him a listen yet I highly recommend his stuff. I like his writing style and guitar work. Sounds like Weezer on steroids guitar wise. I would probably enjoy one of his shows. Never got a chance to check one out yet.