John Petrucci brings you...ROCK DISCIPLINE (a picture thread if the pictures can fit)

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Heh. Well, I may very well become addicted to these guitar DVDs. Whenever I get another one I'll post a write up here, how's that?

Maybe we can change the parenthetical bit in the thread title from (a picture thread if the pictures can fit) to (Guitar DVDs reviewed HERE) or something like that.
I'd encourage anyone else who collects these to post reviews here as well.

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Thursday, 16 September 2004 19:34 (nineteen years ago) link

the hubert sumlin one with david johansen as howlin' wolf (for three songs) is really good.

― dan (dan), Thursday, 16 September 2004 19:35 (nineteen years ago) link

DOES THAT REALLY EXIST? IT SOUNDS FUCKIN AWESOME!

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Thursday, 16 September 2004 19:40 (nineteen years ago) link

THIS ONE? (VHS only, fuck)
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000050FGN.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Thursday, 16 September 2004 19:44 (nineteen years ago) link

three weeks pass...

We need more reports.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 9 October 2004 12:52 (nineteen years ago) link

I haven't bought any more yet, but somebody out there has gotta have some of these things. C'mon, don't be shy. Post a review!

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Saturday, 9 October 2004 18:59 (nineteen years ago) link

HOLY SHIT GUYS!
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0001WANWW.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

I am SO totally buying this one, I didn't even know it existed!
Maybe I'll actually learn to play that Casio sitting in the corner gathering dust.
Fagen is a big time hero for me. Wow.

― A Million Talking Hot Dogs (AaronHz), Wednesday, 20 October 2004 23:00 (nineteen years ago) link

Gain rare insight into the musical thinking of one of the most influential popular songwriters and arrangers in America. Donald Fagen analyses three Steely Dan hits ("Chain Lightning," "Peg," "Josie") and two solo works from his Grammy-nominated album Kamakiriad ("On The Dunes," "Teahouse On The Tracks"). These songs use familiar blues and R&B structures, and Donald explains how, by altering the bass line and chordal qualities, he transformed them into sophisticated jazz-rock compositions. You'll trace the development of increasingly complex pieces as Donald and Warren Bernhardt reveal each tune's singular structure, harmonic and rhythmic characteristic, intro ideas and other devices.

Wow, oh wow.

― A Million Talking Hot Dogs (AaronHz), Wednesday, 20 October 2004 23:04 (nineteen years ago) link

I can't wait to go into band practice and turn all of our familiar blues and r&b structures into sophisticated jazz-rock! They'll thank me for it later.

― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Wednesday, 20 October 2004 23:10 (nineteen years ago) link

NO HATING ON THE DAN

― A Million Talking Hot Dogs (AaronHz), Wednesday, 20 October 2004 23:11 (nineteen years ago) link

I love how thrilled he looks to be there.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 20 October 2004 23:14 (nineteen years ago) link

Does he ever NOT look like that, though?

― A Million Talking Hot Dogs (AaronHz), Wednesday, 20 October 2004 23:16 (nineteen years ago) link

http://www.billrotelladrumbeatings.com/accbound.jpg

― Hurting (Hurting), Thursday, 21 October 2004 00:19 (nineteen years ago) link

three weeks pass...

Donald Fagen DVD ordered yesterday. I should be able to post a review by next week.

― Every country has their stupid (AaronHz), Monday, 15 November 2004 04:37 (nineteen years ago) link

omg

― results not typical (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 15 November 2004 06:37 (nineteen years ago) link

The secret theme of all these videos is, of course, Ageing in Los Angeles. Perhaps someone should make that video. Topics covered:

* How to turn hours of solitude in a Los Angeles bungalow into 'guitar practice', and thus build up a 'personal style' that makes you sound exactly like every other lonely Angeleno guitarist.
* How to turn outdated riffs, gimmicks and tricks into a 'timeless' system of 'correct playing'.
* How to overcome social isolation in your LA bungalow by arranging meetings with Warner Brothers executives to talk about issuing instructional videos that other lonely Angelinos will watch.
* Dress tips for retirement in Los Angeles.

― Momus (Momus), Monday, 15 November 2004 08:42 (nineteen years ago) link

These songs use familiar [negro] structures, and [a Jewish person] explains how, by altering the bass line and chordal qualities, he transformed them into sophisticated [Jewish] compositions. You'll trace the development of increasingly complex pieces as [two Jewish people] reveal each tune's singular structure, harmonic and rhythmic characteristic, intro ideas and other devices.

The essential fallacy of all these videos is the prog rock fallacy: that 'increasingly complex' is 'better'.

― Momus (Momus), Monday, 15 November 2004 08:51 (nineteen years ago) link

It's all parrrttt
of my prog-rock fallacyyyyyyyy

― kingfish (Kingfish), Monday, 15 November 2004 09:22 (nineteen years ago) link

Then again, the iconography of the John Petrucci cover is not saying that 'more complex is better'. It's saying 'Obey, dork, I am your dark S&M master!'

― Momus (Momus), Monday, 15 November 2004 09:30 (nineteen years ago) link

i wonder how old that cover photo is. i'm thinking no earlier than 1993, and no later than 1997.

― kingfish (Kingfish), Monday, 15 November 2004 09:33 (nineteen years ago) link

It's from 1995.

"It sets the metronome at 210 or else it gets the hose again."

― Every country has their stupid (AaronHz), Monday, 15 November 2004 09:36 (nineteen years ago) link

These songs use familiar [negro] structures, and [a Jewish person] explains how

zzzzzzzzzz

roffle at aaron's post

― results not typical (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 15 November 2004 13:34 (nineteen years ago) link

five months pass...

breathe...

― Jimmy Mod Knows You Eat Your Own Farts (ModJ), Saturday, 23 April 2005 23:34 (nineteen years ago) link

We never got our Fagen DVD review! Maybe when Aar0n gets back.

― Dan I. (Dan I.), Sunday, 24 April 2005 00:06 (nineteen years ago) link

It must be said that Gambale is one of the ugliest motherfuckers I have ever seen in my life. It's like Bea Arthur got gangbanged by Lou Reed, Hank Azaria, Johnny Cash and Richard Kline and their semen all magically mixed together and begat this hideous man. His hair is different from the DVD cover, looking rather like...well, Bea Arthur's in Golden Girls with a bad dye job.

This the very definition of "funny becuase its true."

― Ash (ashbyman), Sunday, 24 April 2005 04:19 (nineteen years ago) link

nine months pass...

A beautiful thread still.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 5 February 2006 06:04 (eighteen years ago) link

kinda bittersweet

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Sunday, 5 February 2006 06:52 (eighteen years ago) link

These songs use familiar [negro] structures, and [a Jewish person] explains how

Aw come on, Jersey and Staten Island Eye-talians control like half the market on this

― Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Sunday, 5 February 2006 06:58 (eighteen years ago) link

hahaha hurting is so otm

― the petronas towers (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 5 February 2006 10:37 (eighteen years ago) link

one year passes...

wow, i am in awe of this thread. is there a Brit equivalent of these DVD series? I want "Round the old Joanna with Damon Albarn" and "Nicking Slade riffe for the intermedidiate Scally with Noel Gallagher", STAT!

― CharlieNo4, Thursday, 19 April 2007 11:21 (seventeen years ago) link

<i>Gain rare insight into the musical thinking of one of the most influential popular songwriters and arrangers in America. Donald Fagen analyses three Steely Dan hits ("Chain Lightning," "Peg," "Josie") and two solo works from his Grammy-nominated album Kamakiriad ("On The Dunes," "Teahouse On The Tracks"). These songs use familiar blues and R&B structures, and Donald explains how, <b>by altering the bass line</b> and chordal qualities, he transformed them into sophisticated jazz-rock compositions. You'll trace the development of increasingly complex pieces as Donald and Warren Bernhardt reveal each tune's singular structure, harmonic and rhythmic characteristic, intro ideas and other devices.

Wow, oh wow.

-- A Million Talking Hot Dogs (AaronHz), Wednesday, 20 October 2004 23:04 (2 years ago)<i>

I have learned a lot of Dan on guitar in the last year. An inordinate number of their songs (Josie, Pretzel Logic, Green Earrings) seem to be based on the following.

Take a chord progression

Substitute the Root for the Fourth in the bass.

Try it, take any song you normally play and play the fourth instead of the root as the bass note. Behold how "Dannish" it sounds.

― Michael, Thursday, 19 April 2007 17:18 (seventeen years ago) link

http://www.musicroom.com/images/catalogue/productpage/GW944.jpg

― Edward III, Thursday, 19 April 2007 17:32 (seventeen years ago) link

http://www.musicroom.com/images/catalogue/productpage/GW945.jpg

― Edward III, Thursday, 19 April 2007 17:32 (seventeen years ago) link

http://g.sheetmusicplus.com/Look-Inside/covers/6715603.jpg

― Edward III, Thursday, 19 April 2007 17:33 (seventeen years ago) link

two months pass...

must buy Fahey DVDs

― marmotwolof, Thursday, 12 July 2007 21:12 (sixteen years ago) link

http://www.detroitsrvfanclub.com/Images/srv%20Video%20guitar%20More%20Style%20of%20SRV.jpg

this was like the second guitar instructional vid i bought.

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 13 July 2007 04:48 (sixteen years ago) link

i only bought 2.

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 13 July 2007 04:48 (sixteen years ago) link

I picked up Guitar Player while waiting for my wife in CVS yesterday. That magazine has not changed at all since I read it last, which must have been like 12 years ago. Anyways, they had an interview with some "edgy" guitar schmoe with long hair and My Chemical Romance-esque eye makeup, who was talking about his new instructional DVD, which he said is the first R-rated instructional DVD. He was talking about how it will teach you how to play all his awesome solos, but will then cut away to topless women and "David Lynch weirdness," because "who doesn't like boobs?" Fortunately I have blocked his name from my memory.

― n/a, Friday, 13 July 2007 12:18 (sixteen years ago) link

This month's cover story: John Petr(go on, guess!)

http://www.guitarplayer.com/story.asp?sectioncode=17&storycode=18563

― StanM, Friday, 13 July 2007 12:23 (sixteen years ago) link

three weeks pass...

rofl @ "P-Love"

― latebloomer, Friday, 3 August 2007 03:48 (sixteen years ago) link

tinkle tinkle wikka wikka

― latebloomer, Friday, 3 August 2007 03:53 (sixteen years ago) link

http://youtube.com/watch?v=v58wbKskw2Y

― latebloomer, Friday, 3 August 2007 04:06 (sixteen years ago) link

Petrucci presents "psycho" exercises:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=SKMYeXkYcgs

― latebloomer, Friday, 3 August 2007 04:10 (sixteen years ago) link

one year passes...

DISCIPLINE

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 13 November 2008 05:31 (fifteen years ago) link

Petrucci most notably demonstrated his rock discipline by downgrading from his 19 string 3.5 neck solar guitar down to a mere 7 string.

― Z S on the internet (Z S), Thursday, 13 November 2008 05:37 (fifteen years ago) link

SARZO!

http://g.sheetmusicplus.com/Look-Inside/covers/8265568.jpg

― 'RAPPERS I WOULD NEVER DREAM OF PUNCHING IN THE FACE?' (M@tt He1ges0n), Thursday, 13 November 2008 05:44 (fifteen years ago) link

i like the cut of this guy's jib!

http://g.sheetmusicplus.com/Look-Inside/covers/4804976.jpg

― 'RAPPERS I WOULD NEVER DREAM OF PUNCHING IN THE FACE?' (M@tt He1ges0n), Thursday, 13 November 2008 05:45 (fifteen years ago) link

rifftrax should do these videos

― the sir weeze, Thursday, 13 November 2008 05:46 (fifteen years ago) link

http://www.harmony-central.com/ProductImages/Large/000021085.jpg

― 'RAPPERS I WOULD NEVER DREAM OF PUNCHING IN THE FACE?' (M@tt He1ges0n), Thursday, 13 November 2008 05:46 (fifteen years ago) link

david lynch directed??

http://www.musicroom.com/images/catalogue/fullsize/HL00320598.jpg

― 'RAPPERS I WOULD NEVER DREAM OF PUNCHING IN THE FACE?' (M@tt He1ges0n), Thursday, 13 November 2008 05:47 (fifteen years ago) link

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