[atlantaprog] Re: Dream Theater song writing Contest

From: "Greg Stafford"
> heart of the music. It's like in the 80's when guitar shredding was
> popular. Sure you can play fast, but it's not going to work on every
> song with every band. It all depends on the context in which the music
> is laid out or played. Ok, I maybe wrong here and you're right I'm not a
> musician, but would Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb sound as good with a
> faster guitar shred instead of the style in which it was written? Would
> it have as much soul?

IMO, that solo is perfect as is.  I shudder to think what Petrucci would
have (over)played over it.

Brian

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