“We need guitar music that makes those people feel something. It’s the responsibility of guitarists to bring something to solos that will achieve that.”
Music is not cerebral, but rather aesthetic and emotional at its core. Impressing somebody with speed and technicality is all fine and dandy, but when you are able to make somebody feel something, you make a connection with that person. Otherwise, playing fast for the sake of playing fast is, at most, an intellectual, fine-motor novelty for some other guitarists to enjoy. David Gilmour is somebody who has reached the highest level of emotional guitar solo composition. He can just play one note and it’ll bring you to tears.
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