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We can’t take it anymore…yes…Muse is huge (in Great Britain especially)…yes, they are rich, and most of you have heard their music. But we just can’t take it…we have to write about them. Yeah yeah…we have a rule here that we will avoid the larger groups and try to focus on maybe something you haven’t heard of. We don’t care. They are one of our most favorite groups of all time. View Full Article »
So, remember when we talked about Erik Mongrain? Yeah, he has an arch nemesis named Justin King. They are the two remaining tapping gods from the world before the fall of the Guitar Heroes…and there can only be one! Soon they will meet on the hills of Mordor to fight for the One String, one taki <!– /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:”"; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:”Times New Roman”; mso-fareast-font-family:”Times New Roman”;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} –>
ng the quickening of the other to become the one True Guitarist…
Ok, seriously though, check out this video. This isn’t quite “Tapping” like was introduced to you from Erik Mongrain, but if you pay attention to both you will see what we mean. Though, we are not saying they are the same style of play necessarily. Mongrain is a distinct tapper, whereas Justin King is more of a “percussion” guitarist.
We have videos of both playing their darndest for your watching entertainment.
First up is Justin King’s “Phunkdified”
Please ignore the creepy looking man gnome at the beginning.
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Second for comparison is Air Tap! by Erik Mongrain:
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We are going to focus on another under appreciated song by a huge artist. The studio version of Two Step was originally released on the album Crash (yeah…we all owned it…) in 1996. It was met with less than enthusiastic praise by critics, and we think this is probably because the feel is so much different from “Crash into me” and “Tripping Billies”, which were the two other singles from the same album (released earlier).
