inspiration is like bacon

this is bacon

i fucking love the library! the library around here has a damn good selection of cds for honest, tax-paying citizens like me to borrow. i settle for 8 today (but i could have gone away with as many as FORTY!).

this is the loot from todays inspiration hunt:

fugazi, repeater

black sabbath, master of reality

dream theater, metropolis pt. 2: scenes from a memory

buckethead, monsters and robots

tom waits, rain dogs

yngwie malmsteens rising force, marching out

melvins, houdini

joe satriani, surfing with the alien

it's a pretty nice collection, if i do say so my self. got some classic shredding with yngwie, buckethead and satch. theres the sludgy melvins, the proggy dream theater, and even the whiskey-soaked crooning of mr. waits. obviously, the shredding is good for inspiring me to try a little harder, and think a bit more out of the power chord riffing box. but there in that stack of cds to my left is something even better; examples of great songwriting. say what you will, but don't deny that tom waits knows how to write the shit out of a song. sabbath are masters of building  tension, due in large part to the fretwork of tony iommi , and the melvins know how to balance the fuck yeargh! with the near-silence.everything i picked up today will, somehow, inspire me in some way, itty bitty small or fucking huge epiphany-like, to become a better guitarist.

i recommend that everybody go to the library, or the record store, or a friends house and pick up some things you've never heard before (or at least never really listened to before). there's bound to be something in whatever you pick up that will bring something new into your head. maybe the vocal melodies, or the way one of the chords is played, or even just a simple pick slide could lead you to something new you can do with your playing. at least thats what i'm hoping these cds will do for me.