Electric guitar to improve classical music?

What does "virtuosity" look like? Can only classical musicians like Itzhak Perlman evince it?

(Davie504) Can I play these impossible guitar riffs on bass?

South Park season ends w/ rage bait

(Armchair Analysis)

(DemocracyNow.org)

Jewish marketing spectacle: KISS Army

(60 Minutes Australia) KISS Unmasked: A rare 1980 interview with the original U.S. band

(Rock N' Roll True Stories) Ace Frehley's biggest song he didn't write

Slayer works with Guru Rick Rubin, signs to Geffen after being fired by CBS

Females rock thanks to feminism?

"Children of the Grave" by Black Sabbath (full band cover by First To Eleven)

Hanabie. お先に失礼します。(Osaki ni Shitsurei Shimasu) live at Wacken Open Air 2025

(WackenTV) Premiered Aug. 12, 2025: Japanese metalcore outfit Hanabie. was one of the most anticipated bands at Wacken Open Air 2025. Watch them set a wet Louder Stage audience on fire. Tickets for Wacken 2026: wacken.click/woa26tickets

Wagakki Band 焔 (Homura) + 暁ノ糸 (Akatsuki no Ito) Hibiya Yagai Ongakudo

(M Arantes) Iron Maiden vs. Judas Priest: GIRL GUITAR BATTLE

Larissa Liveir and Nita Straus cover Iron Maiden's "The Trooper" live

• Sophie Lloyd rocks a packed stadium World Rugby
• Ananda (Dharma Buddhist Meditation), Jen B., CC Liu, Dhr. Seven (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

A star is born: Yoga, dancing; Pilates...

An Experience of Enlightenment

Anyone who has ever danced or done yoga postures (asanas) has to marvel at the impossibility of Assam's 8-year-old BINITA CHETRY, who blows even jaded judges away with the most flexible dancing audition ever on the show.

It's one thing to be able to bend. It is a whole 'nother to have this much poise, balance, creativity, and élan. Is this what ancient dancers did to bedazzle visitors in far-flung kingdoms?

Do frog pose for 100 years to get ready to dance. - Next, let's work on strength and balance.

Hobert: Hey, I can dance AND sing.

In the little book An Experience of Enlightenment, there is a kingdom at the nexus of two great rivers in Northern India (perhaps the Brahmaputra and Saraswati). And there a temple dancing girl lives until a handsome traveling stranger comes through the area and wins her heart. But her jealous handler won't stand for it. One is reminded of that strange tale retold by a European after a seance in the book's true story.

• How does she do it?! | Britain's Got Talent | Facebook

BOOK REVIEW: I read this little book in Finnish, and it was a vivid, charming, and interesting experience of [spiritual] search[ing], enlightenment, and meditation. The book was published a long time ago, and it seems rare to find personal experiences of women of this age on the path of meditation (without being lifestyle-obsessed). Source (rare book)

• 8-year-old wonder dancer from Assam sets British talent show on fire and earns plaudits from judges
• What happened? Did Binita Chetry win Britain's Got Talent Series 18?

Aubrey Hobert: "Sue Me" Pilates

AUBREY HOBERT (born 1999) is an American singer and songwriter from NYC. After co-writing several songs with Gracie Abrams on her 2024 album The Secret of Us, Hobert released her debut single, "Sue Me," in 2025. Her debut album, Who's the Clown?, was released on Aug. 15, 2025. More

Yeah, but can a girl play a guitar?

(Tina S) Ludwig van Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata (3rd movement)

Yeah, Aubrey, okay. Thank you. Next. NOBODY was prepared for this 8-year-old's power on Britain's Got Talent Replay. Aug. 23, 2025: An 8-year-old dancer from Assam, India, may look sweet, but she performs with the power and ferocity of a tigress. Her unique routines combine breathtaking yogic acrobatics with fierce martial arts moves, set to epic, cinematic music. From embodying "Wonder Woman" to unleashing her inner feline power, she takes control of the entire stage, even dancing on the judges' desk in a stunning display of girl power.

• Who is Binita Chetry? Meet the 8-year-old sensation taking Britain’s Got Talent by storm

Mermaid Island: "Freaks"

• Who's your favorite punk band? Mermaid Island. Why? Heard them on Heidi and Frank: Stay or Go
• Heidi and Frank Podcast - Podcast - Apple Podcasts
• What about "Sicko Mode" as trap-metal by trans MaryJaneDaniel?

Classical Indian music meets metal

(Opalinskyband) Metal genres vs. metal fans - Five metalhead myths debunked in 30 seconds

Would Lord Ganesha approve? Goddess Kali?

Bloodywood is an Indian heavy metal band from New Delhi that formed in 2016. They began as a parody band that uploaded metal covers of pop songs on YouTube [1] and later wrote their own music. They have become India's first metal act to chart on Billboard [1]. HISTORY: Prior to forming the band, Karan Katiyar regularly uploaded parody metal covers of popular Bollywood songs on YouTube, but he had trouble finding a suitable vocalist. At a local gig... More

Bloodywood and Babymetal

Bloodywood with Babymetal on same stage - Bekhauf (Mohegan Sun Arena, June 27, 2025)

• Karl Rock, YouTube.com; Eds., Wisdom Quarterly

What about the new Led Zeppelin?

(AlternativeNation.net) Led Zeppelin break silence on REUNION in 2025, J. Bonham on drums

• Led Zeppelin break silence on reunion in 2025

The "new Led Zeppelin" is Greta Van Fleet, who are not rip off copycats

Robert who? I didn't know I sound like Mr. Plant

(RockFeed) Greta Van Fleet singer Josh Kiszka says "move on" from comparing us to Led Zep

• Greta Van Fleet: Polish American Led Zeppelin copycats from Detroit, Michigan?

How Led Zeppelin Became the Biggest Band in the World (documentary)

Led Zeppelin: Rock Gods or Monsters?

(Behind the Music) Oct. 24, 2024: Let's take an epic journey through the history of Led Zeppelin, the British hard rock band that redefined rock 'n roll music and created a lasting legacy. From their humble beginnings as "The New Yardbirds" to their status as the biggest band in the world, discover how Led Zeppelin became icons in the music industry. This video covers:

(Loudwire) 10 Unforgettable Led Zeppelin Moments

• The Early Days: The origins of The New Yardbirds and the legendary lineup formation.
• Rising Fame: The pivotal role of [fifth member] manager Peter Grant and their groundbreaking record deal with Atlantic Records.
• Iconic Albums: A deep dive into their classic albums, including “Led Zeppelin,” “Led Zeppelin II,” and “Led Zeppelin IV,” featuring timeless hits like “Stairway to Heaven.”
• The Rock and Roll Lifestyle: The band's wild reputation, on and off the stage, and their innovative live performances.
• Tragedy and Transformation: The impact of drummer John "Bonzo" Bonham's accidental and early death as a blackout drunk and the eventual disbanding of the group.

Discover what made Led Zeppelin a unique force in music history and how their influence continues to resonate today.

Why this video is a must-watch: Led Zeppelin’s story is a captivating blend of legendary talent, ambition, and a touch of rock and roll mystique [a deal with the Devil, selling their souls for rock 'n roll in a Faustian bargain and/or messing with the occult for power and getting unexpected consequences for doing so].

This video provides a comprehensive look at their extraordinary journey, showcasing their incredible music and the legacy they left behind. Whether one is a lifelong fan or new to their music, gain insights into what made/makes them the greatest rock band of all time.

#LedZeppelin #RockHistory #JimmyPage #RobertPlant #JohnBonham #HardRock #MusicLegends #Yardbirds #StairwayToHeaven #RockAndRoll #ClassicRock #MusicDocumentary #BandHistory

Led Zeppelin documentary (free)

Tales of rock 'n roll decadence: rare and unseen photos of Led Zeppelin (cnn.com)

Led Zeppelin documentary - The North American Tours (1968-77)

FILM REVIEW: Becoming Led Zeppelin

Sometimes music can be a religious experience. Just ask this guy in Switzerland (CNN).

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Becoming Led Zeppelin (Sony Pictures Classics)

We saw it on an IMAX screen, sitting in the front row heads cranked up to take in the whole screen, for it to be in our faces and extra loud. And that it was. It's good, really good. It's no The Song Remains the Same, which is a filmed concert at Madison Square Garden, New York, in the 1970s with the conceit of introducing them as legendary, bigger-than-life figures, particularly Page, who lived in a castle next to Loch Ness. This is a talking head documentary interspersed with historical footage and tight editing. The most amazing thing about it is that it does not pander to Johnny-come-lately fans. There is no mention of "Stairway to Heaven," their biggest hit ever. This is about the early, heavy days, coming out of nowhere by combining early blues from The States (muddy "Black" music), which a lot of young Brits were hearing for the first time with this new thing called "rock 'n roll."

What's so great about the greatest band ever? - The movie never makes it to 1973 and the Starship

Led Zeppelin band, promo portrait, 1971

Like Elvis and others appropriated the blood, sweat, and tears of post-slavery suffering crystalized into music, so Led Zeppelin paid homage to their heroes and cashed in like those heroes never did. It was blatant with Elvis and not so obvious where Led Zeppelin, most notably lead guitarist Jimmy Page, was coming up with the inspiration for so many catchy riffs (a demon named Zoso, the Devil, spirits of the dead still under contract, lifting ideas from the fertile London scene of his day, entheogenic drugs?), loud amplification, and blending the hardest music anyone had ever heard with plaintive love ballads of the hippie era (late 60s, early 70s). Sadly, there was no mention of the sexual abuse of young groupies, for which they are infamous, or recreational drug use. Some lawyer or PR firm was smart to keep a lid on those facets of their career. The movie ends abruptly with their second album before as they are reaching superstardom. Highly recommended! Fans will love it. Out now in wide release. INFO: becomingledzeppelinfilm.com

• Led Zeppelin documentary (video); Seth Auberon, Dhr. Seven, Pat Macpherson (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Happy Birthday, Wolfgang Mozart!

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (January 27, 1756–December 5, 1791) was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition and proficiency from an early age resulted in more than 800 works representing virtually every Western classical genre of his time. Many of these compositions are acknowledged as pinnacles of the symphonic, concertante, chamber, operatic, and choral repertoire. Mozart is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers in the history of Western music, with his music admired for its "melodic beauty, its formal elegance and its richness of harmony and texture." More

• Pat Macpherson, Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly Wiki edit

Listen ETs, music on Mozart's birthday

Classical composer Ludwig van Beethoven was full of heavy metal (ZME Science)

Yes, this is good stuff. I will tell Xenon for sure.

(Virtuosity) Who's the greater musical genius, Beethoven or Mozart? The Fifth Symphony is hard to beat, dramatic as it is, but "Rondo Alla Turca" is a Mozart masterpiece that just might. Of course, it's dark apples to bright oranges.

Was it a huMAN invention or an EThereal inspiration? It's Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's birthday today, Dec. 17th, and we are listening to the exquisite Turkish March.

Wolf-Am-Mo was a classical musician and composer who had no need of shooting wolves as he could tame any savage beast with just his music. His piano compositions are breathtaking. otherworldly, too good for just this planet. The whole solar system should be able to hear him.

In fact, he is so good that this planet takes him for granted and might forget him. Not so Los Angeles, which has KUSC.org (91.5 FM) to remind us on the air and online, thanks to the generous support of special philanthropists and ordinary donors to the radio station.

• Mozart via Rob Radley, March 28, 2022; text and birthday wishes from Wisdom Quarterly

Siccas Guitars (sicccasguitar.com/ohguitar.com)

Fazıl Say: Turkish March (Türk Marşı)

(Fazıl Say) Nov. 11, 2015: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 11 in A-Major, K.331 III. Alla Turca – Allegretto. The last movement, Alla Turca, popularly known as the "Turkish March," is often heard on its own and is one of Mozart's best-known piano pieces.

Mozart himself titled the rondo "Alla Turca." It imitates the sound of Turkish Janissary bands, the music of which was much in vogue at that time.

Various other works of the time imitate this Turkish style, including Mozart's own opera Die Entführung aus dem Serail.

In Mozart's time, the last movement was sometimes performed on pianos built with a "Turkish stop," allowing it to be embellished with extra percussion effects.

The form of the rondo is A-B-C-D-E-C-A-B-C-coda, with each section (except the coda) being repeated twice.

• Recorded during rehearsal at Enka Kültür Sanat. Video by Mustafa Toygun Özdemir

Composing is always a form of improvisation -- with ideas, with musical particles, with imaginary shapes -- and it is in this sense that the artistic itinerary and the worldview of the Turkish composer and pianist Fazıl Say should be understood.

For it was from the free form with which he became familiar in the course of his piano lessons with the Cortot pupil Mithat Fenmen that he developed an aesthetic outlook that constitutes the core of his self-conception as a composer.

Fazıl Say has been touching audiences and critics alike for more than 25 years in a way that has become rare in the increasingly materialistic and elaborately organized classical music world. Concerts with this artist are something else. They are more direct, more open, more exciting. In short, they go straight to the heart because the same may be said of his compositions.

(But the real question is, Will the extraterrestrials like it? It might not make a bit of the difference to them, so we'd better stick with playing an analog (rather than digital) version of the original for them or as close as we humanly come to it, which will almost certainly mean finding some young Asian prodigy, preferably a child who just has a knack for the song and no understanding of the context.)

We must surely be learning? (Beatles)

The Beatles "While My Guitar Gently Weeps (2018 Mix)"

There's no comparison to Beatle George Harrison, who wrote and sings this masterpiece, while nearly all the credit for the band's greatness goes to the other two competing with each other, and no one even remembers Pete Best. What about Ringo? Who?

LYRICS: I look at you all, see the love there that's sleeping / While my guitar gently weeps / I look at the floor and I see it needs sweeping / Still, my guitar gently weeps // I don't know why nobody told you / How to unfold your love / I don't know how someone controlled you / They bought and sold you // I look at the world and I notice it's turning / While my guitar gently weeps / With every mistake, we must surely be learning / Still, my guitar gently weeps / I don't know how you were diverted / You were perverted, too / I don't know how you were inverted / No one alerted you / I look at you all, see the love there that's sleeping / While my guitar gently weeps / (I look) Look at you all / Still, my guitar gently weeps / Oh, oh /  Yeah, yeah

We weep for the world -- steeped in ignorance, the root of all harm, giving rise to greed (lust) and aversion (fear), liking and disliking, the Roots of Good and Evil. Who cares if someone is good or evil? That person is going to care when the RESULTS come around. Karma really brings about what we experience, what we are experiencing now. So it is vital to grasp what "karma" means and what it doesn't. The greatest karma meme ever sums it up, a picture of credit card with the slogan: "Karma: It's everywhere you're going to be." (That's based on an old credit card commercial, which if people have never seen it because the successful marketing campaign ended a long time ago, may not get the impact of why it's a clever meme and a vital message/warning. If we knew that everything was going to follow us, none of it unseen or forgotten, we might behave differently, very differently. But we think we're getting away with everything, think there is nothing to come of this (what we do, say, and think). Pink Floyd has a great song about this from the CD Animals called "Sheep."

• What do you get for pretending the danger's not real?
• Meek and obedient shall follow the leader
• down well-trodden corridors into the Valley of Steel
• What a surprise, a look of terminal shock in your eyes!
• Now things are really what they seem
• No, this is not a bad dream

Ludwig van B. Mozart Vivaldi (guitar)

The Buddha's sister Sundari Nanda

Why kill (when you can overkill)? What's the fun of being a guitar heroine unless you can rub it in their face and say, "Hey, look, Men, you may think you're all that, but you can't hold a candle to girls. So step aside and let some ladies in the band already. It's a tale as old as Shakespeare's sister. Did Shakespeare have sister? We'd never know it! If she'd existed and had been more talented than he, we'd still never know it due to implicit bias and sexism ingrained in us. We're losing more than half the talent pool to discrimination. What females never arise to tower in virtuosity, mathematics, STEM in general, to say nothing of all the agonizing loss of creativity in better fields? Don't believe it? Just look at this:

• The Buddha's sister Sundari Nanda Gotami

Ludwig van Beethoven "Moonlight Sonata"

(Tina S) It was the summer of 2016 when Tina S decided it was time to record and show people. Ah, what might have been if her brother, Willy, hadn't told her to turn it down and then given her an atomic wedgie and smashed her guitar and sold the broken pieces for cigarettes to smoke with his friends in the backyard knowing that she was sensitive to the smoke and would have to get a better air filter? No, just kidding, little Shakespeare would never do that to his little sis.

Jasmine Star, we need a talent-and-beauty combo

Instagram: tinasetkic, instagram.com/spintwiceof... TikTok: spintwiceofficial. This version of "Moonlight Sonata (Third Movement)" by Beethoven was arranged for electric guitar by Dr. Viossy and played by guitar phenom and possible karmic child prodigy Tina S. It's the Best of Tina S (Sandris Jansons). Oct. 31, 2014: Here's a medley of Tina's best pieces. I'm amazed at Tina's technique. This girl will definitely make a great future [if only she can] keep on shredding!

Vivaldi's "Winter" (metal edition) Chris Joao, 12/18 written 300+ years ago

Valerie Bertinelli-Van Halen live, LA (4/15)

Look, Donny and Marie did it. So why can't we? - That's different! They were Mormons.

Look, Everyone! I'm a "cover girl" now!

Valerie Bertinelli-Van Halen isn’t one to hold her feelings close to the vest. The “One Day at a Time” TV star believes in the power of connection — connecting with fans to help her heal.

[After all, she lost her rockstar husband, the world-renowned guitarist Eddie Van Halen (shown above shredding on guitar), RIP, with whom she fathered and raised Wolfgang Van Halen].

Incest laws won't stop us (pagesix)

She is doing that through Indulge: Delicious and Decadent Dishes to Enjoy and Share, her cookbook. The New York Times bestselling author’s new book is a collection of 100 recipes to “nourish the body and the soul.”

She shares recipes for dishes like garlic confit LT, oven-“fried” okra, mangled animal guts in casing, and olive rotten dairy bites, spaghetti al limone, smelly patties with quick-pickled vegetables, cow limbs with bearnaise sauce, and chocolate peanut butter dates.

Twins? Inside Eddie Van Halen and Valerie Bertinelli's '80s romance (pagesix.com)

It's probably safe to say Valerie taught Eddie everything he knew about everything except guitar.

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Eddie? Eddie who? (No you didn't, Dave!)

“It’s mainly a cookbook, but an extension of Enough Already,” Bertinelli said of her 2023 book. “I wrote that after my mother and Ed (Eddie Van Halen) died. They passed away a year and a half apart. I was going through a lot of grief and going through a marriage that wasn’t working. I was going through a lot.”

She said she didn’t love anything with her life. She felt like she was “drowning and had forgotten how to swim.”

Then, being Italian, she returned to the kitchen little by little. “I started writing recipes, and I started to get excited,” she said. “I was talking about food the way I had never talked about before.”

She’ll talk about her latest feeble attempt at fame as a chef and her struggles on a book tour that stops at All Saints Church in Pasadena at 7:00 pm Monday, April 15, 2024.

The Vroman’s-sponsored event is ticketed (minimum $41 with book). “This is the biggest book tour I’ve ever done,” she said.

“I can’t wait to meet everybody. Since my last book, I’ve had a great rapport with a lot of people in my social media community. I have really terrific people who follow me on Instagram and Threads.” More

• WHO: Celebrity Valerie Bertinelli
• WHERE: All Saints Church, 132 N. Euclid Ave.,
• Pasadena, Los Angeles, California 91107
• WHEN: 7:00 pm, Monday, April 15, 2024
• COST: Tickets start at $41, includes book
• INFO: vromansbookstore.com

• Christina Fuoco-Karasinski, ArroyoMonthly.com, April 4, 2024 (A Change of Life: Valerie Bertinelli learns to ‘Indulge’ | pasadenaweekly.com); PageSix.com; Seth Auberon, Crystal Q. (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Ever get so angry, Metallica makes sense?

Metallica "Master of Puppets" (banjo cover)

(Rob Scallon) Master of banjos, I'm plucking your strings!!! Subscribe for May-tallica iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/album/mas... Metallica's "Master of Puppets" but on banjo, with a solo on keytar, y'know, Internet. Keytar performed by Wheezywaiter: wheezywaiter Here's every take of his keytar solo: • Every Keytar Take. Mixed by Pete Cottrell: peteplaysmusic

• Relaxing tones from Panda Drum handcrafted authentic steel tongue drums (Panda Drum • US)
• Better than coffee and caffeine: MudWtr.com

Metallica "Master of Puppets" (piano cover)

(Gamazda) #metallica #piano #cover ♫ Support me on Patreon ▹ gamazda or YouTube @gamazda. Piano cover and arrangement by Gamazda. #metallica #piano #cover ♫ Follow ▹ Telegram: t.me/gamazda. Instagram: gamazda. Facebook: gamazdamusic. TikTok: gamazdarock. VK: vk.com/gamazda

No, not Metallica, we prefer Slipknot

Rob Scalion ft. Leo Moracchioli Slipknot "Psychosocial" and "Duality"

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Pantera "Cemetery Gates" (banjo cover). It's a Southern thang

Pantera "Cemetery Gates" Gone Polka by Steve 'N' Seagulls | Metal Injection

(Metal Injection) Steve 'N' Seagulls performs Pantera's "Cemetery Gates" live in Union Square Park, New York City, during their first U.S. tour ever. Subscribe to Metal Injection on YouTube: bit.ly/ZhpTbA. FOLLOW: metalinjection / metalinjection / metalinjection.net / metal_injection

• VIDEO: Slipknot "(SIC)" acoustic cover by Leo
• Rob Scallon, May 2, 2016; Gamazda, Nov. 11, 2021; Leo Moracchioli (Frog Leap Studios, April 21, 2017); Metal Injection, Pantera cover, Oct..5, 2015; Seth Auberon, Pfc. Sandoval, Dhr. Seven (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly