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Ozzy Osbourne dead

So the unthinkable has happened. Today, Ozzy Osbourne, the Prince Of Darkness, passed away, aged 76. Only hours ago, I was listening to Black Sabbath's "Master Of Reality" album, thinking: That's quite a statement by Ozzy. "Alright now!" And their songwriting is actually really nice, it has a great moderate pacing, it's heavy, and sometimes fast, but never hectic. The experience is more like a story that someone reads to you, than the sudden rush of energy one would typically associate with stressful heavy metal music. For some time, many years ago, I used to be a huge Ozzy fan. "Blizzard Of Ozz", "Diary Of A Madman", and probably most of all "Bark At The Moon" were among the most played albums in my collection. I tried to play Randy Rhoads' guitar riffs and lines, and especially the "Ultimate Sin" tour live concert video, with Jake E. Lee's amazing guitar solo, had a massive impact on me. I was also deeply...
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Ephemeral Escapism (music video)

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A somewhat progrocky composition for electric guitar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYXgqYRE9wI  * * * YouTube channel subscriptions are highly appreciated, thanks very much .      
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Lost Eddie Van Halen Photos found

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Did you know Eddie Van Halen used to have an actual aerial bomb? A couple of days ago, Gibson TV released this video of photographer Neil Zlozower talking about Van Halen, and presenting some spectacular photos. Zlozower was around when Van Halen emerged, and took a lot of pictures of the band in the early days. In the video, he presents some very nice photographs that were taken near the end of Van Halen's 1978 tour. There's an exceptionally beautiful one of Eddie Van Halen on stage, playing, dancing and looking straight at the photographer, who's standing just a few feet away. Zlozower also found some forgotten pictures of the band working on their second studio album - these pictures in particular capture some of the chaotic genius that was at work in early Van Halen. (Including the bomb.) It's a great video, with some nice stories, and obviously some outstanding photographs, by Neil Zlozower. video source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DFlzfbAU00 Gibson TV Grea...
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"Lethal Exit" on guitar

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A sort-of guitar cover of a piece of music from an Amiga demo production in 1992, called "Lethal Exit". "Demos" are programs that demonstrates features of the computer, and skills of software developers. The Amiga computer has a rich demo scene, that has evolved from simple technical demonstrations to highly elaborate pieces of art, with beautiful graphics, elements of storytelling, and outstanding soundtracks. I always liked this section of 1992 demo "Lethal Exit" by demo group "Digital" very much. The musician is REVERSE, from France. It's a very elegant melody - one day I just had to learn how to play it on guitar. Great stuff, REVERSE! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yh59Bwn97g https://youtube.com/@romaneberle YouTube channel subscriptions are highly appreciated. Thanks very much. :)
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Duality (music video)

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An acoustic guitar composition for two guitars. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNDIbN0DtH4
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Need some standard tuning notes for your guitar? E - A - D - G - B(H) - E

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There a different approaches to tuning a guitar - I prefer to go through the strings quickly, and multiple times, instead of slowly and precisely tuning each string on first encounter. So I made this guitar tuning notes video in the same sense - it gives you a chance to exit quickly if you just need a quick check, or if you don't, then it won't be long until the required string / note will be played again. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a-kI69kQdE By the way, the sound you're hearing here is a Yamaha DX7 II keyboard.
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Tribute to Keith Emerson (2016)

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A quick'n'dirty tribute to piano maestro Keith Emerson. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtWdkaRJZrg
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