All kinds Quote by Eddie Van Halen
“I started doing all kinds of weird stuff on the guitar, which became part of my playing. I started doing harmonics and tapping on the guitar and pulling off strings and doing all this weird stuff that no one had ever done before.”
About This Quote
Source Interview: Guitar World, 1984
Experimentation with unconventional techniques expands musical expression.
In simple terms: Weird guitar tricks expand playing.
Key Takeaway
Incorporate novel techniques into art.
Themes
creativity
innovation
musicianship
Mood
excited
curious
Type
artistic
inspirational
When to use this quote
- songwriting
- live performance
- music education
- instrument design
Key Concepts
music theory
performance art
technology
Questions to Reflect On
- What new technique excites you?
- How to balance novelty with tradition?
A Different Perspective
Risk of alienating audience.
![“I played a couple of ideas and then had this unusual texture underneath which was like this little granulated kind of pipe organ almost like a scratchy record which he started [inaudible] brilliantly. "Oh I love that song." And when things go fine, it's good. So he started loving that song and…” quote by A. R. Rahman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/824/a-r-rahman-4481_couple_i-played-a-couple-of-ideas-and-then-had_282296.jpg)
![“Holdsworth is so damned good that I can't cop anything. I can't understand what he's doing. I've got to do this [does two-hand tapping], whereas he'll do it with one hand.” quote by Eddie Van Halen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/78f/eddie-van-halen-6965_cop_holdsworth-is-so-damned-good-that-i-can_652129.jpg)
