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Paul Gilbert Visits the Six String Shed
Check out Hal Rodriguez ’ s guitar blog , the Six String Shed , at www . canadianmusician . com / blogcentral . Previous guests on Hal ’ s blog include Andy Timmons , Billy Sheehan , and Marty Friedman , though most recently , he had the chance to speak with guitarist Paul Gilbert ( Mr . Big , Racer X ) about his latest album , I Can Destroy . Here ’ s a snippet , but check out Blog Central for more .
CM : The track , “ Gonna Make You Love Me ” is a real feel-good ‘ 70s rock tune with a I-IV-V blues chord progression . How do you take classic chord progressions and make them interesting ?
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PG : One of the first things that comes to mind is if you take a chord and you make it last longer or shorter than the listener expects . For example , in “ Revolution ” by The Beatles , which is also I-IV-V , the first chord changes to the next chord at an unexpected beat and it wakes up the listener . It poses a question to the listener and then the band resolves it . The same thing happens in “ Gimme Shelter ” by The Rolling Stones . They stay on that C # chord for a long time and build up a lot of tension . That might seem like such a simple thing to do , to stay on one chord , but they ’ re masters of playing with the expectations of the listener . When they finally do change chords , a release happens that ’ s extremely powerful . So how long you stay on a chord or using a pause can be amazing tools for making standard chord progressions cool .
SOCAN , Streaming & More on Canadian Musician Radio
New Vids from CMW Now on YouTube
The Canadian Musician team was on the ground for Canadian Music Week 2016 and had the chance to conduct a slew of interviews with artists and industry influencers . Head to YouTube . com /
CM ’ s Mike Raine catches up with The Wet Secrets norriswhitney for
new clips with the likes of Montreal International Jazz Festival co-founder Alain Simard , Sounds Australia ’ s Glenn Dickie , CBC Searchlight finalist Dylan Menzie & more .
Head over to www . canadianmusicianradio . com to hear recent episodes
PLANTS & ANIMALS featuring discussions on SOCAN ’ s record payouts in 2015 and royalty collection initiatives ; Re : Sound ’ s efforts to get artists properly compensated for streams ; Women in Music Canada ’ s quest for industry equality , and more . Of course , we also have artist interviews with the likes of The Nylons , Holy F * ck , Jon Lajoie of Wolfie ’ s Just Fine , Plants & Animals , and more .
New episodes of Canadian Musician Radio go live every Wednesday at 8 p . m . ET , and you can also stream any of our previous episodes on demand and at your leisure .
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