Speed Kills Review – Lead Guitar Lessons From Michael Batio, the Fastest Guitar Player on the Planet
The first Speed Kills DVD begins with Michael Angelo Batio playing a lightening fast but interesting electric guitar solo. After just a few minutes of watching I started to laugh out loud. You know, the kind of involuntary, puzzled laugh that bursts forth when a magician does something truly unexpected and unbelievable.
I have never seen a guitar played that fast. It almost looked fake. Perhaps what is more amazing, however, is that Michael can actually teach these seemingly impossible techniques to us mere mortal guitarists.
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When I began guitar lessons over forty years ago there were few choices for learning to play the guitar. You either bought a book and taught yourself or you called the local music store to set up lessons with a randomly selected live teacher.
I was only eight years old when I met my first guitar instructor and I remember it like it was yesterday. He was a part time lounge guitarist that always smelled like cigarette smoke and definitely didn’t enjoy teaching kids. He was impatient, grouchy and didn’t hesitate to yell at me when I nervously chewed on my guitar pick. I didn’t understand him, I didn’t enjoy the lessons and soon wanted to quit. Fortunately my mother understood the problem and talked me into continuing with a different teacher.
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Many budding guitarists fall for a deceptive claim that learning how to play the guitar is easy. Of course, such a claim depends upon how one defines the word “easy.” I have been playing guitar for over 20 years. I learned how to play like millions of other guitarists. I took formal guitar lessons for several years. I can assure you that I have never been able to find easy guitar lessons.
What Are Formal Guitar Lessons?
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