Guitar-A-Mario

I ran accross this movie clip while I was trying to add an audio clip to my personal blog profile. I was pretty amazed at a movie clip I somehow ran into and I thought I would share it with you all. I enjoyed video games a lot in my youth, in fact I have a cousin who is very inclined in the vidoe game industry and he would always have the latest games and would bring them over whenever a family even would arise. It was exciting to get together and game like we did. Anyway, I would have never thought that this particular games music would have been inspration enough to play on guitar. Well, someone went ahead and did it anyway. I am sure we have all played this game countless times to recognize this tune, so here's the clip: Guitaramario

Joe Satri-Yoda

I Thought I would start off my topic with kind of a musical mentour of mine Joe Satriani. This guys guitar playing is what inspired me to want to play music and pick up the guitar. This guitar player among countless other musicians has had a major impact on people and inspires them to become great at an instrument. Joe in particular from reading and learning more about him has had quite the impact on other guitar players. To me he is like the Yoda of guitar players in that he has personally taught many great guitarist in his life as a teacher before he was even known. Some notable names are Steve Vai, Kirk Hammett from Metallica, Larry Lalonde from Primus, David Bryson from Counting Crows, and even Nigel Tufnel from Spinal Tap. Anyway, I would like to know what are some of the interests of others reading this and who inspired them to get into the things they enjoy practicing and enjoy doing.

Recent Thought: I think the next Satriani Concert I go to I will be bringing with me a big Joe Satri-Yoda sign.