'Tell him to come check me out when I'm shredding some sweet finger tapping solos and then he'll be like, 'Power chords blah blah blah.' And I'll hit the whammy bar and it'll sound like a plane crashing at an air show and then he'll try to say some other stuff like, 'Blah blah blah yadda yadda yadda.' And that's when I fire up the wah-wah pedal and it'll be like 'Wokka wokka wokka wo-wokka wokka.' All up in his freakin' face.'
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker describes a guitar solo performance intended to overwhelm a critic with technical tricks.
- In plain terms
- I will play crazy guitar noises to prove a critic wrong.
- What can you take from it?
- Technical skill can silence critics.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Does volume equal skill?
- How to handle critics?
Another view
Technical display does not equal musical value.
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