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It\u2019s a question every artist has to grapple with: if you\u2019re not pushing yourself creatively, how can you grow? And that\u2019s exactly what acclaimed guitar maestro PAUL GILBERT tackles with fervor on his 17th solo album, I CAN DESTROY, set for release May 27 via The Orchard. As an added bonus, fans who pre-order the album will receive an automatic download of the title track, \u201cI Can Destroy.\u201d It\u2019s no accident that I CAN DESTROY cuts a wide swath of styles and textures, from the full-frontal assault of \u201cEverybody Use Your Goddamn Turn Signal\u201d to the jazz-blues lament of \u201cOne Woman Too Many\u201d (which also features GILBERT\u2019s patented four-pick Makita drill-bit riffery) to the radio-friendly balladeering of \u201cLove We Had\u201d to the smoking-hot gut\/heart punch of \u201cI Am Not the One (Who Wants To Be With You),\u201d the latter track\u2019s title a playful reference to the ubiquitous #1 hit GILBERT enjoyed as part of his gig as lead guitarist for the still-going-strong Mr. Big. <\/p>\n GILBERT knew that I CAN DESTROY producer Kevin Shirley (Led Zeppelin, Iron Maiden, Rush, Joe Bonamassa), whom he previously collaborated with on Mr. Big\u2019s 2011 release WHAT IF, would push him to do his best from the get-go. \u201cOne thing I knew about working with Kevin as a solo artist is that there weren\u2019t going to be that many overdubs on the record \u2014 not that many takes, and not many fixes,\u201d he reports. \u201cAs a musician, that puts the fear into you. It\u2019s a good fear, and it made me want to prepare in a pretty healthy way.\u201d<\/p>\n With Shirley onboard to get behind the board, GILBERT next had to cull together some top-drawer musicians to bring into the studio. \u201cOn drums, we\u2019ve got Thomas Lang, who\u2019s somewhat of a drumming legend, and on bass is Kevin Chown,\u201d details Gilbert. \u201cHe was the only guy I\u2019d never worked with before, and he was great. He played all the right stuff. He\u2019s played with everybody from Chuck Berry and Little Richard to Sebastian Bach.\u201d<\/p>\n Ultimately, the joy GILBERT expresses all throughout I CAN DESTROY celebrates the freedom and creativity he enjoys as a solo artist. \u201cI do my best. It\u2019s pretty incredible to have been living the dream and putting food on the table by banging it all out on an electric guitar,\u201d he concludes. \u201cThis is actually my 30th year as a recording artist, and I still enjoy the search. I like looking around, trying to find things I haven\u2019t done yet, and then seeing if I can do them.\u201d <\/p>\n In other news, PAUL GILBERT recently announced details for his Great Guitar Escape 3.0 which is being held July 25-29 at the Cambria Pines Lodge in Cambria, CA. Packages are available at the event\u2019s official site, www.GREATGUITARESCAPE.com. <\/p>\n For the camp\u2019s third year, the legendary shredder went all out and invited a few iconic friends to join him as guest instructors. These include Megadeth\u2019s Kiko Loureiro and Dave Ellefson as well as former Guns N\u2019 Roses guitarist Ron \u201cBumblefoot\u201d Thal [Art of Anarchy], Andy Timmons [Danger Danger], and Bruce Bouillet [Racer X, The Scream]. This all-star lineup will be hosting workshops, reflecting their signature sounds and styles and offering an immersive experience for 75 campers. Moreover, they\u2019ll be jamming, performing, and hanging with you 24\/7. About the Great Guitar Escape 3.0, GILBERT comments, \u201cI really feel like we got the best lineup possible for version 3.0. Each instructor brings something extremely unique to the table. You\u2019re going to learn, feel inspired, and most of all have a great time. This is four days of complete and total guitar immersion. We can\u2019t wait. Get ready!\u201d<\/p>\n If I CAN DESTROY is any indication, Gilbert is on the right path to continue creating material that\u2019s clearly built to last. <\/p>\n Source: www.paulgilbert.com It\u2019s a question every artist has to grapple with: if you\u2019re not pushing yourself creatively,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6073\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\u201cMy guitar playing was born from playing in my teenage heavy rock bands,\u201d GILBERT explains. \u201cAfter playing for 40 years, I\u2019ve been able to evolve the way that I see the fretboard, and how I hear the guitar in my head. This opens up my soloing, and also my writing. I couldn\u2019t have written this music when I was a kid. I couldn\u2019t have written these lyrics either. I needed time to live\u2026to experience joy, and anger, and love, and frustration at people who don\u2019t use their turn signals.\u201d<\/p>\n
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