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Dimebag Darrell
Dimebag Darrell
American Musician
Born: Aug 20, 1966
Died: Dec 8, 2004
Always First Man Me Time You
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If you improvise a riff and the crowd immediately reacts to it, you know you're on to something. Dimebag Darrell
You Improvise Immediately Something Crowd Know Riff
A lot of bands whine about the road and how tough it is. Dimebag Darrell
Tough About Road How Lot Bands Whine
To get my sound in the studio, I double guitar tracks, and when it gets to the lead parts, the rhythm drops out, just like it's live. I'm very conscious of that. Dimebag Darrell
Guitar Live Out Lead Studio Drops Like Tracks Parts Sound Very Get Gets Just Rhythm Double Conscious
It kills me when I see some metal band trying to pass themselves off as an 'alternative band.' Dimebag Darrell
Me Band See Some Alternative Metal Pass Off Trying Themselves
Washburn built me the guitar that changed my life. Dimebag Darrell
Life Me Guitar My Life Changed Built
When you're a little kid, you have nerve. I'd walk right up to whoever was recording and say, 'Hey, dude, what's the lick of the week?' Dimebag Darrell
You Walk Recording Hey Say Kid Lick Nerve Week Dude Up Little Little Kid Whoever Right
People that love this form of music have loved it from way back - Sabbath, Zeppelin, the early days. Dimebag Darrell
Love Music People Back Way Sabbath Days Form Loved Zeppelin Early Early Days
To me, blues is more of a feel and a vibe, rather than sitting there and saying, 'Well, I'm gonna play bluesy now.' Dimebag Darrell
Saying Me Rather More Feel Well Than Sitting Vibe Blues Bluesy Gonna Now Play
On our early demos, I was really frustrated with my recorded sound. I'd tell my dad, 'Dude, I want more 'cut' on my guitar - I want more treble.' And he'd say, 'Now, son, you don't want that. It'll hurt your ears.' But my dad just didn't understand. Dimebag Darrell
You Hurt Son Guitar Our Ears Say Tell Recorded More He Understand Sound Dude Demos Just Want Frustrated Cut Really Your Dad Now Early
Learn licks and songs from records. Dimebag Darrell
Records Songs Learn
Play the pentatonic blues scale, just for fret- and pick-hand dexterity and to mesh them both together. Dimebag Darrell
Together Scale Both Mesh Fret Just Blues Them Play
When I first started experimenting with harmonics, I'd sometimes hook up two distortion boxes just to get my strings 'frying,' which helped bring out the harmonics. Dimebag Darrell
Sometimes First Strings Hook Distortion Out Boxes Up Get Just Experimenting Which Frying Helped Bring Started Two
Some of my favorite harmonics are located between frets. There are two really cool ones between the 2nd and 3rd frets that I use a lot. Dimebag Darrell
Located Favorite Some Between Fret Lot Really Use Cool Two
I use some pretty radical harmonics at the beginning of 'Heresy.' Dimebag Darrell
Beginning Radical Some Pretty Use Heresy
As far as I'm concerned, it's no good being able to wail out smokin' leads if your rhythm chops hugg! Dimebag Darrell
Good Out Able Leads Concerned Smokin Wail Being As Far As Rhythm Far Your Chops
All syncopation means is accenting beats that you don't normally accent. Dimebag Darrell
You Beats Accent Normally Means
When you're on the road, you've got to have your four-track - or some kind of recording device to jam on and have a good time. Dimebag Darrell
Time Good You Recording Good Time Kind Some Road Device Got Jam Your
Whenever I record more than two or three layers, it starts to get cluttered up, and you can't hear the cut of the guitars as good. It's hard to get four guitars to hit at exactly the same time and keep the attack tight. Dimebag Darrell
Time Good You Three Starts Guitars Exactly Exactly The Same Record More Attack Layers Tight Hear Up Hit Than Get Same Same Time Whenever Cut Cluttered Hard Keep Four Two
I'm not going for a soft sound. I ain't lookin' for a warm sound. My sound is warm, but I don't need tubes to do it. The Randall RG-100 is the best amp for what I do. Dimebag Darrell
Best Sound Tubes Going Warm Amp Need Soft
Losing control of your pick on stage sucks, so I scratch some deep X's into both sides of my pick with something sharp, like a dart. Dimebag Darrell
Losing Control Stage Sides Some Dart Something Both Both Sides Pick Sharp Like Scratch Your Deep Sucks
I'll sleep anywhere! Dimebag Darrell
Anywhere Sleep
I've tried to force a solo before, but sometimes it's like, 'That thing don't really fit, man!' Dimebag Darrell
Man Sometimes Before Solo Tried Like Force Fit Really Thing
Way before we got a record deal, we were playing clubs seven nights a week, three one-hour sets a night. Then we got the record deal, and we took off on the road and stayed out. Dimebag Darrell
Three Before Nights Sets Took Seven Way Out One-Hour Record Stayed Record Deal Week Road Deal Got Were Off Clubs Then Playing Night
Most bands don't make it past two albums and tours, if that. We pulled it off, and everybody's been happy and cool, but we got to the point where we knew it was time to take a break. Dimebag Darrell
Time Happy Past Everybody Point Take Knew Tours Most Make Got Been Off Bands Where Break Cool Albums Two Pulled
I've come to find out everybody loves ol' David Allan Coe, even people like Kid Rock. Dimebag Darrell
People Everybody Kid Out Find David Come Like Rock Loves Even
Towards the end with Pantera - although I was never unhappy with the music we were making - it became one-dimensional, and we wanted to open things back up. Dimebag Darrell
Music Unhappy Back Back Up One-Dimensional Never Open Towards Although Became Making Were End Up Wanted Things
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