Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Sure, everybody loves a guitar show-off, melting picks and blistering fingers as they ...

Here's what's interesting about Rock Band 4's guitar solo mode as a game design conundrum. On the one hand, this game is designed to make everyone feel like they are a competent musician, a rock star, ...

I started out primarily as a bluegrass mandolin player, an endeavor for which Olympian levels of flatpicking are often required to perform the melodies and solos you will hear from great mandolin ...

Coming soon from Total Guitar is The Solos Issue – in which you’ll find lessons and tips on soloing for every player, plus a celebration of the greatest solos of the 21st century. So now we need your ...

Coldplay may not be known for shredding, but Steve Morse has been challenged to change that perception by punching in a guitar solo on their 2005 hit, Fix You.

Gilmour believes his audiences would prefer a “real and happening” solo instead of a carbon copy night-in, night-out ...

It’s an extremely tough list to make, and we’re sure there’s gonna be plenty of debate, but we’ve put together our picks for the 15 greatest guitar solos from rock and metal musicians throughout the ...

It's E3 2015, and it's time to see Rock Band 4. I'm excited, if only to get my hands on some plastic instruments again. It's been too long. There was a time, not terribly long ago, where Guitar Hero ...

AI chatbot sidekick ChatGPT has done it again. Thirteen-year-old guitarist Ava Toton asked the tool to “write a guitar solo” — and the results, as demonstrated in a short clip, didn’t disappoint. The ...

Jeff Peterson grew up on the slopes of Haleakalā volcano on Maui. His music is featured on two Grammy-award winning albums and was featured in a major motion picture. He composed a concerto, a piece ...