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The Essential Studio Guitarist

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I love how Standring breaks all this down. Most of the major ideas are obvious, but the author shows you how to apply these in real life. The detail is the key.

I like the stylistic examples used and the charts at the end. This really gives a novice like myself and idea of what to look for in the studio (I personally haven't done much outside of the bands I play for regularly) The advice from the pros was fascinating. I could've read another 20 or so interviews like that.

The focus on capturing the style, not wasting anyone's time or money, and playing with good rhythm are all pretty obvious, but they're presenting in very important ways. The business aspects and consideration of competition and modern recording techniques are equally important.

The only thing I could ask to improve this would be an inclusion of a transcription of each of the interviewee's favorite riff/punch/solo/overdub etc. and the context. Maybe Lukather could say "Well, on that solo for the Tubes' "Talk To You Later" I had to..." But I suppose that would be a publishing nightmare so I shouldn't complain.