The MOST IMPORTANT Thing I LEARNED From Jimmy Page

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  @Cincinnatus1869 · 4 years ago

  I've heard Page play badly when he'd obviously been awake for 4 days straight on smack, cocaine and Jack Daniels but I have also heard him play the most moving, brilliant and emotionally charged guitar solos and riffs I've ever heard. Nobody could capture the mood of a song with a solo like him . To me he's one of the few true geniuses in rock. His versatility is also something that sets him apart. He could create songs in several different styles.

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• CH

  @ChuckHaney · 4 years ago

  Imagine a guy playing an electric guitar while riding on a surfboard. That's Jimmy Page. It's not sloppy. It's going with the sometimes unexpected flow.

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• F.

  @f.p.6176 · 4 years ago

  Jimmy Page got me playing guitar. Sloppy or not, he always touches me, he's written dozens of riffs that everybody knows.There are guitarists with 'better' technique(EVH), others 'perhaps' are better at the blues (Clapton), but if I could magically get the abilities of any guitarist I'd choose Jimmy Page.

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• NA

  @navasaband · 4 years ago (edited)

  You know what’s REALLY amazing about “Since”?… it’s that JPJ is playing organ but also bass pedals WITH HIS FEET, at the SAME TIME. F*cking LEGEND!!!!

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• GE

  @Geotubest · 4 years ago

  Jimmy Page is from another galaxy.  No one I've ever heard approaches the guitar like he does.

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• MO

  @ModernGolfer · 4 years ago (edited)

  My 2 cents: The &apos;secret&apos; to true virtuosity is to know your instrument well enough that you can play it with &apos;reckless abandon&apos;. That&apos;s the point where <b>your</b> &apos;voice&apos; and <b>your</b> &apos;personality&apos; come through the instrument. Music isn&apos;t about &apos;musicianship&apos;, it&apos;s about communication. Does the listener &apos;hear&apos; what you&apos;re &apos;saying&apos; through your instrument?

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• BL

  @blampied · 4 years ago

  It&apos;s really simple, but somehow it&apos;s taken me years to figure it out. There is an emotional honesty about Page&apos;s playing that I connect with. I&apos;ve watched more than my share of shredders play thousands of great licks...perfectly. Great, you&apos;ve been practicing, but it doesn&apos;t tell me what you feel.<br> <br>So many great players overlook what might be the most important thing about music; telling a story. Jimmy Page communicates emotion with his instrument, which is a powerful thing.

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• DR

  @DrewNZ · 4 years ago

  “Oh, my tears they fell like rain”<br>I worked in a video store when I was 17 and every night when cleaning up before close I would crank this song on the store sound system with no one around. My favourite Zep song ever. I don’t say that lightly there are so many bad ass songs. Since I’ve been loving you and comfortably numb made me pick up a guitar!<br>Music is life.

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• WY

  @Wynndell1 · 4 years ago

  Jimmy had studied a lot of styles of music, from classical to East Indian. He could also play different instruments, so when he performed some of his solos, he would incorporate different structures and tunings that most rock players didn&apos;t even have a clue about. A real genius.

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• TH

  @TheMountainLynx · 4 years ago

  One of the things I&apos;ve always admired most about Page was his ability to make imperfection sound impeccable.

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• SA

  @sassulusmagnus · 4 years ago

  Love how Page at times makes it sound like he&apos;s about to go off the rails entirely. The solo in Communication Breakdown comes to mind. So much more exciting than clinical precision. I wonder why we find it more compelling with a touch of chaos. It&apos;s fascinating how sensitive humans are to little touches of disorder, like when Bonham and Jones play behind the beat ever so slightly.

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• BI

  @Bingopete71 · 4 years ago

  I&apos;ve always considered Jimmy&apos;s solos as Sloppy Genius. Most of the old-school blues guys weren&apos;t known for their perfect playing. They were known for the emotion they showed in their playing. It&apos;s showing humanity. We&apos;re imperfect beings. That&apos;s why the music is so easy to relate to still after over 40 years.

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