Happy New Year (of the Snake)!
It’s been a tradition here at Guitar Noise to celebrate New Year pretty much whenever possible! And today marks the end of the Year of the Dragon and the start of the Year of the Snake. If you are turning 12, 24, 36, 48, 60, 72 or 84 between now and next January 30 – it’s your year!
And if you’re a guitarist or a songwriter, you can get a lot of inspiration from your fellow snakes, which include the likes of:
- Bob Dylan
- Paul Simon (and Art Garfunkel)
- Both Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee of Rush
- Slash
- Rob Zombie
- John Mayer
- Jason Mraz
- Coldplay’s Chris Martin
Even if it’s not your year, you probably have a friend or know someone who should be celebrating the start of this New Year, so go give that person a call and maybe make a point to get together and play some music sometime soon.
DW
February 27th, 2014 @ 11:37 am
Inspiration can come from anything. If it’s an excuse to celebrate the New Year and write a song about a snake, I say let it fly! Great image of a snake / guitar BTW!
Nicholas Watson
December 5th, 2013 @ 9:50 pm
You should post more! Also, I turned 24 and I feel like I suck more than ever. I am in the Air Force so do not get enough time to play like I want :(
Greetings from North Dakota by the way!
greg anderson
June 13th, 2013 @ 9:33 am
al stewart’s year of the cat is one of my all time favorite albums. although usually thought of as piano-based the record is chock full of brilliant guitar solos and accompaniments. a great example to use for arranging piano music for solo guitar.
Guitar Lessons Chester
May 20th, 2013 @ 10:19 am
I turn 36 this year, never realised I was a snake…. Cool! ;)
Tony
February 18th, 2013 @ 10:48 am
How about a lesson on “the Year of the Cat”?
David Hodge
February 18th, 2013 @ 11:20 am
Hi Tony
That would definitely be fun. We’ll have to see if we can purchase the rights to use it.
Thanks for the suggestion.
Peace