Hey folks! Long time no blog. As many of you know, this month saw me cramming for NAMM, as well as jumping straight onto a tour (leg 2 of Anthrax/Testament/Death Angel in the US). As I write this, I’m enjoying a rare day off in [...]
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Classics Of Winter
December 25, 2011 – 6:24 pm
Boxing followed by hockey? Skolnick, what’s gotten into you? Aren’t you the guy who wrote ‘It’s A Sports World (I Just Live In It)’ Part I, II and III?
Don’t worry, I haven’t gone ’sports-crazy.’ All will make sense in a moment…
This is [...]
The Plumber
October 25, 2011 – 6:52 pm
There’s a great book called ‘The War Of Art’ (inspired by the ancient text by Sun Tzu ‘The Art Of War’), which focuses on the challenges of being creative. I first read it a couple years ago and glance at it regularly for inspiration. There are many examples within, including one description of a [...]
Goodbye Steve Jobs
October 5, 2011 – 9:19 pm
With the passing of Steve Jobs, we’ve lost one of the great ones.
Like many, I’ve spent thousands of dollars on Apple products and admit occasionally grumbling about the prices, the upgrades, the compatibility of Apple Products etc… But stop [...]
Skolnick & Broderick’s Winter Guitar Retreat
September 26, 2011 – 2:35 pm
I’m excited to announce a new endeavor- the Skolnick & Broderick Winter Guitar Retreat. It’s a bit like a Summer camp in the winter (which is more conducive to serious music practice). No it’s not ‘cheap,’ but for the price, you get high level lodging, food and other [...]
Covers That Kill
September 20, 2011 – 9:22 am
The title of this post can be taken two ways. One is musician slang, as in the exclamation of a great performance- a phrase heard in the metal world (‘That was killer, dude’) and the jazz community (‘Man, you cats were killin’). The other is a literal killing- not of a living being, but of [...]
Ten Years Gone
September 11, 2011 – 6:44 am
As I trudged up the streets of Manhattan away from the two spheres of smoke, black serpents in the sky, I saw scores of fellow New Yorkers filing out of buildings like one of those school fire drills from my youth. But this was no drill, this was real. We were all grown up now. [...]