Although I'm a lead guitarist, I'd say that a good 95 percent of my time onstage is spent playing rhythm.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I really consider myself more of a rhythm guitarist than a soloist.
I noticed a lot of guitar players neglected the rhythm part of rhythm guitar and decided I would try to focus in that. As my skill and knowledge of the instrument grew, I found lead started to come naturally. Sometimes I play guitar like a frustrated drummer. Ha ha!
Lots of times I'll play lead and rhythm together.
I didn't think of myself as a lead player, especially when we did live shows, because me and Keith used to switch around all the time. He'd take a lead, I'd play rhythm. Sometimes even within one song. It wasn't strict and regimented.
I wouldn't mind being the lead guitarist in an incredibly successful rock band. However, I don't play the guitar.
To get my sound in the studio, I double guitar tracks, and when it gets to the lead parts, the rhythm drops out, just like it's live. I'm very conscious of that.
I'm definitely a guitar player, but it's the last thing I listen to in a song, after the singer and the drums.
I like to listen to my iPod and also play music. I've been doing percussion since I was eight or nine. Rhythm is crucial in long jump but also in life.
I have exactly as much rhythm as you think I have.
I've never been much of a guitarist. I mean, I've played forever, but I was always more of a rhythm kind of guy. I don't read music.