Max Cavalera (Soulfly) guitar lesson (pt.1 of 2)

Max Cavalera of Soulfly, Nailbomb and legendary Sepultura speaks about composing, playing heavy riffs and staying simple, with your influences intact but not dominant. He also explains the incident from the old Sepultura days that made him get rid of the two high strings ever since. 1st part of a two part interview. Not really a technique to die for but more of a lesson in simplicity in music ideas (meaning being heavy and addictive without sounding like Dream Theater). The 2nd part of the interview is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74ISJqCppgc (yes, I know the quality is bad but it's the best there was - no comments on that please). And please keep your comments meaningful. "Max is God" etc. are obviously not. And to all those people who say that he can't really play the guitar... just see (no, I mean SEE, not just hear) what he used to play until Chaos AD. He is a brilliant rhythm guitarist, it's just that by his own choice he now plays the absolute basics (which, of course, provokes all the relevant comments).

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