In this commercial, we can hear an accomplished 23 years old guitar player showing his alternate picking technique: clean, accurate and fast. This event allowed him to get into a Pepsi commercial (see video below) thanks to a Los Angeles agency that saw Vinnie’s picture and submission to Guitar Player and even when it showed his hands only, it made his sound reach a national audience, getting recognition as a new emerging talent from Delaware! It turns out that Varney was also owner and producer of Shrapnel Records, and Vinnie’s talent didn’t go unnoticed to him. He decided to pursue an opportunity and sent some of his recorded music, in the form of a seven-song demo tape, to Guitar Player Magazine, and it caught the attention of Mike Varney and his Spotlight column in the said magazine. From there on, he started to work on his ideas buying a 4-track tape recorder and experimented with many fragments, which later evolved into songs, showing his proficiency on the six strings.īy 1985 Vinnie Moore already was a prolific composer. His first guitar was a Teisco and made him, in the Vin Man’s words, a “guitar freak,” always improving and crafting his unique voice through his youth.Īfter taking guitar lessons with a private instructor when he was 13, he started to put his skills to work by joining his first band, doing jam sessions and covers of their favorite songs in a typical setup of drums, bass, vocals, and two guitars. Records by the Beatles like their eponymous double album from 1968 (from which he has covered While My Guitar Gently Weeps many times), Jeff Beck’s ‘ Wired‘, Led Zeppelin’s ‘ IV Zoso’, Deep Purple’s ‘ Machine Head‘ and ‘ Burn‘, Queen’s ‘ A Night At The Opera‘, Van Halen’s self-titled album and many other bands all of them were among his early influences. He was only 12 when he got his first guitar a teenage boy who looked up to the great guitar legends of that moment. Eight solo albums, five collaborations, six UFO albums, two Hot Licks’ guitar video clinics, one virtuoso… Of course, we are referring to Vinnie Moore, the “Vin Man” as we the fans know him! He has accomplished quite a lot during his 30+ years of performance, but one wonders: who’s the man behind the strings? Well, to give you a proper answer in a few words is not fair to his career, so let’s take a look at those 30+ years of speed, accuracy, articulation and advanced lead guitar techniques!
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