Nikki Sixx mentioned in his podcast with Steve Vai in October that he started taking guitar, bass, and vocal lessons.
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He wrote some of the greatest, most iconic riffs and lyrics in his era of metal and now he's having lessons. It's inspirational and humbling.
Posted Dec 22, 2017, 1:11 AM UTC
He finally realized he actually needs to be good at what he does for a living.
I read that flea takes bass lessons.
I would sell my soul to have fingers as long as Steve Vai instead of my little Donald Trump stubbys.
I went to a Steve vai clinic a couple of years ago and was surprised when he confessed that he had great difficulty learning to play the guitar. Lovely man.
Vai gets a lot of hate on Reddit for some reason, but he’s one of the good guys. Of all the egotistical and elitist wankery shred types, he’s always stayed true to himself and doesn’t really participate in the measuring contests. He goes as far to admit that his “guitar god” persona is exactly that — a cloak he puts on for the show, rather than consuming him entirely. It never fails to make me laugh when someone says his playing has no feel.
Check out Creamsicle Sunset and let me know about feel.
In Nikki’s case, I have a lot of respect for him as a musician regardless of perceived talent level. He is responsible for some of the biggest anthems of modern rock music with his songwriting skills, and had a great thing brewing with Brides of Destruction before getting Crue back together. I owe a lot of my early dreams of being a guitarist to him and Mick Mars.
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Did you know that when Nikki Sixx joined his first band, he didn't even know what a bass was?
He walked into a guitar shop with an empty guitar case, asked for an application, grabbed a guitar off the shelf, put it in his guitar case, and walked out. He got back to the band, and pulled it out, and it wasn't a bass, it was a Les Paul xD
That's the beauty about music, you never stop learning.
And that's what's beautiful about Sixx. He never stops evolving into a better person.
He’s currently the host of “My Favorite Riff” and a great friend of John 5. He definitely can learn a lot from them. And Zakk Wylde is another guy that I admire and I love how he constantly post clips of his guitar exercises on his IG page.
Maybe now he can finally progress to Nikki Sevven.