BRIAN’S LEAD STYLE BROKEN DOWN

Brian’s a nimble-fingered and technical player with a razor-sharp understanding of harmony, but his melodic, singable approach to both riffs and solos means any player can learn from his style. Here we’re looking at his lead playing

– a diverse mix of influences from blues, metal, classical and even trad-jazz styles. Our licks cover a bunch of different techniques. The first reveals Brian’s metal side, with single-string tapping similar to that used in One Vision. Brian is also well known for his scalic picking approach, as heard in tracks such as A Kind Of Magic, and for his soulful, melodic sense, as in Bijou and Who Wants To Live Forever, all delivered with emotive vibrato and string bends. We’re even taking a look at Brian’s use of delay and his trad-jazz and Dixieland-inspired arrangements.