Van Halen'izing Cover Songs Lesson Series - Parts 9-26

The cover songs in the lessons below were re-written as VH MIGHT have IF they were to do
 a cover of the given song.  These guitar lessons are packed with VH techniques and tips,
 but more  importantly you'll gain a deep, usable understanding of how VH plays guitar.

 Take note that the first 8 parts were recorded using older equipment and were done
 many years ago.  Due to formatting issue parts 1-8 have been excluded.

 If nothing else, all of these VH'ized cover song guitar lessons are great examples of how YOU can embellish on,
 and re-write some of your favorite songs.  My hope with these lessons was always that they would spawn
 innovation.  Nothing irritates me more than people just mindlessly running through cover-songs note for note the
 same way over and over again.

 Sure, learn your favorite songs, and learn them correctly.  But after that, mess around with them.  If you're a
 Van Halen fan, take a lesson from VH's play-book, as I've tried to demonstrate here.  All of the cover songs
 VH put on their album releases were turned into something all their own.  Riffs were re-worked, and parts
 were either omitted or added, and solos were created.  Tweaking your favorite cover songs like this is the
 best learning tool you'll ever have for not only writing your own music, but being a well rounded guitarist.
 It's not a skill anyone can teach you at school, or in lessons at the mall or online.  It's just you sitting down,
 and tweaking and messing with your favorite songs.

 I hope my examples below of doing just that inspire you to twist up and re-work some of your favorite covers.
 -- Jeff Fiorentino