Aaron you are screwing up my last.fm profile

So the big A just asked me to play a gig with his band. The same that did a magnificent rendering of Tenacious D’s Tribute? It’s been too long since I got to rock out (on real instruments, thank you Guitar Hero) and I’m totally pumped.

Got 3 days to learn some power metal and classic rock songs:
Dream Theater – Scene Two: Part I. Overture 1928
Black Sabbath – Heaven and Hell
Mr. Big – To Be With You
Sonata Arctica – The Wind Beneath My Wings

I’ve always felt my relationship with metal to be something of an uncomfortable truce. I love the batshit crazy riffs — the strings on the Sonata Arctica cover are surprisingly catchy — but the whole sound tends to be formulaic and overdone.

Overture is going to be wizard though.

edit: the set was changed and cut down considerably — in the end we only played Overture 1928, Porcupine Tree’s Blackest Eyes (had a lot of fun with the ambient synth pads for my solo), and (don’t ask me why) Nickelback’s Hero.