I started a new song tonight, because I’m an idiot. It was really just an exercise. I can’t finger pick to save my life, so I quadruple tracked a little eight bar thing with a different finger picking pattern on each track. I then worked it into a song. 3:15 of song later I had four tracks of rhythm guitar, one track of lead guitar, drums, an upright bass, and a cello. That’s right, kids, a cello.
It wasn’t until it was all done and I listened back and realized the four different finger pick patterns and the chord changes combined to form…
A Led Zeppelin song.
Oh for crying out loud!