Ryan McKay: Guitar Solos

"Another guitar teacher friend of mine said, "You know, the hardest thing to do when you're playing a guitar solo is to stop." It's very true because I don't know where it comes from, but you seem to have this innate desire to continue and fill up the sonic space. You want to fill everything up, and that's not how you should do it. You should let it breathe. It's so hard to do. You really have to show some restraint and be economical about how you present it. It's more effective to do it that way." - Ryan McKay of clients Louis Prima Jr and the Witnesses