An honorable memorial Dan. Your solid sound never gets 'muddy' and at some moment even lyric. You showed all the memorable guitar technics in one piece!

@user-678450562: aw, man! Too kind and honored by your words!

Excellent tribute, Dan..this rocks badly!👌😍👏👏😷👋

Exceptional cover of an awesome song from the 1984 album, Dan.

Hell Yea Dan! great work and your version \m/

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In memory of one of the very greatest guitarists and songwriters... Eddie Van Halen...

After I posted my cover Eruption, I am making a few covers of Eddie's music. This is my attempt at one of his signature tracks, that people have been requesting me to do: Girl Gone Bad off the 1984 album.
It is a beast of a track, showing how Eddie around that time was on the top of his game. There's a studio demo floating around on the internet where Eddie and Alex Van Halen are playing it without the singing, and it stands perfectly on it's own. I always thought of it as an instrumental with just a bit of singing here and there to embellish. It has all that makes Eddie great, the soloing, the riffs, boogie rhythm, dynamics, runs, intensity.

Again I really sat down with all the instrumentation, all the parts, not using any tabs, all by ear, so I might’ve missed a few things here, nor do I claim to come close to Van Halen’s original. This is to celebrate Eddie, his life and legacy, so much I owe to Eddie. He is the one that made my early years so much fun and he’s the reason I play guitar... Rest In Peace Eddie... here’s to you!

P.S. I made the cover art myself, making a 3D model of the VH logo with Eddie's signature stripes, rendering it and editing in photoshop. Fun to do. ;)

-Dan

1984

Girl Gone Bad

Girl Gone Bad | Van Halen ... Remembering Eddie (Cover)

New Album out now! https://danielvandenberg.bandcamp.com/album/short-tales-for-three-guitars

This site is for my musical avatar or alter ego. Architect/partner/company owner by day, I find myself playing guitar and writing these tracks in afterhours, at nights, evenings, when in need of a dose of guitar sounds. You will find a wide range of guitar oriented music, ranging from Jazz to Blues, Flamenco to Classical, Rock to Fusion. And many collaborations with some great musicians.

I have been playing guitar since I was 11 years old, largely self-taught and have tried different styles and instruments: Renaissance lute, flamenco guitar, classical guitar, steel string guitar and electric guitar with which I have been playing in styles ranging from rock and metal in my early years to classical music, some American Folk music, jazz rock, prog rock, flamenco nuevo and fusion.

It’s been a splendid time here so far, in collaborating with a lot of brilliant musicians on SoundCloud and sharing ideas and the passion for music. 
My collaborations are with musicians that I have a deep respect for and have a mutual appreciation for real instruments, and musical styles that focus on letting the instruments “shine”. 

Here is some technical data:
Currently I am using Amplitube and Auria on an iPad as DAW with Final Touch for mastering. For acoustic recording I use an Apogee microphone.

Guitars are:
Fender AMERICAN ELITE STRATOCASTER® HSS SHAWBUCKER, 2016
Fender Stratocaster Squire (first edition: JV-series)
Ibanez JS100, Joe Satriani model
Evh Frankie Striped MN Relic R/W/B

EVH 5150 Series Standard Stealth Black EB guitar
Fender American Professional II Stratocaster HSS Olympic White RW
Charvel Pro-Mod DK24 HSH 2PT CM Mahogany Natural
Paulino Bernabe, Taller de Guitarras, Model-50, 2001, classical concert guitar
Marín, Modelo Estudio /9 Calidad, 1997, Malaga, Spain, flamenco guitar
Joan Cashimira, modelo 145, spruce top w/ cocobolo sides and back, Gata de Gorgos (Alicante), 2015

I hope you will enjoy my music.

Daniël van den Berg
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