Art's Bar and Grill
Backwards Echo Demo Backwards Echo Demo
Me demonstrating Jimmy Page's backwards echo technique.
Art Howard Demo Montage 2005 Art Howard Demo Montage 2005
This is a commercial demo I put together back in 2005. Even the cheesy music beds behind the voiceovers were created by me. After you get past the self-aggrandizing opening it's pretty good.
I'm the One I'm the One
I'm the One, Van Halen, Charlotte 2007, first show of reunion tour
Ice Cream Man Solo HALF SPEED Ice Cream Man Solo HALF SPEED
Here is Eddie Van Halen's "Ice Cream Man" solo at half-speed, accompanied by moi.
Rhoads Paranoid Solo (Pretty much) Rhoads Paranoid Solo (Pretty much)
Me attempting to play Randy Rhoads' "Paranoid" solo from the Chelmsford bootleg. The version I slapped together in five minutes, anyhow.
Volume Down Treble - Les Paul, then SG Volume Down Treble - Les Paul, then SG
Ice Cream Solo CLEAN Ice Cream Solo CLEAN
My attempt at the "Ice Cream Man" solo bit with no distortion, no delay, no phaser and no reverb. Completely naked and without any crutches. The Master on the right, me, the pupil, on the left.
My Ice Cream Man solo My Ice Cream Man solo
A impromptu take of the "Ice Cream Man" solo.
OnFireSolo OnFireSolo
"Hear About" Flange "Hear About" Flange
Unchained Flange Unchained Flange
DOD FX-20C Stereo Phaser DOD FX-20C Stereo Phaser
This is a DOD FX-20C Stereo Phaser I picked up used at Dirt Cheep Music for $30, tax and all! The medley is: 'Ten Years Gone' -> 'Help on the Way' -> 'Atomic Punk' -> 'On Fire' -> 'Ice Cream Man' -> 'The Rover' -> 'Sick Again.'
MXR/Dunlop Phase 90 Script Reissue MXR/Dunlop Phase 90 Script Reissue
This is the legendary sound of the MXR Phase 90 Script Reissue, as used by Edward Van Halen, David Gilmore and Jimmy Page, to name a few.
Boss PH-2 Super Phaser Boss PH-2 Super Phaser
This is the legendary sound of the Boss PH-2 Super Phaser, as used by Robert Smith of The Cure and...Nickelback.