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Dave Weiner ( full name David Jason Weiner , born on September 24 , 1976 ) is an American ___MASK12___ , most widely known for being one of Steve Vai ' s touring guitarists . He also posts instructional videos , called the `` Riff of the Week '' , every Wednesday on YouTube , iTunes and his own website . He also gives online lessons . The guitar is a musical instrument classified as a string instrument with anywhere from four to 18 strings , usually having six . The sound is projected either acoustically , using a hollow wooden or plastic and wood box ( for an acoustic guitar ), or through electrical amplifier and a ___MASK5___ ( for an electric guitar ). It is typically played by strumming or plucking the strings with the fingers , thumb and / or fingernails of the right hand or with a pick while fretting ( or pressing against the frets ) the strings with the fingers of the left hand . The guitar is a type of chordophone , traditionally constructed from wood and strung with either gut , nylon or steel strings and distinguished from other chordophones by its construction and tuning . The modern guitar was preceded by the gittern , the vihuela , the four - course Renaissance guitar , and the five - course baroque guitar , all of which contributed to the development of the modern six - string instrument . A Grammy Award ( originally called Gramophone Award ), or Grammy , is an honor awarded by The Recording Academy to recognize outstanding achievement in the mainly English - language music industry . The annual presentation ceremony features performances by prominent artists , and the presentation of those awards that have a more popular interest . It shares recognition of the music industry as that of the other performance awards such as the Emmy Awards ( ___MASK99___ ), the Tony Awards ( stage performance ), and the Academy Awards ( motion pictures ). John Michael " Ozzy " Osbourne ( born 3 December 1948 ) is an English ___MASK7___ , songwriter , and actor . He rose to prominence in the early 1970s as the ___MASK69___ of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath . He was fired from Black Sabbath in 1979 and went on to have a successful solo career , releasing 11 studio albums , the first seven of which were all awarded multi - platinum certifications in the US . Osbourne has since reunited with Black Sabbath on several occasions , recording the album " 13 " in 2013 . His longevity and success have earned him the informal title of " Godfather of Heavy Metal ". Frank Vincent Zappa ( December 21 , 1940  December 4 , 1993 ) was an American ___MASK78___ , composer , songwriter , producer , guitarist , actor , and filmmaker whose work is characterized by nonconformity , free - form improvisation , sound experiments , musical virtuosity , and satire of American culture . In a career spanning more than 30 years , Zappa composed rock , pop , jazz , jazz fusion , orchestral and " musique concrète " works , and produced almost all of the 60 - plus albums that he released with his band the Mothers of Invention and as a solo artist . Zappa also directed feature - length films and music videos , and designed album covers . He is considered one of the most innovative and stylistically diverse rock musicians of his generation . Alcatrazz was an American heavy metal ___MASK97___ formed in 1983 by Graham Bonnet , Jimmy Waldo and Gary Shea . They are best known for their songs " Island In The Sun " and " God Blessed Video ". Steven Siro " Steve " Vai ( born June 6 , 1960 ) is an American ___MASK12___ , ___MASK98___ , ___MASK7___ , songwriter , and ___MASK15___ . He was voted the 10th " Greatest Guitarist " by " Guitar World " magazine , and has sold over 15 million records . A three - time Grammy Award winner and fifteen - time nominee , Vai started his music career in 1978 at the age of 18 as a transcriptionist for Frank Zappa , and joined his band from 1980 to 1983 . He embarked on a solo career in 1983 and has released eight solo albums to date . He has recorded and toured with Alcatrazz , David Lee Roth , Whitesnake , as well as having recorded with artists such as Mary J . Blige , Spinal Tap , and Ozzy Osbourne . Additionally , Vai has toured with live - only acts G3 , Zappa Plays Zappa , the Experience Hendrix tour , as well as headlining international tours . Mary Jane Blige ( born January 11 , 1971 ) is an American ___MASK7___ , songwriter , ___MASK100___ , record producer and ___MASK61___ . Starting her career as a background ___MASK7___ on Uptown Records in 1989 , Blige released her first album , " What ' s the 411 ?", in 1992 , and has released 12 studio albums since and made over 150 guest appearances on other albums and soundtracks . David Lee Roth ( born October 10 , 1954 ) is an American rock ___MASK47___ , ___MASK78___ , songwriter , actor , author , and former radio personality . In 2007 , he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame . Roth is best known as the original ( 1974  1985 ) and current ( 2006  present ) lead singer of hard rock band Van Halen . He is also known as a successful solo artist , releasing numerous RIAA - certified Gold and Platinum albums . After more than two decades apart , Roth re - joined Van Halen in 2006 for a North American tour that became the highest grossing in the band ' s history and one of the highest grossing of that year . In 2012 , Roth and Van Halen released the comeback album " A Different Kind of Truth ". Whitesnake are a rock ___MASK97___ formed in England in 1978 by David Coverdale , after his departure from his previous ___MASK97___ Deep Purple . Their early material has been compared by critics to the blues rock of Deep Purple , but they slowly began moving toward a more commercially accessible rock style . By the turn of the decade , the ___MASK97___ ' s commercial fortunes changed and they released a string of UK top 10 albums , " Ready an ' Willing " ( 1980 ), " Come an ' Get It " ( 1981 ), " Saints & Sinners " ( 1982 ) and " Slide It In " ( 1984 ), the last of which was their first to chart in the US and is certified 2x platinum . Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice , and augments regular speech by the use of sustained tonality , rhythm , and a variety of vocal techniques . A person who sings is called a ___MASK7___ or vocalist . Singers perform music ( arias , recitatives , songs , etc .) that can be sung with or without accompaniment by musical instruments . Singing is often done in an ensemble of musicians , such as a choir of singers or a ___MASK97___ of instrumentalists . Singers may perform as soloists , or accompanied by anything from a single instrument ( as in art song or some jazz styles ) up to a symphony orchestra or big ___MASK97___ . Different singing styles include art music such as ___MASK89___ and Chinese ___MASK89___ , religious music styles such as gospel , traditional music styles , world music , jazz , blues and popular music styles such as pop and rock . A ___MASK12___ ( or a guitar player ) is a person who plays the guitar . Guitarists may play a variety of guitar family instruments such as classical guitars , acoustic guitars , electric guitars , and bass guitars . Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar by singing or playing the harmonica . Dweezil Zappa Plays Frank Zappa ( formerly known as Zappa Plays Zappa ) is an American tribute act led by Dweezil Zappa , the eldest son of late American ___MASK98___ and ___MASK78___ Frank Zappa , devoted to performing the music of Frank Zappa . An electric guitar is a fretted string instrument that uses a pickup to convert the vibration of its strings  which are typically made of steel , and which occurs when a ___MASK12___ strums , plucks or fingerpicks the strings  into electrical signals . The vibrations of the strings are sensed by a pickup , of which the most common type is the magnetic pickup , which uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction . The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker , so it is plugged into a guitar amplifier before being sent to a loudspeaker , which makes a sound loud enough to hear . The output of an electric guitar is an electric signal , and the signal can easily be altered by electronic circuits to add " color " to the sound or change the sound . Often the signal is modified using effects such as reverb and distortion and " overdrive ", with the latter being a key element of the sound of the electric guitar as it is used in blues and rock music . The classical guitar ( also known as concert guitar , classical acoustic , nylon - string guitar , or Spanish guitar ) is the ___MASK84___ of the guitar family used in classical music . It is an acoustical wooden guitar with strings made of nylon , rather than the metal strings used in acoustic and electric guitars . The traditional classical guitar has twelve frets clear of the body and is held on the left leg , so that the hand that plucks or strums the strings does so near the back of the soundhole ( this is called the classical position ). The modern steel string guitar , on the other hand , usually has fourteen frets clear of the body ( see Dreadnought ) and is commonly played off the hip .