How can someone become a great musician like James Hetfield?

What I found in researching my book No Brown M&Ms! is that it's quite simple, but not easy — many thousands of hours of practice. This seems to be the defining factor more than any others (like innate talent or skill). Alex Van Halen once said, wh... read more

I love how humble James Hetfield is. There is no ego in this guy at all. While talking about Metallica’s appearance on Jimmy Fallon playing kids instruments that went viral, James admitted that Metallica aren’t really that great musicians. read more

2. James Hetfield. As a guitarist, they don’t get more formidable than James Hetfield. Most people regard him as the throaty, ropey-armed singer and songwriter of Metallica. This isn’t untrue of course, but we feel a lot of non-musicians or ‘casual fans’ may often overlook just how beastly of a rhythm player he is. read more