WFMU posted mad genius Captain Beefheart’s 10 Commandments of Guitar Playing. As you might expect, it contains nothing about notes, scales, rhythm or solos. It does, however, include bits of advice like this:

3. Practice in front of a bush
Wait until the moon is out, then go outside, eat a multi-grained bread and play your guitar to a bush. If the bush dosen’t shake, eat another piece of bread.

Read the full list at WFMU

And if you find yourself wondering why you should care about a batty list of guitar rules handed down from a weird dude, watch this video and then go buy Safe as Milk. He’s the reason we have Man Man and why Tom Waits sounds the way he does on every album since Rain Dogs.

Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band: “Electricity” (live)