Iconic guitarist Slash (Guns N' Roses, Velvet Revolver) recently spoke to BitTorrent about his opinion of digital music; an excerpt follows.

Are you optimistic about the current state of digital music?

"Constantly shifting is a good way to describe digital music right now. It hasn’t really settled. When you think of digital music, there’s so many places to get it, and it’s in such a constant state of being tweaked. I’m still waiting for developments on sound quality, but it’s obviously the primary way people listen to music now. I can’t say I’m necessarily comfortable with it, because it’s in this constant state of chaos. There’s so much happening all the time and it’s hard to say what’s next."

What do you think you can attribute the current vinyl resurgence we’re seeing, which seems to be reversion to a more expensive, tangible product compared to the convenience and lower quality of digital music?

"During the '90s, when the digital music thing really took off. it was like “Wow!  Look at this” and people didn’t pay that much attention to the shortcomings of digital because it was so exciting. And technology is great, and it’s fun moving into the future and seeing all of these new developments. But I think what’s happening now is we’ve gotten to a point where a lot of kids have gotten turned onto records and artists they’ve never heard before, that were put out before they were born. And the vehicle to listen to those records is this big piece of plastic and it’s “What the fuck is this?” (laughs). It’s an interesting discovery period for everybody.

I think there’s something to be said for the sound quality on vinyl. I still record to tape because I think it sounds so much better. I’m waiting to see when digital is going to be able to develop a similar tonal quality as vinyl. I think everybody co-exists now, people are buying vinyl because it’s cool, or because it sounds better, or because it's hip to have a vinyl collection right now because of digital.  And any of those options is cool! For me, the most important reason is sound quality."

On September 25th, 2014, shortly after the release of their World On Fire album, Slash featuring Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators took the stage at the legendary Roxy Theatre on Sunset Strip in West Hollywood.

The atmospheric venue, steeped in rock history, gave fans a brilliant opportunity to experience the band up close as they delivered a set packed with more recent solo tracks, including several from the new album, and classics from Slash's earlier career with Guns N' Roses and Velvet Revolver. The intimate setting inspired the band to deliver a scintillating, dynamic performance, released on June 16th on 2CD, DVD and Blu-Ray, and on June 30th on 3LP set.