This guitar player is REALLY good !!

[Bryant]

Well..... while we have all heard the stairway to heaven solo over and over, this guy might one up the original. I don't know who this guy is or anything, but his articulation is stellar. This guy puts more into five notes than most guitarists do in fifty. I am a very proud man and can say that I am jealous of but a very small handful of professional guitarists. Now I can add an amateur to that list.


Bryant

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[Bryant]

It took me four fucking tries to embed this video !! :nono: Add to it the fact I can't find a birdie smiley to send my regards to admin >:P~ Dag-nabbit !!


Bryant

[metaladdiction4life]

He does a great job on this.
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[RedCriss]

Yeah, really well played solo! Makes me want to listen to some good stuff on guitar...

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[Bryant]

Yeah, really well played solo! Makes me want to listen to some good stuff on guitar...

:rockon:

Ever listened to any George Benson ? He is a jazz player. I can honestly say that other than some Sade and some Alicia Keys...... I simply don't "get" jazz. It is not for me. However, George Benson (despite being an older man) is an incredible guitar player. This guy does it with no distortion too.

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I also like another old guy named Buck Dharma (Blue Oyster Cult)


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Bryanr

[Nosferatwo]

I never cared about individual instrumentalists. There are loads of great players everywhere, in the technical sense, but if they aren't writing great songs, they'd might as well not exist.

[RedCriss]

Ever listened to any George Benson ? He is a jazz player. I can honestly say that other than some Sade and some Alicia Keys...... I simply don't "get" jazz. It is not for me. However, George Benson (despite being an older man) is an incredible guitar player. This guy does it with no distortion too.


I also like another old guy named Buck Dharma (Blue Oyster Cult)

Bryanr

I liked the video of Don't Fear The Reaper. George Benson's playing did not really move me, but he also did not play much there. Will check out some other videos...

Jazz, yeah, it hardly moves me as well... I only listen to Weather Report or Marcus Miller at times. Ah, and I've got one album of Carola Grey that I like, she's really a great drummer.

Funny story I will never forget: I once went to see Ian Paice of Deep Purple at a music fair. As expected, I enjoyed his drumming and I even got my copy of Made In Japan signed. Right after his session there was some female drummer called Carola Grey scheduled. I thought, ok, let's see if she's any good, of course not expecting her to be better than Mr. Paice. But damn, she was amazing. Her drumming blew my head off, tricky stuff in odd measures, but everything with an impressive groove. I really don't care about drummers playing solos where they just try to hit as many notes as possible within a second. That is simply boring to me. I want some groove... and she had lots of it! Immediatly after that show I had the chance to talk to her and also bought one of her albums. Jazz, but I love it. :)

[Bryant]

I never cared about individual instrumentalists. There are loads of great players everywhere, in the technical sense, but if they aren't writing great songs, they'd might as well not exist.

I agree and disagree. I can watch a "clip" of some great instrumentalist doing something spectacular and enjoy it. However, it may last a half dozen plays and I am bored with it. Musical masturbation simply just to show off technical prowess impresses me only for a very short while. So, I suppose I do agree with you in that sense.
However, no one says, one can't use their "over-the-top" skills in a non-traditional form and make a lasting impression. The first Yngwie Malmsteen release is a testament to that. The quality of his material diminished (maybe other than the Odyssee release,) the more he incorporated lyrics in his "songs" because even without lyrics, his best skills as far as writing "songs" were writing instrumentals.


Bryant

[Nosferatwo]

However, no one says, one can't use their "over-the-top" skills in a non-traditional form and make a lasting impression. The first Yngwie Malmsteen release is a testament to that. The quality of his material diminished (maybe other than the Odyssee release,) the more he incorporated lyrics in his "songs" because even without lyrics, his best skills as far as writing "songs" were writing instrumentals.


Bryant

What does "non-traditional" have to do with anything? A song is a song, regardless of the structure it takes. If the song isn't good, no amount of technical proficiency is going to make up for it.

[Urban breed]

What does "non-traditional" have to do with anything? A song is a song, regardless of the structure it takes. If the song isn't good, no amount of technical proficiency is going to make up for it.
There are other qualities that might make a person want to listen to a song. I will listen to songs I think of as being bland simply for the voice of the singer, a quirky expression, a weird guitar phrase and, many, many other things. I do prefer to listen to a good song but that is not the only thing I will listen to. Sometimes a player is so good that I will listen to a song just to hear that player be the "ultimate master" of that instrument.

[RedCriss]

There are other qualities that might make a person want to listen to a song. I will listen to songs I think of as being bland simply for the voice of the singer, a quirky expression, a weird guitar phrase and, many, many other things. I do prefer to listen to a good song but that is not the only thing I will listen to. Sometimes a player is so good that I will listen to a song just to hear that player be the "ultimate master" of that instrument.

You know what you just did? You named the reason why I love listening to an album called Nosteratu that much! ;)

[Bryant]

I have to say that I do listen to some songs that I don't care for as a "song" but like certain aspects that are in the recording. For example, I am a HUGE fan of Vito Bratta and although I also like many White Lion songs, some I think are terrible. I "tolerate" some of the poor songs because Vito always sounds Godly. There are only a handful of musicians that can overcome lousy bandmates/songs but they are out there...... at least in my ears. I have to agree with Urban in that respect because I am a guitarist and love to hear great guitar players. It is actually true of any musician be it guitarist, bassist, singer, drummer, keyboardist etc.
On the other hand...... I think the best bands write the best songs. AC/DC is not extremely high on my favorite bands of all-time list, but "Back in Black" is extremely high on my favorite albums of all-time. They don't have great musicians (great guitar tone though and maybe the best production of all time) from a technical standpoint (though Phil Rudd has about the most perfect timing I have ever heard in my life) but EVERY fucking song rips. The quality of songwriting on that release is not matched in the metal world in my ears.
To make my case and point....... I love to ramble on, but maybe I made a point that you can both be right and still be wrong. Only Bryant is always right. ^___~


Bryant

[Urban breed]

Only Bryant is always right.
I have some experience in situations like these. (Being married and all.) While your whole being wants to go :yappie:, really, the only correct course of action is to nod and say... "Yes, dear." :D

[TravisLally]

I have some experience in situations like these. (Being married and all.) While your whole being wants to go :yappie:, really, the only correct course of action is to nod and say... "Yes, dear." :D

Ha, very true. You are wise indeed, good sir. Oh, and they really don't like it when you try to use logic against their feelings. The moon and the tides do not favor the use of science (Which, now that I think of it is a little ironic :D).
Since I have a new baby, however, I can simply hold her up, and distract my wife from our current spat! Works like a charm ;)