| mgthe3 |
Unreal Talent
I tripped up on him a few months ago, why have I not heard of him?
Check out his other vids, unbelievable.
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| mgthe3 |
Well, at least someone else thinks he was something.
;)
The guy does it so effortlessly. |
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| UncaDanno |
Lord a mighty!
The guy can play. Sounds a lot like the guitarists for TransSiberian Orchestra.
Did you check out the other videos and MP3s on his site? |
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| mgthe3 |
Oh yeah.
My son is giving me great grief about getting a guitar now....this guy started with a violin as my son did. |
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| Kris |
| Just one question: is he real? I mean does he really play? |
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| jaak |
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Originally posted by mgthe3
Oh yeah.
My son is giving me great grief about getting a guitar now....this guy started with a violin as my son did.
If my kid said "Dad, can I get a guitar?" I'd be telling him yes as we were driving to the store... But since there's enough of mine around the house, I don't think that will happen.:( |
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| hfelknor |
I would like to hear this kid on an acoustic.
That's what separates the great players form wannabees who know how to play electronics, not guitars.
I think this kid could do it.
Homer |
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| mgthe3 |
Go to that site Homer, he does have an acoustic vid there.
It's the Dee track.
List of vids
Kris, ohhhhh yes, he is real. There are a few very badly taped on stage vids there as well. |
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| UncaDanno |
I did some Googling using his name.
Seems that he is what is known as a shredder. Shredding is a "movement" of Metal guitar players. There are lots of places online where you can get free lessons in the techniques he uses.
By the by, if you go to his homepage and look at the video of him playing arpeggios in different keys (one of the three links at the bottom), have played a guitar, and know a bit about music theory and "faking" (not a bad term!), listen to his MP3s and it'll dawn on you what he is doing.
Watch the video of his Minor Philharmonic and keep an eye on his right hand. Especially during the runs close to the beginning of the song. Looks like the right hand is in slo-mo, doesn't it? That's because he is getting three or four notes from each pluck of a string.
What technique! No wonder he is sought after in Brazil as a superb teacher. Seventeen years of disciplined training and his obvious enjoyment of what he does really shows.
Kinda makes me want to re-string my axe and start playing again.
AFTER a few of those online lessons, of course! |
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| mgthe3 |
"faking"
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Ohhh, you mean sweeping and tapping--I think.
I watched a vid of Vai and noticed that he does a lot of that--so does Joe Satriani--two of the best guitarists today.
Stevey track
I noticed though that he does a hell of a lot less movement when getting the same licks in as Vai or Satriani--he's so dam smooth...it's amazing. |
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| UncaDanno |
Faking:
Remember seeing those "Big Fake" books in the music stores? If you open one, all you have for a song is the melody line and the chords.
Lots of musicians build their own "fake" sheets of songs that they have in their repertoire.
Basically, faking is being able to play a song, by playing a lot more than just the melody line, and without knowing the original or even a pre-arranged and written score.
To "fake" you play the melody and riffs and arpeggios based on the chords. |
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| hfelknor |
Unc, what you refer to as Faking, other people see as creativity.........
Homer |
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| GripperDon |
| Analogies, Creative, fake, Like silicone..........:2: |
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| UncaDanno |
Homer, I was a bit put off by the term myself when I first heard it.
But faking is a legitimate concept among musicians.
And, yes, there is a lot of creativity involved. The musician has to decide (usually ad lib) which particular arpeggios and riffs or chord inversions to play.
In fact, the term "fake it" originated in show biz. Vaudeville, jazz, and swing, that is (no one is sure which).
Back in the day, someody in the group would shout "fake it!"
Nowadays it has been politically corrected as "improvise!"
Jam sessions were where musicians would get together and try out their "fakes" on one another. Some fakes would work. Others wouldn't. The mutual aim was to make music that fit together so sell that it sounded like the players all knew the same complex written score beforehand.
When in fact, they were "faking it". There was no complex score. The musicians' hard work and intimate knowledge of how notes and tempos fit together replaced the written score.
So back to the "fake books": if you took a musician's fake book and gave copies to three other musicians, when they practiced then played from the fakes, you could readily recognize the songs, but the arrangements would likely be totally different because of each musician's style of "faking" and filling in the blanks. |
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