Flamenco: Paco De Lucia would destroy any self-professed shredder (please note that this is totally improvised and Paco is actually interacting with the band, not literally playing his own tune)
[quote]roybot wrote:
Flamenco: Paco De Lucia would destroy any self-professed shredder (please note that this is totally improvised and Paco is actually interacting with the band)
what are you talking about man? He sucks! just look at the video ^
Frank Zappa is my favorite musician because he makes great music, not because his fingerz move fast
My second favorite is Pat Metheny
and my third is Allan Holdsworth
[quote]SteelyD wrote:
My very first album was the first Van Halen album. It came out and I got it when I was six. I got my first guitar shortly after Texas Flood came out (SRV).
All of Ozzy’s guitarists from Iommi to Wylde (at any given time I have Zakk as my avatar).
But I’ll give a couple “out of the box”:
Les Paul (Just about everyone’s played his guitars, or multi-tracked, the technique which he invented)
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Les Paul is a true badass. His arm was damaged in a car accident, so he had it set permanently in a position that would allow him to carry on playing.
Also I really enjoy the playing of Wes Montgomery
[quote]imhungry wrote:
It’s “YOU’RE”, ya cunte:)
See how this works?[/quote]
Hehe I know cunto but I’ve have a few guinness the night so the odd typo is allowed
[quote]jasmincar wrote:
what are you talking about man? He sucks! just look at the video [1]
Don’t look at the video - listen to it.
EDIT: Oh, you were just being ironic…
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lol yeah^
also you HAVE to listen to this gem I found
but if you don’t it wont hurt my feelings
Shawn Lane, Billy Gibbons, David Gilmour, Buckethead, Eddie Van Halen
pretty much the entire spectrum right there, lol
[quote]imhungry wrote:
Lil Wayne… because he IS a joke.
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[quote]imhungry wrote:
John Squier
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Good call. The Stone Roses were pretty stacked as far as great instrumentalists go [And Ian Brown was a great singer, too].
Even on The Second Coming, as disappointing as it was some of the riffs were just amazing. Driving South is a standout for me…the main riff puts most or all of Jimmy Page’s riffs to shame IMO.
For those that don’t know:
Apparently Squire had to write most of the second record, which is why the guitar dominates and it sounds very “Zeppelinesque”.
Electric: Duane Allman, Derek Trucks, Jimi Hendrix, Warren Haynes, Jimmy Page, Slash, The Edge.
Nylon stringed acoustic: Andres Segovia, Paco de Lucia (yes, the stuff Paco does is significantly harder than most of what electric guitarists do)
Steel stringed acoustic: Romane, Django Reinhardt, Stochelo Rosenberg, Angelo Debarre, Sylvain Luc, Breli Lagrene.
Here’s some guitar playing: - YouTube
[quote]Jack Urboady wrote:
[quote]imhungry wrote:
It’s “YOU’RE”, ya cunte:)
See how this works?[/quote]
Hehe I know cunto but I’ve have a few guinness the night so the odd typo is allowed[/quote]
Ok, then i’ll blame mine on the caffeine, leprechaun.
Man, I’m just glad that nobody mentioned Jack White!
Fuckin’ hack.
[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
Man, I’m just glad that nobody mentioned Jack White!
Fuckin’ hack.[/quote]
Right after “CC DeVille”
[quote]roybot wrote:
legendaryblaze wrote:
Where do you get this idea?
Yngwie Malmsteen and co have studied many forms of music. Classical, Jazz, Baroque, Blues, etc.
Just because they prefer one style doesn’t mean they aren’t diverse.[quote]
Baroque is a sub-genre of classical. Not a genre in itself. Look it up.[quote]
I was just naming styles.
[quote]roybot wrote:Malmsteen still hasn’t learned to put pauses in his solos. Which is why there is little variation in his music, whatever the style. All shredders suffer from the same weakness: if they pause during a solo, they’re fucked. They certainly can’t use pauses as an expressive device as fully as slower players. Clapton realized that, so did Satch, which is why they changed their playing styles.[quote]
What?
It depends on the feel he is going for. Far beyond the sun, black star, etc…all of them have plenty of stops/pauses within. I’m not quite sure where you are going with that.
Sure, sometimes he has runs that are 10 seconds long and non stop notes, but that is the type of musical device he likes to use.
[quote]roybot wrote:Every guitarist has a preferred scale pattern or key they feel comfortable playing in, especially when improvising…your point is?[quote]
I was proving a point: For guys who have supposedly redefined guitar playing and are omg the best evar!!1!, their playing is very similar and repetitive. People like Vai, Satch and to an extent, even Malmsteen, use several different modes, scales and styles of playing.
[quote]roybot wrote:P.S. I totally agree with you that John Petrucci is an exceptional guitarist…but then he’s in a totally different league to that egomaniac hack Malmsteen. And he knows how to make proper use of rests. Sorry.
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Andres Segovia
Forgot Narciso Yepes as well!
[quote]roybot wrote:
Flamenco: Paco De Lucia would destroy any self-professed shredder (please note that this is totally improvised and Paco is actually interacting with the band, not literally playing his own tune)
x2 Paco is the man.
[quote]oldtimer3 wrote:
Andres Segovia[/quote]
Another guitar genius.
[quote]legendaryblaze wrote:
What?
It depends on the feel he is going for. Far beyond the sun, black star, etc…all of them have plenty of stops/pauses within. I’m not quite sure where you are going with that.
Sure, sometimes he has runs that are 10 seconds long and non stop notes, but that is the type of musical device he likes to use.[/quote]
Well let me clarify: I personally don’t like Malmsteen’s music because it is all style over substance.
If you still doubt what I’m saying, then try listening to one of his songs and try humming the tune back from memory. Unless you are a musical genius with amazing perfect and relative pitch, you’re not gonna get very far. He often plays faster than the ear can follow (even in his slower songs), which in mind is the kiss of death for a guitarist. Beyond fast fingers and knowing a lot of scales and modes, there is nothing there for me.
In comparison, listen to someone like Satch who is just as technically proficient, but whose songs stick in the memory a lot easier - even if your not a fan (I’m not saying that memorable songs = a good player, but memorable songs are a measure of an artist’s compositional skills).
Yes, Malmsteen has technical ability, but it all comes across as very clinical. Plus, no matter what style he can ape well, he still built a career out of Paganini.
This is the sort of music Malmsteen built his reputation on. Where are the dynamics here? There is no light and shade. Just unnecessarily fast playing, which is where his appeal lies.
He admits himself that he is just trying to be ‘extreme’ for the sake of it.
I’m still not sure what you like about his music.