Any John Petrucci Fans?
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Never heard of him but Vai and Satriani are legendary. I also have always believed that Frank Zappa was *hugely* underrated as a guitar player; he should be right up there in the pantheon of legends.
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give him a listen then (Dream Theater), if you like Vai and Satriani youd love petrucci, his styles a tad different but totaly awsum. A very technical guitarist as Pete suggested. Are you a guitarist?
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give him a listen then (Dream Theater), if you like Vai and Satriani youd love petrucci, his styles a tad different but totaly awsum. A very technical guitarist as Pete suggested. Are you a guitarist?
Harvey Saayman - South Africa Junior Developer .Net, C#, SQL
you.suck = (you.passion != Programming)How could I forget? You should also check out George Lynch - he was the guitarist with Dokken. Mr Scary is one of the hardest pieces I ever had to get my fingers round.
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Awsum knowing im not the only person with taste in music! The weird thing is I didnt like them at all when a friend introduced me! But then i started playing guitar, and the day i saw a live performance of theirs on DvD i was hooked! I have yet to meet someone who likes them that isnt a musician... It must be cause you got to develop a taste for that kind of music and the only way to do that is be reasonably good at playing an instrument... I must admit that coding to a dream theater track is the best ever!
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you.suck = (you.passion != Programming)I absolutely suck at playing guitar, so i wouldn't call myself a musician. More like a guy who owns a guitar. I like DT, Satch, Vai, etc. It's just impressive to hear/watch someone who excels at what they do.
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I absolutely suck at playing guitar, so i wouldn't call myself a musician. More like a guy who owns a guitar. I like DT, Satch, Vai, etc. It's just impressive to hear/watch someone who excels at what they do.
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-- Neil Peartbrianwelsch wrote:
I absolutely suck at playing guitar,
Playing guitar is just a case of practicing. I admit that I'll never be as good as Vai or Satriani, but I'm just happy with what I do and the level I've achieved. Learn some of the songs and licks that you like (there are plenty of resources online) and you'll soon move onto another level with your playing.
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brianwelsch wrote:
I absolutely suck at playing guitar,
Playing guitar is just a case of practicing. I admit that I'll never be as good as Vai or Satriani, but I'm just happy with what I do and the level I've achieved. Learn some of the songs and licks that you like (there are plenty of resources online) and you'll soon move onto another level with your playing.
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I usually noodle around for a week and then something else gets my attention for a month or so. I actually feel like I'd be decent if I set aside some time every week to play, but I haven't made the effort as yet.
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I usually noodle around for a week and then something else gets my attention for a month or so. I actually feel like I'd be decent if I set aside some time every week to play, but I haven't made the effort as yet.
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-- Neil PeartTry to set aside half an hour every night and you'll soon see an improvement. I find that writing a new song once a fortnight or so helps to keep the focus.
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Try to set aside half an hour every night and you'll soon see an improvement. I find that writing a new song once a fortnight or so helps to keep the focus.
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give him a listen then (Dream Theater), if you like Vai and Satriani youd love petrucci, his styles a tad different but totaly awsum. A very technical guitarist as Pete suggested. Are you a guitarist?
Harvey Saayman - South Africa Junior Developer .Net, C#, SQL
you.suck = (you.passion != Programming)HarveySaayman wrote:
Are you a guitarist?
:) Sitting right behind me is a beautiful Simon and Patrick hand-made cedar acoustic that hasn't been played in about two years. I used to play a lot and slacked right off for some reason the last couple of years but this winter I think I'll take it up again.
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JP is class (I'm a long term DT fan), but I much prefer Vai. Mind you, I spent a long time in the mid 80s learning his stuff. I was at the Satch concert a couple of months ago where he was supported by Paul Gilbert. Satch was awesome, but Gilbert was technically on another planet. Still, Satch had much more feel to his playing.
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote:
Still, Satch had much more feel to his playing.
I think this is where I can't get into Malmsteen. He's technically a very good player, possibly better than Satriani - but there's no feel to it, no emotion. A Satch track generally doesn't need vocals (which is a good thing, because he's not a great singer) because the guitar plays such an emotional part. In fact the backing tracks for most of his output are incredibly simple - commonly not even three chords. Having said he's not a great singer, one of my favourite Satch songs is 'I Believe' from 'Flying In A Blue Dream'. Both guitar and vocal make great contributions to that. Unfortunately later CDs have been infected with LOUDNESS - I love 'Chords of Life' ('Strange Beautiful Music') but it doesn't compress well, for listening without the CD, due to the clipping. It always amazes me how he can take one of his studio creations - typically with multitracking, tape loops, reversed sections, etc - and be able to distil it to something he can play live. 'Time Machine' disc 2 is an incredible set of live performances - 'Summer Song' is a standout for me.
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I suppose I prefer these guys because they play bass more like a guitarist. So much so for Sheehan that Talas didn't have a guitarist and it still sounded as though they did.
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Holy crap! someone mentioned Talas? One of my favorite bands that did not get its due credit. High Speeeeed on Ice!..... Great memories! Saw them several times back in the day (80's). Edit:Though I never knew of them not having a guitarist.
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JP is class (I'm a long term DT fan), but I much prefer Vai. Mind you, I spent a long time in the mid 80s learning his stuff. I was at the Satch concert a couple of months ago where he was supported by Paul Gilbert. Satch was awesome, but Gilbert was technically on another planet. Still, Satch had much more feel to his playing.
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Try to set aside half an hour every night and you'll soon see an improvement. I find that writing a new song once a fortnight or so helps to keep the focus.
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Daily practice is unlikely, but there is no reason I couldn't work in 30 minutes 3-4 times per week. Any progress will satisfying. Kudos on using the word fortnight. ;)
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i wasnt trying to imply that you did :) sorry if it sounded like that i realize it will be alot of hard work and take most of my time, but im still young so i dont have those kind of commitments yet so it shouldnt be too harsh
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I do indeed. Although nowadays I tend to cheat a bit and use Sibelius to do my scoring rather than writing it out by hand. It just fits with my composing workflow.
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If you like Vai, have a listen to Mattias Eklundh (if you haven't already), this guys is in that vein. An insane player also influenced heavily by Zappa.
Thanks for the hint - I'll give him a try.
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I do indeed. Although nowadays I tend to cheat a bit and use Sibelius to do my scoring rather than writing it out by hand. It just fits with my composing workflow.
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As I find pretty easy to visualise (without use of an instrument) how written music is likely to sound (part of classical training although many years ago), so have you a link I can navigate to, or e-mail me - I think you have my e-mail details - so that I may experience your creations.
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As I find pretty easy to visualise (without use of an instrument) how written music is likely to sound (part of classical training although many years ago), so have you a link I can navigate to, or e-mail me - I think you have my e-mail details - so that I may experience your creations.
I'll pull together a couple of my "better" samples for you. I normally just keep them for myself (and the family), but I'll make an exception for you.
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