yeh ,Alan Holdsworth is yer man, sorry i havn`t read any of the posts on this thread so i`m just kinda jumping in , yes i`d begin listening to Alan from the Jean luc Ponty`s Enigmatic Ocean album days,or 1978 UK`s In th Dead Of Night album and take it from there, you can go right back to 1969 with Alan and an album called Igginbottom's Wrench ,thing is he sounded the same back then , the guy was light years ahead of anything, it`s hard to believe he was playing that stuff while hendrix was still alive.
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Posted: August 23 2012 at 11:39
HarbouringTheSoul wrote:
Mirror Image wrote:
Satriani and Vai, sorry to say, don't have the necessary skill to handle any of the music Petrucci plays.
Steve Vai has played Zappa's "Drowning Witch". Not to say LTE's music isn't incredibly complex, but I'm sure Vai could handle it.
And that's pretty much the peril of attempting to gauge the technical ability of musicians, especially accomplished musicians. What a musician doesn't generally play may not always reflect what he CAN'T.
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Posted: August 22 2012 at 16:34
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Great clip. The technique and dexterity is astonishing.
Three of the best right there. I am still kicking myself for not seeing them when they recorded Friday Night in San Francisco. Lots of impressive technique on this discussion, and a little bit of soul. Here are a few of my faves for technique:
Allan Holdsworth
Steve Howe
Steve Hackett
Uli Jon Roth
Steve Vai
Tony McAlpine
Jeff Beck
And a few more not prog:
Tommy Emmanuel
Joe Pass
Lenny Breaux
Tal Farlow
My attitude towards of these is .
I don't always enjoy the music of all these individuals, but as a guitar player I respect their technique.
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Posted: July 26 2012 at 02:03
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Mirror Image wrote:
thellama73 wrote:
^ I didn't much like her playing either. She's undeniably skilled (I probably couldn't play that piece) but her tone was flat and there was not much variety in the solos.
Absolutely agreed. This member, dtguitarfan, seems to not understand my opinion and seems to not like other people voicing their opinions. God forbid I say something negative about somebody he likes!
I found it pretty boring too and I like a lot of jazz. Anyway, did I miss any mentions of Michael Hedges?
You'll get Hedges as number one if you go to the DigitalDreamDoor website.
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Posted: July 25 2012 at 23:56
Triceratopsoil wrote:
He spends like a week making click tracks though.
So what? Petrucci does this for a reason. It helps guide him through the complex changes in key and tempo. He likes to be rhythmically precise. Can't fault a guy for wanting to nail his guitar parts.
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Posted: July 25 2012 at 23:52
Triceratopsoil wrote:
Andy Webb wrote:
Triceratopsoil wrote:
Mirror Image wrote:
And the thing is Petrucci is actually a better, more accomplished player than Satriani and Vai IMHO. I wager you that Satriani and Vai would both be lost in DT's music, especially with songs like Metropolis Pt. 1 or A Change of Seasons.
He spends like a week making click tracks though.
He's still a damn good guitarist. I don't care if you hate DT with a passion, you can't deny the fact the Petrucci is good.
I'm just saying that claiming another probably at least equally skilled guitarist would get "lost" trying to play his music isn't a very valid statement
No, it's a completely valid statement. Satriani and Vai, sorry to say, don't have the necessary skill to handle any of the music Petrucci plays. I mean look at the Liquid Tension recordings. Satriani and Vai wouldn't know what to do with this music. As I said, Petrucci probably felt embarrassed onstage with those two egomaniacs. But G3 was a good way to his name out there.
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Posted: July 25 2012 at 23:45
Andy Webb wrote:
Triceratopsoil wrote:
Mirror Image wrote:
And the thing is Petrucci is actually a better, more accomplished player than Satriani and Vai IMHO. I wager you that Satriani and Vai would both be lost in DT's music, especially with songs like Metropolis Pt. 1 or A Change of Seasons.
He spends like a week making click tracks though.
He's still a damn good guitarist. I don't care if you hate DT with a passion, you can't deny the fact the Petrucci is good.
I'm just saying that claiming another probably at least equally skilled guitarist would get "lost" trying to play his music isn't a very valid statement
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Posted: July 25 2012 at 23:44
Triceratopsoil wrote:
Mirror Image wrote:
And the thing is Petrucci is actually a better, more accomplished player than Satriani and Vai IMHO. I wager you that Satriani and Vai would both be lost in DT's music, especially with songs like Metropolis Pt. 1 or A Change of Seasons.
He spends like a week making click tracks though.
He's still a damn good guitarist. I don't care if you hate DT with a passion, you can't deny the fact the Petrucci is good.
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Posted: July 25 2012 at 23:28
Gerinski wrote:
Atavachron wrote:
some generally unsung Tech pioneers; Uli Jon Roth Michael Schenker Tom Scholz Brian May and of course Eddie VH
Steve Morse might be on that list too, another one who besides having great technique, developed his own unique style and sound, unlike many modern axes who may have astonishing technique but they sound all the same.
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