Usually I just don’t go for super-fast playing. It seems to me to be just too much information to process. And with lots of guitarists who are speed players, their phrasing doesn’t seem to make much sense to me, as if the only message they’re interested in conveying is, “Look! See how fast I can play.” But if you add musicality to speed, to me, that’s amazing. In my previous article, I had a video of Yngwie Malmsteen. But in this video, I’m showcasing Michael Angelo Batio. This dude is from a completely different planet.
‘Nuff said…
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I hear exactly what you are saying. Only fast playing is sterile. No feeling behind it. After hearing that Dragon Force track on Guitar Hero I got the album. After the 4th song or so it was just like, um…is there anything else? I was bored. Technically amazing, but boring.
On a side note. Holy Crap, a 29 fret guitar!
I got the same impression about Dragon Force. Herman Li is amazingly fast, but there’s a very certain homogeneousness to his solos. After awhile Dragon Force songs all sound the same.
And yes… 29 frets! And he plays on them all!
I got caught up in faster playing for a while, for me some of the appeal to faster playing was more the fun/challenge/ mechanics of doing it (I’m a little OCD that way). But trying to learn music / make music is turning out to be much more rewarding.
I still love a big of Yngwie tho fast music with feel. Also Paul Gilberts solo albums have been pretty cool
“Speed with feel.” That’s really what separates the players from the wankers. By the way, thanks for sharing the link! That’s a kickin’ song!