Guys, I just acquired the Yngwie Malmsteen concerto with New Japan philharmonic DVD. Has anyone else here seen it? I think it would have been incredible if Yngwie reduced some of the gain in his sound, and didn't repeat, and go overboard. He could have really done something special.
Wow, i'm suprised someone here listens to him. Yngwie is one of my favorite guitarists and IMO one of the best. I haven't been up to date with his music though so I never even knew he released a DVD.
LOL. Ack, I feel stupid. But yeah, he's a huge Ferrari Fan. Here's his Guitar. Image Unavailable, Please Login
I've listened to Yngwie Malmsteem, Tony Mcalpine, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, etc... but the only one that really made an impression was Vai with "Passion and Warfare". To be fair I wasn't really into Whitesnake either. Joe was fairly good, but never really got under my skin - technically adept, just not magical. Petrucci is quite good but it's the whole Dream Theater synergy in songwriting and performing that makes his playing stand out. Just my two cents.
Check out: "An Evening with John Petrucci and Jordan Rudess" and you will hear just how good he is. It's simply guitar and piano. DL
....listen to some "Texas Flood" and we talk again about guitar-slingers [size=+2] Stevie Ray Vaughan [/size] R.I.P. dear old texan
Funny you guys mentioned this. I received an acoustic guitar as an early Christmas present, and I've never really played before. I've been fingerpicking in my spare time for a few days now, and from what I can tell, I'm learning quite quickly, however, we'll have to wait to see if that pace holds when I start on chords. Any sites for learning guitars that you could direct me to? -DC
I taught guitar lessons for six years. Stick with it. It can get frustrating some times. Here is a page of links. http://www.harmony-central.com/Guitar/instruction.html
I used to be a huge Malmsteen (Paganini+Bach+DiMeola) fan, he's great... just don't have the time to follow him anymore. First time I saw him was at the Hollywood Paladiom with Talas around '85. I haven't seen the DVD you speak of. I love his instrumental stuff, but some of the 'pop' stuff sounds a little foreign if you know what I mean. Vai (Zappa+VanHalen) and Vaughan are great as well... but Petrucci is a notch below in my book as he had Malmsteen's (and others') work to spring-board off of and really didn't take it to the point of showing people that the impossible was possbile. Don't get me wrong - I've got one of DTheatre's live DVDs and at times have found myself going "holly ****", but the 1st three I mentioned are in a different class. Ever hear of Michael Angelo (Biato sp?)????
I'm not big into dream theatre. But I do think Petrucci is pretty good. I think the rest of the band could go. I'm also a Dimeola fan, but I like his acoustic stuff WAY better than his electric. I'm not a big Vai fan either. He's a great player, but bad writer. I don't care for his music at all.
I'm a big Alex Skolnick fan! I've got a Testatment cassette in my deck right now! He's a _real_ metal guitarist; it doesn't sound like he's a non-metal guitarist trying to play metal. Very good soloist/ very good composer. A friend of mine described Testament as Metallica with a good guitarist Rising Force brings tears to my eyes. One of the few albums ever created that demonstrates what was previously thought impossible. Yeah, some of the stuff Vai writes is beautiful while other compositions are pretty 'artsy' and a bit over the top. But I think it's cool that he feels comfortable to experiment and share it with others, rather than merely keeping it to himself like other artists do.
This is why I like Vai over some of the other players. He is not shoe horned into a style. Malmsteen ALWAYS seems like he over plays.
I am suprised no one has mentioned Duane Allman or Beck or Danny Gatton. Steve Howe or Pat Metheny. Oh...Tommy Tedesco?
