Metal Reviews

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2TSFtppNSE This is the fellow I went to see on my hot date. I figured you'd all apreciate the amazing guitar skill of this guy. This is a pretty bad recording, but it was the only one on youtube. When I saw him, he was backed by the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. Anyway, watch that, and wait till the solo about halfway through, he SINGS ALONG with his own improvised solos. Anyone who plays guitar should be able to appreciate how unbelievably well he must know his instrument and how much talent that requires.

Holy shit he's good!

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Man, that guy rules.

I saw Yanni one time to get laid, hope going to a that shit ended in the same result for you. I even said I liked it....

He's really good, but he totally ruins the solo by singing what he's playing...

I thought that was the best part. Not only does it sound really cool, it's technically astonishing.

holy crap that was fucking amazing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEyEu-hS0fA
Just as fucking amazing, on a bass

Wooten is the God damn king.

EDIT: Check out his lessons... This man is insane!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iF4GYZECVKE

Dudes bass solos are sick and wrong no matter who is playing them.

Great guitar solo. A lot of jazz guitarists and piano players sing the lines they are playing. Some do it naturally but I knew guys that just did it because they thought it would make them look like tr00 jazzers.

Fucking fast indeed, but I still prefer Jonas Hellborg:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVI5GhtllYM

Bass solos pwn.

That's pretty insane...especially slap bass/tapping technique he uses.

I'd say both are damn good.

You guys know Billy Sheehan right ?

But just incase:
Billy Sheehan's insane bass solo at youtube!

Billy Sheehan's pretty cool. He's really fast, that's for sure.

I'm quite partial to Gary Willis as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysd0fC4hI3Y

Roffelmayo, how did this turn into a bass player thread?

Yeah, I don't really know how... And my post was slightly off since we were talking about jazz bassists and Sheehan is a rocker.

But then again, I can't understand jazz at all, it's too hard for my little brain.

Jazz took me a while to get used to. It's great stuff once you do.

Same here, got in via Zorn, Coltrane and the Shining mainly. What's your story?

I was introduced to Jazz through bands like Spyro Gyra and the Rippingtons, and that's about as far as I got for a long while. I then heard about Buddy Rich and other Jazz drummers, and so I began to listen to some older Jazz stuff, if only for the drumming. Then I began to listen to more, like Coltrane and Davis and I soon heard what great music Jazz is.