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abrackas
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Pretty awesome and glad to see Al with a LP again. He still has his amazing speed and chops.
Badronald
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Watched some Al and Steve the other day.
Tha Vai cat is all smoke and mirrors.
Tha Vai cat is all smoke and mirrors.
Bob Savage
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Badronald":3fnhhp92 said:
Hahahaha... I knew it was coming, just not in the first reply.
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thisguy
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Badronald":1inllcl7 said:
Well, Di Meola just hides behind all that alternate picking and fancy strumming so he's no better!
charvelstrat81
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thisguy":1jxffx5c said:
Badronald
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Bob Savage":3rulfha8 said:
Timing brother. It's all about the timing.
Bob Savage
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Badronald":1ty6xa7l said:Bob Savage":1ty6xa7l said:
Timing brother. It's all about the timing.
Just now watching the video. I'm at 5:19 and need to do some guitar playing of my own so I'm shutting it down but man, I just don't get the smoke and mirrors stuff. Maybe someday Pat will explain it to me in person (NAMM is really the only place we see each other) but he's going to have to buy me a couple drinks to listen to the explanation because... <burp>
Capulin Overdrive
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What about the fan?
Mesa\Kramer
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charvelstrat81
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AL D kicks ass!
IMHO vai sounded REAL out of place in this setting, talk about tryin to put a square block in a round hole
IMHO vai sounded REAL out of place in this setting, talk about tryin to put a square block in a round hole
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mdc1mdc11
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one of the things that most overlook with Al D is something that he has that not many great guitarist have, rhythm and musical sense. Vai has it as well.
You can play perfectly with/on the beat, but he actually plays against it, around it, et al rhythmically. A good youtube video exists with him explaining how he weaves in and out against foot taps with an internal sense of timing. I did not pick up on this idea until a ballroom dancing coach of my wive and I told me that my feet are always on beat and the moves are technically correct, but it lacks real rhythmic movement or in this case "actually dancing". When you decode this it translates to real music instead of a pile of mechanical notes in metronome time. Same for the dreaded dotted eight notes problem that my Berklee teachers used to point out to me in my playing when doing jazz work. It's not jazz until you fix that.
with that said, those two really need to practice more lol
You can play perfectly with/on the beat, but he actually plays against it, around it, et al rhythmically. A good youtube video exists with him explaining how he weaves in and out against foot taps with an internal sense of timing. I did not pick up on this idea until a ballroom dancing coach of my wive and I told me that my feet are always on beat and the moves are technically correct, but it lacks real rhythmic movement or in this case "actually dancing". When you decode this it translates to real music instead of a pile of mechanical notes in metronome time. Same for the dreaded dotted eight notes problem that my Berklee teachers used to point out to me in my playing when doing jazz work. It's not jazz until you fix that.
with that said, those two really need to practice more lol
Shawn Lutz
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I hope Al comes through Dallas. He's one of my favorite players. I'm glad he's doing electric again, has a new album out and playing LP's too.
I saw Al in the late 80's...he is an insane player and makes it look so easy.
I saw Al in the late 80's...he is an insane player and makes it look so easy.
charvelstrat81
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I saw him both solo and with paco and john in the 80'sShawn Lutz":3qzylfbs said:
talk about being inspired to practice!
They are the reason i worked on my right hand picking like a lunatic in the early 80's
Kapo_Polenton
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I'm not touching this one .. Smoke and mirrors has caught on though! Glad to see it 
Kapo_Polenton
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charvelstrat81":sbqqstto said:AL D kicks ass!
IMHO vai sounded REAL out of place in this setting, talk about tryin to put a square block in a round hole
How DARE you! You are about to get some rig talk hate!!
charvelstrat81
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Kapo_Polenton":1zayjyf1 said:charvelstrat81":1zayjyf1 said:AL D kicks ass!
IMHO vai sounded REAL out of place in this setting, talk about tryin to put a square block in a round hole
How DARE you! You are about to get some rig talk hate!!
I like vai but not with AL DIMEOLAa much better fit would have been steve morse.
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mdc1mdc11
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charvelstrat81":19kxbgcx said:Kapo_Polenton":19kxbgcx said:charvelstrat81":19kxbgcx said:AL D kicks ass!
IMHO vai sounded REAL out of place in this setting, talk about tryin to put a square block in a round hole
How DARE you! You are about to get some rig talk hate!!
a much better fit would have been steve morse.
probably just 2 berklee guys jamming together...too much is made out of this.
messenger
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charvelstrat81":39kl5eb6 said:AL D kicks ass!
IMHO vai sounded REAL out of place in this setting, talk about tryin to put a square block in a round hole
I didn't hear that at all. What exactly are u referring to??
charvelstrat81
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let me guess total vai freak?messenger":3980ylfw said:charvelstrat81":3980ylfw said:AL D kicks ass!
IMHO vai sounded REAL out of place in this setting, talk about tryin to put a square block in a round hole
I didn't hear that at all. What exactly are u referring to??
messenger
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charvelstrat81":21bkztl4 said:let me guess total vai freak?messenger":21bkztl4 said:charvelstrat81":21bkztl4 said:AL D kicks ass!
IMHO vai sounded REAL out of place in this setting, talk about tryin to put a square block in a round hole
I didn't hear that at all. What exactly are u referring to??
Not at all. Don't even own any of his albums any more. Just don't hear him being out of place.
