Techdeth
RESIDENT ROCK PROFESSOR
I’ve had to teach one sing and it was pretty hard . So he’s just taking the recordings ?
stratjacket
Well-known member
I never heard of him besides seeing the Ibanez sig model until this thread. I watched the YouTube mimed video and the live. Is there a live video where he plays the same tune and to the same speed as the mimed videos because he clearly plays different on the posted live videos in this thread?
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tjnx
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The audio is not synced but not the guitarist he claims to be if you have ears. None of the live videos posted in this thread are helping his case.
Monkey Man
Super Moderator
Yeah nah bro'.
He's definitely in the top 1% if you take all guitarists including unknowns and bedroom hobbyists into account, of that I have no doubt.
Best in the world 'though? Not by a long shot. Holdsworth, Benson, Howe, Gilbert and Vai shit all over him for starters. One could prolly compile a list of dozens if not hundreds quite-easily.
Eazy-ESP
Well-known member
WTF? This isn’t one of those overdub parodies?
OldGtrGuy
Well-known member
Dude plays live..... On stage in front of real people.... That shit ain't fake yo
The thing you seem to not want to accept is like Dan said, there is a huge, almost light years difference in the skill level between his live playing vs his Instagram videos.
Im not going to watch that 1 hour long video but out of any video you posted apart from maybe one of them, the playing was extremely basic, if you're putting him on the virtuoso level. It's kind of clear as day.
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tjnx
Well-known member
honestly I thought that too for a second.. nope but it sounds like one
The~Kid
Well-known member
I get and I get the controversy.....
But I mean fucker is playing live for an 1 hour + too doing some crazy shit...... And he ain't faking that shit either......
And well yeah I get what Dan is saying but at the same time IMO he's a decent dude, he's a good guy, he's talented and he's respectful in the industry and respected in what he does.
iMO he just isn't a bad guy and it's too far to say he's a fraud or a fake......
But hey that's my opinion and I can understand others take on it too
The~Kid
Well-known member
Idk in their heyday...... One could argue that possibly.......
But today..... In 2026.........
Its Ichikas World..... And we all just live in it
Monkey Man
Super Moderator
The video was simply out-of-sync with the audio.
Nothing nefarious going on there, to be fair.
Eazy-ESP
Well-known member
But damn. That isn’t the best player in the world like the kid believes. Sync or no sync.
DanTravis62
Moderator
I have not found a single video where he plays one of those super technically demanding songs all the way through - just him playing bits and pieces and generally butchering them, like the podcast interview posted a while ago.
That's part of the reason this feels so obvious - the only tunes he does live are the super calm finger picking/travis picking stuff with very normal/stock rhythmic patterns and basic bitch emo chords - the world shattering crazy Instagram videos are either conveniently ignored or absolutely butchered beyond recognition, without fail, every single time
The point wasn't precisely that he's just out of sync miming in that video, it's that in every single one of his actual live performances he doesnt get anywhere NEAR that level of technicality and cleanliness technique wise
Eazy-ESP
Well-known member
Like not even close. It was actually comical.
The~Kid
Well-known member
DanTravis62
Moderator
Well.......
Light is faster than sound.......
And this is elementary
Bro i i'm confused, I don't even know what you're trying to say by this - light being faster than sound has nothing to do with him not being able to play any of the crazy stuff he "performs" in his IG videos
Eazy-ESP
Well-known member
The Kid has been fingering him arsehole to Ichika for several years late at night. He is way too invested. He can’t let this dream die. We should have some more compassion.Bro i i'm confused, I don't even know what you're trying to say by this - light being faster than sound has nothing to do with him not being able to play any of the crazy stuff he "performs" in his IG videos
DanTravis62
Moderator
Well I mean obviously he's a ....fan... but like, what does light being faster than sound have to do with dude not being able to play his tunes?
I honestly do not understand how this is an argument
Anyone can watch that podcast video or some of the live videos and compare it to the insane staccato and perfect compression and touch of the IG videos and see the forest for the trees, no? I'm just confused
Eazy-ESP
Well-known member
I honesty don’t know. He is seriously invested in this guy for whatever reason. He will not see it.
DanTravis62
Moderator
I can't believe i'm saying this, but I feel like i actually need to break down the technical aspects of the difference between his playing "live" and his playing live to explain why this is so obvious
Like, apparently people are confused about what is meant by "there are levels to this"
Can he play at all? Sure. I don't think there's any question that he is a complete novice or something.
The problem is that unless the dude has been completely fucking shitfaced for every single actual live performance he has ever done, his skill level at guitar is wildly inappropriate/discordant compared to what he's gotten famous for - these monster instagram videos where he drops full romeo four finger tapping arpeggios with pops and slaps and midwest emo chords at 200bpm..... WITH A CLEAN TONE.
Then he goes on a podcast, that namm video, etc, and plays intermediate level fingerpicking (with shaky tapping technique and extremely poor touch control) and the math ain't motherfucking mathin', man.
Eazy-ESP
Well-known member
It’s reminding of when my 71 year old dad shows me something he found on the internet. Like, some people are not seeing what’s going on. How old is the kid?
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