Matthew Mills - Killer player.

[petermoran555]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7m3aIuGlUg&search=yngwie%20malmsteen

This guy rocks.

[bigdoug]

flippin heck, how does he actually do that ?

[Six]

There's no doubting his ability that's for sure, but I do doubt the musical validity of it. I'm all in favour of some well placed speed picking and sweep picked arpeggios but there is such thing as overkill.

[zeusse]

Yes Phil your right how much is too much but I will take into account that the video might have been more of an instructional tech. thing not so much as a performance of sorts....Do we need more Malsteen's? Who knows for sure but the guy does have a wack load of technique I wish I had and I would like to hear a full song by the guy with his band to get a sense of what direction he's going..There has to be a tune with some feel in his reportoire and a sense of melody otherwise he will be regarded as another Malmsteen.....but he was cool to watch

[wahwah]

Loved the opening gambit...nice legato and vibrato. Soon as he went into all those sweep runs he lost me. Great technique that I don't have BUT comes across as practising scales to me EVERYTIME. Dannyboy just won a comp over the other side and he'd put some sweeps in. To me, they were the only bit that screamed 'FILLER' and his song was strong enough without them as they just sounded like, 'well, I'll put these in to fill this gap'. As I can'tdo what the guy is doing, it might come across as sour grapes but I assure you it isn't. I'd love to hear the guy play over something like 'The Loner' by GM, cos if he kept it real, he would set it alight WITHOUT all that flannel. :thumb:

[ZappaFan]

Loved the opening gambit...nice legato and vibrato. Soon as he went into all those sweep runs he lost me. Great technique that I don't have BUT comes across as practising scales to me EVERYTIME. Dannyboy just won a comp over the other side and he'd put some sweeps in. To me, they were the only bit that screamed 'FILLER' and his song was strong enough without them as they just sounded like, 'well, I'll put these in to fill this gap'. As I can'tdo what the guy is doing, it might come across as sour grapes but I assure you it isn't. I'd love to hear the guy play over something like 'The Loner' by GM, cos if he kept it real, he would set it alight WITHOUT all that flannel. :thumb:

Very well put wahwah. Thats just how this kinda stuff makes me feel. Leaves me cold and wanting to hear some soul put into it. It just seems like a purely mechanical excercise to me without any real emotion. To me guitar playing without emotion ? Well they might as well not bother IMO.

[Mr Smith]

All things considered this guy has skills, he can sweep fast and cleanly although I think he relies on them too much. Definately comes across as a very skilled guitarist

[Highway Star]

Well, time to speak my mind I guess, I thought that tedious link was..... Flippin awful!! No offence meant to anyone but why the heck would you want to practice for ages in order to do that!! It was shocking! LOL

Farl

[petermoran555]

each to their own i guess,

but as guitarists, surely its not hard to appreciate the difficulty of what he does, regardless of whether you like it or not.

did people ever say Paganini played the violin too fast??

its obviously a matter of personal taste, and while i wouldnt want to listen to song after song played with excessive playing of this style, i can still appreciate it.

after all, the video is just a show of technique and im pretty sure he is capable of writing a very decent, more melodic, track because he has such a knowledge of the instrument.

[Highway Star]

Well, I totally agree that he has a rare and well honed skill that most people could never aspire to reach so yes, point well put and definitely taken. It's just that it leaves me stone cold and whether my fumblings on the old "wood'n'wires" qualifies me to comment on this guy or not I am not really sure but I put on a Who CD earlier and the song "Bargain" was on in the background. I stopped working as a surge of "hair on the back of the neck" syndrome rushed over me. Literaly, I tingled! But this guy, as impressive and undoubted as his huge talent is did nothing at all for me. but... as you very rightly pointed out... each to their own.

Farl

[bwdavis99]

Sorry, I just don't get it, even as filler, I'd rather hear feedback squealing as filler it least it'll make the hair on your neck pay attention.

Barry

[Six]

did people ever say Paganini played the violin too fast??

Not at all.

My problem with this is not that he plays fast, far from it... I love fast guitar passages, but the whole thing lacks any sense of tune or melody IMO.
Now if you want speed and melody at the same time then Flight of the Bumblebee is a great example, it has a sense of direction and conjures up an image in the mind whilst being technically brilliant.

Credit where it's due though, he has ability that I could only ever dream of. The difference is that if I had that ability at my fingertips I would try to avoid letting my ego abuse it.

[ini]

Technique is like a tool, for making better music,
helping the guitarist to express himself. It gives you a wide range of possibilities how to play a note, how to make it sound, so that you can color your tone with your own feelings and style.

So if you have a good technique, you can make better music,
but the point is always to make music and not to show off your skills.

I've seen Satriani yesterday and realized that technique itself, without feeling and musical sense doesn't make music - you have to implement it into your songs and make it fit. Satriani used his technique for its purpose: making his music more interesting and unique.
This should be the goal.

Colors alone don't make a picture.

[ZappaFan]

Technique is like a tool, for making better music,
helping the guitarist to express himself. It gives you a wide range of possibilities how to play a note, how to make it sound, so that you can color your tone with your own feelings and style.

So if you have a good technique, you can make better music,
but the point is always to make music and not to show off your skills.

I've seen Satriani yesterday and realized that technique itself, without feeling and musical sense doesn't make music - you have to implement it into your songs and make it fit. Satriani used his technique for its purpose: making his music more interesting and unique.
This should be the goal.

Colors alone don't make a picture.

Wise words Ini. :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:

[mjknowles]

Yes, well put Ini.8-)

[trotter]

has he got like robotic fingers coz he is playing like at light speed metal

[Rick]

nah that was pap

If i saw him live playing like that i would walk.

[Pollin]

This guy is on the new breed of shredders, along with Rusty, Fareri, Ziras etc...he can sweep up to 26 nps¡¡