Jonny Hockings Blues Jazz Metal Improvisation

[williamquitilipi]

muy capooooo

[BoyOfLol]

Bro you got big hands D:

Awesome playing.

[MeltdownOfThePicture]

The facial expressions are CRUCIAL to the guitar playing, my good sir. Keep it up!

[devilboy3331]

nice:)

[MaXaNoMaLoUs]

This kids gonna be Incredible, already is.. Hopefully he will get into Fredrik Thordendal's "Sol Niger Within" and ALLAN HOLDSWORTH. This kids already got all the dexterity, the young mind will pick up th etheory much quicker. I hope to see you Rocking some type of Hybrid band that Kills. Rock on, and dont forget Shawn Lane and Joe Pass, SRV and JIMI. Totally ipressed kid, check out ANOMALOUS my band. Look for "MITOSIS" its the only calm song:)

[MikeGuerra5]

God I hate kids, making me feel bad about my guitar playing :(

[igotwoodhaha]

listened to some stuff by your band, it's not too bad but you're wasting your talent playing that stuff man...but if you like doing it, then more power to you.

[Sticavoli82]

Great.



[6project6nightmare6]

all in all its a good mate, but i think you should try phrasing more than insane shred alot.

So find a small melody you like and build your solo around it, and for jazz try to play like a brass instrument or vocalist . =]

[yogsothoth2099]

man you rock! where did you get your backing tracks?

[fallenoffthestage]

Funking fantastic.

[jac151956]

Man you play like you have a life time of feelings. I can't imagine what you will sound like when your 20. Beautiful dude!

JC Singing Fingers

[cjoey39]

Hey Jon! Excellent piece! You are all style kid!! Joey Vaughan "World Blues Attack"

[Alkinoos7]

very good video! Congratulations!

[johnyvprock]

cool dude! you re skill full!keep playing and uploading!:D

[zaretix]

WoW!! Wan't see more of this!!

[TheEdgey89]

Well played man, had a quick look at your band. They are not too bad but your wasting your time playing that stuff. But if you enjoy it, i guess thats all that matters. You would suit playing alongside the guitarist of my band :)

[Vanguard448]

Excellent. Very impressive playing. I'll just throw in a small suggestion; in the first minute or so, it sounded to me like some wah pedal work wouldn't have gone amiss.

[hytek1]

Amazing man! 

[somenushiz]

holy shit

"!

[sloppyjoe24]

Dang dude! You're amazing.

[Magniumman]

you make really gay faces when you play. but your amazing, so it evens everthing out.

[GeorgeRoss91]

Fantastic, i`m impressed!

Nice licks!

Congrat.

[KosmoHolytan]

Fucking nice, become a rockstar, and use the money well, foor good things.

[luishem]

you'd be more awesome if you'd move your'e head a little more... x)

[Masterkeyboardsgavo]

Hijo de perra!!!

[HavockdeLimaPeru]

0:03

[xiozthunderplums]

you look like youre 8. amazing playing

[symos141731]

That was insane

[Soriua]

The kids today.. you amazed me.

[bassbreaker]

Ouch man that hurt, your amazing , and seem so young, amazing

[Summs67]

You're a machine.

[dcat918]

OMG.....this kid is mindblowing.

[kalixi]

O_O AMAZING

[guitarisfun87]

holy god balls...

[DiabolusEnGuitar]

youre going to be huge one day man. you're really good. best wishes from Tx..

[ZeroTheHate]

hell yeah. bad ass

[notpopebuthope]

BOY, oh boy! You blew my ears right away by shredding/jazzing like this !! AWESOME !! Move on! Good luck! Cheers from Austria! Thanks!

[bbeaup]

I wish I was this proactive playing when I was 16. Good job on keeping up with it man.

[Epiphonefan]

xD This is sick, how old were you here? 16? Insane :D

Could you tell me a bit how you studied? Like practised scale, theory from a book or whatever...?

[caseykeown]

Dude, this is wicked. How old are you?

[meluaz]

Thats fucking potential right there!

[0maZter0]

youre so good!

better than me xDD LMAO

cheers from portugal

[metalhead77479]

Where can I find the backing track for all the songs in this video?

[Day0One]

Dammm...

You are good kid...

Very, very, impressive...!!!

You sure know the guitar.

[rush6447]

you look 10 no offence i really liked this though lool

[pamelaraven]

wow you rock..:)

[halu28]

Jonny, this is just amazing! Love the blues bit in the middle and I think you should explore a bit more of that. How is college going?

Went to see John McLaughlin the other week but wasn't too impressed. Think you could give him a run for his money.

Hope all goes well

Best!

Luddy

[hikaryfebruary]

Wow ... no words O___O

[smashingpoop]

16? lol xD

but seriously dude. did you go to a super high educated top student music school or what because your playing is like a 40 year old (wich means it's really really good :p)

[unk666]

amazing

[unk666]

なんだただの天才児か・・・orz

[unk666]

なんだただの天才児か・・・orz

[Metalist2150]

16?!?!??! Thought you were around 9-10 years old! Ahahahha, sorry.

[Metalist2150]

16?!?!??! Thought you were around 9-10 years old! Ahahahha, sorry ;D

[Metalist2150]

16?!?!??! Thought you were around 9-10 years old! Ahahahha, sorry ;D

[Metalist2150]

16?!?!??! Thought you were around 9-10 years old! Ahahahha, sorry ;D

[JackyVengeance123]

very nice

[JackyVengeance123]

very nice

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[TheSalviaSquad]

Hey man, good stuff, you are very talented, the only criticism I can really give is that you dont feel the music enough, but thats probably down to the music being a backing track, if you arent already in a band you need to get in one to feel the energy of the music, also try some dirtier guitar styles to give more variation eg kurt cobain style solos, granted they arent super technical but they have huge feeling to them (especially the early nirvana stuff)

[Diminished5]

I like your phrasing man ^_^

Specially the jazz fusion beginning.

[JoonasTheGuitarist]

Your mother was improvising. Which means you're not.

But still sooo goood!

[zechpatrick]

what the f**k...

your really good...

keep it up man

[ihategordonstoun]

it was an absolute pleasure to watch this video ( : i hope to be as good as you are one day nicely done very very nicely done

[kibadanghi]

awesome, the first part was indeed the best. just one question. is that a godin guitar?

[hockings1]

Nope ernie ball axis.

[emaculate]

Good stuff brother... I can tell your a true tech when it comes to your instrument.

[computerfanboy]

Like the Ernie Ball Music Man! :D

[Kaenanthebarbarian]

great playing man, really inspires me thinking that sometime soon i'll be able to do something like that.

do you think you can give me any advice on improv? i've just started improving about a month or less ago.

[hockings1]

Practise playing along to minor and MAJOR backing tracks and try and remember or write down phrases/ licks that ring out when your improvising. If it sounds good it is.

I used this book that came with a Backing CD .... Exploring Jazz guitar by Phil Capone!

[Kaenanthebarbarian]

thanks ill check out that book real quick. and that really is a great idea to try and keep track of the licks/phrases that come to me while improvising, usually i just do whatever comes to mind.

[JoshClouds]

wow you're brilliant! can't believe you're 16!

[TranslucentPlenum]

What is the chord progression behind what you're playing?

[hockings1]

Which section ?

[TranslucentPlenum]

@hockings1 The beginning, and the jazzy part that's clean.

[hockings1]

First section is just a backing in A aelion/ natural minor - Jazz section is a vamp going between C major and C minor (Play the third of C to figure out which ones which).

[TranslucentPlenum]

You want some constructive critisism!?! Put down your guitar and stop making me look bad... You only got a year on me and you kick my ass...

[pussum1234]

oh my! are you serious?? thts.... wow im typeless :P seriously tho the cleanliness of the shreds sweeps etc was stunning ridiculous talent

[btlalor]

AWESOME DUDE

[jfunkfinger69]

Truly amazing, you have inspired me to do some practice.

[tmcarbon]

Ur really good, I loved the tone of ur effects

[montezumasrevenge]

Keep practicing kid

[Cataclysmacist]

Sick ass playing. But whats with the fuck in the backround? Kills it man. You shuld use this shit in like some technical death, if you put in a little dissonance and shake the rhythm around to make it a little more complicated, you could do amazing shit. <- Anyways thats all just personal preference. good job.

[qUiZzL3R]

Well, it is Jazz Metal not Technical Death...

[666Hiram]

wtf? you´re great...can you tell me what kind of distortion u use 4 this metal solo???

[scottyplod1988]

the new trio jerry c, mattrach and this kid lol

[DeathMetalBeaver]

what guitar are you playing? and did you get that scholarship? great playing, where did you learn to impro like that?

[hockings1]

Ernie Ball Axis - No but I still went to the college (ICMP) and its great.

It was just a Cm to C major vamp so i just took chords and melodies from C major scale and C Aeolian and landing on chord tones ( The root third fifth and seventh of C)

[jojomellon]

You're very well practiced, for what its worth. 2 things:

Lose the bad shred tone.

None of the solo was memorable. Slow down, develop your ideas. Can you sing your solo while you're playing? Doing so will help you become a much more lyrical player and not just someone playing scale ideas as fast as possible.

[hockings1]

Yeah I agree it was a shit metal solo I don't play shred any more I really like jazz and funk and thats all about lyrical phrasing and motific developement.

[whammybar2]

You fuck !

till the end of the term th i know you play like this .

badass johnny haha

but really

its impressive man . keep it up

[quintoorazioflacco]

Bravo!!!

[TheJPEMTube]

That's very nice ^^

[Antis001]

omg dude:D it's a little bit sick:D of course in a good way:D Congratulation! the jazz part of the video is the best...

[hockings1]

Correct .. thanks!

[Fredduccy]

well... here another one influence that u might like it... he is one of my favorites... guthrie govan... and a criticism... well try not put ur fingers so high... hope u can understand... i dont know how to say because im speack spanish not english.... check TIAGO DELLA VEGA technic and ull see... keep playing ... best wishes...

Cheers

[hockings1]

I understand - Guthrie Govan is my favourite player =] Search ''Guthrie Govan Dizzee Rascal'' on youtube !

[ilhadosmacacos]

where is the improvisation?

anyway, awesome kid

[hockings1]

Alot of the blues and jazz section were made up as I went

[ilhadosmacacos]

cool influences :D

keep the genial stuff, you have talent :D

anyway do you know instrumental styles like this? im trying to find music like "animals as leaders"

[hockings1]

Joe Bonamassa blues

Joe pass jazz

Joe satriani metal (rock)

[ilhadosmacacos]

lol there is a lot of joes in this world =P

thanks =D

[hockings1]

Joe's the closest I could get to Jonny and as I'm sure you know, that's probably the best name ever. Enjoy

[000021864]

Excelent !!!!!!!!! But you´re not improve at this video...

[Forrester]

Thanks for making me feel like shit on my guitar playing kid.

[Stratmaster17]

nice brother but heres the criticism, add some more jazz to the rock section, and some more chromatic playing and that would tighten the screws so much with somme more legato and very nice job

[reaperofgenocide]

Now you did ask for criticism and here it is. At first it was hard to identify any criticism because you are a spectacular guitarist and a young age. Here it is. USE YOUR PINKY MORRRRRRRRRRE!!!!! yeah you can get away with hardly using your picky but why would you? You are amazing and with that pinky you can become even more amazing. Make yourself like using your pinky. Obsess over it and before you know it, its crazy stretches, legato, and much much more bro. Just love that pinky man.

[BlikeNave]

Why is this kid 20x better than me but half my age? Good job dude.

[JoeSlinkard]

holy shit this little kid is amazing

some guys have entire metal careers and are not this good

[Jayarbal]

well done boy. that's a nice guitar by the way!

[Jayarbal]

well done boy. thats a nice guitar by the way!

[informaticotony]

Woow!! troppo bravo!

[Putrefraction]

thats not fair..

[hillbilly2vegas2fan]

That's a sick guitar lol

[RockfanaticMh]

WOW! That boy has a tremendous future ahead of him! Rock on!!

[Jishjsc]

he looks constipated but the riffs are so kickass

[nathanguitarguru]

indeed he looks constipated, and I was there videoing him...

[zuicidebass]

oh my god

u are amazing!!! °-°

[lolkolkid]

here some critisim, HOLY SHIT

[xXxDKWNxXx]

Jonny Be Good At Guitar =D

[combcard]

very well done, post more videos :D

[dolinovodno2500]

WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT????

That was sooooo goood ohmy god u look like u did no mistakes... great song, great impro, ur still young and ur as good as most well known heavy metal guitarist!!!

5 stars, A+, 10/10 and well you ROCK!!!

[Thetrooper14]

omg if that is ur playing now,  how it will be tomorrow, nice play man, u have future ; )

[PepWan]

Constructive criticism! lol That was great. You seemed very relaxed, and you are very talented. You carried the tune very well. 5* Good luck with school. No doubt you will excel! ;)

[musicmansmiley]

nice playin jonny :)

[Smoshluver15]

NICE!!

=-D

[khalid7377]

This is astonishing

Your playing is so clean and fluent ,it's hard to believe your only 16 . Keep it up man , can't wait to find out how you turn out to be in a few years time

[skucas666]

amazing!!!

[nfwb1995]

ummmm....oooooooooooo.....ahha­.....FRICKEN SWEET HOLY CRAP GOIN TO BE BIG!!!!

[megallicadian]

fuk thats insane man kudos to you

[tombeals69]

i would give you some constructive criticism, but id feel like an asshole for telling you what your doing wrong when i cant even play the guitar. i will tell you that is totally AWESOME though.

[kellydoll14]

your amazing! a big wow. you will go far. loads of stars coming your way. thanx phil for sharing. love kellyxxx

[ricmalbex]

Wow, what a pure natural talent...Wonderful fluent playing.. definately knows his way around the fret...

5*****

[ERICROBILLARD1]

wouaaaaaaa 5*******

[komusoumetal]

Cool　！！

[nannerbj]

Woooh the talent - unbelievable to think there is that kind of talent out there!