Dragianni - Strings On Fire *THE BEST RATED ENTRY*

[veryhappypunk]

wtf,, this is much better tahn the first place... why didnt you win??

[ScreamAimFire111]

im not gonna lie dude, i probably couldn't play that

[MrDietrr]

Awesome played!! but dude, PLS smile! =D at the end. Damn i would smile me

ass off if i could play like that!

[codfish60]

Steve....Is that you??

[pr0nolga]

Bad ass video and guitar dude!

[Yban01]

woooooooooow! you're a master thanks for this song

[neazahmed]

you look alike steve vai !

[FunkMasterSteez]

The best rated entry... so shouldn't you have won...?

[nick61729]

i was gonna bash in here and say daniel is better then u ... but honestly u did pretty great!!

[coltonandsydney123]

Phhht and they call Eric Clapton slow hands.

[OG96932]

i think that through the ignorant world of the west, need to wake up,some of the stuff that comes from the other side of the world, absolutely blows away any performer, this example the guy has far surpassed the linking of any popular virtuoso by a milestone, i would think.

[greenday2k2]

i. want. that. guitar.

[enos218]

omg...awesome

[MrBadhorse777]

u make it look so easy,... sign of a good musician u didnt even raise a sweat wow.. :) you rock

[pplongstocking99362]

man this guy's so good that he takes your eye off of the back ground.. for those who know about ghost orbs out check out the door around 0:04 and 0:55 and decide for yourself

[iodo2004]

Lay off the Jem guitars brother! Not trying 2 put u down, but being compared to Steve Vai will not help your music career.

[nemtall]

This guy doesn't even sound like VIA .. Maybe the guitar and his skinny Frame reminds us of VIA ....I think Hes just as good As VIA ... Maybe edging up past VIA

[DRAGIANNI]

@nemtall Who the f**k is Steve Vai !?!? :)

[nemtall]

@DRAGIANNI sorry VAI.. no Idea who He is..But Your As Great

[DRAGIANNI]

@nemtall :)))



[nemtall]

@DRAGIANNI Love all Your videos by the way ..I've been watching for a year or more now .Your competition stuff is mind blowing. Plus your guitar collection ...If yah wanna give any of Those Jems away ...I'm interested ,,,He he

[ilovemyung]

@DRAGIANNI YOUR FATHER....

[FunkMasterSteez]

@DRAGIANNI Who the fuck is steve vai? ahahahaha he just created your instrument lol

[GuitarProSte]

@FunkMasterSteez I think he would know dude -.-

[critics1977]

@DRAGIANNI asshole

[Sebastianodelarada]

@DRAGIANNI you may play guitar ...but that guitar is "VIA's" guitar...

and Yes, Vai is by far better than you ;)

[csmorgan]

@nemtall Did you seriously misspell Vai 4 times

[TrollRaper69]

@nemtall hey dumbass you misspelled a three letter last name 4 fucking times..VAI VAI VAI VAI

[JIMMITH12]

@nemtall no not edging Vai...and you spelled his last name wrong.

[sanvicence]

@nemtall VIA... is that VAI?

[guitar1freak4]

22 people plays drums... :D thumbs up... samo rokaj !!

[ylcn77ylcn]

Hi I wish you success

[oscarinero]

jel postoje negdje tabovi? :OOOO

[valsuarez]

i could see why you feel like you were robbed.... i really like your use of the vairous effects along with your precise technicality and musicality. the most inventive I've seen yet.

[Ziece4]

omg i thought steve vai was playing and didn't win for a seconds there i was like wth

[torterra165]

Hey look Snape plays guitar.

[fireballzzz]

Dude fully sick.. You should probably use a different axe. the Steve Vai lookalike thing, not so cool, you play way to good for that :)

[jtxp93]

steve vai cant enter hermans contest

[HatemJp]

yo Steve Vai :D

[bepianoful]

dude you blow me away

[JakeyRhoads]

steve vai on speed :D awesome dude great work!

[TriggerHappy971]

Dude, you have Vai's hair =]

[chancewasted]

i think all the entries that joined the contest will own herman ri... i saw his video doing slow solos, man he sucks! and some parts of his solos are just hit or miss scale... im a guitarist to and i know how to watch and listen... anyway just my opinion..

[Veltiorx]

In the end he's like "Did something happen?"

[Dominitrix69]

Wow Flawless playing, How many hours a day to you practice usually. I been playing guitar for 6 years and Im decent but 10seconds worth of your playing makes what I do in a whole song look like crap haha j/k. Beautiful control of your Jem by the way bro!

[MapleLeafAce]

i much prefer this one to the winner actually.

[moonknight1000]

I think this won the hearts of the audience, even if it couldn't win the competition :D

[enatormaster47]

very good

[jimmyguitarhero]

Such a fucking a great phrases !!! Amazing !!!!

[logspock]

thats not fair... steve vai can't enter this contest

[Dagonaro]

Fenomeno!

[ofajonajdebil]

ti si meni zmaj, da mi je tu gitaru ako nista bar na jedan dan :D

[christian7433560]

You needed to be the winner!

[debbieluvsibanez]

whoa, i thought u were steve vai for a moment!! at least u got a jem ibanez (me too!) awesome shreddin' dude!!

[DRAGIANNI]

@debbieluvsibanez Thanks, cheers !!! ;)

[brando18guitarplyr]

Steve Vai's evil twin brother 666!

[suloman123]

Wow the take was so awesome...!!! I loved the whole thing but....the lick at 0:51-0:56.. out of this planet..!!!!!!!! :))))

[martob83]

hmmm how dd you not win

[IrnBruDude000]

What harmonics did u hit at the end!!! that was Insane!! well done.

[DRAGIANNI]

@IrnBruDude000 There are 3 guitars at the end playing the same harmonics, but using tremolo bar they sound nasty and a little bit out of tune ... ;) Joe Satriani uses this trick very often ;)

[IrnBruDude000]

@DRAGIANNI thanks dude , btw what is your practice routine for doing that tapping at the start. ive been playing for a few years and i see all you guys doin' it- but i seem to get nowhere lol

[DRAGIANNI]

@IrnBruDude000 Just take it easy and slowly...compose your own lick and try to speed it up - that is the way i do it ! ;) If it sounds good to you, it will sound good to everyone else ;)

[IrnBruDude000]

@DRAGIANNI thanks again! Continue being awesome ;)

[xPurpleDrinkx9001]

@IrnBruDude000 i think they are the 15th fret on the 3 high strings.

[vinchenzo96]

this is sweet

[SqiroS22]

I find your entry way more interesting than the one that took first place...Rock on

[whitelotus808]

looks more like dave kilminster from lick library

[ugie88]

shoot!! when i click this vid, i said nice guitar...when i saw the player, it effing steve vai!!

[mannress21]

wow.... you don't seem to like steve vai at all...

[pmacFTO]

You play like Jack Butler when he's speeded up :p

[kalapoka666]

good stuff man! no offense but you look like vai from some angles!!!

[brando18guitarplyr]

but Freakin' awesome playin'!!!!!!!!!!

[brando18guitarplyr]

Holy shit, Steve Vai's Evil twin brother :O

[gorancrny]

brate sta da ti kazem osim svaka cast i bravo za ovakvu virtuoznost.

U rangu je sa najboljim gitaristima ;)

Svaka cast i srecno u daljem radu!

[snowbladetaki]

at 1:16 It kinda sounded like Duel of the Fates from Star Wars hahaha.

[Connor6Sixx]

GO GRANDPA!

[Fabiano9798]

EXCELLENT!

[RefugefortheRestless]

I was a little skeptical in the beginning because a lot of people have done a lot of tapping in the contest thus far, but with the harmonizer and everything else... Simply epic :)

[mscalabrino238]

how many steve vai guitars do u have

[hobostolemytaco]

dude you should have soooo won -_- ehh well anyways can i have the backing track pleaseeeeee :D

[hobostolemytaco]

dude you should have soooo won -_- ehh well anyways can i have the backing track pleaseeeeee :D

[Tori965]

Please backing track!

[0Yker0]

1:36 Why so serious?

[KhammettJpageAsmith]

this owns all the other vids no joke

[laney50w]

Been watching your videos....Truly awesome!

[JaymzLea]

Harmonized bit at the beginning was SOOOOOO sick.

[pbonghez]

That was totally amazing both melodically and technically! Hail from Romania! :D

[Deritooo]

0:04-0:16 GREAT TAPPING !

[xXPredraGXx]

Da si okrenuo gitaru horizontalno , bilo bi ko svirat klavijature...xD

[deathcore1239]

thanks for showing me how much i truely suck at guitar :) i assume your classically trained? and nice 7vwh btw

[gto6412]

The ending was the best, imo

[WeveGotNoTimeToLose]

hard hittin harmonies man, lovin it

[MisterThrashMetal]

Wow I see a Steve Vai wannabe here. What happened to having your own identity nowadays?

PS: He is great at playing the instrument

[guitars357]

@MisterThrashMetal how is he a wannabe? he has a ibanez jem....that's it

[migiiiiiii]

thumbs up if he looks like steve vai :D

[alex11sf]

@migiiiiiii thumbs up if he plays like him :)



[DanielPowell357]

I'm telling Steve Vai you stole'd his guitar!

I'm kidding, you fucking own.

[kostq94]

THE MOST RATED ENTRY ... sour looser killer playin' nevertheless

[BALSACTHEWARRIOR]

omg i just took a dump on the floor O.O

[Skyboybb]

Svaka cast :)

[AsIPlayGuitar]

Yeah its not steve vai.. Ill even think so xD

same look and guitar xD

[Bjesomar64]

Dragianni stvarno si car...respect.

Ali mogao bis malo svratiti i do Rijeke i priredit nam neku svirku.

poz.

[MetalFee666]

dude, fucking loved this one the most outta all the others

[ellogovenah2011]

and why werent you in the top 3 again??..that was pretty damn creative from my point of view

[Themethalmaster]

You have his guitar and look like Steve Vai xD Awesome entry entry!

[TheAnimos]

you are amazing!!!i cant stop listening to this

[LbYs]

0:40 - 1:00 is fantastic!

All of this is really great, see ya on stage.

[blgdinger3]

hobo Steve Vai? looks and sounds like him..

[masterrofl]

ovo je trebalo pobjedit bez rasprave :D! brutalno!

[jessymathault]

how many JEMs do you have????

can you sell me one :)

[TaylorGilmour]

you rock bro, i Love your style. Keep rocking Fellow Guitar Player.

[JLeeP17]

1:17-1:23 awesome melodic run 

[TheMrspeedking]

aj prosetala suljagina fata,,,,svaka cast.......long live ibanez

[MrFreeOliveira]

SICK !

[EstevanMusic]

:-O

mind=blown

[G15UNIT]

How the hell did this not win first place? This is better then the winners solo in my opinion.

[Spieleschummler]

Dragianni where do you come from? Croatia or Serbia?

[besart100]

Come on, that's something!!  Amazingly good!

Greets from Kosova, (Albania)

[ImperialArmour]

i think what this lacks is a strong motif. the winning entries all had that.

[ImperialArmour]

dude you look like steve vai's father.

[kmiki15]

Bravo majstore,savršenstvo

[gotnobrain]

Jel to backing track na sedmaku sniman, čujem neki B? ;D

[DRAGIANNI]

@gotnobrain Nemam pojma,nisam ja radio backing track!

[tonic15]

dragianni my friend you are simply godly with that thing

[marjandrazevo]

na pocetok tapping u picku mater... Bravo majstore :))

[MiracleOfRealism]

You poor man! Stellar, superior playing and yet you look as though you'd rather be doing anything else XD lol I mean no disrespect, I just find it ironic that someone so talented appears as though they're having no fun. But I suppose when you play that well, it's a right you reserve. ;P Great job!

[jamiewipiiti]

cool!

[cezvai2]

Very good your execution friend and exelente your guitar.

[IbanezVyperGuitarGuy]

Looks like Steve Vai, Steve Vai guitar, and it sounds of the influences of Megadeth...AWESOME!!!

[SepticaGovnarSmrti]

A, sunpora mu kalajisanog!

[DRAGIANNI]

@SepticaGovnarSmrti :))))

[112358miau]

Herman Li should make an entry for a competition with your name, u're as far from him like earth from moon. U're amazinggggg

[DRAGIANNI]

@112358miau :))) Thank you!!! Rock on!!!

[whitelotus808]

@DRAGIANNI you shouldve won. really. this version beats the winners by a lot IMHO

[glennvanbelgie]

ibanez jem <3

[robdrums69]

$10.00 bucks says you love VAI! lol - you even resemble him lol

Great job!

Rob

[vinceXblade]

I must say, you're pretty damn good,

But i don't really think it sounds good to the backing track...

So you're not in the top 3 for me.

I can't do it, but i didn't really think it was that good.

[kmiki15]

Legendo,svaka čast majstore.ti ,Muris i Emir ste bogovi.

[young0wylde0child]

has anybody ever told you that you kinda look vai and it looks like your in his basement cause thats exactly what his studio looks like or close to it

[Quatschyy]

I never hear so epic between 1:16-1:23, nice melody

[DRAGIANNI]

just search "safet isovic mostarski ducani"

It is a little part from bosnian traditional song! :)

cheers! :)

[Ploatic]

I really think you were better the 1st place entry, great job

[IamElSatan666]

seriously, ive played this SO MANY TIMES, i eargasm every time i hear it.

[insaneslash896]

Imo, you should have won this contest

And it is the most rated video that means more people think it was worth watching :D

[furiousmat]

@insaneslash896 with the low number of ratings you can get only 1 or 2 dudes who score it a 1 out of jealousy and lose the 5star mark so means nothing. anyway this entry certainly was good but dunno what was their criteria.

[Xerosnake90]

Wow, purely amazing. Steve vai Ibanez at that. Just wow.

[PainlessTragedy]

Steve Vai would be proud, excellent harmonies.

[Undercurrentuk1]

really amazing solo! love the tone too

[IamElSatan666]

1:10 - 1:22  EPIC. power metal fan much?

[estoywatchingvids]

lol His face at the end, like he doesn't even care...

[iamheadbanger]

Uf sviđa mi se ovo. Baš je onak. Sve na svom mjestu. :)

[KodiakGrizzly89]

Is this guy trying to BE Steve Vai???!! Hahaha he even got himself the little tool patch...Good playing, but be your own musician man, seriously...you wont make it as a cover man

[DRAGIANNI]

I don't even try to "make it"...i play guitar just for fun! :)

[produccionesmiranejo]

he says that just because you have the same guitar and long hair

great playing dude

[jerwinrocks]

@DRAGIANNI me to i play guitar just for fun and im only 16 =)

[webgazda]

you are DEAD WRONG about him.....

[Estonianwoodsman]

actually i was thinking the same thing. It is true. Same guitar, same hair, same patch...i honestly thought this was steve vai at first. no offense DRAGIANNI, you're an awesome player.

[Thewowlover1234]

orgasmic

[testament214]

you kicked evryones ass dude!

[callmesmorz]

Thats a sexy guitar he's playing

[RobertBorden121]

He just made me never want to pick up my guitar again as long as I live for fear of looking insanely stupid. Holy crap that was good.

[galleon30000]

@RobertBorden121

You made me laugh Rob .hehe..good one.

[nudsh]

That's the stuff!!!!! Wicked jam....

[XFC2009]

nice job man!!! is this your home studio?

[ibanezjem77]

Viewers should not compare Gragianni to Steve Vai based on the guitar he plays and the fact that he can shred. He incorporates various amazing styles in his playing, his sound is his own, and you can definitely hear some Balkan/Eastern European (actually CROATIAN) influence in his phrasings. To have a talent like Steve Vai take notice of Gragianni's playing is proof that this fine musician has as sound of his own.

Stvarno si majstor svog alata...budi ponosan sta imas takav talent.

Cro4ever

[DRAGIANNI]

Hvala na lijepim riječima podrške!!!

Thanks for your kind words! :)

Živjeli!!! :)

[TheFireball100]

Dang!!!!! Way awesome!! The scream at the end was stellar!! I love that guitar - very pretty. I also like the wah!

[marinero225]

Prijatelju, zaista fantasticno sviras! Samo, ako boga znas, nasmej se malo. Pretpostavljam da ti sviranje pretstavlja zadovoljstvo, a ne prisiljavanje na fizicki rad. je li tako? Daj da i mi to malo vidimo. Pozdrav iz Smedereva!

[uu9999uu]

it sound like rap

[guitarher3]

rocking the steve vai look

[pollin]

that part at 0:52 sounds like crushing day from satch

[JeffBlazer74]

He looked like a cross between Vai and Van Halen. Friggin insane fretboard masturbation! \m/

[edinkirk]

people champion i to nesto znaci

[GibsonGuitars55]

DAMN! THAT WAS HOT! Im gonna buy ur CD haha

[collinpartrick]

Dude you look like STEVE VAI!!!

love the vai signature guitar

[guitarDouchebaggery]

fantastic job!

[guitarslave]

Wow!!! I want to buy your CD, too!!! Let us know when it's out!!!

[DRAGIANNI]

Just stay tuned! My first CD will be finished soon!!!!

[TheRecket]

Bravo majstore!

[DireAvanger]

where can i buy ur cd?!?!?

[DRAGIANNI]

cd is not finished yet! :(

thanks for interest!

[6StringHawk1982]

Amazing technique, I really like this entry the technial command and feel were just perfect. great job writing out your leads and harmonies!