@McMinnManiac your right. It's as if when he came out with his first album he was "in your face" with some rediculous stuff in an effort to grab peoples attention and then kinda started doing other more "tasteful" things. Heck I miss the old stuff. It's still one of my favs.
I had this song come into my head when I went to cook just then. I like the sonic theatrics he should have kept that up and just tone down the posing. He went a completely different direction after this I think.
You can tell he was hanging out with Jason Becker a lot in those days. Jason kind of made him what he was on his debut before he started doing his own thang. I'm kind of glad, because we got albums like Electric Joy. But there's a lack of good creative and fun type shred these days, it's all fusion and heavy neoclassical it seems.
That ripping kind of playingwould fit in well with Dio . Richie did really well on the "LA Blues authority" CD def changed up his tone scince this 88 footage
People keep on about becker and richie kotzen but they dont have the same style of playing at all!!!Kotzen is a great player and becker was too,as is steve vai and Joe Satriani who had songs on Surfing With The Alien that are second to none.
but to tell you the truth i dont like his first album
really wish i could see some Electric Joy stuff around here
why can't there be a MF,RK,PG and GH G3(4)?
if jason was able to play again i think the world would stop spinning again,war would stop,people would all come together and just be happy...or maybe not but at lest he'll be able to move again Godbless you jason
I must say, Richie's first two (and maybe his 3rd) are some of my favourite all time guitar albums. The sounds that man could coax out of his Ibanez's are just insane. His new stuff is pretty good too and it's been pretty neat to listen to him evolve with every disc but at the same time keep pieces of his old style with his new mature approach. Richie's just plain awesome regardless ... 'nuff said! :)
Whoever said that Kotzen is a better player than Becker are obviously not players themselves. Kotzen is probalby better all round, his singing is awesome.
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Oh, I just love watching him up there moving his hips around and flipping his hair around, like he's playing to a bunch of chicks...Get real pal. What a fucking Blow Hard! Put some meat in that tone too. Isn't he the asshole that swooped in on one of his drummers girlfriends? What a guy! Jason Becker is twice the guitar player and 10 times the musician.
i have to say richie kotzen is damn awesome with incredible chops. BUT if you've heard his first album i thought his guitar sound and the production, even tho it was done by becker, is pretty crappy. i was quite shocked by it but it still had some sick leads and songs
Kotzen was'nt a better shredder, but he took jasons sweeping to the next level, and of course this very song was constructed by both richie and jason becker on the album 'richie kotzen' for shrapnel. Becker was the producer.
in a way, kotzen is better than jason. Go to jason's website...jason himself admitted that. His technique..and playing style is different. nevertheless..jason is great too..
How i wish ritchie still play his old or first instrumental like what paul gilbert did now,can see the audients drop jaw and forget to clap their hands..
I think he gets better with age. He's such a romantic man....his lyrics for the most recent years are so filled with love and lost love...I'm soooo glad he's singing now.
by the way, kotzen used to tap like a warrior, it's a shame he did not include it in his modern style, even though i prefer his style now...maybe it was not really appropriated to what he does currently
As Greg Howe and few others, he's one of these guitarists who have upgraded electric guitar on instrumental music at the end of the 80's...a lot of respect for this dude!
Looks like he was using some kind of an old Peavey in this clip. Anyone know what it was? I have to say, I prefer his Cornford tone, but he does sound good here.
@hangingmonkey123 plewase can you upload the 40 mins of talking and examples? or can i purchase it from you? i can pay via pay pal and you can just upload it to mega upload, easy money :P
Pretty sure this is the same exact clinic where Jason played the arpeggios from Serena which is quite famous on youtube.
HomogeneousEurope1 4 months ago
Very good. Very exciting. 80's!
drjmauros 4 months ago
while very impressive, the later material is way deeper. WHen he started singing that soul .... yeah man too much.
reddevillye 7 months ago
He recorded this first album when he was 18. Sick.
faithandpractice 1 year ago
He is a way more better with Ibanez.....but why with fender?
MasYoNo25 1 year ago
@MasYoNo25 He matured and became a less exciting fret maniac LOL
McMinnManiac 1 year ago
@McMinnManiac your right. It's as if when he came out with his first album he was "in your face" with some rediculous stuff in an effort to grab peoples attention and then kinda started doing other more "tasteful" things. Heck I miss the old stuff. It's still one of my favs.
faithandpractice 1 year ago
Man I can tell the crowd is blown away.That's why they not saying anything. they just want to listen every bit of the song.
shadowknight132 2 years ago
@shadowknight132 The crowd is a buch of stoned hippies trying to read the stickers on the body of his guitar LOL
McMinnManiac 1 year ago
need some tabs!!!!! this guy is awsome!
megatallicadeth 2 years ago
@megatallicadeth See what i mean , this guy needs some tabs LOL will he play Star Spangled banner , Hunh
McMinnManiac 1 year ago
Luv this album, think is one of the best!!.. maybe da best one ^^
kaminda6 2 years ago
the first kotzen album is an amazing guitar album
reminds me of some of the satch stuff but tons more shred and techniques
plus i just like the music better too
TruNikkaz 2 years ago
love the song !
ThisIsMusic92 3 years ago
"Squeeze Play" from his first album
nec550 2 years ago
sorry i didnt see the title
nec550 2 years ago
what video is this from?
ogtah2 3 years ago
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So he is always been the best of the best? Thank God that whammy bar is no longer in use!!
T.
tmoodyband 3 years ago
i want more from this clinic!!!!
JohnguitaristCook 3 years ago
what the hell? Atlanta institute of music? i thought he was from pennsylavia
Drew927 3 years ago
a lot of people have had clinics at aim, paul gilbert and jason becker have a good bit
TruNikkaz 3 years ago
he isn't allowed to play in atlanta??
:)
Vinniemoore89 2 years ago
@Vinniemoore89 His parents must have drove him there at recess LOL
McMinnManiac 1 year ago
great guitarrist!
BeckerIon38 3 years ago
Hey, he loves it, why not.
whatzupa 3 years ago
I had this song come into my head when I went to cook just then. I like the sonic theatrics he should have kept that up and just tone down the posing. He went a completely different direction after this I think.
whatzupa 3 years ago
You can tell he was hanging out with Jason Becker a lot in those days. Jason kind of made him what he was on his debut before he started doing his own thang. I'm kind of glad, because we got albums like Electric Joy. But there's a lack of good creative and fun type shred these days, it's all fusion and heavy neoclassical it seems.
TheLostTruckDriver 3 years ago
THIS GUY CAN PLAY ANY TIME OF MUSIC.From hardcore Shredding to slow melodic music he can do it all is what puts him infront of all guitarst now.
cacae 3 years ago
looks like hes fukin
davydusade 3 years ago
Really good sounds from that first album .
That ripping kind of playingwould fit in well with Dio . Richie did really well on the "LA Blues authority" CD def changed up his tone scince this 88 footage
McMinnManiac 4 years ago
People keep on about becker and richie kotzen but they dont have the same style of playing at all!!!Kotzen is a great player and becker was too,as is steve vai and Joe Satriani who had songs on Surfing With The Alien that are second to none.
MRDANLEE 4 years ago
HEARHEAR-well said mate
DECAYlive 3 years ago
man this is awesome...maybe lacking a teency little bit of melody...but even though i love this dudes whammy bar work its really tasty
GIBSONroks6167 4 years ago
im a big Richie.K Fan
but to tell you the truth i dont like his first album
really wish i could see some Electric Joy stuff around here
why can't there be a MF,RK,PG and GH G3(4)?
if jason was able to play again i think the world would stop spinning again,war would stop,people would all come together and just be happy...or maybe not but at lest he'll be able to move again Godbless you jason
kotzen081 4 years ago
less facial expressions, more playing,
dont get me wrong
i like his playing very much, but why those
"i am star" movements and B.B King faces???
after all this supposed to be guitar clinic
not a gig
vilippon 4 years ago
gig or no gig you can feel the music
can't help but move..you know....show expressions
kotzen081 4 years ago
Fever Dream is one of my favourite albums,this track is taken from his first album where his tone isn't great.
stuglue 4 years ago
I must say, Richie's first two (and maybe his 3rd) are some of my favourite all time guitar albums. The sounds that man could coax out of his Ibanez's are just insane. His new stuff is pretty good too and it's been pretty neat to listen to him evolve with every disc but at the same time keep pieces of his old style with his new mature approach. Richie's just plain awesome regardless ... 'nuff said! :)
JJJJay 4 years ago
Whoever said that Kotzen is a better player than Becker are obviously not players themselves. Kotzen is probalby better all round, his singing is awesome.
benntxsmetal 4 years ago
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Oh, I just love watching him up there moving his hips around and flipping his hair around, like he's playing to a bunch of chicks...Get real pal. What a fucking Blow Hard! Put some meat in that tone too. Isn't he the asshole that swooped in on one of his drummers girlfriends? What a guy! Jason Becker is twice the guitar player and 10 times the musician.
stevierayseanvanalle 4 years ago
lol funny cuz richie is one of the only people who was able to smoke jason on guitar come on man richie kotzen is a great guy
i had the chance to talk to him at a show back in 06 hes still an awsome guitarist
Electric Joy is like a must have album of richie theres so much this guy can do
kotzen081 4 years ago
richie will never be a becker
guitarhero41192 4 years ago
i didnt say he was a Becker
but yeah i understand what your saying
kotzen081 4 years ago
and becker when he played couldnt have been a richie
jose044 3 years ago
no, he's a richie kotzen, paul gilbert is a paul gilbert, steve vai is an steve vai and apple will never be pears.
panchopistolas88 3 years ago
nor windows ;)
digitaljeez 3 years ago
Thank god for that! lol
XxJacksonplayerxX 3 years ago
i agree 100%
guitarhero41192 4 years ago
i have to say richie kotzen is damn awesome with incredible chops. BUT if you've heard his first album i thought his guitar sound and the production, even tho it was done by becker, is pretty crappy. i was quite shocked by it but it still had some sick leads and songs
zivting 4 years ago
Kotzen was'nt a better shredder, but he took jasons sweeping to the next level, and of course this very song was constructed by both richie and jason becker on the album 'richie kotzen' for shrapnel. Becker was the producer.
8Goosemeister8 4 years ago
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Kotzen is better than Becker???
Aashuahsushusuhsuaha...so funny
bonna1234 4 years ago
in a way, kotzen is better than jason. Go to jason's website...jason himself admitted that. His technique..and playing style is different. nevertheless..jason is great too..
KhidirD2K 4 years ago
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Kotzen is better than Becker
mekanizedslayer 4 years ago
can anyone tell me why turned into such a faggot now he use to be really cool b4
edge299 4 years ago
it's called maturing.. as a mature musician he believes that vocal outlet is a better outlet. he still plays guitar like mad at his shows though.
omria 4 years ago
How i wish ritchie still play his old or first instrumental like what paul gilbert did now,can see the audients drop jaw and forget to clap their hands..
gigvaito 4 years ago
D+! grande ícone da guitarra instrumental!
Tiagoruzza 4 years ago
I think he gets better with age. He's such a romantic man....his lyrics for the most recent years are so filled with love and lost love...I'm soooo glad he's singing now.
JODIMA101FHYR 4 years ago
by the way, kotzen used to tap like a warrior, it's a shame he did not include it in his modern style, even though i prefer his style now...maybe it was not really appropriated to what he does currently
KeYan27 4 years ago
haha what a style
KeYan27 4 years ago
As Greg Howe and few others, he's one of these guitarists who have upgraded electric guitar on instrumental music at the end of the 80's...a lot of respect for this dude!
rodrunnerfr 4 years ago
i would like to say with all due respect at 1;13 he makes a little gay dance or shifts his hips n stuff lol
edge299 4 years ago
Looks like he was using some kind of an old Peavey in this clip. Anyone know what it was? I have to say, I prefer his Cornford tone, but he does sound good here.
bingefeller 4 years ago
its an ibanez bingy
edge299 4 years ago
The amp I mean....
bingefeller 4 years ago
srry bingooo
edge299 4 years ago
suban mas yeah
GeorgeGuitarPer 4 years ago
wonderfull job man!
richie is so funny when he was young and shred!
richiepowa 4 years ago
He only performs 2 songs on this clinic. The rest is 40 mins of talking and playing examples.
hangingmonkey123 4 years ago
Could you upload it?
JasonBeckersGood 4 years ago
I second this request :)
bingefeller 4 years ago
Yes pleeeeese upload the rest!
latenightfan 4 years ago
UPLOAD PLEASE
jcaff89 4 years ago
@hangingmonkey123 plewase can you upload the 40 mins of talking and examples? or can i purchase it from you? i can pay via pay pal and you can just upload it to mega upload, easy money :P
cripitsacrapple 1 year ago 2
@hangingmonkey123
You should post the rest of the clinic. Even the 40 minute part.
shadowknight132 6 months ago
OMG! do you have more videos of this clinic?
fcatrin 4 years ago