Art Rodriguez - Hopeless

[MrBadhorse777]

id love to see a concert with all wicked players from youtube, Art, Gustavo, Damjam, Ceasar, and a shitload others .. id definatly pay to see that show .. guys like this fellow are the new age guitar heros

[doboczi]

I love it! U are fucking talent!!

[RodrigoMera]

no mams... eres el arturo ? mmm conoces al pelucas y al osorio?

[shreddingjoris]

Great song man!!! And hooray for ibanez universe ;-) i record with it all the time. My favorite guitar. Check out my stuff if u want!

[B420Lazy]

Nice. Keep up the amazing shredding.

[liakalos23]

very very good song... you must upload more of your own music.... BRAVO. Regards from perú

[robibm2003]

Excellent stuff, Art.

[ravravrav]

I hope u'll record sth like this or 7-4-2 Never enough again ;) Just amazing

[haubsen]

typical godlike youtube player

no vibrato but shred skills

kinda sad

[Glavudza99]

@haubsen what jealousy do to people...kinda sad

[MartaineJr]

sweet!

[CRASDFGH]

I just ordered your pickups lol...from DiMarzio

Blaze Bridge, Middle and Neck 7-string pickups...

thanks for the "Demo" sounds

[sprite384]

I got them for my RG 7321 in green ;)

[thearchangel16]

damn awesome tone and playing

[1939840]

caraca rapá... vc toca muito!

[servinyallchickens]

this reminded of John petrucci's tunnel vision, it sound cool

[GratisTube]

Which pickups did you have for this song?

Awesome!!

[aznboyhottie93]

those are stock Dimarzio pickups for the Ibanez Universe

[ShadowOTD]

Amazing, just amazing O.o

2:22 ftw =D

[Bradizzle05]

This song is fucking amazing, To myspace we go

[leftpassenger]

You made me buy a 7-string, and I don't know how to work it! (yet ;-)) This is my favorite song from you, hope you'll make some more songs very soon!

[LiquidT0]

instant favourite

[Mapu21]

Hey dude, i have listened to you no your myspace, and have just found you here.

I love your music, this song particulary has a lot of Timmon's and Petrucci's vibe.

Love it

5 stars man

[1939840]

cara, vc manja de guita!!

muito bom!

[jar2089]

part from 1.25-1.45 is the best. E major scale rox;d

[Supaduck0]

this is insanely tasteful and great. maybe excessive shredding but stull amazing

[taztherocker]

Awesome!

[miguell2106]

muy buen tema ***** sigue asi art

[yakumo1983]

eres un genio.....me gusto mxo tu estilo...seria cool q puedas aportarme con algunos ejercicios

nos vemos

[chocolitomarecoco]

parece alejandro silva la musica

[jeanmiboivin]

yeah really awesome again

[jeanmiboivin]

10 stars / 5 stars YOu're awesome, great vid

[mantus666lethe]

thats fuckn avesome!!

[wolfinhooo]

i dreamed with this song! i'm not kiddin, i just waked up with it inside my head o.o'

[speedster234]

I had sorta the same thing, I had a dream I'd burn my toast in the morning, and I did (Mind you, yours was cooler)

[esquivel100]

on his myspace read the video info

[BFMVfan97]

un freakin believable

[manswer36]

I'm Speechless!!! just WOOOW!!!

you play like a PRO!!! a lot of influence from Petrucci aint it???

Congrats man! SO FREAKIN' AWESOME!!!

[Doombat04]

Awesome. What programs/synthisizers do you use to make the drum beats/synth sounds?  Or are they recorded from live players?

[ArtRg]

I used Stylus RMX :)

[godkonx]

how do you get your distortion tone

[schecterman123]

i think his distortion is done with a pod XT, its one of the tags usable to search his video, and it has the same line 6 sound as my spider stack so i presume its that through the clean channel. that coupled with the blaze's hes using. hope that helps dude!

[robdd99]

what the hell dude? lol... you're playing is awesome... except you have absolutely no vibrato... learn you some vibrato and your playing will be absolutely top notch

[Burgerisms]

. . .

Sick dude.

Just, wow.

[ninjaerbse]

thats just AWESOME!!!

i wish i could play like this...

[NarutoMajere]

The sweep at 2:48 is crazy.

[Daikitana2007]

dude that was so kick ass

i wouldent even know where to start

[HIDE09000]

tokas del asco

[behemoth666123]

great dude, also your RG rules,

probably the best (or at least , the most beautiful) model you can get from Ibanez

[NarutoMajere]

1:25 to 1:45 is so sick.

[Doddus]

very very sexy.

[rojomeansred]

Honestly my favorite song. You are the epitome of what I want to be as a guitarist, so soulful

[VosAbeo]

FLAWLESS VICTORY!

[mic8585]

omg .... where can i get the tabs for this song??? i soooo want to (atempt) to play it ;)

[Chimaeraa]

Dude, have you ever think to present yourself at guitar hero or staff like that ?? or you should write something for films, how sound-track.. or may something more important.. u can easy kick ass to a lot of people who are convinced to be "guitarist"...trust me..

[Massoyer]

This song is great. I love how it surges and calms down, then surges again. You pull off transitioning for all these parts so well. I hope I can play and write at this level sometime in the near future...

[camarachon]

impresionante! ya lo habia oido ejejejejee :) un saludo fenomeno!!

[samoht1977]

OUTSTANDING.

[olabaz]

I LOVE THE PART AT 1:25

SO CREATIVE!!!!

[Xanadu1115]

It's got an Andy Timmons sound to it. Very cool song.

[fireatwill1994]

except more metal

[suh1289]

3:18 to 3:45 ......pure awesomeness!!!!!!!!

[Foundation000]

Is this regular tuning?

[veravereta]

damn it you totaly own it!

[godkonx]

3;18 to 3;25  looks suuuuppper hard to do

[JaimeHammett]

Escucha el tema se Sòber que se llama LOCO. La intro la has calcao, lo que no se es si intencionadamente o no.

Por lo demás eres magnífico.

[tygrrryss]

You are so amazing... :D Really, I wish to play like you dude... :D Cheers!! :D

[atmospherapawns]

fuckin awesome \m/ rock on brother

[jamiexDxDxD]

genious is the word

[myfretsareonfire]

Cool very Impressive

[zevaxdimmu]

art, vos sos excelente, perfecto!!

[jender1122]

this is really cool. keep it up, dude!

[supuko]

Super Sick Playing ! Just blew me away :)

[fraserpaterson]

Pure genius.

[xeracorocks]

Maeeeedeu... Yo flipe an el tio este... WAAAAAAAARGH!!!!!! Simplement es l'hostia.

[tyramichou]

This song is amazing, I'm always saying to my friends that he is the best guitar player on youtube,it sounds really like petrucci's stuff, I love it.

[flightbyshred]

yeah man i picked up on that too. it's very pertrucci authentic with the heavy metal chords and the clean chromatic shredding.

peace

[SlaughterSwitchBlade]

monster playing man

[wollybiotec]

Congratulations!

[Korneo54]

Beautiful

Incredible

You are a genius of a composition

I love this song

[MisterMysterious]

Mierda santa! Barrer fantástico, hombre.

[darkknight957]

amazing

[sSoulraKk]

man... so good.... i'm.... speechless....

.... (jealous)....

can i borrow your soul? just for a little while? i promise i'll give it bak....

[RJthePwrRanger]

OMFG. i love this song. you are my new hero.

[VitorrSlayer01]

Perfect!

[wolfuluss]

perfect³!

[CoffeeDrinker71]

1:30 - 1:45 is one of the smoothest riffs I've ever heard! SWEET!!!!!

[fireatwill1994]

i know it was amazing

[shwarzer002]

I hope you signed with some major recording company, because there are tons of shitty musicians out there (I won't point out any names from those mainstream groups) that should be cleared out to make way for you

[MarvinMoshaka]

2:43 is where i jizz my pants

[Chuektor]

very nice! can i get the tabs please? it looks nice to play :)

[metalriffs4life]

man, you so good it awesome my girlfriend loves you. it makes me want to practice more so thank you. just got petrucci's rock discipline on DVD hope it helps out. if you could suggest some of your learning tools i would really appreciate it.

[bfun01]

Holy shit, 2.43 - 2.50 was insanely awesome.

[sanyaca1]

que tremendo talento el que tienes, te felicito de verdad

[GuiltyGearRockYou]

and Rodriguez... this song is awesome! very good melodie! you have the feeling... plz keep on playing :)

rock on and hang loose :)

[GuiltyGearRockYou]

is there a g3 2007 tour?

[Skrtich]

already was...it's '08 that's next...that'd be amazing to see Art there

[moodymagpie]

omg and your not touring with g3 this year??? they have made a big mistake

[jamiexDxDxD]

that amazing

[Shewolfen]

fantastic

[ErSigno]

oh my god, you should upload the tabs of your songs (i want to learn all of them!!)...your style is simply amazing: balance between technique and soulful melodies...btw the choice of harmonics at 1.26 drives me crazy...well done!!!

[hardraki]

great skills ,great composition, great tone what are you using for tones and recording multi effects proc. or stomp boxes?

[guitardude357]

That was very cool. I truly envy your skills.

[Obliteratus88]

wenas, soy un fiel seeguidor de tus videos, u eres un excelente guitarrista, y esta cancion es de las que mas me gusta, me podrías decir donde connsñeguiste las tablaturas de esta magnifica cancion? muchas gracias

[ArtRg]

Esta canción es una composición mía. No he hecho tablaturas de ella. Gracias por el comentario, me alegro de que te guste. Saludos!

[Shibito85]

I can't fault this, excellent composition.

People picking holes in it should stop trying to pretend they are the fountains of musical knowledge.

[LaiYouttitham]

wow! yur amazing

[CapitanCavernicola82]

Suena de cojones eres un gran guitarrista!!!

[diosimon]

eres un crak tio me molaria sabr un rift de este video esta en el minuto 3:57

[Tazdingooooo]

I hate it when people talk so much bullshit to make people think they're all that. This is brilliant.

[rojomeansred]

if you tabbed this out that would be awesome and would help me as a guitarist. great song man

[dl0]

Hey, this was sweet. The phrasing is awesome. It really tells a story man!

Your technique is very accomplished. The only thing missing from your playing is vibrato. Takes a while to develop but its worth it.

Shred on man, you rock!

[MoooMetal]

dl0 i think

Tazdingooooo is talking about you

this song is awesome

[jamiexDxDxD]

how do you know he wanted more vibrato

[dl0]

Because he's trying to apply it?

I'm not saying I'm "all that". Yes, I can play this. So what? Yes, it *is* brilliant. Once again, his technique is VERY accomplished but he's missing vibrato. Vibrato takes probably as long as sweep picking to develop right. Look at all the "pros" out there like Satriani, Vai, Petrucci, Gilbert, etc. They spent time developing their vibrato.

I never meant to take anything away from this guy, this is very good work.

[zevaxdimmu]

excelente, que limpio eres, te felicito, sigue adelante!!

[V1T091]

sensational

[lampir7777]

That was fuckn sick

[elpaztor]

arty.

exelente tu cancion.

felicidades.

ten cuidado de que alguien te la copie.

saludos.

[guitarwhiz1977]

Does anyone know what guitar he is using??

[skobel01]

Ibanez Universe ?!?

[DJrob101]

damn i like this one too

[rubenzall]

Hey, really fantastic playing absolutly excellent!!! I assume this is your own compostion? If so I'd love to get it... tell me how.

Thanks

[ArtRg]

yes, it's one of my songs. Please, visit my myspace site. You can download the song there.

[rojomeansred]

I almost had a heart attack watching this, you are amazing.

[compositeur666]

GREAT MAN!!! CAN YOU PLAY YOUR SONG called WITH YOU PLEASE!!! I love that song!!!

[svelard7]

this guy is sponsored by dimarzio, and he absolutly rocks!

[veravereta]

damn awsome! you play like a pro! keep rockin! \m/

[InfoDav]

You are insanely good. I would dream playing like you one day ;)

[elgranvacio]

Enhorabuena por lo de DiMarzio, estás que te sales. Es un temazo. De hecho, espero que todo esto no sea más que el despegar. A ver si algún día puedo acercarme a hacerte una visita y verte tocar de nuevo ese Summer Song, jejeje.

[ghostvox]

excellent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!

[metalmusicmetal]

NICE!!!! KEEP ON ROCKING \M /

[Skrtich]

You're amazing dude. When will you have a newer CD out (with this style of music) that I can order to Canada??

[guitarrocker13]

you rock!

[xtarminator3]

Dude when i wake up in the morning i go on youtube and just listen to a couple of your songs to start my day, ur amazing! Keep up the awesome work!

[MrIbanez87]

excellent touch! the accuracy and feel is astounding! Not to mention the speedy technical bits are insane. Consider yourself subscribed

[Steveguitar1337]

This is your latest song, or you last as in "you`re done"?

[Mascimo]

I allways played the eletric guitar, but never good enough.... I started to see your videos when u had only one "the nova era"....I entered in a schoool and i can cover that rly great now :D

ur videos rox a lot... u should make more... I am a big fan ^^

i just didnt like too much this one xD

more videossss plzzzz

and make tab of never enough in GP5 plz... i love that song

From a big brazilian fan :)~

[bobbyxsamfry]

viejo tocas genial, podria darme un consejo para poder tocar asi, osea cuantas horas practicar y esas cosas, yo soy guitarrista tambien

[ArtRg]

El mejor consejo que te puedo dar es que seas paciente y constante. No hay fórmulas mágicas. Eso sí, usa siempre metrónomo.

Saludos!

[ArtRg]

Thanks again for the comments

[KimsanThiong]

lejos lo mejor en cuerdas en youtube.

[ferrariModenas]

I am very impressed, beautiful guitar playing dude!!!

[guitarplayerone]

sick bro... is that UV fretboard dyed or just really well oiled or what?

[654321654321]

aunque te lo voy a decir en guitarramania, te lo digo aca tambien, la cancion esta realmente muy buena!!

[MickXD]

I'm listening over and over again to this masterpiece, and I wonder if there is mp3 version available, so I could download it and listen on my mp3 player. What software have You been using to make the backing track? I really like the way You use sweeps. Are there some more songs of your own or your band available?

[ArtRg]

Hi Mick! I used Cubase SX3 and some plugins (stylus, DFH, Trilogy...). I recorded an album with a band called Anima Sola 3 years ago, but It's other kind of music . I can send you some songs and "Hopeless" by mail if you want.

[Nightmare2005]

can you send me Hopeless and other songs too?pleeeeease i like your playing very much ur awesome :D P.S my mail is THE_REAL_NIGHTMAREç hotmail . it

pps ç stands for @

[Greensmurf]

Is there a song you can't play? Well done :)

[Guitarmajster]

kick ass as always!:)

[KimsanThiong]

amazing as always.

[rjorge99]

hola Art; una duda, que pua usas para tocar? que modelo? saludos

[ArtRg]

Hola rjorge99,

Uso púas Jim Dunlop Jazz III xl negras.

Saludos.

[MickXD]

Simply amazing!. Great skills and ideas. I really liked the beat, It gives the electronic edge to the whole thing. The song isn't boring, isn't only about showing off, sounds nice and feels interesting so keep on rockin'.

[drake223]

Great ! Simply great, you've got talent in these fingertips man.

[LearsiRsn]

Nola pueda dejar de escuchar

Es demasiado...

Expresiva

Y creo que el nombre le quedo demasiado bien

ADIOS.

[ArtRg]

Thank you all for your comments.

Gracias a todos por los comentarios.

[cain200]

miralo hay siempre con su piking y a los demas no le deja tocar como ellos quieren xdd .Bueno haber si nos eseñas ya a tocar como tu q me estoy desesperando xdd

[LearsiRsn]

Eres un maestro

Ojala fuese como tu

[todobio]

Joderrr q bueno tioooooo!!!! con q progrma haces las baterias???

[ArtRg]

Las baterías están hechas con DFH y Stylus. Gracias por el comment x)

[epikoh]

puto amo tio xDD si señor, aunk pases d mi ultimamente eso significa k tas mejorando con la guitara xDD jaja

[GiJofus]

It has the touch and tone of a softer, soulful Buckethead song... I love it.

[lordofapes]

dude,that's amazing, i like your feel and phrasing ,and TONE of course,that crunch in the beginning sweeps off :D great tune

[501404]

you've got a nice sound...a little unique while at the times sounding a little satch/timmons-like...btw the minor shred bit is f-ing sweet

[lauriemonk]

nice job...liked that one!

[fjcurra]

muy buen sonido y tocas de muerte.

enhorabuena.

[Nightmare2005]

nice job man i really love this song...your ibanez roX just like You....:D

[epikoh]

mi puto dios xDDDD enga tio un saludo k ultimamente hablamos poco, ahi va un 5 de puntuacion! como lo que pagaria por sacar en la uni xDDDD jajaj

[GeorgeGuitarPer]

buenisimo maestro killer licks :) el motivo y el solo geniales :) sonidazo

[Fortississimo]

Nice one Art! Iv heard this before on your myspace, it's nice to actually see it.

[tas9195]

that was sweet man, i am glad i found this. i will be looking for more