Man Attacks Guitar

[yourlama57]

I was actually here for this concert. In fact I played there the day before for the high school ensemble concert.

[BrutalBrutalDude]

This is not forced entry, this is a piece called Shattered Glass

[TheEncine]

he got skills but MUSİC İS MORE İMPORTANT. ı cant really enjoy his music

[GarretsShadow]

Dominic Frasca is like the bigfoot of the guitar world. There is rarely any footage of him, the only recordings are fuzzy and short, but what we can see is astonishing

[pennyp28]

Dom is the F'ing man!

[sunaJH]

This guitarist is from another planet-grab him, we must reverse-engineer him!

[numeroname]

@GeneralGandhi I didn't say there aren't exceptions, but I meant "small kids" figuratively - some ppl aren't grown up in 30, some are grown up in 13 and if you have your own mind, your kinda grown up :-)

And about the metal, I didn't want to offend any metal listeners (actually I am Metallica fan :-), but I know many guys who are just like "it's fast, no one can play faster so it's the best" or "man, we rock because we're all dressed in black!", you know :-)

[GeneralGandhi]

@numeroname oh i see :") sorry i misunderstood you're comment but thx for the explanation :")

[GarretsShadow]

this isnt forced entry, does anyone know what song this is? Shattered Glass?

[flare31033]

hes fucking raped the guitar O.O

[nickfromdtown1992]

learning this song is....... well lets juts say i now know how good im not

[Guitarfreak408]

So true I like all kinds of music but this man plays at least 5 guitars at once wit a 10 string guitar wat kind of shit is that? I kno genuis

[Underdogjoe]

u can dislike him, but u cant sit here and lie and say the man aint got skills

[PyroinHell]

I think it's time I retract my previous statement. I was intolerant of this new concept I hadn't heard before from a man who considers himself a classical guitarist. I have learned to fall in love with his music and the song Johns not Taken still brings a tear to my eye. Frasca is still one of my favorite musicians and I hope more videos of him come around and I want to buy an album of his.

[danbs07]

Does anyone know where I can find sheet music or tabs for this guy. I have searched over the internet and cant find anything. Please help.

[seicasi]

look for van halen tabs, playtechnic--> tapping

[nickfromdtown1992]

well you can do what i did. i found his website and emailed him. he is such a nice guy. very respectful, supportive, cool, etc. he probably wont mind helping you out. i would send you what he gave me but this song isnt released yet so id feel like a sheet music pirate if i sent it to you. plus im sure he will. this is the exact song he sent sheet music to me for

[Italianboy225]

oh my god i finally heard the recording of this on a WNYC show thing on the WNYC website. it's amazing!!!!

[Italianboy225]

what song is this? the description says it's Forced Entry but i have that song and this is definitely not that...

[Kalyvakos]

Italianboy225, it's not Forced Entry, but Shattered Glass. It's the first song ever written by Dominic Frasca. He wrote it when he was 19 years old. :)

[shadow31213]

wat song is this!

[psychopathtoine]

the song is actually really nice, this video quality is bad :s

[Robokiller80]

I think this is minimalist sounds a lot like a Glass or Reich composition might

[mckk1]

TBK .. Yo po un osti de commentaire en francais .. Tk .. Yer fort ste gars lo ..

[bfern007]

Okay Eddy Van Halen plays with so much more feel than this guy. More like Dominic Frasco for eggheads. This is boring as crap.

[lkaoTicl]

wtf is this ???this is shait..no music in this

[thebigbadjohnsmith]

There is music in this, very interesting music infact. You are just to pig-ignorant and closed-minded to listen. These comments are not helpful, just keep these comments to yourself.

[lkaoTicl]

oh srry u must be def...sry my bad..N00blet

[thebigbadjohnsmith]

Lol, its your loss, dipshit. YOU're the one still commenting on a video he doesn't enjoy the content of. Not my problem.

[shadow31213]

ok, n00blet? wtf. thats not even an insult, at this point its like, a back-fire insult.

as for this music, first of all the video quality is bad. look up other things this guy does. you're used to listening to active music, music that tries to keep you interested. this is passive, which means its suppossed to be appreciated as, not so much background miusic, but as a kinda long-drawn-out song. idk its like trance, but not techno

[StopTheMoti0n]

lol n00blet

[shadow31213]

wat

[StopTheMoti0n]

your word usage

[shadow31213]

meh my expanded vocabulary wanes in and out on me, as does my way of redundant circular talking. depends on my mood and amount of sobriety that day. i was just making fun of "n00blet" because that just sounds like such a childish insult, especially on youtube.

[danbs07]

I love this guy, i would like to see some live performances from the deviations album.

[NikmotarX]

I was there!!! it was at princeton.. we played right before him!!a very very good concert!

[NikmotarX]

Jk not princton.. yale haha well like i said still was amazing concert!!

[Dmajorproductions]

damn!!!!!

make an electric version and hookit up to a digital delay pedal and a laser acid rock show...you would be tripin soooo bad!!!!!!!

no need for drugs!

[arios584]

HE is a very skilled guitar player no doudt about it. you see i play the exact same guitar as him and it is very hard to understand how to play that

[numeroname]

This man is genius. Only small kids and "I'm listening metal from yesterday" thinks that music is about speed.

[knux023]

Tis speedy though.

[crombmonkey53]

@numeroname i disagree there are plenty of people who don't think speed is the answer to guitar such as my self. unfortunately they aren't out there making music... when was the last time u heard this guy on the radio and hes awesome

[GeneralGandhi]

@numeroname well not all kids like metal, i'm 13 and love this music, rock n roll and old music!

i can't stand metal or the stupid fake computorized music today :)

[pschlehr]

One thing that many guitarists forget is that the guitar is a musical instrument. The sound that comes from the guitar should be a musical sound. I am afraid that Frasca is a perfect example of this type of guitarist. He has interesting, if unconventional, technique. He is very rhythmic in his playing and he obviously has some talent, probably a great deal of talent. But, he does not play in a musical style. Technique should serve the music; a musician does not use technique for its own sake.

[b1llygo4t]

pschlehr i disagree. considering the predecessors to the guitar, the cithara and the oud, had only 4 strings, no frets and could only play a combination of 4 notes, the instrument has greatly evolved along with the way people play it. how could you play the type of guitar Frasca plays conventionally? listen to the likes of tool, les claypool, buckethead, mike patton, these people also have taken their play style behond that of blues/rock guitar (well mabe not buckethead).

[pschlehr]

Reread my criticism. It has nothing to do with Frasca being technically unconventional. My criticism was of the music he produces. My primarily complaint is that he is BORING. Repeating a phrase over and over, with only minor variations along the way, is very tiresome and becomes nothing more than a self-indulgence for the musician. His music SUCKS! I do not like listening to it. I do not have to like his music just because he's flashy and does something sort of new, technique wise.

[nickfromdtown1992]

Well I guess I don't understand what you mean, but Frasca is a classical guitarist, and the fact that he makes one guitar sound like an orchestra fits the genre better than most classical guitarists in my opinion.

[Tengent]

It still reminds me of Spyro music! :D

[samndnikkirbff]

killtheabsence your a fucking faggot

[nickfromdtown1992]

this looks like it was recorded in his house or something

so i dont even know if this song has a name

but if it does what is it

[politicalumbra]

Could anyone tell me the point of this piece. It's just musical masturbation

[BoojumFed]

So's all music, politicalalumbra. That doesn't make it pointless unless no-one enjoys it.

[johnwillbailey]

one look at a few porn sites should demonstrate one thing. people like to watch masturbation. ;)

[maugbj]

You could say any solo is musical masturbation.. I admit it doesn't really 'go' anywhere, but it's definitely interesting and enjoyable! Joe satriani, steve vai, could both be considered geniuses or masturbaters. Depends on your viewpoint. It doesn't really matter in the end, if you enjoy it great, if not, find something else!

[Ruebe85]

shut up

[killtheabsence]

Ah, yes, but... can he play THROUGH THE FIRE AND THE FLAMES ON GUITAR HERO ON EXPERT?!?!?!

oooh... checkmate...

[jetsfanx777x]

lololololololololololololololo­l

good one

[KNrockin]

guitar queer-o? why play that when you can play a real guitar?

[BoojumFed]

No, he spent his time learing to play a REAL guitar WELL, not a fake guitar fast.

[crameroom]

yuhhh aq

[deimos2k6]

you rule...

[btrainiscool]

i wish the audio didnt blur together all crappy like

[aaaaaaaaaaarrgh]

the album is good though.

[aaaaaaaaaaarrgh]

Does anybody know what this song is called??? i just bought his album but it doesnt appear to be present!!! barghhahahalarghahahasparglema­gee!!!

[Roswellsounds]

Do you have the Tourette syndrome or something? =D

[VacantMinds]

where's the attacking?? I wanted to see some violence

[MyPersonalVendetta]

The word "attacking" was used as a medaphore. He isn't literally attacking the instrument.

[speshiled220]

metaphor

[MyPersonalVendetta]

You knew what I meant.

[speshiled220]

exactely

if i didnt know what you meant then i couldnt have corrected your spelling

[MyPersonalVendetta]

Yes, I appreciate it. I hate mispelling words.

[speshiled220]

hahaha im sorry i just got really tired of seeing people spell words like "retarted" and decided i was gonna start correcting people

[coolasfuckinshit]

speshiled220 check your spelling. I'm sure you meant "Exactly"

[Ultranothing]

BOOOOYAAAH!

...do people still say that? Booyah?

[speshiled220]

thank you sir

and now im better for it

[aaaaaaaaaaarrgh]

Man i love this huy. this is awesome.

[PyroinHell]

Ah yea....Oops. I couldn't see his face. Well, I think it's just the quality of the video, but yea. I see it now. My bad.

[Manjaa75]

lol, so... are you more impressed, now that it IS him?  hahahaha

[loingsigh101]

Yo PyrionHell, this IS Dominic Frasca

[CletusYokel97]

This guy is completely fucking amazing

[videoizleyecem]

There are two words to say;

DOMINIC FRASCA

[raiphdude7]

Dude, you may have a cranium up a duodenum,

This actually may BE DOMINIC

[PyroinHell]

I actually wasn't impressed all that much. Poor quality video, but Dominic completely massacres this guy at guitar! I didn't like him pausing for the drumming on the guitar. It should be one motion. Keep it up man!

[veggieburgerfish]

this IS dominic frasca!!!!

[audiophile85]

does he have nails?

[DiegusMaximus]

HUGE long right hand nails but not left hand

[audiophile85]

cool. i've always found it hard to tap with nails...

[jkam525]

holy sh!t. i want more of this!!! wicked wicked stuff dude. never thought i'd bang my head to nylon strings!!

[xxgoodxxcharlottexx]

That song was f*cking vicious! Amazing! Keep playing!

[jucamo007]

no entiendo un guevo de loque esta tocando ...sorry.

[00Rainman00]

That hitting technique looks quite intricate, so impressive. Someone should try that on his face.

[UFOIST]

Dominic tries to be different and in my opinion he has succeeded. Well done dude.

[ManPawn17]

i thought he was gunna break the guitar. when he started hitting it it sounded like he helped make El Kabong, i think thats his name. he was a horse with a banjo.

[Intravert]

He's always amazing.

[guitarraelectrica]

What is "Eddie Van Halen for eggheads"?

[BassP86]

That's Dominic Frasca's nickname, silly.

[guitarraelectrica]

Hey, I didn't know, it's my problem. Don't insult me.

[guitarraelectrica]

Oh, I forgot: I didn't insult you, I didn't made bad things to you, then you can't insult me

[BassP86]

I wasn't insulting you at all, man. Don't be angry. Silly's not an insult name, it's just a name you use when joking around.

[guitarraelectrica]

OK, sorry, then

[ljarque]

Oye tío, significa que ese Van Halen es para mentes de pollo y yo lo secundo!

[guitarraelectrica]

No. "Eddie Van Halen para cabezas de huevo", porque Dominic Frasca es calvo.

[warreneediott]

Jose Gonzalez on acid! Great stuff!

[ObeyTheFunktipuss]

he's 1000 times better than jose gonzalez

[Lemke68]

it's beutiful

[alifetimeatsingsing]

this song is kinda stupid. i think dominic frasca is a genius and all, but this song is his worst work posted on utube.

[x2XtReMEx]

this sounds like something radiohead would play, very cool

[TangleWood90]

yeah that rock man!!! that's cool

[lamolantern]

great guitarist, terrible lover

[kehool]

So cool. I truly enjoy this guy. I wish that the recording was a better quality tho!

[BassP86]

The name of the piece is not "Forced Entry". It's called "Shattered Glass", it's the first piece he ever wrote. Believe you me, i've been to his studio before to watch him perform for my old guitar ensemble. This piece is my favorite one that Frasca wrote.

[jackthelad39]

Dominic Frasca dominates. You will find out in 2010.

[sk8Acdc1]

that sounded kinda creapy as i read that

[lukeashmoore]

omg thats scary! what does that mean?

[metalim]

Simply amazing! Is there this video in better quality and uncut?

[masokotanga]

I love Dominic and everyone should check the Deviations album. However, this is a pretty lousy recording with very distorted sound, and does not capture the greatness of the composition.

[schnackomat2006]

Deepest respect.

[Heevamos]

i was at this perfromance. he was great.wish he played more tunes.

[19651965]

everything is about tech right

[RevolutionTTT]

man everything is about his style. this is the style of future... u'll see.

[herebedragons]

Not everything. Would you rather listening to something a little less focused on technique? Then go check out Franz Ferdinand or some other power-chord strumming band.