Keep in mind that Rusty is only 21 in this video. Being that young with that much raw skill, he chose to let loose. Now that he is older and matured musically, he can play however he wants to play, and make any note sound exactly the way he wants to. There are plenty of videos and recordings of Rusty playing with more expressiveness now that he is older. As an ex Rusty student, I can promise you he plays exactly the way he wants to, and what feels right to him.
yeah, i agree altitudes. this is why shredders can't get any respect. i enjoy shredding guitar players. but, this is just a finger exercise set to drums and bass.
it doesn't make me want to listen to it more than once. not everyone can play with
heart. that goes for blues, rock or shred. there are much better guitar players than this in a lot of different genres that i would rather listen to.
See I get what you're saying but, "more understood as what "Feel" really is" can't be based on anything other than opinion's to begin with. By no means am I saying there is no substance to what you're saying...but, it's not all-encompassing or defined as literally "objective." Sometimes people just do go for speed as if it's a sport, but not every shredder (especially guys like Cooley) are without feeling in their playing because they play it fast. He has a hell of a lot of passion for playing.
This is the shredder who will have much more pain than all other shredders when discover the real meaning of being a virtuoso in some years...Have fun dudes...
everytime when guitar players talk about speed shred, "no soul" "no better than jason becker" "no emotion" will pop out. i believe "emotion" and "soul" are something slower than 200 bpm. when shred goes faster than 200 bpm, wizard bubbles,spark, flame come out, these are also guitar's beauty.
@seanzxjulian Well, I think "emotion" and "soul" criticisms started when butthurt blues rock players who suck up to people like Clapton saw a whole new paradigm of technical guitar playing that made their jaws drop. However, there is the element of musicality at high speed that players like Govan and Lane have. Rusty plays fast for the sake of speed, but doesn't incorporate much musicality into it, his stuff seems like a bunch of technical exercises.
@cerelilqt Nah, again...everything has feeling to someone...it's a strictly subjective matter. What isn't subjective, is that he's incredibly-fucking-talented and obviously had a lot of passion for what he does. What more feeling do you need?
@TheEnlightenedTruth I wouldn't say strictly subjective... You can have "feel" for what you're playing, and you can have "feel" for guitar. 2 different approaches, The latter one being more understood as what "feel" really is. (bending, vibrato, etc.). Shredding and sweep picking I don't really consider feel at all, because anything at a fast tempo will sound good, so the first approach will convey a sense of feel because of the sound, as the 2nd approach will actually speak.
@hensleyohensley It may convey a sense of "feel" to people, but to assign a specific type of playing as "feeling" is both subjective and kind of untrue, as almost any of these fast shredders can play all of the styles of playing typically associated with feeling, and could in fact teach those styles. To me, feeling comes from the person's own passion and emotion being expressed through their playing. It's about expression to me, as with a sort of art form, rather than it being ONE way of playing
@TheEnlightenedTruth I like your way of thinking. which is entirley true though most people would not agree. As I am a guitar player, I tend to shred a lot but truthfully, i do convey a sense of feel while I shred. So you're very correct, it's all opinion based from another persons perspective but the actual feel is coming from the inner person. One remark though, there does tend to be players who say they play with feel (such as some starter blues guitarists) and indeed believe they do...
@TheEnlightenedTruth But from a perspective, they will sound horrible and completely out of key so to say. Would you consider this someone playing with inner feel? Also, lately there tends to be a lot of shredders who do not play with feel (not an opinion based theory), as they only mindlessly shred down a scale in patterns, following no rhythm, and no melody, or simply do not understand the theorybehind their playing, but can play it quite well.
@hensleyohensley Well, I think some people can play from their hearts and not necessarily be the most talented of players and could end up sounding bad I suppose. It's hard to say, I mean maybe they're expressing themselves but, don't have a feel for rhythm or melody. I think there are players who just go up and down scales to either look impressive or for an adrenaline rush (thrash metal guitarists, sometimes) but, I know that Rusty Cooley who's in this video here, knows the theory behind it.
@dark666shredder What? That makes no sense whatsoever. I don't say anything because I supposedly can't do it. I can't respond to your comment because it was so nonsensical/incoherent. Try to form an actual legible sentence before you address me next time please.
Just in case what I said needs clarification, I support Rusty Cooley. His playing and his songs to me, have a lot of passion/feeling to them and are very soothing and melodic, so I disagree with many people.
@dark666shredder When you say something like "gay heart bitch" you sound really ignorant/illogical/unintelligent. Logic and feeling are one, because without either, neither actually truly exist.
Still, if you're TRYING to say or imply that you're annoyed with people dismissing wonderfully talented guitarists as having "no feeling" then I agree. However, I don't agree because feeling "doesn't matter" I disagree because everyone/everything has or invokes feeling to someone. It's subjective.
@hensleyohensley I guess to me, it can depend on what their goal is. If their goal is to be the fastest in the world, while they can have passion for what they're doing, they can become monotonous sounding. So yeah, in my opinion they'd generally have less feel, especially if they don't know the theory behind their playing, than someone looking to just be themselves and carve their own, different, expressive path. I just think some shredders get unfairly characterized, but some of those do exist
his playing is fantastic, and he's playing specific arpeggios, no it is NOT random. If any of you have ever heard bach or classical music, the fast, flowing arpeggios are always there, and it DEFINITELY has musical value. Just because you're technique isn't as good as his doesn't mean you need to rip on him, he's RUSTY COOLEY.
@element5333 most of what you believe to be arpeggios are rakes and scale sweeps. Majority of shredders don't play arpeggios, they play rakes and sweep scales that incorporate arpeggios to a degree but in a vertical fashion. Since they use the sweep technique associated with true arpeggios, the term gets abused.
True arpeggios produce a more unique sound and don't allow for such fixed vertical sequences. Rusty is amazing at what he does but his composition lacks identity.
@razormouth45 The only shredding I really ever got into was the early Malmsteen stuff so this is not really my taste......... but that was fucking awesome.
Rusty is a great player. But this sweepy stuff certainly isnt for everyone. Don't judge him on this one clip. He plays more "musical" songs as well.
But I find that a lot of shredders at some point really need to just stop with the sweeps and taps and play.....music. The billion note thing only goes so far. It's fatiguing to listen to after a while. And you can only be "wowed" for so long. Best to save the flurries and use them as "spice". A little goes a long way. ie" Timmons, Satriani..
Well think of it this way from a business point of view. Who has & makes more money. Miley Cirus or Rusty Cooley. Cooley is only popular in the guitar world,and there has not been a hell of alot of peoplewho heard of him. Miley already has 126 million in the bank and she is knowen worldwide. it's what sells, and rusty cooley does not sell.
sweep picking is so over ratted n so over used by this type of guitarist, the only people who applicate it r people who cant sweep pick them selves, cause they think its some hardcore insane thing, once u learn to urself, u relise its fucking easy, and a bludge, and performing a single bend in tune is harder n takes me concentration, and standard pick shredding is harder n better
@deadslutbluewater Every technique once mastered is "fucking easy" to the person who's mastered it, it is a difficult technique to master. I'll grant that some guitarists tend to use them more then I'd like, but that in no way makes them any less "harder n better" then any other guitar technique, I'm sure paco de lucia who's been doing arpeggios before it was a "shred" technique and back when it was just a musical term, would greatly disagree with you.
@myfretsareonfire nah man, u see sweeping is a highly robotic movement that is easily stored in ur muscle memory so u dont have to think about it as much as alternate picking or economie picking or hybrid picking, and no matter how many times u practice nice bends, every time i perform it u have to concentrate n here for the correct note to be achieved, most people wank over sweep picking cause that get taught it last n they see it as some superior god like technique,
@deadslutbluewater lol I'm not really gonna argue about "muscle memory" or "highly robotic" movements because I'm sure neither of us are biology majors, but on your other point, like I said I agree that sweep picking can be over used by some, but that does not take away from the usefulness or validity of the technique. It only means that, those people who "wank over sweep picking" are simply under educated about what they're doing. So please stop insulting good guitar players for no reason.
@myfretsareonfire well muscles do have a memory. and im not insulting this guy, i just think alot of guitrarist almost exploit sweep picking because alot of fans who dont play guitar worhsip it because it seems so advanced, when imo the reality is, its the easiest technique once learnt, and personlly find a slow solo full of bends that requir u to hit perfect notes, n bends that go up 2 tones instead of one ect, much more difficult then sweeping,
@deadslutbluewater Well once again we agree that a lot of guitar players do exploit the novelty of sweep picking, but all I ask is that you don't talk shit on the technique, even if it is "easier" to learn then such exotic bends, and other types of picking. I think you're just a little upset at it's over use, but that's no reason to bag on the technique, sweeping has been around for decades, so clearly there is some purpose to it's use, in some cases.
@myfretsareonfire wel im not nocking the technique, rather the dumbasses all over youtube that seem to go nuts over every cunt who sweep picks, when if they knew anything about guitar theyd probly no sweep picking phrazes usually show the least of a guitarist talent n soul, n its just anoying to see any clip with sweep picking have 1000's of newbs going AWWWWWWWWWWWW OMFG, that is all. good day
@deadslutbluewater Sweeping is like tapping, you can use it to sound like a guitar god after relatively little practice. However, there are ways to use it in very interesting ways. For tapping, there are guys like Stanley Jordan and Ron Thal that take it to other levels. For sweeping MAB and Rusty Cooley are in a different league than most. Rusty Cooley sweeps are night and day from dragon force sweeps.
@diablodeathpunx ur mum was licking my ass and we had a rusty cooley cd on n he started shredding so fast i shit myself all in her face, so the next time i came over to get my ass licked by ur mum she got me back by eating chilly first, WOOOWWZAAAA it hurts,
@MarcusFenixtheMan that nots what i said u ass bandit, i said sweep picking is the easiets technique once learnt, and bending is harder to preform because it doesnt matter how long uve been playing u always have to stop and think and make sure u get the right note, where sweeping u can basically do without thinking once uve learnt it. so congrats on not being able to play guitar and being a shit fagget
@deadslutbluewater again you prove your astounding intellect, bending involves going from just one note to another, sweep picking involves full awareness of key, chord quality, fretboard positioning, proper arpeggio sequencing, and inversions, it's not popular because it's sweep picking, it's popular cuz it allows you to play arpeggios at high speeds, which requires both technique and musicality, its one thing to go up and down a sweep and call it good, try improv sweeping fast to a progression
@MarcusFenixtheMan call man, well thats really great thats what u think, but i dont really give a fuck cause, i can actually play a guitar and ur a noob fagget, once uve learnt an arpegios and its in ur memory u can play it without even thinking about it, its a simple movement, everytime ur guitar gets restrung, everytime u play a differnt neck, everytime ur guitar gets retuned, hitting the perfect notes on bends is a differnt, u cant mindless do it, u always have to concentrate. y r u arguing?
@deadslutbluewater i guarantee im better than you at guitar, i hate stuck up people who talk about how good they are even though they suck, but since you brought it up i can tell just by talking with you how good you are, and you suck, it takes about 5 minutes to get the feel for a guitar and its strings, sequencing an arpeggio in a way that's both musical and technical is much more difficult than sitting in a box shape and hitting bends, which most guitar players do when they run out of ideas
@deadslutbluewater i've looked at most of your comments on this page and they all follow the same pattern, you ignorantly act like your a master guitarist, like you think your some virtuoso, then rather than address the points your opponents bring up you resort to 7th grad insults, straw man arugments, arguments against the man, and other fallacies to hide you don't know what you're talking about, you're comments reveal just how little you know about guitar playing and music in general
@MarcusFenixtheMan well i feel sorry for u that u have nothing better to do then read someones comments on youtube, who r u to tell me what i think about a certain technique sweep picking is overated, only noobs worship it, and if u could actually shred urself, ud know its the easiest technique to shred with , so yeh, go pull ur own dick, cause u cant get laid thats for fucking sure.
@deadslutbluewater again you refuse to address any points i brought up because you have no argument, i feel sorry for you because you think your better than you are and will never amount to anything in music, you have no records out, no endorsements, no videos even
i don't need to prove to you that i can play well, even if i couldn't play is irrelevant because it doesn't affect the fact behind the points i brought up, which you have no argument against
@deadslutbluewater to some up how much of a noob guitarist you actually are im going to use some quotes from you
"everytime ur guitar gets restrung, everytime u play a differnt neck, everytime ur guitar gets retuned, hitting the perfect notes on bends is a differnt"
this statement proves that sweep picking is a harder technique than bending, because on each new guitar you play you have to adjust for different string thickness, string tension, fret spacing, scale, fret height, and neck radius
@MarcusFenixtheMan i have no arugment, im not in one, or making one, ur just some fagget whos got no life so u keep replying to me a couple of times for every 1 ocmment i make, and i dunno y u think i am trying to make it in the music industry, i am actually studying civil engineering, congrats, and like i said, if u could actually shred ud know and agree with me that sweeping is the easiest technique for shredding. im sorry ur so new to guitar that u actually still think sweepin is impressive
@deadslutbluewater quote me where i say exactly "sweep picking is impressive" that's right i never said it, fast arpeggio sequences when used properly are both more musically and technically impressive than box shape bending, if you weren't such a noob guitarist you'd know that there are more ways than sweep picking to play arpeggio sequences, watch the link
@deadslutbluewater i respond to you multiple times because there's not enough room to destroy your arguments with 500 characters, that point falls along the lines of "has nothing to do with what we're talking about" remember the goal is here is to prove to me that im wrong, not change the topic to hide that you're points are shallow and have nothing backing them up, try to focus, i know it's hard for you, but try
@MarcusFenixtheMan to be honest i havent even read what uve written back to me, all i have to say is, my original point to the the first person was sweeping is over rated and only people who dont actually play guitar think its amazing, and if u could shred ud know this to, so get over it, i dont even read what u say, cause i dont have a point to prove,
@deadslutbluewater thats right don't read what i say because you know it rips your argument apart, like i said earlier i can in fact "shred", definately better than you, and im not wasting my time restating myself, read my below post and watch the link for an explanation on why you don't know what your talking about
"sweep picking phrazes usually show the least of a guitarist talent"
then
"if u could actually shred urself"
first you talk about how talentless fast sweep picking is, saying slow phrases with bends show true mastery of the instrument, then try and make fun of me for not being able to "shred" like you, showing that you think your ability to "shred" makes you a virtuoso
come up with a logical rebuttal to my points, or don't respond cuz you don't know what your talking about
@deadslutbluewater every picking or bend technique that you master will be easy and you'll be able to play without thinking, even 2 tone bends etc. And so, doesn't matter if it just your brain(not your muscles I read about this, it's your brain and nerves)memorisin or not, what matters is if it SOUNDS good. Some guys who aren't ver technical(I'm not saying sweep or bends specifically) sound amazing, and I found this vid from 0:16 to end fucking awesome too.It has feeling from that point to end!
why do people think slow is like a byword for soulful? to say rusty cooley puts not soul or passion into what he does is ridiculous. he must have practised for hours and hours every day for years to play like that. try and tell me that doesn't take soul or passion.
you don't have to play like santana or david gilmore to have soul in your music you know.
he is no doubt awesome at what he does and i have respect for him as a musician but it does nothing for me at all this style of playing...sorry its just how i feel about it
although i can understand and respect the arguments of both partlyshady and myfretsareonfire, dont bring the fact that his argument is opinion based into this because that is what music is about. people listen to the music they like based on their opinion of what is good. he is merely stating that opinion so dont bash the guy. i like shred but i can understand partly shady cause it definitely isnt something i sit down to listen to regularly. i just cant.
OK. All you haters who may say "there is no soul in this playing! I'm a little bitch and I can't play that well!" can go suck eggs. This guy is better than you will ever be. I'm sure he can bust out one of the most soulful bules/whatever the hell you want solo. But I have to say this: I would not want to hear this in a song. It is in tune and it is NOT random....but it has no musical value in my opinion.
@SpankyMcGrits he can't play the most soulful solo or anything near it cause he doesn't have that kind of approach to guitar playing or the feeling for it. he is all about speed, fast lydian, phrygian, diminished and similar scales. if he wanted to play the soulful solo, he would already do that BUT he rather plays fast stuff. it's all speed speed speed. let me tell you something: speed in musical sence means nothing if you don't combine feeling and ''emotional'' notes with it.
@SpankyMcGrits his composition leaves much to be desired. It's all flashy complex speed technique and he's actually gotten worse in an artistic sense as he's improved those skills over the years.
There's no question Rusty is fantastic at what he does...it's just that, to me, what he does is just audio masturbation for other wanna-be "shredders". Slow down and play with some heart...
even in those days rusty was more badass than most of the old school guitarists who were playing twenty years ago and are still playing today. playing as clean as he does and hearing every note in the sweep while pleasing a crowd with some flashy moves.....hell i think that was damn good. Michael angelo batio is also badass. his new time traveler song is one of my favs along with prog and speed kills etc...they are arists. steve vai has his moments.
Random sweeps? They clearly follow the chord progression and are clearly melodic. People that can't discern it should not be involved with music, whatsoever.
This is fucking amazing, he has an impressive talent, obtain this technique is very difficult. All the people who criticizes the shred, GO TO HELL FUCKING ENVIOUS
I can sweep pick like that, but then that damn alram goes off and I have to wake up! Impressive speed, although I can't listen to long runs of this. Impressive technique at the ver least.
dont ya think it's funny that when a violin plays music like this its "astounding" and "emotional" but when a guitarist in a rock band plays arpeggio based music its seen as being un emotional. same music, same notes different instrument. i think its time people kept the emotion argument out of the equation. after all;
DEFINE EMOTION!!!!!!
emotion means different things to different people, so you cant really use it as a reason against a style of music.
holy fucking shit, judging from the comments, people aren't actually as impressed with this as i believe they should be, that was MAD SHIT, rusty is a freak of nature, and he is in my top 5 fave guitarists for sure!!!
This is just shit man no soul and so uncool everything about it sucks the music and the image are these people blind or do they just believe what others tell them. SORT YOURSELF OOT PEOPLE! BEFORE IT'S TO LATE
i dont care what people says, shred and fast playing is music just like all your emotional crap.. Emotion/feeling is just a technique, where you often plays slow and look fucked in your face....
@XRockFrog Music requires the ability to play technically as well as with emotion.ESPECIALLY with emotion.Music is a form of artistic expression,what does it mean if it's just black blots on lines or sound from an instrument,those are just ink and noise.Music is not music without emotion.It's lifeless without it and lacks meaning.Emotion is not a technique,there is no technique to feeling or expressing an emotion.I respect great technique,a lot,but music requires expression as well as technique.
@Hawkins2210 i still disagree with you, feeling/emotion is a technique. you are almost saying that there is something magical about feeling, but there aint, its "just" a soft tune with slow bending... I like when people use feeling, it sounds good, but there is nothing special to it, in my opinion..
- and yes there is more to technique than speed, this solo is too extreme to compared to the song, but in most other solos you can hear the melody...
@XRockFrog Also there is much more to technique than just speed. Articulation, which is used for giving character and accenting the melody between the notes your playing; His playing is extremely impressive, but not much articulation going on so there is no focused melody to characterize what he's playing.
Sure, this is impressive, but I would never enjoy sitting back and listening to this; I would never classify it as good music either. It's just random arpeggios and scale runs. I have mad respect for the technique though. (even though I think it looks kinda shitty with all the arm motion, but aesthetics of appearance don't really matter in music) Anyway, I think speed should be used to create a catharsis and release a build of emotion in a piece, not as something cliche to be used all the time.
Amazing guitar! What is name of this one?
shredklampfe 4 months ago
You play it bro
pkaiser7321 7 months ago
Nothing Special.
kalabiandarkness 8 months ago
what song is this?
ManwithBass24 8 months ago
This solo is an improvisation or from a song?
If this solo is from a song, tell me what the name, please?
Thank You.
JaUhdeEsparta 9 months ago
@JaUhdeEsparta it's a song called "Revolution"
VypyrVai 5 months ago
mto bom!!!!o kra é rapido mesmo!!!
Dwab10 10 months ago
God almighty Rusty is a fucken beast at guitar.He sweep picks soo easily and effortless.
kytrev27 10 months ago
what is the name of this song ???
TheRocker0619 10 months ago
Keep in mind that Rusty is only 21 in this video. Being that young with that much raw skill, he chose to let loose. Now that he is older and matured musically, he can play however he wants to play, and make any note sound exactly the way he wants to. There are plenty of videos and recordings of Rusty playing with more expressiveness now that he is older. As an ex Rusty student, I can promise you he plays exactly the way he wants to, and what feels right to him.
arcallaw 10 months ago
yeah, i agree altitudes. this is why shredders can't get any respect. i enjoy shredding guitar players. but, this is just a finger exercise set to drums and bass.
it doesn't make me want to listen to it more than once. not everyone can play with
heart. that goes for blues, rock or shred. there are much better guitar players than this in a lot of different genres that i would rather listen to.
21rawparker 11 months ago
@21rawparker
that's cool, the purpose of comments is to knock on how you would rather listen to someone else. cool.
xPrisonOfTheMindx 9 months ago
wtf did this guy not bother to cram an hour of working on his phrasing or expression into the 23 hours a day he practiced or..?
Altitudes11 11 months ago
See I get what you're saying but, "more understood as what "Feel" really is" can't be based on anything other than opinion's to begin with. By no means am I saying there is no substance to what you're saying...but, it's not all-encompassing or defined as literally "objective." Sometimes people just do go for speed as if it's a sport, but not every shredder (especially guys like Cooley) are without feeling in their playing because they play it fast. He has a hell of a lot of passion for playing.
TheEnlightenedTruth 11 months ago
Holy shit look how he streches his fingers
speedtomas 1 year ago
is that jason becker on the end there looks like him, pre-sickness.
MOSKII58 1 year ago
@MOSKII58 It could be, must find out where this gig was =P
cerelilqt 1 year ago
@MOSKII58 This questions was posted on the Jason Becker message board.And its not him.
guitarnub3 1 year ago
This is the shredder who will have much more pain than all other shredders when discover the real meaning of being a virtuoso in some years...Have fun dudes...
newcirclecase 1 year ago
It's sounds like pacman
NazaAccord 1 year ago 7
che cagone... translate: fantastic man!!
hateofgod666 1 year ago
DAMNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN what i can say ?
marcandre0011 1 year ago
Even though I'm not impressed by the melody or musicality in here, he never fails to impress with speed. He's a the master of his ways.
CMetalTube 1 year ago
Shawn Lane could play arpeggios faster than Rusty: by picking them not sweeping them as well.
cerelilqt 1 year ago 3
@cerelilqt
true but who cares
xPrisonOfTheMindx 1 year ago
hay bitches suck my balls if u think that this music has no soul,
lEvanFallsl 1 year ago
Fucking amazing.
CyValkarion 1 year ago
question! how can you play with soul? show it !
KiLLeRxxBuNNy 1 year ago
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
marywanna1000 1 year ago 3
It's a Hair band flashback!
-Break out the spandex!
Nice 80's style shredding! ;-)
yvan03 1 year ago
i wonder if rusty cooley knows how to sweep pick
tdag100 1 year ago
@tdag100 doubt it
MonsterMetalMusic 1 year ago
@MonsterMetalMusic no but in all seriousness rusty cooley needs to shut the fuck up i honestly cant hear the chorb progression under all the sweeping
tdag100 1 year ago
i think it got good at :16
kirk45hammett 1 year ago
I will try to figure it by ear =(
evanderguitarist 1 year ago 3
no fair.
nurpandbutch 1 year ago
OMG i love Super Mario theme on guitar...
metal491 1 year ago
everytime when guitar players talk about speed shred, "no soul" "no better than jason becker" "no emotion" will pop out. i believe "emotion" and "soul" are something slower than 200 bpm. when shred goes faster than 200 bpm, wizard bubbles,spark, flame come out, these are also guitar's beauty.
seanzxjulian 1 year ago
@seanzxjulian Well, I think "emotion" and "soul" criticisms started when butthurt blues rock players who suck up to people like Clapton saw a whole new paradigm of technical guitar playing that made their jaws drop. However, there is the element of musicality at high speed that players like Govan and Lane have. Rusty plays fast for the sake of speed, but doesn't incorporate much musicality into it, his stuff seems like a bunch of technical exercises.
cerelilqt 1 year ago 4
@cerelilqt Nah, again...everything has feeling to someone...it's a strictly subjective matter. What isn't subjective, is that he's incredibly-fucking-talented and obviously had a lot of passion for what he does. What more feeling do you need?
TheEnlightenedTruth 1 year ago
@TheEnlightenedTruth I wouldn't say strictly subjective... You can have "feel" for what you're playing, and you can have "feel" for guitar. 2 different approaches, The latter one being more understood as what "feel" really is. (bending, vibrato, etc.). Shredding and sweep picking I don't really consider feel at all, because anything at a fast tempo will sound good, so the first approach will convey a sense of feel because of the sound, as the 2nd approach will actually speak.
hensleyohensley 11 months ago
@hensleyohensley It may convey a sense of "feel" to people, but to assign a specific type of playing as "feeling" is both subjective and kind of untrue, as almost any of these fast shredders can play all of the styles of playing typically associated with feeling, and could in fact teach those styles. To me, feeling comes from the person's own passion and emotion being expressed through their playing. It's about expression to me, as with a sort of art form, rather than it being ONE way of playing
TheEnlightenedTruth 11 months ago
@TheEnlightenedTruth I like your way of thinking. which is entirley true though most people would not agree. As I am a guitar player, I tend to shred a lot but truthfully, i do convey a sense of feel while I shred. So you're very correct, it's all opinion based from another persons perspective but the actual feel is coming from the inner person. One remark though, there does tend to be players who say they play with feel (such as some starter blues guitarists) and indeed believe they do...
hensleyohensley 11 months ago
@TheEnlightenedTruth But from a perspective, they will sound horrible and completely out of key so to say. Would you consider this someone playing with inner feel? Also, lately there tends to be a lot of shredders who do not play with feel (not an opinion based theory), as they only mindlessly shred down a scale in patterns, following no rhythm, and no melody, or simply do not understand the theorybehind their playing, but can play it quite well.
hensleyohensley 11 months ago
@hensleyohensley Well, I think some people can play from their hearts and not necessarily be the most talented of players and could end up sounding bad I suppose. It's hard to say, I mean maybe they're expressing themselves but, don't have a feel for rhythm or melody. I think there are players who just go up and down scales to either look impressive or for an adrenaline rush (thrash metal guitarists, sometimes) but, I know that Rusty Cooley who's in this video here, knows the theory behind it.
TheEnlightenedTruth 11 months ago
@TheEnlightenedTruth you say that, couse you can't doi it, rusty if he wants, can play with gay heart bitch
dark666shredder 11 months ago
@dark666shredder What? That makes no sense whatsoever. I don't say anything because I supposedly can't do it. I can't respond to your comment because it was so nonsensical/incoherent. Try to form an actual legible sentence before you address me next time please.
Just in case what I said needs clarification, I support Rusty Cooley. His playing and his songs to me, have a lot of passion/feeling to them and are very soothing and melodic, so I disagree with many people.
TheEnlightenedTruth 11 months ago
@dark666shredder When you say something like "gay heart bitch" you sound really ignorant/illogical/unintelligent. Logic and feeling are one, because without either, neither actually truly exist.
Still, if you're TRYING to say or imply that you're annoyed with people dismissing wonderfully talented guitarists as having "no feeling" then I agree. However, I don't agree because feeling "doesn't matter" I disagree because everyone/everything has or invokes feeling to someone. It's subjective.
TheEnlightenedTruth 11 months ago
@hensleyohensley I guess to me, it can depend on what their goal is. If their goal is to be the fastest in the world, while they can have passion for what they're doing, they can become monotonous sounding. So yeah, in my opinion they'd generally have less feel, especially if they don't know the theory behind their playing, than someone looking to just be themselves and carve their own, different, expressive path. I just think some shredders get unfairly characterized, but some of those do exist
TheEnlightenedTruth 11 months ago
his playing is fantastic, and he's playing specific arpeggios, no it is NOT random. If any of you have ever heard bach or classical music, the fast, flowing arpeggios are always there, and it DEFINITELY has musical value. Just because you're technique isn't as good as his doesn't mean you need to rip on him, he's RUSTY COOLEY.
element5333 1 year ago
@element5333 most of what you believe to be arpeggios are rakes and scale sweeps. Majority of shredders don't play arpeggios, they play rakes and sweep scales that incorporate arpeggios to a degree but in a vertical fashion. Since they use the sweep technique associated with true arpeggios, the term gets abused.
True arpeggios produce a more unique sound and don't allow for such fixed vertical sequences. Rusty is amazing at what he does but his composition lacks identity.
JonDeth 1 year ago
@JonDeth Yeah, you can hear it being raked, think Jason Becker stuff is true shredded arpeggios though
cerelilqt 1 year ago
i dont think i can ever pick up a guitar again... thanks rusty lol
blomefucue 1 year ago
This guy is un-fucking-believable, even if you don't like his style he is still amazing.
razormouth45 1 year ago 2
@razormouth45 The only shredding I really ever got into was the early Malmsteen stuff so this is not really my taste......... but that was fucking awesome.
mister929rr 1 year ago
shit..,music like in SEGA game :))
MilanKajla 1 year ago
@MilanKajla lol
turnbacktime 1 year ago
insipid
mitch31300 1 year ago
Rusty is a great player. But this sweepy stuff certainly isnt for everyone. Don't judge him on this one clip. He plays more "musical" songs as well.
But I find that a lot of shredders at some point really need to just stop with the sweeps and taps and play.....music. The billion note thing only goes so far. It's fatiguing to listen to after a while. And you can only be "wowed" for so long. Best to save the flurries and use them as "spice". A little goes a long way. ie" Timmons, Satriani..
MrDarinWarren 1 year ago 2
is their even a point in me playing guitar? :P
manwithacane 1 year ago 2
i could say there is no feeling... but i know that if i could play like this i totally would.
WillzKORN 1 year ago 2
does anyone know what song this is?
ibanez87 1 year ago
@ibanez87 I think it is revolution
VMP007 1 year ago
Boring
seankenny08 1 year ago
Is there anyhing else he can do except sweeping arpeggios. That shit get's old within 3 seconds. I'll think I'll check out some dire straits videos.
cockdumpster 1 year ago
@cockdumpster u mad?
barnickd 1 year ago
Sounds like the Tetris theme on crack, this is fucking retarded.
LedZeppelin7104 1 year ago
this guy would do such a great duet with jason becker
spray32 1 year ago 2
dayum hes fast
crisDAwog 1 year ago
@crisDAwog thats wat she said
55k666 1 year ago
Well think of it this way from a business point of view. Who has & makes more money. Miley Cirus or Rusty Cooley. Cooley is only popular in the guitar world,and there has not been a hell of alot of peoplewho heard of him. Miley already has 126 million in the bank and she is knowen worldwide. it's what sells, and rusty cooley does not sell.
cockdumpster 1 year ago
thumbs up for the rhythm guitarist
zebaxtiantd 1 year ago 4
*sigh* Can't we all be friends? X(
myfretsareonfire 1 year ago 30
@myfretsareonfire make shred not war!!!
Shredcore93 1 year ago 39
@Shredcore93 No man, Bin Ladden will play like Rusty Oo
evanderguitarist 1 year ago
sweep picking is only popular because you can go as fast as you want and still sound melodic.
IvanMoshkov 1 year ago
6 strings with rusty?!!!!!!
VMP007 1 year ago
sweep picking is so over ratted n so over used by this type of guitarist, the only people who applicate it r people who cant sweep pick them selves, cause they think its some hardcore insane thing, once u learn to urself, u relise its fucking easy, and a bludge, and performing a single bend in tune is harder n takes me concentration, and standard pick shredding is harder n better
deadslutbluewater 1 year ago
@deadslutbluewater Every technique once mastered is "fucking easy" to the person who's mastered it, it is a difficult technique to master. I'll grant that some guitarists tend to use them more then I'd like, but that in no way makes them any less "harder n better" then any other guitar technique, I'm sure paco de lucia who's been doing arpeggios before it was a "shred" technique and back when it was just a musical term, would greatly disagree with you.
myfretsareonfire 1 year ago
@myfretsareonfire nah man, u see sweeping is a highly robotic movement that is easily stored in ur muscle memory so u dont have to think about it as much as alternate picking or economie picking or hybrid picking, and no matter how many times u practice nice bends, every time i perform it u have to concentrate n here for the correct note to be achieved, most people wank over sweep picking cause that get taught it last n they see it as some superior god like technique,
deadslutbluewater 1 year ago
@deadslutbluewater lol I'm not really gonna argue about "muscle memory" or "highly robotic" movements because I'm sure neither of us are biology majors, but on your other point, like I said I agree that sweep picking can be over used by some, but that does not take away from the usefulness or validity of the technique. It only means that, those people who "wank over sweep picking" are simply under educated about what they're doing. So please stop insulting good guitar players for no reason.
myfretsareonfire 1 year ago
@myfretsareonfire well muscles do have a memory. and im not insulting this guy, i just think alot of guitrarist almost exploit sweep picking because alot of fans who dont play guitar worhsip it because it seems so advanced, when imo the reality is, its the easiest technique once learnt, and personlly find a slow solo full of bends that requir u to hit perfect notes, n bends that go up 2 tones instead of one ect, much more difficult then sweeping,
deadslutbluewater 1 year ago
@deadslutbluewater Well once again we agree that a lot of guitar players do exploit the novelty of sweep picking, but all I ask is that you don't talk shit on the technique, even if it is "easier" to learn then such exotic bends, and other types of picking. I think you're just a little upset at it's over use, but that's no reason to bag on the technique, sweeping has been around for decades, so clearly there is some purpose to it's use, in some cases.
myfretsareonfire 1 year ago
@myfretsareonfire wel im not nocking the technique, rather the dumbasses all over youtube that seem to go nuts over every cunt who sweep picks, when if they knew anything about guitar theyd probly no sweep picking phrazes usually show the least of a guitarist talent n soul, n its just anoying to see any clip with sweep picking have 1000's of newbs going AWWWWWWWWWWWW OMFG, that is all. good day
deadslutbluewater 1 year ago
@deadslutbluewater Pleasure talking to you sir. :)
myfretsareonfire 1 year ago
@deadslutbluewater Sweeping is like tapping, you can use it to sound like a guitar god after relatively little practice. However, there are ways to use it in very interesting ways. For tapping, there are guys like Stanley Jordan and Ron Thal that take it to other levels. For sweeping MAB and Rusty Cooley are in a different league than most. Rusty Cooley sweeps are night and day from dragon force sweeps.
stevenoring 1 year ago
@deadslutbluewater stop whining bitch.
diablodeathpunx 1 year ago
@diablodeathpunx ur mum was licking my ass and we had a rusty cooley cd on n he started shredding so fast i shit myself all in her face, so the next time i came over to get my ass licked by ur mum she got me back by eating chilly first, WOOOWWZAAAA it hurts,
deadslutbluewater 1 year ago
@deadslutbluewater why did you even watch this video?
rusty's music isnt all that great but his technique is.
turnbacktime 1 year ago
@deadslutbluewater yeah that makes since "i dont like sweep picking because it's easy" later on "i prefer a slow solo with bends"
cuz you know, those solos are definitely not easy by any stretch of the word *sarcasm
MarcusFenixtheMan 1 year ago
@MarcusFenixtheMan that nots what i said u ass bandit, i said sweep picking is the easiets technique once learnt, and bending is harder to preform because it doesnt matter how long uve been playing u always have to stop and think and make sure u get the right note, where sweeping u can basically do without thinking once uve learnt it. so congrats on not being able to play guitar and being a shit fagget
deadslutbluewater 1 year ago
@deadslutbluewater again you prove your astounding intellect, bending involves going from just one note to another, sweep picking involves full awareness of key, chord quality, fretboard positioning, proper arpeggio sequencing, and inversions, it's not popular because it's sweep picking, it's popular cuz it allows you to play arpeggios at high speeds, which requires both technique and musicality, its one thing to go up and down a sweep and call it good, try improv sweeping fast to a progression
MarcusFenixtheMan 1 year ago
@MarcusFenixtheMan call man, well thats really great thats what u think, but i dont really give a fuck cause, i can actually play a guitar and ur a noob fagget, once uve learnt an arpegios and its in ur memory u can play it without even thinking about it, its a simple movement, everytime ur guitar gets restrung, everytime u play a differnt neck, everytime ur guitar gets retuned, hitting the perfect notes on bends is a differnt, u cant mindless do it, u always have to concentrate. y r u arguing?
deadslutbluewater 1 year ago
@deadslutbluewater i guarantee im better than you at guitar, i hate stuck up people who talk about how good they are even though they suck, but since you brought it up i can tell just by talking with you how good you are, and you suck, it takes about 5 minutes to get the feel for a guitar and its strings, sequencing an arpeggio in a way that's both musical and technical is much more difficult than sitting in a box shape and hitting bends, which most guitar players do when they run out of ideas
MarcusFenixtheMan 1 year ago
@deadslutbluewater i've looked at most of your comments on this page and they all follow the same pattern, you ignorantly act like your a master guitarist, like you think your some virtuoso, then rather than address the points your opponents bring up you resort to 7th grad insults, straw man arugments, arguments against the man, and other fallacies to hide you don't know what you're talking about, you're comments reveal just how little you know about guitar playing and music in general
MarcusFenixtheMan 1 year ago
@MarcusFenixtheMan well i feel sorry for u that u have nothing better to do then read someones comments on youtube, who r u to tell me what i think about a certain technique sweep picking is overated, only noobs worship it, and if u could actually shred urself, ud know its the easiest technique to shred with , so yeh, go pull ur own dick, cause u cant get laid thats for fucking sure.
deadslutbluewater 1 year ago
@deadslutbluewater again you refuse to address any points i brought up because you have no argument, i feel sorry for you because you think your better than you are and will never amount to anything in music, you have no records out, no endorsements, no videos even
i don't need to prove to you that i can play well, even if i couldn't play is irrelevant because it doesn't affect the fact behind the points i brought up, which you have no argument against
MarcusFenixtheMan 1 year ago
@deadslutbluewater to some up how much of a noob guitarist you actually are im going to use some quotes from you
"everytime ur guitar gets restrung, everytime u play a differnt neck, everytime ur guitar gets retuned, hitting the perfect notes on bends is a differnt"
this statement proves that sweep picking is a harder technique than bending, because on each new guitar you play you have to adjust for different string thickness, string tension, fret spacing, scale, fret height, and neck radius
MarcusFenixtheMan 1 year ago
@MarcusFenixtheMan i have no arugment, im not in one, or making one, ur just some fagget whos got no life so u keep replying to me a couple of times for every 1 ocmment i make, and i dunno y u think i am trying to make it in the music industry, i am actually studying civil engineering, congrats, and like i said, if u could actually shred ud know and agree with me that sweeping is the easiest technique for shredding. im sorry ur so new to guitar that u actually still think sweepin is impressive
deadslutbluewater 1 year ago
@deadslutbluewater quote me where i say exactly "sweep picking is impressive" that's right i never said it, fast arpeggio sequences when used properly are both more musically and technically impressive than box shape bending, if you weren't such a noob guitarist you'd know that there are more ways than sweep picking to play arpeggio sequences, watch the link
watch?v=Z_sKjISENnA
MarcusFenixtheMan 1 year ago
@deadslutbluewater i respond to you multiple times because there's not enough room to destroy your arguments with 500 characters, that point falls along the lines of "has nothing to do with what we're talking about" remember the goal is here is to prove to me that im wrong, not change the topic to hide that you're points are shallow and have nothing backing them up, try to focus, i know it's hard for you, but try
MarcusFenixtheMan 1 year ago
@MarcusFenixtheMan to be honest i havent even read what uve written back to me, all i have to say is, my original point to the the first person was sweeping is over rated and only people who dont actually play guitar think its amazing, and if u could shred ud know this to, so get over it, i dont even read what u say, cause i dont have a point to prove,
deadslutbluewater 1 year ago
@deadslutbluewater thats right don't read what i say because you know it rips your argument apart, like i said earlier i can in fact "shred", definately better than you, and im not wasting my time restating myself, read my below post and watch the link for an explanation on why you don't know what your talking about
MarcusFenixtheMan 1 year ago
@deadslutbluewater
"sweep picking phrazes usually show the least of a guitarist talent"
then
"if u could actually shred urself"
first you talk about how talentless fast sweep picking is, saying slow phrases with bends show true mastery of the instrument, then try and make fun of me for not being able to "shred" like you, showing that you think your ability to "shred" makes you a virtuoso
come up with a logical rebuttal to my points, or don't respond cuz you don't know what your talking about
MarcusFenixtheMan 1 year ago
@deadslutbluewater every picking or bend technique that you master will be easy and you'll be able to play without thinking, even 2 tone bends etc. And so, doesn't matter if it just your brain(not your muscles I read about this, it's your brain and nerves)memorisin or not, what matters is if it SOUNDS good. Some guys who aren't ver technical(I'm not saying sweep or bends specifically) sound amazing, and I found this vid from 0:16 to end fucking awesome too.It has feeling from that point to end!
VMP007 1 year ago
Watching his fingers made me dizzy. :(
sloppyjoe24 1 year ago
Shit that was some epic sweep picking.
hondansx1000 1 year ago
I liked the last half
the first not that much
but the last half actually sounded pretty to my ears
cris931609 1 year ago
I just came.
Glitchmore 1 year ago
His fingers look like a tarantula on meth and caffeine pills.
CORNP00 1 year ago
his hand is eating his guitar..
tiredoftypical 1 year ago
Where's Nathan Gale when we need him
joeylodes 1 year ago
NAME THIS SONG PLEASE?
obeliskhy 1 year ago
much better than micheal angilo or whatever. just cleaner all around
Lysterfiendx 1 year ago
Seriously flaps his fingers too far away from fretboard.
DanielPowell357 1 year ago
Your going to have seriously problems reaching the highest frets on that guitar -sarcasm-
TerrorcausT 1 year ago
why do people think slow is like a byword for soulful? to say rusty cooley puts not soul or passion into what he does is ridiculous. he must have practised for hours and hours every day for years to play like that. try and tell me that doesn't take soul or passion.
you don't have to play like santana or david gilmore to have soul in your music you know.
kierandoyle1992 1 year ago
91 assholes vote for dragonforce or that fucking justin bieber creep
killguns95 1 year ago
I HATE PEOPLE WHINING ABOUT FAST PLAYERS!!
FUCKING CHRIST, SHUT UP!!!!!!!
leopower7 1 year ago 3
Can anyone post a link to the whole song please?
Alexkris6666 1 year ago
thats just to much tho is good and all
built4sin100 1 year ago
double douche
SteveScottThinkChan 1 year ago
he is no doubt awesome at what he does and i have respect for him as a musician but it does nothing for me at all this style of playing...sorry its just how i feel about it
mrshef666 1 year ago
although i can understand and respect the arguments of both partlyshady and myfretsareonfire, dont bring the fact that his argument is opinion based into this because that is what music is about. people listen to the music they like based on their opinion of what is good. he is merely stating that opinion so dont bash the guy. i like shred but i can understand partly shady cause it definitely isnt something i sit down to listen to regularly. i just cant.
eman0080 1 year ago 2
holy shit
jhilli69 1 year ago
dear god what did he just do
Magnedudewon2 1 year ago
What a showoff :|
burningvenom 1 year ago
OK. All you haters who may say "there is no soul in this playing! I'm a little bitch and I can't play that well!" can go suck eggs. This guy is better than you will ever be. I'm sure he can bust out one of the most soulful bules/whatever the hell you want solo. But I have to say this: I would not want to hear this in a song. It is in tune and it is NOT random....but it has no musical value in my opinion.
SpankyMcGrits 1 year ago 34
@SpankyMcGrits he can't play the most soulful solo or anything near it cause he doesn't have that kind of approach to guitar playing or the feeling for it. he is all about speed, fast lydian, phrygian, diminished and similar scales. if he wanted to play the soulful solo, he would already do that BUT he rather plays fast stuff. it's all speed speed speed. let me tell you something: speed in musical sence means nothing if you don't combine feeling and ''emotional'' notes with it.
jimmyleppard6 1 year ago
@SpankyMcGrits But the shred that start at 0:16 do has a lot of feeling, it's kind of Jason Becker's style, this SHOULD be in a song.
VMP007 1 year ago
@SpankyMcGrits his composition leaves much to be desired. It's all flashy complex speed technique and he's actually gotten worse in an artistic sense as he's improved those skills over the years.
JonDeth 1 year ago
Nintendo
PatoCyprich 1 year ago 2
круто
voodoo144 1 year ago
There's no question Rusty is fantastic at what he does...it's just that, to me, what he does is just audio masturbation for other wanna-be "shredders". Slow down and play with some heart...
tk4466 1 year ago
@tk4466 He's in a fuckin death metal band...
guitars357 1 year ago
@guitars357 That changes nothing.
tk4466 1 year ago
@tk4466 When you play death metal, you don't play like jimmy hendrix for example, you fuckin shred peoples faces off
guitars357 1 year ago
i want tabs
Shr3ddage 1 year ago
slow the fuck down.
Equestional 1 year ago
even in those days rusty was more badass than most of the old school guitarists who were playing twenty years ago and are still playing today. playing as clean as he does and hearing every note in the sweep while pleasing a crowd with some flashy moves.....hell i think that was damn good. Michael angelo batio is also badass. his new time traveler song is one of my favs along with prog and speed kills etc...they are arists. steve vai has his moments.
kief4diamonds 1 year ago
Random sweeps? They clearly follow the chord progression and are clearly melodic. People that can't discern it should not be involved with music, whatsoever.
pochankitty 1 year ago
boring and tasteless really . random sweeping and its so fast to me it takes away the whole point of sweeping. gambale is much better !
chuckrocks69 1 year ago
What song is this that he's preforming.
abdal0wnsj00 1 year ago
This is fucking amazing, he has an impressive talent, obtain this technique is very difficult. All the people who criticizes the shred, GO TO HELL FUCKING ENVIOUS
gerardometaldemon 1 year ago
i think i might have to give hair metal another chance after seing this video hahaha
elchristo7205 1 year ago
I like how all you fuckers judge Rusty Cooley when you can't even play guitar.
Also this is when he was 22 years old, what did you fucks do when you were 22 or will be 22 what would you have done?
Please people get a life or appreciate true talent and mastery.
MortaniusTaijou 1 year ago
One word... SOULFUL. Bwahaha! His technique is impressive, but his ear needs some training.
wlmason73 1 year ago
I have to agree. A little to much sweeping. It sounds 'random'. Listen to Vinnie Moore and Tony MacAlpine to hear a good use of sweep picking.
leafyP 1 year ago
Guy has skills, but is clearly tone deaf.
thelovelysookie 1 year ago
haha nobody is headbanging...they're all standing in awe of the awesomeness that is RUSTY COOLEY
berserker213 1 year ago
cual es la cancion?
what it`s the song?
adiodiegosk8 1 year ago
Where's the song? I hear a zillion notes but no song.
fkappreciative 1 year ago
ES MUI BUEN GUITARISTA DE LO MEJOR
Isaacchido 1 year ago
him or becker?
yngwierhoads1989 1 year ago
Good god, he had only been playing for 6 years at that time!
BZG07 1 year ago
I can sweep pick like that, but then that damn alram goes off and I have to wake up! Impressive speed, although I can't listen to long runs of this. Impressive technique at the ver least.
AndrewJamesLiles 1 year ago
dont ya think it's funny that when a violin plays music like this its "astounding" and "emotional" but when a guitarist in a rock band plays arpeggio based music its seen as being un emotional. same music, same notes different instrument. i think its time people kept the emotion argument out of the equation. after all;
DEFINE EMOTION!!!!!!
emotion means different things to different people, so you cant really use it as a reason against a style of music.
1danjackson 1 year ago
@1danjackson TOTALLY AGREED !!!You speak TRUE!
EVEROSFP1 1 year ago
Ladies and gentlemen, i believe i need some new shorts... Can anyone loan me some?
x3metallicrose41x 1 year ago
dude.......did you bring enough talent to share with the rest of the class?
xoneeightyto0x 1 year ago
vintage rusty cooley
musicman3527 1 year ago
Well its not ment to be a song its a solo and solos are usually played very fast
DudyAshley 1 year ago
crazyyyyyyyyyyy!!!! aweome cooley!!!
5hr3dl0rd88 1 year ago
holy fucking shit, judging from the comments, people aren't actually as impressed with this as i believe they should be, that was MAD SHIT, rusty is a freak of nature, and he is in my top 5 fave guitarists for sure!!!
StadiumArcadium1234 1 year ago
ça pu
Morpheusneon 1 year ago
This is just shit man no soul and so uncool everything about it sucks the music and the image are these people blind or do they just believe what others tell them. SORT YOURSELF OOT PEOPLE! BEFORE IT'S TO LATE
snakeyaks 1 year ago
Only mong dweebs that enjoy church on Sundays would think this sucks...
YSBCITTAR 1 year ago
i dont hear any melody in first 13 seconds :D
LordNikonPL 1 year ago
i dont care what people says, shred and fast playing is music just like all your emotional crap.. Emotion/feeling is just a technique, where you often plays slow and look fucked in your face....
XRockFrog 1 year ago
@XRockFrog Music requires the ability to play technically as well as with emotion.ESPECIALLY with emotion.Music is a form of artistic expression,what does it mean if it's just black blots on lines or sound from an instrument,those are just ink and noise.Music is not music without emotion.It's lifeless without it and lacks meaning.Emotion is not a technique,there is no technique to feeling or expressing an emotion.I respect great technique,a lot,but music requires expression as well as technique.
Hawkins2210 1 year ago
@Hawkins2210 i still disagree with you, feeling/emotion is a technique. you are almost saying that there is something magical about feeling, but there aint, its "just" a soft tune with slow bending... I like when people use feeling, it sounds good, but there is nothing special to it, in my opinion..
- and yes there is more to technique than speed, this solo is too extreme to compared to the song, but in most other solos you can hear the melody...
XRockFrog 1 year ago
@XRockFrog Also there is much more to technique than just speed. Articulation, which is used for giving character and accenting the melody between the notes your playing; His playing is extremely impressive, but not much articulation going on so there is no focused melody to characterize what he's playing.
Hawkins2210 1 year ago
HOLY FUCKIN' SHIT THAT'S IMMPOSIBLE hahahahahaha
freeriot99 1 year ago
congrats rusty, you can play faster than anyone. three words:
ANIMALS AS LEADERS
penguindeathmetal666 1 year ago
Sure, this is impressive, but I would never enjoy sitting back and listening to this; I would never classify it as good music either. It's just random arpeggios and scale runs. I have mad respect for the technique though. (even though I think it looks kinda shitty with all the arm motion, but aesthetics of appearance don't really matter in music) Anyway, I think speed should be used to create a catharsis and release a build of emotion in a piece, not as something cliche to be used all the time.
partlyshady 1 year ago 22