Symphony X - In the dragon's den - Antonio Ceci

[brunofunny]

It sounds out of tune, or one and a half key up. But the performance is great, but the effect is a little too sensitive. But it very well executed. Cheers o/

[PeikkoKuningas95]

when i look your playing, i think there is something wrong, but then i remember, that your uniq master!! :D

[BECKERAZUL]

master...

[djjosefsubprovence]

Grande Tonino!

[djjosefsubprovence]

Grande Tonino!!!

[Govanmaniac]

Incredible.

[mqmqmwmw]

Great! one of the more decent play of the song but why you look at the camera every minute ? you are not at "the office"

[mqmqmwmw]

Do you get on stage with that hair ?

[pattolas]

Amazing skill. However try to transmit more feeling to those who watch your videos. I dont know if you really like this song...but although you have a great technique you seem to be a bit forced playing this title... Besides that 5 star* Good job =)

[SurrenderTheKing]

Your skill is incredible.I've see all of your videos and they are all mind blowing! I'm actually considering flying to Italy to get a guitar lesson from you!

Cheers dude keep it up!

[dark121it]

@SurrenderTheKing

Thank you very much! ;)

[Rhaabjorn]

How do you practice for this?!

[n00bDestroyr]

why no words? no big deal tho. great playin

[4narchy77]

intéressant je suis dessus en ce moment mais seulement à 110bpm :P

[gakuh721]

Nice guitar ! cool !!!

[CrazyGuitarification]

stupendo

[FatSlim666]

amazing but not the right tuning

[javensme1]

that was intense

[zioleder]

go antonio go!

[sataky]

da Padreterno!!! absolutely spot on !!!

[matkishacro12]

crazy shit...great :D

[lubricator2000]

BRAVISSIMO!!!

[se012101]

Fantastic performance, man! Beautiful technique. You have improved quite a bit in the time between this and your sea of lies cover. Also, dont pay any attention to the earlier posts about "emotion". There is a lot more emotion in being totally in the zone with your guitar, which it seems to me that you are, than bopping your head, and doing backflips and all that stuff.

[xDante182x]

a great performance dude i enjoyed it :) i entend to learn this song too

[SevenFiveThree21]

Nice duude : D

Hey what's the recommended level of experience in years to tackle this beast of a song?

And what guitar are you using?

[DemonOfNight420]

Hes useing an Ibenez, but its NOT the equipment, its the player, and learn your scales before attempting this song. all of them.

[metsuri69]

well.. it's some in the equipment.. it's harder to learn if your sound truly sucks or is very tend "blur"..

[honmiek]

Ibanez .

[Enkiharmony]

hey compa;ero lo haces ver tan facil jajaja XD muy bien felicidades

[Vodd9]

You make it look so easy

:(

[chrisbDTM]

he is so calm

sweet dude

[guillhermes]

WOW LOVE IT!

[metalmasterchile666]

good

[yettiguy]

bravo

[freddy692000]

u could lower the volume of the music a bit dude so we can hear u better

[eexistancee]

tip yha :D

[Vanquishdetestor]

Più guardo questo video e più rimango senza parole, l'esecuzione è praticamente perfetta e le mani si muovono con una precisione devastante (altro che dita che saltellano sulla tastiera).

Ottimo lavoro Antò... ah... ma quanto azzo è difficile 'sto pezzo?... sei un masochista malefico :D

[viken1992]

Dude, YOU ROCK!

[awaken1001]

Blllloody hell, mate!! You totally nailed that! Fantastic job! Bravissimo, signore, ti felicito. Ciao dal Canada.

[gtspider6969]

dude you have no feeling at all speed is not all is about loving wat you do and you look like a robot yous followina a music piece you got to feel it to make likeble think about when you fucking a gurl you really like it feels goo right well music is the same think you gotta feelit n espressed with the instrument !!!

[nealeo1221]

you look like a robot... play with some emotion... its ok... i promise

[Primus400]

christ leave him alone

[Loncho00]

woooooooooooooooooooooooooooow

awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[thrascan]

COMPLIMENTI

[KillerDrummer88]

grande, complimenti ;) c'eri a firenze a sentirli? ... che gruppo grandioso..

[dark121it]

Guarda...avevo la febbre a 40!!!

Cazz...sono anni che aspetto ke vengano da soli in Italia...li ho visti ad Andria con i Dream....(secondo mè sono stati i migliori...evviva la X!!)

[KillerDrummer88]

gia,anche io li adoro da anni e anni...li ho visti qui al palalottomatica a roma a ottobre coi dream,poracci,con un equalizzazione del cazzo,ma na bomba uguale,e poi a firenze,in 3za fila che spettacolo...! se hai skype e mi dai l'indir in privato,ti posso passare TUTTO il concerto reg da me in video,nn si sente mica male

[bullet69erz]

you owned this song, youve inspired me to kick myself in to gear and actually learn this song.

your awesome

[Pixxius82]

MA devi per forza tenere la faccia con quell'espressione da macho??? Non è che ci fai una bella figura...

[dark121it]

mah...mi viene in automatico! :)

Deve essere il pezzo che mi stimola "il lato oscuro della forza"!

:D :D

[davecro86]

sterile critica, come tutte quelle che si leggono qui

[darkpatator]

great job Antonio, you kick ass !

[mrjcoolness]

Good fuckin job man

[alexmasi]

Great Job Man

[LifeDoesGoOn]

well, if you set out to play it perfectly then you definitely succeeded... but it didn't have much character.

[shellshock1911]

Stop throwing out random irrevalent shit becuase you are jealous.

[LifeDoesGoOn]

I'm sorry, you must have misunderstood what I meant. I respect Antonio for his prowess, but wish he'd play something that left more room for expression...

[mongobongoman]

thats just bs

[libertydenied]

awesome!

you seem to have very good techniques, well done

[davecro86]

perfetto come al solito..

hai davvero un'invidiabile impostazione della mano sinistra..mi ci vorrà un bel po' prima di tenere le dita dritte come le tue!

ah non ti curare di chi dice che sembri un automa quando suoni..meglio un chitarrista "timido" che un nuovo malmsteen!

e poi per arrivare a questi livelli bisogna avere una passione assurda per la chitarra e per ciò che si sta suonando..se non è sentimento questo..

ps: perché non posti qualcosa degli evolution?

[dark121it]

Grazie per i complimenti! :D

Sto cercando di registrare in video 4 pezzi dalle sonate per violino di Bach. Dopo di quello , sicuramente registrerò qualcosa degli Evolution, perchè vedo che molti me lo chiedono. :P

[YoungViking90]

cos'hai contro malmsteen?

[davecro86]

musicalmente quasi niente (unica pecca: un po' ripetitivo)..

è lui come persona che mi sta sulle balle..

[somekidvega]

Hey man, what gauge of strings and picks are you using? Just wondering, thanks man

[dark121it]

ernie ball 0.9-->0.46 and dunlop jazz 3 (larger version). ;)

[hanssondaniel]

love those picks! :D

[somekidvega]

Sweet, just went out and got some, the pick feels awesome

[TheodenN]

Um ok. You are really good, but why are you looking to the camera so lamely, are you bored or somethng? You make it look too easy man cool.

[orionatk]

Yo tambien creo que es la mejor o de las mejores canciones de Symphony X.

Muy bueno video, practicamente perfecto!!

[Vulder]

My Opinion... The Best Symphony X song ever!

[davecro86]

Mine too

[Tiendude]

This songs just seems so underrated. I looked for videos of this song played live and I couldn't find any. Do poeple generally think this song is not that great or what? I personally this song kicks ass.

[mad00002]

Agreed!

[4threichss]

fuckin awesome mate you make it look so simple!!

[rushfaster]

dude look at his facial expression when he made a mistake, great playing thou =) good job

[bararistheman]

Looks like he just smelled a big pile of shit. Excellent control...needs more feeling though!

[noujzz]

lol this guy fucking rox

[allihadinhate]

how bored are you?

how can you just sit there?

are you lamed?

[alexmasi]

Excellent

[deividma22]

eres un makina pixaa

[skron1975]

una gran tecnica muy bueno

[zargathis]

you're a great guitar player ,have you any compositions of yours ?

[blackgatedef3]

great dude!! flawless!!

[Datura666]

your a good shredder!

[2Luke]

you are the MASTER! because when you shred it looks as if you are relaxing! and that, is the main thing! CONGRATS MAN!

[zushiwild]

Minchia k bravo! Fai qualche commento suoi miei video! :) Sono autodidatta

[HeavyMetalBallz]

Man... the sweep part in this song is hard as balls... I salute you for being able to do them! Now I will go work my ass off learning it too :D

[dark121it]

Thank you very much!! :D

[Grapowi]

Awesome!!

[Accolade3]

U look kind of like Rocky

[rushfaster]

no sweat?! ^_^ impressive

[DeathMetal666machine]

DUDE YOU ABSOLOUTLY NAILED THAT

[MnoruS]

That sounds nice.

It's funny though, I could swear the actual verse riff is more complicated than as you played it.

[megazrael]

GREAT!!! congratulations from argentina, i like your technique, u play so calm and u have a great accuracy

5 stars

[i6nacio]

Genial!

[subjulio]

Antonio, suoni da paura!!!!

Complimenti!!!!

[Feeleeppo87]

I can't wait to see that cause I love your technique:) it looks as if you were playing something pretty easy, effortless:) if I had a chance to ask I'd certainly have some questions to you:) keep up the good work:)

[hollowsguitarist]

you look intense

[Phraun]

Very well done. Also, what model of Ibanez is that?

[dark121it]

Thank you !

It's an RG 321 MH

[infinitesis]

Stunningly impressive interpretation. With just a little more harmonic control during the solo stretches you could very well totally mimic MJR. NICE!!!

[sprangaz]

tosto!!!... la facciamo anche noi ma io con la tastiera a stare dietro alla chitarra mi smonto le dita ;)

[mikedk2m]

Good stuff man, you're awesome!

[NOSTREESS]

muito bom,porem soaria melhor em D

very good,buts sounds much better in D

[blackgatedef3]

michael romeo " himself" not itself...

[dark121it]

Thank you....:D

[blackgatedef3]

nice playing btw :D

[Feeleeppo87]

he wrote "himself" in the comment for the video - having problems with eyes? :)

[blackgatedef3]

he corrected it a month ago...

[dark121it]

Yea it's true!

eh, eh, eh....my english sucks.

Thank you for correction and excuse me!! :D

[blackgatedef3]

woow you are very polite :D jajaja but by the way, why dont you check out my videos :D

[Feeleeppo87]

then I must apologize:P Keep on playing Antonio, u're great:) I've been on your website, nicely done, but if you have a friend who knows English better than you ask him to have a look on it;) You're just amazing when you take into consideration that you started playing when you were 18..

[dark121it]

Mmmh...I agree with your considerations, but I think that people can understand the difficoults of an Italian guitarist to write in english....and therfore excuse me! :D

Anyway I'll searching someone more skilled then me in english writing.

Thank for your racommendation!

[Feeleeppo87]

My pleasure:) Yes, you're right, your website is clearly written and despite the mistakes it is quite easy to understand:) Hope to see more your videos, if I lived in Italy, especially Bari I'd surely be trying to be your guitar student:) Btw have you ever tried playing Michael Angelo? Maybe he doesn't apply to you, but it would be great to see you play Speed kills or something:)

[dark121it]

Yes, I've studied some michael angelo stuffs.

They're very difficoult!

Probably I will post someday "No boundaries", that is one of my preferred songs.

[ascendingmastermind]

Bravissimo! Congrats. :)

You´re playing it as good as Romeo, wonderful interpretation.

[kenruy]

man that´s was really great¡¡ are soo good your guitar too i love the ibanez¡¡

good look and keep rocking¡¡ good cover¡¡

[C4m101]

absolutely blown away , especially 2 mins on - it's playing like that which makes me wanna keep playing guitar and get to that level of ability ;)

6/5

[dark121it]

He, eh, eh...

Thank you very much! :D

[Corex108]

WOW! Awesome!!! Your'e fantastic! COOL! I don't know what to say but, this video deserves the rating Awesome! Your guitar skills is very impressive!

[dark121it]

Thank you!

I really enjoy you comment!! :D :D

[extrax]

Great technic and great tempo, if u want come and see my videos, I´m so bad but.. it´s music xD

[nachoazeroth]

tiene menos onda el tano, pero un animal!

[w0ot378]

nice one man, dont listen to the negative comments, they're just jealous.

[dark121it]

Thank you for support, man! :)

[guilhermeRomeo]

mto bom =]

[nameformyskreen]

0 emotion = you have no future with guitar

[dark121it]

It's just an opinion. It's your opinion.

[nameformyskreen]

dude, you stared at the camera witha blank look on your face. it's not an opinion.

[dark121it]

"Blank look" as you say, has nothing to do with emotion and expression of myself trought the guitar. The emotion is in "playing" not in "my face". If I shake my head up and down for all video length, you'll appreciate it? If answer is "YES" I suggest you to go to Theatre to see some actors, because I don't act.

[nameformyskreen]

look at every good emotional guitar player. they play with such emotion that their body and face reflect their feelings, as well as their playing. not only were you motionless and expressionless, but your guitar playing was note for note exactly what's on the song. you are nothing more than a robot.

[dark121it]

What I can say?

In don't think that....but the world is cool because is various. ;)

[GetReide]

wtf?? man whats your problem?? cant deal with the fact that this guy has the skill to play symphony x?

everyone is different in expressing emotions so stfu...

[nameformyskreen]

that's the thing. he's ALL skill. no emotion.

[GetReide]

how can you be so ignorant? you dont know shit about him so what makes you say that there is no emotion?? there is more to emotion than just closing your eyes and sleeping with your guitar... but you already proved that youre to ignorant to understand or at least accept that so forget about it - Im sure youre right ;)

[dark121it]

Thank you for your suppot. I've read your comment right now!

I appreciate it. :)

[PhilosophicIdiot]

Sick bastard man.

[MABISGOD]

nice one mate

[fedroger]

This dude fucking rock!!!

[GhostGuitars]

Excellent. I really enjoyed watching that

[deezom]

wow! you are really good. rythms are perfect. note for note probably one of the best cover-ers i've heard.

[AndyGrouch]

Somebody has been training!! :O

[MasqueradeOfLies]

that was absolutely flawless, amazing

[dark121it]

Thanks man! ;)

[barillaro]

muy bien, tu vives en una ciudad (Bari) que es mi apodo JAJAJA (nickname)

[RoTN1]

flawless

[bassjack99]

Is there any chance you could transcribe the first riff? All of the versions on the that i've seen are wrong on the last bar. Your playing sounds right, just the finger movement is too fast to see clearly :D

[fuq2maq2]

that was beautiful dude...

[inki999]

The solo is perfect! Amazing!

[bodomaniac666]

Beautiful.

[petrucciJr]

what's your ibanez model ?

[dark121it]

RG321MH

[RedXtreme]

are you in a band or somthin'? .. coz if u're not, u should be

[blackhalo41]

Thats good playing, but for the record, it is tuned 1 whole step down(DGCFAD), but very good

[dark121it]

Yeah, I write it on the video information: the tuning is the standard E because at home I've only one guitar, that I use for all my stuff: so because the most of them are in E--->even this song is played in that tonality! :)

[battistis]

cmq. sei qualcosa di spettacolare...complimenti!

[dark121it]

Grazie! Come si dice...non si vive di solo pane...e quì a Bari di "pane" non ce n'è neanche un po'!

[ilziosem]

caspita Anto, peccato che tu non sia a milano, mi piacerebbe cantare con un chitarrista come te al mio fianco!!

Complimenti.

Sem

[battistis]

ma la faccia incazzata ce l'hai perchè sei mettallo duro? :)

[dark121it]

eh eh, eh.... ;)

[plentyofviolence]

sei grande ragazzo! da quanti anni suoni?

you're great man! how many years have you been playing?

[mad00002]

Great work! Ignore guys like lupux, they have nothing better to do but whine. You put plenty of feeling in to the cover and besides it´s highly technical and fast - it´s not easy to put feeling into 16th notes at 154 BPM! :D

[IEndless]

I agree with lupux but man antonio you are a solid guitarist and it would be pretty sick to see some composed stuff because you can rip a ton of symph x songs, there not all impossible but you play damn clean man

[rand0mnet]

Fantastic video.

Keep up the good work :D

[nanon13]

I'm a big fan of SymphonyX and you play it perfectly!I never saw anyone before playing a SymphonyX Song from the begging to the end.

Really great!Thx for this video Antonio

[magiclem007]

t'assures mec!

[undertaker610]

What a song!

[angrycowpants]

nice and relaxed, good stuff maenz:)

[ubersoldat512]

Honestly, I thought you're expression was perfect for this bad-ass piece! Nice work!

[dark121it]

Tahnk you very much! :) :)

I'm glad to see that some people like my videos!

[lupux]

Look pal, this is good, but U waste it all cose U dont show a fucking piece of fantasy. Try to be more charismatic U know playng guitar is not all in life.

Oh and btw guitarists : stop flooding masterpieces, ok ? tired of finding self demonstration when looking for a song

[dark121it]

Nobody force you to watch any of these type of videos. If you don't like it, simply go on, and watch other things. :)

[Biancakeith]

this is good, bit for the people who dont know the song, u messing up some riffs. just keep listening to the song ( especialy intro part )

[dark121it]

???

[DeathToNewbie]

Amazing! A truly magnificent guitar play.

[PizzashaX]

Great man!

[bassjack99]

Astounding! Bravo! Excellent!

[fabvon]

awesome play dude... but next time put more emotion on your face, that's the only thing missing.

[dioseolo]

wow, that was unbelievable!

by the way, the correct name of the song is "Into The Dragon's Den"

[Andrink]

you think you know but i have te original cd "twilight in olympus" and it says "in the dragons den" so you are wrong he is right....

[0neironaut]

its amazing. so effortless.

[calligop]

You are awesome. Very cool!