Jeff Loomis - Sacristy

[takinapiss]

"COMMENT INVOLVING THE INTRO AND FINAL FANTASY"....can i be in the top comments now?

[BeatDownBoi]

@takinapiss I wish I had more computers so I could give your comment more thumbs down.

[link1nparkEEEwarrock]

AAAAH THE FEELINGS! THE EMOTIONS! THIS MASTERPIECE... NO WORDS TO DESCRIBE...

[jingeshan24]

if he had slightly less treble, his sound would have been perfect.

[DuttonButton63]

@jingeshan24 Its all in opinion, I love his sharp tone. It makes him sound more precise over a softer bluesy tone

[TheAtheistworld]

he is prophesising the end....im not joking..

[Sk8onthestreets]

fuck final fantasy.....the bebinning is like a JASON BECKER song!!!!god bless Becker and Loomis.....

[benniebees]

@Sk8onthestreets yeah the same god that is denied in the nevermore songs... theyre quite anti religious...

[eburns666]

the beginning is Final Fantasy 7.... the part where u meet Aries 

[sixpounder6169]

art = emotion and thats this

[KellerDude4]

The beginning bend is so great.

[michaeldrywater]

i want jeff loomis to have babies with Tosin Abasi, steve vai, joe satriani, yngwie malmsteen, marty friedman, brendon small, and himself so they could have the most badass super mega shred baby ever >:D muhahahahahahaha its perfect!

[MrEllinaras]

The solo at 2:00 is incredible

[5t3Maiden]

@MrEllinaras I agree, the initial bend with vibrato drives me insane have to keep playing it.

[immortalsoloist]

How can someone dislike this! IDIOTS!

[hiddeninmist11]

To all those sayin 'jeff has no feeling, or is just a mindless shredder', this song says fuck you to them all, this has the perfect balance of expression and technical excellence.

[HeavyMetalVagabond]

@hiddeninmist11 sadly those people will never hear this. Theyve just heard like one nevermore song and got intimidated by how good he is, and said "he has no feeling waa waa waa"

[Darkdevil1584]

around 1:08 it reminds me of dreamtheater:P

[TheSplint117]

the power of jeff loomis is ... euhh aaahhh BOOM

[Niamorg1007]

Huge influence of Steve Vai here I think.

[Whyrendog]

@Niamorg1007 Marty Friedman more than anybody. Sounds like Jewel which is on Jason Becker's Perpetual Burn and Marty does the opening almost the same (from memory anyway probably sounds way different comparitively). Jeff seems to do well at switching between the styles of Jason and Marty.

[Niamorg1007]

@Whyrendog Yeah the intro does sound a bit like Jewel. Becker's influence on Loomis is undeniable. Many licks , solos, and sweep arpeggios played by Loomis tend to have the same classical sound than some stuff composed by Becker.

[09GuitarNerddd]

keyboard does sound like FF7

[5t3Maiden]

i bought the album for this song, more precisely i bought it for this solo.

[xenthar79]

@5t3Maiden There aren't any actual solos in this song...

[5t3Maiden]

@5t3Maiden of course there is don't be suborn, just because notes are played one at a time doesn't make the entire song a "solo". Most instrumental song's have a solo section which quite clearly this song's begins at 1:59. You knew exactly what i meant so why be pedantic, was it in the hope's of getting a +1 thumbs up, most likely...

[25jonathan]

HELL YEAH

[Cocytus127]

The final fantasy prelude (theme) is a lot more complex than that. :P

[joaocarlospalhinha]

pls help me cuz im obsessed with this song !

[Vereplz]

I had the most intense moment of divine clarity while listening to this song.

[MrKelptomaniac]

the first 9 seconds of the intro sounds like something from final fantasy, or am i the only one who thinks that ?

[taoofpete]

@MrKelptomaniac final fantasy part 3

[benniebees]

@MrKelptomaniac its just the notes of a Maj add2/add9 (prime second third fifth )chord played seperately....

final fantasy hasn't got ownership to add 2 chords

[WildBillJP]

@benniebees omg man get over yourself

[benniebees]

@WildBillJP Im fine thanks

[FkingFker]

@MrKelptomaniac sounds like the main screen song from Final Fantasy X xD

[Wananasas]

@MrKelptomaniac Final Fantasy 7 definitely mate!

[stonedlove18]

I think I had a seizure at 2:49.

[alterbridge111]

wish it was better quality ><

[Met13Met]

2:19 - POWER!

[dd12381]

I'm sorry but I gotta be real here, I believe that Jason Becker is better than both Marty Friedman and Jeff Loomis. But I think Jeff Loomis is better than Marty Friedman.

[martin1234512345]

The heavens open at 3:09

[ellogovenah2011]

nnot to mention jason becker was twenty fuckin years ago

[SanctumZero]

@ellogovenah2011 Haha ;D Were you high when you wrote of all that shit?

[ellogovenah2011]

@SanctumZero yeah i was very high..jeff loomis and marty friedman are definately better then jason becker ..you must be jokin??..i mean the reason why i said it was because of this cute lil comment i saw about marty friedman + Jason becker = jeff loomis..in any way that is fuckin stupid..personally i know jsaon is at least more talented than jeff loomis and marty friedman and its insulting saying that marty friedman and jason were equeal..not to mention the fact that they add up to jeff? how sad

[FreakingNuL]

This song is like a roller coaster ride. It starts off like a nocturne, proceeds with a soaring solo, then turns fucking ugly, then picks back up with the soaring feeling. This is probably what speed balling feels like.

[Psaris4life]

2:49 I CAN HEAR THE GUITAR CRIES FROM WRATH !! (i cried too)

[MelissaMaggot666]

perfect,just perfect.. <3

[cvasudevan82]

very Satriani sque

[ellogovenah2011]

@cvasudevan82 dont you dare fuckin mention his name on this page!!

[combobommen]

I just got the signature guitar today!:D

Omg it's sick!

The body, the finish, the pickups, the sound!, omg it's amazing!

never going back to 6 string-guitars. LOL

[scootyman10]

@combobommen Sweet! Did you get the Red or Black? I ordered the Black No Trem version, it comes Monday!!

[combobommen]

@scootyman10

bet you're looking forward to monday hehe!

I got the red one, without a floyd rose.

The guitar is absolutely amazing!

[scootyman10]

@combobommen Oh My GOD you were right! It exceeded all my expectations! Best guitar I've ever played!!! :)

[combobommen]

@scootyman10

I'm very glad to hear that!

[scootyman10]

Its official: Jeff Loomis is my FAVORITE guitarist after hearing this! Hell I'm gonna get his signature guitar too!

[Ithyphallics]

This song has Becker influence written all over it.

[bloobear1]

@Ithyphallics Yeah, of course and at last Jason Becker gets some credit for his influence on Jeff Loomis. Both incredible players but we just don't know how much more Jason Becker would have produced. Very sad that he has that nasty debilitating disease.

[Ithyphallics]

@bloobear1 He would have produced a ton. You can tell in the music he writes even with the disease.

[WOWfranco1]

cuanta calidad en fin de los mejores guitarristas de la actualidad sonidos que enamoran y curan oídos enfermos ;)...

[metalcult32]

how come i cant find this at F.Y.E.?

[CyValkarion]

@metalcult32 IKR?! All they had here was Year of the Voyager and Obsidian Conspiracy by Nevermore. This album is tough to find.

[DethByMyIbanezAxe]

@metalcult32 Most of the time you have to go to local music stores to get guitarists solo albums. It's bothered me for years, but eh. Whatever.

[acdcislaw]

@metalcult32 I saw it once, sadly i didn't have enough money on me to buy it and i have never seen it there since

[CyValkarion]

The keyboard part reminds me of Final Fantasy

[elmotehblack]

@CyValkarion thats because in the begining its a major 9 arpeggio being played, just like the final fantasy intro theme lol

[lilwhiteguy]

@CyValkarion NUMBER 7!

[adrielchng]

@lilwhiteguy I think its dissidia!

[masterofktulu11]

Here is an algebraic expression to describe this.

(Marty Friedman + Jason Becker) Super Saiyan = Jeff Loomis

[TheJayroh]

@masterofktulu11 Jeff does have long blonde hair. Hmm....

[ellogovenah2011]

@masterofktulu11 well all of you people are fucktards.....sorry man ...but jason becker was soooo much better than marty friedman.....jason becker was soomuch better than jeff loomis....yall need to listen to some more jason becker because man yall niggas is trippin shit.....i LOVE jeff loomis...but you should know that technally and creativley jason was better...its just how it is...i kno some of you will cry...but thats just to bad

[XIPH0S707]

@masterofktulu11 I agree, when you would listen to Cacophony, you knew that it was mostly Jason. Marty is an amazing guitar player, and didn't get the recognition he deserved. BUT he did when he joined Megadeth. Most Megadeth fans will tell you the best Lead players Megadeth had were Chris Poland, and Marty. I think that's very well put, considering they now have Chris Broderick who kills at neoclassical/classical guitar playing. The thing that makes Marty great, is his broadness in his style.

[SpartanLaserCanon]

@masterofktulu11 He describes how Prog and Neo classical sound together.

[rtblackwidow]

@masterofktulu11 Distributive property :)

[MaidenBeMyGuide]

@masterofktulu11 Super Saiyan 3 Jeff Loomis :P hahaha

[Sk8onthestreets]

@masterofktulu11 dude Loomis is so good.....but what u say is not true...Marty and Jason also are super good

[guitarfreakeddd]

I hear a lot of Cacophony/Jason Becker/Marty Friedman in this song and IT'S AWESOME!!

[BloodyKing13]

cannot express with words what this song makes me feel

[bombershard]

that hit me real hard at the 2:00 min mark. that was awesome!

[Yngsatchvai]

@bombershard I had to keep rewinding that part! This man has a ton of feeling in his playing :) Thats what makes him stand out IMHO..

[WishmasterTheDark]

Perfection. . .

[ALessoninViolence]

Any one know the effect thta starts at 2:46

[ChuckNorris134]

@ALessoninViolence I think he's using a technique called a "flutter" where you basically slide your hand over the whammy bar pushing it down slightly to create a super fast mini-dive bomb and back. You must have a floating bridge to do it.

[bombershard]

@ChuckNorris134 you also need a pretty good floyd, not a licensed one unfortunately, or at least one with a good sustain block. i can get awesome fluttering

noises with my original floyd and schaller. licensed not so much and edge pro, at the beginning yes, but the bushings on the trem arm wear out so fast that it loosens

the stiffness.

[HolyReprisal]

Jason would be so proud!

[CyValkarion]

This song makes me cry. Jason Becker is my favourite guitarist, no doubt, and this just screams Becker. Such a beautiful sound. You really have to dig deep for guitarists like Loomis and Becker who really make guitars not only sing, but weep.

[CyValkarion]

sounds like Becker. #1 song done with EMG pickups

[visualmicstand]

very steve vai like at some parts

[killguns95]

@visualmicstand what are you talking about those parts are from Jason Becker

[visualmicstand]

@killguns95 im trying to understand how you came to figure out they are jason becker parts

[killguns95]

@visualmicstand you'll heard it

[ladas99]

So Epic and Emotional..

[AnDeR992]

@ladas99 oe callate y deja escuchar oe

[ladas99]

@AnDeR992 Callate tu animal xD que ya quisieras tocar asi xD pajero xP

[AnDeR992]

@ladas99 si weon bein q hace poco te apostaron un slo por no masturbarte por un dia y perdiste imbecil!

[ladas99]

@AnDeR992 calla puto que tu haces eso cada segundo ._.

[AnDeR992]

@ladas99 oe callate y deja escuchar oe

[Requiemxtoxinnocence]

begining piano sounds like final fantasy.

[xpidgeonx]

@Requiemxtoxinnocence Haha dude I was just about to post the same thing! It literally is the exact same notes in the 1st arpeggio, only if it went up one more octave haha. Not saying he's copying or anything, that would be absurd. Just something that as a musician and a longtime final fantasy fan I could happen to notice and smile lol

[hahawzz]

Jason beckerrrrrrrr! this is so jason becker! god bless u loomis this album is perfection!

[iN3M3Z1Z]

You know, it really sucks that Jeff Loomis isn't more known than how much he is now. I just started listening to Nevermore and Jeff Loomis a year ago, and it took me a long time to figure out that Jeff Loomis came out with a solo project of his own. It's very sad that he is not more known because people deserve to hear this kind of music. It is so emotionally driving, that it leaves me speechless. What has this fucking world come to?

[Highcaliber360]

This song makes me cry out of multiple orifices.

[Megadirt67]

Do you guys know anything? this song is greatly influenced by marty freidman and jason becker all of the way, not the guy from suicide silence? wtf why would even bring him into this?

[Highcaliber360]

@Megadirt67 marty freidman is the shit. Tears of an Angel is genius.

[xenthar79]

@Megadirt67 To agree with you... Loomis has said himself Becker was a huge influence.

[soloistchris666]

Jason Becker influences, i love it

[FireMoonWillow]

The people who disliked this song are loooosers!

[1Terryus1]

Loomis is a fan of Final Fantasy!

[kamii916]

kick ass =D

[TheIbanez666]

you can spend your whole life learning music theory and not take it anywhere. its all about applying what youve learned with your raw emotions and skill to tread new territories. Those who dont actively use theory are not real musicians in my opinion.

[Siedmiogrzesznik]

indistputable poetry, with expressioning of all the emotions

[GadKing]

First time I saw Loomis was during an Opeth concert some years ago (for Ghost Reveries) and Nevermore was playing just before Opeth (I didn't know them back then). I was just astonished by that random guitarist with long blond hair playing crazy riffs. I can now say that Loomis is one of my favorite guitarists!

[mozarthendrix]

People always talk about scale, does anybody here realize there are many guitarists like myself who have never taken lessons, just learn and write by ear? You don't have to know the name of the car to be able to drive it if you catch my drift. Jeff Loomis surprised me as a new-age guitarist compared to many other failures. He really reminds me of Jason Becker before the tragedy.

[bill14231393]

@mozarthendrix That's fairly ignorant of you. I can't think of one good guitarist who doesn't know any theory. I highly doubt you know how to write music. Jason Becker would be ashamed of you for saying such things. By the way. Mozart was a brilliant composer. Hendrix was a drugged up wanker.

[Jessegrr420]

@bill14231393 Theory without creativity is useless. I agree with mozart me and my buddy have been jamming together for a while and we never took lessons or took a college class on how to learn how to write a song. It comes from the heart man not from a book. Ya wanka

[Jessegrr420]

@bill14231393 Really cause your the dumbfuck that got spammed. lmfao..

[bill14231393]

@Jessegrr420 What?

[newyearsprayer]

First time i listened to this song i was like "jeez lame ballad". Then 0:10 kicks in.

[deoxyribonucleic777]

those harmonized diminished arpeggios at 2:30 give me chills

[Sociopathzz]

I picked up a schecter guitar in honor of Loomis a few months back.

[ShredderShaun]

I honestly think that Jeff is severely UNDERrated. He is certainly in my opinion the best guitarist alive today. He is just fuckin amazing.

[Jessegrr420]

Steve vai finally got put in his place lol.

[TheHungryShredder1]

This song is the perfect cross between a real classical balad and melodic metal :)

it sends me sleepy honestly :)

[Kryptik316]

@TheHungryShredder1 It really does... I listen to this song when I'm about to go to sleep occasionally. And I've noticed a pattern, that every time I do, I have a lucid dream. Its awesome. Thank you Jeff Loomis.

[aoisatan]

im so at bliss when i listen to this song especially the opening

[SLushy96]

I love how at :50 he goes from an OK solo but then he couldn't help just playing a scale up and down so he did. IMO he's really over rated. Sure, he's pretty good but a lot of other musicians move me more emotionally than he does

[Kugarok]

@SLushy96 lol your 14 years old you don't know what good music is, you probably think fucking greenday is emotional. Loomis is one of the leaders of the new wave of innovative playing, alongside Govan and Eklundh. I love how people go on about emotional playing yet don't realize when you get down to it, theres very few players that can write off pure ear and no theory and make it sound good.

His vibrato is amazing, and his precision is unbelievable. He's far from overrated.

[SLushy96]

@Kugarok Sorry if my profile is misleading (It's ancient) but you have the wrong idea my friend. A good musician can learn to respect someone else's opinion and not automatically call them an emo fag whenever they disagree with something. Also, yes, I am 14. Doesn't mean I don't have taste

[JTNorquay]

@SLushy96 Although I don't agree on your opinion on Jeff Loomis, I'm glad to see that even the youngest of youtube users can be much more mature in their commenting, and in the opinion itself. So yes, I do disagree greatly. And I personally believe that he can blend speed and emotion almost flawlessly, unlike others like Michael Angelo Batio, who can do no such thing. But seriously, glad to see somebody on here who's 14, and more mature then half of this audience.

[EldestSeeker]

just fucking godly and jizzmatic hahahaha

[nyxe10]

It just takes my breath away...

Fucking awesome!!!

[julianfigielguitar]

I love Jeff Loomis music, but I own a six string and do not know how to translate his 7 string songs for myself to learn. Too bad...

[SanctumZero]

@julianfigielguitar It's really not very hard |-D you just pick the notes whereever they're available on the guitar

[black0dragon0kai]

tear inducing! as an educated black man from the streets, i can proudly say that this is one of the most beautiful guitar pieces i've heard in my life

[Michaelllllllllll]

@black0dragon0kai Listen to some of Buckethead's material...The Electric Tears album is nice.

[Respecttoallmahomies]

this sounds so, jason becker-ish. i like it.

[IceDream]

@liqidsnake1987 Awesome.

[RepVenom]

At 3:19. Is it just me, or can you hear someone's voice going "Ugh!" in the background?

[SanctumZero]

@RepVenom Haha 8D that's true. Drummer maybe?

[killguns95]

@RepVenom its you sorry

[RepVenom]

@killguns95 Lol I dunno man. SanctumZero hears it too! Probably was the drummer shooting his wad during that epic break.

[xXxRUSTINPEACExXx]

what is that tasty scale at 00:28 ?

[SanctumZero]

@xXxRUSTINPEACExXx It's a diminished arpeggio with an added chromatic passage

[bastardsofdecent92]

@xXxRUSTINPEACExXx Diminished arpeggio, with some chromaticisms added in :P

[kdfjhtg]

hvere can i learn this FUCKING AWSOME SONG????

[SanctumZero]

@kdfjhtg Rock House Methods has a teaching dvd with him, where he supposedly teaches the "complete lead" for Sacristy

[MegaDarknero]

Epic eargasm.

[eighthsinner]

2:49 is sickkkk

[kdfjhtg]

@eighthsinner

0:00 - 4:51 is sickkkkk \m/

[MaLaKaThIsS]

How can you not jizz to this song from start to finish. I can't control myself when Loomis starts playing. This is one of my favs on the album. Love his playing and style. He's my inspiration to not stop. When I listen to this, I can't help but think of Becker.

[DemonBird]

@MaLaKaThIsS I can't agree with you more

[KevinKCovers]

this one reminds me of a mix of steve vai and jeff beck

[Julien777WH]

@KevinKCovers for me it's rather a mix between Marty Friedman, John Petrucci and Ron Jarzombeck

[KevinKCovers]

@Julien777WH idk, i still hear some jeff beck in it

[MrRagnorawk]

If there were a song I could pick to die to, it would be this song.

[heryblax]

Hey people: The sound of the solo guitar riff at the beginning, reminds me

of "Jewel" which is played by Marty Friedman and Jason in the CD "Dragon Kiss".

Let me know if I'm wrong. Thanks!!!

[tenfiveracer]

This song is one of my favorite all time along with departure just melodic ballads ... Awesome !