chinese shredder Xia Yan - Bei Jing Hu Tong (Metal)

[shine19901]

HE IS POP-GUITARIST NOW .A HE WAS  A ROCK-GUITARIST EARLIER!!!

[shine19901]

THE MUSIC IS COMBINATED WITH CHINESE TRADIONAL STYLE THAT YOU CAN JUST FEEL IT IN BEIJING!!!OF COURSE THE IDIOTS DON'T UNDERSTAND !!

[DhieP9]

he play slide just like steve vai

[digimon916]

wasnt this guy in The Last Successor?? ive only heard one song from that band and it kicks ass......

[ashrogue]

Must say, that is one melodious shredding :) and i start right now, trying your other songs....if i can find :(

[PrescitedEntity]

Sorta strange, though, to hear this from him when I got introduced to his music through the acoustic version of Goodbye.Paradise. Guy's got a damn large of musical range, 'cause that song's absolutely nothing like this one.

Say goodbye to the sunshine...

Say goodnight to the paradise...

Yeah, nothing like this.

[PrescitedEntity]

Xia Yan is awesome... And now he's a singer, too! I hope he makes it big, so that there's more to cover of the Chinese music industry than just generic pop.

(And yes, he is cute. ^^;)

[00012488]

where is he from ?

[triumphelf]

so !!but he can sure rip on the Guitar-\m/ \m/

[daytona712]

That chinese guy looks so pathetic!

[mineisheenalso]

Eb pentatonic?

[Eddingqs]

xiayan great！

[DuhJeffmeister]

do yo uhave any of his stuff? i want it so badly and since i can't read chinese, i can't find anything...

[JohnthePiratexXx]

you asian bastard.

[DuhJeffmeister]

john you redneck bukkake brand dick

[JohnthePiratexXx]

Whatever Jeff, you cock sucking half-breed!.

I love you.

[jakecoker]

Dude thats some badass guitar playing. I could only wish to be that good!

[reaperpro]

great playing!

[jifamark]

great ！

[chaosier]

TO silentrage:

IF you say that the chinese music scene is shitty, well it is but I assume that you live in one of the 5-6 English speaking countries. Let's say for example America, that country is full of shit music as well, let's see gangster rap and hip-hop all the way. Does that show any skill? ANy passion in the music?

I don't really think so. Do you know why? I guess not. It's business, every genre of music that is not mainstream deteriorates after it becomes mainstream..merchandise/money

[silentrage]

I've lived in Canada and China.

I have to agree with you, there's bullshit music everywhere.

Mass manufactured, profit-oriented, tasteless, un-interesting, sometimes emo, bullshit music.

But a lot of popular music in China is worse, if you can believe that, because they're the above mentioned music regurgitated.

So it's even LESS ORIGINAL than the Bullshit music you have in the US!!!

Fcking mind boggling is that that is.

[ilovelux]

true man

Chinese pop never fails to amaze me with the degree of general CRAP that saturates the market... take supergirl... puke.

Big up independent-ers like Mr Xia

[DMitsukirules]

@silentrage Soulja Boy

That is all.

[kobeodom24]

@chaosier Dude, are you freaken crazy, hip hip and all that other rap is on fire right now. Well it was couple years ago. I don't know about this year. Well listen to this song : DEATH TO ALL BUT METAL. This will cheer you up.

I don't really get you r comment about genres of music deteriorating after it becomes mainstream.

[edwardwang520]

he's good but guitar sucks!

I thought it was fender at first glamp.

[ingraman]

guitar sounds pretty good to me.

[9SoulFire9]

is he using traditional chinese scales?

awsome guitarest

[silentrage]

It's the pentatonic scale, and yes, every single traditional chinese song uses the damn scale, absolutely no exceptions there.

[ingraman]

very nicely composed song

[WangDianshi]

I've played and replayed this video without looking at the video. It's a nice listening experience!

[HadesAngel999]

most guitarists i know play better than that! Good feeling but lousy technique!

[guitarloves]

some intresting scales

[flamecoyote69]

this is beast

[ehbuykasg]

not bad guitarist but he looks retard cuz he has a emo haircut

[CountryJusticeJ]

no, its his sideways eyes

[spkenn5]

i like this.. even though it wasnt clean enough :)

[budsmogger]

Wetback with no taste...dont mind the beaner. just enjoy the kick ass jams!!!!!

[budsmogger]

I HATE MEXICANS!!!!

[budsmogger]

ASIAN PRIDE!!!!

[yiuoghj]

fuck this queer! and im native american! fuck

[Stevemcsteve]

lots chinese influences,

sounds nice

[peeoompeeoom]

nice feeling in the song

[crappykidforever]

too slow.

[tetsuomp]

It doesnt have to be fast to be good ... and this sounds awsome , compared to some shredders that just hits notes fast and call themself musicien lol ...

[crappykidforever]

its still too slow.

[Mikezillaguitarguy]

Now now don't mock the shredders of today :\ allot of them play like this, like Michael Romeo, Rusty Cooley. This guy is just awesome because he has his culture's influence incorporated into his music. Its different to us but not to them so... NO KNOCKING SHREDDERS >: (

[silentrage]

well, it's different to us too. (i assume by "them" you mean chinese people)

The chinese music scene is just filled with garbage mainstream lovey-dovey pop trash. Good rock/metal musicians don't get recognized much, so this is different.

and, NO KNOCKING SHREDDERS.

[bubuhezhu]

you are"碎怂"

[ManhattanJazz]

Ummm, no, your 37 years old and signing on to youtube just to harass people? Real smooth there.

[lrx1982]

this guy damn rock~~u can search this mp3 in baidu

,insert"北京胡同"~~sounds great~~~!! awesome~~

[ManhattanJazz]

Eric Johnson is the best of the best.

[cody198]

i enjoyed it. i could here a touch of classical chinese in it. nice

[EvilEyester]

He plays and moves like Eric Johnson, even his music/melody sounded like Eric Johnson, just look up Eric in here and you'll see what I mean. But this guy is very talented indeed.

[ManhattanJazz]

I don't see the resemblance. Beyond the whole strat thing, EJ and Xia Yan are very different in playing. EJ's playing is more diverse, with blues and jazz fused. Xia Yan is more like...Paul Gilbert

[lleonardoo]

the drumer needs a shoot between his eyes please!

good stuff anyway

[ilovelux]

Xia yan is A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!! + super cute too :P

(He's 25 from Beijing and is a band with a Chinese rocker dude)

[fwe4life]

Nice feedback

[JasonWylde]

Herman Li can pwn this guy :p

Matt Heafy is a mybe...

[justdestroy666]

Takayoshi Ohmura can pwn Herman Li and teh Heafy.

[jhune08]

he play good but the sound quality is quiet bad,maybe

if its clear then its more nice to hear!!but he rock!!!

[ChibifromHell]

Well, honestly he's damn good. it's amazing how many poeple think there aren't many metal heads around the world, but look at him!! It's good to know that people now and days are learning new things that may not be "appropriate" for their culture. Kudos, my friend.

[benbrenn]

Its cool seeing shredder from other parts of the world. Where is you non-standard shred stuff robibm2003? Hes out there doing it while your posting monotonous put downs.

[silentrage]

lol, agreed.

[choigrunge]

whats this called?

the feedback song?

[delt01]

Nice sweeping sections. We need more shredders from places other than Europe and North America.

[ingraman]

I would appreciate a tab too if you can. Thanks in advance.

[painsneverstop]

this guys really terrible.i liked guitar solos.battery terrible too.i liked it.

[ManhattanJazz]

yea man can you send me the tab and the mp3? I want to learn it!!

[ManhattanJazz]

holy shit someone tab this song, please!

[silentrage]

it's tabbed, i believe you can find it on his site?

if you can't let me know and i'll email it to you.

It's not completely accurate though.

[THEJMILLSBAND]

Very clean playing,Wish I could hear the guitar with a little more treble.

[monsword]

这个一定要顶........真是江山代有人才出啊......­awesome

[momic77]

very cool

[theshredda]

the riff sounds so chinese!

awsome

[pojpojpojpj]

emo hair?

[silentrage]

a little :/ the music is metal though :p

[whitewolf2374326534]

oh man, most asians are smarter than americans, play guitar bettah than us wew, makes me want to move to chinaaaaa

[ingraman]

Holy crap, this is one of the most melodic songs I've ever heard, next to Neil Zaza's I'm Alright. Could you tell me where I can download this video/more videos of this guy?

[silentrage]

www.xiayan.net

[ghostgirlv3]

cute

[Ares22]

Incredible

[michaeljordan23]

i said sorry! i was actually admireing the chinese and japenese 4 der playing! der cool!

[aznstar]

damn,clean!

S2-kPx

[michaeljordan23]

im probably stereo typing here so if i do i apologise! it seems that all the chinese and japanese are great guitar players! they cud teach the americans and british a thing or 2!

[Buried3030]

jordan, thats being stereotypical and generalizing way too much.....there are many great American and British virtuosos.....Many foriegn players were influenced to play guitar by American guitarists, bands, and stars.

[Buried3030]

satch, vai, jason becker, vinnie moore, george bellos, etc etc

[RenotS]

uhh...george bellos?....george BELLAS

[Antestor]

Azn Pride whities.

That cunt looks young.

[FanZhai]

nice! i love this song

[silentrage]

i know, when i first heard it i didn't know who it was so i thought "damn marty's got that asian sound DOWN"

then i found out it was a chinese dude. Makes sense.

[kornozzyc4]

YES ! the licks just sound straight outta asia dude !