Adrian DiMatteo @ Guitar Center's King of the Blues '06

[62rome]

great playin kid, hope you do well in your career, good luck.

[SiKxBlAzEr]

what a little douchebag

[RyanBaileyVids]

@SiKxBlAzEr actually, i know this guy. he knows alot about the guitar and is not a douchebag. he goes to college for jazz guitar now.

[phatcat974]

@RyanBaileyVids Yeah, Eastman School of Music to be exact too, so let's stop hatin people... The man is a genius on that guitar and a cool kid.

[RyanBaileyVids]

@SiKxBlAzEr actually, i know this guy. he knows alot about the guitar and is not a douchebag. he goes to college for jazz guitar now.

[guitarmessiah95]

I think this is the youngest contestant i've ever seen.

[zenosonik]

A mechanical exercise is what one would expect to hear from a 16 year old kid right... Once upon a time(now correct me if I'm wrong) The Blues required having

life experience as a prerequisite. Suffering, love won and lost etc. Keep living Kid...

[evhvampire]

very nicely spoken my friend,and i agree that all that keeps this performance from being legendary is hes try to play too many things at once

[Martaan66]

Nice take on what the Blues is to you! Good Job....

[KellyIsMusical]

What's that downward raking technique called? It's almost like a sweep, but without an arpeggio. Anyone know?

[lillbern]

Adrian is pretty sick, great feel and nice chops. I'll be 16 soon, I've been playing for about 4 1/2 years, you are an inspiration. Keep rockin' the blues!

[Thill1116]

acoustic was better

[thefourhorseman]

he has to relax and let some notes ring, you know what i mean he is to agressive he wants more than he could play and he wants more than the song could take !!!

[tannerleudy36]

yeah i know what you mean, i find myself attacking that notes the way he does sometimes and i am slowly getting out of it. He should listen to some bb king! haha

[evhvampire]

a little sloppy but he actually has a pretty unique take on the blues

[9reasy5am]

I'm hearing a lot of buddy guy influence, but jazzier.

[highsociey]

he shoud have won

[AlexanderBlueAvenue]

the kids good, a little sloppy however. Im a bluesman myself and I know you need to be able to get down and dirty but he doesnt have a lot of control over his sound yet. hes definitely got the potential, hes going to be one hell of a player some day

[chopskater]

a few mistakes but that doesn't really mean anything. i mean, just look at him, 16 years old and he's already that good!

[hufferz]

Plays like he has the hiccups. Referring to his Phrasing. nice job kid.

[lilfisticuffs]

hes good....but alot of it sounds alot like acending and decending scales, but hes young so hes got some time, he'll win it one day

[paulefty]

wow. 16!

[blakeybaby63]

better than me but way too many notes

[selkirk1991]

i want a sweater like that

[whywhenwhatwhere]

ha thanks a friend of mine from Bolivia gave it to me. it's alpaca, mad comfy. A mutual friend gave it to me from him but i never got to thank him, so i figured i'd wear it for the performance

[Lotrfan99]

ur adrian? you're really good man. definetly an inspiration. Maybe slow it down next time. I loved your answer on what blues is. I always say the same thing. So anyway enough kissing ass. Keep the music up. Love and blues bro

[Stefanrocks]

YO ADRIAN!!! hahhahaa anyway dude what kind of strat is that. i dont think its american because i saw the vintage style tremelo. thanks!

[whywhenwhatwhere]

its a mexican import. great action and feel

[birdiejoehoaks]

im going to wager mexican, on account of the neck/headstock

[Stefanrocks]

his acoustic session was niceeeeeeee

[KiNgJaBlEz]

go adrian!

i got os chool with this guy, and get guitar lessons form him. hes a great guitar player

[doughdoughhead]

damn.. one nasty fellow

[StratocasterMaster12]

hes definitely not bad by any means

he has immense skill and clearly knows incredibly complex licks however his plays is so fast that theres no time to absorb it. its almost spastic sounding in a way

in another ten years whens hes learned to control his playing more this guy could be one of the greatest players out there

based on his skill and his age theres no doubt he deserves to be in the contest however i'm not sure whether i'd say he deserves to be in the finals... just my opinion.

[stratplz]

he is very good. If he could slow down it would win,but playing that fast shows that he has poored a lot of effort because he can manage to play at that speed

[mcboytisoy]

men he's playing for him self...play for the audience and let them feel what u doin,let them feel ur presence...ur much better in playing the acoustics...

[mwljazzguitar]

Great ideas... he needs more space though. I don't hear any stories, just great chops. The blues isn't about playing fast....

[bornfedslaughter]

except for him going too fast, he's better than the dude who won!

[jaguarjoe91]

wow adrian! ive never really heard you play anything other that jazz! haha- i had no idea! awesome man

[therandomguy3]

i'm 16 and im a blues musician. hes pretty good. but hes going too fast. i love the blues but have only been playing for 10 months. but dont be fooled.

[Lotrfan99]

ive been playin for 6 months now and im 18 good to see the blues is still alive and kickin man

[illgiveumorality]

I was jammin' with this man today, and I really wish he was given another, similar opportunity to demonstrate himself to l'youtubers

[tr0n5]

I'm from Rochester!!!! w00t!!

[Ishbu101]

I like his explanation of the blues.

[satrsmndri]

His tone isn't all that good and he's a little sloppy.....but other than that not too bad for a 16 yr old in a nationwide competition lol

[hillsandfar]

I guess that means that He's bad, He's Nationwide.  Ha ha ha. Excuse my poor sense of humor.

[bassist1627]

He's 16, cut him a freaking break. How many people do you know that are 16 that can play like that?

[Lotrfan99]

buddy guy is sloppy as well but thats what makes him so great. blues is a sloppy kinda music cause its gritty and deeply human so i respect that kinda playin

[rocknfenderguy]

exactly... SRV, the Texas Blues king, was pretty sloppy... I still think he's the best to this day.

[9reasy5am]

so was jimi hendrix, one of Srv's bigger influences.

"If clapton is god, than where does that put Jimi Hendrix?" Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey (the book)

[birdiejoehoaks]

no, he wasnt.

tsk tsk tsk

[srvaughan66]

Such a young age. Sweet !! Ei guys, Check out my Vids. I play the blues too. Check out how we do blues in the Philippines. Thanks !!! Good Vibes too all of you.

[dliparini]

Haha this kid was actually better than the other kid in the competition.

[ShapChap]

yo man this is sweet, played with ya during the first round i kinda sucked but you're awesome!

[SFNC07]

He's definately not the greatest, but he seems like he's got it in him. Shit, he's only 16. The blues is a feeling (Crosscut Saw).

[groumf751]

awsome

[300crd]

great job.thx

[MasterOfPuppets16]

Hey

I live in rochester

I go to SWW

I;ve been palying guitar since my freshman year

I've heard a lot about you

This was a great video, adna great performance

Althjough I don't like the blues, this video has changed me

thanks

[stratcat3142]

Wish i could play like that at 16....come to think of it, wish i could play like that now! Great jeff beckisms at about 3:36..this kid is only going to get better

[acdcrocker]

He messes up here and there, listen to it people.

[Koldfusion234]

rixills your just jelous you could never play as well as this guy. Once you make it to the finals, then Ill agree with you ok?

[VSNROCKS]

Good job man you sure did your homework on the blues. You will be a Monster player. Nice Dynamics.

[JJohnnyK]

love to see where he's at after college. it wasnt the smoothest performance but it had solid attitude. just needs some schooling.

[KrismanX]

He started off well..But he strays from the root too often and it just sounds like he's randomly plucking out the notes.

[rixills]

that sucks, but yet its better than all the other gutys ive heard from this compettion. i am entering next year.

[Philmyass123]

thats really bad.....wow.

[tanace1]

OMG IS THAT sanjaya FROM AMERICAN IDOL LOL

[PANICAM]

Adrian D! looking and sounding like something wicked is coming your way! You won this hands down I am contacting my old employer "Guitar Center" and telling them to apologize for wasting your time. I am so fucking excited for you. L A will be waiting with open arms. Dam! This is my cousin! Love it!

Chuck Taylor

[rosebuddy52]

Now that I've heard the other contestants, sorry folks, nobody comes close to Adrian.

[yu0004ng]

some of it is just a cacaphony of notes, really

[biokees]

great tone, some sloppy notes but very good playing one of my favourites!