Variety Night- Altitudes (Jason Becker)

[KingAcosta28]

Herman Li is asian and asians are robots programmed to follow white science music etc

[soapywater]

@KingAcosta28 more like you are programmed to make racial comments that has nothing to do with the music or anything for that matter

[TacoWhitey]

this was awesome dude. shed the haters, you're good.

[HeinHell]

o_O??

[icecoldirishman]

I like the strat on theis song, dude. It made it a little bit your own instead of just covering the same ground everyone else does. As good of a player as you are, you need to find a good band. You need a good band around you so you can do what you want and not have to worry about anything else.

[jamecontent]

the strato is not the right choice for this

not enough saturation and delay

[slasher535]

I've been listening to this song since '88,so far you 're the best covering this piece of neo classical metal song.You're still a kid but you play your guitar well,great job and keep playing don't give up.

[wilwarinemaltese]

jason becker was a god... :,( great job man!!! xD

[elioenai2007]

this very fast is slower

[chhrriissss]

wow man you re great

you play amazing

this song is hard to play

5/5

[6691alexb]

Good Job man considering there was probably a shit load off people watching your every move. One tip when the curtain drops you need to be ready to go not stand around trying to tune the guitars otherwise not bad for someone still in high school.....

[giorgiorigato]

i think if u invest 300 bucs on two pedals u actually could play this way better...a nice distorsion pedal that works goood and a nice boss sound suppressor so the gain basicly can remain really high...your still really good altitudes is an impossiblesong to play

[Hardysamnin]

Yeah spot on there man, plus they play it a bit too fast which cant make it any easier. All in all a brilliant attempt regardless of their age, the fact they so young makes it more imressive.

[danny393939]

bit off a bit more then they could chew...

[diplabib]

who was da sound mixer.. he sucks like hell,,, tell him to learn dat properly, he just ruend da musik...

[soapywater]

some students... just a high school thing you know :)

[bally28]

backing band need to leave the building.

[soapywater]

i didnt give them enough time to practice for it....

[giorgiorigato]

u have to add more gain man...the notes drop off to fast...or use a different guitar with more capable pickups

[soapywater]

yea its cos i put my pedal on o/d, it cracks too much straight through a PA with distortion setting, shouldve used an amp i learnt

[xFlamingxGoochx]

hey man good job and sweet playing.. ure drummer is a retard for playing too fast though

[sux0rz]

mmm, the bass is tad flat. other than that it was a decent cver. you shuld be proud of yourselves

[espChris93]

well this cover wasnt bad it just wasnt as good as becker and i mean if thats your only problem then your doing pretty good cuz this song is hard as hell anyway good job

[Darthmagy]

guitar should be louder

thats why only 3 stars and sometimes wasnt so clean but good job...

[chhrriissss]

awsome realy good job!!

and cool hair cut!!

[shawnschonsmith]

Pretty good job.

Please view the version on my page.

Rate, comment, whatever =D

[Chris93Rock]

Youre good on guitar but. i dont really like the sound

[enzothescorpion]

sti nda merd

[Trahira517]

lol yea...standing up is not really an option here

Good vid man, keep shredding :)

[soapywater]

thanks, i'll work on it

[zaladil333]

it's so funny that no one can play this song standing up. The only person i have seen do it standing up and not sound like shit is Becker himself. He is a god

[soapywater]

ha yea my teacher wanted me to do it standing up, and i told him its not really possible. my cover still sounded like shit anyways

[mallickrishg]

lol

dude there's no point in simply criticising sum1 hu's tryin to put up a good show

i seriously admire ur courage to go up on stage n perform altitudes - its not at all an easy song.... - by the way do chk out my cover of perpetual burn - not tht gr8 but kinda ok.......

[mallickrishg]

not realli great!!!

but its good that u paid ur tributes to great JASON BECKER!!!!!!

[soapywater]

yea you see the point :)

[Boxset]

Hey Josh. I dunno if you remember me but I've spoken to you through Samuel before. I'm Steven Lam's friend. Just decided I'd search this video up again. You should redo the song and re post it. I want to hear a new cover of it :)

Ray.

[soapywater]

Oh right i remember that convo... i would like to redo it but i am a little busy right now with school. also i need to practice more, i'll notify you as soon as i have it uploaded in maybe.. 3 months time hehe

[Boxset]

Lol okay cool. Yeah trials and HSC kinda eats away at life. :(

[soapywater]

Its not that bad, just that i ve been slacking off and now trying to catch up. i ll ask Sam for your msn

[Desimodontidae]

I agree, too fast, no good for you. Also, work on your tone..

[Veo5000]

Nice cover!

Your tone needs alittle work thou :P

[sachito]

nice vibrato nice tone well done man see my air video tell me what you think

[soapywater]

are you being sarcastic?

[thewaytosuccess]

Hey I liked it, but with the tempo being too fast it did ruin certain important parts of deatil in the song, but hey I play the drummer. Good work!

[gtr34skyline1985]

drummer played it way too fast!!!!

[thedood101]

lol

that was amazing!

[soapywater]

:) thanks... even though i am not really up to the standards

[kulplei2]

great, but the tempo is too fast..

[DarkfnTemplar]

Holy shit, its herman li at age 8!

[kennethjay]

that's an insult, to.. an extreme. Such a shit guitarist couldn't even play his own shit live

[DarkfnTemplar]

How cute, you can repeat what someone else said on youtube because you think jimi hendrix is the still the est guitarist ever. Keep on reading Rolling Stone.

[metalmennen]

Herman Li isnt half the guitarist Jason Becker is.

[DarkfnTemplar]

You guys are idiots. I said that because the kids looks like Herman. This kids isnt as good as herman either.

I think Jason becker was the greatest guitarist in the world, I know he is better than Herman. God, that comment was totally face value and everyone starts assuming the wrong context.

[D1vid3By0]

@metalmennen

You should mention them in the same sentence.

[avengedbutthole]

mate u are a sick guitarist. u

KNOX GRAMMAR > HOMEBUSH BOUYS :D

[Vivinus]

You need to slap whoever was in charge of the lights.

[soapywater]

meh, its just for fun... there arent any professionals there :P

[Vivinus]

Regardless, I'm envious of your ability to play like that with those lights, I'd have been distracted like crazy.

[shenmue101]

fk yea josh fkn rawkd it hard man yeoh!

[metalrisingguitar]

Of Course there were mistakes, but hey, this is such a difficult song to play.

[jacksyn123]

noiceee mann

how old are you?

[soapywater]

thanks, i am 17

[joeFCKNenabnit]

lol I'm surprised you kept your cool at the sweeping section. You played it like 20 BPM higher than the original :p

Nice job.

[soapywater]

lol thx

[leoflame18]

dude it´s a good job for playing in public such a difficult song...But just one thing i think you need to correct is the tempo...cmon you took off all the feeling of the song in the intro with those fast and whammy-vibrato bends!!!

[soapywater]

thanks buddy, theres nothing i could do about tempo lol, and next time i wont touch the whammy at the start ok :/

[Veo5000]

Hm, pretty good :D but... there's something that isn't right...

[thejackmachine]

fuck yes dude!

i cant sweep but i can play most of the shred.

fuckin intense dude

fuckin supreme

[FatFuckKuso]

*calm*

[FatFuckKuso]

dude, werent u nervous?, u seemed so clam, i know how to play the whole thing, and im thinkin of playin it public, but the thing is im gonna play like shit infront a shit load of people. Anyways u played really good, but u should have worked on it more, but great job.

[soapywater]

Thanks. I get a bit nervous performing but not so much that I break down :) I spent quite a lot of time on it but I started playing shred not long ago so I am not fast or clean. Every performance is great an experience, so take the opportunity

[Sepals]

U Really Lost i there at 3:00 but its good Keep it up, lots of Practice Trust me....

[soapywater]

Yea its hard to get back after the bloody 6/4

[petar870602]

you are far from good my friend you didnt play not even one of the fast licks in this song....and your bends are poor ..you have to keep practice alot to do this song

[soapywater]

i think you should listen to the song again...despite the mistakes, i played at least 98% of what jason did including the fast licks. i could have taken advices such as playing the notes cleaner, practice more, doing better bends like what you just said, but "didnt play not even one of the fast licks in this song"??

[petar870602]

as "not play" i ment not play clean and right.....so when you cant play the song good why do you show it in public?

[soapywater]

oh...so that's WHAT you REALLY meant...sorry if i dont meet your high standards.. i just did the best i could as a tribute to jason.

[petar870602]

yes and i am being an ass so you can work more and be better to provoke you........cus everything is work!you just need few tips and you will become good guitar player with work and blood on the finger tips

[soapywater]

ok.. i appreciate that, work hard as well my friend

[YeshuaHamashia]

you pretty much nailed it. i think the only thing that was off a little was the tone. but it was freaking awesome overall! nice work :)

check out my cover of the solo sometime if you get the chance.  thanks dude. keep up the great work!

[Unflexablegrace]

Big pimpin'.

[1076rj]

Awesome man.

:D

[Noahguitar]

Man, Haha, i suck

[aussiegangster1]

go HO go

go NOAH go