Jan Cyrka - Brief Encounter

[RobGitarnik]

Beautiful song!!!

[DistortedV12]

I just noted his the sweet inlays. I like how it just takes a dip.

[ilikehairbands]

1:38 is my favorite part of the song.

[goins35]

felling!!!!!

[goins35]

beautiful tone!

[KingTabor]

Is that a Nightswan guitar? OMFG!

[chaz2wells]

Classic Jan, cant mistake his soulful fluid style......borrowed a lot from it......class

[slugpumper1]

He's rather good isn't he.

[EduardoAllo]

So awsome...how many depressions and "comin´back" times had passed a monster-player as him to play that way?? He really can shred, and knows guitar so well, and at last he find a so-fine-smooth-melodic way view...shit, music must be so hard...!!! Brilliant Jan Cyrka

[poopdood321JP]

For just a second I thought he was sitting in mid-air. aha

[MajesticMist]

thats smooth as hell ^^

[Razorc195]

Ok, maybe just the beginning of the Santana song..... what the heck everybody use's riffs... I know I'm guilty... very cool just the same.... please forgive me......

[Razorc195]

Uhhh.... ya think Jan was a little influenced by Carlos Santana....maybe??? This song is a very close cousin to the Santana song `El Farol' borrowed a little did we.... :)

[Razorc195]

Uhhh.... ya think Jan was a little influenced by Carlos Santana....??? This song is a very close cousin to the Santana song `El Farol' borrowed a little did we.... :)

[Visualundeath]

@Razorc195 Actually, you've got it the wrong way around. This song is from the Jan Cyrka album "Spirit" which was released in 1995/97 and Supernatural (Which El Farol is featured on) was released in 1999.

[mab1337]

watch?v=9cojM-Ij_MU check it!!!

[dhanter]

Almost like 'Jaki był ten dzień', by Polish band Turbo, veeery old song. You can check it on YT and compare those two.

[padawan007]

He use Kramer Nightswan (Kramers only available in used condition) Kramer = 1 of the best guitar brand in the world.. you can get some reissues by gibson but they are not the real deal.. Kramer Nightswan model was designed by Buddy Blaze and Vivian Cambell use it (ex member of Whitesnake, Sweet Savage, Trinity, Riverdogs, and Shadow King) Active member in Def Leppard.

[bluesjamtracks]

@TheBonehead777

He did use the Hamer Diablo for quite some time (which he still owns) but eventually succumbed to the superiority of the Nightswan. The Palmbay was something that was about to happen but in reality didn't. Just one of those things!

[maor25193]

I think that this song reflect the feeling exactly like the brief encounter..

[Islandsoundzz]

Jamtrackcentral, Can you please have Jan Cyrka provide us with tabs and a backing track for his song called "I Remember" ? We would like to have more tabs from him and I am sure others will agree.

[Islandsoundzz]

@Islandsoundzz - "After School", "This Land" and "Road to Glory" are also great songs in addition to "I Remember" ...please upload some more songs and I hope Jan Cyrka release some new material.this is some of the most emotional playing I have heard in a long time....

[TommysLesPaul]

Thanks for the great playing! Rock on bud!

[thegreatcroust]

this is the best song in the world!

[thegreatcroust]

i want to make love to this man.

[Shawn72Chu]

His playing sounds like Joe Satriani.

[guitarjox]

This song was AWESOME!!

This was 100% FEELING dude!

Keeping Rocking...

[themayology]

1:38 just relax and forget about all

[EdCusickLive]

Stunning playing!

Bags of feel and great tone!

[PROGNUT777]

Its a kramer nightswan !! Customized when he was flash bastard in zodiac mindwarp i should think lol

[1sneefy]

I downloaded this from jamtracks and it said i didnt have the right 'codec' to listen to it, anyone know how i can fix this?

[GitarreLernen24]

He very nice playing and very nice Tone =)

[JacobT6661]

This guy is completely outstanding, as a guitarist in progress im finding more out of what i want in guitar playing from people like him and steve vai, who i hear some influence of in there

[brayan22134]

mmm no se encuentra gratis ¿ la backing track y tab ?

[rapidtranq]

this clip just delivers "instant goosebumps"...and I mean instant!!

[Mathidal]

A week ago, I asked my girlfriend if she would have a problem if I marry a guy. She said "yes" and asked me why I asked her.

I said I loved Jan Cyrka's music so much, I wanted to propose him.

She didn't get the joke. x)

I'm a cd-guy and prefer to buy the physical album instead of downloading it legal. But... i love Cyrka's music so badly, that I made an exception and downloaded it anyway. All three of his albums! :)

Why has he stopped making albums? :(

Cyrka, thanks for this amazing music! :)

[blutsbuys]

I Finally found it!! I've been lookin for this Song for such a LONG TIME!!

Man This Guitar solo has so much drama. Thanks bluesjamtracks!

[visualkeirockstar]

is this Jan Cyrka ?

[thegreatcroust]

@visualkeirockstar no its jade goody.

[johnmarquis1983]

nice tone and playing !!

[tonygpd]

me too DonQuixotec...

[KingTabor]

great guitar and tone!

[yhtomitalmighty]

cool guitar :)

[GuyFawkesGuitar]

can you play "Jim Dandy To The Rescue?" :-)

[maxigoodvibes]

great sound...

[TerraHuman]

Fucking great song, no need to shred to make it sound nice

[ngetpa27]

sound's like memories of life..

w0w..!  it plays a high gain...

Perfect!....

[veers0r]

A real hotrod guitar! :)

[GuitarnScythes]

This song, is the living proof that you don't need to be extremely fast and extremely techinical to create beautiful and emotional songs!

[joeydahlia]

If you look even closer,you will find ..he is also 1 of the best lead players ever!!!

No wasted Notes..I love his play'n

[ChucklesMginty]

That tone is why I'm saving for a Roadhouse 30..

[manotas5250]

Hello, Jan.- simple song.- too nice, love this song.- JetEmbrasse too.

and what about mike goodman friend of the magazine

[brandon5pennies]

beautiful tone and use of tremolo/vibrato 5 stars most definitely i'd kill to have a tone as sweet as that

[Mathidal]

The studio version is even better. I tell you out experience! ;)

[tommyjongen]

@brandon5pennies now u got to thumbs up :(

[thegreatcroust]

stunning song. i would let him put his willy in my bum bum nice nice

[musicbymax]

that song AND THAT TONE just made me stop learning for school and do something much more important like playing guitar :)

[verbotenco]

@musicbymax: RIGHT ON MAN!

[moonchard]

Amazing tone and melody!

I've read all the comments here and I do not understand how a minority can suggest this melody would be improved with wider vibrato and the use of finger vibrato rather than using a whammy! To use a wider vibrato would be like having a delicate cake with a metre of icing on the top. This track is perfect and it makes no difference what so ever if finger or a whammy bar is used for vibrato. The end result is what matters not the tools used.

[moonchard]

I sometimes wonder if people who think this music is cheesy or sounds like hotel music actually have a heart & soul. And as for the ''give me Dave Gilmore any day'' comment, well how ridicoulos is that. This video here is not a reference point to who uses the whammy bar best. Dave Gilmore is amazing but so is Jan but they are different guitarists.

[moonchard]

With so much shredding on YouTube it's refreshing to listen to a guitarist like Jan who can compose, produce and play from the heart with such emotion. Although he can play fast, evidently here it's often the simplest and subtleties of music which are the most moving. This track is beautiful.

[EricMaldonadoMusic]

Amazing!

[motorcrossjem]

nice guitar very rare guitar well i havent seen it before good music to

[LBagoly]

This music beautiful and the technical knowledge is amazing ! Well done!

[brandon5pennies]

his tone is awesome really good 5 stars

[aandc2005]

Danm thats nice!! Great job! Beautiful tone and tremolo bends! Cool krammer like that pickup config and inlays!!

[flashfire276]

the tone is so subtle. sounds beautiful

[junbo630]

It's very wonderful by pleasant sound.

[efee52]

more like 80s sitcom guitar jam track

[69482]

tout simplement merveilleux!!!!

[traqueofziche]

the whammy vibrato is as subtle and perfect as i've ever heard, imo.

[66Titan66]

That guitar looks freaking awesome

[thetruerater5]

it was good, guitar is good sounding, not so much with the looks

[NathanBarnez]

Great tune man, i have great respect for you!! :D

[steelguitar7]

Great musician and great song.. 100000 stars.

[froterons]

... I find these backing tracks quite cheesy really :/

but the guitar playing is really good.

[nebnampach]

nice kramer

[shadowsong1]

you may be right that he would be a fish out of water - you might find however, that he could adjust his style to match the guitar he was playing. i love floyd rose trem type trems too and use them alot like he does - there are places where having a bar really helps make the vibrato more musical and you can do all those little tricks. i also have a les paul i really enjoy playing and have no trouble adjusting to it and staying expressive with good vibrato

[arsguitarrica]

He has some crazy long fingers!

[DuhJeffmeister]

after seeing paul gilbert...i can't say anything about crazy long fingers haha

[oozelum69]

I believe the vibrato 'choice' is just that, a choice. Musicality is what defines this musician,not tricks. Whilst many of the phrases might be termed quite 'simple', getting them to sound this good rests in the hands/fingers of the actual player, which takes real skill. .

[Mightygav2]

i love tha kramer man its well retro lo l

ur awsom u got so much feeeel :)

[Louchienne]

Hi Jan

Have a rock chick daughter Lydia - wanted to know if I new anyone famous well over course I do the little boy that live over the wall! How the hell are you?

Sue

[DonQuixotec]

I hate it when guitarists doesn't tell us the name of (at least) the guitar. Maybe amp also.

Anyone know what kind of Kramer he's using?

[bluesjamtracks]

The Guitar is a Kramer Nightswan loaded with a PRS HFS pickup in the bridge and a Seymour Duncan Jeff beck in the middle position. There is a boost circuit built into the guitar which Jan made with a little help from some techy friends. The Nightswan was given to Jan by Kramer when on tour in the US with Zodiac Mindwarp (who were supporting Guns and Roses on the' Appetite for Destruction' Stadium tour). The Amp is a Cornford Roadhouse 30 as displayed at the end of the film.

[DonQuixotec]

Thank you very much for taking the time to write such a detailed information. Cheers man!

[guitarralaraja]

@bluesjamtracks what about the neck position? isnt he playing the solo part in that position?

regards

[bluesjamtracks]

@guitarralaraja

He's using the Bridge pickup all the way through. It's a PRS HFS humbucker. Cheers!

[chupao]

i love that bends

[kcet19]

full of perfectly placed notes

[SteveBrownOfficial]

It was great to talk to you Jan.

Jan = Jedi.

Steve.

(Yes...my arm is getting better)

;-)

[shreddingjake]

great composing, and there is obviously emotion in his playing. however, i'd love to see him perform this live, in a situation where he can REALLY get into it. it seems like this is a piece where he has the capability to go all out, and reduce everyone to tears, and i'd love to see him do so.

[playmikehz]

Wow, nice, nice

[PeterGCholakov]

I like fast guitar playing styles, but quite often I find it much more difficult to do

slow phrasing and to tell a story with a lot of feeling and melody. You are a great guitar player Mr. Cyrka. 5 stars.

[jclp777]

badass dude

[1ginevgin]

Very nice guitar work. Respect! 5*

[dman72]

Niiiiiice!!!!!! Beautiful playing.

That NightSwan you're using is awesome too!!!!

[Explosive184]

how is it that a player at his level can't perform a single good vibrato? he did a little bit of vibratos but those aren't even electrical guitar vibratos but classical guitar vibratos(sideways instead of downwards-upwards).

[bluesjamtracks]

He chooses to use the trem arm for vibrato just like David Gilmour and Hank Marvin. He's trying to be different. Give him a fixed bridge guitar and he'll use finger vibrato like EVERYONE else.

[Explosive184]

still David Gilmour has a wonderful vibrato and he uses it very oftenly, it just seems like excessive use of tremolo, but that's just my opinion.

[wackojackocrazy]

lol yeah i think that about dave gilmour too

[AytekCan]

Hey there,actually he use tremolo arm like Shawn Lane. =)

[KoldDude]

It's his style. Why is it such a problem?

[LGrey8]

Who cares whether he uses tremolo vibrato or finger vibrato? It sounds good. If you weren't WATCHING the video I don't think you would miss it at all.

[ReductioAdAbsurdum]

"how is it that a player at his level can't perform a single good vibrato?"

I agree 100%. Most of my favorite players have tasty, distinctive vibratos; I can tell Schenker from Schon with a single note. This guy's playing sounds incredibly flat to me.

Given that he's playing slow, melodic lines, all he HAS is phrasing, timing, and articulation, none of which are interesting.

Normally I want to punch people making these kinds of comments, but: I could do better over this track. ^_^

[ultimatumjs]

safe

[guiguicyd]

so post a video i want to see you playing over this backing tracks, cyrka is a good guitar player and i think that you couldn't do better than him

[ReductioAdAbsurdum]

"so post a video i want to see you playing over this backing tracks, cyrka is a good guitar player and i think that you couldn't do better than him"

Get me a copy of the backing track and I will.

[10oooo01]

The piano doesn't have vibrato but the feeling is expressed through other techniques. This guy does perfect string bends with perfect timing which implies he has the ability, but choses not to do wide vibrato like all his contemporaries. Check out the Mark Knopfler masterclass videos on youtube where he says he hates wide vibrato and choses very subtle instead. While i respect your opinion I think he has incredible feel. I have one of his CDs and prefer him to Vai.

[ReductioAdAbsurdum]

"perfect string bends [..] implies he has the ability"

String bends are far easier than a good vibrato.

"choses not to do wide vibrato"

This has nothing to do with choice. He tries finger vibrato once at 0:24 using classical guitar technique, which has virtually no effect. Then he does a variety of inconsistent vibratos with the tremolo arm (some of the wide), most of them warbly and sick sounding. Purely cerebral playing, no feel, uninteresting phrasing/timing/etc. Just doesn't work for me.

[Lesia44]

Agreed. The lack of vibrato was the very first thing I noticed about this guy's playing and the further the track went on the more it became the defining character of his sound. Looks like this guy would be a fish completely out of water if he had to play a guitar without a whammy bar.

[minorblues1]

If you think you can play better than Jan, by all means put a video together (find a way to do it on your own) and show everyone your ability or lack of. Luckily players like Jan share their talent for others to listen to and enjoy. Everyone, even you, has something to offer. What does being the best mean anyway?

[mariodelgadoc]

@Explosive184 I think you aree right, if he did electrical vibratos instead of clasical vibratos the song could get a better sound :)

[mariodelgadoc]

@Explosive184 I think you aree right, if he did electrical vibratos instead of clasical vibratos the song could get a better sound :)

[Mathidal]

@Explosive184 Using the whammy bar got some advantages when it comes to vibrato. :)

Analise this song and you will see that he uses vibrato on whammy for long notes. You can't make that sound when using your fingers. Maybe it's just me or my guitar, but my sustain dies when I'm combining that long note AND finger vibrato.

The reason why it's hard to make that sound when bending is because it's so subtle.

Also, it's part of his style. :)

[WoWandMetalFTW]

@Explosive184 Why is there so much hate for this. He's using bar vibrato clearly because it sounds different. You can't have legitimate control over the guitar, and not have ability to vibrato at least decently.

[Explosive184]

@WoWandMetalFTW

I dont hate his feeling or the way he performs, he sounds beautiful.

I just think that if a player his level seems to be unable of performing a sort of basic electric guitar vibrato his overall playing may suffer a shameful lack.

I dont KNOW that he's unable to do so it's just that this video gave me the impression because even when he chose not to use the trem bar he used sideway vibratos.

[Explosive184]

@WoWandMetalFTW

And also, it's been a year since I wrote that comment.

It's all a matter of taste, Jan sounds beautiful when he plays I guess I just felt some electric vibratos could enrich the playing and sound of this particular piece.

[WoWandMetalFTW]

@Explosive184 I understand. That is a little different then what you said before though..

[BrighamHB]

@Explosive184 You should stop listening for picky little things you've arbitrarily decided are necessary and start listening to the music. His tone and his finesse with the instrument are incredible, not everyone needs to do vibrato the same way.

[dingle1]

@Explosive184 Jan has one of the best vibrato tones in the business. How he does it doesn't matter, the notes a phrases he produces are beautiful.

[hojooro]

brilliant !!!

[funkatic]

He's a great player. Musical.

[flubass]

nice!

[Rybex5]

b.fajna gra i wyczucie!!! pozdrawiam, RYBA

[Rybex5]

super sound!°!

[raphabar00]

00:26 orgasmic

[togglenuts]

People please get over the fact that he "chooses" to use "the bar" instead of finger vibrato. Anybody can do finger vibrato. 5/5 I says.

[mgressett]

That is possibly one of the best guitar tones I've ever heard.

[sixtring73]

He uses something he calls the 'Hoodlum pedal', he 's talking with Cornford amps about building this pedal currently.

[coulsonsam87]

great melody, but i think this would be better with finger vibrato. i wonder what this guy would be like with no wammy bar

[ojcarrr]

Jan chooses the whammy bar for one important reason. The surrounding sound of the notes. With finger vibrato you only can tune up the note. With whammy bar you can tune up and down the note, so the sound that Jan get is great. Regards.

[chipfrank]

Beautiful playing!!! Very nice & I really like the old school Kramer guitar too.

[RedCell24]

They just don't make them like that anymore do they, I loved my Kramer, until my sister sat on it and broke the neck into three pieces....

[ezravdb]

lol that ending

[marquesjunior]

awesome! !!!

keep it up

Marques Junior

[KoldDude]

That ending was almost copied from the ending of the solo from Steve Vai's "Juice."

Still, I'm not complaining. That was amazing.

[pollin]

Its nothing like Juice....

[KoldDude]

The ending of Juice's solo uses the exact same run as the end of this song.

[tjchep]

He's just running down the scale, copying alot more people than just steve vai. It's just a run, not a big deal.

[KoldDude]

He's not JUST running down the scale.

[AndyVerok]

he is in the business for quite a long time and got some good reputation, i think he knows some other tricks too than copying if you know what i mean:)

[beesan31]

c'est où le rayon lessive?

[raphexe]

MDR

[Nuthineverworks]

Kramer Rules ! ( mine is from year 1989 ) Neptune NJ

[KH2R0xas]

awesome tone

[StephenSat]

Thank God For This Posting this Video!

StephenSat

[OperationEndGame]

This is how you suppose to use the tremolo bar... not just mindless pinched harmonic divebombings...

[10oooo01]

Yep...I agree...very tasteful!!

[largemoose]

great track

[OperationEndGame]

Beyond the Common Ground was an absolute guitar wankery... it was great... Spirit... was a Godsend... Jan cut back on shredding and focused mainly on melody, and it works magnificently ... That is why I ranked Spirit higher than his two other solo albums (BTCG and Prickly Pear)..

[theothecoolguy]

y not?

[Steltruccii]

where can i find the backing track ? is there any link for BTs that are not funny midi sounds but real instrumental sounds as this one ?

[sodjs]

Sounds.......... KOLLL

[mrsexsymbol]

fucking amazing!!!

PERFECT sound

love it!!

[quoc1vu]

why cant i watch this vid omg!! this is like the third day in a row... keeps saying "this video is no longer available"

[Ataraxian13]

What a power hunk

5 stars

[marquesjunior]

awesome great tone and melody

GOD BLESS YOU

Marques Junior.

[supersid82]

See my copy of a Jan Cyrka Hoodlum guitar at yahoo homepage - images type: jan cyrka

[rowla]

Beaut playing Jan. Is there any chance you could show us The Hoodlum or The Equaliser?

Bring back the Flash Bastard.

[LemmyJonez]

aaaahhh... UTOG na UTOG!!! pakenshet!.. kalami!.. karon pa lang idol na taka pre! oohhh... padayun sa pagpa-utog!!!

[gitterfritter]

It says hoodlum on his guitar.

[instcode]

Love this track! Love the way you move your hands & fingers!

[wildbobbb]

your sound is EXCELLENT MAN!!!! Nightswan is a killer guitar - I used to have one but UPS broke the neck on its way to me...

[Adam972]

Piękne brzmienie Janku , malowanie dźwiękiem !

[ibanez131087]

AMAZING AMAZING AMAZING x1000000000000

[panbaydah]

This is the real Music. Fantastic!!!!! This is the true sound of the real musician.

[moumarques]

Muito Bom!!! Very Good! Mucho Bueno!

[1WHITEKNUCKLERIDE]

WOW. I love the sound. Does he have a band? cd out?

[PurpleEels]

Look at the box at the right of the film. There are links to buy his three albums from Bluesjamtracks. I think that this track is taken from the album 'Spirit'.

[Andoni666]

google him, he is famous

[twooos]

Sounds old school, 80's. Awesome.

[tokyyooo]

Un Saluto Da Alessandro,grande!