Speed Kills 2010 - Behind the Scenes Part 1

http://www.metalmethod.com/speedkills2010/ - This is the first in a series of videos that will give you a behind the scenes peek at the making of Speed Kills 2010. This is the first revision of this speed techniques course since the program was created in the early 90's. About 70% of this material is new for the 2010 version.

The DVD should be completed by July 2010. It will include animated tab and printable tab booklets like the rest of our courses. This explanation of alternate picking was filmed at the beginning of our session and probably won't appear on the final cut. So enjoy this alternate take of Exercise 1. Speed Kills and all of Michael's other instructional DVDs are available at metalmethod.com. Be sure to sign up for our YouTube channel so you'll be alerted when I upload more Speed Kills 2010 videos.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Speed Kills
• Michael Angelo Batio
• classic rock
• shred

[bagnalldr09]

when MAB is playing his faster runs, does he mute the strings he isn't playing with his palm or his thumb? I always palm muted when doing rhythm stuff and muted with my thumb during solos. I was curious as to what mab did

[dmarks1]

@bagnalldr09 I don't have a definitive answer for this. Michael says that most of his muting is performed with his fretting hand so I would assume that's the case here. I primarily mute with the palm of my picking hand and fingers of my picking hand as explained in The Complete Basic Course.

[JesseS420]

@dmarks1 do you not see the string dampener on his guitar?

[dmarks1]

@JesseS420 Of course Michael uses a string dampener. I shoot the videos so I'm well aware of that.  I wasn't referring to when MIchael uses his string dampener. The string dampener is only used occasionally. I was referring to his general playing technique. He must mute strings when the dampener is not used.

[dmarks1]

@momay69 MAB has done 6 DVDs for us. The Speed Lives series explain chords and scales because he's teaching songs note-for-note. The Speed Kills series is about technique. It's more about "how to" and Speed Lives covers the "why?"

[TMF58]

This was actually very helpful. Good lesson, sir.

[emoboi311]

@bagnalldr09 he doesn't palm mute it..because when you palm mute with the neck pickup it doesn't sound powerful. michael and i solo alot differently. we use the neck pickup more than the bridge pickup...

[k0sta5]

I thought that the red thing was a hook for him to hang up his wig after shows....thanks for the clarification everyone!

[MrEnceladus18]

MAB is just sooo cool. i wish i'd meet him and spend some time with him lol :D

[JesseS420]

@dmarks1 you can see he is using a string dampener, it's the red thing on the headstock of his guitar.

[beerdeddi]

Can you imagine MAB with Justin Bieber hair???:D

[risingforce1]

I love you MAB :) 

[Kendall2001]

@dmarks1 Could you please explain what you mean by "fast twitch" muscles? It sounds like an excercise physiology concept - is it something that MAB explains in this new instructional DVD or something that is discussed in another instructional DVD? Are there specific ways to develop fast twitch muscles that MAB uses other than traditional lead guitar practicing techniques? Thanks!