11-Year Old Shredder (video)

[Shawn Lutz]

Re: 11-Year Old Shredder (video)

I saw that on HC yesterday. This kid is VERY good for being 11 years old. Very musical at points. I really like the look on his face when he ended and people clapped, that was a priceless smile. He rocks! [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[PowerTube]

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I really like the look on his face when he ended and people clapped, that was a priceless smile. He rocks! [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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Conversely.... that bass player looked like a total deer in the headlights the whole time!
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[thetroy]

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That's awesome. Way better than me, wish I'd started before I was 18. I'll catch him though, just gotta keep working on it.

[khabibissell]

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I was quick to put Sipos down, and hate guys that play fast and nothing else. But this kid actually sounds good to me.

[Number Of The Priest]

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I would trade my soulful melodic playing for blinding chops anytime. I don't have the patience to learn mechanics. I know one scale and milk it for everything it's worth. See my video in the MP3 section as it pretty much sums up ALL of my playing ability. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

I'll probably NEVER be fast so I commend this kid. [img]/images/graemlins/notworthy.gif[/img]

[ApeDosMil]

Re: 11-Year Old Shredder (video)

Its impressive technically, but it just sounds the same shredding at a constant rate with no emotion, almost machine like. I can't play that fast though.

[noodlesatf]

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I guess I'm gonna fall on the "for", not "against", side of the camp.

Yes, he is simply like a shred machine at the this point. He's only eleven. How many of you had any sense musically of what you wanted to do and sound like at that age. to me, it looks like he spent the time doing what kids should be doing--getting comfortable with the techniques involved in playing an instrument, and getting all the rudiments down cold. Wait for him to mature and start determining what he wants to do musically, because it may wind up being nothing like this. I remember seeing a video of Billy Corgan at age 13, absolutely tearing up the fretboard. Does anyone think he shredded in Smashing Pumpkins?

[Number Of The Priest]

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Am I the only one who didn't start with speed mechanics here? Do you guys think that has severely crippled me? I only play guitar as a fun hobby (and a very expensive hobby at that [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] ) so there's also nothing motivating me to develop blinding speed. I basically have no showmanship when it comes to playing guitar.

[hippietim]

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That kid is awesome.

[Soap]

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shredding at a constant rate with no emotion, almost machine like.

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In part, thats the negative aspect of super, blinding fast shredding. Its indeed impressive, but lacks in the feel department. Very hard to almost impossible for the ear to hear each note.
As a player of many years, I learned, its (shredding) aspect of playing can add some deminsion and color to the lead/melody. However, I'm far from the definition of a shredder. I can play fast but not blinding fast. To shredd at blinding speed never appealed to me because it never made sense to me to play like that.
If you can play as fast as Eddie, Randy R and Lynch (and I don't consider these guys shredders), than you doing fine.

In regards to the 11yr old.
He has the hardest part of playing already learned at a very young tender age. Just slow it down and work on the feel department.

I've always said it and will continue too.
Anyone learning to play rock guitar should start with the blues. Being schooled in the blues is very much worth its weight in gold. It develops the "feel" of playing.

[sevser]

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Awesome! [img]/images/graemlins/notworthy.gif[/img]

Not only is he 11, but remember he is playing in front of an audience and probably crapping his pants a bit...Shit, the kid is even looking away while he's doing some of those runs!

[Number Of The Priest]

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I'll give a nod to starting with blues guitar, but don't limit yourself to just bluesy stuff like I did, because now I'm trying to play metal and find that it's a totally different world.

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I'll give a nod to starting with blues guitar, but don't limit yourself to just bluesy stuff like I did, because now I'm trying to play metal and find that it's a totally different world.

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0ne shouldn't limit themselves by not learning various styles of music, but the blues should be the foundation to start it and build from.

[noodlesatf]

Re: 11-Year Old Shredder (video)

Having started with the blues, I'd like to say that I wish I DIDN"T start with the blues, because it taught me how to do absolutely everything wrong. Trying to move on with that as a base is very frustrating, as you learn that you have to throw everything out the window to learn how to play metal. Then you have to go back and RELEARN all the blues stuff, but with the new technique you just learned. I wish someone made me do what that kid did.

[Soap]

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I quess its a matter how one is taught too.
Myself, as an occasional teacher, teach the blues with no strick rules. Meaning, there are many variations on playing just one thing. So, what finger or fingers one uses to fret a note or a series of notes, is pointless.
Basics of lead playing is the pentatonic scale. which is used exclusively when playing the blues.
Heck, thats basically all Kirk Hammet does or uses when playing lead. Same with Glenn and K.K. of JP, and same with the Iron Maiden guns. The pentatonic is the very foundation blues and rock guitar is built on.