brundisium
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blackmore.....
Yngwie Malmsteen
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vernplum
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brundisium said:
...a little bit, yes.
The main things Malmsteen stole from Richie Blackmore were his stage moves, bad taste in costume and his scalloped guitar necks. Otherwise, their styles have little in common.
Blackmore's solos were mainly pentatonic oriented, though he did (as is evident on Rainbow's 'Finyl Vinyl' album) play snippets of what could be categorised as (proto, I suppose) neo-classical, but overall his musical influence on Yngwie appears to be much less than that of Pagannini or Bach, neither of whom were guitarists...
according to what i read i tihnk malmsteen was a luthier ... or working in a guitarshop or sumthing... then he had to repair a scallopped ukelele ( ?? ) ...and he liked it..so he scalloped his own guitar.
i mean his costumes were pretty cool back then i supposed.... but the sad part is he is still wearing the same costumes till today... even after he has put on so much weight....
when he does those kicks.. i wonder how do the seams hold ....
i mean theres no need to be annoyed with yngwie wannabes.. as its all part of a guitarists growth... to emulate first and eventually learn to innovate...
you wont like it if people were annoyed with Vai-ywannabes either...
i agree with you that technique should not be placed above musicality. Music is TOTALLY about expression and freedom and technique is only ONE part of being a guitarplayer. You dont need to SHRED to be a good guitarist.
i mean his costumes were pretty cool back then i supposed.... but the sad part is he is still wearing the same costumes till today... even after he has put on so much weight....
when he does those kicks.. i wonder how do the seams hold ....
i mean theres no need to be annoyed with yngwie wannabes.. as its all part of a guitarists growth... to emulate first and eventually learn to innovate...
you wont like it if people were annoyed with Vai-ywannabes either...
i agree with you that technique should not be placed above musicality. Music is TOTALLY about expression and freedom and technique is only ONE part of being a guitarplayer. You dont need to SHRED to be a good guitarist.
The problem with some of these Yngwie-wannabes is that they are really close-minded when it comes to guitar. They can't seem to play anything else, nor do they bother to learn.
Add to that, they are usually haughty and full of themselves. There's much more challenging and technical stuff out there, but they have their heads too high up to see the light.
In fact, I abhor wannabes of all kinds, including Vai or whoever. I value INDIVIDUALITY most of all.
Add to that, they are usually haughty and full of themselves. There's much more challenging and technical stuff out there, but they have their heads too high up to see the light.
In fact, I abhor wannabes of all kinds, including Vai or whoever. I value INDIVIDUALITY most of all.
Vaiyen said:
Well, thats true to a certain extent...
But there are your exceptional few that although they worship yngwie, they are humble and try hard to break out of the neo-classical-full-speed-shred-all-the-time. Then again, I only know of one such person... And I totally agree that individuality is one of, if not the most, important aspects of guitar playing. No point shredding like crazy and sounding like just about anyone out there...
However, I beg to differ in that having someone to emulate, to model your playing after, is a bad thing. Its ok to be a wannabe. Its ok to sound LIKE yngwie or vai... However, it turns into a very bad thing when you ONLY want to sound like them.
Anyway, to knock yourselves out here's a site where shredders go to show their stuff... and I mean SHREDDERS. Rusty Cooly is there. Heh. Blow your ears out!
www.chopsfromhell.com
ShredCow said:Vaiyen said:
Well, thats true to a certain extent...
And I totally agree that individuality is one of, if not the most, important aspects of guitar playing. No point shredding like crazy and sounding like just about anyone out there...
However, I beg to differ in that having someone to emulate, to model your playing after, is a bad thing. Its ok to be a wannabe. Its ok to sound LIKE yngwie or vai... However, it turns into a very bad thing when you ONLY want to sound like them.
Anyway, to knock yourselves out here's a site where shredders go to show their stuff... and I mean SHREDDERS. Rusty Cooly is there. Heh. Blow your ears out!
www.chopsfromhell.com
Well, that one guy is the exception rather than the rule. Most of the rest suffer from musical myopia and an overblown ego.
And yea, that's what I meant, when a person ONLY wants to sound like someone else.
penta-tonic
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ahaha. yeah i agree with dhalif. i dun think we haf de rite to say whether malmsteen is gd or not unless we r out there doing tt thing too. we only haf de rite to either like his playing or duin like it la. so wat if his playing sounds similar. its his signature! man n dun mock shred la. usually pple who do tt do it cos they cant master it so diss it (fox n de sour grapes story). every1 has a diff idea of gd guitar playing. so long as ure happy doing wat u do who cares abt de next man?
Hi there ppl!!!
I think we need to respect guitarist like Malmsteen , Steve Vai , John Petrucci , Paul Gilbert , Satriani , Jason Becker , Marty Friedman n e rest ( sory if i miss some of the names of some great guitarist )...each of them have their own unique style of playing..bCoz of them it makes guitar playing more interesting..n we can gain more knowledge , skills , technique by learning from them..n not forgetting too our local guitarist such as Paul Daniel.. :wink:
I think we need to respect guitarist like Malmsteen , Steve Vai , John Petrucci , Paul Gilbert , Satriani , Jason Becker , Marty Friedman n e rest ( sory if i miss some of the names of some great guitarist )...each of them have their own unique style of playing..bCoz of them it makes guitar playing more interesting..n we can gain more knowledge , skills , technique by learning from them..n not forgetting too our local guitarist such as Paul Daniel.. :wink:
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3notesAbar
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For those who have disdain for Yngwie Johann Malmsteen...
1) Hes got more albums recorded than most virtuoso guitarists
2) He's played more notes on the guitar in a day accurately more than most trash-talking wannabe forum trollers will in their whole lives.
3) Try playing live to even the janitors at Budokan.
4) Ask your neighbours if they know your name.
Happy new yeah hor. :twisted:
1) Hes got more albums recorded than most virtuoso guitarists
2) He's played more notes on the guitar in a day accurately more than most trash-talking wannabe forum trollers will in their whole lives.
3) Try playing live to even the janitors at Budokan.
4) Ask your neighbours if they know your name.
Happy new yeah hor. :twisted:
its alright to worship and forsake, but never, ever ever insult the legends and pioneers of music. that's just being damn ungrateful for how they have shaped music in the early years and inspired people, and there u have these smaller artists that grew up on music from the legends.
Don't forget ur roots man. Yngwie is THE shredder
Don't forget ur roots man. Yngwie is THE shredder
