An awesome guitar video.

alfonso · Post by **alfonso** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 7:19 pm

http://www.bobzabek.com/VIDEOS/TheDeadManEtude.wmv

Enjoyed it a lot....

paulrmartin · Post by **paulrmartin** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 9:29 pm

"Paul's jaw dropped"

Post by **hubird** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 9:34 pm

bad Java implimentation? just code text is what I get, even when starting up from a higher directory level ...

at0m · Post by **at0m** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 11:30 pm

Try opening it with Windows Media Player (.wmv = windows media video file)

braincell · Post by **braincell** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 11:40 pm

Simply amazing. Can't be human.

Lima · Post by **Lima** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 4:57 am

Wow a true analog-sequencer-man...

I wonder when I can find him in my favourite music equipement's store...

Post by **hubird** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 7:22 am

thanks At0mic, I tried that, I also copied the file to disk to open it as file.
WMP played then the audio part, not the video.

I guess I have to live with it, the Readme says:
Currently, the Player may not play all digital media files packaged in a Windows Media file with a .wmd extension.

I'll see if my sleeping room pc can load the file, I guess it will

Counterparts · Post by **Counterparts** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 10:51 am

That's really nice

I'm surprised nobody's mentioned Stanley Jordan...until now

He does a cover of "Eleanor Rigby" which is pretty amazing.

Hubird, which version of WMP are you using? Version 9 plays the A&V back OK on my machine.

Royston

nprime · Post by **nprime** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 1:29 pm

That's weird, that guy looks like me at 25!

His guitar playing isn't unique, but it is very tasteful. It's funny to me because as a keyboard player I find the guitar easier to play on my lap as well. This guy and I must be genetically related somehow!

The master of this sort of thing in my opinion is Michael Hedges, who is sadly no longer with us. I saw him play live once in Seattle in the mid-eighties, and it is was a religious experience, he simply made the guitar do things I'd never heard or imagined, and he was doing it all without effects!

R

braincell · Post by **braincell** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 8:34 pm

I thought it sounded like classical music, then I thought he should arrange for classical because it would sound way better, but then I thought he probably wouldn't do that because then he wouldn't be able to show off as much.

Isn't showing off and getting girls the whole point of electric guitar playing?

nprime · Post by **nprime** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 11:17 pm

On 2004-11-20 20:34, braincell wrote:

Isn't showing off and getting girls the whole point of electric guitar playing?

Yes...what's your point?

R

braincell · Post by **braincell** » Sun Nov 21, 2004 12:31 am

no point just jealous

calippo · Post by **calippo** » Sun Nov 21, 2004 5:22 am

You should grant him the girls. That guy must have spent a lot of time home alone before.

Post by **hubird** » Sun Nov 21, 2004 10:17 am

@ Counterparts, thanks for interest, I have installed version 7.1.2.1203.
To my knowledge it is the latest one for pre-OS-X, I just checked that again.
It also can be a hobble somehow that my operating system is Dutch whyle my current WMP is English?
Nah, I won't die from it

nprime · Post by **nprime** » Sun Nov 21, 2004 12:54 pm

On 2004-11-21 00:31, braincell wrote:
no point just jealous

The chicks only dig the keyboard player if he can sing.

R

Post by **hubird** » Sun Nov 21, 2004 11:26 pm

and if he can't they only dig the keyboard

Immanuel · Post by **Immanuel** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 6:11 am

On 2004-11-20 13:29, nprime wrote:
The master of this sort of thing in my opinion is Michael Hedges, who is sadly no longer with us.

Is Michael Hedges RIP?

I have some records by him, and they are among my most valued records. He was one of those rare people, who managed to combine unbelieveable technical skills with a superb feel and artistic expression. His tunes sounded so easy and fluid ... yet knowing, that everything was done in ONE go made the thought of mastering them very uneasy. A true master he was - one of the people I hoped to hear one day. When did that happen? What year?

paulrmartin · Post by **paulrmartin** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 7:11 am

1997. Way too soon.......

I saw Hedges play live and it was quite an experience.

Counterparts · Post by **Counterparts** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 10:55 am

Thanks for the heads-up re: Michael Hedges..I haven't heard of him before.

Although quite amazing, I find the two-hand-tapping technique to be rather limited in some ways - as the string is no longer plucked the tonal range is very limited and so the technique doesn't really lend itself to lots of different musical styles (in fact, I would say that it is its own style).

Personally, I'd rather listen to Julian Bream ("CB Bream" as me and my friends named him, as a nod to "BB King"; "Classical Boy Bream"

) play a piece than e.g. Stanley Jordan - TONE!!

I wish the BBC would repeat "Guitarra!" - best darned series they ever did show (and they showed it all of once). There is a DVD, but it's region 1 AND NTSC

Michu · Post by **Michu** » Tue Nov 23, 2004 7:48 am

Although quite amazing, I find the two-hand-tapping technique to be rather limited in some ways - as the string is no longer plucked the tonal range is very limited and so the technique doesn't really lend itself to lots of different musical styles (in fact, I would say that it is its own style).

erm... limited? like Tony Levin with Stick?