Doubletime part. The main theme [applause] that is the main theme. Often, when i listen to guitar players, because im a guitarist myself, im trying to figure out what they are doing and how they do it. I cannot do that when i listen to you. The music for washes over me. For me, it is so immediately engaging and hypnotize him. To be fair, the other part of it is, in 1000 years, i could never do that. There is a technical component to would you do, and i am reminded, one of your albums was reviewed by coo guitar plar magazine. I am prepared praising he said something to the effect of, listening to alex thrusts fellow pickers to the brink of decision. Do i give up Everything Else in my life and practice like a madman or throw my guitar down the chasm . That became a staple in my press packed with back then. Today, to be honest, there are a lot of talented Young Players out there. The whole scene has developed so much, the technique has really moved forward a lot. And each generation can l
I always suggest people to tear them apart, work on the melody, just work on the base, rhythm, accompaniment. That provides an important process to understanding how these elements have to happen simultaneously. When you are writing, as a fan of yours, for decades now i think your first record came out in the 1970s. 1978. That is right. As a fan, one of the things that struck me is you did not sound like anyone else i had heard, and you still do not. When i listen to any other guitarist, composer, you can hear their influence, who they took this idea or technique from. Your music just sounds fresh and novel. I wonder if you might be willing to disclose to us some of your influences and how they gave rise to your compositional playing style, and maybe demonstrate them. I like to joke, i did not learn how to play anything else really well, so i had to come up with my own. It is true, i found this out later when i was teaching. Can you show me that solo to that song . Do you know how it g
Injury or trauma, it can be disrupted. It is remarkable. The player, at some level, perhaps unconsciously, are having to think about the elements unconsciously. I teach a lot of workshops and a lot of people come to play our master classes, they come with their own performance, arrangement. They are looking for feedback. One of the things that i always say, because, as a musician, we try to get everything at once. All of the elements. We tried to simultaneously get the rhythm, melody, the subtleties, dynamics, accent, all those things that make music interesting. But a lot of times, it is Good Practice to tear them apart. Solo guitar playing, for example, polyphonic music, you have a melody and a baseline, maybe an accompaniment, 3rd voice or harmonic accompaniment. I always suggest people to tear them apart, work on the melody, just work on the base, rhythm, accompaniment. That provides an important process to understanding how these elements have to happen simultaneously. When you ar
Solo guitar playing, for example, polyphonic music, you have a melody and a baseline, maybe an accompaniment, 3rd voice or harmonic accompaniment. I always suggest people to tear them apart, work on the melody, just work on the base, rhythm, accompaniment. That provides an important process to understanding how these elements have to happen simultaneously. When you are writing, as a fan of yours, for decades now i think your first record came out in the 1970s. 1978. That is right. As a fan, one of the things that struck me is you did not sound like anyone else i had heard, and you still do not. When i listen to any other guitarist, composer, you can hear their influence, who they took this idea or technique from. Your music just sounds fresh and novel. I wonder if you might be willing to disclose to us some of your influences and how they gave rise to your compositional playing style, and maybe demonstrate them. I like to joke, i did not learn how to play anything else really well, so
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