best guitar player?

[Esperante]

When your playin a C r D your playin a C or D. When you read crescendo, you bloody well be doin crescendo. If you call that interpretation, then so be it

You have NO idea what you're talking about.

[McReis]

Well, I sure have no idea what you guys are talking about!

[IWantAnAudiRS6]

When your playin a C r D your playin a C or D. When you read crescendo, you bloody well be doin crescendo. If you call that interpretation, then so be it

There's a difference between playing something wrong and interpreting it.

When you interpret it, it complements the music.

Listen to my 'interpretation' of 'Ain't No Sunshine' if you're not convinced.

www.myspace.com/ablueafternoon

If you don't want to do a crescendo, don't do one.

[Nazmacher]

There's a difference between playing something wrong and interpreting it.

When you interpret it, it complements the music.

Listen to my 'interpretation' of 'Ain't No Sunshine' if you're not convinced.

www.myspace.com/ablueafternoon

If you don't want to do a crescendo, don't do one.

Obviously you're mis"interpreting" what i'm tryin to say. There a difference between an 'ain't no sunshine' and Beethowen's 5th. The basis of classical music or even architecture for that matter is purely rule. Sure no two people will sound the same, but you cant turn up with your own rendition of a masterpiece and say its my interpretition. That could still be great, but its not classical. Neo classical (not really a musical phase) perhaps is more what youre on bout, r maybe we're talkin bout different things

[johnnynumfiv]

I'm a fan of mike mcready of pearl jam, jimi hendrix, eric clapton, and a ton of others.

[Nazmacher]

You have NO idea what you're talking about.

and you're the judge of that?....hahahah

I'm not sure whether you're familiar with Chopins work, but if you've heard his waltz in D flat major dubbed the Minute Waltz... well its supposed to be either a cat and dog chasing each other r just a dog chasing its tail...the intensity builds and falls, and thats as he feels the entire scene.
Well if you imagine it differently... the pen and paper is all yours...

[Esperante]

and you're the judge of that?....hahahah

I'm not sure whether you're familiar with Chopins work, but if you've heard his waltz in D flat major dubbed the Minute Waltz... well its supposed to be either a cat and dog chasing each other r just a dog chasing its tail...the intensity builds and falls, and thats as he feels the entire scene.
Well if you imagine it differently... the pen and paper is all yours...

You're deamn right I'm the judge of that. To say classical can't be interpreted differently either physically or emotionally is simply incredibly naiive. Mentally rock and pop music is far more difficult to interpret, because lyrics in most modern pop are really straight forward and about women.

[IWantAnAudiRS6]

Obviously you're mis"interpreting" what i'm tryin to say. There a difference between an 'ain't no sunshine' and Beethowen's 5th. The basis of classical music or even architecture for that matter is purely rule. Sure no two people will sound the same, but you cant turn up with your own rendition of a masterpiece and say its my interpretition. That could still be great, but its not classical. Neo classical (not really a musical phase) perhaps is more what youre on bout, r maybe we're talkin bout different things

The highlighted section made me laugh my arse off- I did exactly that for a competiton when I was 14. Played my own interpretation of Cavatina, and came 2nd out of 14 contenders, lost only to some absolutely ballistic 20-year-old cellist, in the process beating 2 30+ guys.

Neo-classical? No. I cover all ranges. From Bach's Cello Suite No. 1, to Classical Gas by Mason Williams, going via the route of South American composers and a LOT of re-drafted pop songs that I've totally rewritten for classical guitar.

[Kooper]

Kirk Hammet/ James Hetfield (Metallicca) pre their Load album, Kerry King (Slayer), Slash (GnR), Marty Friedman/ Dave Mustaine (Megadeth), plus probably a lot more.

I don't care how fast someone can play a guitar or how many fancy tricks a guitarist can do, I base my preference simply on the works of the guitarists that could give me goosebumps. It's those notes that make you fast-forward to the bit where the guitar-riffs make you forget yourself while listening, then rewind again afterwards to hear it again and again and again.

[Nazmacher]

The highlighted section made me laugh my arse off- I did exactly that for a competiton when I was 14. Played my own interpretation of Cavatina, and came 2nd out of 14 contenders, lost only to some absolutely ballistic 20-year-old cellist, in the process beating 2 30+ guys.

Neo-classical? No. I cover all ranges. From Bach's Cello Suite No. 1, to Classical Gas by Mason Williams, going via the route of South American composers and a LOT of re-drafted pop songs that I've totally rewritten for classical guitar.

hehehe... man! you deserve that rs6

[Nazmacher]

Mentally rock and pop music is far more difficult to interpret, because lyrics in most modern pop are really straight forward and about women.

In your own inimitable words, "You have NO idea what you're talking about."

[Esperante]

In your own inimitable words, "You have NO idea what you're talking about."

No, I don't. It's far easier to interpret, say, 'L'isle Joyeuse' fo a number of things, anything that you could possibly imagine, mostly due to the instrumenal nature of the piece. Your options are restricted when you've got lyrics like:

Kind of a wishful thougt wishing President Nixon would quit.

If you will think now, then you will see
How you can change things

People are waiting, turning away
Tired of killing

Hey now
Will you go away
Were so tired
Of things that you say

Even though you never said word that would help anyone but yourself
Tomorrow is such a bad dream
Oh, bad dream

If you stay now
It will only get worse
Let us pray now
cause the truth really hurts

Have to be a man so today with your brothers and sisters lay dying
Tomorrow is such a bad dream
Yeah, such a bad dream

Listen
Please be gone
Go away and leave us alone
Bring police
Go away and leave us in peace
Yeah

Please be gone
Go away and leave us alone
Bring police
Go away and leave us in peace
Will you go now
Will you take all your friends
Woah now, if youd stood like a man
Even though I know that you cannot be blamed all alone for all the sadness youve caused
Tomorrow is such a bad dream
Yeah, such a bad dream
Oh yeah, such a bad dream
Dig it

If you will think now you will then you will see
How we can change things
People are waiting, turning away
Tired of killing

[Chicago, 'A Song For Richard And His Friends,' 1972]

[Ferg]

Without a shadow of a doubt I consider either Wilko Johnson or Mick Green to be MY favourite guitarist of all time, for sheer firepower they are both awesome.

Here's a little clip of Mick playing with Macca and some bloke called Gilmour...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8d64nmH9pk

..and one of Wilko with the late, great Ian Dury.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbY9ArPa5VI

[Mr.Tiv]

Without a shadow of a doubt I consider either Wilko Johnson or Mick Green to be MY favourite guitarist of all time, for sheer firepower they are both awesome.

Here's a little clip of Mick playing with Macca and some bloke called Gilmour...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8d64nmH9pk

..and one of Wilko with the late, great Ian Dury.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbY9ArPa5VI

Thank you for that second video. You gotta love Dury.

[Ferg]

You gotta love Dury.

Indeed.
Ian Dury, Wilko Johnson and Norman Watt-Roy. AND doing Sweet Gene Vincent...doesn't get much better to be honest.