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I think if you'd found some of his collabs with John McLaughlin, this's where he was a bit more "shreddy"
Please no one tell Carlos ruclips.net/user/shortsdbG4M4BbDyg
The frontiers like Jimi, Alvin Lee, Clapton, Santana, Zappa, Rory Gallagher, Stevie Ray, and others opened the gates for the technical players. These all had a unique sound and style. The technical players all sound the same. That’s why the younger players are rediscovering the fathers of rock and blues guitar. Their playing was spiritual and filled the soul with real food for hungry up and coming guitar players. Anyone can play a gazillion notes with speed and precision. It’s takes something special to tap into one’s soul. That’s why the aforementioned guitar players gravitated toward their predecessors. The guitar is a spiritual instrument, not a scientific one.
Like BB said; It only takes one note to capture a woman's heart but it has to be the right note. 😎
The way you say Plethora is 100% unacceptable and infuriating 😂
Yeah, so cringe. I can't stand when native English speakers understand less of their language than I do as a non-native English speaker.
Exactly. People can't generally feel things if they can't feel Santana's music.
David Gilmour has always confessed that he can't and could never play fast and with a specific technique, but he's a perfect example of someone who plays from the soul and absolutely does not waste a single note...
My personal favorite.
Never heard him confess that. I have a guitar magazine from 1977 in which he says he can't play fast, has lousy left-right hand coordination and his greatest solos are comped together.
Disclaimer: I'm a fan.
Absolutely true! He’s my favorite! 😎👍🎸
CORRECT he is a strat master who GETS IT,i only speak from playing one instrument for 55 years,THE STRATOCASTER,used by most geniuses ,me i like the tone and the versatility of this one instrument,it takes a lifetime to learn one instrument,cause every one of them is different,ASK MARK FARNER,he bought an aluminum guitar and made millions of dollar with it,that and his genius,THERE IS BUT ON DAVID GILMORE,JUST ONE
Came to say this. Glad someone beat me to it.
That’s a lot of words. I guess I was lucky. My Dad sat me down and said “Listen to this album. It’s Abraxis and the group is Santana. Carlos Santana is the guitar player.” This was back in ‘84 and I was 15. Half way through the album I thought they were phenomenal. After the umpteenth listen Carlos was one of my favorite guitarists. Still is. 🍻
Same experience for me
Early Santana is otherworldly
We knew that on the 70s
Same except it was my mom and santana 1 and greatest hits.
Please no one tell Carlos ruclips.net/user/shortsdbG4M4BbDyg
Best...guitar...player. Ever. You feel what he speaks with his instrument.
Carlos' music is a reflection of the vibes of his soul. Truely spiritual..
It’s alive!
I love his playing, it's soulful, he's not scared of playing melodies. He draws you in as he paints pictures with his notes. Music isn't a race or a competition, although it's very important to keep learning, for expressing yourself with clarity of feeling.
I like that he's the one who gave Wavy Gravy his name. I met Wavy Gravy in Seattle in the 90s. He was promoting his book, Something Good For A Change. I hope my ex-girlfriend still has the autographed copy.
While I never met Santana, I used to play with a bunch of classic rock musicians in the Seattle area and wouldn't doubt at least a few of them have. While you might not recognize their names, you'd recognize the names of the bands they played in. It's like a network where I'm like one or two people away from knowing anybody.
Santana's music is based on The Blues. The Blues isn't about how many notes you play and how fast, it's about picking the right ones, the ones with soul and feeling and that can't be taught.😎
Listen to Enrique Delgado, Peruvian cumbia. It’s the roots psychedelic sound, jam bands, jazz fusion rock, Omg USA one trick pony with the blues. Listen to Los Destellos - Onsta la yerbita
It's about "feeling" , expression, emotion.
"can't be taught"
Do you believe santa too?
@@Marta1Buck while the pentatonic scale is a concept that can be taught, and fretting, strumming, and fingering skills can be taught and developed with practice, the emotions and the evocative, emotive quality, the *feeling* and that effect upon the listener cannot be taught. For many people, it is the singular quality which when it is present in any blues performance, exemplifies the genre.
Carlos Santana plays with feeling and soul. I call it getting into the zone.
Yes, "the zone" is another name for the flow state.
Agreed. One can't discount the feel and soul of expressive notes. When I went to see Santana, ..Aerosmith was the warm-up band. This was April 74. I had never heard of Aerosmith. When I saw the tag team of Brad Whitford and Joe Perry both playing Les Pauls through Marshall stacks, I said, "Whoaa, these guys are great. There is no way, absolutely no way Santana can top this." Before Santana came out, long sticks of burning incense were put on stage. It created a ethereal atmosphere. Carlos walked out on stage, plugged his Les Paul into a Mesa Boogie and it was "Aerosmith who?" Carlos erased the memory of Aerosmith in the first five notes on his guitar. Everyone surrounding me was in the same awe. It just wasn't a competent guitarist, it was the power and glory of feel, soul, huge tone, and long note sustain that etched into everyone's brain.
I discovered Santana in the early '70s and he and his band blew my mind. When I started playing guitar in 1975 I started learning his licks and style and incorporating them into my playing. In 2005 I started a Santana tribute band here in Brisbane, Australia and was able to finally act out the part, so to speak. It was a highlight of my musical life which I will always treasure. I've seen Santana three times and each was an amazing experience. We are so blessed to have this amazing person on our planet; he has inspired generations of players.
My story almost the same except I play keys and loved Rolie , and of course Santana’s raw powerful intense sound. Seen them 20 plus times and still play today.
I remember back in 1999 when "VH1: My Generation" showed a clip of his "Soul Sacrifice" solo at Woodstock. I bought Santana's first three albums. Yeah, it was before my time but that music was refreshing.
ZZ Top's 1st annual Texas Barbeque..
Santana came on at dusk right before ZZ Top... they brought the house down.
Great video with astute observation, David. Eight years before you were born, I was a young kid of 17 who got the lucky inclination to attend a muddy concert out in the boonies called Woodstock.
I saw Carlos Santana, Alvin Lee, Pete Townsend, Leslie West and Jimi Hendrix that weekend. Wow!
Carlos sunk deeper into my psyche, I didn't know why.
He had a bunch of hits over the next 10 years, clearly a guitar god. He played live all over the world but he went a long stretch without a hit song.
Whooda guessed that 30 years after Woodstock, in 1999, Carlos would have his biggest hit of all time, with Smooth.
I'm 72 now, and the music of Carlos Santana, still makes me grateful that I witnessed the trail of stardust that pours from his soul and magical guitar.
So glad you caught it too, David, thanks for reminding us to listen with our heart.
ME TOO
I am 74 and identify with you 100%.
As soon as I incorporated Carlos thinking, my guitar playing improved by almost 100%👏👏👏
I saw the Supernatural tour twice since it went for 2 years. Both times basking in his sublime music.
players like Carlos and Jimi too are more 'intuitive' players than technical players. They're not playing scales and modes, they're just playing what they feel, at all times.
Technique w/o soul is sophisticated noise . Soul comes from living and suffering which develops humility . Thats why IMHO Santana is far better than most . His music is not about ego tripping . Substance not flash . And he is very technical . Hear his work with MacLaughlin on Caravanserai from 71 or so .
Stevie Ray, also.
@@michaelnunn3431 yep!
They all played with scales bro lol
Dorian at heart
I think Derek Trucks and Matheus Asato are two other guitar players that also follow this principle while being able to shred if they want it.
yes for sure Derek is from somewhere else , I have seen him close his eyes and play a non repeating solo for 20 minutes live and never even look at his guitar fret board
Forget once and for all the "shred thing "!
Carlos Santana changed my guitar playing! Never a shredder and relying on pentatonic Santana showed that, sometimes, less is more, throw in a Dorian note at the right time and boom, you sound like you are playing music! You don´t need to play fast, you dont need to play every note, leave space and "see and feel" what you are playing!
Please no one tell Carlos ruclips.net/user/shortsdbG4M4BbDyg
Carlos doesn’t pick up the guitar… the guitar picks him up.
🤔😳🤯👏🏼🙌🏼💪🏼🔥❤️
While I commend your late-found appreciation of CS, I believe the reason for it is that you - as you admit - discovered his playing in the mid-90's.. I was 15 in 1969 - the year Santana played at Woodstock. If you want to understand the impact of Santana, you really need to watch 'Soul Sacrifice' from the Woodstock documentary video. In fact, EVERYONE who thinks they know Santana, and haven't seen it, should go there right now! When you consider that this was a live performance, well, what more can be said? When 'Abraxas' was released - over 1 year later, well, again...
Couldn't agree more. Seeing him play SS at Woodstock was eye-opening, a complete lesson in _playing with conviction_.
Well Said - Santana was Soul not Tech and that performance will be in my head and heart forever. I was 16 at the time.
All the more incredible considering several of the members, including Santana, were just peaking on acid given to them by Jerry Garcia. They thought they had 12 hours before they went on, but due to scheduling changes they had to go on or they would lose their chance. A career defining moment, while tripping.
Yep, for sure, I was thinking while watching this, he should listen to Santana's first, second, third, and fourth albums. Then he would get it.
just like jeff beck its not about being flashy
It always comes down to how does it affect you. Who cares what notes, how fast or how varied. If you smile it is great.
Shredders only connect with those who want to watch someone play. Santana connects with everyone else who wants to hear someone play. His note choice is very important, always asking the question "how can I say what I need to say with the least number of words necessary?" That's the lesson.
agreed , should be in context to the song , i like it when the guitar enhances the song
Shredding is unemotional shyt !!!!
That's basically what Freddie King said about Ted Nugent's playing, that he played too many notes.
Not “least” you’re projecting that onto Santana, but I see what you mean
@@jspartacus hmm, Santana and Neal Schon together were the Godfathers of Shred. Almost all shredders cite Santana 3 as an influence. Vai used to transcribe his solos to get his degree at Berklee.
One name stands out when you talk about this is Gary Moore and he was the master of having an experience with the guitar.
Still got the blues still shakes me to my core
absolutely
@@friedrich1957 especially the live version at Montreau
Gary Moore most melodic and lyrical playing was divine.
Gary was a REAL soul player. In my mind THE BEST blues player, bar non. I saw him play with Thin Lizzy in the late 70's in the old Hammersmith Odeon, in London. He was amazing. He went on to create some of the very best blues I've ever heard, and I've seen a lot of the greats over the years. Gary was and is a true legend.
I feel the same with Mark Knopfler, he speaks with his notes, there os so much émotion in his playing.
Great to see Tufnell getting the respect he deserves
Rolling Stone Magazine listed him "11th" all-time top 500......
Santana made Mesa Boogie pop. His greatest popularity spiked with "Evil Ways" and "Black Magic Woman". All before fusion and neo-classical, speed picking and sweeping, tapping etc. existed. He was huge in the consumer market when he emerged. The song quality and how he fit that context was where he excelled.
Those early hits were done on dimed twin reverb amps, not mesa boogies
@@johnmarshall3903 everything was a dimed Fender back then including the boogie before it was named. Then they F-ed it up after Santana helped make Mesa famous with the snakeskin boogie IMO.
He made Mesa Boogie pop.
I am SO glad you put this into words. I have FELT Santana from day 1. Wow! Thank you !!!
i'm the opposite of you because i don't get the steve vai thing , it is impressive for a minute but not musical to me in any way , nothing i want to listen to or emulate, nothing against steve seems like a great guy ...
Certain things cannot be thought
Carlos Santana's music comes from the heart, has soul
God's given
Much love from Africa my guitar King 🎸🎵🙏❤❤❤
You're absolutely right. I figured this out years ago. I noticed that all the guitarists that sounded really good. Not good technically, but every note sounds MUSICAL and sweet, are the guys that you can tell they're putting everything they have into every performance. So I started approaching guitar In the same way. Being self taught and playing strictly by ear, this was not a hard transition. My playing improved quickly after that, I didn't need to look at my hands as much, and I just sounded better. Pretty insane. Thank you for sharing this. It will help many people, no doubt.
I am latino so I've grown up around latin music of all sorts. However, I never really connected with it. I've always loved rock and metal from a young age so when I picked up guitar, I naturally gravitated towards those genres. My thirst for guitar knowledge continued and I eventually got into blues and other areas of music that I had never considered. That's when I found Carlos Santana. It was the first time that I saw someone play the instrument as the main voice of the music, not just the rhythm or solos here and there. At the same time, he combined these genres that I was exploring with latin music that I was already quite familiar with. I was amazed at how beautiful and expressive the music could be without a singer. It was an absolutely mind blowing thing for me at the time and it totally changed my trajectory as a guitar player and as a music lover. It opened up my mind to so much music and it gave me a bridge to get from guitar to the latin music that I had trouble connecting with before. I had the privilege to see him live and it's one of my fondest memories. He still is one of my biggest influences.
You and me both, brother. I was just a "tween" (11) when I bought my first Santana album, and I was spellbound. The man is a veritable wizard who, through his soul-deep connection with the guitar *and* the audience, captivates, mesmerises and uplifts the listener's soul.
I didn't pick up the guitar myself for several more years, but Carlos became my greatest inspiration and teacher, not just as a guitarist but as a human being, a man. I once watched him talking with Letterman back in the late 80's, and when asked what the most important thing about playing guitar was, Carlos responded by saying, "Most important is that you play with enthusiasm, with a deep appreciation for the audience, and sincere humility."
That has been my guiding principle ever since. Carlos Santana...what a man!
@@That70sGuitarist That's a great way to see it and he really does take that approach.
@@josefeliciano9418 That's why he still does it. Sure, he may be getting on in years, and doesn't have quiteas much "flash" as he used to, but he still manages to reach out and involve the audience in the magical act of creating and playing Santana music.
If I still had money like I did during my years as a working musician, I would pay good money just to sit and listen to him talk about playing guitar. My ears, heart and soul are always open for Carlos Santana.
I don't come from a Latin background, but I've loved Afro-Cuban rhythms ever since I was a little baby. Whenever I would start to fuss or cry, my mother would put on Latin big band or African folk records on the hi-fi, and in moments I'd be a happy baby again, smiling, wiggling around and clapping my hands to the music. I guess you could say I came by my love of Afro-Cuban rhythm from a very early age, and it became permanently infused into my soul.😉
I mean, I'm too old and crippled to dance anymore, but throw on anything with a salsa, rhumba or samba beat, and my feet and hips can't help swaying!
Please no one tell Carlos ruclips.net/user/shortsdbG4M4BbDyg
A la fin des 70’s, Santana et Gilmour m’ont donné envie de faire de la guitare… électrique !
Boomer here... Respectfully, what you younger cats don't get is that music of the 60's 70's was a once off capture of slice of time in the human evolution. It is gone forever, can never bbe duplicated. It was more than just a musician playing "with soul" it was a connection of all the kids and the music. concerts were way different, no light shows, no security, no elaborate BS You can study it, you can pine for it, but it is long gone
@David Wallimunn it goes even deeper … I have been listening to CS since I was 16, I am 64 now. Carlos stumbles over notes, makes mistakes, but they don’t matter … he breathes life and breath into notes he plays, he runs out of breath, breathes in, and plays again. In his day, Caravanserai, Borboletta, Welcome albums, it was pure genius. Nowadays I still listen, but only to his music from the 1970s mostly. Still love him though.
I first heard Carlos when I was in high school in the early 70's. He had a very unique and attractive sound. What I liked about him then, and still do, is that instead of playing a lot of notes, he just played the right notes. And he wasn't just playing notes, he was playing music--music that moves the listener (I think that's your point too).
This is how you “get” Carlos. Light some candles, take a reasonable dose of your favorite psychedelic, put on Moonflower and get transported to another dimension of spirit and emotion by way of his band and his guitar playing.
Also really analyze the Woodstock performance especially Soul Sacrifice. Watch a very young and green Carlos and band pour everything they had into the music and out to the audience of 500,000 people.
You're exactly right. When I play my instruments, I close my eyes and feel the music come from inside as if spiritually.
you should do more research on his spiritual side that influences this.. then do another video.. you’ll be blown away even worse.
Caravanserai one of the greatest largely unknown albums. Put it on and be blown away by deep beautiful passionate mystical music.
Us guitarists appreciate fast technique. The whole world loves good taste.
I prefer what he did mid 70s. He was using that Yamaha SG2000. Man did that thing have tone. His lines were more fluid, probably influenced by JMcLaughlin.
I agreed.yamaha was the best Santana sound.saw him 1978. No words.a tone like a Violin.
Agree, always he sounded more 'corporate' when he started using the Paul Reed Smith's. His sound definitely lost some mojo....
I had to have a Yamaha SG2000 back then because of Carlos. Unfortunately i pawned it to pay the rent and it was gone when i finally had the money to get it back.
Santana is Mariachi Guitar, Blues Guitar, and Afro Cuban Jazz Guitar meshed together.
The way you felt about Santana…. I feel the same way about technical players like Satriani
I agree. It sounds very bland to me. Guys like SRV, Santana and Buddy Guy for me FEEL what they're playing.
Yeah, when I first listened to Satriani’s debut, “Not of This Earth”, l recognized immediately a virtuoso talent behind the guitar work, but it was utterly devoid of any emotion in my opinion. However his “live” GT3 performances are dripping with emotion!
The Album Santana III changed my life. It confuses me that he didn't get a Grammy until Super Natural. Toussaint 'l overture is a complete masterpiece. Great Horns and Titto Fuentes on Timballes.
Borboletta got me back in 74 and " Practice what you preach " and "Promise of a fisherman" "Canto de la flores " took me on a journey till now.Seen Carlos 8 times
I love to play Carlos Santana’s music because it has deep feeling to the solos and it’s easy to get swept away within the song itself.
The "guitar virtuoso" music is impressive from a technical standpoint. However I've never enjoyed listening to it. Yawn!!!
Right brain vs left brain 🙏🏼😇🙏🏼 play with the heart
This was a GREAT video ❤
it’s called “soul“.
It’s a core component in the Afro-Latin music that Santana plays. As well as the jazz music he has also played in the past.
some people mistakenly believe it is antithetical to technical proficiency that you spoke of, but Juilliard trained musicians like Miles Davis and Winton Marsalis or examples of how that is not necessarily the case.
Something like this is often understood by those who came up understanding it.
I've been a great fan of Carlos Santana especially the tune "Europa". His soul comes through in this tune.
If you have a true passion for playing your guitar , that instrument becomes part of you and the way you play it reflects your inner spirit. It’s like a projection of your soul speaking to you.
How could you not get Santana? I'm confused. Music is more the then technical. It's feel, melody, tone. My favorite players to listen to are not the shredders.
It's just the hook of the video. Not completely true..
Santana was amazing in WOOD STOCK '69, so I'd recommend you watch it.
I agree 100%, feeling is what it’s all about, I’ve been a guitar player/singer for over 40 years and I also play multiple other instruments. I am just average at best, but when I put real emotion into the music all of a sudden everything is different and people respond to it, even on my bagpipes and that’s amazing. To me music has never been just notes on a page it’s a feeling that you convey.
(and I like how you slipped in the clip of Nigel because we all know even his technicality goes to 11)
Carlos took acid* at woodstock and bonded with the musical cosmos~~ That is one amazing performance, and Michael Shrieve!
The difference between showing off and actual music from the heart. The instrument becomes an extension of your soul. Congratulations, welcome to the real deal.
"Surgical Precision"....cuts to Nigel🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Spinal Tap will never not be funny.
Nigel--"I'm know for my solos,, they're my trademark"!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If you want to listen to Intent listen to Jerry Garcia. Carlos has called him one the gratest guitarists of all time. I'll even give you a song, Goin Down the Road.
I saw CS in 1989. He places an framed 8 x 10 pic of “Jesus” on one of the amps while playing. At a certain point in the performance he turns his back to the audience, let me repeat: HE TURNS HIS BACK TO THE PAYING AUDIENCE AND PLAYS FOR JESUS. Not a fan of this guy or sci-fi religious stuff either.
Carlos happens 2 be the #1 influence of Prince (My all time fave) and now i see Y 😉...1 can be HIGHLY skilled in merely playing AT the instrument vs actually PLAYING the damn thing
Santana has evolved not only spiritually and thru his music....
He plays with emotion and passion..
Someone said
Carlos, makes that guitar cry...
From woodstock to the
Gramys.... getting up there in age but still going strong.
This video is truly how music is made from the heart. It can't be more clearer than this. Music is part of our DNA.
Just because you can type 100 words a minute doesn’t mean you can write a good book.
Super fast guitar playing is boring, if it’s just a show-off thing. It impresses 15-year old kids though.
PETER GREEN
Clapton tried to play along and definitely seemed lost. On timing, note choice, construction...just lost. Not cheering CS, just observation.
I am the opposite. I could never get the "sheredding masters". The music is just too much and too little at the same time. Even though I admire Vai for his Zappa period, and I know he is a master musician of the best kind.
Santana has a lot good songs, some brilliant albums, and some average stuff as well. But he is also a master musician, no doubt. I like his soulful playing with a latin and bluesy twist. Saw him 3 times and was always GREAT live. Especially when he played 1.5 hours, than got a message that his son was born during the concert - so he played another 1.5 hours. Man, 3 hours magic and dancing, that was a night to never forget. (1996 or 97 I guess.)
Hello there! If you want true technical ectasy from CS, look at all his recordings from 1971-1977, the period he was considered basically the best living guitarist.😮
CARLOS is better then Yngwie, Satriani and Vai. They have a technic superiority,but the miss the soul
I am 78yo musician. Carlos Santana and Gary Moore played with "feeling, emotion and grace." Carlos once said he learned to play in Tijuana strip clubs so that the nipples would feel it. Improvisation is like that too.
There is another aspect to his playing that is overlooked by younger generations. Due to the analog process of electric guitar in the 50s-70s, note decay was a real and limiting factor. Hence, the guitar heroes of the day were all chasing the holy grail of INFINITE SUSTAIN. Players were judged not on their speed but on how long their techniques could sustain a note or tone. That will make guitarists like Santana and David Gilmour's choices soloing make .ore sense. Digital sustain rendered that aesthetic obsolete, so we look at masters like Santana as nothing special. Context makes all the difference.
It was the Abraxis album blasting out of some music shop that made me go and buy my first Huge speakers, not sure of the year but early 70's probably 1973.
Carlos Santana and Eric Clapton put feelings into their playing and some thing that Frank Zappa called imagination. To me, there is no feeling in shredding, it all sounds mechanical. Also, listen to old school Jazz guitarists such as George Benson and Joe Pass, as well as old school jazz horn players such as Clark Terry and Dizzy Gillespie. Also B B King put feeling in his playing as well.
B.B. King (who was certainly an influence on Carlos) did an instructional video (available on RUclips) where he described his approach as “speaking with good diction”. He was talking about phrasing and articulation. Expression. When you’re improvising in jazz and blues, you’re (ideally) striving for pure expression, melodicism and communication. A lot of jazz players get caught up in excessive flash and repetitive scale exercises, so it’s not a sharp line, but “shred” gets caught there a lot. With pre-written, heavily practiced solos aimed at maximum speed, you often lose the audience because you’re not speaking to them, you’re just showing off. And it isn’t always musical.
This is why it irritates me that “shred” and blues players constantly spit at each other and put each other down. You need both. You need skill, and you need expression. B.B. King knew more about jazz than he let on. And Santana has a fair amount of jazz influence as well. The “jam band” genre that Santana came up in (Allman Brothers, Grateful Dead, etc) is about taking a jazz approach to rock. Starting with something composed, and then taking turns improvising for as long as you want.
Long story short: the ultimate guitar player has it all. You have to integrate all of these things. Maximize your skill in practice, but then use those skills for expression and improvisation in songs.
The best “shredders” do that. EVH, Yngwie, and others would improvise on their tracks, do multiple takes, and then edit together the best parts. Vai starts from practiced parts, but improvises a lot on stage. Having something completely pre-composed and played the same every time is not it. No matter how impressive it is. When you communicate directly with an audience, they feel it. Even if it’s just one note played exactly the right way at exactly the right time.
So if you know a lot of theory and technique, you need to practice improvising. You can do it by yourself with a backing track, but doing it live with a band in front of an audience is the real test. That’s what jazz and blues are all about. A live interaction between musicians and the audience. When you’re improvising, and your band mates get into it and follow you, and the audience gets into it and starts cheering you on, that is a whole different world. And that’s where Carlos is coming from.
On the flip side, if you’ve got all that, but don’t know theory and technique, you should study those. It’s not either/or. The ultimate is both. Everything.
You didn't like Santana because you discovered him in the 90's. You are born 30 years too late dude.
I never really got Carlos, 'And then I got HIGH' welcome to 'The Enlightenment of Devidip " He always makes me smile!!!!
that masterclass is one of the best ever! He is a very spiritual guy… and that comes through, that is why he is great actually. Much Love!
I'm still not impressed. He turns the tone down, plays licks, and rarely even plays a chord, let alone a chord progression. I like watching and listening to excellent well rounded musicians, not watching actors playing licks.
Nigel Tuffnel. The top of the heap of technically proficient guitarists lol.
I still believe he's overrated. But yes, he's good. That's it, good.
If Jeff Healey were here, I’m sure he could tell us more about playing from the heart/soul. RIP
Like George Benson it comes from the soul and is more like they are singing. Same with BB King. Santana, BB and George are singing.
This is an important video, not a goofy one. THIS is the common thread among the greatest guitar players and potentially musicians in general. It's not a mechanical thing, it has to be coming from your mind, but without thinking much. From Van Halen to Steve Vai, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimi, Eric Johnson, Yngwie, BB King, Santana, they are finding the flow and opening themselves up in a way that is very difficult to maintain.
Everything he knows about the guitar came from one man who lived in his area. He was a bay legend and one of those blues guys you would think would be famous. He speaks about it all if you find the right video
*I think I now, finally understand what Lil’ Wayne was doing with the guitar.*
Thanks. I’ll try Santana again. I just saw his concert this year. I still didn’t get it then. Nice video and content.
I believe that if you don't have a physical or mental handicap, you can probably learn to play the guitar. But to make that instrument convey, emotion requires a kind of talent that few seem to have.
Welcome to the club. Many of us guitar players have known what you are realizing now for 40 years. Blazing technique means nothing if you aren't sharing your spirit.
Saw him in Ridgefield WA this last Sunday. My first time seeing him. He's 77, sitting in a chair, and still playing from his head heart stomach and ####...Fantastic show from a humble beautiful musician!!
Santana is one of my favorites and despite the fact that Satriani, Malmstein and Vai can play circles around him for speed and technical skill, I personally am interested in music and am less impressed by speed and technical ability than the actual sound.
You were listening to all the wrong Santana. Most of the 1980's was a cocaine drenched wash-out until 1991 Spirits Dancing in the Flesh” , then everything after that until the present is tiresome rehash.
Listen to Santana when he was young and inspired, “A Love Supreme with John McLaughlin, Angel of Light with Alice Coltrane, Flame Sky off Welcome and Song for Devadip off Oneness.
For Song writing, Abraxas, Santana 3, Borboletto
While Santana speaks eloquently with his guitar, listening him speak is listening to juvenile hippy dipshitisms.
While Satriani is Brilliant, as is Malmstein, for as long as you can tolerate his arrogance and deal with his song writing and composition, like him is obnoxious, tiresome and boorish a million notes played with astounding finger acrobatics with a horrible, unmusical tone and Steve Vai, who is, well, is a cipher.
I love the way you describe the way Carlos plays the guitar
If you really want to get what carlos santana been doing, try to listen Cha-Cha + Jazz songs with guitar solos... Thank me later
Back in 2019, I had just gotten out of rehab…looking for inspiration. Santana’s Masterclass it was.
To see one man so connected to every single note flipped a switch in me. (entire course is ingenious…never seen guitar viewed in that way)
Love Santana, but this is no excuse to become a slacker! Garbage in. garbage out.
Not wacky. At all. Seems like important progress. Tap into your subconscious. And from there... connect to the cosmic consciousness. Not kidding. Let if flow.
Everything up to Santana 3 (so the first 3 albums) is all I listen to. I got Santana up till then. After that things just seemed to shift into a realm that seemed unpleasant to my ears and not enjoyable anymore.
it's not about emotions, it's about imagination! imagination a musical sound, movement, etc. the emotion is something mysterious hidden behind the notes. You can't play emotions, you trigger emotions. but the musical notes comes from 100% imagination. If you can imagine music in your head and you know how to play those notes on the spot, then you are a musician like Santana. not everybody is born with those skills.
Yeah, you should be expressing your soul in each note. Duh
Need to dig deeper guitar brothers. There is no secret either you have it or you don’t. Very hard to explain. But when you hear a guitarist and it makes you feel something than that guitarist has it.
He's special and his playing is special. I have always thought that he has always been underrated. I bet you're only familiar with his music that has been played on the radio or highlighted. If you listen to some of his older music there are so many gems just waiting to be discovered. For example, Contigo, Canela, Song of the Wind, so much more. As the saying goes, you're preaching to the choir. May the Grace of God be with you. 😊 ❤
I like his late 1970's stuff especially Revelations.
Vibe is King..One sustained note is the equivalent of 8 million voices speaking at once..If you’re hip to that kind of thinking
The ancients knew this. Your guitar is but a conduit.
Hi David, you know I had watched your channel a few times a couple years ago and you seem to push things and I was pretty new to guitar and up until last week I watched your Eric Clapton video. That led me to this video and I enjoyed it because I've always loved Santana's music. Not all that spiritual stuff but Samba Pati and Europa, all the old music I listened to as a kid with Neil Schon and company. I guess I'm just saying now we're on the same page. Thanks.
Watching a guy that’s into speed paying try to grasp the totally foreign concept of feel and emotion based around MUSICAL talent. Never thought of that before. You mean there can be more to music than a sport? A race? Calisthenics? Who new?
Santana is the reason why I wanted to play guitar
Most people don´t know "Borboletta" (with Airto Moreira) and "Illuminations" nowadays........it`ll blow you away. Technically and spiritually.