@@parati8922 outside of the extremely small number of people who know of him there aren't many that know who he is so that means underrated KKKKKKKKKKK
He's just...stupidly well-attuned...like after all this time and at this age you'd think it'd start to wear out but instead he's just better...it's crazy. He's so down to earth and just not full of himself at all, in spite of being a god, it's unbelievable. This man is definitely my guitar hero.
I totally agree. This man is the first who comes in mind when I hear the word "guitar" or "best guitarist" You just cant go wrong being a fan of his work. He is a prodigy. I believe he is the best both musicaly and technicaly. He plays ridiculously clean. You can hear each note perfectly even amongst a chaos of notes playing faster than light.
THIS is one of the BEST guitarists playing now, period! so underrated, its criminal! Shredding, melodic, cinematic, all of the above! And as you can see, very humble and easy to talk too.
@@meshzzizk He just doens’t care, because 99% of the fans won’t even notice if he plays sloppy or not live. He can do whatever he wants and still receive a thunderous applause.
@@Stoirelius I don’t think that’s how he thinks about it. I just think he’s an older man, the rigors of touring are probably more physically draining these days, and the ability to flawlessly pull off technically demanding material like SX’s solos requires disciplined regular maintenance while Romeo in his 50s has perhaps found himself less motivated to practice shred guitar technique for 3hrs+ every day. Or maybe he was sick, I don’t know. But I don’t think he’s just banking on an un discerning audience - prog fans are hypercritical nerds + his tour mates are watching too - you think he doesn’t care if Petrucci sees him slipping? He definitely does. Anyway, videos from the past ~2 years show a return to form - he’s been playing extremely demanding material from his solo records and performing live recently with SX, and sounding much better than a lot of clips from like 2016-2017
@@meshzzizk I've seen them live maybe 4-5 times over the last 10 years, he's always been sloppy, almost like he thinks it's cool to be sloppy live - which is a bit weird since everybody knows he can play all of this stuff.
@@Randyolsson right, but i saw them live on four occasions between 2003 and 2011 (opening for blind guardian; headlining with devin townsend band opening; headlining another time at a tiny strip club in providence RI, can’t remember who else played that show; and then on Nevermore’s last tour the night Nevermore broke up so SX played an extra long set to fill time) - each time he played more or less flawlessly - absolutely nailed everything. so clearly there’s been a decline of some kind during this last decade. whether it’s due to physical aging or flagging enthusiasm or simply caring less about playing perfectly on stage i can only guess
When he's doing that tapping lesson after 5 minutes you can tell there's an overdrive pedal in the mix as it's so sensitive to his palm movements. That's a talent being able to play so clean in that effects choice.
I love the way the comes along with his solos. He does them very naturally, like it's something everyone would play, and them sound very fluid when you listen to them, and sometimes easy, but when you try to play some of them, the first thing that appears in your mind is "Man, this guy is reeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaally good". Go on Michael!
man, he's soo clean beyond belief! and he actually shares his secret on how to keep the unwanted string noise away, instead of using a string dampner or sock..etc. nice!
met him 2 nights ago in Toronto:D talked guitar with him, seriously one of the most clean and insane guitarist's ive ever seen in my life....one of the best by far(Y)
Romeo is in a league of his own. As much as i love DT, i don't think JP even deserves to be mentioned in the same sentence as Romeo. And for people who gives the impression that his skills are somehow related to his rig and effects, please post some videos, i'll be happy to check them out!
you big guys always have alot of skill, seriously every time i see a big guy sit down in a guitar store and start fiddling with the amp settings, im never disappointed
This guy is fucking incredible! The king of tapping. And Symphony X is one of my alltime favourite bands: Killer guitar player, killer vocalist, killer bassist, killer drummer, killer keyboard player :D
This is a pretty easy little bit to play when you break it down. It didn't take me long to learn and play it! He does a good job showing on how to play it..... my new favorite lick of the day!
I actually learned about how to mute the lower strings by watching this video. It's tougher to mute the lower strings when doing two handed tapping on bass, so trying it this way will help me out when I get it back! Thanks Michael!!
I love how he totally dodges the interviewers question. "Can you tell us some technique for getting faster?" "Um... yeah.... well not even getting faster, but tryin to keep the notes muted."
His technique amazes me like no other guitarist. He plays so clean and flawless that I'm not sure anyone (and I mean ANYONE) is able to match with that amount of gain. And his sound is a lot more modern than say Malmsteens who is hooked on strats and singlecoils. I'm not a big fan of symphony-x, though, but I respect this guy.
Agreed. The tone he had on Divine and Twilight were my favorites. The rythm tone sounded just as agressive as it needed to be, and the soloing tone was just so smooth...
Two questions: 1 - Why is that there is so little footage of him? 2 - Why is this the second video of him that I see people talking about getting laid?
Thanks for the explanation. Yes there are a few of us not douches. I just see this as a format to voice opinions and exchange thoughts and ideas. Not as a platform to attack or insult other's intelligence. great talking to you as well.
Ver y underrated! But that's what makes him one of the best. Favorite songs: "The Haunting", "Lady of The Snow", "A Winter's Dream 1 & 2", "The Odyssey", and "Death Of Balance".
Please post a video of you and it. It's awesome that you got one. You will be envied by many on here. But hey, although you may be broke, at least you can say you got something you really wanted. Best wishes of jamming on your new MJR Caparison.
At 0:27, saint Romeo switches from using his venerated fingers to using his blessed guitar pick to play the chromatic tones on the high end of his divine guitar. If anyone here does not realize how fantasticly amazing this is, I bid you to take my word for it. Sound amazing on the record (Eve of seduction from Paradise lost).
The sacrifice i think is the closest thing you will get to hearing romeo play sweet and slow. I know its not really slow but its ending is just goose pimplyish, ya know?
I saw this video years ago and picked up that pick slide technique directly from this. I’ve never done anything remotely as cool with it, but I throw it in with sweeps and taps and it’s actually pretty easy but sounds awesome (as opposed to everything else he does here that is typical Michael Romeo insane difficulty, ie 6:20 those tapping arpeggios he does are incredibly hard to learn, I still cannot do them properly to this day).
It's nice to hear a shredder (other than PG) who can play cleanly, in time, and with good dynamic control when playing slow. It seems to be pretty rare.
100% truth. Someone who really practices can sound better on a lower priced guitar than someone with a super expensive guitar who don't practice. Don't fall into that trap of "I gotta have this or that guitar to sound good or like whoever your favorite player is. They sound like themselves no matter what guitar they play.
You tell me if I am sane or what. I think I'll already know your answer so there's no need in my debating you. I am a fan of them both as well as Marcel Coenen mostly.
Yes i agree with what a lot of what these comments are saying. Both DT and SX are amazing bands and even though both are prog, they each have there own stlyes. What I am saying is, both are amazing and should be liked by all prog and none prog alike.
I totally agre that he is an amazing guitarist/songwriter/composer. I am just dying to hear him do a slow beautiful solo. I know he is capable, but seems to be in constant shred mode. That's all I was implying. Nothing wrong with his style. It's just that I have heard hundreds of guitarists shred and do all of this. Thanks for hearing me out and I am still a fan of Romeo's and yours.
Hi Ducky of the future. Have you heard Iconoclast and Underworld albums? They are my favourites as that's where I found SmyX and I'm not crazy about the older malmsteen style stuff. Maybe you had to be there? The 2 latest albums are crushing metal!
Sadly the news crew were warped into a wormhole and are now living in the 16th century, ranting about the crazy guitar wizard to those who walk the streets/
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where can i find warm up exercices for his warm up exercices?
+Yisus dude this was the joke of the year hahahahaha
+Yisus LOL XD
hahaha
looooooooool
that was the warm up exercise for his warmup.
Definitely one of the most underrated guitar players ever
As amazing player as he is, it's his composing side that makes him really stand out.
Underrated? KKKKKKKK he is so fucking amazing, eveyone know this
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@@parati8922 outside of the extremely small number of people who know of him there aren't many that know who he is so that means underrated KKKKKKKKKKK
Agree 100%, easily one of the most underrated.
Im just gonna cry in the corner with the pentatonic scales...
re4ctive the irony being that most of this solo is pentatonic
same
Sounds like a great blues song.
He's just...stupidly well-attuned...like after all this time and at this age you'd think it'd start to wear out but instead he's just better...it's crazy.
He's so down to earth and just not full of himself at all, in spite of being a god, it's unbelievable.
This man is definitely my guitar hero.
I totally agree. This man is the first who comes in mind when I hear the word "guitar" or "best guitarist"
You just cant go wrong being a fan of his work. He is a prodigy. I believe he is the best both musicaly and technicaly. He plays ridiculously clean. You can hear each note perfectly even amongst a chaos of notes playing faster than light.
Can't agree with you more brother! One of my all time heroes!
stay away from women, and you'll get better
Since the passing of Shawn Lane, Michael is the greatest living torchbearer for those of us without a ginormous handspan.
@@matthewarms3786 Lane Had a huge span. Check out his single string augmented arpeggios.
This man is living proof that time is an illusion.
Rather That Time isn't an opinion, exactly as math ;)
THIS is one of the BEST guitarists playing now, period! so underrated, its criminal! Shredding, melodic, cinematic, all of the above! And as you can see, very humble and easy to talk too.
His "slow" is my "holy shit my fingers are on fire"
He is not sloppy at all live. He is the cleanest guitarist I have ever seen live.
This used to be 100% true. Some videos from the past 5-6 show he’s had some rough nights on stage
@@meshzzizk He just doens’t care, because 99% of the fans won’t even notice if he plays sloppy or not live. He can do whatever he wants and still receive a thunderous applause.
@@Stoirelius I don’t think that’s how he thinks about it. I just think he’s an older man, the rigors of touring are probably more physically draining these days, and the ability to flawlessly pull off technically demanding material like SX’s solos requires disciplined regular maintenance while Romeo in his 50s has perhaps found himself less motivated to practice shred guitar technique for 3hrs+ every day.
Or maybe he was sick, I don’t know. But I don’t think he’s just banking on an un discerning audience - prog fans are hypercritical nerds + his tour mates are watching too - you think he doesn’t care if Petrucci sees him slipping? He definitely does.
Anyway, videos from the past ~2 years show a return to form - he’s been playing extremely demanding material from his solo records and performing live recently with SX, and sounding much better than a lot of clips from like 2016-2017
@@meshzzizk I've seen them live maybe 4-5 times over the last 10 years, he's always been sloppy, almost like he thinks it's cool to be sloppy live - which is a bit weird since everybody knows he can play all of this stuff.
@@Randyolsson right, but i saw them live on four occasions between 2003 and 2011 (opening for blind guardian; headlining with devin townsend band opening; headlining another time at a tiny strip club in providence RI, can’t remember who else played that show; and then on Nevermore’s last tour the night Nevermore broke up so SX played an extra long set to fill time) - each time he played more or less flawlessly - absolutely nailed everything. so clearly there’s been a decline of some kind during this last decade. whether it’s due to physical aging or flagging enthusiasm or simply caring less about playing perfectly on stage i can only guess
His warmup is basically one of the best solos of history
MR is like......Paganini????? hold my beer..... yawning, he plays it double time while solving a rubics cube and eating pizza.
He's so down to earth and master at the same time, what a virtue 🤘🥇🎸
he is my favourite guitarist
When he talks, i get the impression, that he doesn't know how good he is :)
+flyingmadpakke My thoughts exactly. Then he said "hard to play it slow" well at that point all 4 of my guitars went up on ebay.
Ikr
Lo sabe, simplemente es una persona humilde, grande Romeo
legato
classical
shred
he is fucking amazing!
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Romeo is one of the humblest amazing guitarists there is man.
This is so effortless to him. Fantastic guitarist
That vibrato and phrasing...I've known about Michael for years, but man he still is a beast to listen to
When he's doing that tapping lesson after 5 minutes you can tell there's an overdrive pedal in the mix as it's so sensitive to his palm movements.
That's a talent being able to play so clean in that effects choice.
I love the way the comes along with his solos. He does them very naturally, like it's something everyone would play, and them sound very fluid when you listen to them, and sometimes easy, but when you try to play some of them, the first thing that appears in your mind is "Man, this guy is reeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaally good".
Go on Michael!
One of the few shred guys that doesn't bore the shit out of me.
1:56 "it's hard to do this slow"...
'--
I've never heard a pick slide lead into the chromatic scale so smoothly
Yeah. After 30 years of 'playing', his pick-slide is still cleaner than my actual guitar playing.
man, he's soo clean beyond belief! and he actually shares his secret on how to keep the unwanted string noise away, instead of using a string dampner or sock..etc. nice!
One of the most underrated guitar players.
I love how unpretentious he is being such a skillful virtuoso.
met him 2 nights ago in Toronto:D talked guitar with him, seriously one of the most clean and insane guitarist's ive ever seen in my life....one of the best by far(Y)
One of my all time favorites!!! had the pleasure of meeting and hanging out with him and the band several times....great times!
Thank you. Have a happy holiday season and a Merry Christmas as well to you and yours. Keep rocking as well.
Romeo is in a league of his own. As much as i love DT, i don't think JP even deserves to be mentioned in the same sentence as Romeo. And for people who gives the impression that his skills are somehow related to his rig and effects, please post some videos, i'll be happy to check them out!
Indeed and JP is more Bluesier Romeo's much more classically influenced.
you big guys always have alot of skill, seriously every time i see a big guy sit down in a guitar store and start fiddling with the amp settings, im never disappointed
This guy is fucking incredible! The king of tapping. And Symphony X is one of my alltime favourite bands: Killer guitar player, killer vocalist, killer bassist, killer drummer, killer keyboard player :D
Its impressive how Symphony X doesn't has a single weak link when it comes to their members, they are all mind blowing!
This is a pretty easy little bit to play when you break it down. It didn't take me long to learn and play it! He does a good job showing on how to play it..... my new favorite lick of the day!
Michael's face is like:
"How can someone ask me things that are so simple?"
Romeo is really fast and really clean. Whata precision!
I actually learned about how to mute the lower strings by watching this video.
It's tougher to mute the lower strings when doing two handed tapping on bass, so trying it this way will help me out when I get it back!
Thanks Michael!!
I love how he totally dodges the interviewers question. "Can you tell us some technique for getting faster?" "Um... yeah.... well not even getting faster, but tryin to keep the notes muted."
at 1:58 mike goes "it's hard doing it slow"
damn you michael romeo for making something so tricky look so easy. damn you
I've seen this man do things on a guitar that made it sound like an entirely different instrument. It's crazy.
I like this guy's attitude. Also, nice tap extensions. Very cool shred licks.
monster player with amazing chops. Mike is another underrated player.
Michael's ascended to the point of such sheer epicness that he is no longer capable of easily playing his stuff slowly/poorly, heh.
His technique amazes me like no other guitarist. He plays so clean and flawless that I'm not sure anyone (and I mean ANYONE) is able to match with that amount of gain. And his sound is a lot more modern than say Malmsteens who is hooked on strats and singlecoils. I'm not a big fan of symphony-x, though, but I respect this guy.
His playing is amazing, and his guitar is perfect.
Michael Romeo is an absolute BOSS!
one of the most underrated guitarists ever. definitely one of the best
Thank you Michael for that great demonstration. and sharing your fine techniques with us..
warmest regards
Awesome john
He is the best at playing his stuff slowly and then playing it fast.He is the best teacher!!!!
I love how good he is with little pudgy fingers. To all you small finger guitar players he is your inspiration.
What a player and what a last album he and his band done, Paradise lost was amazing piece of music and this guys band rocks. Long may he go on.
He would make an excellent teacher.
SYMPHONY X!!!!
Agreed. The tone he had on Divine and Twilight were my favorites. The rythm tone sounded just as agressive as it needed to be, and the soloing tone was just so smooth...
Just checked it out. That was an AMAZING song and the solo was tremendous. Thanks alot.
Two questions:
1 - Why is that there is so little footage of him?
2 - Why is this the second video of him that I see people talking about getting laid?
Thanks for the explanation. Yes there are a few of us not douches. I just see this as a format to voice opinions and exchange thoughts and ideas. Not as a platform to attack or insult other's intelligence. great talking to you as well.
That pick slide technique is killer!!! Michael Romeo kicks ass!!!
Ver y underrated! But that's what makes him one of the best.
Favorite songs: "The Haunting", "Lady of The Snow", "A Winter's Dream 1 & 2", "The Odyssey", and "Death Of Balance".
he just destroyed every form of competition
Please post a video of you and it. It's awesome that you got one. You will be envied by many on here. But hey, although you may be broke, at least you can say you got something you really wanted. Best wishes of jamming on your new MJR Caparison.
That's cool to know. I have had some noise with mine. I know a luthier in my area who fixed my guitars. Thanks for passing this along.
Mr Romeo You are the number 1 guitarist in the world
At 0:27, saint Romeo switches from using his venerated fingers to using his blessed guitar pick to play the chromatic tones on the high end of his divine guitar. If anyone here does not realize how fantasticly amazing this is, I bid you to take my word for it. Sound amazing on the record (Eve of seduction from Paradise lost).
The sacrifice i think is the closest thing you will get to hearing romeo play sweet and slow. I know its not really slow but its ending is just goose pimplyish, ya know?
amo a este tipo, es un groso, larga vida a miguell!!!! yeah!!!
OMG!!! he is now the best!!! I loveee michael romeo you all know, hes just amazing!!!
I saw this video years ago and picked up that pick slide technique directly from this. I’ve never done anything remotely as cool with it, but I throw it in with sweeps and taps and it’s actually pretty easy but sounds awesome (as opposed to everything else he does here that is typical Michael Romeo insane difficulty, ie 6:20 those tapping arpeggios he does are incredibly hard to learn, I still cannot do them properly to this day).
Michael is sooooooo in time. Awesome.
dude i cannot WAIT for their next album!
It's nice to hear a shredder (other than PG) who can play cleanly, in time, and with good dynamic control when playing slow. It seems to be pretty rare.
Michael Romeo, ladies and gentlemen...
The one and only!!!
Michael The Best Romeo
Don't forget that he came up with the idea.
He's not a man of many words but DAMN, can he PLAY! :)
+RolanTHUNDER yeah, but to be fair the questions weren't that great :)
Meteorotaki Oh yeah man I agree lol. Wish I could have interviewed him instead - would have certainly asked more meaningful questions :)
This is fckn why he's a legend unfcknbelievable
Most underated guitarist out there!!!!!!!!!
He is one serious dude wow !!!!
100% truth. Someone who really practices can sound better on a lower priced guitar than someone with a super expensive guitar who don't practice. Don't fall into that trap of "I gotta have this or that guitar to sound good or like whoever your favorite player is. They sound like themselves no matter what guitar they play.
Thanks for your help my friend. That info came in real handy.
The coolest thing about him is that he does so much tapping without a string dampener!
You tell me if I am sane or what. I think I'll already know your answer so there's no need in my debating you. I am a fan of them both as well as Marcel Coenen mostly.
"Is this slow enough? it's hard to do it slow, because as a guitar god, everytime that one of my fingers moves 400 notes are played..."
Fantastic, original guitarist that paid attention to his technical and *musical* development.
How can he be so humble and nice damn
wtf how come his playing is so effortless??? just like thaaat.. like nothing.. easy as fck.. huge respect for this guy..
His chromatic licks are amazing...I have seen SX 3 times.....Damn they kick ass!!
He is so freaking talented!
he makes it looks so effortless, it looks like he's not even trying!!
that must have been the paradise lost tour in '08, so this video was shot in the warm up session during their opening band is playing
Michael Romeo and Mattias IA Eklundh are my favourite guitarists/musicians atm, listen to The Dark Chapter and Freak Guitar
Yes i agree with what a lot of what these comments are saying. Both DT and SX are amazing bands and even though both are prog, they each have there own stlyes. What I am saying is, both are amazing and should be liked by all prog and none prog alike.
I totally agre that he is an amazing guitarist/songwriter/composer. I am just dying to hear him do a slow beautiful solo. I know he is capable, but seems to be in constant shred mode. That's all I was implying. Nothing wrong with his style. It's just that I have heard hundreds of guitarists shred and do all of this. Thanks for hearing me out and I am still a fan of Romeo's and yours.
Hi Ducky of the future. Have you heard Iconoclast and Underworld albums? They are my favourites as that's where I found SmyX and I'm not crazy about the older malmsteen style stuff. Maybe you had to be there? The 2 latest albums are crushing metal!
awasome & superclean picking trickscale ever, i love it, romeo is one of the best guitarhero ever, ROMEO,NEVER LOOK BACK.....
Esse Michael Romeo é o terror na guitarra 😥🎸🎶
I've seen plenty of shredders and of course there's always a faster player but this guy is the guitar tapping king!!!
they've got nothing better to do- that's why they get so awesome.
this guy has the best looking right hand technique ive ever seen
I like that he is just coming up with stuff.
Sadly the news crew were warped into a wormhole and are now living in the 16th century, ranting about the crazy guitar wizard to those who walk the streets/
dude i laughed so hard at this
His left hand has always amazed me...
Still amazed
I love the trick with pick, like a slide...Romeo is a great guitar player. He got influences from Malmsteen, but in his way, very personal.
Os melhores guitarristas da atualidade, eh, Michael Romeo, John Petrucci, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, entre outros, simplesmente, os reis!
him, petrucci, and gilbert for G3 2009