I remember sitting in front of a cassette player, trying to learn Sultans of Swing, in the 80s. It took me a solid 6 months, at the time. Sometimes you just have to be extremely stubborn and NEVER doubt that you'll get there. However, the available technology and videos these days make it sooooo much easier to learn riffs. At 58 years old, I'm relearning all those great oldies. The right way this time. 😊😊😊
Around the same time, I had all the early Status Quo albums on tape. They were ideal for someone learning guitar, and with much pausing and rewinding, I eventually worked out both the chords and the solos (Fine Fine Fine was a particularly satisfying one to play). I also had Dire Straits' first album. It took me ages to get the fast repeated four-note parts in Sultans, until I realised it was done by splitting the workload between the hands. Incidentally, I still have that 40+ year old tape, and despite its age the sound quality is better than that of RUclips videos (i.e., when listening to the same tracks).
After all these years I still listen to Yngwie on a daily basis. He doesn't have the technique that he used to, but he's still a guitar legend forever. Monster player.
Yngwie Malmsteen is a TRUE LEGEND! No one can deny his exceptional talent, his huge impact in the music industry. The fact that he is going super strong in 2024 is something to be celebrated. He just put out a MXR with Dunlop and it sold out in Guitar Center and Sweetwater less then 24 hours after it's release! Last album he released hit the billboard charts at #80 His selling out shows all across the world! I am a proud fan and a proud Yngwie Malmsteen signature Fender model owner.
Live in Leningrad is legendary. No lie I've listened to it hundreds of times over the years. I'll keep listening to it until I croak. All hail The Maestro
@@JoseFuentes-fn3dl dont listen to the cheering too close. A lot of it is just canned cheering lol... he does that a lot and its annoying once you notice the same WOOOOoooos over and over
Luckily I've seen Yngwie a few times. The last time ( it's been quite awhile) at a G3 tour he went into some blues and played some JiMi. Boy was I floored, it was so beautifully done and articulate with soul dripping everywhere.
What's amazing about YJM is there are people who can play as fast as he does, with the same signature guitar, with the same sound and all the technique in the world BUT... They never really sound like him. I've never heard anyone pull off the opening scales of Trilogy the way Yngwie does. He has a truly unique sense of timing and grouping of notes. A true legend...
My father in law worked as a recordi g and sou d engineer at Decca records in London in the 60s and 70s. He maintains that the session musicians were the unsung heros of the music industry and that the best musicians he ever met were often people we have never heard of.
@@RobChappers mate can you take a look at a kiwi band called Devilskin? I think you would like them, their lead guitarist might be a good one to do a signature guitar with...
Amazing story. I think I might know the Spacebo Blues lick you're referring to and man, no one talks about Yngwie's ability to play just about any genre with such finesse and feel! I remember buying the vhs of that show and just being blown away. I had seen him live back when he opened for Iron Maiden (yes, I'm too old), and that was great - but the Leningrad show was just sensational.
You're right about Yngwie's hands. I shook his hand after his gig in London in late 1996, just as he was about to get into his limo with his wife, and my hands are large but nothing compared to his! Very friendly guy with a great sense of humour.
This is a great inspirational story, a lesson which could be applied to more situations. I’ve felt that “what am I doing here? Should I quit?” too. Glad I didn’t either.
Used to play in a band during my university years (the internet was still in its infancy for tabs or video tutorials), back then I would buy about a half a dozen of spare machines for the Akai AJ-500FS boombox because I would have to rewind a number of dozen times just to get the solo right of a single song (I always have a number dubbed cassettes of the original cassettes, never use the original for practicing), I even did a mod to my AKAI by routing the power that goes to the motor driving the machine through a potentiometer, that way I can slow down a solo just to get a feel of the notes in a solo (even though the notes are transposed down), then play it real time on my strat to real notes. . . Present day musicians don't know how much we struggle back in the days. . .but those are the golden days. .
Awesome and entertaining story mate👌, been a big Yngwie fan for years, he's such an excellent songwriter add to that incredible technique and a very cool guy, apart from the NeoClassical style, He can play the killer Blues too.🔥 I've learned something from your story about persistance, courage and I admire the "Just do it" attitude. Also, what you shared about his technique really helped in order to pull those licks. (the "minimal movement" thing). Thanks for this cool story, Cheers!🤘
Very much enjoyed this Rob. You my friend are an incredible artist and inspiration not only to myself but to thousands of others to whom owe you gratitude. You should seriously consider getting Dorje together for an album. Thanks Chappers
Unfortunately, Rabea doesn’t want to do any more Dorje, so I’ve taken all of the tracks I wrote (for the album we never released) and I am releasing it as Rob Chapman with my band.
Greetings former sensai, I can't believe it's been 20 years since I took lessons from you man, crazy. I still have your Hooker DVD, a bunch of Hooker stickers and a whole bunch of stuff from that period you mentioned at the start. You're looking well :) sending good vibes from TrowVegas P.S. that is one badass looking Speak n Spell machine next to yoyur laptop! Holy smokes it looks the dogs donuts!
Wow I can’t believe you still have those stickers that’s amazing, sometimes I do miss my teaching days such a simple lifestyle and of course I got to meet some incredible people, please say hi to Trowbridge for me - and in particular the charcoal grill
@@RobChappers Oh man, I am still a fairly regular customer to the Charcoal Grill... and yes, it's still amazing. Shame there's no more White Swan, PeeWee's, Route 66 or Psychic Pig. Man, those were the days! I still have some of your guitar teaching courses, ear training and the like, so in some ways I can still have some lessons. Good times. You were only just starting to head over to Anderton's at that time and look how well that turned out. All that hard work has paid off! Peace out!
I'm a huge Yngwie Malmsteen fan and I love that you mentioned Spacebo Blues. That track is killer and so hard to replicate because it's mostly just him improvising.
In the 90’s my friend did the sound for Yngwie. Got to hang out with him and the band and whole entourage all day & all night. He was calm and nice person. He was headed to Japan for a tour the next day.
I used to record music videos off of TV and try to figure out the songs by doing the play/stop/rewind method too. One in particular was for Under the Bridge where you can see his hand positions in a few parts of the video. Fast forward today and I realized you can use YT and slow the speed of the videos down in the settings. Such a game changer! Needless to say I can feel your pain Rob!
Love this kind of story, thank you. I gather the "session musician" world has changed radically nowadays, and it's mostly about playing live. My son's trying to forge a career as a drummer, and it's a tough world. No budgets for musicians, or 99% programmed. Keep 'em coming!
There is a lot of live work for musicians, rates obviously very dramatically from country to country, most of my friend group here in Malta, including my wife are full-time session or have residences so please tell your son to keep at it!
@@RobChappers Oh he is, bless 'im. He's in a Wedding/Function band that keeps him fairly busy in the summer, has a regular panto gig, and some dep work. Was in a touring circus show but that's on hold sadly. Did a cruise a couple of years ago. Slow progress.
Great video! Yngwie is one of those people that either you like him, or you don't. I was always impressed by his skill, technique, and music. Can I play like him? No way - but it gives me something to strive for. Also, always good album art lol.
Yngwie is hands down the best picker as for one pick with out hybrid techniques. Its the slight rolling of the index finger and the thumb. If you dont feel it in the drumstick of your thumb, your doin it wrong.
I can't count the times I ran up on lick I couldn't execute, I would try and try and try- and feel like I was making zero progress. Then 2-3 weeks later I'd be playing it right somehow. Took me a while to learn that no matter how difficult it is, you can train your fingers to do it if you just keep trying. It's always odd to me though how it never feels like you're making progress- it happens so slowly- you just notice one day that you're finally doing it right. Usually by then though you've set your aim at something even more difficult so- you always feel like you're dragging behind, trying to catch up.
That’s a crazy story! Talk about going from zero to a trillion for your first session LOL. As a lifelong Yngwie fan who also got to meet and had a pleasant experience with him, congrats on a job well done!
People lose sight of what YJM was really about. His music. Breaking new ground and being an innovator in music on guitar not just being a shredding guitarist like Eddie or Randy or Ritchie. The scalloped frets. The violin players and classical influences. His original music that was totally unique and very narrowly focused on what he had invented. He's about those massive scale runs and diminished arps and his feel but most of all its the notes he chooses and his compositions.
I had a meet and greet with Yngwie and he was a total gentleman, funny, and awesome to hang out with. People that diss and talk trash about Yngwie hate him because he’s already accomplished and done what they hoped they could do themselves on the guitar but can’t.
Nonsense. Imagine if half the time someone is a jerk and half the time a gentleman, and your only experience was the time where he was a gentleman and you tell others about your experience like it was the only way this person ever behaved. Please... save it. Why bother defending people you barely know and who don't truly care about you? Defend your friends and family and let celebrities defend themselves by their own actions. Unleash the fookin' fury...
You took me back for a moment with Shaun Baxter & the institute, there were some great teachers there, Rob Burns, Lee Hodgson, Ian Scott, Max M and the legend Barry to name a few, good days, certainly have some funny stories from there.
@@michaelgarcia2050 I see both sides. Many of them can thank Yngwie for whatever career they have. Few had greater success after, which means that even with the exposure they got, working for him, they lacked whatever it takes to make it bigger. However that might be, they ALL knew what they signed up for. He makes all decisions, you get paid. Especially some singers thought they were the star. I have read in an interview with one of them that Y was not the problem. The management was. A bit of Yoko Ono going on, I believe.
Great story! I guess that’s the kind of job that only ever looks good to a twenty something full of naive enthusiasm! - sounds like you would have had some very long and frustrating days/nights during that week with the VCR! I would love to learn a little Yngwe Malmsteen. Back in the 80s I was all about blues based players, plus a little Satch and Vai, but the neo-Classical style didnt do it for me. I’ve warmed to Yngwe’s playing since then. Can you recommend a classic Yngwe track that has all of his trademark techniques and might be available on tab?
Yep, although it nearly broke me, the benefits to my education completely outweighed the suffering. I went through - absolutely go learn the track Perpetual.
Yngwies material is extremely difficult even for seasoned and experienced guitar players. So for beginners to intermediates? Absolute mission impossible.
Funny . Great info. I'm retired now at 63, and do remember the VHS days. I tried copying Cinderella and it was impossible using visuals. I ended up just using my ear which is good from the days of record players and stopping and starting. I also used to be a data ase software developer and I learned the hard way to ask so many questions of the people asking for a database because they usually just knew they needed an automated solution, but many times they didn't even know what caused their problems, but that they had problems, and I had to educate myself on their business and record everything with an audio recorder.. Not only set your price, but set the conditions, the price, the hardware and software, the time, and the price and put it all in an enforceable contract with a lawyer if you want to be complete!!! ❤
Watched an interview with Rick Beato interviewing Yngwie snd when it was over they shook hands. It was like somebody wearing boxing gloves shaking a baby's hand. Rick's hand disappeared into the mass of Yngwie's hand 😂
I shook his hands one time in his rv. This was before he did the fist bump thing which caught me by surprise around '10. But yeah his hands are big. Just slightly larger then mine and I have big hands. I told Yngwie my hands were exactly the same size as J.S. Bach's. I got the demensions from a historical society. Its freaky really. And I play piano. He said now he knows what its like to shake Bach's hand. 😅
I saw Yngwie in person at the Randy Rhoads Rockwalk ceremony back in 2004 and that was the first time live not playing ofcourse just standing there giving his support. I couldn't believe how big he was. Paul Gilbert i have seen many times live at small places, another pretty tall lanky dude. So traying to say I noticed that they both have monster hands cause they are 6 ft +. Same with Vai.. big long hands. I think for some licks it helped with dexterity, monster stretches and made it easier for them to get to supersonic speed on sweeps and arpeggios easier. I think guys like Randy and Ed smaller framed could achieve it if they would have been around then to focus more on it or in Eds case had his own technique and didn't need to but more of their day it wasn't as extremely focused as time went by with the evolution of guitar technique. So smaller hands can do it but it's a plus and easier to have those bigger hands.
Malmsteen was a game changer in the 80s, for sure! But many guitarists have much more technique than Malmsteen: Jason Becker, Paul Gilbert, Michael Romeo, Greg Howe (early material) and many others within the more neoclassical style. Not only in terms of technique but also in terms of composition, harmony, melody, guitar sound and also humility. Don't get me wrong, Malmsteen is one of my favorite guitarists, but I have to be honest here.
I finally built my ultimate scalloped neck YJM tribute strat. It's shell pink with Quartersawn Maple neck and ebony fingerboard. I can't for the life of me figure out which pickups to put in it so I finally succumbed and put in the SD JBjr and it's perfect. I have vintage Alnico 5 strat pickups that are fairly overwound about 7.2k in the neck and middle. I installed the Vega tremolo and a brass nut. It's amazing!! Now I need to learn to play. 😟
@@RobChappers it is so awesome. Having this guitar remotivates me after playing 40 years plus. I'm not in a rut or anything I just discovered that feeling under my fingers and it makes me want to play more and improve. It's a magical thing.
I did that with a Squier, scallop and all, I used the old DiMarzio YJM pickups, I really like them. And I can get a nice single coil tone without all the noise. I would scallop all my guitars, I love it but it feels wrong to scallop a Les Paul and might look weird with binding but my Tele will definetly get it.
Several parts of this Live have a video and an audio that do not match (see Dreaming last solo) so surely not an easy thing if you want to use the video to understand what he did
Fascinating story. Tape is of course in itself a cumbersome technology compared to digitized media. That said, they could at least provided you with professional VHS-player aimed at videoediting - jog/shuttle wheel and precise operation. Play/pause on a consumer VHS-player? Hilarious 🤣. Delivering on this assignment, straight out of a nightmare, should be the first post on your CV. 😊
What you are saying about Yngwies technique is not entirely true. He always economy pick when ascending runs and when descending it is a mixture og alternate picking and pulloffs. The key element to his technique is he is always escaping on the upstroke so when needed he is using the pulloff to get to the next string. Tom shreds and especially Chris Brooks have a lot of teaching materiale on this.
It occurs to me that if Yngwie's giant hands are the key to his speed, then a small guitar (e.g., a Squier mini) might be ideal for would-be shredders with normal sized hands. No? Thought not!
Why is it that i never see anyone speaking of left"fret" hand struggles with speed achievements? My strength is my right hand and pick techniques,my weakness is my undersized left hand particularly my undersized pinky that is only capable of "so much" of a workload. Of course i speaking of "next level" speed...shred zone
Very interesting story but I´m pretty sure that figure of about 80% of the transcription was right was a bit over the top. The mix of devilish speed and reverb surely made you lose track of more than half of the right notes between the beginning and the end of most phrases. Even today and slowing down the audio it becomes such a blur of noises and echoes that nobody knows what Yngwie was doing exactly.
I remember sitting in front of a cassette player, trying to learn Sultans of Swing, in the 80s. It took me a solid 6 months, at the time. Sometimes you just have to be extremely stubborn and NEVER doubt that you'll get there.
However, the available technology and videos these days make it sooooo much easier to learn riffs.
At 58 years old, I'm relearning all those great oldies. The right way this time.
😊😊😊
Yeah not pretty much sums up that session, just hours in front of a VHS cassette trying to hear that one elusive note within an improvised run
I used to learn from a 33 vinyl, lifting the needle every fime i had to go back lol...😊
Around the same time, I had all the early Status Quo albums on tape. They were ideal for someone learning guitar, and with much pausing and rewinding, I eventually worked out both the chords and the solos (Fine Fine Fine was a particularly satisfying one to play). I also had Dire Straits' first album. It took me ages to get the fast repeated four-note parts in Sultans, until I realised it was done by splitting the workload between the hands. Incidentally, I still have that 40+ year old tape, and despite its age the sound quality is better than that of RUclips videos (i.e., when listening to the same tracks).
I love these storytelling/"here's what I've learned" type videos. They're really valuable!
Glad you like them! Lots more to come
After all these years I still listen to Yngwie on a daily basis. He doesn't have the technique that he used to, but he's still a guitar legend forever. Monster player.
Yngwie Malmsteen is a TRUE LEGEND! No one can deny his exceptional talent, his huge impact in the music industry. The fact that he is going super strong in 2024 is something to be celebrated. He just put out a MXR with Dunlop and it sold out in Guitar Center and Sweetwater less then 24 hours after it's release! Last album he released hit the billboard charts at #80 His selling out shows all across the world! I am a proud fan and a proud Yngwie Malmsteen signature Fender model owner.
Yeah but does he like donuts?
@@UziMusic He probably does, but probably doesn't eat them the same way, or in the same number you do, ya know, with "meat" in the hole...
ten lousy lps inna row, but still going strong !
@@michaelcarey9359
what? LOL
@@JackRocko You can troll all you want, his last album hit the Billboard charts at 80 so yeah he is going super strong.
Live in Leningrad is legendary. No lie I've listened to it hundreds of times over the years. I'll keep listening to it until I croak. All hail The Maestro
There were 22 shows in total. That was recorded the last show which was bold.
@@JoseFuentes-fn3dl its all overdubbed anyways which kinda sucks, but still good versions of the songs
@badaudio9685 ahh it's overdubbed. I wonder how they made it sound live?
@@JoseFuentes-fn3dl dont listen to the cheering too close. A lot of it is just canned cheering lol... he does that a lot and its annoying once you notice the same WOOOOoooos over and over
Luckily I've seen Yngwie a few times. The last time ( it's been quite awhile) at a G3 tour he went into some blues and played some JiMi. Boy was I floored, it was so beautifully done and articulate with soul dripping everywhere.
He's got one of the best vibratos in the business!
What's amazing about YJM is there are people who can play as fast as he does, with the same signature guitar, with the same sound and all the technique in the world BUT... They never really sound like him. I've never heard anyone pull off the opening scales of Trilogy the way Yngwie does. He has a truly unique sense of timing and grouping of notes. A true legend...
And a beautiful vibrato. He shreds with a lot of feel, which jelly beans deny but he does. His melodies are memorable.
My father in law worked as a recordi g and sou d engineer at Decca records in London in the 60s and 70s. He maintains that the session musicians were the unsung heros of the music industry and that the best musicians he ever met were often people we have never heard of.
There are definitely a few musical superheroes out there
@@RobChappers mate can you take a look at a kiwi band called Devilskin? I think you would like them, their lead guitarist might be a good one to do a signature guitar with...
@@shanekeat7473I’ll take a look
Amazing story. I think I might know the Spacebo Blues lick you're referring to and man, no one talks about Yngwie's ability to play just about any genre with such finesse and feel! I remember buying the vhs of that show and just being blown away. I had seen him live back when he opened for Iron Maiden (yes, I'm too old), and that was great - but the Leningrad show was just sensational.
I saw him open for AC/DC 1985 🤘🏼
Steve Vai loved transcribing Yngwie because he's so accurate it is easy to "fill in the blanks" when he's ahead of you.
You're right about Yngwie's hands. I shook his hand after his gig in London in late 1996, just as he was about to get into his limo with his wife, and my hands are large but nothing compared to his! Very friendly guy with a great sense of humour.
Yngwie is 6 foot 3
@@Mark-jw7to I'm 6ft 2, or rather I was at the time. Shrunk an inch due to getting older.
watched this with a big smile - thanks for sharing your YJM story Rob. Lots of insight for the budding pro musician here.
Really glad you enjoyed this bro, lots more where this came from :-)
This is a great inspirational story, a lesson which could be applied to more situations.
I’ve felt that “what am I doing here? Should I quit?” too. Glad I didn’t either.
Those pot plants balanced on top of your couch is giving me anxiety
Really awesome video!!! Thanks for sharing. You should do more of these!
Thanks dude, lots more on the way
Used to play in a band during my university years (the internet was still in its infancy for tabs or video tutorials), back then I would buy about a half a dozen of spare machines for the Akai AJ-500FS boombox because I would have to rewind a number of dozen times just to get the solo right of a single song (I always have a number dubbed cassettes of the original cassettes, never use the original for practicing), I even did a mod to my AKAI by routing the power that goes to the motor driving the machine through a potentiometer, that way I can slow down a solo just to get a feel of the notes in a solo (even though the notes are transposed down), then play it real time on my strat to real notes. . . Present day musicians don't know how much we struggle back in the days. . .but those are the golden days. .
Awesome and entertaining story mate👌, been a big Yngwie fan for years, he's such an excellent songwriter add to that incredible technique and a very cool guy, apart from the NeoClassical style, He can play the killer Blues too.🔥 I've learned something from your story about persistance, courage and I admire the "Just do it" attitude. Also, what you shared about his technique really helped in order to pull those licks. (the "minimal movement" thing). Thanks for this cool story, Cheers!🤘
Thank you for the great story Rob! You are such a cool dude for the guitar community ❤
Thank you so much, my friend, I really appreciate that :-)
Very much enjoyed this Rob. You my friend are an incredible artist and inspiration not only to myself but to thousands of others to whom owe you gratitude. You should seriously consider getting Dorje together for an album. Thanks Chappers
Unfortunately, Rabea doesn’t want to do any more Dorje, so I’ve taken all of the tracks I wrote (for the album we never released) and I am releasing it as Rob Chapman with my band.
Thumbnail: My First Session was Yngwie
Video: I made 3 tabs for someone that wasn't Yngwie on a DVD Yngwie had nothing to do with.
If that makes you feel better!
@@RobChappers it makes me feel correct.
Greetings former sensai, I can't believe it's been 20 years since I took lessons from you man, crazy. I still have your Hooker DVD, a bunch of Hooker stickers and a whole bunch of stuff from that period you mentioned at the start. You're looking well :) sending good vibes from TrowVegas P.S. that is one badass looking Speak n Spell machine next to yoyur laptop! Holy smokes it looks the dogs donuts!
Wow I can’t believe you still have those stickers that’s amazing, sometimes I do miss my teaching days such a simple lifestyle and of course I got to meet some incredible people, please say hi to Trowbridge for me - and in particular the charcoal grill
@@RobChappers Oh man, I am still a fairly regular customer to the Charcoal Grill... and yes, it's still amazing. Shame there's no more White Swan, PeeWee's, Route 66 or Psychic Pig. Man, those were the days! I still have some of your guitar teaching courses, ear training and the like, so in some ways I can still have some lessons. Good times. You were only just starting to head over to Anderton's at that time and look how well that turned out. All that hard work has paid off! Peace out!
I'm a huge Yngwie Malmsteen fan and I love that you mentioned Spacebo Blues. That track is killer and so hard to replicate because it's mostly just him improvising.
"Blue" is fantastic too.
In the 90’s my friend did the sound for Yngwie. Got to hang out with him and the band and whole entourage all day & all night.
He was calm and nice person.
He was headed to Japan for a tour the next day.
Nice story. Good advice . Ynwie seems like a good guy.
🇨🇦
Nice to see you making content again youre amazing!
Great story Rob, thanks. Looking forward to more. Unfortunately I lent my Live In Leningrad to a mate who worked at a bar and I never got it back!
Great Yngwie story, Rob, thanks!
That was a great story! Thanks for sharing
I used to record music videos off of TV and try to figure out the songs by doing the play/stop/rewind method too. One in particular was for Under the Bridge where you can see his hand positions in a few parts of the video. Fast forward today and I realized you can use YT and slow the speed of the videos down in the settings. Such a game changer! Needless to say I can feel your pain Rob!
Dude!!! Same and also with a live video of Under the Bridge!!
@@RobChappers Hahaha good times Rob!
Yngwie forever one again and ❤ again ❤
Thank you for going straight to the point and avoiding the self indulgent intro 99% of youtubers do
Love this kind of story, thank you. I gather the "session musician" world has changed radically nowadays, and it's mostly about playing live. My son's trying to forge a career as a drummer, and it's a tough world. No budgets for musicians, or 99% programmed. Keep 'em coming!
There is a lot of live work for musicians, rates obviously very dramatically from country to country, most of my friend group here in Malta, including my wife are full-time session or have residences so please tell your son to keep at it!
@@RobChappers Oh he is, bless 'im. He's in a Wedding/Function band that keeps him fairly busy in the summer, has a regular panto gig, and some dep work. Was in a touring circus show but that's on hold sadly. Did a cruise a couple of years ago. Slow progress.
i love this video format, thanks rob
That’s a lovely video Rob. Thanks.
Great video! Yngwie is one of those people that either you like him, or you don't. I was always impressed by his skill, technique, and music. Can I play like him? No way - but it gives me something to strive for. Also, always good album art lol.
Those sterling ribbon mics are awesome. They sound so great I kinda hate changing anything about the raw signal.
That was a great story- thanks 🙏
SUCH a COOL story Rob. Thank you for sharing!
Amazing story, thanks for sharing, Rob!
Yngwie is hands down the best picker as for one pick with out hybrid techniques. Its the slight rolling of the index finger and the thumb. If you dont feel it in the drumstick of your thumb, your doin it wrong.
That wah wah clavinet makes it really funky. Nice groovy playing !
What a badass experience bro!
I can't count the times I ran up on lick I couldn't execute, I would try and try and try- and feel like I was making zero progress. Then 2-3 weeks later I'd be playing it right somehow. Took me a while to learn that no matter how difficult it is, you can train your fingers to do it if you just keep trying. It's always odd to me though how it never feels like you're making progress- it happens so slowly- you just notice one day that you're finally doing it right. Usually by then though you've set your aim at something even more difficult so- you always feel like you're dragging behind, trying to catch up.
More videos of these kind of stories would be great! Really interesting to watch
I found this really interesting mate 👍😎
Man rob can you do a rundown of that amp your playing sounds fierce
Hey bro, I’m playing the NUX Trident
Great story. I can’t believe Rob has been sitting on it all this time.
Fascinating, thanks for sharing 🎸
That’s a crazy story! Talk about going from zero to a trillion for your first session LOL. As a lifelong Yngwie fan who also got to meet and had a pleasant experience with him, congrats on a job well done!
Love those reverse headstocks!
I completely destroyed a "Play like Van Halen" VHS tape and the VCR trying to learn that tape for half a year.
People lose sight of what YJM was really about. His music. Breaking new ground and being an innovator in music on guitar not just being a shredding guitarist like Eddie or Randy or Ritchie. The scalloped frets. The violin players and classical influences. His original music that was totally unique and very narrowly focused on what he had invented. He's about those massive scale runs and diminished arps and his feel but most of all its the notes he chooses and his compositions.
I still have the dvd version of the concert. Great story cheers 🎉
Thanks dude 🙏
Yngwie who? Yngwie fucking Malmsteen, that’s who!
I had a meet and greet with Yngwie and he was a total gentleman, funny, and awesome to hang out with. People that diss and talk trash about Yngwie hate him because he’s already accomplished and done what they hoped they could do themselves on the guitar but can’t.
Did you offer him a donut
Lovely comment
Respect!
But he don't eat no donuts!
Yeah, he stays in great shape. Still jumping around and kicking picks, he looks very cool on stage. 🤘🏻🇺🇸🎸
Nonsense. Imagine if half the time someone is a jerk and half the time a gentleman, and your only experience was the time where he was a gentleman and you tell others about your experience like it was the only way this person ever behaved.
Please... save it. Why bother defending people you barely know and who don't truly care about you? Defend your friends and family and let celebrities defend themselves by their own actions.
Unleash the fookin' fury...
You took me back for a moment with Shaun Baxter & the institute, there were some great teachers there, Rob Burns, Lee Hodgson, Ian Scott, Max M and the legend Barry to name a few, good days, certainly have some funny stories from there.
Speaking of Emi, I
co-founded a group called Horsepower produced by Chas Chandler that was signed to Emi England.
Ranking guitarist Yngwie occupies a place that isn't on the list of mortal guitarists...
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Awesome. 👏
Met Yngwie a few times. Always a gracious guy. Don’t believe the press
I've heard many accounts from fans themselves that he's a total dick.
Well, his working relationships were well-known to be turbulent...
@@michaelgarcia2050 I see both sides. Many of them can thank Yngwie for whatever career they have. Few had greater success after, which means that even with the exposure they got, working for him, they lacked whatever it takes to make it bigger.
However that might be, they ALL knew what they signed up for. He makes all decisions, you get paid. Especially some singers thought they were the star.
I have read in an interview with one of them that Y was not the problem. The management was. A bit of Yoko Ono going on, I believe.
They cannot look at his ✝️
Good story, thank you
Awesome
So, they were making playing Yngwie accessible to the masses...sounds easy enough
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Great story! I guess that’s the kind of job that only ever looks good to a twenty something full of naive enthusiasm! - sounds like you would have had some very long and frustrating days/nights during that week with the VCR!
I would love to learn a little Yngwe Malmsteen. Back in the 80s I was all about blues based players, plus a little Satch and Vai, but the neo-Classical style didnt do it for me. I’ve warmed to Yngwe’s playing since then.
Can you recommend a classic Yngwe track that has all of his trademark techniques and might be available on tab?
Yep, although it nearly broke me, the benefits to my education completely outweighed the suffering. I went through - absolutely go learn the track Perpetual.
this is timely as I'm attempting to take the next step in my career.
Good luck bro
@@RobChappers Thank you.
Yngwies material is extremely difficult even for seasoned and experienced guitar players. So for beginners to intermediates? Absolute mission impossible.
I wouldn't say it's "extremely difficult" to an experienced player though.
@@dm8579 riiiight. I noticed your channel doesn’t have any videos of you playing Yngwie’s material? Why is that?
@@AudioNaut93Well I don't have any videos of my own material either so why would I post videos of myself playing his material?
Great story. Really enjoy your videos. Ps. I visited Bradford on Avon on Sunday. Lovely little town.
Awesome video!
And to think that issue could've easily been solved with a box of donuts....
Great story and right-hand reveal!
I need to start gigging again
Funny . Great info.
I'm retired now at 63, and do remember the VHS days. I tried copying Cinderella and it was impossible using visuals. I ended up just using my ear which is good from the days of record players and stopping and starting.
I also used to be a data ase software developer and I learned the hard way to ask so many questions of the people asking for a database because they usually just knew they needed an automated solution, but many times they didn't even know what caused their problems, but that they had problems, and I had to educate myself on their business and record everything with an audio recorder.. Not only set your price, but set the conditions, the price, the hardware and software, the time, and the price and put it all in an enforceable contract with a lawyer if you want to be complete!!! ❤
I remember VHS pause delay. 53 years young. Nice guitar.
Watched an interview with Rick Beato interviewing Yngwie snd when it was over they shook hands. It was like somebody wearing boxing gloves shaking a baby's hand. Rick's hand disappeared into the mass of Yngwie's hand 😂
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Cool story, Rob.
beautiful memories
Cool story, amazing you pulled it off must have been frustrating AF at times LoL
Yeah, Mum, it definitely almost broke me, but it was worth the journey
I shook his hands one time in his rv. This was before he did the fist bump thing which caught me by surprise around '10. But yeah his hands are big. Just slightly larger then mine and I have big hands. I told Yngwie my hands were exactly the same size as J.S. Bach's. I got the demensions from a historical society. Its freaky really. And I play piano. He said now he knows what its like to shake Bach's hand. 😅
Maybe you fellas in the UK refer to it differently, but a transcription gig isn't the same as session work.
Yngwie is the Maestro!
I saw Yngwie in person at the Randy Rhoads Rockwalk ceremony back in 2004 and that was the first time live not playing ofcourse just standing there giving his support. I couldn't believe how big he was. Paul Gilbert i have seen many times live at small places, another pretty tall lanky dude. So traying to say I noticed that they both have monster hands cause they are 6 ft +. Same with Vai.. big long hands. I think for some licks it helped with dexterity, monster stretches and made it easier for them to get to supersonic speed on sweeps and arpeggios easier. I think guys like Randy and Ed smaller framed could achieve it if they would have been around then to focus more on it or in Eds case had his own technique and didn't need to but more of their day it wasn't as extremely focused as time went by with the evolution of guitar technique. So smaller hands can do it but it's a plus and easier to have those bigger hands.
16:22 people generally don’t realize he’s larger than he looks on video and photos
Malmsteen was a game changer in the 80s, for sure! But many guitarists have much more technique than Malmsteen: Jason Becker, Paul Gilbert, Michael Romeo, Greg Howe (early material) and many others within the more neoclassical style. Not only in terms of technique but also in terms of composition, harmony, melody, guitar sound and also humility. Don't get me wrong, Malmsteen is one of my favorite guitarists, but I have to be honest here.
lol What a stupid comment!
I finally built my ultimate scalloped neck YJM tribute strat. It's shell pink with Quartersawn Maple neck and ebony fingerboard. I can't for the life of me figure out which pickups to put in it so I finally succumbed and put in the SD JBjr and it's perfect. I have vintage Alnico 5 strat pickups that are fairly overwound about 7.2k in the neck and middle. I installed the Vega tremolo and a brass nut. It's amazing!! Now I need to learn to play. 😟
Sounds awesome bro!
@@RobChappers it is so awesome. Having this guitar remotivates me after playing 40 years plus. I'm not in a rut or anything I just discovered that feeling under my fingers and it makes me want to play more and improve. It's a magical thing.
I did that with a Squier, scallop and all, I used the old DiMarzio YJM pickups, I really like them. And I can get a nice single coil tone without all the noise. I would scallop all my guitars, I love it but it feels wrong to scallop a Les Paul and might look weird with binding but my Tele will definetly get it.
Several parts of this Live have a video and an audio that do not match (see Dreaming last solo) so surely not an easy thing if you want to use the video to understand what he did
I hate to be the one to tell you, but there is a TAB book by Watanabe of the whole Leningrad concert. They/you could have used that...
Great story man!
Yngwie wrote some really rockin tunes back in the day. I think the whole shredder thing overshadowed his song writing
Hold On is a great song.
Yeah, that annoying delay on everything is probably what I remember the most about VHS
great story 🤘
Ye the big issue is they tried to create instructional videos for new players thinking they could just look at some Tabs and then play Yngwie...
Fascinating story.
Tape is of course in itself a cumbersome technology compared to digitized media.
That said, they could at least provided you with professional VHS-player aimed at videoediting - jog/shuttle wheel and precise operation. Play/pause on a consumer VHS-player? Hilarious 🤣.
Delivering on this assignment, straight out of a nightmare, should be the first post on your CV. 😊
Rob, look at the ravendark V schecter... It's perfect
Listen to Borislav Mitic as he is what Yngwie should evolve into...
What you are saying about Yngwies technique is not entirely true. He always economy pick when ascending runs and when descending it is a mixture og alternate picking and pulloffs. The key element to his technique is he is always escaping on the upstroke so when needed he is using the pulloff to get to the next string. Tom shreds and especially Chris Brooks have a lot of teaching materiale on this.
It occurs to me that if Yngwie's giant hands are the key to his speed, then a small guitar (e.g., a Squier mini) might be ideal for would-be shredders with normal sized hands. No? Thought not!
Why is it that i never see anyone speaking of left"fret" hand struggles with speed achievements? My strength is my right hand and pick techniques,my weakness is my undersized left hand particularly my undersized pinky that is only capable of "so much" of a workload. Of course i speaking of "next level" speed...shred zone
You will do in a few days time when I upload my video all about speed
@@RobChappers thanks chappy
@@RobChappers Will you go over your hybrid picking technique?
Dude check out Michael Romeos hands tiny and he shreds
First session job was to do something for one of the craziest guitar shredders of all time.
Very interesting story but I´m pretty sure that figure of about 80% of the transcription was right was a bit over the top. The mix of devilish speed and reverb surely made you lose track of more than half of the right notes between the beginning and the end of most phrases. Even today and slowing down the audio it becomes such a blur of noises and echoes that nobody knows what Yngwie was doing exactly.
Yngwie is a great for sure 👍👍
Thumbs up!