British guitarist analyses Neil Zaza live in 2013 playing 'I'm Alright'!
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- Опубликовано: 25 авг 2024
- Tonight we're going back to 2013 to take a look at the melodic offerings of Neil Zaza!
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You must be the greatest music analyist that ever lived. I'm not a musician at all but your knowledge and experience is just amazing. I'm learning music appreciation through your videos. Thank you so much Phil.
Yes, it's true!
SHAWN WATSON Very well put!!! 👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks!
I have never heard of Neil Zaza either. Dude can rawk!...✌❤🤘
This is exactly why I like watching your channel. I see groups and artist I was not aware of and some of them are awesome.
Same here Mark... Fil always has something tasty !
+ He's already done 4 or 5 of my requests... 😉
& I haven't missed a night in over a year ! 😆🤘
you saved me typing what i was going to say .. 100% agree
Neil Zaza is a phenomenal guitarist, very impressive while being completely pleasing to listen to in a melodic sense. I agree with the Satriani comparison in that sense. The album this song is off of is called Sing and he named it that because he wanted to make an instrumental guitar album where the guitar was the voice. And that lends to his compositions so well. Highly recommend him if you are into this type of music at all. The album Sing is a masterpiece. Can’t go wrong in his catalogue but I personally recommend Peach as one of my favourite guitar instrumental albums. Dig in, you’ll love it 👍🤘🤘
Never heard of this guy, but yaaaah!!!...for all the reasons you so wonderfully detail and so eloquently stated. ZaZa is spot on...and there you have it!!!
😀👍🏽🎶🔥♥️🔥🎶
Fil, This is an excellent video and analysis Neil has amazing skills.
Omg Fil--this evaluation was so spot on, so heartfelt, so insightful and intuitive... Total immersion into that special state of mastery through Music, being one with the instrument ... Having experienced that firsthand, you nailed it. It is SO nice to hear someone elucidate so eloquently things I was feeling and knowing but could never have expressed with words in my early teens. And this particular video...! Wow! What a masterpiece! The melody is resplendent with joy and hope and happiness. It pulls you in! The backing musicians just disappear into the song, as they should, until they get the spotlight and shine on their own. I had never heard of this guitarist, but I will be watching now! I'm so thankful for the joy of being,the beneficiary of your passion for music. Thank you 💚👍☺🌹
Crank that sweet guitar Neil 😎🎸
Great video & analysis Fil...
Thank-you & keep rockin' mate 😆🤘
Love the guitar and playing ! HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!!! Thanks Fil!
Thank you for yet another wonderful analysis. Your detailed descriptions of content and technique, paired with analogies that clarify both, are truly edifying.
This man has amazing tone! Fil this dude is sick!! killer guitar tone!
I’m ashamed I’ve never heard of Neil Zaza. But I’m gonna find all I can on him now. Thanks Fil! Great analysis video. As always! ❤️🤘🏼
One of the most underrated and least known guitarists whose playing is quite melodic and is very technically skilled. Greg Howe is next who comes to my mind when i think about Zaza, they both are very good and deserve a far bigger audience.
He's like Joe satriani meets Gary Moore. His playing is so melodic it's almost painful. In a good way
I'm not familiar with him at all. Really enjoyed this! I love me some screaming guitar!
Plus, it's so nice to see someone smiling when playing. Y'know, like they're actually ENJOYING themselves!
Yesica1993
Good observation Yesica.
Haven't heard of this artist, but Eric Johnson came to mind with this adventure. I won't bore you with my praises since almost every comment says it better. You have built up a great channel, and you have gathered interesting people that willingly follow you where you lead us.
Thanks for letting us discover this great artist and for helping us understand what is behind the melody.
Lawrence Taylor My first thought was Satriani..then...sliiiding into Johnson territory..👍
So many people that have never heard of Neil. One of, if not the most underrated guitarists ever. If you ever have the opportunity to watch him in person, do it. Never heard of him until 5 years ago during an event at the Akron Civic. Wasn't even paying attention, didn't even know he was there on the stage and then he started playing "Go!". I started paying attention real quick! Have seen him twice since but I will never forget the first time; religious experience. One of few artists that sound better live than produced and recorded.
He is so musical- love those octave jumps!
New subscriber here and I am in love with your channel. Funny you said Joe Satriani because I was thinking the same thing. I love Joe and would love for you to do an analysis on Joe performing Cryin. My all time favorite but I have to say, I am loving your music as well. I love all the different eras and genres you cover and that you appreciate so many different styles and artists. Thank you for sharing you knowledge and helping us to look at our music from different viewpoints and perhaps have a better understanding. I can say I'm now an official Wings of Pegasus fan. :)
Thanks!
Lori Polnac… very nice comment. Fil "Wings of Pegasus" is one of the most knowledgeable person when it come to music that I have found on RUclips. Fil has original songs and covers on his channel to enjoy as well.
Yay!!...Another Lori to add to the mix Fil!!!...✌❤🤘😁
Oh yes! I have been clicking my little heart out! Lol! My problem is when I look to the right and see something, then get sidetracked by another and another and another... I think I'm obsessed. I may need and intervention! Lol!!!
What a shredder! Concise and smooth shredding! I like to watch him play. Have a Happy Thanksgiving Fil.
Great comment. I usually don't like shredders for shredding's sake, but he was so melodic, which I don't mind stealing from Fil.
Brilliant! Thank you, Fil, for introducing me to Neil Zaza. A new acquaintance to me, but now I need to hear more! This is the sort of music I want to listen to with headphones in a dark room without any distractions. Fantastic analysis on a instrumental piece, spot on!
Oh dear, here is yet another person I hadn't heard of but now need to look up other performances of. I really enjoyed his playing. Again, I found myself saying "yes!" out loud to the points you made about a composition without vocals. Also again, I busted out laughing near the end of your analysis - and I know you know why! 😂
Linda Z I had to listen to that several times.. 😂. I'm wanting to use that on my phone for something..😁
@@jennrat513 What a great idea!😂
From the song title I was halfway expecting Kenny Loggins and a dancing gopher.
Same here exactly. Jim and Kenny were great
First time hearing Neil Zaza. instrumentals are another form of music I like. will need to seek out more of Neil's works. great analysis and breakdown.
Learn a lot from your vids, thanks!
Holy electric guitar Batman! No vocalist required!
Sensational - I like a guitar that talks back to you. As someone who whistles at birds (feathered) - I appreciate what you're saying about getting a response.
I miss birds. We used to have clouds of birds in the sky when I was young in the 1960's, often tens of clouds that moved around. And you'd have to clean bird shit off of your clothes and car. Every morning I'd wake up to the music of the birds. Now we have one crow in our part of town. But there are no more insects nor worms in the soil, so they have nothing to eat.
@@lawrencetaylor4101 That's a shame. I've got plenty of birds in my town - crows, magpies, lorikeets, mynas, kookaburras, ibis - all doing their morning territorial calls. I wish I could send you some.
Thanks Fil. I love it when you do an analyses of someone I had not heard of before and love what I hear. On the flip side of things. Now I got to see about buy the CD on Amazon.
Have a great🦃 day and don't eat too much . Never heard of Neil , but he does rock. 🤘
I have to admit to never hearing o Neil Zaza before tonight. Thanks Fil, for the experience and the analysis.
I had never heard of him. I'm disappointed with myself😕 Thank you, Fil!🤘 He sounds like Vai/VanHalen/Satriani all together. Amazing.
12:19, it reminded me of the early times my family went to the symphony. We all loved music and performing arts but in very different ways. On this occasion one of my cousins that stayed with us was out of town and of the baritone range horn players stayed with us as part of a university exchange program. It was '71 or '72 so I was around 7yrs. For the honor/privilege of supporting the arts by helping traveler/musicians do their passions we received tickets.
As I sat with my mum, I was overwhelmed by the combination of the composers pen, the conductors training and the horn players interpretation that I began crying. I felt the composers feelings. He had a broken heart. Later in the piece he felt better and so did I.
Sorry bout the rant but what Phil said reminded me of that quite strongly m
Thanks for presenting a new (for me) artist to explore.
FIL, THANKS FOR THE VIDEO, AND YOUR GREAT COMMENTS, ON THIS SONG HERE, HE REMINDS ME OF THE WAY ERIC JOHNSON PLAYS GUITAR, A GREAT ONE, THANKS, COUSIN FIGEL
Great guitar player can't believe I have not heard of him until now thank you Fil!....
Listened to his version of the national anthem also, They did a great job.
I recently returned from a week in Taiwan. I am so fortunate to be Born In The USA. That anthem asks questions to me!
Do we remember those who have Fought and died for America. Do We care enough about our own Less fortunate citizens? Is America truly caring and loving enough to help make the world a better place? Or will we continue to live with our heads up our asses?
Hey Fil, love this selection. As a multi-instrumentalists I appreciate when you analyze an instrumental composition. (I do sing on occasion but hate my voice) Reminds me of some of Frank Zappa's runs in his phrasing. Many forget that Frank began composing classical pieces. ✌❤ ROCK!
Woo hooo Fil! A tune like the ones that brought me to your channel two years ago. Keep 'em coming! I'm still auditioning in Texas.
Melody is everything as in Malmsteen vs Eric Johnson. Excellent performance from NZ.
Yes! NZ reminded me of early Eric Johnson ...Cliffs of Dover-ish music. Neil is very talented in his own right.
@@poetsdreamsatc Exactly, that is the first artist that came to mind. I really enjoyed this.
Great song from an excellent musician. I see a lot of people saying they hadn’t heard of Neil Zaza before this. Please do yourselves the service of checking out his work. He’s great. One of my personal favourite guitarists Similar to Satch, he can make you groove, rock, think, sing, smile or cry with a handful of notes. Such an awesome player but he equals this talent in his composition and how he can attach that to your ear like a rock or pop song.
Another great one Fil. Keep up the Rock Gods work.
Had to edit this to what I thought I originally typed. Hate to offend anyone with my screw up in an attempt to make a first fast comment.
RDE Lutherie with all due respect Steven Brading said Rock Gods work. Not the Lord God. I think there’s a difference. I really don’t believe Mr Brading was trying to offend anyone. I didn’t interpret his comment that way. And you have to give Fil tons and tons of credit for educating us on these amazing artists that we’ve never heard of before. Please don’t take offense in Mr Bradings’ comment. Happy Thanksgiving sir/ma’am.
RDE Lutherie hey no worries. And btw I totally agree about the religion issue. Happy Harvest to you as well. Cheers. 🥂☺️
'Hook line and sinking in'....Fil, another one of your major/minor educational and fascinating reviews. I just love your appreciation of music. I let my music students know about you!
Thanks!
Fantastic got some Zaza, wow Zaza sure makes the PRS sing, thank you Fil, Jeff in LA USA
He used Carvin guitars then. He uses Kiesel guitars now (Carvin was renamed to Kiesel)
All lot going on with neil’s playing and it’s damn awesome! So melodic! The man has all the tools and uses them beautifully! Sheer brilliance! Excellent analysis Fil! Cheers Mario! 😎🤘🤘
Excellent as usual Fil!
I had laughing fit with your analogy to 'The Shredding Bird' " Coffee came out of my nose. Thanx for the larf.
Needs to be Rockin a Mullet. .
thanks Fil
I've never heard of Neil Zaza before, but what a pleasant surprise! Thanks for sharing Fil.
...Nice tone ...reminds me of Van Halen....
He sounds like the Great guitar player that played on Diamond Dave's solo records..sorry can't remember his name.
Another excellent video ! Thanks for this analysis!
OK, silly story but 100% true.
Some years ago I gave a nickname to a friend. His last name is Zali so I started calling him Zaza. At this point I had never heard of Neil.
So at some point I'm talking to my friend David from Cleveland (where Neil Zaza is based) and I tell him the story about my friend I nicknamed Zaza, and he tells me about this local Satch type player he knows named Neil Zaza.
So that is how I came to know about Neil Zaza.
I've been a Neil Zaza fan for many years, thank you Fil
Great guitar playing. Thank you Fil for the analyses 😊
New subscriber here from the U.S. I love listening to your critiques of so many different artists. Your analysis are damn near as beautiful as the performances you are breaking down. How you can come up with so much educated stuff to say about a video blows ne away. By the way, have you ever broke down a Wings of Pegasus tune? I think that would be pretty interesting. Thanks for doing what you're doing!
Haha thanks!
The 1976 Sunn Model T .. A wonderful beast .. I purchased it specifically for running a Synth through the amp as the amp did well with basses or guitars .. It was a general purpose amp .. It's voicing wasn't overly colored but it's presence knob could really change the flavor of the amp .. A truly overlooked amp for many years .. Many people shy'ed away from the amp because it was one of those amps that was just too loud when you put it in the sweet spot .. After you get the amp up to 6-8 the amp really opens up and becomes a beast .. With a Synth it makes the Synth not sound wimpy and thin .. It give such a great warmth to Synths that I have decided I will keep it ..
Shades of Eric Johnson, Cliffs of Dover was the first thing that came to mind. Joe Satriani and Steve Vie (you said as I was writing my comment 😁) as well as Gary Richrath, when he was with REO Speed Wagon, when they recorded Hi Infidelity in 1980. I’m hearing them all in this piece. Great track!
Alot of it reminds me of Eric Johnson. Thanks for introducing me to a new artist. Great analysis Fil! Always a pleasure.
Love Zaza, so much depth to his music!
Never heard of him but he can play.
Yes definitely Sach has influenced Neil in some way or the other. Great melody, great tone, let those humbuckers sing. Neil just takes off with his solo, wow, tasty man. Neil is a great melodic player. I never knew this guy until you shared this video. Thanks Fil. I will be watching more of Neil's work, he's crazy good...
I once purchased a 1956 Fender Twin "Class A" amp .. It belonged to the lead guitar player of Herman's Hermits .. The amp had been used by him since 1967 when it was given as a gift to him by Jimi Hendrix .. The amp was called bubbles as when you brought the volume up to 6-8 it would yield bubbly overdrive that I have never heard before .. I was told about the amp and that it was in a box because the twin cabinet was in pieces .. I carefully removed what was left of the tweed and found a logo on ebay that matched the logo on the 56 because the chrome of the logo had come off .. The amp was sold to me for $2k .. I worked on fixing the cabinet for about a year until I learned I could block, glue and screw the corners so it would no longer be rickety and buzz .. After I was sure about the cabinet I found some Pre Rola 25W Celestion Speaker but ended up removing them and putting in Jensen H-130 that are very similar to the D-120F's .. These speakers are a little low mid scooped but with that amp it didn't matter .. There was a gear fest in Oakland CA I used to go to and I played the amp at volumes that make the amp stand out .. A gentleman from across the hanger made a bee line to me and asked if he could plug his guitar into it .. He had a 1959 strat that was strangely slightly bigger than most strat's .. It sounded incredible as you might imagine .. He then offered me $15k for the amp .. I said no, this was signed by Jimi and he looked and said okay $20k .. I said no .. But I was close to saying yes .. He then said to me I will give you $25k cash right now for the amp .. He said the amp was to be a birthday present for his son but he wasn't sure he was going to give it to him yet after playing the amp .. I sold the amp I had just finished putting the tweed on .. It was immaculate .. I went to great trouble removing the old face-plate and replacing it with one with a mirror polish .. Looking from the back you could easily see the amp was very old but from the front or sides, you couldn't tell .. He took me to the bank and I was given $25k cash .. The look on his face told me he got the better deal .. Out of all the amps I have ever owned, that 56 Class A twin was my favorite of all time .. No other amp I have ever hears sounded better than the OD in that amp .. Bubbles .. Most amps have hair in the OD signal .. Some have short soft hair but nothing like bubbles .. Inside the cabinet underneath the Jimi signature was "bubbles" that was also written by Jimi .. I think Jimi had a soft spot for the amp .. I was told that Herman's Hermits early recordings were with bubbles .. My amp builder friend said that the band had played in clubs in Los Vegas for many years and they finally went home to Merry Old .. My friend made a number of attempts at getting in touch with the bands lead guitar player but he was never able to .. I don't know where the amp is today .. I sold it about 15 years ago ..
If you ever come across a 56 Class A twin .. Buy it ! .. In the second half of 56 Leo Fender stopped making the Class A amp vieing for a push pull amp .. I have heard a 58 Push Pull Twin and it has hair in the OD not bubbles .. The reason why Leo changed his mind was that people said their tubes only lasted about 6 months because they ran hotter .. So Leo just did what the market demanded .. What a mistake .. This why I have several cathode biased Class A amps ..
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Neil is very underrated, he's very popular in Asia because they have a bigger appreciation of instrumentalists, i believe he's actually been playing with Joe Satriani aswell. Something i noticed Neil doing alot is switching pickups, very fast.
LOVE MELODY 😍😍😍
RRRRROOOOOCCCCKKKK!!!
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Anybody who tried to play this knows the truth. He is truly a guitar monster ❤
Enjoyable video laden I believe with much objective aesthetic sense and ear! Melody and some functional harmony, feel and phrasing, tone is king, then embellish with some modality and speed when it subordinately serves the whole. And have a composition, journey and home.
Another great detailed analysis! Never heard of NZ before but this guy FLOWS 🎵🎶💪👏👏👏 I would like to hear the bass cranked up a bit. P.S. You know a band means business with their amps stacked like that!! Lol
Thanks teach ,
Expanding my knowledge on different. Techniques and how to use them.. With a melody line tastefully ... But when. You said satriani .. I picked up on it.
And other blended artists van Halen etc.. But his beginning is in classical ... So i can tell he was taught ... As opposed to me i just listen and feel....
But he's really clean. It's always nice to have that bass / drum / rhythm - timing to jam to..
Fil,
Could you do a video. Explanation of different lead techniques. Hammer . pull away . we all know but sometimes you say words i don't know what it is.
Pinch? I might be doing it now i have a name for it but what is it . professor. B.B. King taught at the Rutgers in New Jersey. He would show us techniques in combinations . but he was old school... These kids experimenting amazing... Thanks again teach...
Brotherrrrrr 4:31 AM philthadelphia
Fil you are a Genius!
Yes! Total Satriani vibe! 😎🎸
Very nice selection. I've been a fan of Neil's for almost 20 years, starting with his album Staring at the Sun. It has a fantastic instrumental cover of Purple Rain on it that I'm sure even Prince would've appreciated.
It really is all about melody and vibrato as you point out. Make it sing. That's something I've developed on my on playing. I remember when Yingway Malmsteen came out, he's still frickin amazing!! However I'd rather listen to Clapton make music all day any day!
Phil .. I love the psychodelica that few bands play .. A Swedish Band Called Plankton is an amazing band that challenges the norm and peals away at the fabric of reality .. I find myself removed from my banality and uplifted by rare music ..
Flyin Ryan Brothers "Under The Influence" .. Another Wow moment for me .. I like how this band "Owns it" .. This isn't just rehash of baggage and trash .. This is the feel of a new path ..
UNIVERSAL HIPPIES: "Mother Nature Blues" .. I must be a hippie .. This groves me so deep so I just go with it and the prickly hairs on the back of my neck stick up .. So much emotion ..
check out sweet jane off of the rock and roll animal album by lou reed, one of the best intros ever
Is there a video of it? I only have found audio versions. That whole concert was great, and I have seen some critics call it the best live album. Wait a minute, after watching this channel since he was under 20,000 subs, I can call myself a critic. And yes, it is one of the best live albums for pure raw energy.
Happy Thanksgiving from the colonies Fil
That's Fluidity. Guy is killer, hadn't heard his name much. I recognize it tho.
Thanks Fil
Yer a fantastic Ambassador 🤘 Rock 🤘
Sounds good to me.
I recall a nice album cover of his where he kneeling to his guitar.
FIL, IF YOU HAVE TIME, A GREAT BAND TO COVER IS HUMBLE PIE, THE LATE STEVE MARRIOT WAS A MASTER BAND LEADER, GUITARIST, SINGER, COUSIN FIGEL
Hi, love hearing what you have to say. You are probably familiar with this guitarist but you may not be familiar with this performance. If I remember correctly, he was told when he was younger that he would never be able to play classical pieces on guitar that were played on piano. It may have been Bach specifically. So he had a guitar built that would do just that. This is a short piece but the ending is something special: ruclips.net/video/LEyqcYW-HjE/видео.html
Hey Fil, always a pleasure seeing u. Don’t u love the scales. Sounds a lot like Satriani...I just love what u can do know ur scales and theory...I remember all the equipment I use to carry around dbl stack 100 wt Marshall’s JCM’s and Boss Pedals and rack mount midi and of course an attenuator and so much more...now ....all gone! Isn’t this awesome. Yeah , got to be careful with delay...have u ever played through a echo-plex? Yeah u and I think a lot alike. I write and have written so many instrumentals. And yep he sounds a lot like Satriani. It’s all about melody...tasteful melody...yeah I never stayed on a fancy technique. Use it a cpl times and move on.
OPERA MUSIC CAN BE VERY EMOTIONAL
I love emotional journeys.
I have problaby watched 600 covers of I'm Alright, i haven't seen anyone managing to play the run at 13:52, that's how technically difficult it is, each guitarist has their own touch to their songs.
Reminds me of Eric Johnson.....
If I could play like that, I would be smiling too. The composition sounds like something Shawn Lane could have written.
One of those rare performances in which the guitarist is wearing a wristwatch on stage. Odd observation I know. It is just something that you don't see very often. Bowie did it on a few occasions I am told.
I hear some Eric Johnson in there also
Trippy. Never heard of this guy! He jams though! Hey Fil...haven't heard you check our the band Zebra! That singer/songwriter can play and write!!! Check it...
sounds like cliffs of dover
Philip you are always on point with your analysis and I always look forward to your videos however with me the first thing I noticed was Eric Johnson and I do see some similarities with Summer song from Joe satriani however on my ear it just seemed like it was Eric Johnson and thatand that he was following a chord progression throughout the plane but a very desolate player of the last awesome guitarist
Agreed, I though of EJ right away.
A guitarist that this piece reminded me of is Alex Lifeson, in the sound, writing and playing. But, who ever name checks Lifeson?
did he play "Cliffs of Dover? Sure sounds very similar, hmmmm?
Fil, you're the cutest 😍
Good Analisyst He Is Very Hi Skill At Lead Guitars Play Bro : Wing Of Pegasus*🌠 - Neil Zaza'' & Band Group : Bigolive Show By - Wing Of Pegasus🌠, ...... Cheerio.🌠🎼🎸🎼🌠👍👍👍🌠🌟🌠.
sounds a little eddie van halen in the middle - in a good way - not just cause of the tapping - the tone, as you would say, I think. Upbeat, pre-grunge.
Some great modern prog-rock. Weightless - Tiles: ruclips.net/video/7naNAtkVxF4/видео.html. Modern music is moving towards interesting visuals to go with the music, whether it's great videos like this or emotional slide shows playing behind bands as they perform live.
Hey Fil, off topic but here goes. If I do a live preformance on youtube with original material is it copywrighted? Being poor an all and already ripped of by a A&R I see no other cource of action. Maybe you could do a vid on shit like that for us that dont have the capital or resources for studio and exposure. Thanks!
In the UK all you have to do is send yourself your music on a CD with the lyrics and make it recorded delivery. So there is a time and date stamp for that package logged in the mail system. It proves it is your work. Also having the original ideas and audio files on your computer is strong evidence. I think once you have these, you can perform your music safely online, unless someone else actually owns the rights to your music, meaning you have singed over those rights in a contract.
Thanks. I will be sure to mail my stuff before I go online. Im hoping within a year, need to cobble together equip and so forth. If it ever gets on the RUclips you can give me shit about how aweful it is😂
Like the musicality, no over tapping or wringing a whammy bar. You can still hear the guitar sound without over driven compression. Sounds like cliffs of Dover and some long hours watching/learning Satriani. The problem with these instrumentalists is / are the guitar is over focused, no vocals and relies on all the emotional content. No wind instruments no brass, bongo`s no killer dialogue with the audience and if played the same no one will remember that individual show. Lyrics make you think about the world and your place and others place in it.
Never heard of him ... he's got a unique, fresh sound. And like Glen Campbell, he doesn't stress out, but nails it effortlessly while having a .. Neal Schon? Get out ...! 😄
Don't laugh, but my daughter and I played this on Guitar Hero when she was 13. After she started playing and composing songs a real guitar, she stopped 😮🤔😎😎😎😥🤘
I know you are always saying that it's twice as hard to play and sing at the same time, and of course this takes developing the skill of seemingly splitting your concentration, (actually shifting it rapidly back and forth), but I think that genres of purely instrumental music are just as valid forms of expression. In the heydays of classical and jazz, the audiences didn't need lyrics to get an emotional payoff from music. I don't believe that Jack Black is twice as good a musician as Guthrie Govan, or Wes Montgomery, or Yo-Yo Ma, or any jazz piano player just because he plays and sings at the same time. If you didn't already have guitar playing under your belt when you took up singing, and learned them simultaneously, would you be as good a guitarist as you are now ? Frank Marino talked about learning to sing, but he had to do that because of the genre of music he wanted to play, not because it's the only valid type of music. If Jeff Beck had a great singing voice, imagine how big a star he would be, but would he be twice as good a musician ? Do you want your heart operation performed by your family doctor, or a specialist ? With instrumental music you don't have to agree with, or identify with the lyrical content to enjoy the music. That's the last you'll hear from me on this subject.
Yeah it's all about personal artistic direction and choice. I think personally, I know that my guitar practise almost stopped in favour of singing practise, as I wanted to be able to sing for my own music. So it's making sacrifices, there are only so many hours in the day and when you have a job as well those hours disappear. So it would be the case of just practising guitar 3 hours a day, or learn how to sing for 3 hours a day. I think this is the reason there are so few great vocalists with top technical ability on the fretboard. It tends to be great vocalists, with sufficient playing ability or great playing ability with sufficient vocals. Of course there are the rare exceptions to the rule, which I feature on the channel!
I went back to delete my comment, because I figure you've been through enough disagreements with commenters lately, but I was too late. Sorry.
@@wingsofpegasus I reckon John Wetton was an exception to the rule, albeit he was a bass guitarist. Asia were still going strong until 2017. ruclips.net/video/K92cPgVioGI/видео.html
Hi Fil. I was wondering if you'd be willing to listen to some RUclips videos of my brothers band. They didn't make it, though they came close, but he put 3 of their songs on RUclips, just for fun. The music is from 1980. There's no guitar player, just bass, drums, keyboards and vocals.
I'd love to know what you think of their music.
Any interest?
I can have a listen!
@@wingsofpegasus well thanks. The band was called X-Stream. The songs are called Spunk, Hi Cycle and Rained Out, or would you rather I just send you the links here?
I'll just put the links here.
Here's Spunk ruclips.net/video/k5fsU_o7dfw/видео.html
And here's Rained Out ruclips.net/video/-3nxqXpxV-Y/видео.html
I really appreciate your feedback. Thanks again
If you can email wingsofpegasus@hotmail.com as I can't open these links on my tablet unfortunately!
Slippin' and Slidin' - John Lennon (official music video)
ruclips.net/video/72D3dPnjtcI/видео.html
Had to figure out a way to suggest the great Jack Pearson, so chose this vid: ruclips.net/video/lgPYq9-ZUd0/видео.html