Minus Previous as we learned in the 80s,music and looks dont have a thing to do with each other. The best guitar players were always the oddest looking guy in their band. If the guitarist isn't the weirdest looking dude in the band,they are probably not going to be legendary 20 years later.
One of the very few musicians who doesn't act like a dick, has a tremendous amount knowledge, knows the roots of rock n roll and respects his profession. Love you Satch!
I'll tell what NOT TO do. Don't ask for the guitar. Let him play. Don't say "Let me show you what i can do" What to do: Smile and say "more, come on more" like if you are really enjoying it. People will love it. It's like Faking an orgasm for girls you know, we feel sexy hahaha
Or you know, give a genuine answer to what you're listening to. Stay positive. It was always awesome, even when I know I sounded shitty, when someone took the time to compliment even one thing I was doing good amidst all the things you heard me doing poorly. It means a lot to an aspiring guitarist, especially one that's dedicated.
***** I also met him once. I was at a meet and greet and he is such a cool dude. I had switched the pickups on my JS1200 and he was really intrigued by it, so he startet explaining why he had chosen the the tone wood he had (which was chosen, because he felt like he could put whatever pickup in it and the wood would allow them to "open up" and show character). And he asked me why i had chosen the ones i had and what sound i was going for etc.. But the best part was him playing it!! That blew my mind lol. I felt like i should have framed it and bought a new lol!. It was really awesome to meet the guy that made me want to start when i was 12-13.
Teaching my grand daughter ( 8 years old ) how to play guitar. It's a struggle for both of us, but as long as she keeps interest, I'll get her there. Her main interest ?? She wants to be able to play Blues. Now how damned cool is THAT ?!!!
+ReneeNme at 8 years old huh? that's like trying to teach an 8 month old how to crap in the bowl instead of his or her diaper. guitar is much harder than say, "piano" to learn at that tender young age. you don't see 8 year olds playing Van Halen's "Eruption", but you see 7 year olds playing " Flight Of The Bumble Bee " precisely on a piano!?!? guitar is crazy complicated vs. piano for an 8 year old, even blues. don't waste too much time teaching your little grandbaby guitar. they have to pick that instrument up on their own when their much older. let her noodle with that instrument for 5 minutes, but after that, get her the hell away from that instrument.......and put her on a swing at the local playground!!
+Puertecitos68 You clearly have not seen any videos of youtuber "Tina S" [I don't know her full name]. She started playing quite young, and you can find videos of her playing guitar when she was around eight or ten. Same goes for the famous guitarist Sungha Jung. He started playing at a very young age. Sure, guitar may be crazy complicated, but everything comes with practice :) don't just dismiss someone's ideas.
+Puertecitos68 You clearly have not seen any videos of youtuber "Tina S" [I don't know her full name]. She started playing quite young, and you can find videos of her playing guitar when she was around eight or ten. Same goes for the famous guitarist Sungha Jung. He started playing at a very young age. Sure, guitar may be crazy complicated, but everything comes with practice :) don't just dismiss someone's ideas.
Keep it up, if she's enjoying it she'll pick up new stuff much quicker than you or I will (the little show offs). I managed to get my daughter to start playing last year at 8, and she doesn't have much trouble picking up chord shapes and strumming patterns. Maybe it's a wee bit early for Satriani though ;)
When this guy says something feels alien to him ("to be stuck with quarter notes, eighth notes, and sixteenth notes") you should believe him, after all...HE SURFS WITH THE ALIENS!
he is a music genius, he completely understands music as a whole and breaks it down as much as he can, i know because i understand music just as he is trying to say but its hard to explain a color to a blind man ya know, but he is a genius who knows and totally understand the back bone of music.
Spent the evening watching fast guitar players; Satch is definitely more of an artist than a "guitar athlete" trying to cram as many notes as possible in a bar...
stanley Kubrick That was never my point. When InfinityDz brought up "Guitar athlete who cram as many notes as possible" I instantly thought of Malmsteen.
I was just listening to Antonio Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons." When I got to 'Winter' I realized this would be PERFECT for Joe to play - all the fast violin solos, etc. He has the skill. He should be backed NOT by an orchestra (it's always lame when hard rock/metal acts play with orchestra backing), but by his band members. With the creativity Joe displayed in his first e.p., and all of his pedals, he could pull it off. "Satriani Plays Vivaldi" - why not? If I had money, I'd sponsor it.
This is in no way a criticism and pitching an opinion as I am about to is probably suicidal amongst all the Satriani fans here; I could only dream to be as good a musician as he is! I just find it a little amusing watching two worlds collide here - high end theory meeting from-the-heart blues. He really over analyses the techniques and theory behind music that was created by just going with the flow and feel, and NOT thinking about what you are playing. Essentially what he is doing, is breaking down the vibe and explaining why it is soulful and ways to try playing to make it sound like that. I dunno, I just find it mildly contradictory. It is very interesting though. Its breaking down and explaining what old blues masters did without thinking, with little to no idea of guitar theory. Thumbs up.
I think he tries to overexplain everything, so the viewers can see what really makes the difference between a technically correct guitar solo and a godlike solo.
Pioneers in any field create based on experience and new perspective, as there was no theory before them. But for people who come after and want to get into what the pioneers have created, you have to study their works as "theory". Take language as an example. You never think about technicalities such as grammar when you speak. The technical rules were learnt when you were young, internalised and then forgotten.
From-the-heart blues is not devoid of technical complexity. Rhythmically it can be extremely complex and if you want to make your soloing come alive the way the old blues players did, you need to analyse this stuff for yourself. Perhaps the old blues players just magically had this sophisticated rhythmic feel in their heads from a young age as a result of listening to all the African beats, field hollers, and early blues that was going around in the United States, but I'd bet that they were more aware of it than you'd think.
JohnPKnuckles Of course blues isn't devoid of technical complexity, but reducing the complexity of the soloing to single nuance representatives is the best way to sound robotic. It's like, if you reduced the complexity of concert pianist's performance down to simply pressing keys: you would be correct in saying that all they are physically doing is pressing keys but the analyzation of the individual mechanical acts like pressing keys, takes the focus off the force that compels you to push the keys in the first place. I agree that Satch is eons ahead of me and many, many others, technically. But the ability to express yourself transparently can be had at any level of technicality and I would say very sincerely that only way to deliver something so "emotive" would be to listen as you play and speak through the instrument as honestly as you're able. And I also believe very sincerely that we have something of a sixth sense to tell when someone's being honest when they play or if they're merely putting on a show. When I hear players incorporate techniques that are meant to display emotion throughout their solo, I'm not convinced that it's honest, it just sounds like any other robotic function repeated over and over to be stored and loaded as a trick.
Always amazes me when I read comments like or " too much delay for the blues" or "His tone is too fizzy". (Although, "he's too bald" I understand - no one should be that bald :P) I understand everyone is entitled to their opinion, but why feel the need to say something negative about the tone/playing? Wouldn't it be like saying -" That blues guy doesn't have near enough delay to play a Joe tune"? Dunno ....just sounds silly to me. I think most would agree that Joe is a fantastic guitar player. And if you don't think so that's quite alright...he makes enough off of the ones that do. Personally, I'm grateful for his contribution and I think the guitar world would be lacking without it.
I remember many years ago (it was either the blue dream or extremist tour) I managed to sneak around the back of the Hammersmith odeon, London and get on to the stage to watch Satriani, Stu Hamm and Jonathan Mover soundcheck. He was just like you see here, awesome player but humble, nice guy.
Every time I hear him talk music or see him play, it's a revelation. I always learn something. BTW, Check out his "Live in Montreal" concert dvd. I think it's his best video footage yet. Sometimes, I take the sounds he makes for granted, but to see him do it live,,, it's amazing.
Everytime I watch a video with Joe Satriani in it, it makes me want to practice all day everyday and learn everything about music theory there is to learn and be a musical genius.....but it never happens.
However, based on the feel of the music and the way you express yourself, very simple rhythms can sound a lot better than they are in written notation. you hit the nail on the head there
Great player who makes every song he plays on foul to my ears with that hideous processed sound, ironing out any trace of soul that may escape his fingers.
Perhaps you're not getting what the rest of the world sees. This guy is a virtuoso. And I reckon you're not much good at anything. Please post your soulful piece.
ibanez (in my opinion) just has that fast type image about it, not quite as heavy (music wise) as a jackson depending what pickups you have in it but all in all its a good brand of guitar. in my opinion again i don't think its quite a les paul but different guitars fit different types of music and artist. i guess its all about what you like and feel comfortable with really. herman li - ibanez, steve vai - ibanez, joe sat - ibanez. eric clapton - strat, mark knofler - start, bb king - es 335/6, jimmy page - les paul, angus young - sg. it doesn't necessarily mean fast guitarists use an ibanez its just what they choose to use :)
I personally agree! I own a JS 1200 and a JS 20S 20th Anniversary model and can pull any sound from them from a jangly Fender tone all the way to the chunck of a Les Paul, and everything in between! I absolutely love those guitars!
I love this breed of "blues shredder". There are plenty of them, from 70's, 80's, 90's... Slash, Richie Sambora, CC.Deville,...pretty much everyone who WASN'T Yngwie (🙄) ! 😅 It's the main difference between JObi Satchi-Ani...and SteVe Vai-walker, JObi is bluesy.. Vai-walker is all Lydian and alien modal. Both are great - U live them.both, in their own ways. But personally, I model my playing after the bluesy shred rock. Not exactly discovering fire, I know, but it's what I like.
That 7 minutes went by sooo fast! I just clicked on, thinking...7 minutes hey? This will probably feel a bit long in the tooth. But I was mesmerised the whole time...and bang..it was over, and I literally had to come back to s.double check - "Was that really 7 minutes..??! It felt like 2 and a half...🤷♂️). Joe would be the BEST guitar teacher - THE BEST!! 😚👌 ... Imagine in a parallel universe, the one where you somehow acquired Joe-Sat as your guitar teacher from the age of 12... and he Miagi'ed you, by making you paint his house, and re-build the engine in his Camero Coupe... imagine how good you'd be now.. And then play something - now, in this universe - to show how mediocre you really are!!😂👍
Pre-quantized idea?? Relax Joe it's just music bro, you don't have to break it down and examine every thought and nuance. Eddie Van Halen would be like....wtf. just play it.
Satriani is pretty much just a god at any style. He's a melodic genius and (if you care about this) could easily play faster AND cleaner than Wylde. Just check out Satriani - Crushing day and wait for the main solo haha
Unbelievable more talking than playing! In the words of Steve Vai "shut up and play the guitar. When you improvise it's never planned, you enter the zone and the music takes over, 49 years later I still get there.
Well... as an average fan of guitar who loves to mess with guitar strings I understand what hes talking about... but that level of technique "habits" is soooooooooooo unreachable to me. Long live Joe Satriani. Eternal honor & respect.
This man rite here along with,hamett,and Vai are the reason I picked up a guitar 20 yrs ago,and dammit IMA never look bk. So Thank u Joe satriani, Kirk Hammett,and Steve Vai!!! U showed me the real road in life.
Caged? Love joe, but has he never heard Bach? There is more freedom and more expansiveness there than all of the blues. I play the blues(and love it) but it is an incredibly limited genre(comparatively) I get what he’s saying, but this is a huge mischaracterization of classical music, just like those from a classical background often have big misconceptions about rock and the blues. Those who’ve had the joy of playing a Bach cello suite, or violin partita know better. (Also being less able to improvise in a style shows the limits of the musician, not the genre)
can someone explain to me why some people are accusing him of being a tosser, and others are saying he's full of humility? similar he seems to get both the "he's got so much feeling for a shred guitarist" AND the "he has no feeling he's all technical" argument. is it coz he's in between being a "humble blues guitarist" and a "shred god", and so people from each opposite end of the spectrum view him as such? thoughts?
I agree with everything Joe says, what I don’t agree with is his short sleeves! There’s no excuse for that. 3/4 sleeve at least! Past the elbow, this is just vulgar. Those sleeves belong on a girl.
You're touting Gibson as some representative of consistent high quality production? The Gibson of today? Thought they were a bit of a joke in that department over the last few years. Besides, do you really think they couldn't easily go to another brand if Ibanez wasn't giving them what they wanted? They're obviously satisfied with Ibanez, both the instruments and whatever compensation deal they've got going on.
Can't play anything but 4/4 time? He can, and DOES. What he's saying is he's attracted to the blues because of it's feel, and that he feels caged if limited too quarter notes, eighth notes, etc. Of course classical is complex, that was it's appeal, but that doesn't mean it doesn't have feeling. However, based on the feel of the music and the way you express yourself, very simple rhythms can sound a lot better than they are in written notation. I do see your point, but it's all about expression.
I have watched this video many times and the first 2 minutes really bother me. I am a huge fan of joe, but his philosophy about music (first 2 minutes) I am COMPLETELY OPPOSITE. I find the blues box limiting, his rythm approach infantile. There is so much more complexity in J.S Bach or Vivaldi in melody and harmony. It has nothing to do with 8th notes. he is so wrong here. It takes a brain the size of a planet to understand what those guys were doing.
Ah, I guess I did get the wrong message. And it's not the simplicity of his playing that bothers me, it's the blandness. I find his guitar parts boring and repetitive, and he can't seem to break out of the structure of chorus, verse, chorus, verse. But, then again, I'm pretty sure he doesn't write his own music. GreenDay isn't BAD, I just think they'd do much better with a more technical and musical able guitarist. Just my two cents btw
Everybody that posted a h8 comment u will never understand that it's not about being a better player or how famous he is and o yea a lot of people know every song he's ever recorded including me it's about being able to convey emotion through the music something it seems like nearly everybody epicly fails to realize. (numb diger) wether ur better or not and I seriously doubt u are u seriously need to look at where satch is coming from as a person as well as a far superior guitarist.
I may be a fan boy but my first guitar was a Fender(Shitty), then an LTD(Even more shitty), then a Hell Raiser(it was decent), the guitar I have now is the inexpensive Ibanez, it plays and sounds so much better than any other guitar I've owned/or played for that matter, the neck is much smoother and built for speed, I can tune down nearly 3 full steps before the stings get all out of wack(standard strings) In my opinion they're better guitars, and better musicians play them:)
utter bullshit lol, theres tons of brands out there that make perfectly good gats, my guess is ibanez pays the best in most cases, half the time the only noticable difference in two similar guitars from two different companys is the pickups. most companys use the same types of wood, same metals in their bridges, floyd roses etc...you sound more like a fan boy to me, you havnt really made a reasonable arguement.
I've never been big on the pentatonic shred sound. Don't get me wrong, I love that bluesy hard rock sound, but I think the industry's oversaturated with carbon-copy shredders who just wank the pentatonic all day. When I first started learning lead, I picked up most of what I know from Yngwie and Satch. I don't think Wylde's bad, I just don't think of him as a virtuoso the way I do Satch, Vai, Yngwie, Petrucci, or Gilbert. I actually admire some of his technique, he's just not my bag.
My point was that Satriani is better, and Wylde is overhyped. Satch has an amazing overall mastery of the fretboard and right-hand techniques. People who are criticizing him in this thread don't seem to have any idea what they're talking about. They don't know a virtuoso when they hear it. Wylde just likes whatever sounds br00tal. He's a good guitarist. Not a great one. Good at pinch harmonics, very fast, good feedback control. I hate his tone, and all the other Ozzy players were better.
ahhhhhhhh so hard for me on this one as im a huge zakk wylde fan and also a huge satch fan. Zakk has plenty of soulful solos and great riffs. His song writing ability is amazing as well and hes an even better acoustic player. He can also rock piano and has black label society under his belt along with ozzys stuff. I agree some of his solos can tend to sound the same but when u write so much its gonna start to run together somewhat
i basically agree with u, but make sure to check out some of zakk´s acoustic work, where he shows some really beautiful melodies and solos. we can´t really just judge him by his shredwork (which is technically brilliant, but not everyones taste, i dont really like it either). There´s really two sides of zakk wylde, and it all comes together in his "Farewell Ballade", which u surely have heard of already.
@bazbonehead Your opinion is completely discredited by the fact that you say "I just want to thrash out overdriven power chords". You obviously lack concept of what good music is. Santana once said "Music is water, and people are flowers. Musicians are the hose". Music theory is a concept that allows us musicians to expand and better understand our repertoire so that we can bring new material to the public. Don't go cryin' because you don't understand it yet.
@bazbonehead Welll there is a market for basically anything out there. A lot of people like this instrumental stuff you talk about. Some people do not like it. But the thing about Satch is...he keeps it simple but adds just enough spice to make it interesting to those of us who do dig this type of genre. I too agree with you on the guitarists you named. Steve Vai is my fave guitarist of all time but variety is good. Therefore there is room for Satch, Vai, and Gilbert.
@themusicman777 i know, to each their own and all that. but my problem is the with the amount of success he has had for not being terribly good. there are so many better guitarists in every sense, subjective or not: guitarists that are faster, that have better tone, that can actually write a tune with lyrics and the ability to appeal to a wide audience, that dont just write pointless instrumentals. Paul Gilbert in Mr. Big. Steve Vai in Whitesnake and DLR. Satriani? taught a few players. no more
@bazbonehead It's all subjective and I am sure you know that But yeah I can think of technically more proficient players as well etc... But Satch has a very tastey style that a lot of us like. He combines a little bit of everything from rock, blues, jazz, classical, and then throws in some catchy melodies. To each their own. You mean you didn't like Echo? Man that song is so sweet. Check out Rubina live on Time Machine album....chills!
WTF is he jabbering on about. 'expression' this, 'pre-quantized idea' that? I as a muscian DO NOT play to express myself, to be creative or play something new. no. i like every guitarist who doesn't have his head up his ass like satch, just want to sound awesome. i dont want to play some 12th century dorian scale, juxtaposed against an subcontinent backdropping. i just want to thrash out overdriven power chords cause the sound AWESOME. end of. enough of this musical theory masturbation.
This is so funny because I think the blues is so limiting, and rythmically his music suffers. Joe can't play anything except 4/4 time. I find classical so much more complex than blues. and prog rock bands like Rush, Dream Theater and Meshuggah have pushed the envelope with rhythm possibilities. Joes first albums were rhythmically boring, even though I love his music.
You're totally right bro; I mean, Satch is just... wow. Right? Zakk Wylde is just like this guy who plays faster and plays all of these different styles and just spends all this time getting better at them and it's like what a waste! Satch has more feel and soul in one note than ZW could muster in a double album! Why don't people understand what we're trying to say?
Anyone who says that Satch can't play is just a jealous douchebag because he possesses more talent in his pinky nail than they will ever be fortunate enough to even experience. Let alone possess themselves. Seen him 8 times. One of the true Masters of the guitar.
I don't like Satch that much too be honest. I think Vai and Petrucci are both better, but he's undoubtedly excellent at guitar. I think Wylde can be considered great. He's awesome at two note per string speed picking, harmonic pinching, and generally awesome pentatonic shred.
We live in a world where dime-a-dozen pentatonic shredders like Zakk Wylde are considered guitar gods, but Satriani is overrated? Bitch, please. Some of these comments are either critical to a fault or obviously posted by newer players who don't know what they're talking about.
this video is going really good while he talks about soulful technique, and then when he plays an example its a freakin generic rock pentatonic lick with no soul or uniqueness....typical of rock stars who "don't get it". Blues will forever be something either you understand or "you just don't get", all rhetoric aside.. listen to Ritchie Blackmore and Jimmy Page, or Elmore James, Albert King and Guitar Slim if you are serious bout this guitar game.......Hell listen to Mark Knopfler if ur white..
The well known shredding guitarist like Satriani, Steve vai, and Paul gilbert, understand the importance of Hendrix learning style, Paul gilbert said the most terrifieing guitarist 'Shawn lane' when he was alive he played things one handed paul had to use righthanded taps to get right! Shawn lane a friend of bucketheads jammin buddy were shedding together playing the sickest shit Paul gilbert showed up once in awhile mostly listing maybe jam lil after) Shawn lane said Hendrix was main influince
Joes hair migrated to his arms to be closer to the music.
thats gold man. hilarious...
Maybe a goatee would benefit his look. The full bald looks too Mr.Clean
+Minus Previous
You like your men a bit hairy huh?
he looks like he has leukaemia
Minus Previous as we learned in the 80s,music and looks dont have a thing to do with each other. The best guitar players were always the oddest looking guy in their band.
If the guitarist isn't the weirdest looking dude in the band,they are probably not going to be legendary 20 years later.
One of the very few musicians who doesn't act like a dick, has a tremendous amount knowledge, knows the roots of rock n roll and respects his profession. Love you Satch!
+sundaresan Narayan He guided the roots of Rock and Roll, in a very humble and intelligent way
50's Rock n Roll? Or???
I think he`s not rock n roll, in fact he`s a pussy, but a great musician.
@@MTST-vj6xe why is he a pussy?
He doesn't even lift weighs! What a pus
Jk I have no idea why he's a pus
I never know what to do when people stare directly at me while they're playing. ;)
+PitchfeverAcademy Just smile at them and keep on Rockin Bro !!
just look at the guitar?
Lol, me neither, I have this friend, that's weird, like they stare into your very soul...
I'll tell what NOT TO do.
Don't ask for the guitar. Let him play. Don't say "Let me show you what i can do"
What to do:
Smile and say "more, come on more" like if you are really enjoying it. People will love it. It's like Faking an orgasm for girls you know, we feel sexy hahaha
Or you know, give a genuine answer to what you're listening to. Stay positive. It was always awesome, even when I know I sounded shitty, when someone took the time to compliment even one thing I was doing good amidst all the things you heard me doing poorly. It means a lot to an aspiring guitarist, especially one that's dedicated.
met him once. NICEST guy. great player and supportive
I bet he is. Try meeting Ted Nugent. Arrogant as all hell. Ive never met him, but I personally know people who have. I would love to meet Joe.
Cool Wil. Yeah, Nugent is a wildcard, I guess, but Joe is really kind. Cheers
I'd love to meet Joe, seeing him in November and hoping to win meet n greets. Met Zakk Wylde once, nicest guy ever
Yeah, most players I've met Van Halen, Paul Gilbert, George Lynch, Rob Marchello, Satriani, etc. All nice people. Cool, thanx for sharing here.
***** I also met him once. I was at a meet and greet and he is such a cool dude. I had switched the pickups on my JS1200 and he was really intrigued by it, so he startet explaining why he had chosen the the tone wood he had (which was chosen, because he felt like he could put whatever pickup in it and the wood would allow them to "open up" and show character). And he asked me why i had chosen the ones i had and what sound i was going for etc.. But the best part was him playing it!! That blew my mind lol. I felt like i should have framed it and bought a new lol!. It was really awesome to meet the guy that made me want to start when i was 12-13.
One of the greatest ever. This man is a genius. In addition, he is a very nice guy. Satriani seens to be very humble, despite his importance.
Teaching my grand daughter ( 8 years old ) how to play guitar. It's a struggle for both of us, but as long as she keeps interest, I'll get her there. Her main interest ?? She wants to be able to play Blues. Now how damned cool is THAT ?!!!
awesome
+ReneeNme at 8 years old huh? that's like trying to teach an 8 month old how to crap in the bowl instead of his or her diaper. guitar is much harder than say, "piano" to learn at that tender young age. you don't see 8 year olds playing Van Halen's "Eruption", but you see 7 year olds playing " Flight Of The Bumble Bee " precisely on a piano!?!? guitar is crazy complicated vs. piano for an 8 year old, even blues. don't waste too much time teaching your little grandbaby guitar. they have to pick that instrument up on their own when their much older. let her noodle with that instrument for 5 minutes, but after that, get her the hell away from that instrument.......and put her on a swing at the local playground!!
+Puertecitos68 You clearly have not seen any videos of youtuber "Tina S" [I don't know her full name]. She started playing quite young, and you can find videos of her playing guitar when she was around eight or ten. Same goes for the famous guitarist Sungha Jung. He started playing at a very young age. Sure, guitar may be crazy complicated, but everything comes with practice :) don't just dismiss someone's ideas.
+Puertecitos68 You clearly have not seen any videos of youtuber "Tina S" [I don't know her full name]. She started playing quite young, and you can find videos of her playing guitar when she was around eight or ten. Same goes for the famous guitarist Sungha Jung. He started playing at a very young age. Sure, guitar may be crazy complicated, but everything comes with practice :) don't just dismiss someone's ideas.
Keep it up, if she's enjoying it she'll pick up new stuff much quicker than you or I will (the little show offs). I managed to get my daughter to start playing last year at 8, and she doesn't have much trouble picking up chord shapes and strumming patterns. Maybe it's a wee bit early for Satriani though ;)
good evening 47, your next assignment is to go on stage and shred it like a boss, your signature ibanez is at your disposal. good luck 47
BFFs Engineer That's my favorite comment of the month 👌
lol I read it in Diana's voice.
Hahahahahaha....! Gold comment.
hard to Believe he's in his 60s
jon m ddxx
I see no grey at all.
voldermort
This man reeks of humility. Thanks for the upload.
When this guy says something feels alien to him ("to be stuck with quarter notes, eighth notes, and sixteenth notes") you should believe him, after all...HE SURFS WITH THE ALIENS!
he is a music genius, he completely understands music as a whole and breaks it down as much as he can, i know because i understand music just as he is trying to say but its hard to explain a color to a blind man ya know, but he is a genius who knows and totally understand the back bone of music.
Damn, that Ibanez looks like its made of mercury!
Spent the evening watching fast guitar players; Satch is definitely more of an artist than a "guitar athlete" trying to cram as many notes as possible in a bar...
* cough cough* Yngwie Malmsteen *cough*
+Fire Marshall Bill dude, heard of something like feel?
stanley Kubrick That was never my point. When InfinityDz brought up "Guitar athlete who cram as many notes as possible" I instantly thought of Malmsteen.
Seems like a really nice dude and monster guitarist.
he actually is...
I was just listening to Antonio Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons." When I got to 'Winter' I realized this would be PERFECT for Joe to play - all the fast violin solos, etc. He has the skill. He should be backed NOT by an orchestra (it's always lame when hard rock/metal acts play with orchestra backing), but by his band members. With the creativity Joe displayed in his first e.p., and all of his pedals, he could pull it off. "Satriani Plays Vivaldi" - why not? If I had money, I'd sponsor it.
satriani makes the simple pentatonic scale alive with his melodic style.
Holy shit ur guitar is fucking awesome!!!!
It's a js100 in better lighting it's chrome. Worth 4k
jack dalisa It's not a js100. It's a JS10th. Lucky I own one. :-)
laloosh2000 it could be his js2
jack dalisa It doesn't look like his js2. The guitar looks in perfect condition. And it's definitely not a JS100. The JS100 is a low budget-serie.
i know js100 must of been a typo.
He can really play the blues. That takes heart :)
This is in no way a criticism and pitching an opinion as I am about to is probably suicidal amongst all the Satriani fans here; I could only dream to be as good a musician as he is! I just find it a little amusing watching two worlds collide here - high end theory meeting from-the-heart blues. He really over analyses the techniques and theory behind music that was created by just going with the flow and feel, and NOT thinking about what you are playing. Essentially what he is doing, is breaking down the vibe and explaining why it is soulful and ways to try playing to make it sound like that. I dunno, I just find it mildly contradictory. It is very interesting though. Its breaking down and explaining what old blues masters did without thinking, with little to no idea of guitar theory. Thumbs up.
I think he tries to overexplain everything, so the viewers can see what really makes the difference between a technically correct guitar solo and a godlike solo.
Pioneers in any field create based on experience and new perspective, as there was no theory before them. But for people who come after and want to get into what the pioneers have created, you have to study their works as "theory".
Take language as an example. You never think about technicalities such as grammar when you speak. The technical rules were learnt when you were young, internalised and then forgotten.
From-the-heart blues is not devoid of technical complexity. Rhythmically it can be extremely complex and if you want to make your soloing come alive the way the old blues players did, you need to analyse this stuff for yourself.
Perhaps the old blues players just magically had this sophisticated rhythmic feel in their heads from a young age as a result of listening to all the African beats, field hollers, and early blues that was going around in the United States, but I'd bet that they were more aware of it than you'd think.
Steve Raff I think he's being a bit more philosophical and not analytical.
JohnPKnuckles Of course blues isn't devoid of technical complexity, but reducing the complexity of the soloing to single nuance representatives is the best way to sound robotic. It's like, if you reduced the complexity of concert pianist's performance down to simply pressing keys: you would be correct in saying that all they are physically doing is pressing keys but the analyzation of the individual mechanical acts like pressing keys, takes the focus off the force that compels you to push the keys in the first place. I agree that Satch is eons ahead of me and many, many others, technically. But the ability to express yourself transparently can be had at any level of technicality and I would say very sincerely that only way to deliver something so "emotive" would be to listen as you play and speak through the instrument as honestly as you're able. And I also believe very sincerely that we have something of a sixth sense to tell when someone's being honest when they play or if they're merely putting on a show.
When I hear players incorporate techniques that are meant to display emotion throughout their solo, I'm not convinced that it's honest, it just sounds like any other robotic function repeated over and over to be stored and loaded as a trick.
Satriani knows music physics:)
I guess you could say he knows "STRING THEORY" :DDD
All Satch haters over the years have one thing in common - they're nowhere close to being as good
Always amazes me when I read comments like or " too much delay for the blues" or "His tone is too fizzy". (Although, "he's too bald" I understand - no one should be that bald :P) I understand everyone is entitled to their opinion, but why feel the need to say something negative about the tone/playing? Wouldn't it be like saying -" That blues guy doesn't have near enough delay to play a Joe tune"? Dunno ....just sounds silly to me. I think most would agree that Joe is a fantastic guitar player. And if you don't think so that's quite alright...he makes enough off of the ones that do. Personally, I'm grateful for his contribution and I think the guitar world would be lacking without it.
I remember many years ago (it was either the blue dream or extremist tour) I managed to sneak around the back of the Hammersmith odeon, London and get on to the stage to watch Satriani, Stu Hamm and Jonathan Mover soundcheck. He was just like you see here, awesome player but humble, nice guy.
Every time I hear him talk music or see him play, it's a revelation. I always learn something.
BTW, Check out his "Live in Montreal" concert dvd. I think it's his best video footage yet. Sometimes, I take the sounds he makes for granted, but to see him do it live,,, it's amazing.
Cant get my eyes of his head, thats soo roounnd ! :D
Everytime I watch a video with Joe Satriani in it, it makes me want to practice all day everyday and learn everything about music theory there is to learn and be a musical genius.....but it never happens.
he is phenomenal, in every aspect of music!!!!!
Look his head man, he is a machine of creations! he is the best. out of this world!!!!
he is from new york........ish
However, based on the feel of the music and the way you express yourself, very simple rhythms can sound a lot better than they are in written notation.
you hit the nail on the head there
okay, im 20 years old now, and this guy has probably put more hours into the guitar than i have been alive!!!! What an awesome player!
Now you are 31.😃
voldemort is alive
Wonder what his pickups are in this diamarzio?
fuckin' badasss!
we're lucky to have youtube as a resource to bring all these players' techniques
to our attention. Such valuable insight and wisdom from the man...
I am completely illiterate when it comes to guitar, I play internally within myself, absolutely. And yes, I'm self taught.
Great player who makes every song he plays on foul to my ears with that hideous processed sound, ironing out any trace of soul that may escape his fingers.
Perhaps you're not getting what the rest of the world sees.
This guy is a virtuoso.
And I reckon you're not much good at anything.
Please post your soulful piece.
No, It's a differing opinion to yours, you may come across this on the internet.
haha
Always liked the chili peppers John has a great style
Did you know that Satriani was his teacher? Pretty cool 👍
Jeff Bezos very good guitar player
As a guitar player i totally appreciate the armless office chair!
Great words of wisdom from Professor Satriani.
Is it just me, or is Joe looking particularly terrifyingly zombified today?
ibanez (in my opinion) just has that fast type image about it, not quite as heavy (music wise) as a jackson depending what pickups you have in it but all in all its a good brand of guitar. in my opinion again i don't think its quite a les paul but different guitars fit different types of music and artist. i guess its all about what you like and feel comfortable with really. herman li - ibanez, steve vai - ibanez, joe sat - ibanez. eric clapton - strat, mark knofler - start, bb king - es 335/6, jimmy page - les paul, angus young - sg. it doesn't necessarily mean fast guitarists use an ibanez its just what they choose to use :)
Satriani RULES!!! \m/ The Master Of Melody!
Joe always has so many subtleties to his playing. My favorite guitarist by far!
He would make such a good crazy and mad Villain in a movie.
Look at him. As a film lover I approve.
wow, but can he play smoke on the water?
He looks like he belongs in the world of Mad Max.
like fletcher from adams familiy
He has the best guitars
I personally agree! I own a JS 1200 and a JS 20S 20th Anniversary model and can pull any sound from them from a jangly Fender tone all the way to the chunck of a Les Paul, and everything in between! I absolutely love those guitars!
valdemort, its you?
Steve-O
Champ Camba Absolfuckinglitely! Same exact voice, same exact face.
just with an actual nose
No idea what I was supposed to learn from "Bending to the fifth". Who cut the video like that ?
I love this breed of "blues shredder".
There are plenty of them, from 70's, 80's, 90's... Slash, Richie Sambora, CC.Deville,...pretty much everyone who WASN'T Yngwie (🙄) ! 😅
It's the main difference between JObi Satchi-Ani...and SteVe Vai-walker, JObi is bluesy.. Vai-walker is all Lydian and alien modal.
Both are great - U live them.both, in their own ways.
But personally, I model my playing after the bluesy shred rock. Not exactly discovering fire, I know, but it's what I like.
That 7 minutes went by sooo fast!
I just clicked on, thinking...7 minutes hey? This will probably feel a bit long in the tooth.
But I was mesmerised the whole time...and bang..it was over, and I literally had to come back to s.double check - "Was that really 7 minutes..??! It felt like 2 and a half...🤷♂️).
Joe would be the BEST guitar teacher - THE BEST!! 😚👌
... Imagine in a parallel universe, the one where you somehow acquired Joe-Sat as your guitar teacher from the age of 12... and he Miagi'ed you, by making you paint his house, and re-build the engine in his Camero Coupe... imagine how good you'd be now..
And then play something - now, in this universe - to show how mediocre you really are!!😂👍
Pre-quantized idea?? Relax Joe it's just music bro, you don't have to break it down and examine every thought and nuance. Eddie Van Halen would be like....wtf. just play it.
Satriani is pretty much just a god at any style. He's a melodic genius and (if you care about this) could easily play faster AND cleaner than Wylde. Just check out Satriani - Crushing day and wait for the main solo haha
Unbelievable more talking than playing! In the words of Steve Vai "shut up and play the guitar. When you improvise it's never planned, you enter the zone and the music takes over, 49 years later I still get there.
Is it me or does Joe resemble lord voldomort from harry potter😄
Well... as an average fan of guitar who loves to mess with guitar strings I understand what hes talking about... but that level of technique "habits" is soooooooooooo unreachable to me. Long live Joe Satriani. Eternal honor & respect.
This man rite here along with,hamett,and Vai are the reason I picked up a guitar 20 yrs ago,and dammit IMA never look bk. So Thank u Joe satriani, Kirk Hammett,and Steve Vai!!! U showed me the real road in life.
Caged? Love joe, but has he never heard Bach? There is more freedom and more expansiveness there than all of the blues. I play the blues(and love it) but it is an incredibly limited genre(comparatively) I get what he’s saying, but this is a huge mischaracterization of classical music, just like those from a classical background often have big misconceptions about rock and the blues. Those who’ve had the joy of playing a Bach cello suite, or violin partita know better. (Also being less able to improvise in a style shows the limits of the musician, not the genre)
Joe is such a nice guy.... damn it... just listened to his music always makes me happy
Joe Satriani kinda looks like a cancer survivor. I know it's not funny but still...
BUT can he play a tune watch the solo from Ormadawn by Mike Oldfield
in the beginning, is joe referring to passing notes?
Chrome dome, chrome guit-fiddle....follicly challenged but talented down to the ground!
Joe is a special guitarist. Gifted performer AND teacher. Not many people can do both at a high level.
It is amazing, however I just like more to play on a Fender Strat or a Gibson Les Paul, whay that?
Hi man, I am assuming this was recording for some guitar magazine. Do you know which one and which issue? Thank you!
can someone explain to me why some people are accusing him of being a tosser, and others are saying he's full of humility? similar he seems to get both the "he's got so much feeling for a shred guitarist" AND the "he has no feeling he's all technical" argument. is it coz he's in between being a "humble blues guitarist" and a "shred god", and so people from each opposite end of the spectrum view him as such?
thoughts?
I agree with everything Joe says, what I don’t agree with is his short sleeves! There’s no excuse for that. 3/4 sleeve at least! Past the elbow, this is just vulgar. Those sleeves belong on a girl.
it was assumed that there must be a solo and it's over. What exactly for? Sometimes it is forced and unsuccessful.
You're touting Gibson as some representative of consistent high quality production? The Gibson of today? Thought they were a bit of a joke in that department over the last few years. Besides, do you really think they couldn't easily go to another brand if Ibanez wasn't giving them what they wanted? They're obviously satisfied with Ibanez, both the instruments and whatever compensation deal they've got going on.
Can't play anything but 4/4 time? He can, and DOES. What he's saying is he's attracted to the blues because of it's feel, and that he feels caged if limited too quarter notes, eighth notes, etc. Of course classical is complex, that was it's appeal, but that doesn't mean it doesn't have feeling. However, based on the feel of the music and the way you express yourself, very simple rhythms can sound a lot better than they are in written notation. I do see your point, but it's all about expression.
I have watched this video many times and the first 2 minutes really bother me. I am a huge fan of joe, but his philosophy about music (first 2 minutes) I am COMPLETELY OPPOSITE. I find the blues box limiting, his rythm approach infantile. There is so much more complexity in J.S Bach or Vivaldi in melody and harmony. It has nothing to do with 8th notes. he is so wrong here. It takes a brain the size of a planet to understand what those guys were doing.
Ah, I guess I did get the wrong message. And it's not the simplicity of his playing that bothers me, it's the blandness. I find his guitar parts boring and repetitive, and he can't seem to break out of the structure of chorus, verse, chorus, verse. But, then again, I'm pretty sure he doesn't write his own music. GreenDay isn't BAD, I just think they'd do much better with a more technical and musical able guitarist. Just my two cents btw
Everybody that posted a h8 comment u will never understand that it's not about being a better player or how famous he is and o yea a lot of people know every song he's ever recorded including me it's about being able to convey emotion through the music something it seems like nearly everybody epicly fails to realize. (numb diger) wether ur better or not and I seriously doubt u are u seriously need to look at where satch is coming from as a person as well as a far superior guitarist.
I may be a fan boy but my first guitar was a Fender(Shitty), then an LTD(Even more shitty), then a Hell Raiser(it was decent), the guitar I have now is the inexpensive Ibanez, it plays and sounds so much better than any other guitar I've owned/or played for that matter, the neck is much smoother and built for speed, I can tune down nearly 3 full steps before the stings get all out of wack(standard strings) In my opinion they're better guitars, and better musicians play them:)
utter bullshit lol, theres tons of brands out there that make perfectly good gats, my guess is ibanez pays the best in most cases, half the time the only noticable difference in two similar guitars from two different companys is the pickups. most companys use the same types of wood, same metals in their bridges, floyd roses etc...you sound more like a fan boy to me, you havnt really made a reasonable arguement.
I've never been big on the pentatonic shred sound. Don't get me wrong, I love that bluesy hard rock sound, but I think the industry's oversaturated with carbon-copy shredders who just wank the pentatonic all day. When I first started learning lead, I picked up most of what I know from Yngwie and Satch.
I don't think Wylde's bad, I just don't think of him as a virtuoso the way I do Satch, Vai, Yngwie, Petrucci, or Gilbert. I actually admire some of his technique, he's just not my bag.
My point was that Satriani is better, and Wylde is overhyped. Satch has an amazing overall mastery of the fretboard and right-hand techniques. People who are criticizing him in this thread don't seem to have any idea what they're talking about. They don't know a virtuoso when they hear it.
Wylde just likes whatever sounds br00tal. He's a good guitarist. Not a great one. Good at pinch harmonics, very fast, good feedback control. I hate his tone, and all the other Ozzy players were better.
ahhhhhhhh so hard for me on this one as im a huge zakk wylde fan and also a huge satch fan. Zakk has plenty of soulful solos and great riffs. His song writing ability is amazing as well and hes an even better acoustic player. He can also rock piano and has black label society under his belt along with ozzys stuff. I agree some of his solos can tend to sound the same but when u write so much its gonna start to run together somewhat
i basically agree with u, but make sure to check out some of zakk´s acoustic work, where he shows some really beautiful melodies and solos. we can´t really just judge him by his shredwork (which is technically brilliant, but not everyones taste, i dont really like it either). There´s really two sides of zakk wylde, and it all comes together in his "Farewell Ballade", which u surely have heard of already.
@bazbonehead Your opinion is completely discredited by the fact that you say "I just want to thrash out overdriven power chords". You obviously lack concept of what good music is. Santana once said "Music is water, and people are flowers. Musicians are the hose". Music theory is a concept that allows us musicians to expand and better understand our repertoire so that we can bring new material to the public. Don't go cryin' because you don't understand it yet.
@bazbonehead Welll there is a market for basically anything out there. A lot of people like this instrumental stuff you talk about. Some people do not like it. But the thing about Satch is...he keeps it simple but adds just enough spice to make it interesting to those of us who do dig this type of genre. I too agree with you on the guitarists you named. Steve Vai is my fave guitarist of all time but variety is good. Therefore there is room for Satch, Vai, and Gilbert.
@themusicman777 i know, to each their own and all that. but my problem is the with the amount of success he has had for not being terribly good. there are so many better guitarists in every sense, subjective or not: guitarists that are faster, that have better tone, that can actually write a tune with lyrics and the ability to appeal to a wide audience, that dont just write pointless instrumentals. Paul Gilbert in Mr. Big. Steve Vai in Whitesnake and DLR. Satriani? taught a few players. no more
@bazbonehead It's all subjective and I am sure you know that But yeah I can think of technically more proficient players as well etc... But Satch has a very tastey style that a lot of us like. He combines a little bit of everything from rock, blues, jazz, classical, and then throws in some catchy melodies. To each their own. You mean you didn't like Echo? Man that song is so sweet. Check out Rubina live on Time Machine album....chills!
WTF is he jabbering on about. 'expression' this, 'pre-quantized idea' that? I as a muscian DO NOT play to express myself, to be creative or play something new. no. i like every guitarist who doesn't have his head up his ass like satch, just want to sound awesome. i dont want to play some 12th century dorian scale, juxtaposed against an subcontinent backdropping. i just want to thrash out overdriven power chords cause the sound AWESOME. end of. enough of this musical theory masturbation.
At 4:00, I had an image of Mashed Potatoes Johnson saying "That boy ain't got da blues..."
Put "Joe Satriani - Soloing" into porn hub and you get something entirely different.
yawn
He makes it look so difficult. His technique is very strange.
This is so funny because I think the blues is so limiting, and rythmically his music suffers. Joe can't play anything except 4/4 time. I find classical so much more complex than blues. and prog rock bands like Rush, Dream Theater and Meshuggah have pushed the envelope with rhythm possibilities. Joes first albums were rhythmically boring, even though I love his music.
You're totally right bro; I mean, Satch is just... wow. Right? Zakk Wylde is just like this guy who plays faster and plays all of these different styles and just spends all this time getting better at them and it's like what a waste! Satch has more feel and soul in one note than ZW could muster in a double album! Why don't people understand what we're trying to say?
Voldermort plays guitar now? Harry seemed upset :(
He is not just a great guitarrist, looks like he is also a great person.
Anyone who says that Satch can't play is just a jealous douchebag because he possesses more talent in his pinky nail than they will ever be fortunate enough to even experience. Let alone possess themselves. Seen him 8 times. One of the true Masters of the guitar.
I don't like Satch that much too be honest. I think Vai and Petrucci are both better, but he's undoubtedly excellent at guitar. I think Wylde can be considered great. He's awesome at two note per string speed picking, harmonic pinching, and generally awesome pentatonic shred.
We live in a world where dime-a-dozen pentatonic shredders like Zakk Wylde are considered guitar gods, but Satriani is overrated? Bitch, please. Some of these comments are either critical to a fault or obviously posted by newer players who don't know what they're talking about.
this video is going really good while he talks about soulful technique, and then when he plays an example its a freakin generic rock pentatonic lick with no soul or uniqueness....typical of rock stars who "don't get it". Blues will forever be something either you understand or "you just don't get", all rhetoric aside.. listen to Ritchie Blackmore and Jimmy Page, or Elmore James, Albert King and Guitar Slim if you are serious bout this guitar game.......Hell listen to Mark Knopfler if ur white..
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