Full Stop. You mean to tell me, you just did a Live Cover of of 3 of John’s most technically insane solo’s while radiating such fun and enjoyable energy. With so much emotion. Never making a single mistake once. Not once.
I was expecting to see some fade outs in between solos, but my jaw dropped when it was recorded live. This guy is a beast. I can’t play a minute of a JP solo without making a dumb mistake.
How is it even possible to not only play all these solos perfect in one take, let alone arguably better than the original on some? Truly amazing stuff, definitely one of the greatest guitar players I’ve ever seen. This is exactly what Petrucci was talking about when he said some of his fans are better than him.
I don’t think so prolly came from the same planet as petrucci. Unreal you give me hope for practice on musical instruments. Just incredible. Do you or petrucci have perfect pitch? Maybe that has something to do with you two ?
@@will202X i dont think it's that important. if you have 2 people, 1 with no talent and 1 with talent, if they both practice an equal amount of hours for 10 years, you likely won't be able to distinguish one guy from the other in terms of skill. The longer it goes, the less you will be able to detect it. now if the guy without talent has more drive and excitement, he will even surpass the guy with talent in terms of skill easily. IF the more talented guy also has a crazy drive and engagement, he will have the edge but there is a (reasonable) limit to your mechanical possibilities so that's why I think you won't really hear any difference. If you practiced techniques for a long time, it will not sound very different to another guy that has practiced for that long as well.
@@miguelpuyalto5562 Have you heard of something called live shows? It's this really cool thing where JP for example plays 3h of music to near perfection.
All of these are ones that really pull at my heart strings.... the most beautiful solos you selected for this as the ones that really tug at the feelings. Your playing made me cry... good tears of course. Congratulations on the level of mastery of this instrument you have achieved!
Dude .. 1 take? You’re insane 😱😱😱 and you’ve captured the technique, the emotion 100% ! Keep playing you’re going to be a guitar god!! love from Hong Kong 🙏🏻❤️
Yeah he uses a surprisingly low gain tone. kinda wished he had just a tad more gain to add more of the buttery smooth goodness that are JPs ballad solos
I've been listening to guitar solos and covers for years and years now and I've been listening to Dream Theater even longer. The fact that you combined the two in the most incredibly accurate and emotional rendition I've ever seen just blows me away. Truly unreal guitar playing. Can't wait to see what's next.
I was TOTALLY not expecting a note for note rendition of Hollow Years from Japan. I fucking LOVE that gem. JP just writing a little jammies for his dad. It's a sad day when you lose your dad. Make a guitar solo that's this good when it happens to you and you can use that to help with the healing.
Man, I keep coming back to this video...your playing is inspiring. I wish I had this personal drive to study and dedicate myself to it. Keep the magic alive!
Under a Glass Moon was the solo that made me want to pick up guitar so the fact you covered it was absolutely amazing, glad I'm not the only one who thinks it's an absolute masterpiece
Mastering masterpieces so intensely just like that, one after each other .... Perfection does not exist but carefull, you're close man !!!! Love your musicality and feeling, without a single "mistake" (I don't like that word in music but you see what I mean) and having fun all along. Please never stop feeding the world with your virtuosity and can't wait to hear some of your own masterpieces when you feel like delivering those to our ears and hearts ! How can anyone "dislike" this :/
I noticed it a minute ago and thought exactly the same! He still captured every feeling and nuance though which was super impressive. Maybe he's had the PRS longer and is more familiar with it?
Your skills are of the charts bro! You play with such a subtle hand, it's a joy to watch! Btw, i have NEVER seen anyone play the solo to The spirit carries on as accurate as you did.
Very well done! JP sometimes gets knocked for having “no feeling”. Whatever. You just demonstrated that’s BS. An honorable mention here would be the Octavarium outro. Great stuff and keep it up dude. 🤘
you sir are an inspiration to guitar players everywhere. It's high time you got noticed and I for one am glad to have found you. Being a long time guitar player myself with content on my channel that is my own I really appreciate your mastery of the instrument. You play with the true vibe these solos were meant to be played. I see you brother
I'm almost welling up, your playing is amazingly expressive. I hope you're making a decent living with music or there's something fundamentally wrong with society.
These are all, undoubtedly, some of the greatest guitar solos of all time. But, man you're missing the single most emotive guitar solo (in my opinion). The last solo from Octavarium gives me chills every. Single. Time. Regardless, this is an impeccable video. Incredible playing, man.
F I can pull a perfect F out of thin air from that first note. And yeah, it's a masterpiece in the key of F that is just ridiculous and everyone should learn how to play it properly.
How did you set up the tremolo to be able to make those flicks like at 00:47? I have the same guitar but I cant figure out to set it up that way :( I thought that maybe I need to have a Floyd Rose to do that but you can do it with the standard PRS tremolo
Hey man, you don't need a Floyd rose Bridge to do those flicks. You need a floating bridge, which FR usually have. You need to higher your bridge a bit, enough to have leeway for a reverse dive, if that makes sense. Hope I helped!
@@AlainIbrahimlb thanks, I already have it floating, but it just doesn't wobble like that when I flick it. Did you maybe tighten the screws on the bridge or something like that?
Make sure the arm is tight. Another thing to consider is that the more springs you have the less it will wobble. So less springs that are tightened a bit more. That should do the trick. Note that less springs also means that you cannot use that thick strings.
@@anttiohtonen2122 Ah ok thank you. How many strings would you recommend? Right now I'm using 4. and does this help with divebombs as well? Cause those dont work as good for me as well. The tremolo doesn't go as deep down as I want it to :/
Amaaazing. I like it. Subscribed. 1 thing hope u take in consideration. Hope you add a little bit more delay and treble. Other wise amazing player. Amazing skills
I am now on Patreon! www.patreon.com/alainibrahim 01. Under A Glass Moon 0:00 02. Hollow Years (Live) 1:00 03. Breaking All Illusions 3:12 04. The Best of Times 4:54 05. The Spirit Carries On 8:06
honestly how can one dislike this video? they click on it cause they see "John Petrucci" in the title, so they know who that is, and then what?????...I can only assume they are overwhelmed by the awesomeness of this video and from dizziness click dislike by accident...no other explanation
What I love about Alain’s covers is that he makes them his own by adding dynamics and really tasteful embellishments - so it’s not a stale reproduction - but his own voice coming through 🙏
Absolutely destroyed that Under a Glass Moon Solo! My personal favorite of his and one of the hardest to keep up with given the changes and inflection. Very impressive man, keep ripping! EDIT: YOU DID THESE ALL BACK TO BACK?!?!?!?! WHAT!?!?!?!?! (O~o)
Full Stop.
You mean to tell me, you just did a Live Cover of of 3 of John’s most technically insane solo’s while radiating such fun and enjoyable energy. With so much emotion.
Never making a single mistake once. Not once.
Bro, this man came to RUclips to kick some asses. He deserves more views.
Fuck superman, Alain is my new hero
This man is a legebd
This man is a different breed
I was expecting to see some fade outs in between solos, but my jaw dropped when it was recorded live. This guy is a beast. I can’t play a minute of a JP solo without making a dumb mistake.
The fact that he’s playing with as little gain as he is, holy crap that’s some clean playing
exactly what I just thought 🙏👏🙌
Sometimes you gotta lower noise pollution inside a room😂
I keep my gain on 4 w a slight boost most people think I crank my gain. I like it clean
5 solos, 10 minutes, 1 take and no effort whatsoever. You're on another level!
Thank you cool, bearded guy! ❤️
so you noticed too
dont forget the hours and hours of practicing bro !
@@OthmaneTheSkills I was just about to say. Saying it took "no effort" is pretty disrespectful.
@@OthmaneTheSkills yeah, probably around 10-15k hours
Alright petrucci, that disguise is fooling no one.
this guy played 5 petrucci solos in 1 sitting..i cant even play 1 solo in 5 sittings
You are not alone
@@jakasepta(With Michael Jackson's voice)
😁😁😁😁😁😁
Practice, discipline
hahaha
Which Petrucci solos do you know?
This guy: yes
How is it even possible to not only play all these solos perfect in one take, let alone arguably better than the original on some? Truly amazing stuff, definitely one of the greatest guitar players I’ve ever seen. This is exactly what Petrucci was talking about when he said some of his fans are better than him.
So no one is gonna talk about how he played 5 John Petrucci solos on a PRS when he had a John Petrucci guitar hanging on the wall behind him?
It's time the world knows about this guy.
Oh they know about him, they just fear him lol
Nope
@@fiziflake4415 so post a video of yourself playing better
Good things come to those who wait.
We know its hagrid
I love how in the middle of live at the Budokan solo you managed to copy James's voice perfectly on a guitar
Didn’t know Hagrid could play so well
Ahahahaah😂
@@DM11871 Don't you have sense of humour? Get a life, Bozo.
Imagine if harry was given an axe instead of a wand
Man. That so funny!!!! Thr man played so sick🤘🎸
Watch my music at Pedro J. Varona
You're literally the best guitarist on RUclips.
Then, five days later, cover the entire shred collab... this guy is insane
Fantastic covers! 👍
😎✌️
Incredible. Jared sent me here
We all came here due to Jared. This guys kicks ass!
Mike I I didn’t this was in my recommended. Glad RUclips’s recommending actual good creators for once
I'm here from the RUclips algorithm. Which Jared are we talking about?
Rick Feith I’m assuming Jared dines. That’s the only guitar youtuber names Jared I know of
Me too, this dude is monster of a guitarist. I hope he gets more subscribers.
The world needs to know you dude, you're just insane.
Was that 1 take? Are you human?
I don’t think so prolly came from the same planet as petrucci. Unreal you give me hope for practice on musical instruments. Just incredible. Do you or petrucci have perfect pitch? Maybe that has something to do with you two ?
@@carlreynolds1111 perfect pitch has nothing to do with it, just an insane amount of talent and practice
@@will202X talent does also not have much to do with it. it's 95% practice and a bit of talent sprinkled on top
@@hazardeur idk I think talent is very important too. It can be easy to want to deny its importance to make us feel better but it’s still a big factor
@@will202X i dont think it's that important. if you have 2 people, 1 with no talent and 1 with talent, if they both practice an equal amount of hours for 10 years, you likely won't be able to distinguish one guy from the other in terms of skill. The longer it goes, the less you will be able to detect it. now if the guy without talent has more drive and excitement, he will even surpass the guy with talent in terms of skill easily. IF the more talented guy also has a crazy drive and engagement, he will have the edge but there is a (reasonable) limit to your mechanical possibilities so that's why I think you won't really hear any difference. If you practiced techniques for a long time, it will not sound very different to another guy that has practiced for that long as well.
Dude. You are by far one of the best guitarists I've come across in a long time. Much love from Texas, USA!
Best Pettucci interpretation ever seen
Better than petrucci
@@mariaromero-wb8zq ha ha
Petrucci is interpreting Alain he doesn’t know it yet.
@@mariaromero-wb8zq
At times, yes...
This man is Amazing...
Your technique is so flawless you've achieved what even gods have not yet mastered. Yes... this is the true form of Atonamous Ultra Musical Instinct.
Should be titled "John petrucci plays some of his best solos".
No. Better than him. John wouldn't be able to play their solos in a row with such a level of perfection. Alain is an Alien
@@miguelpuyalto5562 Have you heard of something called live shows? It's this really cool thing where JP for example plays 3h of music to near perfection.
Pulling this off with so little gain on the amp is incredible.
The sound is clearly not over saturated
A ton of compression though no?
All of these are ones that really pull at my heart strings.... the most beautiful solos you selected for this as the ones that really tug at the feelings. Your playing made me cry... good tears of course. Congratulations on the level of mastery of this instrument you have achieved!
Nothing gives more joy than to be able to communicate to people through this instrument, thank you for letting me know this!
Exactly i Got the same feelings while listening to it❤️
Hollow years solo live version it's gold.
I will never use the "fat fingers excuse" to explain why I suck at soloing.
Shawn Lane already destroyed that excuse for me :(
Shit, me too I was counting on this to be the right reason why I suck. But, no, I suck, that's all. This guy is great!
that has never been an excuse lol
Shawn Lane & Michael Romeo says hi! well perhaps not Shawn Lane cuz he is ded :'(
with you on that one. always been my excuse. It has now been forcefully removed :(
Dude .. 1 take? You’re insane 😱😱😱 and you’ve captured the technique, the emotion 100% ! Keep playing you’re going to be a guitar god!! love from Hong Kong 🙏🏻❤️
That's impressive. He didn't even use a gain-filled distortion to mask wrong alternate picking. It's even clearer than John at "The Best of Times"!
Yeah he uses a surprisingly low gain tone. kinda wished he had just a tad more gain to add more of the buttery smooth goodness that are JPs ballad solos
It is insane how big john petruccis influence is on the next gen of gods
John petrucci after looking to this video : "I can't remember the recording of this vid 🤔?!"
Yess
😝
Astonishing!!!
John Petrucci has to see this Man!!!!!!!
Now...
came here after his jdbc cover
you are insane,, man!!!
Me too
Thanks
@@drumboarder1 no problem
The Best Of Times makes me cry every time
I've been listening to guitar solos and covers for years and years now and I've been listening to Dream Theater even longer. The fact that you combined the two in the most incredibly accurate and emotional rendition I've ever seen just blows me away. Truly unreal guitar playing. Can't wait to see what's next.
One of the best axeman in the whole internet!!!👌
Incredible accuracy.
you need more names
I was TOTALLY not expecting a note for note rendition of Hollow Years from Japan.
I fucking LOVE that gem. JP just writing a little jammies for his dad. It's a sad day when you lose your dad.
Make a guitar solo that's this good when it happens to you and you can use that to help with the healing.
Man, I keep coming back to this video...your playing is inspiring. I wish I had this personal drive to study and dedicate myself to it. Keep the magic alive!
"Yer a guitarist, Hagrid."
"I'm a WOT?"
Perdi
The spirit carries on solo is the guitar solo that made me meet a guitar
Under a Glass Moon was the solo that made me want to pick up guitar so the fact you covered it was absolutely amazing, glad I'm not the only one who thinks it's an absolute masterpiece
It is you re absolutely right groovelord
Dude, your take of the under a glass moon solo was cleaner than petrucci himself, and every other solo was amazing. This is peak guitar contet
He did it in sequence, with no cuts...
The is the chosen one ladies and gentlemen.
This cover of Hollow Years blowed my mind ! Great Job !
I sincerely don't know what's more incredible, the solos by themselves or the fact that you can play that incredibly well. Props to you. Rock on!! 🤟🤟
I think very few people have been showing appreciation for his amazing tones
That's so smooth, like a soft ball of smoothness in a soft flavoured smoothie. Man, that's also crazy precise. Ok, je suis remonté à bloc.
Mastering masterpieces so intensely just like that, one after each other .... Perfection does not exist but carefull, you're close man !!!! Love your musicality and feeling, without a single "mistake" (I don't like that word in music but you see what I mean) and having fun all along.
Please never stop feeding the world with your virtuosity and can't wait to hear some of your own masterpieces when you feel like delivering those to our ears and hearts !
How can anyone "dislike" this :/
The way you don't like the word 'mistake' and believe perfection doesn't exist, others have their own hangups.
fuck...how this doesn't have million of views i dont know...Amazing dude, congrats, im in awe.
I'm surprised there are no comments saying he didn't use his John Petrucci guitar to play this haha great great playing man keep it up 😎
I noticed it a minute ago and thought exactly the same! He still captured every feeling and nuance though which was super impressive. Maybe he's had the PRS longer and is more familiar with it?
Stumbled on this by accident... totally amazing!
Man that sweep picking you did at around the 6:30 was fricking amazing.
What?
@@Nairrrrrrr just before then, at like 6:25 is what he meant
Absolutely stunning!
My personal favorite solo by him is stream of consciousness seems to be pretty underrated as not many people seem to mention that song
The soul on breaking all illusion is so fkin perfect. So good man.
Your skills are of the charts bro! You play with such a subtle hand, it's a joy to watch!
Btw, i have NEVER seen anyone play the solo to The spirit carries on as accurate as you did.
Beautiful prs
Beautiful head of hair
Beautiful play from start to finish. Thank you, señor
Very well done! JP sometimes gets knocked for having “no feeling”. Whatever. You just demonstrated that’s BS. An honorable mention here would be the Octavarium outro. Great stuff and keep it up dude. 🤘
SAFE IN THE LIGHT THAT SURROUNDS ME
Good job Hagrid!
Agree, but definitely going to have to report him for performing magic outside the walls of Hogwarts.
you sir are an inspiration to guitar players everywhere. It's high time you got noticed and I for one am glad to have found you. Being a long time guitar player myself with content on my channel that is my own I really appreciate your mastery of the instrument. You play with the true vibe these solos were meant to be played. I see you brother
Brother I liked your alternate picking more than John Petrucci's alt. picking. Congratulations!
Oh my. I will now follow this guy. Great job. Well done. Claps hands.
I'm almost welling up, your playing is amazingly expressive. I hope you're making a decent living with music or there's something fundamentally wrong with society.
This guy is unbelievable. Wow..
These are all, undoubtedly, some of the greatest guitar solos of all time. But, man you're missing the single most emotive guitar solo (in my opinion). The last solo from Octavarium gives me chills every. Single. Time.
Regardless, this is an impeccable video. Incredible playing, man.
Lines in the sand bro
F
I can pull a perfect F out of thin air from that first note. And yeah, it's a masterpiece in the key of F that is just ridiculous and everyone should learn how to play it properly.
Razor's edge ...
@@Mitzu-ev1bo Yes! That one. I always forget what that section is called.
Cleaner than Petrucci himself... Amazing and unbelievable
0 dislikes. The way it should be.
now 2
2 people are jealous as fuck and petty.
@@MrDmadness nah they're just australian viewers
Now 27... They're such pussies.
He makes it like it's an easy to play. 🙏
That Hollow Years live cover was EVERYTHING. Every fucking note spot on to the basically improved original performance... that's absolutely amazing.
I feel like watching Mike Portnoy playing guitar😄 but anyway he's damn gud😊luv the sweeps👍👍
This man made love to his guitar and gave everyone eargasms!!!!
if michael romeo and john petrucci had a baby 😂✌️ just joking man, your a great guy and unbelievable guitar talent
I pressed like button 20K times !!
Amazing, Petrucci should be proud of you
The best of times is one of the beautyfull ending solo ever.
It's my absolutely favorite one. I wish i could play it.. but i suck at sweep picking... and everything else ;-)
That's just awseome! I'm absolutely jelous. Congrats, man!
You are amazing. Closest to perfection someone can be.
I'm lacking the fatal tragedy solo but great playing!
Just one word for ur astonishing skill..... Incredible brother.....
That first solo is awesome
How did you set up the tremolo to be able to make those flicks like at 00:47? I have the same guitar but I cant figure out to set it up that way :(
I thought that maybe I need to have a Floyd Rose to do that but you can do it with the standard PRS tremolo
Hey man, you don't need a Floyd rose Bridge to do those flicks. You need a floating bridge, which FR usually have. You need to higher your bridge a bit, enough to have leeway for a reverse dive, if that makes sense. Hope I helped!
@@AlainIbrahimlb thanks, I already have it floating, but it just doesn't wobble like that when I flick it. Did you maybe tighten the screws on the bridge or something like that?
@@WiWaMusicOfficial Nah, I didn't modify anything. Could be a matter of bridge screws, or how tight the arm is!
Make sure the arm is tight. Another thing to consider is that the more springs you have the less it will wobble. So less springs that are tightened a bit more. That should do the trick. Note that less springs also means that you cannot use that thick strings.
@@anttiohtonen2122 Ah ok thank you. How many strings would you recommend? Right now I'm using 4. and does this help with divebombs as well? Cause those dont work as good for me as well. The tremolo doesn't go as deep down as I want it to :/
My hat is off to you sir!!!!!!! Truly amazing.
This. Was. IMPECCABLE.
Amaaazing. I like it. Subscribed.
1 thing hope u take in consideration. Hope you add a little bit more delay and treble. Other wise amazing player. Amazing skills
Noted buddy, thanks!
Bravo. Bequem Tone, genaugkeit, emotionel....Bravo..
I am now on Patreon! www.patreon.com/alainibrahim
01. Under A Glass Moon 0:00
02. Hollow Years (Live) 1:00
03. Breaking All Illusions 3:12
04. The Best of Times 4:54
05. The Spirit Carries On 8:06
GREAT CONTENT
I thought 'In the presence of enemies' would be there but I suppose that would make the whole video very long. But really good stuff mate! 👏👌
what gear are you using?
Great work. I just missed the octavarium final solo. But it is just my taste.
I dont remember any petrucci bad solo. I did very nice i enjoy watch you
honestly how can one dislike this video? they click on it cause they see "John Petrucci" in the title, so they know who that is, and then what?????...I can only assume they are overwhelmed by the awesomeness of this video and from dizziness click dislike by accident...no other explanation
What I love about Alain’s covers is that he makes them his own by adding dynamics and really tasteful embellishments - so it’s not a stale reproduction - but his own voice coming through 🙏
I don't understand how there can there be a single thumbs down for this video, this man is a guitar genius. Keep rocking dude 🤘😁🤘
maestro no me canso de de ver tu video!!!
Indonesian here, good jobs perfect master, 🙏🙏🙏🙏
You include my favorite song.
Hollow Years
The best of times
The spirit carries on.
So nice!!
Effortless, amazing, genius !!! Every note hit so clear, precise and flowing like a river. Awesome!!!
Perfect sound on Hollow Years
You have a great ear for music. Appreciate all your hard works
Dream Theater music brings us all together!
A big hug from Italy
I've watched this 1000 times already, amazing
Now i seeing not-human with PRS, absolutely perfect play!!
2:44 omg you can feel glory!
Absolutely destroyed that Under a Glass Moon Solo! My personal favorite of his and one of the hardest to keep up with given the changes and inflection. Very impressive man, keep ripping!
EDIT: YOU DID THESE ALL BACK TO BACK?!?!?!?! WHAT!?!?!?!?! (O~o)