I never comment in youtube videos or any other social media for that matter, I'm more of a silent watcher. I just spent like 50 minutes tracking down this vid since I used to watch it around 40 times a day in 2009... didn't know if I was ever gonna find it. Still is awesome.
Then the world melted, and the universe imploded. All that was left at the centre was Andy James, and he created new matter and made new worlds........and it was good.
That's very genius of you because if you play like this you'll be happy, you can become famous in a band and make lots of money and get a hot but kind wife
A great pleasure for me as a guitarist to watch Andy play. Would recommend any learning guitarist looking for inspiration to improve both as a musician as well as on the technical side. Andy rocks !!! :)
Wow Andy your really amazing you are mean and clean a very rare combonation I have been friends with chris broderick and have admired his playing for years you remind me of his playing alot keep up the great playing ... cheers
this is actually completely insane. I think that andy james is a LOT better than many famous guitar players that you may know from other bands. This solo include so fucking many techniques, its just mad. FAR better than i've heard in a long time. I'm proud
seen lots of his stuff the trouble with him he hypnotizes me every time i try to learn a lick library dvd i get sod all done with out doubt one of the best guitarists in the world whatever you can do this guy will do it my favs include the joe satriani dvd and yngwie malmsteen watch the dvd samples there sick......................................
this song's incorporation of melodic sweep picking and alternate picking with the off beat tempo and the constantly changing chord progressions reminds me of good ol' tony macalpine shredding. love it.
I find very funny watching at his pinky,that thing flipping non stop,like saying,let me play it,please let me. :) Of course playing sounds wonderful as always.
4:26 omg I've tried to learn that bend->slip-to-next-string thing from a Paul Gilbert lesson. I never succeeded. You, Andy James, is the master of all guitar techniques!
i have never seen andy james play like that before. he is amazing! i think andy could easily have famous metal players run for their money. the different scales and licks he covers are awesome!
That's what soloing is, hitting notes in the correct key in your choice of scale. And he mixed it up, using diminished, harmonic minor, and some pentatonic shred.
Andy James is teaching and performing with his band "Scared Mother Tongue" at MonkeyFest 1st - 3rd July in Woking, UK MonkeyFest tickets here: monkeyfest.co.uk
I actually laughed at 1:44 those sweeps are so smooth it's ridiculous. It reminded me of the boss in the shadow temple of zelda: ocarina of time? Amazing playing! I wish I could sweep that smoothly..
@Chargeglass Nope, just a regular hairband. There are various other things people have used, selotape at the 1st fret, a mates hand or there are even mechanical things with soft material attached. It's not advisable to use in almost any situation except recording though as people hate on everyone that uses them (unless they are famous because that somehow makes it ok). If you search "mystical potato head thing" you will see another example of this technique
I said that in my comment sir, and you are correct I am not dogging on his tone, and I don't have a better rig. I know he's a great guy and excellent player (I said it quite a bit in my comment), I was just pointing out that he is using a hairtie which gives nearly any player the ability to play clean, even though I know for a fact Andy James can shred like crazy without it and still do just as well or better. Thank you :)
Never realized Andy James is like my favorite guitar players. He has the power of Dimebag, Syn, Mark Morton, Kirk, Adam D, and Zakk Wylde in his hands. If I were 1/3 as bad as this dude..Well I would be pretty badass.
@Artybruh hahaha thanks for the encouragement man, honestly tho i could never quit guitar, its like sex without the risk of aids haha. and as far as songs off that album i recommend: "Spokes for the Wheel of Torment"(has a very disturbing music video tho), "woods of suicide", "the treeman" and one of my favorite Bhead songs ever "fountains of the forgotten". You keep on shredding too man, dont let guitar bullies like andy james, yngwie malmsteen, and buckethead discourage you haha
@DragonForce191 1.)This is not the lesson part thought, it says performance during the video. 2.)MAB has his own signature dampeners for live use. 3.)It is because he is a professional that he uses the string dampeners. He is hired by licklibrary. Getting the perfect take for the performance in as few a takes as possible saves his bosses money. Also he's doing these DVD's to teach you not impress you
@DragonForce191 Actually it is only because this guy had a 5 minute solo to record in one take, The slightest mistake would have been stuck there had he not used the dampener. All the best musicians use them for recording, Marty Friedman, Joe Satriani, Paul Gilbert, Steve Vai. It's merely because you might get 2 takes, 1 sounds amazing but has 1 mistake, the other has zero mistakes but sounds less good. The string dampener preserves the good take, the mistake is still there but unnoticeable
excellent solos, but I think (now this is just a personal preference here) that I would be more impressed with the string skipping with tapping if there was no headband/hairtie on the neck, and his sweeps are clean, but in this particular video (I've seen other videos of him without it and he's still an excellent player), it's somewhat due to the hairtie. I know Romeo does not use one and does more extreme tapping and string skipping and it's cleaner than this, but again, excellent solos :)
GUYTH, does this super duper ultra mega awesome tune have a name? I believe it would, someone please tell me what it is!! God, anything this guy does is soooooo gooooo_0d!!!!
Did any of you listen to the solo? Who gives a shit if he doesn't use his pinky. Its not about technique its about the final product, and Andy James is a badass guitarman.
oh yeah when I do some eight finger tappy junk I do use a hairtie :P I wish I had the petrucci 7 string, all I have is (I have a vid) a modified RG7321 :\ it gets the job done. Well, happy shredding!!! :)
If angus young saw that this guy was wearing his shirt, he would probably quit playing the guitar immediately or cry, one of the two, the level this guy plays with surpasses human comprehension
This is amazing. How he and SMT aren't more famous is beyond me. This kind of talent shouldn't be wasted doing Lick Library it should be blowing people's brains to shit \m/
Because right now everyone is checking out the guys that sound like Meshuggah, Fell Silent, etc. James style is more straight away stock style metal shred. Nothing wrong with either. He reminds me of a heavier Vinnie Moore.
@yamahaing7737 man, never really listened to that album, can you reccomend me some of the best delicious shredtastic tracks from that album?? also don't give up lol, pretty sure Andy James is like the leading metal guitarist of our generation lol, he can do anything What I'm trying to say is, if "not being able to play a Andy James song" was a reason to give up on guitar, then the majority of guitarists would be in BIIIIIIIG trouble ;) especially me :'( I struggle with 4-5 finger tapping :'(
Yes i like all of Andy James solos because they are not noisy but fantastic beautiful sounding solos while incorporating various melodic techniques and fluid style. And no offence to Rusty Cooley who has good speed on him, but in my opinion Rusty Cooleys solos sound rather noisy and a waste of speed. But Andy James is fast enough with great tasteful licks and chops all nicely put together, Andy James really hits the spot on his solos. He gives meaning to shred with a divine purpose and reason
@Conasnipes Yeah, yeah, I know. I play a bit of guitar, and it's hard enough to tap with your pinky. His is even harder to use as it's double jointed. I got it. I was joking. No need to get serious =P
I never comment in youtube videos or any other social media for that matter, I'm more of a silent watcher. I just spent like 50 minutes tracking down this vid since I used to watch it around 40 times a day in 2009... didn't know if I was ever gonna find it. Still is awesome.
Then the world melted, and the universe imploded. All that was left at the centre was Andy James, and he created new matter and made new worlds........and it was good.
Andy James is awe-inspiring. Truly outstanding. Period.
My dream is this. Not money, not a beautiful wife, not happiness, but to be able play like this someday.
That's very genius of you because if you play like this you'll be happy, you can become famous in a band and make lots of money and get a hot but kind wife
its very achievable i reckon, just lots of practise
A great pleasure for me as a guitarist to watch Andy play. Would recommend any learning guitarist looking for inspiration to improve both as a musician as well as on the technical side. Andy rocks !!! :)
Wow Andy your really amazing you are mean and clean a very rare combonation I have been friends with chris broderick and have admired his playing for years you remind me of his playing alot keep up the great playing ... cheers
this is actually completely insane. I think that andy james is a LOT better than many famous guitar players that you may know from other bands. This solo include so fucking many techniques, its just mad. FAR better than i've heard in a long time. I'm proud
This is truely amazing I believe that Andy James is one of the best guitarist in the WORLD he has talent and skill truly beautiful
andy james = god
seen lots of his stuff the trouble with him he hypnotizes me every time i try to learn a lick library dvd i get sod all done with out doubt one of the best guitarists in the world whatever you can do this guy will do it
my favs include the joe satriani dvd and yngwie malmsteen watch the dvd samples there sick......................................
what is this .my mind cant take it..this guy just planted himself in history..he deserves respect ..
this song's incorporation of melodic sweep picking and alternate picking with the off beat tempo and the constantly changing chord progressions reminds me of good ol' tony macalpine shredding. love it.
1:40 - 2:04 sweeping + tapping = OMFG !!
Andy is a god dam LEGEND !!
I AM NOT WORTHY !!
I find very funny watching at his pinky,that thing flipping non stop,like saying,let me play it,please let me. :) Of course playing sounds wonderful as always.
absolutely love the bit from 2.21 - 2.49!!! proper groove metal!!
4:26 omg I've tried to learn that bend->slip-to-next-string thing from a Paul Gilbert lesson. I never succeeded. You, Andy James, is the master of all guitar techniques!
i have never seen andy james play like that before. he is amazing! i think andy could easily have famous metal players run for their money. the different scales and licks he covers are awesome!
That's what soloing is, hitting notes in the correct key in your choice of scale. And he mixed it up, using diminished, harmonic minor, and some pentatonic shred.
Nice tapping,shred and awesomeness!Nice axe too!
This man is god, I saw him play with Serpent Mother Tongue on friday and it was awe inspiring.
I'd kill a man to have that guitar... and to be HALF as good as Andy James!
best guitar player I've ever seen!! he did lot's of amazing videos and lessons!
Andy James is teaching and performing with his band "Scared Mother Tongue" at MonkeyFest 1st - 3rd July in Woking, UK MonkeyFest tickets here: monkeyfest.co.uk
that's musicality with technic just awesome thumb up bro
wow,thats amazing............one of the best iv seen
This guy has more complex rhythm sections than most bands have solos!
2:08 sounding a lot like Stockholme Syndrome (a MUSE song from Absolution).
andy james is one of my favorite shredders. I just cant for the life of me figure out why he has so few views.
I actually laughed at 1:44 those sweeps are so smooth it's ridiculous. It reminded me of the boss in the shadow temple of zelda: ocarina of time?
Amazing playing! I wish I could sweep that smoothly..
@Chargeglass
Nope, just a regular hairband. There are various other things people have used, selotape at the 1st fret, a mates hand or there are even mechanical things with soft material attached. It's not advisable to use in almost any situation except recording though as people hate on everyone that uses them (unless they are famous because that somehow makes it ok).
If you search "mystical potato head thing" you will see another example of this technique
I said that in my comment sir, and you are correct I am not dogging on his tone, and I don't have a better rig. I know he's a great guy and excellent player (I said it quite a bit in my comment), I was just pointing out that he is using a hairtie which gives nearly any player the ability to play clean, even though I know for a fact Andy James can shred like crazy without it and still do just as well or better. Thank you :)
@guitarfan246 Nope it was a double bend then he let one string go as a substitute for that "missed note". Gave it a nice sound too.
Never realized Andy James is like my favorite guitar players. He has the power of Dimebag, Syn, Mark Morton, Kirk, Adam D, and Zakk Wylde in his hands. If I were 1/3 as bad as this dude..Well I would be pretty badass.
This guy is a machine! I mean look at his hands for example when sweeping @ 3:18. SICK!
sweeping like a madman
good stuff
@Artybruh hahaha thanks for the encouragement man, honestly tho i could never quit guitar, its like sex without the risk of aids haha. and as far as songs off that album i recommend: "Spokes for the Wheel of Torment"(has a very disturbing music video tho), "woods of suicide", "the treeman" and one of my favorite Bhead songs ever "fountains of the forgotten". You keep on shredding too man, dont let guitar bullies like andy james, yngwie malmsteen, and buckethead discourage you haha
@pikachusDeMoN it's a guitar and have 7 strings. he's not using the additional one above the E string
@DragonForce191
1.)This is not the lesson part thought, it says performance during the video.
2.)MAB has his own signature dampeners for live use.
3.)It is because he is a professional that he uses the string dampeners. He is hired by licklibrary. Getting the perfect take for the performance in as few a takes as possible saves his bosses money. Also he's doing these DVD's to teach you not impress you
OMG !.. i love the part from 0:00 - 5:45
epic shreddin !
@TheMikeSenn o.0 dude hes 30 years old, he's not an old man, he's one of the most successful and well respected guitarists to come out of the UK..
he is insane!! amazing !
i like that musicman , i have a jackson it will do for now ha love andy james!
Guitar heaven music.
man thats just awesome...
I'm so gonna learn this!!!!
Holy shit, I love that evil-ass sound tapping.
he does use his pinky. on this solo. its on the chorus starting at 1:40. his pinky hits the 7th string... a-ton.
@DragonForce191
Actually it is only because this guy had a 5 minute solo to record in one take, The slightest mistake would have been stuck there had he not used the dampener. All the best musicians use them for recording, Marty Friedman, Joe Satriani, Paul Gilbert, Steve Vai. It's merely because you might get 2 takes, 1 sounds amazing but has 1 mistake, the other has zero mistakes but sounds less good. The string dampener preserves the good take, the mistake is still there but unnoticeable
excellent solos, but I think (now this is just a personal preference here) that I would be more impressed with the string skipping with tapping if there was no headband/hairtie on the neck, and his sweeps are clean, but in this particular video (I've seen other videos of him without it and he's still an excellent player), it's somewhat due to the hairtie. I know Romeo does not use one and does more extreme tapping and string skipping and it's cleaner than this, but again, excellent solos :)
OMG GEEEEEEZZZUZZZ!!!!! THIS IS SO EPIC!!!!!
wicked shreds!!!
he was awesome then, and he’s even better now!
@metallicaandchimaira ...by feeling inspired NOT demoralised when they see someone playing at the level they want to play.
John petrucci signature guitar!! gonna get it soon! andy james is awesome.
GUYTH, does this super duper ultra mega awesome tune have a name? I believe it would, someone please tell me what it is!!
God, anything this guy does is soooooo gooooo_0d!!!!
@Ta1nTZA its called "underworld" awesome track!!
The riff part reminds me a lot of Stockholm Syndrome by Muse... AWESOME!
Did any of you listen to the solo? Who gives a shit if he doesn't use his pinky. Its not about technique its about the final product, and Andy James is a badass guitarman.
oh my god that is amazing
OMG HIS HANDS IS GIGANTIC
@VoraciousBlood yes.. how many years you've play guitar ? and how old are you you started playing it?
@ScreaminSavior i know what you mean there are some parts where the chord progression is just like a A7X song,i think danger line...
oh yeah when I do some eight finger tappy junk I do use a hairtie :P I wish I had the petrucci 7 string, all I have is (I have a vid) a modified RG7321 :\ it gets the job done. Well, happy shredding!!! :)
If angus young saw that this guy was wearing his shirt, he would probably quit playing the guitar immediately or cry, one of the two, the level this guy plays with surpasses human comprehension
Yes he does. U just have to look harder. And so wat if he doesnt use his pinky? Its still sounds awesome
my personal favourite too =]
are you sure this is Andy James??? it sounds more like Jesus Crist playing his angelic guitar from heaven! this guy is freekin' awsome!
@extremeguitarshredr totally right man!
Yes you! You play good guitar. Cheers
amazing i wish i could do that
This is way to cool..!!!!
That was fandamtastic!!!
@WilsonAlmighty I know that song by Satriani, I'll have to check it out, thanks dude.
Love the groove from 2:36
i died a little in side knowing ppl can play like this haha ..damn..well this guy is somethin else
This is amazing. How he and SMT aren't more famous is beyond me. This kind of talent shouldn't be wasted doing Lick Library it should be blowing people's brains to shit \m/
Because right now everyone is checking out the guys that sound like Meshuggah, Fell Silent, etc. James style is more straight away stock style metal shred. Nothing wrong with either. He reminds me of a heavier Vinnie Moore.
music is music
yeah, his band is called Sacred Mother Tongue
Accuracy 101% of the max human capability.
nice, i was wondering if anyone else caught that little bit of muse influence.
@yamahaing7737 man, never really listened to that album, can you reccomend me some of the best delicious shredtastic tracks from that album??
also don't give up lol, pretty sure Andy James is like the leading metal guitarist of our generation lol, he can do anything
What I'm trying to say is, if "not being able to play a Andy James song" was a reason to give up on guitar, then the majority of guitarists would be in BIIIIIIIG trouble ;) especially me :'( I struggle with 4-5 finger tapping :'(
I don't get why people always talk about Andy not using his pinky - he uses it every time he needs to
greatest ever
OMFG HES AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!
im not complaining. just sugesting it. he's good
he has sick tapping skills
when i play that first full tapping lick,it sounded much diffferent ! and i was correct !
@TheBritishDood its because most of them couldnt play this while using their pinky
Esto es totalmente impresionante....!!!!!!!!!!!! no conocia este guitarrista.. creo que esta al mismo nivel de Steve Vai..!!!
@318825768 i think he was saying he loved every bit of it. Like it loved it from beginning to end
Yes i like all of Andy James solos because they are not noisy but fantastic beautiful sounding solos while incorporating various melodic techniques and fluid style. And no offence to Rusty Cooley who has good speed on him, but in my opinion Rusty Cooleys solos sound rather noisy and a waste of speed. But Andy James is fast enough with great tasteful licks and chops all nicely put together, Andy James really hits the spot on his solos. He gives meaning to shred with a divine purpose and reason
@Conasnipes Yeah, yeah, I know. I play a bit of guitar, and it's hard enough to tap with your pinky. His is even harder to use as it's double jointed. I got it. I was joking. No need to get serious =P
wanna play this !!!!
good stuff.
pretty sweet bro
i love the shirt!!
@JulianTheGuitarist and why don't you like 5:45?
professional. enough said.
@Gangsta4549 it's okay dude. I understand it xD i've got it myself sometimes so..