Originally Posted by: StringybarkIt is definitely not about the ability to play faster and more notes then the next guy. It is about the music itself. Music is all about feeling. It's not about watching a race car racing around a track and clocking the speed ( though some people get an emotional high out of it), it's about the emotions it brings up in your audience.

Essentially, this applies to all music. It's not so much about what you play. It's about how you play it. Sure, you may be able to play hundreds of notes per second, but what good will that do you if you don't play with any conviction at all? I'd rather listen to a slow tune played with lots of conviction and emotion than a fast tune played at a thousand bpm but without any conviction at all. Why? Because the tune played with conviction goes right into you and makes you feel what the guitarist playing the tune wants you to feel. The other tune might also be good, but it most likely won't be as emotionally touching.