i have a similar problem, canuck. there's too many people that if i had everybody i wanted the band would be over thirty people, but if i had to narrow it down it probably,
Bruce Dickinson - no one like him
Petrucci and Romeo -guitars
John Myung -bass
Bonham -Drums
Jens Johnannson - keyboards he plays in Stratovarius and plays as fast than the guitarist
To improve technique and of course trying to keep all as clean as possible. I know my own limits and speed limits and so on I never play anything I'm not capable of. That wouldn't make any sense. After three years of playing I tried to play everything as fast as possible and that sounded, I would say, like shit, and I didn't realize that if I'd play bit slower things than I was capable of playing then everything would sound much better.
--Aleksi Laiho - Advice to Play By
--Aleksi Laiho - Advice to Play By