I was a big fan of Satriani until I heard Randy Roads and thought man he's fast. Then I heard Yngwie and I said man he's fast than I heard Paul Gilbert and I said .... do you see a pattern forming here?
There will always be fast guitar players, and they will always fall into the same pattern of giving too much importance in been faster and will losse the feeling in their music.
I try to get faster because it helps my general technique.
With time I realise the importance of feeling and transposing this into music. Speed doesn't impress me anymore, in fact when I see a new face trying to be faster than everybody else, I don't even listen to him. It's all the same thing to me.
I wouldn't even trade 10 Yngwie for one David Gilmour and I don't even listen to Pink Floyd! But the guy has more feeling in is music than most guitarist out there and I respect that a lot.
Maybe it's an age thing but as I grow older I let go of those fast empty solos and trade for emotion charged songs. Maybe it's just me.
The guy you're talking about seems to be an good fella at least.
The futur will show us if he makes the cut :)
[Edited by Benoit on 01-11-2003 at 02:13 PM]