duncann Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Yqm97-d73I 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisinon2 Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 I liked him better back in the good old days, cutting heads with the Karate Kid, and looking a bit less like an insurance salesman meets old Harry Potter... Time is cruel...;) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillBee Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 Wow - the other guy was throwing Vai licks at Vai like he was a waiter reading the menu. Good movie ref too - love that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palico Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 Wow, dude played outstanding! Funny they made them tape over those Marshall logos too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncann Posted July 18, 2016 Author Share Posted July 18, 2016 Good catch. Didn't even notice the taped over logo. Interesting. Time certainly is cruel, but in the case of Vai, he seems to age well. He actually appears more like the Karate Kid now than the Karate Kid did in the Crossroads clip, minus the glasses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillBee Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 BTW Old Harry Potter :D +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pianoguyy Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 Most of Vai's solo stuff is boring and predictable. Anyone can play that stuff. AND thanks to the internet, making scale finding and lick learning easy, everyone IS playing that stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncann Posted July 18, 2016 Author Share Posted July 18, 2016 I find Vai's stuff, in particular The Story Of Light album, the exact opposite of predictable and boring. A little strange sometimes... A lot of his stuff is difficult if not impossible to take in from a single listening. I wouldn't go so far as to say anyone can play his stuff. Maybe some of his better known licks, sure. I don't know, as I don't know how to play any of his stuff. I have noticed that as he has gotten older, the number of videos of him containing sloppy playing increases. Lol. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gabriel_king_210 Posted September 24, 2016 Share Posted September 24, 2016 Most of Vai's solo stuff is boring and predictable. Anyone can play that stuff. AND thanks to the internet, making scale finding and lick learning easy, everyone IS playing that stuff. Yeah dude like, my 2 year old niece can play like, "Far beyond the sun" dude..... an I seen like a hobo with no arms the other day on 1st & Pine playing Eruption with his feet dude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pianoguyy Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 Oh, OK. So, let me repeat myself... Because of the internet, if you cannot do this stuff, it is your own fault. You no longer need to wait until your next "once a week" lesson to get a question answered. You no longer need to wait until "regular business hours" to go to a music store, only to find out that they don't have a book containing a 3rd diatonic triad "but we can order one, it will be here in 6 weeks." You don't even need to flip to the next page of music anymore because screens will scroll it for you. It is beyond easy today. Because of all of the unprecedented access that you have available. The only limitation you have to your learning is you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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