Originally Posted by Chiefnj2 (Post 9702624)

Dane is jealous the little girl can shred better than him.

Originally Posted by DoucheMcCloud (Post 9703109)

Look, I'm going to put this in perspective for you guys.

There are hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of children under the age of ten years old that play classical piano competitively. They are amazing players that are judged in competitions. Some go on to schools like Juliard, some go the symphony, so and so forth. I'm talking amazingly talented.

This video is of a 14 year old that's "kind of" playing Eruption. Big deal. You can walk into just about any music store across the nation (if not the world) and hear kids playing Eruption and far more complicated guitar parts that are played much better.

But since her parents think she's "special", they've made videos of her to put on Youtube to "share" her "specialness". She's not special and personally, I think it's rather exploitative.

Now, as I said earlier, it would be impressive had she taken the techniques used by EVH and Steve Vai and countless others to create something new. Instead, it's a pale imitation.

Originally Posted by DoucheMcCloud (Post 9703109)

Look, I'm going to put this in perspective for you guys.

There are hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of children under the age of ten years old that play classical piano competitively. They are amazing players that are judged in competitions. Some go on to schools like Juliard, some go the symphony, so and so forth. I'm talking amazingly talented.

This video is of a 14 year old that's "kind of" playing Eruption. Big deal. You can walk into just about any music store across the nation (if not the world) and hear kids playing Eruption and far more complicated guitar parts that are played much better.

But since her parents think she's "special", they've made videos of her to put on Youtube to "share" her "specialness". She's not special and personally, I think it's rather exploitative.

Now, as I said earlier, it would be impressive had she taken the techniques used by EVH and Steve Vai and countless others to create something new. Instead, it's a pale imitation.

Originally Posted by gblowfish (Post 9703123)

That's an interesting perspective, I can see why you might say that. I still think the kid is quite talented, especially for her age.

Originally Posted by Detoxing (Post 9703134)

I agree with you to an extent. I agree that there are thousands of kids out there that are just as talented, or even more talented than this girl, and that you can walk into a guitar center and hear people shredding just like her.

Originally Posted by Detoxing (Post 9703134)

She put a lot of work and a ton of practice into that im sure.

Originally Posted by DoucheMcCloud (Post 9703164)

I'm not "knocking her" per se, I'm just trying to diffuse the "OMG, she is SO TALENTED" nonsense.



If that's the case (and I have absolutely no idea), then she's not a natural. Also, you can tell by the video that her sense of timing isn't quite right as well. EVH swings and plays "behind the beat". In the video, she doesn't have that going on.

IMO, the ability to "swing" and play behind the beat is one of the biggest indicators of musicianship, as is the ability to sing.

Originally Posted by otherstar (Post 9703198)

You know nothing about music and you've just proved it. I suppose you'd say that this little 9 year old has "no talent" because she's not playing an original piece:


Singing has nothing to do with musicianship UNLESS that is your primary instrument. Mozart was a genuine musical genius but there is no record that he could sing well. Playing behind the beat is fine in rock, blues, and jazz, but NOT in all styles of music. You do not want to play behind the beat in symphonic music, for example.

Originally Posted by DoucheMcCloud (Post 9703233)

:facepalm:

Mother of God, you're an idiot.

Originally Posted by DoucheMcCloud (Post 9703114)

And the irony here is that EVH is an extremely "natural" player. Eruption was a second take. Spanish Fly was first take.

He is extremely musical, even when drunk off his ass. There are no words to describe his musical genius.

Originally Posted by otherstar (Post 9703279)

You speak from experience, no? :spock:

Originally Posted by vailpass (Post 9703303)

Met him once in a hotel room at 5 Seasons Center in cedar rapids, Iowa. Circa 1990. Bottle of Jack in his hand, guitar on bed, on phone fighting with Valerie. Dude is little.

Originally Posted by DoucheMcCloud (Post 9703327)

Sounds like you met him on a good night. The dude was addicted to meth for years. I have so many stories I could share but won't, out of respect for the people he attempted to "embarrass".

I'm glad he's got his life back together because he was a nuclear mess.

Originally Posted by Consistent1 (Post 9703424)

I imagine being in a big time band would be hard on almost anyone as far as drug and alcohol usage. There aren't a whole lot of jobs out there where you can show up obviously drunk, or high, and still get to work that day.