Great songwriting Sam, and the leads really sound organic and musical with fresh and interesting musical ideas that don't just serve to showcase your great technical skills. I love it!
Awesome as expected, Sam. You truly deserve to win, your approach to the instrument is very different and that's what everyone wants to learn, new ways to think over the instrument and not the common shredder. Thanks for the music!
The world needs more players like you! Fantastic! Those chord progressions/changes and the maturity in the arpeggiated melodic build-up, n that subtle vibrato control, truly shows your versatility in playing and composing..beautiful phrasing and inspiring! This would had been my no 1! Cheers!
So, here's the deal. From a composition standpoint, Sam's entry isn't near as good as other finalists; however, he is far and away the most original, fresh, and inventive guitarist of ALL the finalists. I really think he deserves to win, because JTC artists have the luxury of creating "lick packages." Sam would excel INCREDIBLY with that opportunity! Between his 2 entries and having checked out his personal channel, I really think JTC would benefit from having this guy on their roster, regardless of if he wins this contest or not. Awesome stuff overall, Sam!
Kenny Serane was more mainstream and wonderfully musical..Sam's technical ability is crushing with complex phrasings and tasty changes and bits...Considering my personality, Sam would easily win this..
Awesome - although I really feel this contest should have been sectioned off a little better. You'd easily come in first for your style and genre But with over 2,000 entries, you've faired extremely well - congrats bro
