Great to hear Will Lee singing. He's an amazing bass player and a perfect pro -- plays any style and with anyone -- and adds to the table always. One of my heroes.
Steve Vai is a hero of mine and has had a profound influence on me musically for the best part of 25 years... but F*** me what a player Jeff 'Skunk' Baxter is - at 3:36 for no more than 9 seconds he smoked his fellow guitarists out of the water with a proper 'outside' solo... AWESOME! Respect due (and I'm gonna be looking up his backcatalogue like yesterday) Love it!
Just ask anybody that plays a vintage stringed instrument, and the two things that most effect tone are 1) A very lightweight wood that is torsionally flexible but laterally stiff 2) A lightweight finish that is so brittle on the outside that it has cracked into billions of micro crystals, but has remained soft enough on the wood side to be a flexible base for the microcrystals. This is what makes Stradavarius's so expensive, they have the maximum amount of these qualities
Orianthi!! No matter what these a-holes, that never played with anything but themselves say, you rock and you do it real fine!!! Keep on and don't stop!!!
Steve you are the coolest shit!. The Skunk is a rocket scientist so there's some serious tech to the tec. Orianthi played a crucial role in helping Will Lee hit the high notes. (I won't clarify if it was by helping rigid up his posture or by kicking him in the junk). Good times folks. The intro led me to believe I was at a church...
It's true. She is still dealing with stuff that would keep most players out of the spotlight. Her time feel and her tuning when she gets nervous or excited are the big ones for me.
Love how non musicians comment about people that can play. They also pick a guitar hero and that's it...no matter what they have to be the best ever. All of these performers did a good job. Jimi was great and a pioneer, but there are many many many better players than he was. He just did a lot of things first, which I agree are fantastic. That being said, I do not have a favorite but do enjoy Vai ( personal opinion). He is not only a great player, but spends hours on end learning new things everyday. Very few musicians do that consistently.
I don't care what the opinion is. I think Orianthi looks damn cool here. Vai is looking seriously swish with his shorter hair and suit. Everyone's just got a really cool look!
I'm honestly not getting why everyone's giving Orianthi a hard time, I'm personally fond of her. I might not think she's the BEST, but I definitely look up to her in the sense that she's obviously capable of much more than I am at writing and playing music. Can everyone please stop trying to be a critic and enjoy the music?
Yes, thank you for your kind remark; So it's come to me that IMAGE is MORE important than the quality of music in this ceremony ? Damn that's hard to swallow when someone plays for a living.
Thank you for uploading this... Bur more than this... thank you for all the beautiful music. I loved your acceptance speech... It was full of gratitude and humility... I share your philosophy, somewhat. You've been a great inspiration to so many, myself included... keep sending out those vibrating thoughts for they eventually ripple back like glorious reverb... magnifying all good things. I toast your courage and conviction... Congratulations... Tanti Aguri ! (may be misspelled... sorry.)
That girl is Orianthi Panagaris she's been lead guitarist for michael jackson and alice cooper over the years her equipment brands that i know are PRS, Jackson, Gibson and ibanez and i'm pretty sure that the guitar on this video is a PRS :)
good frenzy of improvisation, this year's C-sharp is bound to honor the solos! Congratulations to you nice groove! it must be too good to improvise a solo with the master Vai next to you!
