Peter, I knew you were going to make this special, but WOW, this truly is an amazing interpretation. I love the tasteful, additional flourishes that you included, here and there. This was absolutely brilliant. I am so very glad that you had a good time studying, learning and practicing this piece, to share with us all, here. I certainly had a huge smile on my face listening to your magnificent performance. I really can't speak more highly of your work, your amazing technical skills, your attention to details, accuracy, articulation, vibrato. I know I have mentioned this before, but the overall production values really set your videos apart -- the excellent audio, combined with the ideal lighting, framing and composition of the video. It bears repeating, but what is most appreciated is the fact that you are not playing over the original studio recording. You have made your own backing/rhythm track, which allows us (the viewer) to clearly hear YOU, and your excellent performance. I hope other viewers and fellow guitarists appreciate this fact...because, there are so many RU-vid guitarists that simply play over the original artist's studio recording. It makes things very muddy, and, IMHO, it also conceals mistakes and inaccuracies in the RU-vid guitarists performance. I know that this is going to make a bunch of Yngwie fans (and guitarists in general) very happy, when they view this video. Thank You! Finally, we now have a legitimate, perfect, live visual performance of this hidden gem. Cheers, John
Thank you for the kind words John, glad you enjoyed it. I did leave in in a few minor flaws so it's not quite perfect, but I think it turned out well enough. Yes I made a backing track this time, because I was playing steel I couldn't use the original nylon track. Otherwise I prefer using original music when possible just to get that original vibe. It can as you say, get muddy working that way if you're not careful. I think it works fairly well if your playing is precise and the music track is EQ'ed a certain way. Many drum covers are done like that, which is where I got the idea from in the first place. So yeah, this cover may have been a bit off the beaten path for this channel but a fun experiment nonetheless.
@@ClassicSoloSpotlight Hi Peter, I hear you about the original music. Indeed, I might have been more clear. In previous covers, if you used original tracks, you were always careful to minimize/reduce the level of the main lead guitar, via EQ. Of course, in those cases, the fact that your playing is tracking the actual recorded lead(s) so well, is what is so amazing. Besides your obvious technical virtuosity, this requires a fantastic sense of timing and intuitive feel for the nuances and dynamics of the original artist. Also, I can well imagine, to pull off such precision and fidelity to the original, it must involve serious dedication/study and good 'ol fashioned blood, sweat and tears -- i.e., Practice, Practice, Practice. Cheers, John
Master of hand coordination! Whoever can play descending fourths on multiple strings and pick them all, especially on an acoustic with no compression from distorsion, is the real deal :) hats off!
Sir, you are a true maestro! Just found your channel. I've been a fan of Malmsteen since 1988 when another camper at summer camp in Maine said "hey, check this guy out". Completely changed my taste in music forever.
@@dvruben1 exactly, right? Someone gives more importance of 30 seconds and not the blissful music in the remaining 4 minutes with mind blowing skills. Just ignore them - some people are always negative.
That sounded like it could have come right off Al Di Meola's Elegant Gypsy album, but I think even Di Meola would be impressed with that. Insane. I have no business owning a guitar.
It's absolutely incredible, wonderful cover, dude. if you can play the song Asylum by malmsteen , it would sound even better than the original song. Well you are very talented, and I liked every single one of your covers
