How is this guy only two years older than me...

Bucket

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiSmWuEp1CQ

Seriously, he apparently started at around the same age as me (12-ish), he's 20 now and he plays like he's been doing it all his life. His tone, his vibrato, his phrasing, his improvisational skills, not to mention his fucking insane technique. If this makes sense, when you watch him play you can sort of tell he really knows what he's doing. He's an absolutely incredible guitarist...

This is his band, in which he writes most or all (can't remember) of the music, I believe he also programmed the drums and did most of the backing keyboard/synth parts. This track includes some really cool guitar parts... particularly love the bit at 2:30-ish... and the solo at 5:55:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nBdYS0urxs

Then there's this clinic/video thing he did, in which he sort of breaks down how he wrote and recorded various bits of the album. The bit at 1:10 sounds, genuinely, almost exactly like something I'd expect to hear from Eric Johnson. It's stunning.

Later on he also goes into the drum programming, the keyboard sounds and the bass part (he's a pretty bloody good bass player too). He also breaks down the part I mentioned in the song above.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fc0Cxkd6NCY

This is him playing along to a cheesy 80s-sounding backing track... at the age of fifteen. Come on, that's just rubbing it in...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuDBB7vbS-g

Just... how...

Anyway, just thought I'd share this guy's playing with you, I can never quite get over how good he is when I watch him...

axisus

Yeah, I liked his playing a lot. One to keep an eye out for me.

monquixote

I enjoyed the Disperse track. 

The dude has some skills. I'm well over a decade older than him and I'm rubbish!

Bellycaster

Great talent there, enjoyed listening to that, especially vids 1 & 4.

^:)^

koneguitarist

No faulting his technique, but at times I thought backing track and what he was playing were two entirely different songs ?

is it me?

ChrisMusic

Talented indeed.

Just got round to watching the videos.

Thanks for posting Bucket.

lustycourtier

Bet he hasnt got a girlfriend though....

randomhandclaps

koneguitarist said:

No faulting his technique, but at times I thought backing track and what he was playing were two entirely different songs ?

is it me?

Nope, I totally agree.  There's a lot of disjointed licks as opposed to a theme developing.

Bucket if you are at ICMP then that is the kind of level you will, should or need to be at or exceed in 2 years time.  At least that's how it used to be in the olden days, unless they've gone soft your asses.

guitarfishbay

Yeah he's good but don't worry about how good you are in comparison because it doesn't matter one bit.  If you want to make a mark playing music you write then it only matters that you have the technical ability to perform what your creativity leads you to play.  If you can't imagine the melody lines he's creating having the ability to play them doesn't matter because otherwise all you'll be doing is copying.  

I did enjoy his playing though thanks for posting the videos.  I should also say I've enjoyed your playing when you've posted clips!

RocknRollDave

Watched some of the first video. Incredible technique (and some fab "Gary Moore" gurning!), flawless execution....but godawful guitar sound. I don't know how you'd describe that guitar sound, but it just sounds meh to me, and makes his great, expressive playing sound processed and artificial. IMO.

Sambostar

That is NOT how an electric guitar should sound to me.  Impressive yes.  But ......  No balls, not my bag at all.  If I'd heard that as the benchmark of electric guitar playing, I probably wouldn't have started in the first place.

Sambostar

Now for some real talent that inspired me to pick the thing up.

 

:P

 

octatonic

Effective. Practice. Routine.

thumpingrug

Just wait until they are younger than you.

Rocker

I point the finger directly at Jakub's parents.  Imagine allowing your child to spend all his adolescent growing years faffing about learning to play a guitar.  About as 'normal' an upbringing as Tiger Woods got.  No wonder he has no girlfriend.  He might have no friends or real friends for that matter.  Probably has the communication skills of a ViseGrip.  Perhaps he thinks he is the next Joe Bonowhateverhisnameis.  Someone ought to tell him that he is not too old to start living his life.  By all means play his music for an hour or so each day but to learn/keep a sense of perspective.

LastMantra

Pffft...Eric Clapton had joined and left the yardbirds by then.