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ghettosynth · Post by **ghettosynth** » Thu Sep 12, 2013 9:41 pm

That's what we should say after watching every video in this thread. Try to keep it focused on the individual player, e.g., we've all seen Led Zeppelin perform Stairway to Heaven or Frank Zappa playing weird complicated shit, start your own thread for that.

Ok, maybe this guy is famous, but I've never seen him before. I always cringe when a youtube video has a title like this, but, this was actually pretty good.

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

jancivil · Post by **jancivil** » Fri Sep 13, 2013 2:27 am

http://youtu.be/-81ymTFPBXQ?t=1m27s

ccDuckett · Post by **ccDuckett** » Fri Sep 13, 2013 7:29 am

Polka this ain't..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDFFUIGoBUc

Aloysius · Post by **Aloysius** » Fri Sep 13, 2013 7:36 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89zM9pZzt0U

davidka · Post by **davidka** » Fri Sep 13, 2013 7:54 am

I think he's pretty well known among performers, but there are so few videos of him playing.
It's a pity I will never be able to see him perform live anymore...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0x877_n0BU

ghettosynth · Post by **ghettosynth** » Fri Sep 13, 2013 8:58 am

jancivil wrote:http://youtu.be/-81ymTFPBXQ?t=1m27s

I liked this, although, I confess, I wasn't impressed with the drumming. Not that it's bad, it just didn't move me.

But, my question for you, and I'd like it if you'd respond in as much detail as you feel that you have time for, is why do you think that it's "more than great."

ghettosynth · Post by **ghettosynth** » Fri Sep 13, 2013 8:59 am

ccDuckett wrote:Polka this ain't..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDFFUIGoBUc

Awesome, I really liked at some points, e.g. about 3:30, that you could hear the clicking of the keys, it added something to the performance.

Lotuzia · Post by **Lotuzia** » Fri Sep 13, 2013 11:38 am

davidka wrote:I think he's pretty well known among performers, but there are so few videos of him playing.
It's a pity I will never be able to see him perform live anymore...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0x877_n0BU

Great

Thanks for sharing this one

jancivil · Post by **jancivil** » Fri Sep 13, 2013 3:37 pm

ghettosynth wrote:
jancivil wrote:http://youtu.be/-81ymTFPBXQ?t=1m27s
I liked this, although, I confess, I wasn't impressed with the drumming. Not that it's bad, it just didn't move me.

But, my question for you, and I'd like it if you'd respond in as much detail as you feel that you have time for, is why do you think that it's "more than great."

But I don't like to explain things like that. If you aren't 'moved' by the drumming (let alone 'I wasn't impressed'), where the guitarist evidently is... I don't think I will benefit from being drawn into a discussion or argument. Staking a claim swaying someone to some music via language isn't my thing at all, it seems pretty useless. I went to help myself with it once with you but I think Rastop doesn't need my help. In the context here this feels the same as needing to explain Hendrix to someone quite sated with Chet Atkins, been there/done that (specifically).

I think the felicities of everything in this is self-evident to someone sensible to it. I will say I expected some resistance from you, but I shared it anyway; this guy is fantastic and no one knows about him. These videos have a few hundred views only.

ghettosynth · Post by **ghettosynth** » Fri Sep 13, 2013 7:34 pm

jancivil wrote:
ghettosynth wrote:
jancivil wrote:http://youtu.be/-81ymTFPBXQ?t=1m27s
I liked this, although, I confess, I wasn't impressed with the drumming. Not that it's bad, it just didn't move me.

But, my question for you, and I'd like it if you'd respond in as much detail as you feel that you have time for, is why do you think that it's "more than great."
But I don't like to explain things like that. If you aren't 'moved' by the drumming (let alone 'I wasn't impressed'), where the guitarist evidently is... I don't think I will benefit from being drawn into a discussion or argument.

And of course, there is a discussion anyway, just to clarify. I'm not interested in arguing with you at all. You should take my request at face value.

Staking a claim swaying someone to some music via language isn't my thing at all, it seems pretty useless.

Ah, as I suspected, you misread. I'm not asking you to "sway" me, I agree it's useless, and you won't be able to at all. My experience of music is largely independent of my understanding of it. You could use all the superlatives in the world and my opinion wouldn't change. I wasn't asking for that. I was asking for you to share your music expertise. What about it technically, impacts your musical experience, it's clear that your moved by it, so I don't care about that, but your words were "it's beyond great." Is that just an expression of taste, or, are you asserting that, based on your music experience, that it has properties that reflect an understanding of music from the performers that you respect? If the former, so be it, I'm sure I've said similar things without any particular meaning, if the latter, what are the "musical" properties of the performance that you think are important for something to be "beyond great", either generically, or within the genre.

I will say I expected some resistance from you, but I shared it anyway; this guy is fantastic and no one knows about him.

That's because you project too much. I was asking for what the KVR readership felt were great performances in this thread, and you should take my request at face value. In fact, that's just general advice from me to you, I generally mean exactly what I say, and little more, modulo my ability to express myself with the necessary degree of precision.

He is, if we're talking about the guitar player, fantastic. As far as the drumming, my perception could be as much a function of the live sound as the playing, but, I've just experienced what I feel is much more interesting drumming in similar contexts.

But, to be clear, I'm talking about both the guitar playing and the overall piece in general, I'm not really asking you to try and sway my opinion on the drum sound, but, feel free, if you desire, to share what you think makes the drumming work in the context of the piece.

rp314 · Post by **rp314** » Fri Sep 13, 2013 11:08 pm

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

bmrzycki · Post by **bmrzycki** » Fri Sep 13, 2013 11:28 pm

He's youtube famous but I don't meet many people that have heard of him:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lg8LfoyDFUM

tapper mike · Post by **tapper mike** » Sat Sep 14, 2013 1:07 am

Someone never heard of Paco De Lucia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paco_de_Luc%C3%ADa

Sungha Jung (not as well known outside of Korea)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTwfTMBB ... 167736D909

Jake Riechbart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTvvVhEyqzA

Vic 'JAZZ GUTS' van Kampen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEegVHd8 ... 55-g9sVawh

This guy - The best version I've ever heard of "James" even better then the original by Pat Metheney.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGTu7mN4nhw

Love how he slips in "with a little help from my friends" lick and "here comes the sun' transposed.

tapper mike · Post by **tapper mike** » Sat Sep 14, 2013 1:16 am

Jeff Moen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TA8Ah3L-gks

Disclaimer, Jeff and I have conversed before. I did an artist review about him. He's a really nice guy and has an amazing approach whether playing a stick, war, ztar or other instrument.

kbaccki · Post by **kbaccki** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 7:43 am

From my own stash... some players I've seen, some I've run across in my internet travels...

Love this... BIAB + live performance + some perc loops... and some knowledge...

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

From Harvard Square to the west coast, a gift to music lovers...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHtq56epoVY

Maybe my favorite "web clip"... Kevin Barry on lap steeel is.. uh... pretty good...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b40cp7jDAuQ

... and played on this guy's first album, "Crescent Crawl"... (check it out if you like jazzy new orleansy good music) ... Bruce Katz is pretty good too.. a little boogie woogie here...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M39lf_x1FbA

Who was that? Random fantastic performances from NON-FAMOUS people.