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I only posed the question of his acquired skill at his young age. He is obviously extraordinary, as is Tommy E..............JB
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Sometimes it seems like Youtube just perpetuates that stuff -mainly with the comments. I only listened to this one clip, and clearly the kid’s really good, but to me it’s just way too fast. Personally I’d love to hear him play the same tune slowed down about thirty percent. There’s nothing wrong with that kind of speed per say -I’ve often defended Al Di Meola as just being a really passionate guy... But I think to the average listener the technique obscures the music. And I think there is a danger in it career wise. |
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Music is a relative art form, and impossible to measure skill level accurately except by comparison with someone well established. Since we aren't familiar with an unknown, we only have the known for comparison. If you were to say "Wow! This kid completed the Mel Bay book 60 of finger style guitar and now he's on 61, it wouldn't really illustrate the unusually playing level of a SIXTEEN year old guitarist. I mean how many years has this kid been playing to achieve that level of skill. Most people could play their whole lives and never get close! The only thing I know for sure is that he won the AGT competition. And let me stress this, I am a BIG fan of TE! He is one of the most original talents to satisfies my taste in guitar instrumentalists. I DID NOT SAY HE IS BETTER THEN ANYONE! I only posed the question of his acquired skill at his young age. He is obviously extraordinary, as is Tommy E..............JB
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I'm trying to get my reply back on, but it won't go for some reson........JB
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Saw him at CAAS last year
First, just like Tommy, he is a genuinely nice kid. He was jamming with EVERYONE in the hallways. Second, they gave him tons of stage time. He has the presence and the skill to have an outstanding career. He won the Australia's got talent contest last year playing TOmmy's Classical Gas arrangement. You can find that on Youtube as well.
I will become a fan of his as soon as he develops his own style and distances himself from Tommy a bit. Why not be a fan of the original? I am thoroughly impressed with a lot of the young dudes that are coming up through fingerstyle now. Tommy has inspired a great crop of young players who can flat out jam. The only problem is that too many of them sound just like Tommy. Oh well, at least they are keeping fingerstyle guitar alive.
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Technically impressive? Check.
Young kid playing fast? Check. Am I bored to tears? Check.
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Frankly, this kid's technique is too good and as min7b5 posted: "Luckily, music is not a sport." I commiserate with that poster in that we can all rationalize why we're not as good as Smokin' Joe Robinson, but I bring this to the discussion--if one results from my acerbic post: When this kid truly gets a feel for the artistic side of music, and coupled with his technical prowess, he may make Chester and Lester and Jerry and Roy look like yesterday's Blue-Plate Special--And I love those guys! Regards, SpruceTop
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Give the kid his due. I listened to several of his video clips and he uniformly plays cleanly and with impeccable rhythm. He can play blazingly fast but also slower with feeling. He has quite a future in the guitar world.
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Hi, I attended one of Joes shows in Frankfurt a few weeks ago. He was here for the music fair. First I also thought he is only another TE Clone, but he is'nt. With his only 17 years he developed his own voice and composes great original music. I doubt that many of us here come even close to the talent he has in the upper portion of his pinky
Anyway - if he get's older and mature and develops the way he does in the last years we will hear great touching music by this young chap! And please believe me, I had some TE workshops, have attended dozends of his gigs and guess that I can play a bit guitar myself, but this kid blew me away! Don't judge him by the youtube videos. Get his CD and check him out on stage. He is strong! Best to you all!
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Just thought I'd chime in again, I just want to say that there will come a point when he'll stop being "good for his age" and will have to just be "good". Personally, I try to avoid playing fast, while it doesn't drop any jaws, but music isn't meant to always be played fast, while I can play fast, I just choose not to, because I can make each note mean so much more when I'm playing slowly and making each note count.
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Yes. His first CD, 'Birdseed', shows he's not just an 'acoustic shredder'. To be able to compose and play with feeling as he does and at such a young age to reinforces my belief that he is going to be one of the top acoustic players in the world one day.
http://australianbluesfestival.com.a....aspx?d=448435 Anyway, as I said above I'm seeing him on stage for the first time next Saturday night and I'm really looking forward to it. |
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The guy is unbelievable.
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I'm thinking that some of the speed is the anxiety and enthusiasm stemming from his new found glory. When I was younger and played a new tune for a appreciative audience, I couldn't help but pick up the pace a little each time. It just happened. It's inevitable that as time goes on and he searches for newer and better pieces to play, his sound will metamorphose into who he really is and the pace will level out. If you can remember a young Stanley Jordan, you will recall the brilliance of his technique and lightening speed. But now that he has evolved, it's as if he has done it all, and simplicity has become the style. In music we all evolve mostly for the better, but if you are a lover of five finger style picking, you'll never get bored with this new kid and his zest for playing as he grows!...................JB
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