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Originally Posted by that guy  but hes off beat and not even in the samne scale half the time..
and when hes not going slow..it is just excersizes that he has been doing since 06 |
In fusion, it's not a bad thing to be off the beat, and in fact probably a good thing. Good rhythm is important anywhere, but playing against the beat makes for more interesting soloing, generally.
In general, this if the first thing I've heard Rusty play (at least the first part of it) that made me want to hear more or buy something. I love the tone, and I love the overall ideas. Wouldn't it be great if he could just leave all those harmonic minor Yngwie-isms behind altogether as he does here? They don't go with Outworld's music and have been done to death by others.
I must preface any criticism of this clip by saying I sure as hell wish I could play like that. That said...
Even in a fusion shred context (maybe especially so), you've got to leave some space. Don't fill every single moment with notes, even slow ones. What you don't play is probably more important than what you do play. After listening to this, I want to lock Rusty in a "reeducation" room with Miles Davis albums on constant rotation for a few days. I used to be this way, too. But in recording my new album of all improvised music, I realized that 'playing silence' is really what it's all about. If nothing else, it places your blazing runs in a more effective and dramatic context. I don't claim to be a master of anything, but we guitarists in general tend to be the biggest bunch of "musical chatterboxes" on the planet.
Yeah, it's a clinic performance. All the more reason to show that you can play silence as effectively as noise.