[SHREDDER]

17 year old kid that shreds pretty damn good.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...q=chris+feener

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...q=chris+feener

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...q=chris+feener

[Shannon]

That kid's got the goods.

[nyck]

[Kane]

Man, my sweeps suck ass. I try, but just haven't been able to get them down like this dude, Muhammed, Sanders, and others I have heard. I dunno what the dealio is. I can shred pretty damn fast otherwise.

[Shannon]

Originally Posted by Kane

Man, my sweeps suck ass. I try, but just haven't been able to get them down like this dude, Muhammed, Sanders, and others I have heard. I dunno what the dealio is. I can shred pretty damn fast otherwise.

Ditto here. For me, I finally got sweeping up (only took 20 years), but sweeping down is MUCH more difficult for me. Coming back down is sorta sloppier & usually ends up being hammer-ons. I'll just stick to my tapping and alternate picking.

[Kane]

I shouldn't make it sound like I've put a lot of time into my sweeping. Perhaps a total of an hour and a half to three hours, but it seemed like a lot longer. Tapping and alternate picking are cool, but I hate not having all the techniques available to me. I guess I need to buckle down and practice. I've never been one of those guys who practices for hours and hours every day; I've always been the type to pick of the guitar and play when I feel like it, even if it's only for a few minutes, and there have been many times in my life where I've gone without playing for days, weeks, or months. I know I could be superb if I put the time into it, but I've been a computer junky for nearly 16 years now and it really fucks up all my creative endevours, be they music, writing, reading or drawing. Damn computers!

[BCrowell]

Yeah, Chris hangs out at the Petrucci forum allot. Kids really amazing and can jam incredibly well.

[Shannon]

I know what you mean, Kane. I've met so many unbelieveably talented guitarists that you will never hear of....sadly. Why? Because instead of getting out there and playing with others, they spent 12 hours a day for years on end learning every mode, scale & technique known to man. I call these people "bedroom musicians." Flawless playing at insane speeds, but they never do anything with it. Kudos to those who have the best of both worlds though.

I still practice, but only when I want to. After all these years, I know I'm good at what I do within the style of music I've chosen. I still wish I learned (or had the time to learn) other things, but adult-dom eventually kicked in & now I have other shit to do now.

The moral of the story....
Sometimes it's just best to get out there and PLAY!

[DTUNED7]

Kid has sick skillz

[TheReal7]

Originally Posted by Shannon

unbelieveably talented guitarists that you will never hear of....sadly. Why? Because instead of getting out there and playing with others, they spent 12 hours a day for years on end learning every mode, scale & technique known to man. I call these people "bedroom musicians." Flawless playing at insane speeds, but they never do anything with it.

There are a lot of these guitarists out there. Another reason why you never hear of them is because, even thought they are lightning fast and flawless at playing other people's music, they can't write a tune to save their lives. They may write and record something but it has no substance to it. This is what I hear in a lot of shredders out there. Great skills, chops and accuracy, but boring compositions and forgettable licks. Of course this doesn't apply to all shredders.