[Shawn]

Who...Howe or MacAlpine?

[Nik]

Originally Posted by Shawn

Who...Howe or MacAlpine?

Howe, based on the video posted in the first thread.

But I agree that MacAlpine is a genius, and I admire the fact that he can do crazy stuff on the piano as well. I would venture as far as to say that, in terms of sheer technical skill, MacAlpine is better than Vai, even though he works for Vai. I need to get more of his stuff, I only have Planet X's Moonbabies (and there are some of parts that I don't like. Some of the songs are kind of like "Hey look, I can play stuff in 19/16 time" and not a whole lot more to me... Maybe I just haven't given it enough time. I dig MacAlpine's DiMeola influence though.)

But yeah

[eaeolian]

Originally Posted by Nik

I love this guy-his hands and technique look very much like mine, which gives me inspiration that maybe with enough practice I might get good

I could practice for the rest of my life and not be that good. I've seen Howe a couple of times, and he's just nuts...

Mac's a better technician, though - than just about anybody, really.

[Ken]

Howe is amazing. He's more my kind of player. He's like Richie Kotzen; Chops with feel. Mac is too clinical for me, but I also admit he's amazing. I had a couple of his solo releases when I was much, much younger. Still wish I had a little Edge of Insanity to listen to.

[Nik]

Originally Posted by eaeolian

I could practice for the rest of my life and not be that good. I've seen Howe a couple of times, and he's just nuts...

Mac's a better technician, though - than just about anybody, really.

Thanks for the words of encouragement

[Shawn]

Originally Posted by Nik

I would venture as far as to say that, in terms of sheer technical skill, MacAlpine is better than Vai, even though he works for Vai. I need to get more of his stuff

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