When Metal Meets Beethoven: Classical Composer Reacts to Tina S. | The Daily Doug (Episode 354)
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In this episode of #TheDailyDoug, I'm listening to a metal cover of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata (third movement). This classical piece, written in 1801, continues to find new life with each passing generation. Now, Beethoven meets the electric guitar in the capable hands of young Tina S. As a part of Women's Week here on the channel, I couldn't pass up an opportunity to feature Tina expertly playing the guitar. I hope you enjoy!
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hey Doug! thank you for having reacted to this video of my little protected Tina. I had the chance to teach her electric guitar from 13 to 18 years old, and also filmed and produced all these videos at that time in my studio. I must say that she never disappointed me, what a prodigy she was... a small precision concerning this version, it is an arrangement made by the incredible Italian guitarist, Michele "DrViossy" Vioni, who was kind enough to let us use his version. in any case, thank you for your various reaction videos that I watch very often! see ya. Renaud
She needs to return to TH-cam and dazzle us with her brilliance. She's missed by millions.
Hi Renaud, if possible some sort of update on how she is doing would be welcomed by many of us fans🙏
I hope Tina is well and enjoy this "new" resurgency she's gotten with all these reactions on TH-cam.
@Robert Ritchie well unfortuntaley, I have no news from her for ages, as if she had disappeared from the planet
@@Frodojack She disappeared and for a reason. Unless something terrible happened to her, it's very likely she chose to disappear as she probably didn't enjoy the fame and everything what comes with it, especially in the modern internet age. You may need to stop simping her so hard :P (that's a joke, don't take it personally).
Many people underestimate how well Metal and Classical go together. I'm fully convinced that people like Tchaikovsky, Prokovief and Vivaldi would've been rock stars if they'd been alive today.
Marche Slave by Tchaikovsky was the metal of its time - energetic, raw, brutal. The only difference is there was no amplification back in those days.
@@leonardomedeiros669 Double bassdrums didn't exist either, and I don't think anybody was doing grunting or pigsqueals yet 😂
They would be doing some Peogressive Metal for sure… or some Symphonic Metal or a mixturr of both
Almost any music can be played on the guitar because it’s such a versatile instrument but it doesn’t mean that classical and metal/rock music in general are similar
@@IkmelAAA Riiiiiiiiiight. That's why there's such a glut of metalbands incorporating classical elements. Because they're not similar whatsoever. And I'm Queen Elizabeth.
TINA S 's TEACHER SAID : " hey Doug! thank you for having reacted to this video of my little protected Tina. I had the chance to teach her electric guitar from 13 to 18 years old, and also filmed and produced all these videos at that time in my studio. I must say that she never disappointed me, what a prodigy she was... a small precision concerning this version, it is an arrangement made by the incredible Italian guitarist, Michele "DrViossy" Vioni, who was kind enough to let us use his version. in any case, thank you for your various reaction videos that I watch very often! see ya." Renaud LOUIS-SERVAIS;
Tina S's cover of Steve Vai's "For the Love of God" is absolutely transcendent.
Also try this: th-cam.com/video/l5AQvPCPjwc/w-d-xo.html
All of Tina's guitar covers have a combined total of 250 Million views. Other notables - For the Love of God, Through the Fire and Flames, Tornado of Souls, Comfortably Numb, Altitudes, The Loner, Eruption, Arpeggios From Hell
Had me at Tornado of Souls. Gonna have to go check out her stuff now.
Arpeggios*
And Jason Becker's altitudes!
@@simonlesorcier yep, it's listed, great cover.
Beethoven would love it!
Tina S is a freak of nature. Mastered the guitar at 17 years old.
Check out: LOVEBITES "Frozen Serenade" ( Live in Tokyo 2021 )
yes
Lovebites-
Frozen serenade
Edge of the world
or Swan Song
Thanks for doing my request Doug. Pretty phenomenal. Thanks for all the technical background. I discovered her back in 2016. Blew my mind.
Nice request Mark, I keep waiting for Fates Warning since December.
Thanks as always for your support of the channel, Mark!
@@Doug.Helvering Doug you should check out Max Ostro.
He is a mix of Joe Satriani and Steve Vai. He is another young guitar prodigy. Great work on your channel.
Tina is great but the transcription was made by Dr. Viossy on TH-cam. He does an even stellar job with the play through.
@@TheCkhutton12 He's an old man. She's a teenager.
Her version of Gary Moore's The Loner is pretty stunning. Just as beautiful as the original.
I think Doug has yet to even do a Gary Moore piece....such a shame.
@@joea7876 Tis is. Gary Moore's The Messiah Will Come Again live at the Montreux Jazz Festival
in 1990 is easily one of the greatest guitar performances of all time. What he does with his 59
Gibson Les Paul is just both pure magic and at times utter savagery. Just an epic epic video that
can be seen on youtube.
@@joea7876 Gary Moore was so overlooked by some. I'll never forget him doing "The Thrill Is Gone" with B.B. !! You could tell that Gary idolized him. He was awesome, may he RIP. ✌👍
@@user_aikensc927 I was lucky enough to see Gary on the "Victims of the Future" tour back in 1983 from three rows back with Neil Carter, Bob Daisley, Neil Murray, and Ian Paice on drums, and Gary and the band was absolutely on FIRE at L'Amour in Brooklyn. He was absolutely brilliant and brutal and mind-melting on that album. Such a shame he isn't more appreciated by all....Doug should really pick something and go for it...
I watched them back to back and I prefer her version. I think she has more expression.
Doug, about the dynamics: the technique she uses - known as "tapping" - needs amplification and high compression. So the dynamic range is very reduced, "every note has the same volume". You can not apply that on an acoustic guitar, that would be too soft. The magic of tapping is in the high speed you can play. Pieces like the 3rd movement of Moonlight fits perfectly to that.
You absolutely can tap on an acoustic guitar -- see Michael Hedges, Jon Gomm, and tons of others.
The difference in dynamics would generally be lacking in a piece that's just tapped out, though. The technique itself does provide more of a flat set of dynamics, at least on its own.
However, there are plenty of other techniques and devices that could bring dynamics to any guitar piece -- a volume pedal (or use of a volume knob) would be an obvious choice, as would using clean and distorted tones, or varying the distortion, or changing picking techniques, or changing pickups...
Pieces Doug has looked at, like Jason Becker's Air, which uses clean tones, still gets a few distinctive changes in dynamics between sections. Another would be Yngwie's Icarus Dream Suite Op. 3, although many of those changes are due to the instrumentation.
Was going to mention Michael Hedges myself. He was amazing
Wrong
Joe Satriani - Midnight disagrees.
Eddie van Halen recorded an acoustic tapping piece, cover by Paul Gilbert:
th-cam.com/video/_nqGGBcHH00/w-d-xo.html
These are harmonic taps, and it's definitely softer than picking or plucking. But it's still doable.
Beethoven was a Metalhead, the opening of the 5th Symphony is the first great metal riff in history.
I remember when I first saw her do "For The Love of God" by Vai. Wonderful talent
Yes, I'm ('ve been?) still in shock listening "Tender Surrender". Huge talent!
@@lukaszp.3134 No points for grammer or spelling You're good. I agree 100%
First time I heard it, sometime when it aired on MTV in the 90's, I was moved to tears because it was so beautiful.
Holy f*ckballs!!! Absolutely loved that.
Also having played guitar for near 20 years, how humbling. What a player. The dedication to nail it that cleanly is mind-blowing
Tina's cover of Steve Vai , for the love of God, shows her impeccable skills on the weary bar, timing and precision. It's a must see reaction. This is why she was considered one of the world's best at age 15
Japan's Lovebites "Winds of Transylvania" utilizes Beethoven's 5th. A must listen. All female heavy metal band.
No! No! No! It's impossible. WOW! What a great transposition. What a great performance. Fluid play, touch without brutality. And did you see how fast she hits the strings? Breathtaking. She comes from another world! Yngwie is in trouble. Thank you Mark. Thank you, Master Helvering.
Listen to aliceimusic. She really puts Yngwie in trouble.
Doug, you really must give Uli Jon Roth a try - he was the guitarist in Scorpions in the 70s when they were very experimental. He very much influenced Yngwie and he plays several classical pieces live, including the Four Seasons.
and there was Michael Schenker from Germany who played for UFO
Yngwie Malmsteen and Ritchie Blackmore Plays Beethoven too!!! on guitar.... and on Piano: Rick Wakeman with his Beethoven Pathetique
yngwie came to my mind too..... i also believe tso made an entire concept album based on beethovens last night on earth , as a kind of pop metal take
@@johngrenier3265 Transiberian Orchestra made a concept album about Beethoven....
@@johngrenier3265 Yes! the tso...but I think is a Christmas album... Jon Lord plays a beautiful version from Fur Elisa
And Jon Lord has been influenced by Bach al lot. Metal and classical music are close to each other.
It was my introduction to classical music.
Concerto for Group and Orchestra is my first lp. And al if these releases are most important items in my huge collection
This version, this entire piece, this guitar playing is the most furious of them all. I've watched this over a million times. Tina we miss you all. Love 💞
Beethoven really shook things up. He was all like, "oh I'm supposed to put a recapitulation of theme A here? Nah. I'm gonna put an oboe cadenza here instead."
Beethoven would have been totally up for metal if he'd had the machinery available
@@sianpodmore4988 I can only imagine the first or second movements of Symphony #9 as Metal. That'd be astounding. Someone should, and probably already has, produced such thing :-)
@@sianpodmore4988 I've seen an analysis of Ode to Joy that says the violin comes in as it is closest to the human voice. The electric guitar beats a violin at that, every single time.
Usually this piece represents one of the highest levels of technicality, precision, and endurance that most musicians strive to achieve on their respective instruments whenever the attempt is made to learn it. What I've always loved about Tina S's cover is how she looks almost bored while playing it, like it's too easy for her 🤣
Absolute LEGEND.
I love the "what the hell is happening" look on people's faces the first time they experience her playing. She started learning classical guitar at age six (which you can tell by how she holds the guitar in this vid). She was 17 when this was recorded. I love her little smile at the end, where it looks like she didn’t even break a sweat, as if she's saying: "And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how it's done". Crazy tapping, hammer ons, pulloffs, bends, harmonics and mad flat picking. Ya gotta wonder what Ludwig would say if he came back and watched this. Aside from everything else, this is a master class in guitar techniques. I tried tapping along, to the bits where she is tapping, just trying to match the rhythm and not even trying to land on the strings and failed miserably. I think I'll take up the tuba.
Just love the electric Guitar set in a classic position on the knee (with a foot stool no doubt). The left hand is like a dancing spider 👏👏
Im trying to imagine doing that then the guitars just go back on the rack.
It's actually pretty comfy but you need a foot stool so it's not always practical lol
Bravo Robert. I noticed it immediately. You and I are apparently the only two who seem to have noticed.
She's amazing. Her rendition of Steve Vai's For the Love of God is absolutely mind blowing. Btw, please do Pink Floyd Comfortably Numb.
KILLER!
She doesn't even look at the fretboard. She is the personification of the adage 'don't practice until you get it right - practice until you CAN'T get it wrong!'
Certainly an amazing guitar player. I wonder what Beethoven would have thought of this. Fantastic is what I think. ❤️🤘🎸🇦🇺
I guess he would have hated it. Incedible playing but no feeling for the music itself. Makes no sense at all.
It depends on how old he was.
@@cinejourneys 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@cinejourneys What I mean is, he would have had to have heard it before he went deaf.
@@matthiaskern5899 no feeling for music? Are you on crack or something? Just because she doesn't show emotions in a flashy way, doesn't mean that she doesn't ''FEEL the music'' . She does, and it is obvious. She is ''in the zone'' where everything disappears besides music she plays. In essence your comment is very rude and ignorant
Tina S does Dr Viossy's arrangement with supreme skill! If you get the chance, check out Dr. Viossy's rendition and you'll see just how well she did!
She needs to be signed up like now. She would fit in a symphonic power Metal band perfectly. 🤘🏻 Tina can show Yngwie how it's done.
There is a recording by Dr. Viossy of the same piece. I think he (or his band) recorded the backing track.
Here link to original version by Dr. Viossy
th-cam.com/video/MZuSaudKc68/w-d-xo.html
This was amazing playing by Tina.
Dr. Viossy's version is great also.
She plays an incredible Yngwie also. Your analysis of the 3rd movement was incredible also. A lot of insight into Beethoven. Doug. It would be nice if you could include Rachel Flowers in the future either her playing ELP on organ or piano or Frank Zappa on guitar live with his son. Thanks
I think Dr. Viossy's better. Much more cleaner.
@@robertodamico8081 I have nothing against Tina S, she's clearly got it down.
However, it really grates me that Dr Viossy (who's backing track she uses) never gets
the recognition he deserves for being the original arranger and interpretation of this master piece.
I also prefer Viossy's version as it does have better nuance.
@@robertodamico8081 I was gonna comment on that too. Not only Dr. Viossy's version is cleaner, it was posted 5 years before Tina's video.
His cover is the gold standard.
The fact that his video has almost half the views of Tina with only 1 / 10 of the subs she has is a clear indication of which cover is .....the one.
@@robertodamico8081 I think so also although both are impressive. It's also a weird guitar shape that Dr. Viossy plays with.
I mean, she is literally cited Dr. Viossy...
Yeah man, Tina S was in my recommended vids back in 2016 playing Altitudes and was blown away by her technical ability at such a young age...Brilliant!!!
Another great reaction Doug! This girl is unbelievable!
Face it man, Beethoven was writing heavy metal guitar solos almost his whole life. 😂
Dr. Viossy created this arrangement, and his version has a bit more of the dynamics that you were talking about this version missing. You would like his channel, I think, because he has a lot of classical pieces arranged for guitar...Mozart, Bach, and many others.
I remember I brought this one up a while ago - glad you got to it, even if someone else pointed you to it!
She is back again: SpinTwice❤
This was the last video Tina s. uploaded. It's like she said "I win" and went home with her trophy.
If you're doing a female musicians week, you need look no further than Japan. I don't know what they're doing over there, but it's working.
It's mad.. and sad. She reminds me of Marty Friedman and Jason Becker when they were kids effortlessly soloing in Cacophony.. but.. come on Tina.. we need you in our world!
Thanks Doug. Great analysis, as usual, with lots of little details that make all the difference.
She's absolutely amazing. That talent are very unique. I too wonder so much what happened to her.
She is just focused on her studies in university
She likes to play guitar but she didn't want to be a full time musician. She went to university. She will probably be professional in some science and keep guitar as a hobby/party trick.
@@KenFarnham She studies in Law Degree area, at least from what I heard. And if she puts same focus and dedication into her studies as in her guitar skills it is no wonder that she has no time for making/posting videos. Plus people who complain that even while studying she should have time to make videos forget that she needs time also to have normal. teenager/young woman life which takes a lot of time
@@MsKeylas She reappeared last night.
I'm a classically trained pianist and my favorite Beetoveen sonatas to play are all 3 movements of Moonlight, Pathetique, and Waldstein. Moonlight 3rd movement is a fun one to play, it's challenging to play but not as difficult as say the 3rd movement of Waldstein. I will say that the piece gets physically hard to play towards the end when I haven't been practicing it much. It certainly requires endurance.
The first movement is my favorite song of all time. I find this performance of the 3rd movement impressive.
It's a good job we had you to talk us through this one Doug, because I wasn't sure what was happening. My fingers hurt just watching.
In this page : Renaud LS (Tina S's teacher Renaud LOUIS-SERVAIS) comments :
"hey Doug! thank you for having reacted to this video of my little protected Tina. I had the chance to teach her electric guitar from 13 to 18 years old, and also filmed and produced all these videos at that time in my studio. I must say that she never disappointed me, what a prodigy she was... a small precision concerning this version, it is an arrangement made by the incredible Italian guitarist, Michele "DrViossy" Vioni, who was kind enough to let us use his version. in any case, thank you for your various reaction videos that I watch very often! see ya." Renaud
whatever happened to her? is she ever coming back? she is greatly missed by over 40 mil people.....
Tina was 17 when this was recorded.
Beethoven absolutely is "Metal" ~ as it was - back then ~ His music at the time was groundbreaking... Very much "Harder" than most anything else being produced at the time...
This is the kind of music I live for, I can’t think of anything more up my alley, honestly
What I also love about LVB is his big, dissonant chords.
Thank you for such a wonderful explanation. Your segment on "ABA" made it easier to understand.
Thank you so much for doing this one! I had never heard this amazing performance before. If I can make a suggestion for something for you to listen to (not necessarily as a reaction video, but just because I think you would really enjoy it) is Blues in Elf by the Don Ellis Orchestra off his Tears of Joy album. The beginning of the piece is a version for the first movement of this, but in 3 2/3 / 4 time. It also features a string quartet, a great sax soli, and a solo on quarter tone trumpet.
I've watched this several times, gives me goosebumps every time. Catch the "Mona Lisa" smile at the end.
Tina smiles 7 times in this video.
Nobody can touch Tina s 🤘🤘🎸💯
OMG that impressive!!! what an amazing talent.
I found your educated breakdown of Beethoven & Tina's work extremely fascinating. Thank You for that!
Tina also covers Vivaldi's "Four Seasons: Summer".
That is so hard to do on guitar. I have been riffing for over 40 + yrs and this is amazing to me. She was wired for music at birth. She is only 17! I am 62 AND I COULD NOT KEEP UP WITH THIS NO MATTER HOW MUCH I PRACTICE! I can play some Becker and some Malmsteen but BEETHOVEN? No way!
Wonderful! It reminds me a french guitarist, Patrick Rondat, same virtuosity with Vivaldi, amazing!
BTW, Tina S is also French. So, maybe she was influenced by him.
@@One_Proud_Papa thanks for the info! Yes, who knows :)
Le professeur de Tina est un ami de Patrick Rondat, ils font des master class ensemble.
Tina's teacher is a friend of Patrick Rondat, they do master classes together.
@@0ParisFrance la boucle est bouclée ! Merci pour l'info !
OMG! Tina S! how fun that you reviewed this one!
On top of all this she makes it look so easy...
Doug, I was one of the many that asked you to react to this. Loved your analysis. I believe her teacher included the backing track to help the audience know that she's keeping a steady tempo throughout. You'll also notice that she doesn't look at the fret board very often. If you want to see/hear her covers that have a lot more feel/emotion in them I would suggest For the Love of God, The Loner, and Altitudes. If I remember correctly you reacted to Steve Vai performing For the Love of God. I believe you will enjoy Tina's version. She adds her own style to it so its not a note for note cover. If you choose to not react to Tina anymore, I hope you watch her covers for your own enjoyment. I just realized that even though I've been watching your reactions for awhile now, I haven't subscribed. I have taken care of that issue. Subscribed. Let's get you pass the 200k mark.
I was gobsmacked the first time that I heard this. I thought 'how can this be done?' Well it has been and it's brilliant - she is. I see that the first inversion of the flat II 'Neapolitan' chord has the same effect on you Doug as it does on me! Such a dirty chord.
Talking about Beethoven:
In the late 60-ties, early 70-ties in the Netherlands there was a band called EKSEPTION.
They had a big hit with a piece called "The 5th" , which was their 'version' of the first movement of Beethovens 5th symphony (obviously...). Their leader was Rick van der Linden (more or less the Dutch Keith Emerson). After that they also arranged a couple of pieces by J.S. Bach.
Maybe, Doug, you could have a listen, just for fun...
we must give the credit to Dr.Viossy. He the one who arranges it!
TINA S's teacher Renaud Louis-Servais comment 16/3/2022 on this page : "thank you Doug for having reacted to this video of my little protected Tina. I had the chance to teach her electric guitar from 13 to 18 years old, and also filmed and produced all these videos at that time in my studio. I must say that she never disappointed me, what a prodigy she was... a small precision concerning this version, it is an arrangement made by the incredible Italian guitarist, Michele "DrViossy" Vioni, who was kind enough to let us use his version. in any case, thank you for your various reaction."
"I made her work on a lot of pieces, but only a part was the subject of videos. On the other hand, everything that has been filmed is online."
Renaud
I love Tinas rendition of The Third Movement here, it is true to the original at the same time as it is pure metal.
I recently went down the rabbit hole of TH-cam following the history of, and Who Began, Heavy Metal. Lot of debate between Black Sabbat and Judas Priest. Someone thow in some other bands and songs. "You Really Got Me" is the first song blah, blah, blah. I can only watch the selfproclaimed experts while shaking my head.
Yea, Metal is a bit older then that, they just didn't have electrical guitars and distortion back then.
For a Metal Monday (Moon day) it was only fitting to have a Moonlight sonata. Great vid. Thanks.
A very qualified analysis
You must listen to Tina when she play Yngwe Malmsteen and Dream Theaters Best of times. Her technique is just amazing.
Loved your reaction! It might not be perfect, but it's her cover, a huge talent's, and damn good to watch and listen to!
The ‘Banya’ track ‘Moonlight’ produced for the rhythm game Pump it Up is also based on this movement but the main melody is altered quite a lot. They have a lot of EDM classical remixes
The 1st movement of the Moonlight Sonata inspired John Lennon to write the track BECAUSE on the Abbey Road album.
Hey Doug ! I just heard this an hour ago and totally mesmerizing, I couldn't look away. What I noticed also is no expressions as she plays, like yup i do this in my sleep.
Imagine Tina and Yngwie Malmsteen jam !
Thanks for your videos doug !
PS: Listen to Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata (3rd Movement) - Cover Ft. Cole Rolland... There are some amazing guitar players no one's ever heard of.
Yes, it's so obvious. She's just blasting out notes as written with no dynamics and understanding. Compare the original and other covers. But she's young and cute and that is more impressive for most fans.
- You watched the video wrong, because Tina has a lot of expressions and she smiles... 7 TIMES in this video !!
I would recommend looking at Dr. Viossi’s video of this. It’s his arrangement, as she indicates in her video description.
Wow, that was amazing! Reminds me a bit of Yngwie J Malmsteen, he was another for electrifying classical pieces.
Love the choice to give the second theme a "half time" feel on the drums the first run through before going back to the more typical 2 and 4 on the backbeat as it repeats.
fuck the nuances, this is masterclass.
Its like the Left Hand has 6 fingers ! 🤣🤣😳👌👍
Tina S is an amazing guitarist! To answer your question about dynamics on an electric guitar, you can roll the volume knob on the guitar. However, with this tempo, it would be more practical to employ a volume pedal (like the swell pedal on an organ).
Totally amazing!
Very impressive child virtuoso. Very happy you visited this. I believe she was only 17 at the time. Magical.
Dr. Viossy (a.k.a. Michele Vioni) is an italian guitarist I've seen live many times with the band Mr. Pig and had a chat with Him a couple of times. On TH-cam there's his version of this piece of music and videos of his band which features as a singer the great Michele Luppi known also to be keyboard player in Whitesnake.
Been a huge fan of Tina for years (I discovered her in...2018 I think), and this is one of her best performances. I've always said, if Beethoven were composing today, he'd be a metalhead of the highest order. It is fun to speculate as to what a talent like that would do with modern influences and technology (as for the instruments themselves, I think these would be pretty familiar to ol' Ludwig). I expect his band would be some vein of progressive deathcore, with midrange harsh vocals and off-the-charts technical virtuosity. But that's just a guess.
Doug, I'm a year late on responding to this but I wanted you to know that you have validated Tina's talent and debunked all of her haters at the same time.
Nobody should spend 3 to 6 years practicing a piece like this to perfect it just to have a bunch of hacks dump on her.
Thanks for this really honest and professional reaction 👍👍
Doug, I am so happy to come across your reactions.
It is so refreshing to watch your reaction videos compared to most of the ones where people are just making fake facial expressions about what they are seeing or hearing and most often have no idea of what they are into.
Please keep on doing your thing!
Any chance of you doing a reaction to Marcin Patrzalek performing his version of Moon light Sonata?
Just waiting for a phone box to land and Bill and Ted to jump out.
Definitely check out Uli Jon Roth's Symphony and on 7 string 36 fretted electric guitar. Incredibly well done. And a true innovator.
My fav band is 70s Kansas. Kerry Livgren on lead guitar, piano, synth, mellotron, etc. wrote all of the wonderful prog songs that are so fabulous. He never took music lessons, can't read or write music, but grew up from the crib listening to classical music, particularly the romantic era. And it has spilled over into his songwriting. In my opinion, he is the finest rock composer, orchestrator, lyricist, and multi instrumentalist ever. You really must listen to their first 8 albums. It's absolutely easy to hear which songs were written by Kerry and which by Steve Walsh. This was a remarkable live band - all 6 members great musicians and so tight!
Play Kansas please!! Journey to Mariabronn, Belexes, Icarus Borne on Wings of Steel, The Pinnacle, Song for America, Lamplight Symphony, Incomudro, the entire Leftoverture album, Dust in the Wind, Hopelessly Human, Relentless, Hold On, Curtain of Iron, Crossfire. All great Livgren songs. It's no wonder that he is known as "the Maestro".
Love your channel!
Hey Doug. Glad to see you discovered her. I would highly recommend "Max Ostro" when it comes to young talents. He got signed at JTC Guitar and you should listen his Jazz/Groove kinda stuff. That kid really leaves me speechless man.
I just asked Doug to check Max out in a different thread.
Max is a mix of Vai and Satriani...
Glad to see others know of Ostro's talent..
@@old_man_with_cane3407 I was able to see Max live. Well, i wouldn't say he's a Vai/Satriani kinda player. He's got the whole package man. What can he actually play? : Yngwie Malmsteem, Vai, Satriani, Michael Romeo. He played them at the age of 15!! Now he is playing Guthrie Govan stuff and i don't need to tell everybody how difficult Guthrie's stuff is. But what really stands out to me, is his own music. Songs like "Promenade, or Joker, Groove on, are just pure magic mate.
@@psionic6126 i have heard all those pieces you mentioned by max.
I have not seen him live yet. I have seen Satch and Vai numerous times as well as others. Max's groove and fluid movements are what remind me of Satch and Vai combined...
Have a good one...
Fantastic Doug. I hope you will get to experience some Lovebites this week; I am sure you will totally geek out how they compose metal with classical sensibilities (& chops), not just metal covers of classical pieces. Recommended tracks that really highlight this: Edge of the World; Swan Song; Glory to the World.
A Frozen Serenade would have fit the bill too.
Handle’s Passacaglia is amazing on electric guitar as well!!
Doug: It's a C sharp minor into a minor back.
Me with zero musical experience: Ahh I see of course it is.
A natural follow on from this would be Uli Jon Roth's Metamorphosis, his take on the entire Four Seasons with his electric 'Sky guitar'.
A great choice. On the same lines I would like to recommend Dave Edmunds & Love Sculpture's version of Sabre Dance by Khachaturian dating from 1968.
I'm left open-mouthed!!!
At the 13:40 mark I definitely agree with him it is definitely a George Costanza development
Love the cap dude…I’m Scotsman and wear them a lot…my pops always called them “apple scrapples”..lol
Julliette V has some very original work in her albums. They're available on Bandcamp.
I've heard of: 1)tickling the ivories 2)classical "Guitar" now, 3) welcome to Tina S World Wow!
RIP my love Tina S
Cheers for the react and break down - i know what she is doing, i just can't get my fingers to move that quick. her slides during her tapping is crazy good. Steve vai will always be my #1 guitarist, but Tina? dang girl.. best o luck in all ye do.
Tina S truly shreds, as does Lisa X. Young female guitarists who rock are always interesting. I wish I had half of their talent! I wish he did one of her originals. Does she have some? I only know her from covers. Doug already knows the piece, but her rendition is awesome! He could have shredders every day, but technique does not necessarily imply quality. Michael Batio is stupidly talented, but much of his music is an example of how fast he can play.
She plays Vigier Excalibur Custom guitars, she was endorsed by this French Guitar Maker and was on their artist list 5 yrs ago, she is not listed anymore. Anyway they make amazing instruments :-)
And Vigier is crying now
Awesome commentary! You should check Anton Oparin’s version of Bach’s Fantasy in D minor on electric guitar.
Looks pretty relaxed too, definitely not her limit. If anyone would like some acoustic guitar magic, try Lucas Imbiriba - Sultans of Swing, beautiful arrangement and max. difficulty level.
It's amusing to see the side-by-side comparison of Yngwie and her playing "Arpeggios form Hell" and notice who hits the limit. Spoiler: it's not Tina.
Wow she is amazing. Doug have you heard two cellos. Two cellists who play heavy metal on the cello. They play AC-DC, Guns and Roses and Avicci. Worth a look. They're on TH-cam. Loving your channel. 🇭🇲🇭🇲🇭🇲