It's surprising to hear that in this improvisation you can hear in advance some riffs and solos that he then wrote years later with Nevermore! Jeff Loomis is an amazing guitarist! Thanks for existing Jeff!
@@chrisking6695 That's the plan brother. Already I've gone from not being able to sweep pick very well, to being pretty solid. I'm learning Ashes of lesser Men, to practice my alternate picking and sweeping, It's good fun. Eventually once I get this album out with my band assuming it ever gets recorded smfh. I want to practice other genres like jazz and blues, and even classical, and learn more theory
mustaine done fucked up not getting him in megadeth. however, we would have not had his input in sanctuary, nevermore, etc. so it's all good in the end!
No if he didn't hire Marty we wouldn't have the tornado of souls solo, symphony of destruction solo and all the other great solos that marty wrote. marty was one of his best picks for guitarist, also marty influenced jeff when he was in cacophony with jason becker.
th-cam.com/video/R0WYN1Z7qxA/w-d-xo.html ...and it's interesting to know how it all interconnects; he must have had this lick riff thing sitting for a very long time, up until he felt to follow Warrel advice and adapted it into the song.
@@FabrizioCARENA well, miles of machines was an original composition from his early 16 years, you can listen to the first guitar contest entry he ever was and how It is miles of machines
It IS the Born chorus. Interestingly enough, that chorus was originally going to be phrased around diminished thirds like it is here, but Andy Sneap suggested changing it to major/minor and that’s what ended up on the record.
Have to love 80's VHS... takes me back to the days when we had to figure out songs by watching wiggly wobbly fuzzy tapes tweaking the tracking speed to decipher anything hahahah. Anyone know what guitar Jeff is playing here, can't manage to recognize it.
It’s very good . I think the 17 year old Paul Gilbert who won Guitar wars would have taken this as well . I have never seen anyone shred like he did in that Guitar wars video
Correct me if I am wrong but it looks like a bc rich gunslinger. Or an esp. I would say Jackson but Jackson logo would be noticeable and this one does not look like one
I felt the same now after watching it again, as I did the day we did it live. Bunch of great techniques, obviously spent a lot of time working on those riffs, looks cool as fuck, very fast, but no feeling, no emotion, just robotic like playing, didn't give any musical quality to any of it .. just my opinion. There's more to playing guitar than just being the fastest. His playing, although expert level, doesn't touch any part of my soul and only one genre - boring... again just my opinion.
Jason Becker's Serrana influence a little just a little... What a young beast. Great!!!!
Yeap spot on!
@Mario Jović lil if you say so, i mean He did borrowed but OK, He was young. Some other payers were great to IMHO.
It's surprising to hear that in this improvisation you can hear in advance some riffs and solos that he then wrote years later with Nevermore!
Jeff Loomis is an amazing guitarist! Thanks for existing Jeff!
new goal. Im freshly 16 as of august 8th. I want to be able to play like that by 19
You can if your practice routine is on point! Don't just noodle shit really focus on technique and implement it in musical context.
@@chrisking6695 That's the plan brother. Already I've gone from not being able to sweep pick very well, to being pretty solid. I'm learning Ashes of lesser Men, to practice my alternate picking and sweeping, It's good fun. Eventually once I get this album out with my band assuming it ever gets recorded smfh. I want to practice other genres like jazz and blues, and even classical, and learn more theory
How are you going?
@@Mincraftia100 uhhhhhh. Well. I can sweep pick now.
@@infelicitas well thats good atleast
19 And he is like a god already , holy shit :o
Holy shit! He had that Born riff sitting in there since 19yo!
00:46 Continuim Drift :D
mustaine done fucked up not getting him in megadeth. however, we would have not had his input in sanctuary, nevermore, etc. so it's all good in the end!
Dude,he got Marty Friedman instead. You're saying this like he hired some bum.
No if he didn't hire Marty we wouldn't have the tornado of souls solo, symphony of destruction solo and all the other great solos that marty wrote. marty was one of his best picks for guitarist, also marty influenced jeff when he was in cacophony with jason becker.
@@hyllus93 if anything Marty and Jeff should have started a band together. That would have been insane.
@@Aesopos 🤣🤣
@@holstorrsceadus1990 super thought 👌🏾
2:05 - Nevermore - Born chours lead type of phrasing.
It is!!!
th-cam.com/video/R0WYN1Z7qxA/w-d-xo.html ...and it's interesting to know how it all interconnects; he must have had this lick riff thing sitting for a very long time, up until he felt to follow Warrel advice and adapted it into the song.
@@FabrizioCARENA That's so cool. 2:27 is the Bach influenced piece that he used on "Devil Theory"
@@FabrizioCARENA well, miles of machines was an original composition from his early 16 years, you can listen to the first guitar contest entry he ever was and how It is miles of machines
It IS the Born chorus. Interestingly enough, that chorus was originally going to be phrased around diminished thirds like it is here, but Andy Sneap suggested changing it to major/minor and that’s what ended up on the record.
I hear Chances Three & a bunch of Nevermore in there, as well as Cacophony.
Have to love 80's VHS... takes me back to the days when we had to figure out songs by watching wiggly wobbly fuzzy tapes tweaking the tracking speed to decipher anything hahahah. Anyone know what guitar Jeff is playing here, can't manage to recognize it.
The brand is Axtra
@@gabifromhell kewl, thx.
That clean part obviously Marty and Jason style...
a guitar beast at 19...what guitar that Jeff used there? anyone? looks like peavey
theres a prototype of the born chorus in 2:02
yep
It’s very good . I think the 17 year old Paul Gilbert who won Guitar wars would have taken this as well . I have never seen anyone shred like he did in that Guitar wars video
agreed. loomis is fantastic and incredible, but no one can touch gilbert: th-cam.com/video/xjSFvcrJ7M8/w-d-xo.html
wait I think I heard a bit of Continuum Drift in there 0:46-0:56
Video and audio is off a lot
Prog. Groove Section - 01:47 - 02:19
That guy at the end is like: Well fuck me.
What guitar is that???
Major Racer X influence !!!
anyone know the classical piece he plays in the clean section?
Yeah sound good
@@jygogaming3550 i don’t believe that’s the name unless you are implying he’s improvising it
That classical piece later became a Nevermore song called Chances Three
@@jaimeborbaran oh yeah there is some similarities in the outro. it’s pretty different though, wish i could get tab for this lol
wtf he was playing the born riff when he was 19
What guitar is that?
Must be a BC Rich gunslinger or something. Maybe an ESP but not sure. Definitely not a Jackson the logo is kind of different
This is his custom painted Axtra "Sanctuary" guitar.
What kind of guitar is he using?
Correct me if I am wrong but it looks like a bc rich gunslinger. Or an esp. I would say Jackson but Jackson logo would be noticeable and this one does not look like one
@@user-sj2of8ik3oyou are wrong, at least with ESP and Jackson.
What kind of guitar does loomis have?
This is his custom painted Axtra "Sanctuary" guitar.
Yngwie Malmsteen
Haha. There never was a “contest”. Just the GOAT and the other guys, who never stood a chance…. Just NPCs to fill the lobby.
The contest rules stated play different styles and techniques but I would have voted for Jeff Too
I felt the same now after watching it again, as I did the day we did it live. Bunch of great techniques, obviously spent a lot of time working on those riffs, looks cool as fuck, very fast, but no feeling, no emotion, just robotic like playing, didn't give any musical quality to any of it .. just my opinion. There's more to playing guitar than just being the fastest. His playing, although expert level, doesn't touch any part of my soul and only one genre - boring... again just my opinion.
Out of sync
Boring af, but of course skilled.