Members renips Posted November 24, 2010 Members Share Posted November 24, 2010 For those who have not seen this you can thank me later. From about 4:20 sec to the finish if you have not seen this guy before you will be amazed. One if the greatest virtuoso guitarists of our time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Yngtchie Blacksteen Posted November 24, 2010 Members Share Posted November 24, 2010 Fairly decent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hardtdc Posted November 24, 2010 Members Share Posted November 24, 2010 I used to see him a good bit in Memphis in the 80s. My cousin used to run sound for a band he was in. Shawn was kind of young at that time and the first time I saw him I was actually kind of turned off because I felt like he overplayed lead parts. I finally started to appreciate just how great he was a little later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Lonnie99 Posted November 24, 2010 Members Share Posted November 24, 2010 I was really digging it until about 4:30, then it got unlistenable. Different strokes for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Darkstorm Posted November 24, 2010 Members Share Posted November 24, 2010 Became familair with him when looking up stuff bass player jonas hellborg participated in. The shawn lane stuff is good for avante garde change of pace. But not into it for any regular type listening etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pixelchemist Posted November 24, 2010 Members Share Posted November 24, 2010 i'll give Shawn credit as being a skilled player... a exceptionally skilled one... but I find his music to be pretty boring and unmusical for the most part, especially the stuff like in this clip past 4:13. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bluffalo Posted November 24, 2010 Members Share Posted November 24, 2010 [YOUTUBE]hW04MzYYNs0[/YOUTUBE] this is the best video i have found of him, or atleast my favourite so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Yngtchie Blacksteen Posted November 24, 2010 Members Share Posted November 24, 2010 To be honest, Shawn's wild soloing after the song ends is not a great way of introducing people to his playing. It's too 'outside', too freeform to really get people's attention in a positive way on the first listen. This is more like it: [YOUTUBE]GBKnYrwIP0o[/YOUTUBE] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l04JJSNUH9Y http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pbq3y1TcALM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhXXldQIZ50 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_eZTGS6x64 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHXlp2LL-K4 Remember, not everyone's ears are automatically tuned into crazy diminished guitar shredding over a drum solo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members C-4 Posted November 24, 2010 Members Share Posted November 24, 2010 Vigier makes a Shawn Lane model guitar with a flat fretboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members akapuli Posted November 25, 2010 Members Share Posted November 25, 2010 Those Hellborg-Lawn jam-albums are hilarious (even if most of the songs sound the same). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members King Loudness Posted November 25, 2010 Members Share Posted November 25, 2010 Like what's been said prior, the more avant garde stuff that Shawn does probably isn't the best choice for a first listen, unless you're really into that sort of thing anyway. An example of Shawn's playing that shows that he can do more than just speedy stuff would be this... a stellar song: [YOUTUBE]IkLSoXSQcYQ[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members renips Posted November 25, 2010 Author Members Share Posted November 25, 2010 The Powers of Ten album would be a great example of how diverse a player he was. The video I posted from the power licks series was to show the awesome chops this guy had. The first 4:00 minutes of that 7+ minute piece were an example of the melodic side of his playing. The part from 4:20 out was an example of pure technical skills to the extreme. Shawn lane was one of the most diverse players I ever heard. Paul Gilbert considers him the scariest player in terms of fret board wizardry that he ever heard. If people want to check the different videos on You Tube they will see how skillful and melodic his playing was. The avant garde playing is something that I appreciated as well as the more mainstream playing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Yngtchie Blacksteen Posted November 25, 2010 Members Share Posted November 25, 2010 The Powers of Ten album would be a great example of how diverse a player he was. The video I posted from the power licks series was to show the awesome chops this guy had. The first 4:00 minutes of that 7+ minute piece were an example of the melodic side of his playing. The part from 4:20 out was an example of pure technical skills to the extreme. Shawn lane was one of the most diverse players I ever heard. Paul Gilbert considers him the scariest player in terms of fret board wizardry that he ever heard. If people want to check the different videos on You Tube they will see how skillful and melodic his playing was. The avant garde playing is something that I appreciated as well as the more mainstream playingI was never a big fan of Powers of Ten, it suffers from the absence of live drums, and the synth patches aren't always the best. Playing's good, of course, but when I wanna hear Shawn play those songs, I listen to Powers of Ten; Live! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ferdinandstrat Posted November 25, 2010 Members Share Posted November 25, 2010 He's one of those guys who actually stand out as virtuosos, he has a unique style. And his playing sounds interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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