Jongpil Yun
Contributor
OK so I'm sure a lot of you guys have seen this before, but what's your opinion? Mindless wank or shreddy but cool?
I personally give it a
and think it's probably better than his whole album "Rusty Cooley" combined.
Rusty Cooley 8 string solo
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OK so I'm sure a lot of you guys have seen this before, but what's your opinion? Mindless wank or shreddy but cool?
I personally give it a
and think it's probably better than his whole album "Rusty Cooley" combined.This site may earn a commission from merchant links like Ebay, Amazon, and others.
It has elements of both. The beginning does, the part after does not.
Lucky Seven
Lucky☆Seven
I love him, but to be honest, my favorite Houston shredder (where I'm from) has to be Joel Gregoire. I didn't like this video that much musically, but his recorded music doesn't sound like this so I have nothing against him. I know a couple of his friends.
Jongpil Yun
Contributor
I've listened to the whole thing maybe 20 times in the past few months and I think it slays War of the Angels.
Jongpil Yun
Contributor
Nah, mindless implies that it's just a bunch of "fweep fweep" and "whirririrriiririrrir" sounds without really being music.
B Lopez
Vescere bracis meis.
This dude absolutely rules until he goes into warp speed, then he loses it.
ShawnFjellstad
hates womanizers.
i think short bursts of warp speed can add some great color to a solo, but mindless whir whir whir fwip fwip fwip is a bunch of shit.
edit: that being said, i don't mean that this video is a bunch of whir whir fwip fwip nonsense. its definitely more musical than other things i've heard rusty do.
Jongpil Yun
Contributor
*points to the Francesco Fareri thread*
That being said, I thought the same thing until I watched it maybe 5-6 times trying to dissect his technique and then it kinda started to "click" musically.
Michael
Forum MVP
Music. He some great phrasing in that vid., and even the faster parts flow with the backing track IMO.
guitarjitsumaster
seven times seven
Im pretty sure this video was made just for the fact of showing off his conklin 8, not for any other musical context other then just jammin. So there is not some special effort here to make any kind of organised music.
Be that as it may there are some tasty licks here and there.
Be that as it may there are some tasty licks here and there.
Jongpil Yun
Contributor
Im pretty sure this video was made just for the fact of showing off his conklin 8, not for any other musical context other then just jammin. So there is not some special effort here to make any kind of organised music.
Be that as it may there are some tasty licks here and there.
Actually I think it's from one of his instructional videos. Not sure which one. It's one of the bonus things.
Michael
Forum MVP
It's the bonus video on the Performance & Clinic II DVD. I'm not sure if it was made for the DVD though.
Kotex
Trippin' balls
I'm gonna' say wank.
Just sounds like a robot talking, save a few parts.
I do admire his skill though.
Just sounds like a robot talking, save a few parts.
I do admire his skill though.
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Desecrated
YK13
7 7 7
I love this video!
rusty rips!
1st post!
rusty rips!
1st post!
FortePenance
Well-Known Member
Robot talking solos = Meshuggah.
I can't tell if I like it or not. It wasn't bad at times, other times I really disliked it. The high A string hurts my ears.
Robotechnology
Well-Known Member
I never saw this until just now so thanks for posting... I'll tell you what if anything else, Rusty Cooley is PRECISE. I see nothing wrong with having above average technique (he's up on flawless level). I noticed that he bends in tune, has decent vibrato, and plays some slow melodic lines more than I though he would. What more can you ask for?
