Through The Fire And Flames - Herman Li (Dragonforce) HD
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- Опубліковано 20 сер 2024
- I went to Herman Li's guitar workshop at Dawsons in Reading on the 27th of April and i have to say it was one of the best things i have ever been to. Really cool guy and an awesome guitar player :)
He's actually quite good, could play for Dragonforce.
Unwichtig siehe Vorname he is.. dunno if you were joking
@@MiddleTNSirens i assumed he was joking
he is one of the dragonflrce founder
Gianpaolo Pazzini R/whhhoooshhh
Tennessee Siren Productions of course the bloke is joking
This dude made sounds I never knew the guitar could make
Ikr
+Ahmmad K you really dont know many guitarists do ya??...
jaja
+SpudOfDoom Hell yeah! Tom Morello is awesome!
+Ahmmad K You've never heard of jason becker I suppose
Such a showman. Doesn’t matter if he’s making some mistakes. He’s playing with passion and loving what he does.
At that speed even mistakes are impressive. Kinda like when a NASCAR driver hits the rail.
Makes me think he doesnt practice. Which makes this even more impressive
@@damndoor3570 well he said if you dont play trough the fire and flames regulary its a song you will forget how to play.
Music = feeling
@@ifjidam2978 Music = feeling + practice
Herman Li is the entire package. Virtuosity, personality, showmanship, humor, and good looks!!
It doesn't hurt having long hair lol (for looks) - coming from a bald guy :(
@@kaylonsinghurst LOL U more than make up for it with your personality there!
I know good looks are subjective but the dude's got Hapsburg jaw (Google it) and he looks slightly down syndrome 🤣
Not a massive dragonforce fan, but you have to love this guys passion when he plays music. I've seen a whole lot of his live performances and he's always smiling and giving it 150%. Live long and rock Herman!
Yeah I agree. I like very little power metal as most of it is a bit too boring or nerdy to me but I enjoyed this video a lot seeing him smile and enjoy himself. If someone's putting their energy into something and they seem to be really enjoying themselves,I'll probably enjoy the show regardless of the band or the genre.
See, im same woth you guys. I truly cannot fully embrace the sound of power metal because usually (not always) the whole album has similar tempo and identical singing which ironally makes most of ot sound boring even though the guitars amd drums are anything but boring.
I didn't like this song 7 years ago but listening to it now with more music knowledge, this shit goes ham lol
@@blainegriffin6472especially seeing it played live
Herman's the shit. I don't care if someone makes a cover of this song nailing every note while they're sitting down all tensed up. I'd rather see Herman play is standing up completely relaxed, smiling, messing with his hair while he's playing, doing his tricks. He's so much more into it and it still sounds better!
Iknow right? I hate the players nowadays that have no soul and sit super tensed. Look at any player like herman or the old guys like joe perry. Super loose and it just flows. Music is not a goddamn sport. I cringe when I walk into a guitar center and here some guy just sweep picking a scale over and over again. Play some actual fucking music!!
Rusty Shackleford fun thing is way to many People take Herman too serious..this guy is mostly about the show..I really like what he does, and do not care wether he can play his songs 100% accurate live..
I agree,No one is perfect; he's not performing for himself, but for the audience.
He's a very skilled guitarist and takes his guitar playing where even guitarist better than him have not gone
I'd rather have him full of energy and throwing his guitar(which scares me a bit :/), about than stiff and just playing for money
Clearly you've never seen Tina S's version... She blows Herman and Sam out of the friggen water
John Wiseman no she doesn't, she has zero stage presence and im curious how well she'd do the song if she actually stood up on a stage in front of however many people trying to replicate all the sounds along with putting her own twist on the song like herman does.
Before actual recording: So, where do you want to put your guitar solo on this song?
Herman: yes
The fact that he can play that live without production. Amazing man. This dude is beyond man. He's metal!
How many guitarists does it take to screw in a light bulb?
Answer- 100. 1 to do it, and 99 to stand around and say they could do a better job.
I love that one...
***** That's a good one
*****
How many country and western singers does it take to change a light bulb?
Answer - 100. 1 to do it and 99 to sing about how good the old one was.
***** Best comment ever in a guitar video \m/
Ive heard that about trumpeters too
I don't understand the people criticizing him so much here. Yeah, he made a few mistakes, but overall he was pretty close to the original. Plus he was standing and jumping around, bouncing his guitar, playing with his tongue and all that- he wasn't just sitting down and completely giving it his utmost concentration. It was an actual performance, he wasn't just playing it. Plus he looked happy.
And remember that there are 2 guitarists in dragon force, Sam harmonizes and plays the other solo parts. Of course Herman can't play everything.
don't worry about it just enjoy the music
AvryQuick it’s hard to enjoy it when every note is out of key lmfao
@@ChadKirk most of it is in key.
@@ChadKirk that's not even close to being true. Are you tone-deaf?
He's a great guitarist. There was just so much studio magic done on the recording that it would be impossible for him to pull it off live. People nearly expect inhuman playing from him because that's what was done in the video (and even that was sped up in post). I suppose a bitta hate will come with that, but he plays with good passion and seems like a good dude all the same.
7:15 has one of the best guitar licks of all time
I want that guitar with herman li's saliva so i can get better
You win at the internet today
How to eat ass
Over 1 year later and still the best comment on the internet
Damn! Haha
0:40 I tried this with my guitar hero ps2 guitar and the batteries flew out and broke
I tried it with my real guitar and it broke
I do that and no problems happen. My battery case is taped and wont come off. My guitar hero guitar is a durable plastic thing
Oek Foh you have to hit it a certain way or it breaks
@@morrisinghs3975 I try it with my guitar I blew my knee cap lol. My knee hurt for like a week
I want to try it but i don’t want my floyd rose to go flying
I came here to talk some shit, but hey the guy wrote the song and he`s having fun playing it. Not my cup of tea but you have to respect the guy.
Haha this isn't that good of a performance.. This is before the band got their shit together. Check out when Marc Hudson became their lead singer till now! they are amazing live! I've seen them twice and can vouch for them. Loud park 2012 and 2014 were their best. Lol
They progressed so much since ZP left and they are one of the best out there. I haven't come across many haters since Marc came in to the lineup. :)
+Jc333 agreed. I don't like DragonForce or that much of speed. But you gotta respect the guy.
+Jc333 Sam Totman wrote this, just so you know.
"I came here to talk some shit" lol
he is one of the few people who look like they are having fun while playing
Tommy Emmanuel
1 of the best players out there right now that is fast, melodic, uses various techniques, sweeps, dive bombs, squeals, speed, and above all, He's able to sound killer and stay in tune and stay in time!! He's a shredder!! Excellent guitar player!!
For those saying he’s bad remember just like guitar hero he’s playing the part of two guitars in one. Hence it’s much harder. That and goofing around like the guitar drop whammy and tongue playing for fun. That’s all this was for him, fun.
People probably paid to see him and he fucked it up terribly
He was fucking around in a guitar shop, nice try though
@@ChadKirk bruh read the description .. it says its a guitar shop and he is probably doin it for free
Just kinda odd to watch Cole Rolland and then watch this lol.
Bruh he fucked up on 27 separate occasions, and no they only play one part all the time hes only playing one part you can hear a separate backing track. Herman Li is hardly a good guitarist. He's pretty mediocre. People like Jason Richardson and Tosin Abasi make this guy look like a literal clown
I love watching this performance. Yeah, he completely bombed the solo, and even gave a thumbs down after it, but he still had the biggest grin on his face. If I wanted to see the song played perfectly, I would watch one of the thousands of covers on UA-cam; I think seeing Herman Li have the time of his life doing crazy stuff on guitar is far more enjoyable.
fucking honest
I wouldn't say he completely bombed it
Did he just lick that guitar to play a chord?
This guy is god.
+Pierce Hintz have you heard about steve vai
Have you heard about Jimi Hendrix?
Thanks to the guys upside me xD
Steve vai is damn slow player his lick phrase is so boring
None of them mentioned are anything in comparison with Guthrie Govan
I’ve heard so many people say that he couldn’t play well in reality, yet here he is shredding
He's good, but he's no Tim Henson
Tina S plays this music better than him.
He's better now, this was 10 years ago dude lol. Watch his twitch streams and jam sessions with other guitarists recently. Really good stuff.
Lmao they just cant accept that an Asian is better than them
@@nedflanders4647 he's literally playing the role of 2 guitars in this.
that dude literally knee'd his guitar back up I'm not worthy
I think he was trying to break a string, in a interview he said that he broke a string while recording the song and they kept that take. So when he plays lives he always kicks/knees he’s guitar to try and recreate it. May be wrong but that’s what it looked like.
Daniel Middleton I don’t really think he’s trying to break a string when he does it live because that makes the rest of the song a lot harder. It’s more of a stage move now
@@cheeseisjar3058 He actually was trying to break a string. Ive been watching Herman Li's twitch streams and someone donated and mentioned this video with Herman Li kneeing his guitar and asked what was up with that. Herman Li said he really was trying to break a string just because it would be epic to play through Fire and flames with a broken string. It means he's enough of an expert to play a song even through hard obstacles.
@@mikumikomiku. really? wow
Made the guitar his bitch
Those facial expressions he makes means he's conjuring mystical shredding powers.
Herman li is a real good guitarist. Thats how you play and enjoy, Even if you make mistakes but do enjoy it anyway.
Never in a million year would I ever thought to bounce the release off my hip. Mind = Blown
You can tell he loves playing and dedicates to life to it. He's such a showman and a silly dude in a great way. Freaking legend
This guy was born to be an entertainer that's for sure, the little tricks and energy he has while playing this crazy song is cool!
So many fucking haters. People don't know that he is just screwing around in his OWN guitar workshop
id like to see all these keyboard warriors try it
Shawn p lmao.
And even if he wasn’t, people make mistakes wtf is wrong with that
This is literally like Herman Li doing Through the Fire and Flames on Guitar Hero, and I'm HERE FOR IT
Herman Li gave a whole new meaning to "Top 10 guitar *licks* "
Stop saying his a bad guitar player. I bet a lot of you don't play the guitar and don't know how fast this song is. Everyone can make mistakes on this type of song that's normal, he's still an amazing guitarist but you're juste jealous haters
As a guitar player for over 12 years, I can definitely appreciate how great they are at playing. With that being said, when I saw them live, as well as in this video, they tend to "dumb down" the music when they play it. That is to say that they don't hit as many notes as they do in the recorded versions, and they also skipped some riffs altogether :/
10 year player here, i enjoying the studio version to this song. Me and my buds use to jam out to it. but after seeing this i can safely say that it was pretty terrible...
200 bpm
peach1389
It is impossible to recreate a lot of the things they do in the studio versions. They use layers, various effects, and sometimes completely unorthodox tools/methods to make weird sounds on their instruments (I remember Herman Li talking about how they liked to have fun with that sorta stuff and see who could come up with the strangest ones, like using a magnet as a slider or something like that).
Scarecrow545 he means actually playing the song, not the weird effects lol
5:54 a man who has mastered the power stand.
0:39 the best way I can describe how badass this is, is that it's like he pulled the soul out of that guitar and forced it back in when he struck the first chord.
how do you know he is a real guitarist? look at those faces he makes and that pure smile full of joy and life!
He's actually really good for someone who's messes around 😂he's one of the most insane dude who play guitar
Mascot Noah true 😂
Man, and I thought air guitaring this song was hard
thats how hard this song is lol
sentail gaming it's pretty hard but people treat it like it's the hardest song on the planet which it's not
+Cade Whitmore i mean it's defs up there haha
Cade Whitmore I don’t think it’s even the hardest dragonforce song
@@cheeseisjar3058 but it's tge most recognizeable
I love how he smiles the whole time and looks like he’s having a lot of fun,keep it up dude
3:04 oh my god
but can u fc expert mode 100%
What?
+MAN Its a guitar hero reference, FC is why n you don't miss a note and its really hard
+CHEESY LL4M4 I know you just kinda said it weirdly.
MAN I never played guitar hero so I couldn't explain it perfectly xD
I can😜
I don't get why people are complaining about his performance her, it's in a fucking guitar shop, which is possibly not than big, if he did this live on a big stage, that's another story.
Well, hates gonna hate I guess...... Nothing's hotter than the fire of jealousy.
Skylord_Jameson plus he's probably only playing his parts on not Sam's. It would probably sound better if Sam was there doing his parts as well
He's not even playing his parts, he's kinda just improvising throughout the song which makes it far more impressive imho
Just don't mind them, they are too stupid to realize anything ;)
This man is the single greatest guitar player of the last several decades
That was amazing. The way he messes about with the guitar, almost has a mixture of Janick Gers and Synster Gates type of energy. He might not have been happy with his performance on that solo but it was a lot better than any of us in the comment section would have done if we were on stage. Great video
i love it when he lifts the guitar by the wammy bar,his face every time is just priceless
As a guitar player of many years and a listener of both dragonforce and a myriad of different bands and genres I can say this as for dragonforce. I enjoy their music to its fullest extent but I will admit that Herman Li and Sam Totman aren't the be all end all of great guitar players. I believe in pure technical skill every genre has their Slash's and their B.B Kings but sometimes pure technical skill isn't what makes a good song. There are large amounts of well known musicians who have little in the way of technical mastery of their instruments but are successful anyway because some how the music sounds good. In conclusion you can appreciate the musicians for what they are or you can further explore and find something you like. That's the wonderful thing about the musical arts, there is always something else to listen to and enjoy.
You sir made my childhood very difficult and fun at the same time 🤣
he's a legend, never heard better guitaring in my life (so far, probably will never hear better guitaring) (I kinda want to meet him, I also kinda want him to teach me how to play guitar like that)
He's human. Give it a rest, he is clearly a better guitar player than any of us commenting
Nope
@@My_Lacrimosa he's better than you son
He´s not human, he it´s a goddamn god son
I think I can do stuff on guitar that he can't do.
@@topnug7626 doubtful bud
The hardest part and 0:01 at 7:30
se la mamo :v
Ce la mamo x2 xd
Lingua acidaa you forgot 00:00
Lingua acidaa I did that part with the tremolo where he kicks it back up let's just say I no longer have a tremolo bar
Ptm kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
Not the real Herman.
Herman is so legendary, his hair always blows in the wind, even when he is inside.
Herman definitely has a lot of fun when preforming and loves what he does.
Full of spirit, and he shreds pretty good,
i have 1000% respect for this guy
i think hes my hero from now on xD
Hes good. And he acknowledged when he wasn't. Cool dude
0:39 coolest thing I've ever seen.
Star Striker and funny
Ever see when he fucks it up? Lol
Velvet Scars link? plz
Banana Guy ua-cam.com/video/MOqv9eHNF8Q/v-deo.html
My jaw D R O P P E D
Herman, Sam Totman and Damien Salazar are like in a whole different category of guitar playing skill!! Being able to play lightning fast but melodically at the same time. Leaves you speachless
this is the real dragon force from herman li ... salute for the other person who cover this song .. but no 1 surpass this creator :)
i dont think he was drunk enough to play this song
He wasn't even close.
shawn brown hey buddy!!!
That’s Sam
I know Herman Li gets a bit of hate and sure he's not the most technical guitarist but damn is he creative, and I think that's the most important trait when it comes to creating music.
I love his solo towards the end, when he uses his wah wah. Brings back some good memories from high school
I was told they used to speed their songs, but seeing this is great!
And only time is better to hear mistakes than perfect performance (if there are some!)
4:57 that joke was so very unappreciated haha
What a positive and energetic guy...he’s a pretty good guitarist and loves what he does!
Difficulty level: Asian
6:30 is so badass
Yup
roses are red,
violets are blue,
theres allways an asian whos better than you
TAL COHEN
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Can you come up
With something new
TAL COHEN why are u always copying and pasting this shit
always*
I know this is kind of joke, but find asian who is better than for example Buckethead? or Jason Becker in his prime?
this is herman li you're talking about, not some random asian dude.
Thanks for filming this man, this guy is incredible.
There's always that guy who has fun with a guitar. Meet Herman Li.. The very few🙂
I haven't heard DragonForce in many many many many many years...
6:30 actually, no kidding, almost made me lose bladder control and I honestly almost pissed myself. I had to pause, go wee, come back and finish the clip.
...Again; no kidding.
if you guys don't know, he's the actually guitar player for dragonforce
He is truly an artist......pure & simple.....very skilled
I swear someone should do a "Top 10 Herman Li faces when he plays"
he's definitely not my favourite guitarist.. but it's nice to see someone that makes a happy face when shredding and not that MEGAORGASMface .. and he IS a VERY talented player - clicheasian? :D
wtf i literally live right next to this place... why did i only hear about it 5 years later??
herman is an incredible guitar player and a great guy
This how people think they look when they play in guitar center
0:39-0:42
Herman Li in a nutshell
is that his proprietary ??haha
The sound of a guitar dying
Shylok i loved that part
+Destroyer19786 He does that in almost every live performance.
Shylok He almost fell LMAO
Drunk and can still play guitar... Solute this man
4:54 yip, this is what I waited for
One of the best guitarist to ever live. If u don't think so then fight me!
Hermans a great guitar player. He's just not as good as people expect him to be after hearing through the fire and flames. Plus all of his antics would make it harder to play a song perfectly. If he was just sitting on a stool concentrating, he would've done a much better job, but that's not the kind of player he is...
He has become a true artist. He has come to a point where he is satisfied with what he creates, but where others believe he could become better. Most people don't meet their own standards and everyone around them says that they're already great and shouldn't push themselves too hard. The best artists are the ones who can enjoy what they create instead of strive to outdo it next time.
+Robert Reynolds .... thats the thing with studio/live versions of most songs tho. you can't recreate rock/metal stuff live that easily. lol. what is this BS with "others believe he could become better"? he *can* become better, cos there are videos of people doing this song standing up and performing better than him. granted he only had one chance to do it in this video, he could've done so many other things better. at least tune the guitar right. don't get me wrong, he's an awesome guitarist, better than me, and a great composer too, cool harmonics in the song he played in this video. but the way you say he has become a "true artist" seems like a way to sugarcoat the fact that he couldn't play close to what he showed in the music video.
imo the best artists are the one that play relatively the same, live or not. and of course compose well. no relation to what people think of them.
+maoribrotha53 Sometimes, you can only get a specific sound out of something by holding it by the tremolo arm and dropping it on your knee. That's what he does, he fucks around with his guitar to make awesome sounds, and then incorporate them into music.
+Robert Reynolds Actually, the best artists both enjoy what they create *and* strive to outdo it. They want to see what else they can do. That's what Picasso was like. app4mind.com/picassos-damn-fine-words/
you guys really should watch vids of them live from this year or their new live dvd, the whole band has gotten so much better.
+maoribrotha53 Exactly the only reason I watch solos live in the first place is for the entertaiment value, if I want to listen to it perfectly I can just listen to the record.
Even the best guitarists do mistakes, he was propably drunk and was doing that only for fun, I bet that if he sits down and plays the same song focused he will absolutely rock it !
Thras Stefanidis I mean he’s licking and kneeing his guitar he’s having fun
He's a good guitarist. No matter what he do. He can feel the music and have fun with it.
the guy from dragonforce wearing a dragonball t-shirt playing a dragonforce song
You know the we got the best guitarists here on the comments section flapping their cheeto-stained fingers on the keyboard. criticizing
My man is that good at guitar he managed to even do the vocals and the drums with his guitar, impressive.
As i was scrolling through the comments, every single comment was someone defending him against the haters, but I didn't even see one hater
The best lick of the whole performance 4:54
part of performing is also to entertain the audience and be a showman, not to only recreate notes flawlessly, whats the point of playing perfect if u aint having fun?
Yeahh.. Thay right bro.. Showmanship
He's amazing.
This came on my recommended. You know I had to rewatch the whole thing
One of my favourite guitarists.
Most people rate DragonForce for how they used to be live, without even seeing them live recently, Kinda sad because I noticed how much they improved in the last few years.
Love his random facial expressions. xD
thats how you look when you feel the solo
The lars Ulrich of guitars
Leaving this video happier than i expected. The fuck ups made it so much more enjoyable for me honestly
Herman is the fucking man.
I grew up trying to FC this damn song on Hard let alone expert.
Guys got hella talent and he’s got class.
Rock on my guy!!
this reminded me of that time britney spears' auto tune malfunctioned
which was remarkably similar to the time i fingered my neighbors cat
hey, he came on to ME buddy
Cover it please, let's see if you do better
991 Apex Do better what , play guitar or fingering a cat?!
Finger a cat bro, no one can beat Herman at that
Its just proves that "Through the fire and flames" best fucking hard rock song ever. You have to be in the goddamn fucking mood of doing 9 minute solo.
Sergey Khristoforov ITS NOT HARD ROCK 😭😭😂
Having fun is illegal if you're playing the guitar. Every note must be perfect
Good thing i like the BASS
Músic is fun, is joy.
Unless you play jazz
No offence but that sounds like every classical whore
If I'm not allowed to have fun playing guitar then I've been doing it wrong the last 14 years 😯
Nothing better than metal 🎶 and kid Goku behind the 🎸 jamming! That's awesome!
5:10 Someone said: "I can do that"
Really? xD
yeah lol but they really can't
+Pablo Tru
Hold my beer
+Dont Fuck With Me! cause he got zoned
+Pablo Tru LOOOL
Sir you're drunk go home
Does anyone realize how tired your fingers get after picking so fast?
people are just hating here. He's actually an excellent player. Maybe he's just tired or goofing off that's why this performance kinda sucked.
My fingers get tired after playing snow by rhcp for too long so I can't imagine playing this
His wrist is on fire
I doubt he warmed up much before this (the speed of this song is actually quite doable after a 15 minute warm-up). Also he's literally playing with his tongue, doing 360s and is interacting with the crowd.
I think people are just too used to the studio version and UA-cam covers to understand and appreciate true performance.
He looks exactly the same 11 years ago
Some of you guys are just being mean sure he messed up a few time and through the fire and flames is a song I bet no one can get perfect especially if your standing up. Let the guy live he’s an awesome guitarist and has gotten better through the years sure there are better guitarists but he’s considered one of the best. He’s super talented and was just fooling around