Tony MacAlpine and Jeff Loomis play "Square Circles" live on EMGtv
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- Опубліковано 14 кві 2015
- Tony MacAlpine performs "Square Circles" from his album "Concrete Gardens," featuring EMG artist Jeff Loomis as a guest soloist. The two generations of shredders dual it out on the EMGtv stage with Nili Brosh, Pete Griffin on bass, and Aquiles Priester on drums. Tony and Nili are playing the EMG 57-7H and EMG 66-7H humbucker pickups for seven string guitar. Jeff is also using his EMG 57-7H in the bridge position. Subscribe to EMGtv to get updates on future releases from Tony and other EMG artists. ua-cam.com/users/subscription_c...
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Band Members:
Tony MacAlpine
Nili Brosh
Pete Griffin
Aquiles Priester
Jeff Loomis
Tony is murderous. I came here for Loomis..........left with the upmost respect for MacAlpine!!!!!
Let's face it: most cats would be scared to share a stage with Loomis. But Tony fears no man! That was pure greatness!
This is unbelievable. Tony and Jeff are brilliant. Also Aquiles Priester at his best.
I cant believe how freaking complex this piece is. And those two masters are going at it like it’s nothing! And Nili too!!!
Loomis is like the king Midas of music, every song he touches becomes gold.
Great refference
Blud must have touched his hairs when he was a child
This drummer is just insane!!! And Jeff Lomis wonderful. All the musicians are amazing!
Tony MacAlpine is the most relaxed shred guitarist I have seen
Seriously Insane 🎸🎸 Loomis Is Gotta Be The Greatest Metal Player Out There Today🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸
Nevermore 🖤🎸🎤
Tony's tone is outrageous.
3:18 that simple melody is the most memorable part of the trading solos to me. So emotionally rich.
Tony Macalpine is great at finding melody like this inbetween crazy shred lines.
@@shred5yesss. It’s not a hard bendy lick but it’s hard to make it sound as emotional as Tony.
@@RichardGarcia93 Yup. He is not only a very fast player but he's also a very clean player too.
That is what he has been doing since the beginning. His melodies are outrageously heavenly. Just like this one.
I'm at a loss for words to describe how outrageously tight that level of musicianship was! Even the rhythm section blew my mind at how spot-on they were!
My house burnt down from watching this. Worth it.
Faith in guitar solos: Restored.
Marty Friedman is still alive though.
*Resources?
"Top Ten Solos of Marty Friedman"
Just wait till you hear the first one called " Love Sorrow "
Fun Fact before all you read this and not watch his best solos out of laziness. Jeff Loomis BIGGEST inspiration ever was the STUDENT of Marty Friedman.
+xOWNAGEx1 Who was this student of Friedman's?
To my understanding Jeff Loomis recommended Dave Mustaine check out Marty's work with Cacophony
+Encroaching Chaos Jason Becker, he played along with Marty in Cacophony.
So many people slept on Tony's skills! He's a Legend🚀
Damn, that bass tone is just KILLER.
Holy shitballs Trevor!
Trevor Beckett finger style with a pick tone
Trevor Beckett You are not kidding my man. Fat and ballsy tone for days!
+Trevor Beckett Killer Bass Tone especially the low b
And if you focus on the drums, it's like a university-level lesson on advanced mathematics. With dynamite.
Tony Macalpine: Is the Best Musician in the whole WORLD, take it a word from a fellow musician; Tony Macalpine's the best in the whole world, may God bless and protect him
tony macalpine is simply one of the best guitarists there is
I still remember a solo he did at a steve vai show in Barcelona, Spain, like a decade ago, with kind of beautiful sweep picking.
Yes he is. He's also able to play advanced styles of jazz and classical and can also play real fast and clean and piano and keys - the full package.
Thats a seriously impressive session. Bass and Drums are killing it! that drummer is awesome! that bass tone is to die for! seeing jeff and tony playing off each other like that is such a pleasure for anyone who has a passing interest in their combined works. Lets not forget Nili as well, that was such an impressive showing of skills.
alle Kombination ist supergeil
5:19 McAlpine giving his blessing to the guitar
I came for Jeff Loomis, stayed for the bass....somebdoy get that guy a medal, he held the guitar leads together while emphasizing them stunningly well!
3:18 is pure freakin gold, man
This is outrageously sick
very well said
+Nick Johnston No way it could be any better.
+Nick Johnston Where are you at? You can shred with the best of em!!
+Justin Adams Seymour Duncan might not have approved, however.
+joe C I believe he means "sick" as in "awesome"...
Two of the greatest guitarists in modern music! Unfrigginbelievable!!
AMAZING! MacAlpine and Loomis together on stage. Two class acts.
Aquiles sounds like a heavy version of Gavin Harrison. Very classy, extremely tight pacing and very creative. Excellent performance.
Tony doesn't just play awesome... he sounds awesome!
No. He IS awesome lol
Had to go cry in a corner for a while after watching this.
3:56 - This harmony is fucking beautiful!
Ray Renan my ears came after hearing that part XD !
i love how jeff just walked on stage during the solo's then got back off stage hahaha boss
I love it when after a string of solos, the song comes back on a melody as in 3:18. The contrast is enough for an eargasm.
10 minute of complete eargasms are in this video called " top ten solos of Marty Friedman"
Who was the teacher of Jeff Loomis biggest inspiration for playing guitar.
That was the most impressive performance I've seen in a long time. There is nothing more entertaining than watching highly dedicated and skilled musicians do what they love.
Appears like a ghost, tears the place down and disappears into the shadows. Love it :)
It's just Me or Tony is the most underrated Guitarist of His generation?
+tonykratos Yeah dude! He is amazing, and he is great at keyboards, too!
tonykratos Correctamundo.
+tonykratos Tony is a legend. Pretty much everyone knows it. Including Steve Vai who Tony play backup guitar for. Tony Mac's Maximum Security is an amazing album that remained on the Billboard top200 for eleven weeks at release and features guest solos by George Lynch. Not to mention his tone (reverb especially) is absolutely pristine on that album. Maximum Security is essential listening for guitarists.
+tonykratos Maximum security was the 80s best neo classical album next to rising force i'd say , time oddessy was good also vinnie more e album , Maximum security was late 80s good driving music serious the most flawless sweep arpeggios in my options at the time 87 , many guest appeances from george lynch whatever dude from night ranger , not brad gillis four finger hammeron tech Rivers edge 'feck' I never seen him play 4 finger taps anyways people said he did back then , If we couldnt win battle of bands NOBODY but noibody did, find the main power siupply shut everything downs we were asshole clowns I dont think nightranger played 4 fingered taps shredding mach one as stanley jordon natural ability
+Riversof Gore Maximum insecurity! Its more important to be tough than have fun , like insecure human who fears everyone, tears of sahara, dream state, etc I'm not done .. The problem with maximum insecurity 'besides the album cover' was jeff watson and george lynch laughin !
2:39 entry of a beast with the sickest licks ..4:51 fingers on fire ...
Jeff is a true shred beast....... lighting speed arpeggios
Incredible, they can hit a thousand notes perfectly but can't hit their fists haha
blackwylde299 Let them practice it slow to a metronome and slowly build up speed and dude, they will nail it!
+higler420 haha!
I've noticed that too ... :)
Blackwylde299...they can hit a ten thousand note amazingly..also they can,t hit their fists ha ha uak uak thui thui.....laura bahut sundar he kam kutchte bhai...jindagi nai menethe..suatangtarat phir bi kotera awng paiaw chi paih vuak ding ma te..aku selepi salamania untuk mu hi tokah kei paihvuak ding mate..ziangha na tih ding a chi val vual e..nghapih ka barh palh ang che ...i zak chai lawm ni...
(Chorus)...i mawng hnim la mu lum maiteh
I zak chai lawm ni.i mawng mirh kheuh mai mai roh aha aha ya ya la la la..hnapkhir hnapkhir lian uihthut lian
Dedea pachuau wgat the fuck?
This line up wow.
they sound insane together the best duo live ever!!!!!
Aquiles Priester once again showing how it's done. Killer drummer, awesome performance.
Any writer would kill for that drummer.
The true hero is whomever mixed this!! Wow!
Tony is so musical, this song is great, and it is well played too.
This is a master piece in my opinion...Tony Deserves Album of the year with this one !!!!!! It's like a great story from the beginning to the end. Like a great piece of art with all the contrast needed; for a conversational piece.
Jeff is a masterful guitarist, but very few can match Tony in style and skill.
Tony is musically on another level.
DB1982 Tony's classical piano and arrangement chops definitely don't hurt either.
Let me know when tony makes a "miles of machines"
Let alone the rest of that album or any other of his solo albums.. musically on another level doesnt mean "higher" level. Jeffs compositional skills arent to be fucked with.
@NocturneKing Jeff probably agrees with your suggestion. Something tells me that Jeff is honored and humbled by the opportunity to perform with one of his heroes.
I know Loomis is on another planet skillwise but it still blows my mind every time i hear him play. And Tony is just a legend in the guitar scene.
We want Jeff playing Ultimatum with Tony ASAP!!!
The never ending guitar dual.. amazing.
the funny thing about tony's music is that the older he gets, the heavier and more aggressive his stuff seems to sound.
His earlier albums had alot more songs that had a ballad feel to them, they almost sound romantic. but meanwhile concrete gardens and his self titled album are both much heavier then before - serpens cauda and the title track concrete gardens are super ballsy
Also he is more shredder than before. Using sweeps and tappings.
Not to mention the 7 string guitar which make any song a lot heavier.
Change is if you are a musician. I am 51 and have been playing guitar since I was 12,
I started out playing nothing but hard rock like Sabbath, ACDC, Judas Priest, but if I played
nothjing but haed rock and metal all these years, I would have gotten bored with it. So now I play
a variety of stuff, Jazz, country, even Latin
Nice man! Listen to Al Di Meola, you probably know anyway :)
And i realize how that sounds,but thats just how it was.btw,i mean no offense by my comment.if anyone does get offended,sorry.
I'll play wth Tony anytime, been listening to this cat forever
Very cool. Loomis steps in, Sips and leaves, then returns to close it. I replayed it several times and ripped over it myself. What fun........
Nili Brosh is an awesome guitarist as well!
Both Tony and Jeff are badasses
Finally!!!!waited forever in this one!!
On*
I hope the next video is Jeff's playing, The Ultimatum featuring Tony.
That would be so nice D:
metalmouth13 Damn that would be nice. There's no official performance of that song except the playthrough which doesn't even have the solo in it.
***** the so-called "playthrough" is also just air guitar to the track. No doubts that they can play it. I would just like to hear it instead of the recording.
Edward Ashburn I know. That's why I said it's not even a "performance". All playthroughs are pretty much music videos with only the players sitting in one place.
+Edward Ashburn Jeff played his songs live, you can find it on youtube.
This is the classical music of our century!
Absolutely fabulous! Wow! Tony & Jeff's duel was mind blowing.
TMac is killing it with this new record.
Ill never understand why people say modern metal/shredding guitar has no dynamics or emotion. The ability to control harmonics enabled by hi-gain compressed tones is a whole different level of dynamics that isnt nearly as achievable with lo-gain naturally overdriven styles. And the fact that hearing those flurries of notes sends chills down your spine, or gives you an overwhelmed feeling, or literally just makes you say "wow- that is fucking cool", is conveyed emotion right there. There's a huge sense of admiration that comes when you see players skilled like this. Shit, even if you're just feeling jealous or annoyed at their skill, you're still feeling something. The feeling of jealousy and competition goes a long way in motivating one to become a better player
It has some dynamics, but it's a limited spectrum. Shredding is a linear approach to guitar playing. I love it, but now that I'm older I get why it is looked down as being 'unsophisticated'. When shredders are in shred mode, _from the point of view of sound_ they are just playing quickly with the same tone, no amount of intricate fingering really changes that fact. The sound rarely changes. The best ones are able to make themselves sound dynamic within extremely limited parameters, and the ones who don't just sound like machines, but it's the use of space and texture that is generally understood to lend music a sense of 'wholeness' and 'dynamism' and shredding lacks those qualities.
As for these two guitarists, I love Tony Mac and was one of Loomis' early supporters in the 90's when he was first in Nevermore, but his solo work leaves me cold. It's technically great but it doesn't 'move' me, for lack of a better word, at least not beyond the theme park visceral thrill you described above ('the flurry of notes that sends chills down your spine).
Ok that was amazing! I've been sleeping on Tony over the last ten years. No longer!
LOOMIS walks in,right here:==>>> 2:37 (For those who couldn't resist watching it again!) lol.
That solo kind of felt like Racer X-era Bruce Bouillet vs Paul Gilbert. Loved it.
Tony was always one of the best of his generation, and he's still on top of it. awesome stuff, and the interplay between him and Jeff during the tradeoffs was fantastic.
Não dá pra descrever a emoção de ver o Jeff com o a lenda TONY MACALPINE (deu pra ver o quanto os caras se divertiram) e o monstruoso Aquiles Priester sem contar ainda com essa guitarplayer e o bass poderoso!!! PUTA QUE ME PARIU... A palavra "harmonia" foi pensando nesse som que esses monstros fizeram...
I hope you recover and heal you tony
Today all the new musicians make fireworks when they play the guitar and they do not bring anything new. Tony always finds new nuances that expand his musicality. I will always be amazed. He gets a perfect balance between all musicians and get real works of art. Control of tempo, rhythms, musicality, atmosphere... No matter the musical style, he always has sophistication.
There is not such a complete musician from 30 years until today.
Tony was with Vai for years... Absolutely the world's most under rated drummer, keyboard player, bassist, guitarist EVER
Love the concept of this song! it really makes me feel weird, just like a 'square circle', like listening to something that shouldn't exist haha
Oh yeah, and the trading solos with Jeff was epic!
Wilson Medeiros Yeah, totally. I knew it was going to sound like this before i clicked the link, just based on the name "Square Circles"
Call 911, my face just got shredded the fuck off by Tony MacAlpine and Jeff Loomis.
A FB friend of mine had a FB friend named Tony MacAlpine. I knew a couple MacAlpine kids back in my old Springfield, MA neighborhood years ago, so I did some sleuthing on whitepages and FB. Sure enough, wp came up with a listing which including his old addy in Spfld. Glad to see he's such an accomplished musician.
JEFF, TONY and NILI ~ ENOUGH SAID , GUITAR GODS BE PRAISED
Tony's new album is awesome!! this track is mind blowing! with loomis soloing with tony.
I know this is a video about guitars and pickups, but: Aquiles Priester.
I liked to see him on dream theater's drum audition :)
Everyone can have slightly different tastes upon drummers, but I found Aquiles a pretty poor drummer for his genre. I don't know, everyone seems to love him...
@Brian Cruz Even more stupid not to hire Virgil Donati.
@@SavoyerMatt I really don't see what you're seeing I guess. To each their own but I think he is one of my favourite drummers to listen to. It's not Virgil good but he is so solid and original in his sound.
@Brian Cruz It was a lot of pretense for Aquiles Priester to think he would be able to play at Dream Theater, but in front of the band he was embarrassed!
To hell with both of these guys. They make it look so easy. 😂
wow! that was a a wonderful experience
Extraordinarios! Me mata como Tony lo hace reir a Jeff con ese legato en 5:19...
dat Pete Griffin though!! What a beast!
I cannot stop coming back to this. This is crazy
Those two know how to bring life out of the pickups that passive players resent. I will never play anything but EMG and this video is what inspired me to put them in my guitars.
Tony MacAlpine...the best sweep in the world? check!
Two maestros on stage.
Tonys arpeggio arsenal... just out of this world!
The chick and bass player are KILLiNG it on rhythm!! Dayum!
And be fair EMGTV, Jeff is using Sustainiac Pickups in neck position. That's why Jeff's sustained notes are turning in harmonics.
jackberserk777 Ya it totally is, but does he really need it? No.
Kevin Kraft The most important things are often the most useless. :)
jackberserk777 He's using in combination with his Emg; the Sustainiac can also be used as an actual pickup but he never once switched to the neck pickup.
Rimfeldt Are you sure? I had a Jackson Dinky with the sustainiac pickup and all you could do was switch it on and off and had another switch that toggled between modes. The sustainiac itself I think is just a hyper pickup that gives the sustain and squealy effect, not an actual pickup for rhythm or strumming. That was my impression anyways. I didn't master it.
Kevin Kraft Ah, you're indeed right. The Sustainiac has a dummy cover, but the Sustainer (which is what I have in my Fernandes Revolver) can be used as a neck pickup.
The level of fucking awesome this is can not be measured.
The awkward fist bump at the end is perfect! Too jazzed about what they just laid down to worry about that. Incredible playing! Two masters at work.
That's Nili Brosh, Jeff Loomis, and Tony MacAlpine, all on one stage!
Oh my lord this was amazing! Jeff should appear on more tracks as a guest soloist. Beautiful! Now bring Andy James, Govan and Abasi in the mix and we're done.
Ghandjaloodah Can you imagine Govan and Abasi going at it? My goodness.
Bloodlines6262 No I don't have such imaginative capabilities. We are not ready or worthy for such a collaboration.
That was insane!
What talent ! OMG. And i am a bigger
Nili fan every day.
Nili Brosh; always, still, and always a dream-girl.
Fantastic playing and everyone involved just looks like they're having fun!
that drummer is a badass!
Aquilles Priester. Must have a brain like Einstein to rock all those changes.
Check out his work with Angra, the guy is amazingly skilled and creative.
Ya, he just freaked me out. Fucking amazing, eh?
Brandon Maciel respect the god mae da foca
Daniel, "badass" significa que ele é muito foda!!...não é um desrespeito, é um elogio!! \m/
Excellent whole band !! Tony, Jeff Loomis, Nili Brosh, Pete Griffin, and the strength of Aquiles Priester on drums. They may sound a little of this and a little of that, but if we ignore radar undoubtedly is an excellent and complex music that motivates and enjoys every way !! 10 points !!
WOW TONY AND HIS BAND RULES !!!!!!!(thanks Jeff)
The shred flip flop was amazing! Omg, such a great video!
Monsters... O.O
Just a killa guitarist , point blank Tony and team are on top of the game !!!!!
Animals as Leaders needs to take Tony on tour. Fucking legend
i wish i had jeff loomis' hands...
That was freaking awesome
I've watched this thirty times lol.
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I really like 2:22 where the music sort of like a prelude to d emergance of loomis. Dat guitar duel was really enjoyable, been a long time since i watched one till the finish