I will never understand how guys like Kurt Cobain & the like are considered so great and such a big influence, and great players like this are hardly known.
for me andy is the sum of all guitar legends. steve vai plus paul guilbert plus yngwie malmsteen plus john petrucci plus zakk wylde plus joe satriani plus eric johnson i s equals to andy james.he is the best of all the best!
Your comment was not a critic! That was an insult. And if you think you can know someone even without mate him, it's showing a fear weakness from you. And if you see hate everywhere like you mention you should consult a psychologist to see what's wrong in your life! Stop hating and things will come to you effortless. I hope you will catch the message through my words.
my ears are happy, and my eyes are in awe- think of the hours and hours and days and weeks and months and years it takes to learn to play like this- not to mention the shredded fingers.. :)
Andy changed metal in my eyes by adding extremely melodic and soulful often improvised solos into his songs, even very heavy songs. In addition to this he is also the most technical shredder I have ever seen, even better then Petrucci, Loomis, Malmsteen, you name it, in my opinion.
yes, I totally agree. but do not detract from the work of andy. everyone feels the music as your heart says. you have to enjoy the music in every way. and the metal is a powerful tool! together we can make the metal does not die, and I'm safe enclosure is never going to end. I hope my message is understood ... greetings from Argentina. :)
Tell me if I'm wrong, but a lot of incredible mastro guitar player like Andy when you take a closed look, got one thing in common: they got the ``ring`` finger more longer than the common people got. Anyway, I can't get tired of listening to this song!
it does mute the open strings, so they dont ring when they arent supposed to. if you go down further than the fret you put it, you can simply push it over the nut and it doesnt disturb at all.
I agree to you mate.. first album was great, but look at weightless .. he just undid all the good work he did previously. Whereas Andy took his playing, composition skills and overall arrangement a notch higher. I see tosin as a muscian's musician and Andy as people's musician (still not for the average listener). All Im saying is they both have worked hard to be where they are.. but they need more such good work coming to establish their reputation in this dying industry.
i agree with everything you said. I just wanted to add that the main difference between Andy and Tosin is that Andy's music is "easy" to listen to. When you listen to a Tosin track, you really got to pay attention to what he is doing to witness the magic that he is creating. In the end, it's all about preference and what we feel like listening to at the current moment. I personally, prefer Andy's music, just because I understand what he is doing. tosin just confuses the shit out of me! lol
technically, thrash was Venom, but Metallica and the other "big four" popularized it.. comparable to Meshuggah and the djent movement, where Periphery popularized it. Old Metallica was amazing, new metallica, not so much (imo). Metalhead = your primary genre of choice is metal. This does not mean you ONLY have to listen to metal and other genres are shit, it just means, in your spare time, you would generally choose to listen to metal.
Andy is the best. I would kill (well, maybe not kill, just hurt a little bit) to play like that. There is not a cover he can't play as good as the original.
And in turn, I agree with you ;) You might be right about the Weightless thing. However, I think it depends on one's perspective. I think of that album as AAL working out a bit of a new sound and Tosin is using more of his Wooten technique and so on. I love Weightless for the sound and I love the first album for how ground breaking it is. But you couldn't be more right about hard work to get where they are. Musician's vs people's musician is probably more a matter of style/genre maybe?
Yes, Dimebag. You can tell it's him every time you hear his playing because he's got a unique style that puts him apart from others. Just like the others I mentioned plus a few more. Andy just sounds like a more refined version of about 100 different shredders on youtube, how dull.
Unfortunately its because music is one of those things that everyone listens to but few actually take the time to really appreciate it. Just like sports cars. You can ask 100 guys if they like sports cars, 90 will say yes, only about 10 will actually own one, and maybe 4-5 will actually know anything significant about them. Same reason why Kesha can have successful "music" career.
"Better than Loomis" is really subjective. Their styles are different so they can't really be compared. Personally i feel Jeff's stuff is less repetitive and scaley whereas Andy's phrasing is really awesome, but i feel his strength isn't in his soloing or sweeping if you wanted to directly compare his soloing to Jeff's. I'm also biased to Jeff's style because I like thrashy neo-classical sounding things and i play a 7 string. That aside I respect all virtuoso guitarists equally. Andy is AMAZING!
This guy is mind blowing in his own right , reading the comments I have deduced that I can share an opinion here and not get flamed.The way I see it , is MOST guitarists favor a certain grouping of notes OR try to emote something... its not all just about what is being played. Not to sound cosmic , but all of these guys understand the science behind what they do as much as they understand the math. To say that one is better than the other is not fair. To say that you favor one over the other is
To add to that, I don't think Tosin's work on Weightless is not as good as on AAL, but just as good in a different way. And if Andy is indeed taking it up a notch, well, we might hear more from him soon. I'd like that. They're both awesome guitarists and that's a fact. To me, discovering Tim Stewart last year has been just as enlightening.
i guess u got the point right, i really dig Tosin and the AaL stuff, but for driving around in the car i prefer something easier like andy cause i cant pay the attention needed to hear the full potential of Tosin. just choose the right music to the right time^^
Also, 331Erock (search on youtube) is just as good as any big name guitarist out there imo...the shit he can do is unreal. I'm a big fan of his. He makes it look effortless..
well they are know because they played what people wanted to hear. And lets be honest: beside guitarrists not many people like to hear only guitar songs or songs in which the guitar is the main instrument. For example Slash and Kurt Cobain didnt play that much. Basically someone that's plays for about 3/4 years and pratices regularly is easily better than both of them. But there are also guitarrist with not that much technique but who make great guitar solos: Gilmour, Clapton, Page and such.
I know. you can notice by the way i wrote the sentence, that i was joking and just trying to point out that he doesn't use it nearly as much as most guitarists.
behold the arctopus. tony danza tapdance extravaganza. dysrythmia. many arms... relative to those kinds of bands animals as leaders is as smooth and melodic as it gets. personally i see more talent in playing styles like that than in stuff like this, but thats not to take anything away from andy james. i really enjoy his music and he is an amazing guitar player and a bad ass song writer. but its kinda hard to be really impressed after watching colin marston play a war guitar
Not a game changer? Name one other guitarist who did what he did when he started doing it? Honestly, I've never come across a single guitarist who successfully fused those intricate musical styles and techniques before him. And this is not coming from a "fucking djent fan", but from someone who actually has a lot of Charlie Hunter albums :)
Andy James has a unique style too, + he is a genuis blessed technical and melodical guitarist. The guitarist you mentioned are awesome as well, but i like Andy's style more than Tosin's. Thats my opinion. And please never say, that Andy is "just" a whatever. He is my personal guitar hero, with Jeff Loomis, Paul Gilbert and Mr Petrucci. Cheers
Because those people changed the way people thought about music, society or life in general. Andy is incredibly good, however, his approach is not a game changer. Just look at Tosin Abasi. Breaching through the confines of progressive metal by incorporating jazz theory, electronica and popularizing the 8 string. He's changing musicians' lives because he changed the game. Andy is an awesome player but that's it, for now anyway. I'd love to see Andy become such a legend. His doors are open.
They're all equally good guitarists, but in terms of technical lead shredding the stuff I've seen from Andy while being scaley and "repetitive" by the standards of some, it's still seems to be much harder then most of the stuff I've seen from Loomis. And that's saying a lot because Loomis is a fucking shred god. But I do agree it's hard to compare because they do have styles that are pretty different.
Bump for 2024, found this when I was in high school and have loved it ever since. Glad things have went well bro
You're wrong when you can shred like this. Your hair just burns away, this price you pay for being that good.
Andy James is a fantastic guitarist :)
I will never understand how guys like Kurt Cobain & the like are considered so great and such a big influence, and great players like this are hardly known.
Kurt and andy are great, just in different areas
for me andy is the sum of all guitar legends. steve vai plus paul guilbert plus yngwie malmsteen plus john petrucci plus zakk wylde plus joe satriani plus eric johnson i s equals to andy james.he is the best of all the best!
Gousbump each time! Awsome playing!!! This guy have a cumputer memory!!
He plays one song and you talk about computer memory...What do you say when he plays a concert? You noob!
And you´re the kind of person who can´t live with critic...So all is hate!
Your comment was not a critic! That was an insult. And if you think you can know someone even without mate him, it's showing a fear weakness from you. And if you see hate everywhere like you mention you should consult a psychologist to see what's wrong in your life! Stop hating and things will come to you effortless. I hope you will catch the message through my words.
he played 1 note per every human being living in the earth in 4 minutes
my ears are happy, and my eyes are in awe- think of the hours and hours and days and weeks and months and years it takes to learn to play like this- not to mention the shredded fingers.. :)
My all time favorite transition!! 🔥🔥
He has this wonderful confused disposition.
Caveman bang at rock and create magic. Said with love. Amazing stuff.
Andy changed metal in my eyes by adding extremely melodic and soulful often improvised solos into his songs, even very heavy songs. In addition to this he is also the most technical shredder I have ever seen, even better then Petrucci, Loomis, Malmsteen, you name it, in my opinion.
Another mindblowing performancs by Mr. James
yes, I totally agree. but do not detract from the work of andy. everyone feels the music as your heart says. you have to enjoy the music in every way. and the metal is a powerful tool! together we can make the metal does not die, and I'm safe enclosure is never going to end. I hope my message is understood ... greetings from Argentina. :)
I can definitely see how he's such an inspiration to any metal player. Nice.
Only one of the best alternate pickers?^^
He's one of the best "what-ever-you-want"ers I've ever seen
My favourite guitarist:) damn all the styles he does are amazing!!!!
Andy Got everyting from all guitarist !!!
andy james is the shit.. jus amazing outta this world .. :)
Oh I have and you are right, i'm well impressed. This guy is flawless!
he's got a lot of unique elements in his playing honestly
absolutely FANTASTIC !!!!!!
Amazing solo, amazing back track. ~Andy James
Love the signed album..awesome to say the least James.
andy is one of the best alternate pickers ive ever seen
i think i must have watched at least 12 times this vid, and i can't stop watching it, it's to fucking amazing!!!
Haha it happens to people that don't here really fast amazing solos a lot. Used to happen to me all the time.
Holy God! This guy is amazing!!!
i love the chorus!
His bends are so fucking precise it's scary. As well as EVERYTHING else he does.
0:55 how does he shred so fast and perfectly!
I know it's not a recording trick because I've seen him shred just as clean live!
It helps mute the strings you aren't playing so they don't ring out. It makes soloing sound cleaner
In years to come, Andy will be the next guitar guru, the next Michael Angelo Batio, Joe Satriani and Steve Vai. AMAZING guitarist!
Tell me if I'm wrong, but a lot of incredible mastro guitar player like Andy when you take a closed look, got one thing in common: they got the ``ring`` finger more longer than the common people got. Anyway, I can't get tired of listening to this song!
wow! what an amazing guitarist. Very impressive and tight!
BEAST... nuff said
it does mute the open strings, so they dont ring when they arent supposed to. if you go down further than the fret you put it, you can simply push it over the nut and it doesnt disturb at all.
@lucianollica
It's his own song. From his self titled album. the song is called Burn It Down
Holy guitar !
andy james is god!!
Thats some amazing SHREDDING!
that black rubber works as a palm mute so that you only hear what he's playing and not some background other string interferience.
Sooo good
bulletproof playing as always and Im rly liking some of the melodic ideas. Great player overall :)
To each his own, of course. I enjoy and respect both players equally, no prob :)
it's a hair band
guitarists do that so that the distortion sounds less messy, it helps keep the tone clean
I agree to you mate.. first album was great, but look at weightless .. he just undid all the good work he did previously. Whereas Andy took his playing, composition skills and overall arrangement a notch higher. I see tosin as a muscian's musician and Andy as people's musician (still not for the average listener). All Im saying is they both have worked hard to be where they are.. but they need more such good work coming to establish their reputation in this dying industry.
omg,im so lucky i found this vid...omggg,love this song from 0:00-4:14...
so sick!!!
pinkies are underrated. awesome playing again andy, just a pain to watch for me ;)
Him and Marco Sfogli are the new real guitar heroes !!!
rocks like hell
YOURE A GOD
3:39, think every guitarist has experienced that feeling when doing an awesome bend ;)
i agree with everything you said. I just wanted to add that the main difference between Andy and Tosin is that Andy's music is "easy" to listen to. When you listen to a Tosin track, you really got to pay attention to what he is doing to witness the magic that he is creating. In the end, it's all about preference and what we feel like listening to at the current moment. I personally, prefer Andy's music, just because I understand what he is doing. tosin just confuses the shit out of me! lol
i was waitin for that high e to break at about 51 sec
thanks i didn't realize at first ;) I will try it too xD
technically, thrash was Venom, but Metallica and the other "big four" popularized it.. comparable to Meshuggah and the djent movement, where Periphery popularized it. Old Metallica was amazing, new metallica, not so much (imo).
Metalhead = your primary genre of choice is metal. This does not mean you ONLY have to listen to metal and other genres are shit, it just means, in your spare time, you would generally choose to listen to metal.
Andy is the best. I would kill (well, maybe not kill, just hurt a little bit) to play like that. There is not a cover he can't play as good as the original.
its funny how the best melodic shredder in the world is hairless
@PerDevil It's by Andy's band, Sacred Mother Tongue I believe.
And in turn, I agree with you ;) You might be right about the Weightless thing. However, I think it depends on one's perspective. I think of that album as AAL working out a bit of a new sound and Tosin is using more of his Wooten technique and so on. I love Weightless for the sound and I love the first album for how ground breaking it is. But you couldn't be more right about hard work to get where they are. Musician's vs people's musician is probably more a matter of style/genre maybe?
Yes, Dimebag. You can tell it's him every time you hear his playing because he's got a unique style that puts him apart from others. Just like the others I mentioned plus a few more.
Andy just sounds like a more refined version of about 100 different shredders on youtube, how dull.
Thumps up if you want Metal Soloing Techniques VOL 4!!
yeah, and also MAB
Unfortunately its because music is one of those things that everyone listens to but few actually take the time to really appreciate it.
Just like sports cars. You can ask 100 guys if they like sports cars, 90 will say yes, only about 10 will actually own one, and maybe 4-5 will actually know anything significant about them.
Same reason why Kesha can have successful "music" career.
WOW !!!!!!!!!
EARGASM!!!!!!!!!!!!
Andy James is like 'one man punch(Saitama)' of guitar.He trained and practiced so hard that he went bald.
good use of that pinkey!
2:32 - 3:05... Incredible.
3:39 the black thing is on the first frets and then its back on the third frets
"Better than Loomis" is really subjective. Their styles are different so they can't really be compared. Personally i feel Jeff's stuff is less repetitive and scaley whereas Andy's phrasing is really awesome, but i feel his strength isn't in his soloing or sweeping if you wanted to directly compare his soloing to Jeff's. I'm also biased to Jeff's style because I like thrashy neo-classical sounding things and i play a 7 string. That aside I respect all virtuoso guitarists equally. Andy is AMAZING!
I am trying so hard not to pick from my elbow because I like the sound better, but god damn it is hard for me to pick like Andy James!
that's a hair band man,he uses it to cut unwanted noises,ok?Sorry about my poor english.
One luv man.
It's an LTD H-401FM. It's discontinued though unfortunately.
You can find nicer guitars than that though for relatively cheap anyways.
This guy is mind blowing in his own right , reading the comments I have deduced that I can share an opinion here and not get flamed.The way I see it , is MOST guitarists favor a certain grouping of notes OR try to emote something... its not all just about what is being played. Not to sound cosmic , but all of these guys understand the science behind what they do as much as they understand the math. To say that one is better than the other is not fair. To say that you favor one over the other is
Yep, that definitely melted some faces..
@deepskysnow23 its from one of his solo albums
To add to that, I don't think Tosin's work on Weightless is not as good as on AAL, but just as good in a different way. And if Andy is indeed taking it up a notch, well, we might hear more from him soon. I'd like that. They're both awesome guitarists and that's a fact.
To me, discovering Tim Stewart last year has been just as enlightening.
sick i am so jealous
i guess u got the point right, i really dig Tosin and the AaL stuff, but for driving around in the car i prefer something easier like andy cause i cant pay the attention needed to hear the full potential of Tosin. just choose the right music to the right time^^
my life= changed
Guitar Hero Tribute brought me here :P
para que sirve la liga negra que tiene en la guitarra?
what's the point of that black rubber in the guitar?
Also, 331Erock (search on youtube) is just as good as any big name guitarist out there imo...the shit he can do is unreal. I'm a big fan of his. He makes it look effortless..
@tonydoerfer1 hairband on his guitar.... :) + awsome talent and lots of practice :p
well they are know because they played what people wanted to hear. And lets be honest: beside guitarrists not many people like to hear only guitar songs or songs in which the guitar is the main instrument. For example Slash and Kurt Cobain didnt play that much. Basically someone that's plays for about 3/4 years and pratices regularly is easily better than both of them. But there are also guitarrist with not that much technique but who make great guitar solos: Gilmour, Clapton, Page and such.
I know. you can notice by the way i wrote the sentence, that i was joking and just trying to point out that he doesn't use it nearly as much as most guitarists.
Круто !!!
@MegaRuinator I'm sure Steve Vai and John Petrucci are losing sleep over that comment.
dat shred lick!!!! Trying to figure out how you do it
behold the arctopus. tony danza tapdance extravaganza. dysrythmia. many arms... relative to those kinds of bands animals as leaders is as smooth and melodic as it gets. personally i see more talent in playing styles like that than in stuff like this, but thats not to take anything away from andy james. i really enjoy his music and he is an amazing guitar player and a bad ass song writer. but its kinda hard to be really impressed after watching colin marston play a war guitar
Tosin isn't a gamechanger at all. He's just impressive to a bunch of fucking djent fans that have never heard jazz.
I don't have the 24 space on my gryph!!!!
lol man its a hair band. i dont know how it works but it helps with the tone.
Not a game changer? Name one other guitarist who did what he did when he started doing it? Honestly, I've never come across a single guitarist who successfully fused those intricate musical styles and techniques before him.
And this is not coming from a "fucking djent fan", but from someone who actually has a lot of Charlie Hunter albums :)
Andy James has a unique style too, + he is a genuis blessed technical and melodical guitarist. The guitarist you mentioned are awesome as well, but i like Andy's style more than Tosin's. Thats my opinion. And please never say, that Andy is "just" a whatever. He is my personal guitar hero, with Jeff Loomis, Paul Gilbert and Mr Petrucci.
Cheers
@cedguitar123 Think he uses a Zoom haha, not sure what model though. watch his band's studio diary's and it shows you the pedal briefly
Because those people changed the way people thought about music, society or life in general. Andy is incredibly good, however, his approach is not a game changer. Just look at Tosin Abasi. Breaching through the confines of progressive metal by incorporating jazz theory, electronica and popularizing the 8 string. He's changing musicians' lives because he changed the game. Andy is an awesome player but that's it, for now anyway. I'd love to see Andy become such a legend. His doors are open.
I agree after hearing a few AAL songs they all seem about the same.
They're all equally good guitarists, but in terms of technical lead shredding the stuff I've seen from Andy while being scaley and "repetitive" by the standards of some, it's still seems to be much harder then most of the stuff I've seen from Loomis. And that's saying a lot because Loomis is a fucking shred god. But I do agree it's hard to compare because they do have styles that are pretty different.