I had a couple thoughts listening to this. Josh, you are a stunning guitar player and I have now listened to you for many years. Skylark is a beautiful song that deserves a slow building of melodic concept. The melody itself should be clearly heard, at least at the front end, and then maybe some subsequent subtle departures that still retain the melody motif. Only then might you head towards your technical brilliance at speed e.g., e.g., your always creative and truly unbelievable arpeggiations. Too many guitar players are wowed by shredding but at such speed, the actual musical constructions - phrasing, melodic beauty... get completely lost as the listener is only amazed at your technical ability. So maybe slow down and build something over the whole song. You will build a far larger audience. Anyway, I hope this response of mine to your (amazing) playing is put forth in the spirit of support to you. You have the ability to be one of the best guitarists in the world but I hope you focus some on developing a broader palate of beautiful and slower melodic articulations.
Have you listened to his original solo arrangement of skylark. It's like 2 years old and he's a much better player now but that one is one of his best.
They were experimenting with listening to each other. More about that than conveying the tune. If you are going to play as a duo you need to get comfortable with how you each phrase and time.
They don’t swing. Every pause is an excuse for a different lick. This is what happens when young people with great talent don’t get seasoning on the bandstand from veterans on tour. If Josh got a gig with Ron Carter or chick Corea or Oscar Peterson he’d rocket to greatness. But those guys aren’t around anymore.
This reminds me the first time I listened to Allan Holdsworth playing, I felt like he was playing all kind of random stuff with no meaning, then I spent a year listening to jazz/fusion and went back to give Holdsworth another try, everything felt different, I started to see the uniqueness in his sound, nowadays to me there is sometimes some chromatic thirstiness that only Allan's songs can quench, what I had back when I first listened to him was a lack of understanding of what he was trying to achieve, I learned that after certain level of skill, there is no bad musician, just un-understood musicians, for example: Hermeto Pascoal's song: Music from the beard.
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Two of the best guitarists on this planet..! Kudos Josh & Antoine 👍
Wow! Two geniuses collaborating to bring us beautiful art…. Thanks!!!
Double geniuses! It doesn't get much better! Incroyable! 🎸
Truly ethereal musicianship!
Excellent job
Loved it. Nice combination
Incredible playing from both, for me it was a little harder to hear Antoine in the mix, maybe just because of my speakers idk. Love that 7 string!
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Perfekt
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Oooh I would love to attend your concerts but I won't be able to be there... I hope there will be other dates !
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Space
El-classico
Beautiful kiesel
I had a couple thoughts listening to this. Josh, you are a stunning guitar player and I have now listened to you for many years. Skylark is a beautiful song that deserves a slow building of melodic concept. The melody itself should be clearly heard, at least at the front end, and then maybe some subsequent subtle departures that still retain the melody motif. Only then might you head towards your technical brilliance at speed e.g., e.g., your always creative and truly unbelievable arpeggiations. Too many guitar players are wowed by shredding but at such speed, the actual musical constructions - phrasing, melodic beauty... get completely lost as the listener is only amazed at your technical ability. So maybe slow down and build something over the whole song. You will build a far larger audience. Anyway, I hope this response of mine to your (amazing) playing is put forth in the spirit of support to you. You have the ability to be one of the best guitarists in the world but I hope you focus some on developing a broader palate of beautiful and slower melodic articulations.
Have you listened to his original solo arrangement of skylark. It's like 2 years old and he's a much better player now but that one is one of his best.
Showroom of licks
Please:
Less clips, more full tunes.
I listened to it three times and didn't like it at all. Reminds me of a musical conservatory, where in every room someone plays something.
I hope @rickbeato1 produces this album
Great players but felt the tune wasn’t there
They were experimenting with listening to each other. More about that than conveying the tune. If you are going to play as a duo you need to get comfortable with how you each phrase and time.
Really? And you are?
They don’t swing. Every pause is an excuse for a different lick. This is what happens when young people with great talent don’t get seasoning on the bandstand from veterans on tour. If Josh got a gig with Ron Carter or chick Corea or Oscar Peterson he’d rocket to greatness. But those guys aren’t around anymore.
@@siliconiusantogramaphantis2122 It's a perfectly valid opinion.
This reminds me the first time I listened to Allan Holdsworth playing, I felt like he was playing all kind of random stuff with no meaning, then I spent a year listening to jazz/fusion and went back to give Holdsworth another try, everything felt different, I started to see the uniqueness in his sound, nowadays to me there is sometimes some chromatic thirstiness that only Allan's songs can quench, what I had back when I first listened to him was a lack of understanding of what he was trying to achieve, I learned that after certain level of skill, there is no bad musician, just un-understood musicians, for example: Hermeto Pascoal's song: Music from the beard.
too many notes
Go tell Charlie Parker... 🙄