My exposure to classical music started here at USC. i have been attending a couple of concerts each month on an average at USC's Thornton School of Music.
Even the Jazz concerts and orchestra's that I have attended have musicians looking for perfection, following the structure through sheets. Has helped me develop a totally new perspective to music!
Good! :) I have attended a couple of jazz concerts here too.. mostly those playing with the saxophone and/or the piano as the lead instruments. i have just simple been in awe of the large repertoire of tricks that one must have up their sleeves when it comes to soloing and especially when its impromptu! would love to see a good jazz outfit with a guitarist as lead...it seems pretty hard to come by :)
It took a lot of imagination for someone to take a 17th century piece of classic music and turn it into a rock number the way this guy did
Well, apart from the jazz greats Mrinal has mentioned, this kind of stuff i.e. turning classical pieces into contemporary rock has been decently explored and documented by Paul Gilbert...if i remember correctly, his 'Guitars from Mars' was all about this :)
Exactly why i doubted if it was the original person in the first place... i've seen a video where the song is played with a full band and it has MUCH better sound quality :)
My exposure to classical music started here at USC. i have been attending a couple of concerts each month on an average at USC's Thornton School of Music.
Even the Jazz concerts and orchestra's that I have attended have musicians looking for perfection, following the structure through sheets. Has helped me develop a totally new perspective to music!
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I have attended a couple of jazz concerts here too.. mostly those playing with the saxophone and/or the piano as the lead instruments. i have just simple been in awe of the large repertoire of tricks that one must have up their sleeves when it comes to soloing and especially when its impromptu! would love to see a good jazz outfit with a guitarist as lead...it seems pretty hard to come by :)
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1. It took a lot of imagination for someone to take a 17th century piece of classic music and turn it into a rock number the way this guy did.
2. Everytime I hear/see it, I am reminded of Sashi.
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Well, apart from the jazz greats Mrinal has mentioned, this kind of stuff i.e. turning classical pieces into contemporary rock has been decently explored and documented by Paul Gilbert...if i remember correctly, his 'Guitars from Mars' was all about this :)
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Woohoo! I get to watch him at G3 today! Muahahaha! :-D
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Haha, now that you mention it - yeah!! :)
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Some Jerry C Band has done this piece quite well and this chap in the video is probably playing that version.
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with the number of bum notes he's played i assumed he was just another 'youtube' guitarist :p
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