That video is hilarious :lol: My friend sent it to me because Batio is coming to my local guitar shop on the 28th and my friend is bringing me along. I hope I don't start laughing while Batio tries to be serious :lol:
does anyone here like him? I haven't really listened to his stuff because his double guitar thing seems like too much of a gimmick, idk hah
Oh, good ole MAB. If there's a better example of pointless shred, I don't know it. The sad thing is his songs do some times have awesome melodic themes (middle part of Speed Kills, etc) but the rest of it just happens to be the fastest playing humanly possible without sounding like a computer error message on repeat.
am i the only person on earth that thinks that MAB's technique is terrible? every time i hear/see him play super fast stuff, he's picking at least 2x as many notes as he's fingering. i mean, i know that lots of people dislike the guy's music and lots of people love it, but it usually seems that even the people that hate his playing applaud his ability to play that way.
My thought is he is very akin to Yngwie in that he is very fast, full of crappy psycho babble, an out of his mind whacko, in love with himself, a terrible songwriter, but goddamn if he doesn't just pull it off.
His over the fretboard is really very good...I am not a fan but have heard enough to put my 2 cents in
I've met him on more than one occasion, I don't think he's in love with himself.
He's always been pretty down to earth and easy going.
I have a couple of his albums, but they don't get heavy rotation in the 'ole iPod... He actually is a pretty amazing player, but I can definitely see the other side of the coin on this. It's fun to watch though.
I saw MAB live last year and he's amazing, but that shred is too 'old school'!
I'd love to see MAB grow up a litle, playing some Greg Howe or Allan Woldsworth tunes using the 4 neck DEAN guitar.
No shred, just fusion jazzy confusion...
So you mean to tell me that i sat for 3 minutes watching this only to re-establish that he's really just a douchebag ? Well there goes a chunk of my life il never have back! Suck if MAB
That video was brilliant and I can't believe that nobody has done a voice over parody of it yet. To me it seems like it's desperately crying out to be edited.
I'm sure he's a really nice guy but I'm not a fan of his playing.
That video was brilliant and I can't believe that nobody has done a voice over parody of it yet. To me it seems like it's desperately crying out to be edited.
Is it just me or does it sound like he is just a fried brained guy talking about stuff he likes. I think he is right. Vsual guitar hero stuff is cool and people love that.
I mean he is wierd and all but nothing was offensive. Lighten up, do you all want to see fat guys just stand there or sit and play a whole show?
Steve vai definately doesn't and most of the people here consider him the be all and end all of guitar.
Mike's a really old friend. The first clinic tour I did was with him for Randall amps wayyyy back in college. Mike knows that his thing is over the top.. but that's what pays his bills and provides his living. He's a heavily schooled jazz player and you'll hear some of that too at one of his clinics. I've seen him do the double guitar thing and then sit down and nail the changes to Misty or some other standard. He graduated from Northwestern with a degree in music and was studying jazz well before he was even in his teens.
You won't find a nicer guy and he's a great player. He does his schtick because that is what he gets paid to do. Its extremely silly and he knows up.. he just happens to have the chops and facility to pull it off and back it up without taking any of it seriously.
I don't buy his CDs, but he can obviously play the guitar, I mean, OBVIOUSLY. He always struck me as a nice enough guy as well, so no harm there. Live and let live
I agree, I think sometimes even his harmonizing is very good so if he took his chops and ideas on harmony, I think he is set... but then again he is already set because I guess a lot of people go for pure shred
He's a great player, no argument there. Though, I think just a tad on the sterile side. Wonderful tech and choice of notes. I'd consider buy a CD, but wouldn't expect it to inspire me as much as say, AT.
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