more of the Sensai of karate guitar!
I am having fun checking out more youtube of Mr.Fastfinger, now that I know who he is.
I put his name Mika Tyyska in the search and found more cool stuff.

I had forgotten about him long ago, after I did a bunch of his lessons.
Back then, I had a yellow Nextel cell phone, the size of a brick. His Mr.Fastfinger lessons were so cool, at the time.
It was interactive, like Magic Carpet Tour. You chose a mode like Phrygian, then play the game.
You rode the magic carpet, and had to avoid obstacles, to get to a magic circle you had to land on, to receive the new lessons.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6xMgYv6rhU&feature=player_embedded

 

The guy was ahead of his time. I bet there are actual interactive video games now that teach this kind of stuff. There's all that Guitar Hero stuff, so if it doesn't exist already, it's only a matter of time before one can hook up a real guitar to a video game and not be able to progress levels until one plays correctly. Kudos to the guy for making the concept work without the technology.

Me? I just need to practice. There are 10 million teenage shredders on YouTube I need to catch up to! :P

 

me too... maybe we should just listen to Frank.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Js4aQH7VUs

 

here is one of those teenage guitar prodigy that remind you life is not fair!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTcK5d-z8jk&feature=relmfu

 

...maybe Mona Lisa's



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEdl_a2vlXk

 

back in '06, I fell in love with Amadeus' "Cannon in D" when a guitarist named Jerry C came up with this guitar arrangement.
Saw it played by several guitarists on youtube, and got the sheet music, to really dig into this song myself.

I came across Mattrach back then, in his first version in '06 when he was like 15 years old.
His video had about 1000 views then. That video is over 18 million views right now.
This is his second version he did about a year later. I've followed this guys career ever since. He's 21 now.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wam-oMub8EU&feature=relmfu

 

here's what Mattrach posted one day ago, and it has 17,000 views...already
Any bets when it hits 1 million? ... a week... 2 weeks?
One of those prodigy's just dripping with talent, and he's not all screwed up.



(smashing guitar to bits against the basement wall.... ~$#@- it )

man... if I had as much talent as this guy has in his no.4 fret finger...
maybe I could f-i-nally impress Shania.


... I'd still have to work on my manners... .... and


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36R6JU-SL8U&list=UUacY6C1c_0tBGGkyCNciDSQ&index=1&feature=plcp

 

I think Shania wrote this song, when she noticed me hiding in her front junipers... even in the rain.
She use to look out at me being chased off everyday, by the security dogs, with those big binoculars...
But each day, I was there, dispute that summer that had a bumper crop of gnats...



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S88Wit5bNdY

 

Frank Zappa makes any day better. He was really something else.

I've not been impressed by any of the Aristocrats' stuff I heard. It's technically impressive, of course, but beyond that nothing sticks with me. The young lady played those notes very well, though she will need time to develop some strength and attack.

MattRach's tone was not for me - too piercing - but he certainly can play, and he gets bonus points for using a Tele.

I think I've made it through two Shania tunes in my life, and this wasn't one of them :P She is very talented, but, man, her songs don't do anything for me.

 

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