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Re: Check this out. He is only 9.
If you think of it as learning to speak another language (which in a way it is) it doesn't seem all that impressive. I mean, it's much easier to learn a second language when you are learning it at the same time as the first. Even at a high school age it takes a lot of work to learn a second language. Toddlers pick up on it almost instantly. Sure, he didn't have quite the dexterity back then that he does now, but our mouths didn't when we were babies, either. The kid is seriously fast, but I dare say that any of us could buy a $1500 guitar and an amp that's nearly as expensive and lock our kid in a room until he can play all the stuff on the video and they'd be just as fast. The difference is that most kids don't pick up a guitar until they're a teenager and have lost their accelerated learning from childhood. That, and the first time a kid asks for a guitar, their parents get them a First Act from Walmart or something like that.
The drummer in my cousin's band has an eleven year old son who plays guitar and sings. He can nail stuff like Johnny B Goode and Sweet Home Alabama. He's even written a couple of songs that had some pretty neat riffs and solos in them. No, he's not as fast or as young as this kid, but IMO he's just as good or better. He has the creativity to go along with the technique.
Not to take away from this kid's chops. I couldn't touch him.
If you think of it as learning to speak another language (which in a way it is) it doesn't seem all that impressive. I mean, it's much easier to learn a second language when you are learning it at the same time as the first. Even at a high school age it takes a lot of work to learn a second language. Toddlers pick up on it almost instantly. Sure, he didn't have quite the dexterity back then that he does now, but our mouths didn't when we were babies, either. The kid is seriously fast, but I dare say that any of us could buy a $1500 guitar and an amp that's nearly as expensive and lock our kid in a room until he can play all the stuff on the video and they'd be just as fast. The difference is that most kids don't pick up a guitar until they're a teenager and have lost their accelerated learning from childhood. That, and the first time a kid asks for a guitar, their parents get them a First Act from Walmart or something like that.
The drummer in my cousin's band has an eleven year old son who plays guitar and sings. He can nail stuff like Johnny B Goode and Sweet Home Alabama. He's even written a couple of songs that had some pretty neat riffs and solos in them. No, he's not as fast or as young as this kid, but IMO he's just as good or better. He has the creativity to go along with the technique.
Not to take away from this kid's chops. I couldn't touch him.
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