So you think you're good at tapping?

[Young Angus]

Re: So you think you're good at tapping?

I noticed that, too. Whenever you see these "Rusty Cooley" style guys who are amazing virtuosos.... doing sweep picking, tapping and slapping techniques the rest of us can only dream about.... they're always sitting alone in their bedroom. They're just sitting alone in a room shooting a video.

I've never once seen guys do stuff like this at shows. This indicates something. A lot of these amazing techniques simply aren't practical. They have no place in the kind of rocking music people want to listen to. Guys who spend too much time on technique and no time jamming with other guys in a band setting wind up as "woodshed warriors".

I would rather be a mediocre guitar player who enjoys what I do, gets paid and recieves adulation from fans than a guy who is only noticed by other musicians over the internet.

My thoughts exactly!

Although i do respect anyone who can do that stuff and wish i could do it too...i wont be dissapointed if i am never in that virtuoso boat...I JUST WANNA ROCK!

 

[Neeradj]

Re: So you think you're good at tapping?

i can do that nuntius

Please demonstrate :burnout:

On our dutch guitarforum someone posted a pretty nerdy looking guy doing the exact same thing, also playing classical music, so I think people are getting more interested in this type of playing as we speak

 

[JammerMatt]

Re: So you think you're good at tapping?

That was very cool.

Stanley Jordan (jazz) was doing that 20 years ago, tho. Pretty incredible stuff.

 

[NecroPolo]

Re: So you think you're good at tapping?

Yes, I'm an excellent tapper. Sometimes I have to stomp on either a kickin' hard switching Cry Baby to disengage, an amp channel selector, a stereo chorus and a distortion stompbox at the same time :laugh2: