Well I would give my right arm unsure.gif to be able to play like Santiago

mentor. I also love the fact that Marcus Siepen is an instructor here, though he seems to focus a biit more on his side project called Blind Guardian ;-) just kidding...
I think all instructors are great and we should be glad to have them all here!

Well I would give my right arm to be able to play like Santiago

The nice thing is that there is no competition among us instructors here, we all try to come up with interesting lessons, everybody covers a certain style (or more than one in some cases of course) and as long as you gyus have fun with those lessons and you improve your skills as players with their help then everything is perfect And yup, my "Side Project" is pretty time consuming

I probably have learned more Gabriel lessons than any other single person. He really has a lot of variety, and he does a good job or performing the pieces.

But to tell you the truth, it is hard to come up with another country where guys have contributed more to GMC than the boys from Argentina. Pretty impressive. I think in that part of the world, great rhythm in your play has always been a focus, and you see that with all of them here. I mean look at Lian. He is sure a metal guy. But to me he is different than most metal guys, and I think in good ways. I wold call him more a metal influenced musician, but he has a lot of variety in his play, and it is really kind of happy play, not like "lets play metal and then go kill ourselves" type of style. I mean, growling sounds awful to me, never liked it, but when Lian did that, he actually sounded kind of musical to me. Only time I have heard growling that I thought it was ok. Still not good, but ok.

As mentioned above it's a matter of personal taste. Like fkalich said, the guys from argentina seem to be the ones with the biggest input to the site. I've learned a lot of Gabriel's lessons, right now I'm focussing on Lian's lessons, and he is my personal favourite because he is also my MTP mentor. I also love the fact that Marcus Siepen is an instructor here, though he seems to focus a biit more on his side project called Blind Guardian ;-) just kidding...
I think all instructors are great and we should be glad to have them all here!

hey guys, thank you so much for these kind words!
in the name of all Argentinian instructors I want to say thanks, this means a lot for us.

And yup, my "Side Project" is pretty time consuming

Can't say who's the best one, they're all very different.. But over time I've been enjoying Gabriels lesson the most

I probably have learned more Gabriel lessons than any other single person. He really has a lot of variety, and he does a good job or performing the pieces.

But to tell you the truth, it is hard to come up with another country where guys have contributed more to GMC than the boys from Argentina. Pretty impressive. I think in that part of the world, great rhythm in your play has always been a focus, and you see that with all of them here. I mean look at Lian. He is sure a metal guy. But to me he is different than most metal guys, and I think in good ways. I wold call him more a metal influenced musician, but he has a lot of variety in his play, and it is really kind of happy play, not like "lets play metal and then go kill ourselves" type of style. I mean, growling sounds awful to me, never liked it, but when Lian did that, he actually sounded kind of musical to me. Only time I have heard growling that I thought it was ok. Still not good, but ok.

As mentioned above it's a matter of personal taste. Like fkalich said, the guys from argentina seem to be the ones with the biggest input to the site. I've learned a lot of Gabriel's lessons, right now I'm focussing on Lian's lessons, and he is my personal favourite because he is also my MTP mentor. I also love the fact that Marcus Siepen is an instructor here, though he seems to focus a biit more on his side project called Blind Guardian ;-) just kidding...
I think all instructors are great and we should be glad to have them all here!

Guitar playing... Football you`re untouchable!

Yeah, there are some truly awesome players here, but instructors? There are only a couple that have ever tried to teach me anything. That isn't because the others can't or won't, I've just been more interactive with Muris, Emir, Pedja and Ramiro. My pick for the best would come out of those 4, only because most of my 1 on 1 conversations have been with those 4.

+1 That was exactly what I meant, You can't actually judge an instructor by the playing - it is the ability to tranfer the knowledge that counts. (I did NOT say pedagogically... tongue.gif )

My oven mitts were at the ready!