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Posted by: Landara Jul 28 2008, 03:27 AM
...like this guy?
http://my.break.com/content/view.aspx?ContentID=543621
Or his this fake? Which would disappoint me, if not surprise me!
Posted by: USAMAN Jul 28 2008, 03:35 AM
Pfft....easy....
Posted by: TreyDeschamp Jul 28 2008, 03:42 AM
I do this at 100 bpm as a warm up before playing
Posted by: skennington Jul 28 2008, 03:51 AM
I'm gonna have to say FAKE.....He's also playing a 7 string 
Posted by: swingline Jul 28 2008, 04:07 AM
I want to say that its fake because its just to insane but I'm not sure, si I'm going with undecided.
Posted by: Xose Pineda Jul 28 2008, 04:26 AM
Does not seem a fake, anyway is really scaring...
Posted by: fkalich Jul 28 2008, 04:28 AM
My 8 cats have the world record for how many times they can vomit on my floors without me killing any of them in anger.
I put these kinds of records on the same artistic level as that.
Posted by: Xicoria Jul 28 2008, 05:07 AM
His name is Tiago Della Vega.
There was some time ago a video of this brazilian guy called 38nps (38 notes per second)... and he really pick the 38 notes.
Here his myspace:
http://www.myspace.com/tdellavega
He is insanelly fast!
Posted by: Slammer Jul 28 2008, 06:07 AM
I don't think its fake... But it reminds me alot of a robot 
Posted by: fkalich Jul 28 2008, 06:19 AM
I think you should apologize to the robots of the world for that.
Posted by: Landara Jul 28 2008, 06:32 AM
Oh come on guys, it wasn't so bad! His picking is is what's amazing, not the song itself! I know it wasn't that great musically but he is a legitimate guitarist, and an amazing one at that. This was just his attempt at a speed-picking record. I, for one, was pretty impressed! Course I'm not much of a guitarist, or judge, but it looks pretty hard to me!
Posted by: Xicoria Jul 28 2008, 06:48 AM
If you take a look at his myspace profile, you will find some of his musics.
IMO he is a very good guitarrist.
I dont know why people use to not like things like this. The guy is fast and accurate. Period.
(This reminds me how bad people use to judge DragonForce live performances... )
Posted by: VinceG Jul 28 2008, 09:11 AM
I put these kinds of records on the same artistic level as that.
Posted by: fkalich Jul 28 2008, 09:43 AM
IMO he is a very good guitarrist.
I dont know why people use to not like things like this. The guy is fast and accurate. Period.
(This reminds me how bad people use to judge DragonForce live performances... )
he sucked at 170. after that, he just looked more and more silly. just call me old fashioned, but actually fretting and articulating notes is a big thing to me, rather than your left hand just sort of sliding around on the fret board while you tremolo pick.
Posted by: Bogdan Radovic Jul 28 2008, 10:12 AM
eheheh funny video 
Don't think its fake ...
Posted by: botoxfox Jul 28 2008, 10:33 AM
http://youtube.com/watch?v=lDWfc_JpOrM
Here's another video of the fastest part, shot by someone in the audience.
Strangely it sounds very different.
Posted by: Rooks Jul 28 2008, 11:16 AM
Hmmm.. crazy.. thats one sick bumblebee theme in fast-forward 
I think he wears a pick out in half an hour or something 
Posted by: Ivan Milenkovic Jul 28 2008, 11:41 AM
there is actually something really pathetic in this one 
Posted by: rockztar Jul 28 2008, 11:49 AM
dont thinks is fake... buts as ivan said pathetic
Posted by: Koopid Jul 28 2008, 12:31 PM
why is it patethic? It is a skill. He is good at it, the best in the world?. who cares if it is not exactly what you prefer as music. He is the best, or one of the best, in the world at something, I see nothing patethic about that...
the fact that he speedpicks faster than anyone else doesnt make his musical abilities in other areas worse does it?
Musically it is, in my opinion, crap. But that video was not about the actual music now was it?
Posted by: Caelumamittendum Jul 28 2008, 12:53 PM
Have seen this before, and we had a long discussion on Petrucciforum about whether it was fake or not. It turned out some of it was fake. I'll see if I can find the conclusion:
I've said ever since he (Tiago Della Vega) emerged on the net, that he fingers waaay more notes than he actually picks..... in fact he barely even 'fingers' notes, but more like just slides about them.
Just watch this clip of the 320bpm section that i've slowed to quarter speed :
http://www.speedyshare.com/153835754.html
Watch it a few times, forcussing on his picking hand, then his fingering hand. Watching it at this speed it becomes pretty obvious his pick strokes are way slower than his fingered notes. (On top of that, his fretting hand positions/direction doesn't even appear to match up to the audio)
Just to prove it, here's exactly 1 second of video from that 320bpm section :
http://www.speedyshare.com/561931200.html
Now watch that 1 second clip at quarter speed :
http://www.speedyshare.com/210948179.html
I can tell you that as far as audio is concerned, there are 20 notes that ring out in that 1 second clip. However, watch the clip with the sound turned off, and you'll see that he only just makes 15 pick strokes in the same time frame. So yes, he only manages 15 pick strokes for every 20 notes that ring out. In other words, he is only actually picking 3/4 of the notes that he claims to be doing, in a (supposedly) 'Alternate Picking' World Record.
So, after all the fancy build up, internet videos, and stage show he put on for the "world record" attempt, he is only actually picking at barely 15 nps.
Make your own mind up (if you haven't already).
So that's 20 notes, but only 15 pick strokes.
And of course, the notes you hear don't match with the fretting hand positions.
Posted by: Canis Jul 28 2008, 01:00 PM
He's fast.. But I hope for his sake that he doesen't only play fast.
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