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Update on the video in question...
If you like this guitar work, check out the album Passion and Warfare, by Steve Vai.
I don't want to be a spoilsport about this video (as built up as it was by the article) but, after all the hype, I thought it was . . . okay, I guess. You have to understand that this is coming from the persepective of a guy whose older brother was a weedley-weedley-weedley heavy metal guitar player, so I've been pretty heavily into virtuoso guitar work for many years. This guy is very good, no doubt. And the coolest thing about it is probably the exposure that an unknown dude like this can get, on the good 'ol internet. (This is the opposite of the crappy drum solos I was talking about earlier. this guy definitely should have shown this video to the world.)
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gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track.
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