Ye Olde Videoe Clippe Threade - Page 29

wolf · 03-05-2006, 12:53 PM

His (only) left hand.

He could probably fit a pick to the prostethis, but that wouldn't be as cool.

Clodfobble · 03-05-2006, 02:24 PM

But what about when he has a fingering that requires his pinky to go down? Is his pinky always plucking and it just looks like it's pressing down on the strings?

Undertoad · 03-05-2006, 02:31 PM

When you push down or "fret" the string fast and hard enough, it will ring the string a little without having to pluck it. It's known as "hammering on". This guy has a bandanna around the top of the neck so the strings don't vibrate unless he's doing that. So he can turn up and get the most out of the hammer on.

mrnoodle · 03-07-2006, 12:46 PM

My fingers are tired just from watching that. Leet shredding skills. If he could figure out a way to get a little more attack on the notes, he'd be better than 90% of all bassists, and with only half the arms. He's still better than most. Kinda makes me feel like a dolt for not practicing.

mrnoodle · 03-07-2006, 03:29 PM

I just saw the blind guitarist

I have a hard time with some of that stuff playing with my eyes open and my hand where it's "supposed" to be. I *still* suck at sweep picking. Damn. Back to the woodshed.

BTW, why do blind guitarists play with their hands upside down?

xoxoxoBruce · 03-07-2006, 06:02 PM

Quote:

why do blind guitarists play with their hands upside down?

I was wondering that for awhile, then I was wondering why everybody else doesn't?

Elspode · 03-08-2006, 01:07 PM

I can't see either video from work, but I am aware of an amazing blind guitarist, Jeff Healy (he's rather well known in fact, not the least of reasons being his appearance in "Roadhouse", the Patrick Swazey barfight movie). He plays with the axe flat on his lap, plucking with one hand and fretting with the other. It is a much more traditionally percussive sort of technique, akin to hammering-on ala Stanley Jordan, but with plucking thrown in as well.

Talent pisses me off. People who have it piss me off even more.

barefoot serpent · 03-17-2006, 04:51 PM

fasten your seatbelts and place your tray table in the upright and locked position
Hang a left at the Louvre

some pigeons may have been harmed in the making of this film

Gromitspapa · 03-17-2006, 09:12 PM

Outstanding!

*clap clap clap*

wolf · 03-17-2006, 11:47 PM

Fucking cool.

I would love to see that same run done by a pro rally driver.

zippyt · 03-18-2006, 01:36 AM

or a pro F1 driver with a better car ,

Though it looks like need for speed with traffic ,
WAAAAAAAY COOL !!!!

I would SOOOOO Love to do this !!!!

ToastyKen · 03-21-2006, 04:16 AM

Incidentally, it seems that the director <a href="http://www.chasecam.com/rendezvous/automobilereview.html">admitted to being the driver</a>, and it wasn't really a Ferrari, but <a href="http://www.geocities.com/oflint/index.html">his own Mercedes</a>, though with Ferrari sounds dubbed over. (You can tell the soundtrack is edited together if you listen carefully.) Also, here's an interesting <a href="http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2005/Rendezvous.shtml">analysis of speed</a>.

Gromitspapa · 03-21-2006, 10:13 AM

Thanks for the links, Ken! An interesting story...

Elspode · 03-21-2006, 12:02 PM

I didn't watch this through to the end, but I saw enough of it to know that it is the same film that my brother in law brought home from the library back in the early 80's on a 16mm film. At the end, the driver gets out of the car and goes up to meet a girl (apparently, that was tossed in to give the appearance that there had been a reason for the hot ass driving through Paree, and end the film with a little giggle). Did that occur in the linked version?

glatt · 03-21-2006, 12:15 PM

yes

03-05-2006, 12:53 PM	#1
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	His (only) left hand. He could probably fit a pick to the prostethis, but that wouldn't be as cool. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

03-07-2006, 12:46 PM	#4
mrnoodle bent Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: under the weather Posts: 2,656	My fingers are tired just from watching that. Leet shredding skills. If he could figure out a way to get a little more attack on the notes, he'd be better than 90% of all bassists, and with only half the arms. He's still better than most. Kinda makes me feel like a dolt for not practicing. __________________ Sìn a nall na cuaranan sin. -- Cha mhór is fheairrde thu iad, tha iad coltach ri cat air a dhathadh

03-07-2006, 03:29 PM	#5
mrnoodle bent Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: under the weather Posts: 2,656	I just saw the blind guitarist I have a hard time with some of that stuff playing with my eyes open and my hand where it's "supposed" to be. I still suck at sweep picking. Damn. Back to the woodshed. BTW, why do blind guitarists play with their hands upside down? __________________ Sìn a nall na cuaranan sin. -- Cha mhór is fheairrde thu iad, tha iad coltach ri cat air a dhathadh

03-08-2006, 01:07 PM	#7
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I can't see either video from work, but I am aware of an amazing blind guitarist, Jeff Healy (he's rather well known in fact, not the least of reasons being his appearance in "Roadhouse", the Patrick Swazey barfight movie). He plays with the axe flat on his lap, plucking with one hand and fretting with the other. It is a much more traditionally percussive sort of technique, akin to hammering-on ala Stanley Jordan, but with plucking thrown in as well. Talent pisses me off. People who have it piss me off even more. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

03-17-2006, 04:51 PM	#8
barefoot serpent go ahead, abbrev. it Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 2,623	A quick tour of Paris fasten your seatbelts and place your tray table in the upright and locked position Hang a left at the Louvre some pigeons may have been harmed in the making of this film

03-05-2006, 02:24 PM	#2
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	But what about when he has a fingering that requires his pinky to go down? Is his pinky always plucking and it just looks like it's pressing down on the strings?

03-05-2006, 02:31 PM	#3
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	When you push down or "fret" the string fast and hard enough, it will ring the string a little without having to pluck it. It's known as "hammering on". This guy has a bandanna around the top of the neck so the strings don't vibrate unless he's doing that. So he can turn up and get the most out of the hammer on.

03-17-2006, 09:12 PM	#9
Gromitspapa Knight of the Oval-Shaped Conference Table Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 377	Outstanding! clap clap clap

03-17-2006, 11:47 PM	#10
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Fucking cool. I would love to see that same run done by a pro rally driver. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

03-18-2006, 01:36 AM	#11
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	or a pro F1 driver with a better car , Though it looks like need for speed with traffic , WAAAAAAAY COOL !!!! I would SOOOOO Love to do this !!!! __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

03-21-2006, 04:16 AM	#12
ToastyKen Profitable Prophet Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 30	Incidentally, it seems that the director <a href="http://www.chasecam.com/rendezvous/automobilereview.html">admitted to being the driver</a>, and it wasn't really a Ferrari, but <a href="http://www.geocities.com/oflint/index.html">his own Mercedes</a>, though with Ferrari sounds dubbed over. (You can tell the soundtrack is edited together if you listen carefully.) Also, here's an interesting <a href="http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2005/Rendezvous.shtml">analysis of speed</a>. __________________ http://subjunctive.net/

03-21-2006, 10:13 AM	#13
Gromitspapa Knight of the Oval-Shaped Conference Table Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 377	Thanks for the links, Ken! An interesting story...

03-21-2006, 12:02 PM	#14
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I didn't watch this through to the end, but I saw enough of it to know that it is the same film that my brother in law brought home from the library back in the early 80's on a 16mm film. At the end, the driver gets out of the car and goes up to meet a girl (apparently, that was tossed in to give the appearance that there had been a reason for the hot ass driving through Paree, and end the film with a little giggle). Did that occur in the linked version? __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

03-21-2006, 12:15 PM	#15
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	yes

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