50,000 before W:O:A 2009!

[starscream]

hey simwells!

 

[808Metal]

yeah i'm with ya on that one, it would take us to tour with someone who is well known but still wild heavy like Dying Fetus (would be right up my street!)
nice to meet you too Adam, glad ya like the tunes!
guitar is all about perseverance, with the right encouragement it doesn't matter how old or young you are, I have friends who far outshadow my playing but have only been at it a few years! what really matters though is the ability to write a good riff, someone could be as technical as could be but that doesn't matter if they write nothing memorable.

I agree 100% technicality is great, I respect a highly skilled player, but riifs are what it's all about.. A good riff is the building block of a good metal song, the foundation.

 

[808Metal]

another lazy day for me I think!

No work or school today?

 

[808Metal]

Another hour then I'm done here (work).

 

[simwells]

No work or school today?

Nah I work wednesday to Sunday, so none today plus I've got wednesday and friday off this week

 

[808Metal]

Nah I work wednesday to Sunday, so none today plus I've got wednesday and friday off this week

Ahhh nice! There's nothing better than tim off!

I work Friday to Tuesday.

 

[starscream]

I agree 100% technicality is great, I respect a highly skilled player, but riifs are what it's all about.. A good riff is the building block of a good metal song, the foundation.

yeah, the way i see it is that guitar players like Dime or Willie Adler (Lamb of God) come in way higher than players like Vai or Satriani because as good as they are, they aren't the most riff friendly. a lot of people misunderstand technicality for good playing, fretboard wankery does not bang heads!!!

 

[808Metal]

yeah, the way i see it is that guitar players like Dime or Willie Adler (Lamb of God) come in way higher than players like Vai or Satriani because as good as they are, they aren't the most riff friendly. a lot of people misunderstand technicality for good playing, fretboard wankery does not bang heads!!!

Agreed! 100%

Then there's guys like Alexi Laiho who writes and plays great riffs and can shred among the best of them.

 

[simwells]

Ahhh nice! There's nothing better than tim off!

I work Friday to Tuesday.

Plus there's Sonata Arctica with Pagans Mind on tuesday and Defenders of the Faith (Opeth, Arch Enemy, Devildriver and 3 Inches of Blood) friday. Twill be a good week.

 

[starscream]

yeah man alexi has just recently became one of my new guitar heros, the dude can write riffs like Needled 24/7 and then shred for days WHILE writing catchy solos, its all very classical music inspired too which is a nice touch!

 

[simwells]

yeah man alexi has just recently became one of my new guitar heros, the dude can write riffs like Needled 24/7 and then shred for days WHILE writing catchy solos, its all very classical music inspired too which is a nice touch!

Yeah personally the new stuff is pretty damn disapointing though.

 

[starscream]

havent heard it yet, that track blooddrunk has some seriously heavy riffs in it though!

 

[simwells]

havent heard it yet, that track blooddrunk has some seriously heavy riffs in it though!

Yeah seems to have lost a lot of the catchy riffs of the past though, abit soulless too

 

[808Metal]

Plus there's Sonata Arctica with Pagans Mind on tuesday and Defenders of the Faith (Opeth, Arch Enemy, Devildriver and 3 Inches of Blood) friday. Twill be a good week.

sounds like a great week! i'd love to see Pagan's Mind. I met Nils and Steinar at WOA in 2003. Very cool guys.

 

[808Metal]

yeah man alexi has just recently became one of my new guitar heros, the dude can write riffs like Needled 24/7 and then shred for days WHILE writing catchy solos, its all very classical music inspired too which is a nice touch!

hell yes that's what I think as well. Another well rounded shredder is Jeff Loomis!