emb123
02-May-07, 21:36
I download quite a bit of music from Usenet (aka 'newsgroups') it's one of the oldest parts of the internet. Most ISPs operate a news server but keep quiet about it as it can increase the load on their network if heavily used.
There has recently been a load of transcriptions posted of various classical works, mainly Bach, performed on classical guitar, mandolin, harp and lute and quite a few on electric guitar and electric bass.
Never heard of this guy before, Alex Masi (but that's probably because I'm a keyboard player) but I know (sadly I can't play, it's too difficult) the Bach Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue BWV903 in Dm. It's fiendishly complex and stunning just to hear it played well on a harpsichord, but to hear it screaming out on a solo electric lead guitar kind of blew me away!
I seem to recall that the 1986 movie Crossroads (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090888/) features this piece in the final battle between the kid and devil
I found a link you can listen to bits of it here:
http://www.legaldownload.net/dotNet/artist.php?artist_id=2665
it's track number 13
Certainly a dazzling guitarist :)
found a youtube link of some young lad playing it too, sound is a bit muddy, but you get the idea
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mx865IlC0HA
There has recently been a load of transcriptions posted of various classical works, mainly Bach, performed on classical guitar, mandolin, harp and lute and quite a few on electric guitar and electric bass.
Never heard of this guy before, Alex Masi (but that's probably because I'm a keyboard player) but I know (sadly I can't play, it's too difficult) the Bach Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue BWV903 in Dm. It's fiendishly complex and stunning just to hear it played well on a harpsichord, but to hear it screaming out on a solo electric lead guitar kind of blew me away!
I seem to recall that the 1986 movie Crossroads (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090888/) features this piece in the final battle between the kid and devil
I found a link you can listen to bits of it here:
http://www.legaldownload.net/dotNet/artist.php?artist_id=2665
it's track number 13
Certainly a dazzling guitarist :)
found a youtube link of some young lad playing it too, sound is a bit muddy, but you get the idea
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mx865IlC0HA