Dropzone Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Perhaps Huey is there to provide a different, maybe even more naieve perspective, either that or they wanted a relatively cheap well know name ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twincam Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Been watching it and enjoying it but I think the format could be better. Was thinking a bass star would have loads of mark king wannabes slapping the hell out of there bass lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebrig Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Ok, 1st Jazz player 2nd Classical player 3rd Percussive/Acoustic player 4th Rock player What does everyone else think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonky2 Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Saw the first few shows... There was a young lad on who was a travis picker ......exceptionally good... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JwK94 Posted July 22, 2015 Author Share Posted July 22, 2015 (edited) Yeah the Jazz guy is scarily good, major major chops. But at the same time I feel like their can't really be a true winner when you have several great players from such different styles. Once you get to some of their levels (not really the rock guy) it goes past comparing their skill to comparing the genres and styles, which of course isnt a competition. Edited July 22, 2015 by JwK94 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebrig Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 [quote name='JwK94' timestamp='1437606867' post='2827605'] Yeah the Jazz guy is scarily good, major major chops. But at the same time I feel like their can't really be a true winner when you have several great players from such different styles. Once you get to some of their levels (not really the rock guy) it goes past comparing their skill to comparing the genres and styles, which of course isnt a competition. [/quote]+1 I couldn't agree more, which is why I made the point earlier, [i]how can you have [u]just one winner[/u] from the combined styles of Jazz, Rock, Classical and Acoustic?[/i] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHW Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 [quote name='Wonky2' timestamp='1437604096' post='2827592'] Saw the first few shows... There was a young lad on who was a travis picker ......exceptionally good... [/quote] Got through a few rounds but I think he was probably too much of a 1 trick pony in the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftybassman392 Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 [quote name='CHW' timestamp='1437742018' post='2828709'] Got through a few rounds but I think he was probably too much of a 1 trick pony in the end. [/quote] I'd quite like to see an 'other styles' category. The Travis picker was indeed pretty slick, but where would you put him in the current setup? I didn't see any Blues players this time around, but where would you put those? (No, it's not the same as Rock.) I'm sure folks can think of other styles that wouldn't fit easily into any of the groups they currently have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Funk Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 I've watched every episode. I thought the idea and name were embarrassing before watching it. Then I just enjoyed watching all these different guitar players doing their thing and showing people what they're about musically. I didn't think Alfie Glass should have gotten through the first round as he hardly played anything. But in the masterclass with Tony Iommi he was ok and he was the only performer on the stage. He was the least virtuosic player but he had the best tone and was the bluesiest. I thought he handled himself well in the studio - his riff was wicked. My favourite player was the Travis picker but I didn't hear much improvisation or deviation from the source material. The jazz player has chops for days but is the least natural performer of the 4 and would flop at the festival. I'd go to see him play though. The classical kid is stupendous. I'd go and see him play too. The percussive acoustic thing bores me but the guy in the semi-finals is quite a fun player. I wouldn't go to see him live though. Just not my thing. I loved all the little masterclasses. All of the guests - even the most technically gifted - have talked about the importance of performance / feeling / passion, whatever you want to call it. If there's no reason for your playing, there's no reason to listen to it and certainly not watch it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cytania Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 (edited) Must put a word in for Alfie Glass, the 13 year old rock prodigy. Watching the rest of the rock guitarists was like seeing a bunsen burner flame gently raised up and down. For all his erratic false starts Alfie romped and stomped like a flame-thrower. It was like Kiss or Slade vs Snowy White clones. Edited July 26, 2015 by cytania Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftybassman392 Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 [quote name='cytania' timestamp='1437904779' post='2829804'] Must put a word in for Alfie Glass, the 13 year old rock prodigy. Watching the rest of the rock guitarists was like seeing a bunsen burner flame gently raised up and down. For all his erratic false starts Alfie romped and stomped like a flame-thrower. It was like Kiss or Slade vs Snowy White clones. [/quote] Well yes he certainly had the exuberance of youth (and no doubt a rock star in the making), but that wasn't the brief as set out for the series (and as can be viewed on the Arts Channel website). It's effectively saying 'We have these rules in place for everybody else, but we'll waive them for this kid because he's kind of cute and looks the part'. In a series that bigs up the level of skill the guitarist can bring to the instrument, he is by far the weakest of the semi-finalists - he wasn't even the best of the rock players, and the fact that he came through that stage had me scratching my head a bit. If he gets in above any of the other three then we'll all know what's really going on here, and I'll be off never to return. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funky Dunky Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 "But he's thirteen" And that's why. I disagree with that being used as a reason to promote him, btw. Is he good for his age? Yeah. Is he good compared to the other contestants? No, he's sloppy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LewisK1975 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 I know the Final is on TV on Tuesday, but does anyone know who won? AFAIK The Latitude Festival (which the winner gets to play at) has been and gone? Last weekend I think... Have to add that Helen Sanderson is a beautiful lady isn't she? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CamdenRob Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 [quote name='LewisK1975' timestamp='1438005328' post='2830731'] AFAIK The Latitude Festival (which the winner gets to play at) has been and gone? Last weekend I think.. [/quote] Lattitude was weekend before last... I went and didn't see anything about this? although I was very very drunk and only remember three things. 1) Savages were almost a great band 2) The bass player from the Vaccines was using a ric and it sounded quite good 3) The singer from the Vaccines twice refered to his band totally seriously as "The Magnificent vaccines"... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philparker Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 [quote]Have to add that Helen Sanderson is a beautiful lady isn't she?[/quote] ...and beautiful on the inside as well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftybassman392 Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Just watched the final, and I have to say first of all that the right three got through. They were all brilliant, but I think the right person won as well. He was one of my two favourites from the whole series (actually the jazz player was the other, but in the event I thought he was a tad anonymous onstage - much as it bugs me to have to agree with Huey Morgan!) Overall it came out o.k. I was genuinely nervous to hear who had won, so they must have done something right! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Funk Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 I liked the classical player best but the winner was the most festival-y right from the first round onwards. The jazz player sounded great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftybassman392 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 I did a bit of digging around on youTube about the winner (Gary Lutton), and found this home vid he made. The video quality is a bit poor TBH, but it does show how intricate and delicate his playing is - fantastic use of harmonics! [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgv8bxKFrPs"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgv8bxKFrPs[/url] Longer term he'll have to provide more variety I think, but right now it sounds pretty good IMHO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudewheresmybass Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 The right person won IMO All three finalists were genuinely deserving of those slots. And Helen Sanderson is definitely going on 'the list' 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kodiakblair Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 Aye the right fella won for a festival crowd. Thankfully it's only 2 "songs", No matter how good or unique the playing any more than 15 minutes of this would bore me to death.I never heard anything I would say was a tune just rap-a-tat-tat,strum,harmonic, rap-a-tat-tat,strum,harmonic and repeat. Good on the lad for entering and winning the show but don't expect me at one of his shows. If Goldilocks had won then a stunt dog was on the cards to win the next season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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