Ruflux
Ancient Mariner
Honestly, if he actually did it on his phone with GarageBand, that'd be far more impressive than him doing it on real drums that are then quantized in ProTools and sample-replaced.
This reminds me of Bruce’s solo band when Adrian was technically a bit behind what Roy Z was doing. It was a contrast from Maiden where Adrian was the technically more proficient player and was being challenged more. He started to do some more stuff and really pushed some boundaries with his playing. Seems like some similar stuff is happening on this track, hope there’s more of that. Kotzen is a monster player.
Production is bad, sounds like an early mix though and maybe the final album will be a bit clearer?
Production is bad, sounds like an early mix though and maybe the final album will be a bit clearer?
Poto
Ancient Mariner
Surely the first solo is Adrian. I am no expert, but to me it sounds like him.
GhostofCain
Ancient Mariner
The press release mentioned that there’ll be more news in 2021. I would be extremely surprised if that does not mean a physical release.
Kalata
Out of the Silent Planet
Smith/Kotzen playlist: tracks that have influenced their collaboration and some fave songs of theirs.
jazz from hell
Ancient Mariner
Than Dave?
D
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Some of the solos Dave threw out on NPFTD are straight Smith style, effortlessly.
harrisdevot
Priest of the Holy Wristband
How the hell could Smith be considered a better player than Murray? He certainly has improved a lot since the early days, while Murray isn't the hardest working musician, but Murray's playing flows so naturally. And, as far as I can remember, we never heard a bad performance from him, nothing comparable to H in RiR. The man has always been the best guitar player in Maiden.
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Jer
A window to the west, a blazing star above
As is @Legatodave...
MrKnickerbocker
clap hands
Ah, here we go again...
Dave is the most consistent guitar player in Maiden...because he does the same thing in every single song.
Adrian plays the most technically challenging parts across all the albums, and thus, is objectively the most talented.
Janick tries literally anything regardless of his skill because he is adventurous, and thus, appears to be the worst.
Dave is the most consistent guitar player in Maiden...because he does the same thing in every single song.
Adrian plays the most technically challenging parts across all the albums, and thus, is objectively the most talented.
Janick tries literally anything regardless of his skill because he is adventurous, and thus, appears to be the worst.
GhostofCain
Ancient Mariner
I know several guitar players who would argue that nowadays H is a much better player than Dave and definitely more technically proficient.
Leaving the Maiden bubble for some time seems to do wonders for your musicianship.
harrisdevot
Priest of the Holy Wristband
"Technically proficient" ? If technique is everything, then Steve Vai, Malmsteen and all those super fast players are the best. No contest. I put fluidity over everything and in this respect, Dave is fantastic.
Magnus
Pica Serdica
Trying anything regardless of your skill tends to have that effect, yes.
Often it's not just appearance.
MrKnickerbocker
clap hands
Dave’s a great guitar player and very fluid, but yes, both of the people you mentioned are vastly superior players. Fluidity means little if you only have one trick. Adrian continued to evolve and learn new tricks, Dave didn’t.
Not trying to shit on Dave, but Adrian is far better and has better technique.
MrKnickerbocker
clap hands
Agreed. He’s my least favorite in terms of live performance for that reason. Though I’d argue it’s his willingness to try anything that has made him a far more interesting studio guitarist than Dave.