@RICCARDOREARDON Thank you so much! That really means a lot to me, Derryl is a phenomenal player but I don't think I'm as good as him lol. Definitely check out some of my most recent Holdsworth posts!

@wesleylakemusic I HAVE SEEN ALL OF YOUR VIDEO'S ON KZbin..THAT STRANDBERG GUITAR IS ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL..AS ARE YOU..

@@AaronCatling Thanks a lot!!

@@mirkotijardovic Thanks so much!!

@bootzilla82 This means so much to me. Thank you man! I wish you the best of luck on your learning journey! I've learnt a lot from videos here on KZbin from John Vullo and Brett Stine, they have been cardinal in my understanding of Allan's music. But thank you, I'm nowhere as good as Allan but I can try. Keep practicing!

@@ABC123dawg Thanks a lot man!!

Danke sehr freund! Ihr kommentar bedeutet mir sehr viel!

@@wesleylakemusic Nun, Dun siehst fantastisch aus - ich könnte mich in Dich verlieben...keine Sorge, ich möchte Dir nicht zu nahe treten - ich drücke nur meine Gefühle aus :-)

Auch nach mehrmaligem ansehen: Es ist und bleibt fantastisch ! Dir steht sicherlich eine große Karriere bevor !

@RayGarnerGSU Thanks a lot man! Really appreciate it

@Oenloveslife Thanks so much man, really means a lot! I hope so. Regardless of that, I love his music so profoundly that I want to honour how much of a great musician and overall person he was

@MrSupercracker1 Thanks man! Appreciate it

@@Positiverpr Hey thanks a lot!

@@pedroleal7118 Thanks so much man! Really appreciate it

@@YesYouAreAbsolutelyCorrect Hey thanks man!! I want to upload more regularly but it's just having the motivation to do so

@wesleylakemusic whenever you feel like it, mate. Do you perform live somewhere with someone?

@@YesYouAreAbsolutelyCorrect Thanks man. I used to perform with a band a year ago, but we split due to creative differences. I'm playing with a group now, though, that want to do some stuff. However, I intend to have a repertoire of my own material that I want to gig with, preferably by early next year, I just need to find some people to play with lol

Thanks so much man! Really appreciate it!

Thanks for the feedback, man! Much appreciated! Yeah, I agree. My phrasing isn't the best, I feel sometimes I'm not letting my ear guide me as much as I should, and I don't feel I'm always conscious of timing or creating an almost arch/build (not outright going into the insanely fast stuff straight away) for my solos and that's the main thing I'm trying to improve. I always prefer when Allan methodically outlines the beginning of a solo slowly and then gradually builds on it. For some reason, I have a tendency to go full turbo, and it's something I need to work on, especially because my playing can be quite hard to follow sometimes. I have a chart for the changes but I usually struggle creating a short, coherent melody for it sometimes. Again, timing, being deliberately slow as well as improving my phrasing is something I need to work on. I need to listen and play with more horn players (and others in general), it's difficult to find instrument diversity in my area and/or improvisers, so I've considered institutes/education for this but it's pretty daunting to me as I'd struggle to afford anything outside my area. Thanks for the feedback and for the subscription! It's very valuable to me. I'm hoping to upload more videos like this as well as my own music in the future and I'll try to make it interesting haha

@@wesleylakemusic I understand it's a struggle. It is very hard to be your own teacher. But I hear a sense of determination. Just watched Rick Beato's interview with Mike Stern, and it was very inspiring, because Mike had all these struggles in his life, but he persists. I recommend you watch it. And don't forget: The ultimate goal has to be to sound like YOURSELF. Allan did. Mike does. So can you!

Thanks man!!

@@dragonslayer6000 Thanks so much man! Appreciate it!

@dragonslayer6000 Thanks man! I've learnt it and have created a backing track for it, but the riff fucks me up lmao, I still want to cover it though. I'm thinking of doing Devil Takes The Hindmost, Sixteen Men of Tain, Texas, Ruhkukah, and more soon potentially

@ShivaAshutoshmusic He did! There's a popular bootleg video of him singing the melody and playing the chords to Giant Steps, as well as a demo at Wellsprings that I have on my channel. Albeit I do agree, Shawn on acoustic is alike nothing else

@@DannyHood-j Shawn Lane is in the title, albeit at the end of it

@edwnorris Thanks a lot man! Holdsworth and Lane are my largest inspirations and are heavily fundamental to my playing. I like Matteo and have been following him for years, however I'm very "on and off" about him. He's amazing, don't get me wrong, and his right hand is remarkable - but I'm not a huge fan of his music, but that's just me. His harmonic vocab is a bit clichè imo (not to say he's bad, but I'm more invested on people who push boundaries alike Lane and Holdsworth, similarly Jonathan Kreisberg, Ben Monder and Kurt Rosenwinkel). Besides when it comes to players like Mateo or Max Ostro especially, i prefer listening to Guthrie personally, thats just me. He's very deserving of his praise and fame, I hope an influx of new and exciting players come to the limelight because of him. Also not sure on your last sentence, are you implying I should have more "Matteo-like Melodicism" in my playing? Maybe, but I like the approach I'm going with now. Besides, Lane and Holdsworth (and EJ to a degree) have taught me a lot about being melodic/tasteful whilst being unique

Wes it went off KZbin a few years ago mate can you get hold of it rice with the angels I think it was 30/4/1997 at wetlands miss it so much the night bucketed played nice 1

@migueldospachangas7716 Thanks a lot man! I made this a while ago and I have mixed feelings about it but I do really appreciate it. I would love to eventually tour and play my original material, but that'll only happen when I'm comfortable with my own material lol

They were good friends and Shawn would quote EJ’s licks. The tennessee-texas shred connection

@williamchan6443 Thanks man! Same here, I wanted to hear the riff in its complete form, so I made this. I have a few CHON inspired demos (some are on my channel if you wanna check them out!)

@@wesleylakemusicfs bro good shit

@skakkalabinko Thanks so much man! I don't intend to lol

@@lex.cordis Thanks a lot man!!

Thanks a lot man! Shawn Lane was my main influence at the time of recording this, so a lot of the whammy action was inspired by him. Appreciate it a lot man anyways!

@charmaineruddock4158 Thanks a lot man, that means a lot to me! On average, I play roughly 4 hours a day, so I do lol. I have uploaded a few demos of my own songs here and there (plan to do more as well), although I'm here and there with them, so I upload them infrequently. However I do have a orchestral Holdsworth-y inspired song for a short film I made that you might want to check out. I've thought about doing some talkative videos and have ideas for some but it's a matter of if I want to do it or not. But thanks a lot man, I want to upload a bit more Holdsworth stuff so be on the lookout lol

@@wesleylakemusic Your very welcome! I'm near 70 now a guitar player my whole life. I've become aware of there being many young players these days that are amazing, but to be able duplicate and play in the ballpark with Allen is at the top.IMO I don't want to intrude into personal choices of create, but I thought I would offer this bit of advice. Zero in on your personal music and indulge in that as a priority. I believe we all have that within us and it can be elusive in the face of what others do that influences what we create. Keep going with Allen and others of course, he has allot to learn from! Constantly adding to your vocabulary in music and your instrument is well, all the better! Just an offering here, but like I said I don't want to influence whatever choices you see in front of you that feel are the right choices for you. And I'll check your video. All the best.

@charmaineruddock4158 Oh wow! That does mean a lot to me, thank you. I appreciate the advice, I delved into learning Allan purely because of the mystique behind his playing and always had a deep emotional connection to the latter and his compositions. However, it's never been my intention to copy him (although that'd be great to sound like him). I've always had my own approach to making my music, and I do heavily borrow ideas/concepts from Allan. It's not my intention to be a 1:1 replica of him. Also, why should I exactly copy Allan when people would prefer listening to the real thing? I want my musical output to be individualistic, but it's fun to mimic Allan sometimes, and I also get more engagement doing content people are familiar with so I usually prioritise that, however when I reach a certain engagement threshold, I intend to prioritise my own music. But your advice is greatly appreciated, Allan has been a great learning tool for me and has improved my musicality for the better. But please feel free to listen to what I have uploaded! I have multiple demos on my channel you can have a gander at that are all quite different to this. Thank you!

@@wesleylakemusic I'm very happy to hear your reply and it makes what you are doing here all the more impressive.(obviously I was wondering about that) I will for sure check out your other offerings and will be very interested in what you bring forth in the times to come. Again, keep on it.

@RayGarnerGSU Thanks a lot man! Really appreciate it!

It's a little hidden one from road games that I love quite a bit, but thank you so much man! Always appreciate it, I'm always trying to get better

@@wesleylakemusic keep going brother, all my best wishes for you always

Haha thank you so much man! Appreciate it!

@@grumpyuncle. Thanks a lot! Appreciate it!

​@@aharchives Wow thanks man! Appreciate seeing you commenting here! I'm fully aware about his alternate tunings like 4ths/5ths, reverse tunings n such, you can tell especially with 5ths due to the interval structure inside the chord being very wide. Although here I think a lot of it I think might be in standard, but it wasn't necessarily difficult to adapt to guitar actually besides from when he sustains the chord and adds extensions on top of it (for which I had to tap the notes). And much appreciated man! I used to exploit the typical maj/minor arpeggios Allan plays as well as e.g. diminished/augmented arpeggios a lot but in some cases I've purposefully tried to not use them as I over-relied on it, but I will totally take your advice! A smoothness between the changes as well as playing interesting and intricate lines is what I'm trying to achieve, I think it wasnt in my mind while improvising to use a 3 note per string arpeggio e.g. lol. But my intent was to never copy Holdsworth outright in the solo and rather have it as a tribute to him in my style, using his language but approaching it my own way per se, I wrote a lead sheet for this using Holdsworths symbols and followed it myself. But I'm no Holdsworth at the end of the day, but I can try! This isn't really my best solo and it could be much better, but I want to try something different honestly, I'm 19 so I've got many years ahead of me. Anyways thanks a lot man! Love seeing your comments!

@@wesleylakemusic Well, to put it this way - I'm not sure Allan could play that when he was 19! You certainly have a good ear, so keep putting it to good use. The main reason I love Allan is that nobody sounded like he did, so do try to find your voice. But I think anyone could learn a few things from him: First, however he played, fast or slow, there was always a sense of MELODY to his solos - he would shape his lines consciously. Second, and this is often forgotten among guitarists, he had a very keen sense of RHYTHM. WHERE he placed his notes was as important as WHAT notes he played. Keep it at!

@@aharchives Thank you! I do still have many years ahead of me to improve. Precisely the point, Allan is like no other and his uniqueness and individuality is what sets him apart from every other guitarist. I want/have been learning his language, and yes, it would be great to play and make music like him, but I have my own tastes n individual sound. Somedays I want to play like Allan, sometimes I don't. You're exactly on the money there, his sense of melody and connecting Melodic lines was essential to his sound. And exactly, his use of rests especially is unmistakable as well as odd groupings. What I get from Allan is that the melodies and time feel are very natural (he'd sustain a note to the second bar or downbeat and continue on the upbeat e.g., whereas most would focus starting from the first bar and on the downbeats). I appreciate your advice man and I will take it with much consideration in order to improve. Thank you so much!

@walter come on man🤭

@@FlyingV344 What's your problem, dude? Has anyone had your heart broken after injuring your O-ring? That must be really traumatic. I'm really sorry about that.

Thanks a lot man! This is definitely one of my favorite hidden allan songs lol

@@Heaven-dy9lj That means a lot to me, thank you so much. I'm not as good as Allan but I try, I've been studying him for a while and I thought I might as well upload some things

@@Heaven-dy9lj Thanks a lot man!! Haha love buckethead, a lot of the foundations for my approach n phrasing comes from Shawn Lane so there may be a slight connection there lol

@@LaurieMonk1 Thanks a lot man! Really appreciate it

@@AREALFLIPPER Thank yew devy poo

@@thewayithastobe Haha if the crow played Holdsworth in some weird reality

@@wesleylakemusic also, your playing was top notch

@@thewayithastobe Thanks a lot man! Really means a lot to me

@@benificentfishing Thanks a lot!

@@skakkalabinko Thank you so much man! Really appreciate it!