Blotted Science - Laser Lobotomy (Cover)

[@ronjarz]

Wow, I hope I can play like that when I grow up! Fantastic job!!!

[@KevinHeiderich]

I did not know that you're watching covers. Always thought you don't like them :D Thank you, I really appreciate it. But what's up with that lick at 4:05? I cursed a few times after transcribing and practicing it. Just a weird finger breaker. I tried to change the fingering to play the low notes with my ring finger and pinky, but that was uncomfortable too.

[@joshyjoshyjosh]

@@KevinHeiderich Looks like the master never reveals his secrets...

[@hyramjackson]

@@KevinHeiderich I always thought that riff was played with double tapping

[@KevinHeiderich]

@@hyramjackson lol that would make a lot of sense playing wise. But I didn't really think about it like that because it's a variation of that first lick and I'm not sure, because I have to listen back to it, but I think it sounded like the first note is picked. I don't think Ron plays that lick in the rehearsal video either, so I couldn't check.

[@campagnamatias]

You dont know how much i love Blotted Science songs, I wish this band never broke up!!

[@gej300v]

I will name my firstborn child Kevin Heidrich’s Picking Hand

[@Mizziri]

Jesus, man! That section at 4:06 is ridiculous! Hard to believe this album is 12 years old, it still sounds so modern and fresh even after a couple hundred plays.

[@XenoTravis]

Woah I just commented about that as well lol.

[@gnunard]

Hard to believe this album is 15 years old, it still sounds so modern and fresh even after a couple thousands plays.

[@neonblack211]

We weren't readu for this 12 years ago :P

[@lawrencepena1298]

This is my first "I've never clicked so fast in my life".

[@iwasinthechessclub2584]

Ron will always be one of my favourite guitarist.

[@neonblack211]

2:54 onward is magic pure magic

[@floressequoia1]

Ron was my guitar teacher about a decade ago. Awesome cover man!

[@sergeysmyshlyaev9716]

I like this song, and I never realised it looks so crazy on the fretboard. Great job!

[@MrSpuentes]

Most people cover Guns and Roses and whatnot, you cover Blotted Science. Mad respect.

[@mortalityrated1495]

You just made Ron Jarzombek smile. Killer cover brother!

[@campagnamatias]

You dont know how much i love Blotted Science songs and cant find much of his content in the web, I wish this band never broke up

[@alicesim332]

Amazing job. Blotted science is amazing, and so are you

[@Walkermsh]

I think besides Ron, you are the only one in YT who can play this. Awesome Job! Cheers from Argentina!

[@stevieboiser2304]

Another crushing performance! I'll keep my eyes peeled for that classic you're working on.

[@prograven4844]

smooth playing

[@tommortlock8783]

Amazing job! I was happy just to get the first few minutes of synaptic plasticity down tbh so you've blown me away, also it's good to see you've invested a lot of time into your vibrato, which some players seem to have forgotten these days 👊

[@Chorofonfilo]

Amazing, you are the best proof that practice makes masters. Would be great see you teaching as well. Congrats!

[@logos_motorider6274]

Siiiiickkkkkk

[@neonblack211]

So clean! goddamn son

[@master877]

Flawless, man! Blotted science is the ultimate boss of guitar covers. One day I'll give "ingesting blattaria" a try, it's one of their best songs imo.

[@fanaticism]

Stupendous!

[@urbanfolklore]

there’s no way. flawless

[@guitarherozzz4009]

LEGENDARY. You are a master, great job. You will be the lead guitarist of a total legend band bro just keep doin your thing, you are legit up there with the greatest

[@F1r3Foxxxy]

Looking forward to that one take pro live setup I was hoping you'd lean towards. Fingers crossed it helps your growth. Absolutely sick cover btw!

[@slava_jdm]

very good

[@94audioav]

this is nuts.

[@SashaGarcia]

Yes.

[@SylverANGL]

Great vis. Reminds me that the riffing on this album is pretty insane. I also like very much those riff-y leads Ron does, especially those with frenetic appogiatures.

[@poot3rs]

Love watching you play brother

[@joshanddamion]

This guy should be a studio musician. Can literally play anything.

[@KevinHeiderich]

Hehe I actually always wanted to be a live session player. I also did that semi-successfully for a couple of years :)

[@joshanddamion]

@@KevinHeiderich I play gypsy guitar, me and my son. We watch your videos all the time. Your 20% faster Bodom, and Wintermadness is great. I was not expecting a response, so I am thoroughly surprised. I wonder 🤔 can you play Capris 5 Nicoli Paganini?

[@KevinHeiderich]

@@joshanddamion Haha, why would I not answer? I practiced Paganinis 5th a lot when I was younger. I'm not sure how I'd play it these days, but to be honest, it's a pretty popular piece among shred guitarists and there have been plenty of great versions, so I don't have any reason to do it haha. Back then I always practiced the Jason Becker interpretation :) I've been arranging some bits of other classical pieces recently. And I've been awestruck by Rachmaninoffs Moment Musicaux/Musical Moment No.4. And the old classic, that Prelude in C# Minor :)

[@higler.]

That was a fun watch! BRB gotta go practice.

[@vladmihalca6402]

how would a laser lobotomy even work tho?

[@c0xb0x]

The difficulty of that problem is inversely proportional to the power of the laser.

[@extirpatebabel]

@@c0xb0x 😂

[@ToxicTerrance]

Very precisely

[@seonggihun4448]

Thanks for your hard work! You're so talented

[@higler.]

Love your descriptions. Makes it so I don't have to ask any questions :)

[@KevinHeiderich]

Ah man, I love answering questions :D

[@higler.]

@@KevinHeiderich haha ok. If you were offered a signature guitar what specs would you go with? Would you have a preference as to what country it's made in?

[@StratEdition]

Great cover! This is my favourite song off of that record

[@mmmicroplastics]

Sick

[@telecasteroil]

You did a fantastic job, I really thought this song completely impossible! you really put in the work!

[@queenday15]

So tight!

[@MultiHoweee]

Fantastic tastic

[@jacobmiskomusic]

Amazing job. Love watching your covers man.

[@miquelcgdm3715]

I need more Blotted Science content!!!!

[@juandiegoledezma7886]

Sick Bro!

[@adriano1995]

Ron is a crazy writer and you're a crazy player!

[@KarriHanninen]

Keep up the insanely great work man!! 🤘🤘💪

[@ginodelavega752]

thank you !

[@rxgtr9640]

Pure skills, damn!

[@XenoTravis]

Holy crap that section at the end looks brutal

[@KevinHeiderich]

It was even if it's not that fast. Just 180bpm, but that combination was brutal. That was the main reason the video took so long

[@MalcolmPugh]

Killed it!

[@MrJuico1337]

'it went ok I guess' HAHA. Humble bastard. Great playing.

[@Imfreehowaboutu]

Damn👏👏👏👏👏

[@meoul_e9048]

What about some spawn of possession now that you have a seven string? Or even a classic metal or a non metal cover for a change. If you could incorporate that into your style it would be amazing. Just a suggestion. I love your vids :)

[@KevinHeiderich]

Thanks for the suggestion. My next pro-shot video will be a classic metal song ;-) But yeah I feel you. The thing is, while I can play stuff that's not metal, metal is my area of expertise if you can call it that. So that's where my playing shines. I'm a huge sucker for playing with "feeling" for the last couple of years and I'm improving there good, but it's still not where I want it to be. So for stuff that's not metal there are probably a lot of guitarists that are better than me. That's why I don't really do that on youtube. And I have noticed, for youtube it's the best to focus on something, where you are unique or better than a lot of people. And for me that's playing hard metal songs :) But don't worry, the stuff I write these days is not strictly tech death. More like what I learned from tech death mixed with the sound and style of Tigran Hamsyan (minus the Jazz, I'm not good at jazz xD)

[@meoul_e9048]

@@KevinHeiderich oh wow! I'm looking forward to that. Thank you for the reply :)

[@armyadhitya]

+1 for spawn of possession 👌

[@meoul_e9048]

@@armyadhitya fuck yeah

[@MrErikchaugen]

@@KevinHeiderich Cool that you are listening to Tigran!!He is great,a really talented guy!

[@n3kkaguitar]

Insane picking technique

[@antgeozzz]

I like your music taste dude!

[@Beyond-Antares]

Kevin, your playing style reminds me of Michael Romeo from Symphony X. Have you ever considered doing any of his covers?

[@KevinHeiderich]

Thanks for that compliment and yes, I have two videos of Symphony X (even with Michael Romeos guitar haha). Just solos, but I might do a full playthrough. Here are the links Sea Of Lies: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hqOVn5qsm6d0ibs Of Sins And Shadows: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m6mVn2WNbcSEmMk

[@misomor3149]

damn, brother!

[@randomcultist398]

ridiculously technical xD

[@b2rda]

Awesome execution dude, have you covered Martyr before?

[@Davidguitarify]

Hey dude, sickass cover like usual. Is there any chance you have the tabs for that lick at 4:05? It's so f*ing hard to see/hear what's going on there :p

[@KevinHeiderich]

There you go :) drive.google.com/open?id=1sP8jsYAtTTEW_2SKTracwUS-tC545byk

[@Davidguitarify]

@@KevinHeiderich Oh god I never got a notification for this :p Thanks so much dude!!!! Since you uploaded this cover I've been trying to learn this song as well, it's going pretty good so far but some of those licks are just sooo fast, like 1:55-1:58 (and especially the lick you sent probably). But I hope I will get there someday! btw, I'm pretty jealous of your MAD skills man hahaha

[@everydayperson764]

Great playing fella. What tuning is this song in ? May give it a crack. Love a bit of Blotted Science.

[@gilmeaguitar]

Great job man, really really clean! I covered just the first solo and it was a real bitch to play, but to see the whole thing being played is amazing - tnx and good job!

[@brunom3478]

Great playing! What kind of picks are you using?

[@KevinHeiderich]

Dunlop Jazz III White 0.88mm :)

[@azizhousut]

get steel beams from a bridge then some within the ruins covers?

[@zebblarue1796]

What model is this? And dors it come in a 6 string?

[@JazzDeth]

Sick cover, really impressive for a one shot. Are you interested/available for studio projects?

[@cancan460]

I have the same guitar and was wondering which gauge strings you use. My low A ends up feeling pretty floppy when I drop tune for Blotted Science songs

[@KevinHeiderich]

I think it was a 64. But compared to Standard B with the same gauge, it will always feel floppy, so there's that

[@LeonTodd]

When I grow up I want to be Kevin's right hand.

[@KevinHeiderich]

Haha, it's not even doing that much in this song. Wait till you see the big special video that should be done right before christmas ;-) Btw, do you have any idea when the fractal fm3 will be out, since you played one? :)

[@LeonTodd]

@@KevinHeiderich well colour me excited for that! Seriously inspiring playing dude. There was an updated posted on their forum at the end of last month where they mentioned they have a warehouse full of units but the firmware isn't ready yet. The version I got to noodle around on in April was already pretty impressive so I really hope it comes out soon.

[@maurybass]

🤟🇦🇷🤟

[@martinjaramillo5205]

Dude, what pickups do you have in that Ibanez? They look like Dimarzio but I'm not sure.

[@KevinHeiderich]

Yeah, the stock Dimarzio Fusion

[@martinjaramillo5205]

@@KevinHeiderich Thanks!

[@kenshiro3558]

how does one even go about learning something like this?

[@KevinHeiderich]

Just start ;-) haha. Well I did have an official tab for this one. So that's the starting point. Then it's the usual stuff. Going from section to section until I have everything down, and then it's the full song on repeat until it's clean enough. For this song I had to practice those rhythm to lead transitions and a few leads gave me trouble for various reasons. You probably want to know about the time signatures and weird timings, right? This song is pretty straight for a Jarzombek. Time signature wise it was easy to get. Though I just noticed that the majority of the song is in 5/4 lol. You see? Didn't even feel like it's not 4/4 for me. So, for Blotted Science and Jarzombek stuff it's important to get a feel for syncopation and being able to play all the tuplet variations. So 8th quintuplets and 8th septuplets are something he uses a lot. Or transitioning from those to a straight note value. That's hard to get a feel for. The section at 1:52 is a good example. Don't know if Ron did that on purpose but it's supposed to be two bars of 8th septuplets followed by two bars of straight 16th notes. But he started quite fast on the septuplet section, so that was solely based on feeling for me. And maybe he did have trouble too on the record or he liked it that way. He also has a few of those 8th triplet to 8th quintuplet transitions which can be hard too. Tip that I use for those sections: 8th quintuplets feel like dragged triplets/sixtuplets with a note missing. The first band where I learned that was actually Defeated Sanity. They have that often too.

[@kenshiro3558]

@@KevinHeiderich cheers dude i appreciate the reply thats awesome. Ron has some new tracks on his channel that were meant for the 3rd blotted science album if you haven't heard them yet.

[@Max_Payn3]

Would love to see you attempt some Animals as Leaders stuff! There’s a lot tabs available I think you could crush that style

[@rkinsey2197]

It would sound better playing the same solo exactly twice the speed over the same track at regular speed

[@SashaGarcia]

Man, if you think about it, one take videos are easier to make, and are more convincing. Ironic.

[@KevinHeiderich]

Not exactly. "Easier" in one way and way harder in another. Miming a video convincingly takes some time especially if there are a lot of slides and other stuff where you can see if it's not on time with the audio. But in the end you don't have to worry about playing sloppy or anything or even playing it properly, as long as it looks convincing. One reason I don't mime is that it's kinda annoying to know that you are basically cheating and if people will notice and maybe call you out. It's just cheating, that's what it is. So yeah, it's not easier. Playing a song accurate and not sloppy is freakin harder, but both methods have their difficulties. (Also what sense would it make to claim to be able to play hard stuff 25% faster if, in the end you are just acting to the audio). I don't really care what other guitarists are doing. There's only one guitar player that annoys me, or his reputation for being clean when most of the stuff he recorded was edited. Don't get me wrong. That guy is clean as hell but most of the stuff I heard and transcribed was definitely not "real" playing. And I don't mind mimed playthrough of peoples own music. That's what I will do as well when releasing my own stuff.

[@jacobmiskomusic]

Kevin Heiderich If I may guess, Charles Caswell of Berried Alive?

[@KevinHeiderich]

@@jacobmiskomusic No not at all. I didn't even know Berried Alive until recently. I don't want to call names. But it's someone who can definitely play and proved it. Still, I don't buy his playing on records

[@mutterkuchen7387]

Ich kenne deinen Kanal jetzt schon länger und weiß, was du alles gecovert hast. Mal ganz ehrlich und nicht bös gemeint, hast du eigentlich nichts anderes in deiner Freizeit zu tun als das alles immer auswendig zu lernen. Das dauert doch Ewigkeiten. Bin einfach nur neugierig, das ist alles.

[@KevinHeiderich]

Haha, ich spiele nicht so viel wie du anscheinend denkst. Lass mich mal kurz nachdenken: ca ne Stunde täglich und am Wochenende etwas mehr, da so 2 Stunden. Manchmal mehr und manchmal weniger. Je nachdem. Und an einem Tag der Woche spiele ich gar nicht. Hab jetzt auch ne 3 jährige Pause hinter mir, in der ich fast gar nicht gespielt habe. Aber ja, davor, also bis vor ca. 4 Jahren hatte ich tatsächlich nichts besseres zu tun ;-)

[@Komarjohn]

Too bad i can't like it twice