14 Yr Old Shreds Van Halen's - Eruption

[InnerCityPressure]

Nearly all the "next good ones" began by copying the previous masters... my guess is ... you did too....

I never said that this girl would not be good.  She clearly has the skill to succeed.  There are lots of kids with the skill (although not quite this much).  The thing that will set them apart is creativity. 

spuwho said it well:

Let her develop and hopefully she won't be displayed as some kind of freak on these talent shows.

All she is right now is a raw piece of skill that could indeed become "the next Hendrix."  She could also become the lead guitar player of the cover band playing at your local bar. 

Incidentally, it is odd, but I did not learn by playing solos of "the masters."  I'm the kid who put a band together as soon as I could string together 3 chords.  It's why I wanted to learn.  For better or worse, I never learned Stairway to Heaven.  Wayne and Garth would have had trouble accepting me...

[Ocklawaha]

I'd love for her to dive into the exploration too.  As for me, I'm about as far from Garth as is possible though we did both have houses near Yukon, Oklahoma... Yeah it really is a small world. John Abercrombie's debut album as lead, Jack DeJohnette, who played in the Miles Davis album, Bitches Brew. with Jan Hammer, who recorded Billy Cobham's, Spectrum, on the keyboard and synths from the Mahavishnu Orchestra, on organ. The result of this creative energy was a 1974 masterpiece 'Timeless.'

This album may have been the inspiration for the entire genre of 'New Age,' music. Word of warning, NEVER listen to this album alone and until the candles are lit. 'You ain't going to neED anymore advice....'

http://www.youtube.com/v/Mv7zSbmQt1o?version=3&hl=en_US