Adam Rogers killer playing on this...

[jazzgtrl4]

Check out his right hand on this, there are some new videos from this show just posted as well

[Robertito]

Beautiful - thanks for posting!

[jb70]

adam is a total badass

[scottl]

Fantastic!

And what iron chops. Harmonic concepts and chops!

[TNJ]

Damn...what's the use?

Happy for him, of course! He's a shining light.



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[clintb]

I checked out his right hand.

It looks like he holds his pick like I do where it is slightly angled up like this: /
as opposed to most players that seem to slightly angle it down like this: \

I find that I can pick faster and smoother with the pick angled upwards. So I use it for fast runs and tremolo picking.

But I noticed I get more power if I play with the pick angled downwards which seems to work better for playing metal. I just wish I could play smoother with it angled downwards.

[clintb]

Originally Posted by scottl

Fantastic!

And what iron chops. Harmonic concepts and chops!

I guess I don't "get" this kind of jazz. I can't tell if the band is actually playing a composition or just noodling. I can't tell if the guitar is playing something that goes with the bass part. So I have no idea if he has great harmonic concepts.

I actually like the way it sounds, I just don't understand it.

[TNJ]

For speed, I sometimes put the plane of the pick more perpindicular to the string axis, rather than parallel. The pick seems to slip over the strings easier that way, hence giving you more speed. Try it sometime.

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j

[gennation]

That dude is so good.

That's a sight variation of the Benson picking style. It's like a mix of MAB and Benson

[scottl]

How about this one? He outlines the changes beautifully.

Originally Posted by clintb

I guess I don't "get" this kind of jazz. I can't tell if the band is actually playing a composition or just noodling. I can't tell if the guitar is playing something that goes with the bass part. So I have no idea if he has great harmonic concepts.

I actually like the way it sounds, I just don't understand it.

[Structo]

You know, I can handle about 10 seconds of millions of notes being played.
But if it is just for the sake of a million notes without any melody structure, then I get bored quickly.
Sorry not my cup of tea.

[GtrWiz]

I love his fusion playing with a tele, but his jazz stuff doesn't do much for me.

[bopplayer]

He is a much better player than me, but as a listener I just hear an endless stream of lines like Pat Martino. I much prefer lyrical guys like: Joe Pass, Herb Ellis, Ron Eshete, George Benson, Grant Green.

[guitarjazz]

It's really weird to think of Sco and Metheny as the old guys but now they are. Adam is one of my favorite post-Sco and Pat modern players. They first thing by him that caught my ear was his incredible comping on Michael Brecker's Wide Angles CD.
He can play beautiful lyrical nylon string stuff,rock out, or play super-hip modern jazz.

[jb70]

i'm really going to start working on my economy picking. i didn't realize just how much adam uses it