When one listens to great guitarists and drummers, the one thing that strikes you most is the originality of the sound. I've grown up listening to artists who made it big just by their sheer individual brilliance - Billy Cobham (Mahavishnu Orchestra, Miles Davis and later also went solo as a drummer), Stanley Clarke (Bass Guitar), Al De Meola (awesome jazz guitarist) to name a few. Also bands like Grateful Dead have influenced my tastes in music a lot. Jerry Garcia of Dead is an amazing songwriter and a fabulous guitarist in his own right.
All these guys had one thing in common, they developed thier own style and worked on their trademark sound. The "feel" with which these guys play their instruments is the major difference between a great musician and a wannabe one.
Talking of individual sound and style of play, check this video out.
Allow the video to buffer fully before it plays out entirely- As soon as the link opens, click the Play/Pause button and allow it to buffer fully. Then click the same button to play. Don't let it buffer in between, you will only kill the magic that is Music.
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That was FANTASTIC! I made about six other people stop hat they were doing and come and listen (and see!) This chap reminds me of another bloke caled Ravi Kiran who plays Carnatic music on a stringed instrument of his own making called the chitra veena. The sound quality of that piece of work is MINDBLOWING. Walking down to his concert near my home I actually thought I heard lyrics while he was playing! But the most amazing thing about RK is his fingering. Get a seat right up front in one of his conerts and watch his fingers. You can hardly see them for the movement!
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