Felix Martin - High Spirit (Berklee College of Music)

Felix Martin - Live in Boston
ft - JP Bouvet on drums, Ale Zorrilla on Bass.
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Felix Martin, a left-handed, Venezuelan-born guitar prodigy who moved to America after winning a scholarship to attend the prestigious Berklee School of Music. He's currently based in Los Angeles, CA. Instead of merely adding an extra string to his instrument, though, Martin took things several steps further and added an entire second set of strings. His self-designed 14-string custom guitar features two seven-string guitars on one wide neck which allows him to play both guitars simultaneously, allowing for his unique system of techniques including eight-fingered chords and slap-tapping techniques.

Soon after signing with Prosthetic in 2012 and releasing the live album "Live in Boston" — hailed by Noisecreep as "a masterclass in forward-thinking guitar" — MARTIN embarked on his first-ever American tour following a successful seven-week tour throughout Europe. Earlier this year, the Venezuelan innovator was seen performing at the annual NAMM Convention in Southern California at the booth of Seymour Duncan pickups, who praised his "incredible level of skill, musicality, dexterity and dedication."

On his sophomore studio recording "The Scenic Album" -- which features fellow Berklee alum Nathan Navarro on bass and drummer extraordinaire Marco Minnemann (Necrophagist, Steven Wilson, The Aristocrats) -- Martin plays an eclectic, exhilarating hybrid of instrumental prog-metal, jazz and fusion. Clearly, sometimes it's better to be strung out.

Check out the Scenic Album HERE http://felixmartin.bandcamp.com/ featuring Marco Minnemann and Nathan Navarro.

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Felix's personal note:

This song is a mix of styles including prog rock 0:01, latin 1:32, latin metal 2:05, inspector gadget 2:19, and all together 2:54! Pretty intense to memorize and play!

There are a few new tapping techniques that I'm featuring in this song. 2:54 Tap Arpeggios with both hands and neck, instead of doing sweep picking etc. 2:37 Tap Chromatics with alternating fingers in both necks, pretty hard one to do, it was inspired when I was learning flight of the bumblebee, which I forgot already :D 2:30 Melody combined with both necks, it gives a sound with more legato, if thats the correct word ;)

Enjoy!

and yes, I play standing up 90% of the time!!!    • FELIX MARTIN - "High Spirit" Official...  

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