Almost brought a tear to my eye: A New Hope!

[Clockworkmike]

Being as this is made public by the school's counselor, I can show this without any issues. But as the school year is nearly over, my daughter's elementary school hosts a talent show of sorts. It's all for fun obviously and it's cool they do this for them.

But this kid here, man. Makes the world not seem like such a crappy place and comforts me to know that even in podunk areas such as mine, there IS hope for the future of rock/metal and guitarists alike. He won last year with a rendition of Paranoid by Sabbath and he played it right! Now, this 9-10 year old kid is stepping up his game and pulling out the big guns.

Check this out ( skip to 56:45).

I told my daughter, I'll go full on Jack Black ala School of Rock and fake teacher sub just to jam with this little dude lol

 

[iblive]

Little dude can play for sure.

 

[Clockworkmike]

Little dude can play for sure.

I think it's awesome to see not only a long haired kid in elementary school pulling out some pretty intricate stuff, but he does it against a crowd who most likely have no idea what he's playing lol

 

[iblive]

I think it's awesome to see not only a long haired kid in elementary school pulling out some pretty intricate stuff, but he does it against a crowd who most likely have no idea what he's playing lol

Not sure I know what song he was playing…. But whatever it was, he was killing it.

 

[Clockworkmike]

Not sure I know what song he was playing…. But whatever it was, he was killing it.

He was doing Iron Maiden- The Trooper. Which embarrassingly I didn't learn until I was about 17, so he's crushed me spiritually but given me hope at the same time lol

 

[jtcnj]

Awesome!
I still struggle with that and have not quite got it.
I don't know whether I am inspired ....... or suicidal....... lol.

 

[iblive]

He was doing Iron Maiden- The Trooper. Which embarrassingly I didn't learn until I was about 17, so he's crushed me spiritually but given me hope at the same time lol

Explains that. Unless they pop up on the local hard rock station, most likely I don’t hear much Maiden.

Have I mentioned Gordon Lightfoot?

 

[Clockworkmike]

Awesome!
I still struggle with that and have not quite got it.
I don't know whether I am inspired ....... or suicidal....... lol.

I completely relate lmao told my wife " well, at least there's one guy in this area that can play it, because I officially give up"

Explains that. Unless they pop up on the local hard rock station, most likely I don’t hear much Maiden.

Have I mentioned Gordon Lightfoot?

Lol hey I liked Gordon as well! Maiden is a strange case in that they never got much air play throughout their existence and almost zero MTV recognition, yet somehow still went onto to sell 130million units over 17 albums, so averaging about 7.6million in sales per album. Purely a word-of-mouth building of fans, but these days are a marketing superpower with merch

 

[iblive]

I completely relate lmao told my wife " well, at least there's one guy in this area that can play it, because I officially give up"


Lol hey I liked Gordon as well! Maiden is a strange case in that they never got much air play throughout their existence and almost zero MTV recognition, yet somehow still went onto to sell 130million units over 17 albums, so averaging about 7.6million in sales per album. Purely a word-of-mouth building of fans, but these days are a marketing superpower with merch

Over the years I have liked a lot of music. Didn’t always have the funds to feed that habit, so I had to be a bit more choosy as to what albums I purchased. I think I woulda/coulda liked Maiden…. Just didn’t buy any music. Take KISS. Always liked their music. Didn’t buy my first album till somewhere in the 2000s…. And then the one I got was their MTV Unplugged album. Which is very good by the way. However, by some weird twist…. I have more solo Ace albums than I do KISS. “Shock Me.”

 

[Clockworkmike]

Over the years I have liked a lot of music. Didn’t always have the funds to feed that habit, so I had to be a bit more choosy as to what albums I purchased. I think I woulda/coulda liked Maiden…. Just didn’t buy any music. Take KISS. Always liked their music. Didn’t buy my first album till somewhere in the 2000s…. And then the one I got was their MTV Unplugged album. Which is very good by the way. However, by some weird twist…. I have more solo Ace albums than I do KISS. “Shock Me.”

Solo Ace was great! Like Frehley's Comet? Best solo project out of the 4 KISS members

 

[iblive]

Solo Ace was great! Like Frehley's Comet? Best solo project out of the 4 KISS members

“Space Invader” is pretty good. I’d listen to that one anytime.

 

[Mitch Pearrow SJMP]

That youngster nailed it man.
And I have never learned that song either.
I had only learned 2 Maiden tunes back when I was a younger version of myself, Killers, an Wrathchild.
But I would be hard pressed to play them now …
Lol

 

[Clockworkmike]

That youngster nailed it man.
And I have never learned that song either.
I had only learned 2 Maiden tunes back when I was a younger version of myself, Killers, an Wrathchild.
But I would be hard pressed to play them now …
Lol

Lol there was a time where I sat out to play about everything I could get my hands on of theirs, when I was still a teen. These days? Ugh, I could probably remember a handful maybe? Aging sucks lol

 

[Sapient]

He needs to put that down and sing.

 

[JohnnyGoo]

Theres a lesson here also .Hes playin a 100$ guitar and a 30 $ amp and sounds great.Good job kid. Lesson is ya dont need a 5 grand Gibson to sound good.

 

[Clockworkmike]

Theres a lesson here also .Hes playin a 100$ guitar and a 30 $ amp and sounds great.Good job kid. Lesson is ya dont need a 5 grand Gibson to sound good.

My son has the same exact guitar and a very similar amp, but won't sit down and practice.....I need to have him start trailing this kid around like a shadow and learn something lol

 

[JohnnyGoo]

I need to trail that kid around to lol.

 

[Sapient]

Just kidding. He's very good.