Guitar Star - Sky Arts

[rgw2012]

Just wondered if anyone else has seen this and what you think? There's some quality players in the first auditions so think there'll be some mileage in future viewing. Nice to see the variety of styles being represented, really enjoyed some of the classical stuff even though there's solid rock mixed in with the petrol in my veins!

If you haven't seen it then it would be worth checking out, episode 2 is on Tuesday at 8pm on Sky Arts channel.

[rgw2012]

Niiiiiiiiiice Jazz doesn't work for me either plus I don't see any particular playing skills above and beyond the other styles (appreciate they might be experts in odd time signatures or peculiar chord modes though).

Enjoyed the auditions and will now be interesting to see what challenges they come up against under their mentors.

[rgw2012]

Mad March Taffy said:

Caught the 'rock' semi final tonight - made me wonder what they were looking for - the lad who I placed last actually won! He was running all over the stage but was very repetitive and not nearly as technically not musically as good as the others...

Agreed - was looking forward to the Rock episode and was ultimately disappointed. Actually really liked Ben but he was a bit introverted. Shame that they all seemed so keen on displaying their shredding technique when some quality playing from the heart would have stood out from the crowd.

Helen Sanderson - Oh yes indeedy

[rgw2012]

The four from the semi finals got whittled down to three for the final - Alfie was deemed to not be up to it from a technical perspective by Nitin and Helen (Hughie was still a fan) compared to the other finalists so he didn't make it to the final at Latitude. Seemed like a good decision IMHO.

Glad the winner was Gary as he seemed to be the best all round choice. Strangely, the series seemed a bit of an anti-climax and wasn't ultimately as enjoyable as I'd hoped it would be. Would love to be able to play as well as some of those who appeared on it though

[rgw2012]

You are spot on, sorry didn't intend to tell you what you already knew! It was odd that they didn't put closure on that bit in the final episode, rather than just showing the 3 that got through but that just seemed typical of the production of the series. It was poorly put together overall - so much repetition of the premise and where they were playing, actual content was only about 75% of the broadcast.