IMHO, Vai, Satriana, etc are great, but Halca is even greater. Not only is she technically without equal, she is a great composer. At the age of 13 - 15 she wrote Light Into Darkness, Rising Moon, Dawn, Wonder Rocket, Yunagi, and others. Her compositions and playing have unmatched melody and soul. The guitar solo at 6:24 in this version of Dawn is the best guitar solo I have ever seen/heard. She was 16 at the time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buQPvINJcA0
I agree! And It's not even really a solo--it's the entire melodic line, which in most songs would belong to the human voices. It's the best two minutes of guitar playing I've ever heard. Thanks for the comment!
Here is Asteriism playing Yunagi when Halca was around 13 or 14. A melodic funk metal masterpiece she wrote. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3SyrxQ5yKM
Yes, one of my early favorites of theirs.
IMHO, Vai, Satriana, etc are great, but Halca is even greater. Not only is she technically without equal, she is a great composer. At the age of 13 - 15 she wrote Light Into Darkness, Rising Moon, Dawn, Wonder Rocket, Yunagi, and others. Her compositions and playing have unmatched melody and soul. The guitar solo at 6:24 in this version of Dawn is the best guitar solo I have ever seen/heard. She was 16 at the time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buQPvINJcA0
I agree! And It's not even really a solo--it's the entire melodic line, which in most songs would belong to the human voices. It's the best two minutes of guitar playing I've ever heard. Thanks for the comment!