Anthony Mazzella: Warp 12 Achieved Captain
Anthony Mazzella – “Mountaineer” Italy nature guitar love
Here’s a style of guitar that eludes me. I mean, I’ve tried to do this tapping guitar and perhaps my problem is, I just have too high of action and heavier gauge strings.
I guess you could say that this Acoustic Guitar Video page has sort of made me want to try new styles and techniques- all of these great guitarists here have so much to say on their instrument- I’m always looking to lift a few things along the way.
So if I had to think of someone that was probably one of the most accomplished at this tapping style which was popularized by Eddie Van Halen on electric, it would have to be Anthony Mazzella, who in this video shows that this style is not only about achieving incredible speeds but, it can be very musical as well.
This video, although it’s not so professional with regard to the videography (shaky at the beginning) does get the point across in a big way. I’m sure you know that the guitar audio was recorded first and, then this video was shot afterwards (if you didn’t know, you know now). I’m thinking maybe the camera person decided to leave the camera audio on as well, or they used a CD player and picked up the audio from the camera mic that way. No matter, Anthony Mazzella is just smokin’ great here.
Anthony Mazzella Biography:
“BILLBOARD Magazine describes him as “the new generation of guitar hero” and GUITAR ONE magazine voted him “one of the top ten guitarists in the country” Anthony released 6 CD’s and currently performs regularly in Sedona Arizona. He has performed in many states and countries and occasionally still performs nationally and internationally.
Anthony began his performance career as a concert guitarist in New York City. He quickly built up a strong following performing in most every live music club in Manhattann including:The Bitter End, CBGB’s, Cat Club, Cafe Wah, Birdland etc. Anthony then landed a headlining spot at the BLUE NOTE NYC just one year after street performing in front of it and spent the following years touring colleges & universities all over the USA . He then went on to performing on stages all over the world as a solo artist and as the concert guitarist for world music master Omar Faruk Tekbilek. Anthony currently performs at the top resorts in Sedona Arizona and performs internatioanlly at corporate and private events for Wynn Las Vegas, Bellagio, The Mirage, Montage, Nike, Puma and many more.
He has opened for headlining artists, James Brown, Tower of Power , The Commodores, and Spyro Gyra. A noteable performance was at The Vatican in Rome Italy where Anthony lived for several years. His original music is composed with a fusion of world influences consisting of acoustic and electric fingerstyle, classical, flamenco, jazz, funk, R&B, celtic, ambient, rock, medieval & near-eastern.” read more
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Author: Robert Harris
