Matteo Mancuso

[the other mike]

Rick has interviewed many of the world's most gifted guitar players, and if you haven't heard him yet, you'll soon know why this rising star from Italy deserves to be among them.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Rick has interviewed many of the world's most gifted guitar players, and if you haven't heard him yet, you'll soon know why this rising star from Italy deserves to be among them.

He's amazing! Steve Vai mentioned him about a year ago

 

[the other mike]

He's amazing! Steve Vai mentioned him about a year ago

"Hot manicurists needed for local music stores."

I'm stuck with alternate picking mostly, having easily-breaking fingernails

 

[the other mike]

He plays an original song at the end so you know he's not only improvising.

 

[sparky]

He' actually a distant cousin

the fam is raft with artists

go Matteo!

~S~

 

[Harry Dresden]

He' actually a distant cousin

the fam is raft with artists

go Matteo!

~S~

i might be too.....my fathers side of the family is from Palermo were he is from........

 

[sparky]

i might be too.....my fathers side of the family is from Palermo were he is from........

you're hitting close to home there gumba! ~S~

 

[the other mike]

Imagine having to continually live up to the pressure of being the 'greatest' of something, particularly in a field of so many diverse guitarists like he is , at a relatively young age.

Say one of the greatest , but c'mon. ...Guthrie Govan, Eric Johnson, Joe Satriani, Andy James, Marco Sfogli, Al DiMeola, whoever you want to name.....not to mention Page, Clapton, Beck ,Hendrix, Blackmore, Eddie and Randy .......

 

[sparky]

Imagine having to continually live up to the pressure of being the 'greatest' of something, particularly in a field of so many diverse guitarists like he is , at a relatively young age.

Say one of the greatest , but c'mon. ...Guthrie Govan, Eric Johnson, Joe Satriani, Andy James, Marco Sfogli, Al DiMeola, whoever you want to name.....not to mention Page, Clapton, Beck ,Hendrix, Blackmore, Eddie and Randy .......

true,,,,i would say they all had distinctive styles....~S~

 

[the other mike]

true,,,,i would say they all had distinctive styles....~S~

Matteo may have the most efficient picking techniques.....very much like Billy Sheehan plays bass with his fingertips - a lot of 3 note per string arpeggio patterns mixed with legatos - but using his nails.

So he can play Al DiMeola John Petrucci or Paul Gilbert style alternate picking using classical -style right hand finger picking....same with sweep picking seemingly effortless.

 

[the other mike]