Kaki King Interview Part 1 Videos

winkedinkie Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - 'guitar god' ...f yeah!

loslo Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - i wouldn't say she's worthy of polishing michael hedges guitars...does anyone else notice she has about the worst sense of time of almost any recorded instrumental player you've ever heard..there are tempo changes based on how difficult the part of the song is she's playing...maybe she's not capable of improving this, i assume her mentors must have brought this up at some point....oh well..she is cool lookin, especially when she wears glasses...

mickcivic Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - Cool man, now that you've voiced your opinion, let's hear some of your stuff.

Zman72 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - Stop defending this horrible horrible musician. Loslo is absolutely right. She's incredibly untalented, she has to slow down to play parts she has trouble with(true sign of a novice guitarist).She's such an arrogant pompous idiot. "Guitar God" my ass. More like "barely mediocre female".

Zman72 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - Uggghhh you are such a puppet. She is soooo talentless.

mickcivic Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - Zman, I'm not defending her. Nowhere did I even say that I like her music. But I would like to hear some of loslo's music, since, judging by his comment, he's an amazing musician and I want to jump on the bandwagon early.

slayerofgods425 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - well she does use a 5/4 time and irregular timing constantly shich makes her music more complex.

Adriancrazysir Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - this can't be possible especially since she's been trained on drums. When she performed using a loop pedal, her time was perfectly in sync with the drums. this is very hard to do, and she pulled that off.

carrier5555 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - You, Zman72 and every other negative comment on her are STUPID in every sense of the word. Maybe you enjoy rules too much and havent realized that tempo is part of the music and can flow freely and shape the music how it should be, music isnt about being amzing or not, its about the feeling and technician of it. If she feels that its right and that those tempos construct the song how she feels it should be then she is an amazing musician. Screw you asshole!

carrier5555 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - You, Zman72 and every other negative comment on her are STUPID in every sense of the word. Maybe you enjoy rules too much and havent realized that tempo is part of the music and can flow freely and shape the music how it should be, music isnt about being amzing or not, its about the feeling and technician of it. If she feels that its right and that those tempos construct the song how she feels it should be then she is an amazing musician. Screw you asshole!

MrPieGuy Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - No. Her music is enjoyable to listen to, sure, but she is far from a guitar god of any kind.

ephixius Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - Ability to make enjoyable music is talent in my personal opinion. She may not have the dexterity of slash or antoine dufour, but she makes good music and she's not "talentless." She's better than I am, probably better than you are and MOST people producing music out there. No, she's not a guitar God by MY standards, but either is Slash or Malmstein--because I can't make myself listen to them. I idolize mckee, dufour, villareal, etc... it's pointless to bash others' taste in music.

xxgypseerosexx Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - I think honestly who cares if she is a guitar god or not? her guitar playing is AMAZING!

alexbericheath Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - She has to slow down to play parts she has trouble with? Doesn't that go for all musicians? What else would you do? Are you one of these inanely fast shredders that never slows down because you have each one of your fingers trained to play the same shapes across the whole fretboard every day of your life? Kaki King - in my opinion - is a very talented woman. She's doing something different with her songwriting and she's doing it well. She has a following. Do you?

mineheadX1 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - anyone who's studied music for more than 3 months can play in odd time, God help the morons who still think this belongs only to prog bands and "guitar-Gods"...this world has been so dumbed down by bad music that when someone shows up that has a modicum of talent, the mainstream media thinks they've discovered Beethoven all over again...this chick's solo guitar is good, her latest band work is very "average"...she needs work on band compositions...she's got great rhythm though...

yesveldigbra Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - I guess iv benn listening too long to people like Don Ross and Michael hedges and Antoine Dufour to find her particular good.

flyhead2 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - Agree with every word exept for the coda. There are so many misanthropes that surf YouTube simply to disparage that it takes some fortitude not to sink to their level; I do understand and share your frustration and pique.

phatrhombus Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - I first heard kaki king about three years ago. about six or seven years after I heard kottke, hedges, etc. I think she is an amazing artist, and an excellent musician. just because she sounds like those other guys doesn't mean she sucks. it's all relative. lay off her, she's fucking amazing, deal with it.

r3No1 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - omg, she speaks english

oberones Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - the fact that she took risks in her career is something many artists ought to do more. This Lass will shine long after many of the others have gone. Even though she might gain from her art, I believe she will continue and would continue even if all she gained was a peacefulness for her self and those whom she loves. How could anyone buy a slow summers evening with friends and the spirit of the artistic talents of kaki resonate the coolness of the air?

danghippies Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - i agree......even Brain May the guitarist from Queen had trouble playing the solo part in Bohemian Rhapsody, brian may is widely regarded as one of the worlds guitar greats. also Jimmy Page from Led Zeppelin always has troubles playing a clean riff without several mistakes (the evidence is in their live performances), and hes another guitar great....

iamjezuzchrist Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - You cannot suppress originality. If everybody would just follow their true nature...

sarahj108 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - Wait. What?

dhunragh Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - how many guys have seen the movie august rush man the guitar part right from the beggening till the movie ends is played by her only the tapping part

photopicker Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - lots of great players and few who wish to endure the reality of a career in music ...