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A few words about this video.

1) I did this completely for fun. I really, really have fun playing the solo for Blackened, and I like the finger-tapping patterns in it. I did not do this to show off any scores or whatnot. (If you really need to know, I got 4 stars and a 91% on it.) I mess up in places. I don't care - the point was to show how the tapping looks and how insane the syncopated main riff is.

b) This is poor man's picture-in-picture. I've done decent PiP before with my Beast and the Harlot run 14 months ago (not a good one in retrospect) and with my FC of Laughtrack, but I'm just feeling too tired tonight, so I went the lazy route: play my fingers in Windows Media Player full-screen, and play the note chart in VLC Media Player in a window in the corner. Works out just fine; it just looks a bit sloppier. But again: IT WORKS. So nyah!

iii) I didn't practice this day in and day out like some obsessive lunatic. I just practiced it to the point where I could have fun tapping the buttons and not fail the song like a complete idiot. the_antipode and I will be doing a video of him playing the Blackened solo FOR REAL next to me playing it in Rock Band so you can see just how different the two are. I'm completely aware that playing Rock Band or Guitar Hero or whatnot IS NOT THE SAME AS PLAYING A REAL GUITAR. Don't get snide with me about how "rythm game are stupid because why not u just play real gitar n00b?" I've played the cello since I was five years old, and I understand the practice and dedication that it takes to be a musician. Most notably because I didn't practice like I was supposed to and my skill level is that of a 10-year decent player as opposed to a 15-year virtuoso like I was supposed to become. Sigh... though I will try to do Metallica's One on cello one of these days. I will - promise.