Kiko Loureiro has recently posted on his Official Blog a new post regarding his participation as juror in "Best In Shred" contest in California (USA, 12/01/11), alongside Andy Timmons, Herman Lee (DragonForce), John 5 (Marilyn Manson), George Lynch (Lynch Mob) and Frank Bello (Anthrax). (check out our post regarding the event : http://kikoloureirofrenchblog.blogspot.com/2011/01/kiko-loureiro-best-in-shred-national.html)
The performences of the six finalists were based on a song from Steve Vai.
Kiko Loureiro explains the difficulty he and other members of the jury had to choose a winner among the six finalists who have all played the song from Steve Vai to perfection. It expressed its disappointment at not seeing one of the finalists improvise based on the composition of Vai. "Technique is a part of the way and not the message itself".
To read the whole post of Kiko Loureiro (in Portuguese), check out the following link : http://kikoloureiro.guitarplayer.com.br/2011_04_01_archive.html
