Posted on 04/07/2017 2:20:18 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Li-sa-X was hailed by MTV in 2014 as one of 10 girls who were the "future of heavy metal" and now at the ripe old age of 12, she has released her debut album.
The guitarist rocked the Internet in 2016 in an online commercial for a bank. The pajama-clad pony-tailed girl banged out the song "Schubert's Lullaby" on her electric guitar using a bank card as a plectrum.
Prior to that, she posted a video on YouTube of her playing a song when she was 8. It was viewed more than 4.8 million times with posters describing her as a supervirtuoso and "guitar ninja."
“I was just having a blast with my favorite thing and was stunned to see something incredible happen,” said Li-sa-X, who lives in Kanagawa Prefecture.
She explained that she named the first album "Serendipity," which was released March 8, because of her unexpected rise to stardom.
The child prodigy became fascinated with the guitar when she was about 3 after seeing her father play the instrument, and started toying around with a hand-me-down guitar.
The song she played and posted on YouTube was written by guitarist Paul Gilbert of U.S. rock band Racer X. He was so impressed with the Japanese girl’s rendition of his number that he invited her to study at his online guitar school, while MTV counted the youngster as one of 10 girls who were “definitely the future of heavy metal.”
She decided to go by the stage name of Li-sa-X in a tribute to her mentor’s band.
She says in "real life" she is an “ordinary girl who does things at my own pace” and loves English, hip hop and baking sweets.
“I want to make many more songs that can entertain everyone and go on a world tour someday.”
Well, I’d like to hear her stuff, but will accept the column at face-value. Prodigies are rare; I hope she prospers.
Maybe she can tour with Babymetal.
Wow pretty wild. I saw on that Youtube page they had another video of Paul Gilbert, that guy is insane fast, his pinky is the same length as his other fingers.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHocS5Ve_Wc
******Well, I’d like to hear her stuff, but will accept the column at face-value.*****
Post #2 has video link. She’s amazing!!!!!!
Not my type of music anymore, but she’s really good!
The kid is simply awesome, thanks for posting...
Meh.
Good technique, flurries and such, but the actual musical content is a little thin, IMHO.
I'm going to check out a few more of her videos and see what I think then...
I might have been interested in a 12-year old girl guitarist when I was 10 but there weren’t any back then. Instead, there were the Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Kinks, Jeff Beck, Ray Charles, Chuck Berry, The Mothers of Invention, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Stooges...Boy, am I ever glad that I grew up (or not) when I did.
WOW!
Check out the Youtube of a twelve year old Joe Bonamassa playing Danny Gatton’s Tele at a state fair in Bakersfield with Danny watching off to the side. And I believe there’s video on the net of Derek Trucks jamming with some big boys when he was 10 or 11.
And there’s no way...no way, that a child of twelve could ever play like Jimi Hendrix.
I’m a big Hendriz fan. Was getting his records from a Brit friend before he was ever heard of in the vStates. But,,,, Jimi opened a door that many have gone through. That’s his legacy!
You gotta give the girl a chance to grow! She will develop more musically.
[[Prodigies are rare;]]
Here’s another prodigy- this kid throws these improve sessions together on the fly- throws a bunch of songs together, and somehow it all works- He claims he had no training, and didn’t own a TV or radio- He’s one of those folks who can hear something once, and play it later-
He was 14 when he made his debut on Australia’s got talent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uE1xsuEywQ
Listen to this second one all the way through- he throws together soem awesome playing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jc7wTpRWeu0
Wow is right! Thanks for the ping!
ping for later
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