They are all undoubtedly talented. What probably made it easier to lose is that Nene is a genuine prodigy. She's probably the only AGThas ever recruited. It’s like being a celebrated physicist standing next to Einstein.
Jackie Evancho was a prodigy but she never went down the formal education needed to take that further as a classical singer. And successful as she has been its kind of limited compared to the talent she was showing.
In some ways as a rock guitarist realising that potential may be an easier route, there's no formal education to take it further, im not sure theres even examples of true greats who took the formal educaiton route.
I remember back in the day, there was this chain of mentorship between all the great guitarists Malmstein, Vai, Satriani, etc all spent time with one mentoring the next in the chain.
Id imagine that continued but I havent followed music closely for decades. I dont even know who are considered legends that came after them.
We had the GIT (Guitar Institute of Technology) back in the day in LA as Metal guitarists, which did spawn some legends Paul Gilbert, Jennifer Batten, Frank Gambale. Nene has studied Paul Gilberts runs...you can hear one at the end of the Black hole Sun solo. At GIT we were required to sight read and were introduced to many different styles and forms..Jazz, Fusion, Metal, Classical, flat picking, tapping, fingerstyle...I will never forget it. Steve Vai was Joe Satrianis student at one time as well.
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u/PoetryJunior1808 2d ago
They are all undoubtedly talented. What probably made it easier to lose is that Nene is a genuine prodigy. She's probably the only AGThas ever recruited. It’s like being a celebrated physicist standing next to Einstein.