Allan Holdsworth: art over commecialism

I have to lay my cards on the table, I think Allan Holdsworth is one of the most amazing players and composers I have ever heard. No doubt he would be able to real off many other players that were far better than him, as this is his way... but would Allan be better off being more commercial? The simple answer, to my mind, is NO! There is no benefit to Allan Holdsworth being anything other than Allan Holdsworth. Would there be any point to a Holdsworthian version of Van Halen's jump for example? I for one am so glad that I got into his compositions, he's certainly expanded my musical journey life and created some of my most favourite music. Play on Allan... I'll leave you to decide what you want to do and I hope success comes from the work that you deliver.

Allan Holdsworth Interview and SynthAxe performance.

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