Customer Reviews

Introspection (Backing Tracks)

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like the guys who wrote review here,i am big fun of howe.i have got all the cd's,and i can say they are the best guitar teacher i had.every song of howe i learn to play is like ten years of standart progression.i dont feel that he is the best guitar player alive,but he is the one that does it to me.i listen to holdsworth,henderson,ron thal,kotzen,gamble and i cant feel the thrill i have when i listening to gregs work.i also feel that he is in diferent leage than vai and satriani.this album is must for every guitar player.my best in this album is track 1 and the amazing fusion of track 6.if you like to know how to play them,send me to my e-mail and i give you my hand made tabs for them.

Like most of Greg Howe's albums, 'Introspection' again provides a glimpse into the "near impossible" of what is capable on a guitar. Greg's effortless virtuosity combines impeccable technique with uniquely tapped pentatonics, tasteful hyper-speed blues licks, and a wonderful sense of melody and rhythm. While most of the tunes on the album lean toward heavy blues laden fusion and straight "shred", Greg manages to mix things up a bit with a nice nylon-string piece dedicated to Jason Becker. Nevertheless, it is Greg's soaring lead playing that keeps you coming back for more. And you will want to listen a few times, if only to confirm that it was in fact a human that played so magnificently. A must-have for any fan of guitar music!

This recording is definately worth having in the collection. Great guitar playing and smooth tone with lots of cool hook tunes and superb solos. I can listen to this disc all the way through. The only downer for me would be the fact that his drummer is playing an electronic drumkit and the drum tone is awful. The drumming itself is decent but not what you would expect from an album of this caliber. Even with that, Gregs playing shines above and beyond any other faults you may find in this recording. Get it and enjoy.

My original review only gave 3 stars. Thing is, I've listened to this several times since and it is a real grower. I guess i was judging it using his debut and 'High gear' as yardsticks. Ironically, there's a lot more subtlety, feel and depth on 'Introspection' than on those 2 albums. Some posters here has alluded to it as jazz fusion. No, it's got far more of a blues feel, except that it's taken blues to stratospheric levels that orginal bluesmen couldn't have dreamed of. Like Satch and unlike most other 'shredders', Greg Howe comes up with strong melodies as well as lightning fast light fingered fretwork. I haven't heard a better player in any genre since discovering 'Surfing with the alien' back in 1988.

It infuriates me to hear or read some nimrod's review that any particular guitarist is no good or that some other guitarist is better. Guitarists are artists. If you don't appreciate them, do something else. No one is better than Greg Howe. Likewise, no one is better than Vai, or Johnson, or Satch, or Aldo, or ...
I love listening to Greg Howe (and the others too).

This album displays Greg Howe's utter mastery of his chosen instrument. I wonder why guys like Steve Vai, Satriani, and Eric Johnson made it so much bigger than this guy when, in all hoesty, he is better than them all. Much better. He is unreal, in another league. Comparing Howe to Vai would be like comparing Michael Jordan to High School varsity. Buy this disc now. "Desiderata" is an accoustic number thrown in that will convert you to Howe.

I challenge anyone to find a better guitar album anywhere. Period. Too bad that guitar soloists go pretty much un-noticed these days. People are too busy listening to Eagle Eye Cherry and stuff like that. Buy this and listen to it, you will be blown away. I recommend this to any guitar player or music lover.

I was gonna lose my mind while GH was playing...In order to digest his music better, I listened to his work by standing up on my hands, there has to be a new word in the dictionary to describe his talent, cos` the existing ones are too weak to do the work...

Hey kids! Get this album. Then say, excuse me teacher, "You said it had to be jazz or classical in order to be good music. Greg Howe is perhaps the greatest guitarist ever, and this is my favorite album that he has.

if your into hi-tech licks with feel and phrasing this is the album to get.also dont forget about some cool riffs and melodies.right from the get go you will know its good.also his guitar tone sounds like wood and not processed.u can hear the amp breathe and his fingers change strings etc

a must have in the collection especially if you are a guitar player.can keep a medium to advanced guitar student in the woodshed for months or even years working this stuff out.lots of knowledge to get out of this album.
and to save alot of time try to get a hold of the official book released.not like most books out there where the fingerings are sketchy etc.this was authorized by howe himself.