I was privileged to take in-person lessons from Rusty for a while, and he's a great guy and a great teacher. When I went in for the first lesson, he asked me to just play for a few minutes, and I played my collection of pentatonic-based stuff. When I stopped, he nearly stopped my heart when he said "It's hard to know what to teach a really good guitar player". I asked him to get me out of the pentatonic rut, and he did just that, helping me understand the fretboard and the relationship between keys and modes.

I enjoyed this video guys! I'm Rusty's drummer from Original Outworld starting back in 1997. Rusty and I put in many many hours of killer rehearsals and writing sessions. We always had fun and enjoyed what we did. I'm glad we had all the fun we did. That album from 2004-2005 we wrote was one helluva beast! Take care guys. DD

@maxwellfrost9701

7 ай бұрын

Outworld was AMAZING!!

Rusty is not talked about enough! The dude is a shred gladiator! 🔥🔥🔥🌋⚔️🛡️⚔️🌋🔥🔥🔥

@MrRustyCooley

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the shout out! ⚔️🗡️

@lunasea8908

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrRustyCooley wow The legend replies!

@learcenciel4821

3 жыл бұрын

Subscribe to rusty cooley and press the "all" bell button

It’s nice to see you both!! Rusty was absolutely killing it!! What a guitar player.. It’s really a shame that a lot of people don’t talk about him cause his playing feels very special. And did you see that speed?? WHAT THE ACTUAL HELL. That’s *incredible*!! Great video!!

@MrRustyCooley

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words! Subscribe over to my channel if you wanna see more stuff :)

@learcenciel4821

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrRustyCooley you're my guitar hero 🤘🤘🤘

herman really got the clickbait titles down quick

@dragonforce

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Lmao!

@dmeemd7787

3 жыл бұрын

@@dragonforce 🤘🏻🤣

@chimster1234

3 жыл бұрын

Lol yes he did! And I fell for it...only cuz its Herman tho.

you need to invite Chist impelliteri 🎸🎸

That was awesome to see two great guitarists having some fun shredding. I enjoyed watching every second of that video. I haven't seen anything of Rusty before. He's a really smooth player. Thanks Herman and Rusty.

Rusty is a badass. Proud to call him one of my friends and bandmates. We played together in Revolution back in the day. We're doing a reunion show in Houston on July 24th, 2021!

@bobbyfikesmusicfun

3 жыл бұрын

@Thomas Franklin I don't think he would let his dog date you

@713Ace529

3 жыл бұрын

I’ll keep this in mind. I’m in Houston. Thanks

@bobbyfikesmusicfun

3 жыл бұрын

@@713Ace529 awesome. Going to be a fun show.

@radioraffa

3 жыл бұрын

I remember the Revolution when they were with Prince. Little Red Corvette ! :)

@bobbyfikesmusicfun

3 жыл бұрын

@@radioraffa yeah but drop the, "the" and think Skid Row meets Racer X.

I remember watching rusty back in the early 2000's and being blown away. Hes fast af now. Damn

@T0tenkampf

3 жыл бұрын

He was fast asf when i heard him in 1988 lol.

I used to take lessons from Rusty and it's so fun hearing him play again

@MrRustyCooley

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! 🤘🤘

@harrisonbeacham-peterson8916

3 жыл бұрын

His students are the luckiest guitarists ever, same with Satrianis students

@T0tenkampf

3 жыл бұрын

He does remote lessons and they arent all that expensive....go to his site.

I always knew Rusty was a shredding machine. I didn't know he sounded like one too 😂😂😂

@ZouheirHamzaoui

3 жыл бұрын

Why are u everywhere ?

@fartvader84yearsago8

3 жыл бұрын

Hold up, you are not Rudy Adobe

@carldulcie364

3 жыл бұрын

@George xander they both play faster than i can listen

@etopr4986

3 жыл бұрын

@George xander hes faster....but buckethead makes better music ostensibly

@DavidNwokoye

3 жыл бұрын

@George xander elitist?

“…it’s not the guitar bro it’s you.” 😂🤣 love it!

at first i think he was Petrucci, then i realize is Aragorn!!! lml

@haterswanted3558

3 жыл бұрын

Lord of the rings 😂😂😀😁

@mr.jcanal9765

3 жыл бұрын

He's both. The lord of the Strings

@1mateussuetam

3 жыл бұрын

Matias Perez I though that was Rollo, from Vikings kkkk

@DeathBringer769

3 жыл бұрын

Shredagorn ;)

R.Cooley - "betcha can't play this"

Yes! Awesome to hear these 2 shredding one of my backing tracks!

Rusty's speed with natural flow is amazing to watch.

@MrRustyCooley

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 🤘

I just really hope, that Herman will put on KZread the stream with Mattias IA Eklundh, he is such a unique guitarist.

Siiiq! Love Rusty! needs more exposure!

@MrRustyCooley

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Please share and subscribe. That will help 🤘🤘

I kept checking my headphone wires for 5 min until i notice the crackling was from the video feed 😂 Keep the awesome content coming Herman and the rest of you. Such a great inspiration,and so cool that you interact with the fans so much 🤟 ❤️ 🤘

@andrewdominick1000

3 жыл бұрын

Lololol same here I thought my new headphones were messed up haha

Herman you’re a fan and a master!- this is what I think KZread is for- pairing up with another master is fucking awesome-great vid!

I don't know much about guitarists, but this livestream was breathtaking. Herman Li's jam sessions are truly a luxury.

I remember Chops From Hell from 2005. Crazy totally forgot that website.

@MrRustyCooley

3 жыл бұрын

🤘🤘🤘

Way way back in the day I remember seeing a video of rusty cooley playing a 7 string fanned fret guitar absolutely shredding the fuck out of it. MY mind was completely blown. I'd never seen anything like it. The guitar. The amount of shredding speed and seeing it on youtube. I'll never forget it.

12 years later still cant get enough with "under the influence " and now thisssss??

Rusty's hand are glitching. Even the camera cant keep up. haha

@MrRustyCooley

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Faster camera speeds! 🤘🤘

Refreshing to hear someone mention me. I'm the old dude that wants to strum around a camp fire. lol 52 and just now learning guitar. Never too late

Holy crap!!! That was some truly insane shredding by Rusty! I've never heard of him before... he has my attention now! It looked like Herman might have been speechless in a few spots there!

Rusty Cooley is such an underrated guitarist! Much love from the Clone Hero community!

@ral8031

3 жыл бұрын

No he isn't. That word gets thrown around WAY too much!

@NicolasCanalMusic

3 жыл бұрын

Underrated? You know this video, and series overall, are highllighting the work of AAA guitarrists, right? Like this isn't underground or youtube music scene. These guys are the real deal.

@beovulf7241

3 жыл бұрын

Hello fellow ch player, s6 FC OMG!!!

@MrRustyCooley

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the comment. Glad to get in front of people however I can. Subscribe to my channel, if you haven't already. Lots of content there 🤘

@muslimobaidullahshukhon3465

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrRustyCooley much love dude.💜💜💜🤘🤘🤘

Great interview, Rusty is a great guy and teacher. Cool to see him show his own build. I was watching him cut that guitar up at his house from where my step dad and I were using his dads vehicle paint booth and had to go over and ask him wtf he was doing. He turned me on to shred by giving my a Racer X tape and a Carvin catalog. A few years later the Carvin DC727 came out and I was on board. His teaching rates are actually reasonable considering who he is, I highly recommend. His effortless understanding of theory is amazing. I bought one of his personal Dean USA RC7 guitars but just cant like the EMG707s.

Killing It!

Herman Li is a humble person

Wow guys you both were on fire 🔥🔥🔥 what a energy

This is one of my favorite guitar videos. Period.

the way the frets angle toward the headstock of his guitar looks wicked as hell. cool idea.

wow..i never heard of him before...dude seems really cool and down to earth...awesome playing...

No doubt @MrRustyCooley is the best guy for a shred show.. Thank you Herman ❤ this is the best of your shred series by far .. just wow

I love that he wrote to Buckethead and got a reply. Nice 👍

We need Jari Mäenpää here

@Matt-nk2tp

3 жыл бұрын

Only if we crowd fund a new pizza oven for his studio 😆

@DeathBringer769

3 жыл бұрын

Teemu Mäntysaari also from Wintersun would be sweet as well. He's a beast and handles most of the solos now for Jari.

@ZouheirHamzaoui

3 жыл бұрын

@@DeathBringer769 why not both of em ? lol

@Matt-nk2tp

3 жыл бұрын

On the real we need them on here

@ZouheirHamzaoui

3 жыл бұрын

@@Matt-nk2tp okay then, lets do something to bring wintersun here for real ! if you are reading this herman, please go check wintersun songs, and bring Jari and Teemu to the live stream

slick shredding!

great stuff great players ty both

We need Buckethead in your videos !

This was awesome 👍🤘

Love the spirit of musicians ❤️

This was dope!

I'd love to see Rusty play a BBKing solo. I know it'd be easy for him but it would be funny watching him fight off the urge to shred

@T0tenkampf

3 жыл бұрын

Did you see the metalocalypse episode episode where they learned the blues?

@awguitarroom8033

3 жыл бұрын

@@T0tenkampf yes! I love that show. Got all seasons

@T0tenkampf

3 жыл бұрын

@@awguitarroom8033 i need to pick them all up...think i missed a season

@awguitarroom8033

3 жыл бұрын

@@T0tenkampf order it on Amazon

Rusty Cooley is so good man. Never been the most melodic, I only like 2 handfuls of songs from his solo work, but he’s just so great. His skill level is just mind blowing. Such a great player. He’s so underrated overall in my opinion

@trickers24

8 ай бұрын

Shout out to him for mentioning buckethead and Shawn Lane, in my opinion they are both top 5 of all time but rarely get mentioned! Great video.

Can't wait to invite Jeff Loomis

@natoalvarez5762

3 жыл бұрын

Imagine if he wasn't so young how he would have sounded in Megadeth

@chrisking6695

2 жыл бұрын

@@natoalvarez5762 I'm glad he didn't join them.

Good to see Rusty out and about again. This guy named Marshall Harrison would be a great guy to have on your channel. He is amazing, fast and clean with a Swybred picking technique kinda like Tosin Abasi style. This dude will melt your face off.

@MrRustyCooley

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! 🤘

@possessedhammer

Жыл бұрын

Oh man Marshall Harrison is a monster! I remember his website back in the late 90's. His wide interval sweep arpeggio. He'd be awesome to have on one of his streams..

I didn't know Rick Grimes could shred like that. It seems like he didn't actually leave the series, he just changed profession.

@AD1978leo

3 жыл бұрын

Gotta practice your sweeps Coral!!! CORAL!!!!!!!

@DeliciousVicious777

2 жыл бұрын

Lmao!!!!

First time I heard Rusty was on the Generation Ibanez compilation. Then he played at Jemfest, nice guy and an incredible guitar player.

Wow, wasn't aware of Rust Cooley being a real Shawn Lane disciple, this is sooo cool! Would be awesome to know how far he followed Shawns technique approach since it looks like he went pretty far with it. To me this is really insane and therefore incredibly awesome! And as most times, thank you very much Mr. Li for bringing all the cool content to us people out there!

Awesome.. I absolutely love my Ormsby guitars 🤘👍

Damn even the camera is just trying to look at Rusty's fingers and I can hear the camera saying "HUH?!!!" Lol . It's too fast for the camera . This was awesome

@MrRustyCooley

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe my webcam is just not good. But, yes. Let's go with your thing! I like that more 🤣🤣🤘🤘

@thehunter7422

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrRustyCooley lol 😂 Nah it was for sure the fingers . Awesome stream bro

I have always been completely blown away by Rusty's playing. Huge influence! I still own all his Chops from Hell instructional DVDs :)

Some nice shredding here.... good to hear it's still a thing guitarists want to do...

MAB and Petrucci in a blender you get Rusty

@MrRustyCooley

3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤘

@zmlhezmlhe4843

2 жыл бұрын

you get rusty cooley & jason richardson lol

I just love ❤️ the really FAST SHREDDING GUITAR 🎸 SOLOS !! 😨

Man....that was awesome to see.

Que monstruos los 2, en el buen sentido, es hermoso escucharlos, muchas gracias

Holy shit balls man... That was friggin' insane! Did anyone else do the jaw-drop when Herman said he started playing in 92'? I was doing a poor job of copying Nuno when Herman was learning to play?

This was cool as hell. I love it.

Even with Rusty's help..we still have no idea how he does what he does.2 legends right here

Rusty is just INSANE. A lifelong inspiration!

HAPPY 1M SUBSCRIBERRRRRRRR DRAGONFORCE ....

I remember back when he was on Austrian Death Machine🤘

10:10 Whoa!!! That is amazing!!!

The look on Herman's face at 9:55 says it all.

INCREDIBLE RUSTY

Awesome 🤘

The 80’s is strong with this one!🤜🏼🤛🏼💨😶‍🌫️

Dude..man can rusty shred. Wow..my fingers hurt watching 😂😂

Hello friends, I just saw your video and I like how you participate and share your great talents and touch everything and that is good in my style. Thank you and from now on I greet you from Argentina .. Carlos. I want to see more and also learn with you.

I know this video is 2+ years old but it would be so cool to hear him on a DF song. Hearing him play on From So Far Away by All Shall Perish was so cool

How in the F are these guys able to do this? It's simply amazing.

No comments. You two are beasts! Regards from Brazil👋

@MrRustyCooley

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

Dammmmm 🔥🔥🔥🔥 Rusty Machine 🤟🤟🤟

@MrRustyCooley

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment! 🤖

Very good show this one

damn rusty cooley still in shape

Dude. From My home town and bday how sweet

Why isn’t Chris Impellitteri on here yet?

Rusty chops from hell instructional videos are super advanced on technical side even at this era. Check out his ex band Outworld

@MrRustyCooley

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! 🤘

Wow what a shredfest!

Good morning 💞 I'm watching from Hokkaido Thank you for the fun youtube 💞💞

Greetings from South Africa!

Cool Rusty! Maybe one day you make a video with buckethead!

@MrRustyCooley

3 жыл бұрын

That would be sick! 🤘

That last jam sounds like something Mike Orlando would play, I mean some parts sounds like Wheels in Motion

Me- Play "Flight Of The Bumblebee" Rusty- Hold my beehive.

I got my first Ibanez 7 string in 98 from Houston also. That’s awesome so awesome. Now I just have to be as good lol. 🤘🏾

@MrRustyCooley

3 жыл бұрын

Keep practicing! 🤘 Thank you

@mason_dale

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrRustyCooley p

When will you have John Petrucci in the show, Herman? :)

Incredible playing. Just badass!

Rusty cooley simply freak of nature very fast

What a cool dude

What if, Herman Li do a shred talk with Mick Gordon 😁😁😁

@Tangent_Frank

3 жыл бұрын

eww djent

@DeathBringer769

3 жыл бұрын

Mick's great at writing, I love a lot of his songs on the Killer Instinct and Doom soundtracks, but I've never heard him shred, to be fair. I'd have to be more of a "riff talk" rather than a "shred talk" lol.

Wow! What a video.

the fishman/emg sort of hybrid used by Stephen carpenter would sound great on rusty's rig

Insane speed

Bars, measures, time signatures... who needs them!? That's for listeners!

I hope you get jacky Vincent too on this series someday

@jay-c3156

3 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah!!

@goldenguti

3 жыл бұрын

yea Jacky is a total monster, endgame anime boss XD

@jay-c3156

3 жыл бұрын

@@goldenguti Absolutely, his sweep arpeggios are faster than any one of us playing power chords 🤣 that's ridiculous

@goldenguti

3 жыл бұрын

@@jay-c3156 he sweeps faster than i tremolo pick xD

@jay-c3156

3 жыл бұрын

@@goldenguti Yeah man we need to get him on this channel, don't know if herman actually knows him but one listen to any of his solo tracks should be fire enough to awake interest 🤞

Put in the Calendar. reunion show in Houston July 24th, 2021! Thanks

both great. i need to practice lol