musicians

Your favorite songwriter is very unlikely to be a virtuoso. To truly master an instrument in a way that studio and other for-hire musicians must, it is necessary to not be too creative. Creativity gets in the way of acquiring as many skills as possible efficiently.

creating /lampoon + /trending-casts ➔ writing /segue ➔ joking /y2k

I have never met an yngwie fan who isn't a guitarist

virtuoso ✔️ 
composer ✔️ 
song writer ✔️ 
great name ✔️ 
epic jewelry choices ✔️ 
looks like the beast from the disney movie ✔️ 

dude checks all the boxes

Is there actually a melody he wrote that you can remember? Not a lick, a song

for sure, "rising force" is the jam - that entire album was actually ("odyssey, 1990-1991 i think?). 

re-listening to it now reminds me that dragonforce have virtuosity and songcraft coming out the wazoo as well.

but to stay on YM, compare those late 80s/early 90s jams to the work he was doing closer to the 2000's with full out orchestras, where he was performing/interpreting. this stuff is just as iconic.

and actually he composed some of these himself as well

but to stay on YM, compare those late 80s/early 90s jams to the work he was doing closer to the 2000's with full out orchestras, where he was performing/interpreting. this stuff is just as iconic. 

https://music.apple.com/us/album/concerto-suite-for-electric-guitar-and-orchestra-in-e/1510586338