Olli Soikkeli's Gypsy Picking and Alternate Picking Fusion

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The amazing Olli Soikkeli fuses Gypsy picking with his own formidable pure alternate approach. And within that pure alternate approach he blends several different movements including pickslanting, and a blazing crosspicking motion he uses for the kind of torturous phrases that most of use grew up avoiding:

( read more at the blog post linked above )

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Very nice!! looking forward to this interview! He is a very talented young player…

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Always cool to see more Finnish guitar players on Cracking the Code!

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Considering the number of great players in such a small place, you guys must be one of the most guitar-packed countries on the planet!

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Incredible, he looks like he’s playing Smoke on the Water, he’s so relaxed while doing it. Awesome stuff.

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