Visually impaired 12 year old boy plays Hendrix...

[Atty]

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Conrad Oberg was born three and a half months prematurely in the Summer of 1994. Weighing only one and a half pounds at birth, Conrad was left with no eyesight in his left eye and only 15% of the vision in his right. At age two, Conrad taught himself to play the piano, and again taught himself the guitar at age ten. Conrad has been performing solo live performances since he was four years-old, and has been fortunate enough to meet and/or perform with some of the greats of the entertainment industry.
Amazing.

[Con]

He's got some nice skills there :)

[Roostervier]

He doesn't look like many 12 year olds I've seen either, seems somewhat older.

Also, he's great. =D

[DaneO'Roo]

Uh, that really is not that impressive. Little Wing is one of Hendrix's most easiest songs to play. The double stopping is like the hardest part, but even then, it's no drama. To people who can't play the guitar, or can't play it somewhat well, it's amazing, but really, the guitar is something you have a constant bodily connection with. Drums and pianos, are only hit and touched at times, your not constantly holding onto them.

The fact that he's blind doesn't matter, cause most guitarists I know, including myself rarely look at the fretboard anyway. After a while, because of the tapering length of the neck and spacing of the frets, you eventually just grow a "feel" for the guitar, and rarely need to look at it.

Plus he fucked up on the timing and accenting (shut up, you don't need a drum beat to stay in time), shows he doesn't exactly have a proper ear for music per se'. He's just learned and practiced the notes well. He did do some modular variation with the solo, but those really are just scale notes. Easily done if you learn a scale properly. Most of it was just improvising of the original sections.

It's pretty cool, but It'd be much more impressive if he was drumming or playing the piano.

Oh, and hes actually about 15 by the looks of it. Well, then again sometimes you never know.

[Con]

The fact that he's blind doesn't matter, cause most guitarists I know, including myself rarely look at the fretboard anyway. After a while, because of the tapering length of the neck and spacing of the frets, you eventually just grow a "feel" for the guitar, and rarely need to look at it.
I was going to say that too, but some noob was bound to flame me for having an alternative opinion.

Song sounds good, whatever. No need to go further.

[DaneO'Roo]

Well people will always flame for what they don't understand. My dads a guitarist, his brother is a guitarist, I'm a guitarist, and from my experience with them, most of the time we'd have our eyes closed jamming anyway. It's hardly a handicap, IN TERMS OF GUITAR. It's about the sound and touch, not the sight.

[Bad Waffle]

the thing is that people that are impaired in one sense doesnt mean jack when their hobbies and life are structured around other things. Learning to play a musical instrument that plays music to the EARS, which is one of his senses left unscathed, means nothing compared to somebody like Beethoven who was practically deaf and still composing music that we still hear today.

But, a big plus i have to give to him is taking the time to learn a more tricky instrument (to me at least) when most kids his age will just give up instead of trying.


Gah, the only thing holding me back from learning the guitar is equipment. I have no money, and no way my friends are going to let me borrow their babies. But man, as soon as i do...that sound that only a guitar can make will be filling my house quickly.

[Con]

Also, he doesn't look 12 at all. Wtf.

[Kornman00]

Also, he doesn't look 12 at all. Wtf.
Are people blind to the fact that he was a premature birth baby?

[Mr Buckshot]

Actually, this is small compared to that teen Brice Mellen, who's almost 20 I think, and is 100% blind. He owns at those fighting games like Mortal Kombat and Soul Calibur.

[Roostervier]

Actually, this is small compared to that teen Brice Mellen, who's almost 20 I think, and is 100% blind. He owns at those fighting games like Mortal Kombat and Soul Calibur.
That reminds me of my friend Nathan. He is blind, but if you see him play GTA: SA, it looks like he knows exactly what he is doing (as in, running in the middle of the street, not running into shit and getting stuck, etc.).