A young guitarist meets his hero | Usman Riaz and Preston Reed

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Translator: Morton Bast Reviewer: Thu-Huong Ha
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Chris Anderson: You guys were amazing.
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That's amazing.
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You just don't hear that every day.
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Usman, the official story is that
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you learned to play the guitar
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by watching Jimmy Page on YouTube.
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Usman Riaz: Yes, that was the first one. And then I --
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That was the first thing I learned,
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and then I started progressing to other things.
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And I started watching Kaki King a lot,
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and she would always cite Preston Reed as a big influence,
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so then I started watching his videos,
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and it's very surreal right now to be --
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CA: Was that piece just now,
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that was one of his songs that you learned, or how did that happen?
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UR: I'd never learned it before,
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but he told me that we would be playing that on stage,
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so I was familiar with it, so that's why I had so much more fun learning it.
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And it finally happened, so ...
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CA: Preston, from your point of view,
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I mean, you invented this like 20 years ago, right?
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How does it feel to see someone like this
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come along taking your art and doing so much with it?
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Preston Reed: It's mind-blowing,
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and I feel really proud, really honored.
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And he's a wonderful musician, so it's cool.
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(Laughter)
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CA: I guess, I don't think there is like a one-minute other piece you guys can do?
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Can you? Do you jam? Do you have anything else?
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PR: We haven't prepared anything.
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CA: There isn't. I'll tell you what.
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If you have another 30 or 40 seconds,
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and you have another 30 or 40 seconds,
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and we just see that, I just think --
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I can feel it. We want to hear a little more.
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And if it goes horribly wrong, no worries.
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