If an artist makes music I enjoy I consider them talented. There are guitarists like Shawn Lane, Joe Satriani, and Yngwie Malmsteen who are clearly ridiculously talented at their instrument, but they all make boring and pretentious music that isn't worth my time. Since they can't do anything interesting (except for Surfing With The Alien), I see that as a big detractor from their talent.
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