MJ's guitar player- Orianthi...
what do you think?

For a 24 year old female guitarist, I think that's she a great player and plays with jaw dropping dynamics and finesse. I predict that she will do well in the music biz.

From wiki :

"Her first support show was for Steve Vai aged 15. Orianthi had the opportunity to meet and jam with Carlos Santana when she was 18.[5] He invited Orianthi to get up and jam with him at soundcheck then later asked if she would join him on stage that night to jam.[3] She is signed with Geffen Records in late 2006, and in 2008 struck a management deal with 19 Entertainment[2][6] and currently lives in the United States and in Asia.

Orianthi has played with Prince, made a video clip for Panasonic HD, had a song featured in Bratz: The Movie, played at the Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Festival, appeared in The New York Times business section promoting Eco-friendly acoustic guitars,[2][7] and was named in the 12 Greatest Female Electric Guitarists. She also appeared at the 51st annual Grammy Awards as Carrie Underwood's lead guitarist,[8][3][9][10] with Underwood inviting Orianthi to become a member of her band.[6] A guitar solo by Orianthi is featured on the song "Sleepwalker" on Adam Lambert's debut album For Your Entertainment.

Orianthi was Michael Jackson's lead guitarist and was present on all rehearsals for his This Is It concerts before his death.[11][3][6] In regards to being handpicked by Jackson, she stated:

“ I don’t know exactly why he picked me, but he watched my YouTube videos and loved them. He had his choice of guitar players, but I came in and played the ‘Beat It’ solo for him. Afterward he was so happy he got up and grabbed my arm and started walking up and down the stage area with me. He said, ‘Can you play once for me?’ He hired me that night. I wish he was still around. He made me believe in myself more, and I learned so much. Going into it, I thought it would be all about playing guitar solos. But the majority of it was playing chords and funky rhythms.[12] ”

She played and sang at Jackson's memorial, globally televised live on July 7, 2009. She appears in the film Michael Jackson's This Is It, which chronicles the rehearsals for the tour. Her song "According to You", from the album Believe, was the Single of the Week on iTunes on October 27, 2009."

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Oh there is no questioning her skills as she is a fantastic player. I just heard her new song as my wife came in and said she liked some song on the car radio and the DJ was stating that it was her playing guitar. So I new it had to be her and youtubed her songs and my wife said" that's it".

I dont know what they have in the water in Australia but it seems to effect young girls who play stringed instruments.lol First Tal on the bass with Beck and now Orianthi on guitar.

she may be 24 but she's been playing guitar for over 10 years.

there are a LOT of 24-year old "dudes" that don't stand a chance VS Ori on guitar! I'm just saying....

She also played a kick $@! solo in Adam Lambert's "Sleepwalker".

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A lot of people don't play like that male or whatever.

She is definately up and coming and very promissing.

We all hope she gets the recognition she deserves as well as many new artists that are taking the guitar to new levels.

And being so easy on the eyes does not hurt either ...

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