Yuto Miyawaza, 10 Year-Old Guitar Prodigy

Every few years we are presented with one of these youthful guitar prodigies and none of them have gone on to be high earning, successful or famous professional musicians. Why would that be? Because their "talent" is purely mechanical.

Classical musicians simply learn to play their instruments, they are craftsmen and women. Their job is mainly in replicating what somebody wrote. Solo musicians in the field of rock and jazz and the like have to be creative masters of their instrument. They are artists.

Somewhere out there on the net is a video of this kid playing on stage with Ozzy. I remember seeing it a few months ago when this was a new story.

It's Yuto Miyazawa not Miyawaza.

Mechanical or not, those are still some amazing skills! Go Yuto-kun!