Original sentence: A video of this performance first appeared on his Hot Licks guitar instructional video and can now be viewed on YouTube.Becker started out playing alongside Marty Friedman.Becker studied the works of violinist Niccolò Paganini.Becker's compositions often include high speed scalar and arpeggio passages.In 1989 Becker left to pursue a solo career, releasing his first solo album titled Perpetual Burn in 1988
Edited sentence: A video of this performance first appeared on his Hot Licks guitar instructional video and can now be viewed on YouTube.. Besides neoclassical, Becker proved himself capable of playing blues, jazz fusion, progressive metal, even country and pop-rock.Becker started out playing alongside Marty Friedman in the Mike Varney prodiced duo Cacophony.Becker's compositions often include high speed scalar and arpeggio passages, both of which are trademarks of his 'shred' style of guitar playing.In 1989 Becker left to pursue a solo career, releasing his first solo album titled 'Perpetual Burn' in 1988, and has since released 'Perpsective', as well as two albums of demos, entitled 'The Raspberry Jams' and 'The Blackberry Jams'.Like many neoclassical guitarists and virtuosos in general (such as Yngwie Malmsteen and Al Di Meola) Jason Becker studied the works of violinist Niccolò Paganini