Suffice to say, technicality isn't always creativity and that's where a lot, if not the majority, of shredders lose out. To say it's because I don't have an ear for it, I'm classically trained. I'm sure most of you would agree to this logic though, because it's all too easy to hear.
In order to apply technicality you must have a creative approach to it. It takes logic and reason, two huge aspects of creativity -- Creativity doesn't mean thinking outside the box, it means applying knowledge and creating original ideas within the box. When you think outside the box, your forced to dismiss rules and standard logic and replace them with irrational ideas that most likely won't make any sense whatsoever, and cannot be considered a creative approach to music. :Smug: