"I'm ready!" "Okay, I wasn't ready for that." 🤣🤣

Your wit is astounding. ‘It depends which county you come from.’ Best off the cuff remark of 2023 so far. ✅

@JGscienceGaming

Жыл бұрын

That’s normal in the UK

He's amazing. Not only did he learn to play guitar like that, he figured out how to make a career from KZread shorts!

@WinItReigns

Жыл бұрын

True, True

@robpreussmusic

Жыл бұрын

yes. amazing. what remains, remains to be seen. and heard....

@krienmineel

Жыл бұрын

And i think hes only playing for like 6-7 years or something? At least thats what i remember from a Q&A

@cormaclynch3680

Жыл бұрын

Correct me if I’m wrong but I feel as if he was doing well before doing KZread shorts. I definitely remember stumbling on him a couple years ago in my recommended rather than youtube shorts.

@michaelmac1798

Жыл бұрын

If there's a heaven he'll be there playing that....but you can only do that kind of playing on a expensive guitar set up with feather light action etc I'd like to see him play a £50 guitar and do that!

Ichika Nito is excellent... Have you seen Charles Berthoud? He's basically a bassist version of Ichika and he's ridiculously good too. And they did a collaboration together!

@crimsonkate8241

Жыл бұрын

Was just scrolling to see if anyone had mentioned Charles lol. I second that notion!

@kyles5513

Жыл бұрын

Charles is the bass master.

@StevenTwoTwo

Жыл бұрын

@@adrianhelyar3186 You sound like Davie 504 when he's jealous because somebody mentioned Charles instead of him 😂

@russellzauner

Жыл бұрын

also nate navarro if we're naming YT bassists

@jamesdellaneve9005

Жыл бұрын

Yes. Charles is better than Victor Wooten at this point. Amazing. I hope he gets out and makes some music with a live band.

Ichika Nito is beyond monstrous. His band Ichikoro is worth the listen as well. Top shelf jazz fusion.

@gabrielleguitarist5043

8 ай бұрын

His new band is called dios

I've been following Ichika since his early days and it's been a delight to see his channel flourish along side his already profound talent. He's also quite prolific in his song writing which just emphasises the abundance of talent he has. He deserves all the recognition he's getting and more.

Thanks for introducing me to so many amazing artists I've not heard of before Justin! You channel is a must watch for music fans.

@beautifulsky7807

Жыл бұрын

Snap!

@Ginger_shot

Жыл бұрын

Same! My playlists has NEVER been so good.

I follow him I’m instagram and was waiting for him to inevitably blow up. His skill and technique are wonderful. People pushing themselves to rethink how an instrument is played is one of the ways to keep pushing music forward. Now if you don’t mind, I’m just screwing my drum kit to the ceiling before dowsing it in melted Stilton.

@yugen.111

Жыл бұрын

You'd think he would have been playing for well over a decade! After only 3 years of playing he was amazing, though I think he's been playing for 6-7 years now. He's a fast learner.

'Shit, that's really good, isn't it?' The understatement of the century 😄

I am just so happy that there are individuals who have given their early lives in the pursuit of transforming the guitar. It was such a pleasure to see Ichika for the first time. I hope Ichika inspires other young people to pursue the guitar and help with its advancement. Now, I'm going to go listen to 10CC's song, Art for Art's Sake. Thank you Justin's PR person for bringing Ichika to his attention, and Justin for the upload. You two make a great team.

Justin Fucking Hawkins Rides Again! 🎶🎶🥁

@jeffcahill5722

Жыл бұрын

Agaiiiiiin.....

"I should've kept the number humble" is such a Justin Hawkins thing to say. Hilarious!

Justin’s videos are getting so good it’s mediculous!

@russellmorgan5611

Жыл бұрын

This video dedicated 7 x 7 second snips give or take to 2.00 mins. worth of performance. Yeah "mediculous".

@manuelbockman1244

Жыл бұрын

Yes, Justin, you got to put THAT on a Tshirt!!!!!!!!!! Justin is mediculous🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

“Depends on which county of England you’re from” brilliant 😂😂

Literally addicted to this channel.

Yeah Ichika Nito is amazing! There is a YT bassist that uses the hybrid tapping like Ichika uses. His name is Charles Berthoud. Imagine doing those left hand hammers on a bass while hitting those sliding taps at the same time.

One of the things I love about your KZread channel is the plethora of ‘new’ artists/music it exposes me to. Consequently, my music library has grown considerably! Thank you 🙏

I have been listening to him for a while, he is so good at guitar it's actually mind-blowing.

" ..depends which county of England you are from...." priceless.

@GordonPavilion

Жыл бұрын

Yep!

@GT380man

Жыл бұрын

It’s even worse than that. Here in the garden of England, you might be a Man of Kent, not to be confused with Kentish Man.

I am glad that you enjoyed Ichika! Ichika is in two bands; Dios (with a singer) and Ichikoro (instrumental Fusion). If you like Ichika's style, then I would suggest Manuel Gardner-Fernandes, who's band Unprocessed released a few live performed tracks that are simply astounding; try Unprocessed - Deadrose (Live @ UNPROSESSION 2.0). If you've heard the phrase "hands don't glitch like that", Manuel is the source - it was derived from a social media comment implying the video was doctored. It wasn't; it's just that you need a very fast image sensor with a global shutter to cleanly and clearly capture the performance of the modern musical Olympian, something which is not found on most cameras (even expensive ones). Yes, there are several musicians who can easily outperform most imaging devices under 1000 USD, or even devices costing 4x that.

Thank God Justin remembered to do the intro theme tune at last. I was getting increasingly panicked with every second he didn't play it

@philipjennings3490

Жыл бұрын

Also, Ichika Nito is astonishing

Ichika Nito and Marcin made a song together and it is absolute gold!

Love that you are a purveyor of these new up-and-comings Justin, thanks. Sounds like some really chill Japanese video game music, lovely. I tried learning the two-hand tap some time back. Tough stuff. A good entry to this technique would be Jo Satriani's "Bamboo" xx

Eerie coincidence, I literally was only first introduced to Ichika's work 3 days ago. Now you've made him the topic of a (much deserved) video! Nice!

@dainbramage3558

Жыл бұрын

same, seems the youtube gods want everyone to listen to him

Buckethead was the first person I ever seen doing that picky/hammer-on thingy✌️

@holliswilliams8426

Жыл бұрын

I think it's like a hybrid of chicken picking and finger tapping, I think BH does it in ''Drift'' and some other songs, can't even remember the names

Sir, today’s tee shirt is a triumph! 👏💯

you're hitting all the artists i love lately, keep up the good work sir!

You should look at the ex-Lostprophets members new band No Devotion next they're great

@Adam-or4cl

Жыл бұрын

Didn't know they had a new band brb gonna listen now

@BishopOfArchive

Жыл бұрын

Agreed would be cool because LP and The Darkness were my 2 favourite bands back in the day, Justin should see what they're up to now for closure over the whole...situation. Still can't believe that happened but the rest of them did nothing wrong, talented guys.

@trivialtrav

10 ай бұрын

Gee, I wonder why they no longer go by Lost Prophets. It's almost as if that name will forever be associated with one of the most evil musicians ever.

Amazing! also this is the 3rd time in recent vids where I discover a song/artist through KZread's algo, only to see a video of that on this channel the next day!... great content and energy Justin, keep it coming!

Oh shiiit! The shirt 😂 Justin! I love your chaotic ways of your wardrobe! This music is incredible! Thanks again for a new ouverture in something fabulous ❤

ALL 👍👍thxs for riding again Justin From Prescott AZ

1:54, I love it how you went all of a sudden more northern 😂😂

Perhaps for a comments day? As I've only made it through your theme tune so far, Justin, I have a burning question. I watch everyday and have often wondered if, when you tag the last word "again" are you simply just repeating it to emphasize the fact that you are riding again - as in "I've ridden once and now I'm riding again" or do you mean that, "I've ridden once, then rode again, and NOW I'm riding again, AGAIN!"? Just curious. Thank you so much for being here! I'm off to watch this video now. Cheers, Paul

@jack-a-lopium

Жыл бұрын

Hahah :D

Ichika Nito does a collaboration with Marcin. Both amazing guitarists.

"I should have kept the number humble" Amazing 😂

It's the instrumental break in 'Cant Stand Losing You' (The Police).

Yes Justin! More Ichika!!!

I would love to see one of these videos filmed in a car and called "Justin Hawkins drives again"

@jack-a-lopium

Жыл бұрын

Oh god, the 'filming in my car with the camera pointing right up my nostrils' KZreadr

@impossivel2006

Жыл бұрын

@@jack-a-lopium Nostrils Hawkins Drives again would be a smash hit

So glad you covered Ichika, Charles Berthoud is a bassist I think you will love he is otherworldly!

Been watching him for a while, love his playing.

Had the same reaction , heard him a few months ago. Insane.

Madiculus on a tshirt. Yup that should be a thing. Glad to find this channel. Was just listening to the Darkness the other day and guess that algorithm finally brought you to my feed! So happy.

Ichiko! Glad you found him, the guy is next level guitar.

Loving the t-shirt Justin !

Glad you are back in your room , I was getting homesick

"It depends which county of England you are from but you usually only have five fingers" - this made me howl laughing

@valinhorn42

Жыл бұрын

Had a good chuckle at that

You could never fail your listeners, JH!

ichika nito and tim henson make me want to both play and quit guitar

@xaviergough9359

Жыл бұрын

They both suck.

@wllulu

Жыл бұрын

Real

He's one of those guitarists where you can't quite work out whether he inspires you to practice for the next 10 days straight, or simply never pick up the guitar ever again; because you know you will never come close to what he's achieved!

@glp.1337

Жыл бұрын

I think you're underestimating yourself and others a bit. Have you tried doing nothing but play the guitar for like 1 year straight? Nothing else, just play guitar in all of your free time. Do that for a year and see if you still think like that. Because it's all about passion.

@olihughes

Жыл бұрын

@@glp.1337 I've been playing guitar for 25 years. I studied Music at University for 3 years, and pretty much did nothing but play and learn guitar every day for like 5 years straight... I was a full time musician for 7 years after University, so I got good, but no where near that level! - You may be underestimating just how good he is!!!

@glp.1337

Жыл бұрын

@@olihughes oh wow, that's quite the resumé! I might be underestimating him then. I just can't imagine not being able to achieve it when the only thing you're doing is playing guitar. You say you learned and played guitar every day for like 5 years. How many hours a day would you say you were playing? Because we might have a different approach/understanding of obsessively playing.

@olihughes

Жыл бұрын

@@glp.1337 My main way of learning the instrument was learning songs. I'm completely self taught. I've never had a teacher and I never really learnt scales or did practice routines to a metronome or anything like that. But I would regularly spend 5-6 hours a day for days and weeks at a time learning one song or a riff or solo - I'm a big heavy metal fan and for about 8 years (when I really took it seriously and practiced a lot) I practiced and learnt the techniques which would enable me to play the songs I wanted to play, and the more metal I discovered, the more technical and difficult the guitar techniques I wanted to learn got. But when I was "on a mission" I would spend hours and hours going over the same parts over and over again - The most obssessed I got was learning "Everything Went Black - The Black Dahlia Murder" I spent about 2 months learning each riff methodically for hours and hours almost every single day and pretty much didn't play anything else. Then after about 15 years of listening exclusively to Metal I needed a break 🤣. I started listening to Pink Floyd, Bob Dylan, SRV - I got more into blues, folk and the songwriting side of things, that's when I started performing (I'd done a few metal gigs but for fun with my mates, nothing paid or serious), I taught myself how to sing and play on an acoustic, plus I learnt drums and bass, which was a lot easier to pick up from a technical point of view, but I learnt how to 'perform', so I'm much more of a jack of all trades master of none - If I had spent the whole time still playing and learning metal to the same extent I was in my early 20s then I'd probably be closer to this sort of virtuoso standard but I got older and my interestes widened both in and out of music, and I'm less 'obssessive' now. I play for fun and sometimes go 3 days without playing, which was unheard of in my 20s, plus, I don't play much electric anymore and can't play a lot of the stuff I used to be able to play 😪 TLDR; this guys playing is the result of 15-20 years of excessively practicing one craft religiously, and being an absolute master of one style of music, whereas I drifted around and learnt lots of different styles to an above average standard. That's the end of my TED Talk 😅

@olihughes

Жыл бұрын

I would also add there are some people that have a natural proclivity towards certain things - for example in sports - some people will train as hard as they can every single day, practice and practice, have the best advice and connections, and opportunities but still can't perform at the standard needed to be the best of the best. I feel I have a reasonably innate understanding, love, and passion for music - I used to wake up at 6am before school so I could watch Queen and Eric Clapton VHSs, but I still think if I could do this all again - I would struggle to get to the same level as this guy - some people are just built different!!

Never heard of the guy before but that is some seriously mind-boggling technique! Beautiful tone too. Very clean and simple sound versus the bewildering playing.

Haha I love how Justin stopped breathing there for a second when the song started! I love it too when music just injects a random emotion into you when you're least expecting it. Justin -- for a good solid does of melancholy and nostalgia, listen to Rain by Manuel Gardner Fernandes.

Been watching awhile… he’s kinda my new favorite. Everything he does is so amazing beautiful.

cheers my good man!Justin you're such a good communicator and would make a hell of an instructor have you ever given guitar lessons to anyone

Nice to see youngsters into the guitar and taking it to a new level

I think it's truly amazing when a precocious lad plays Metallica on his mum's ironing board. Very clever!

amazing artistry!

Great stuff ❤

Here's a translated interview with Nito, Marty Friedman, and Takayoshi Ohmura. They recently played on stage together as a side project kind of thing. I hadn't heard of Nito before this, and had meant to check out his stuff...so I'm glad you did this today. I'm gonna have to dig deeper with him. kzread.info/dash/bejne/kYauyZqkl5ifisY.html

I was waiting for you to discover this ☺️

I wonder if he's combing playing the guitar and the biwa and he has an instrument that looks like a combination of the two. The biwa is picked and not stroked, but the guitar is usually strummed, not always, but mostly. The biwa is always picked. That was really nice.

My personal favorite of Ichika's is Orb. But really, anything by him, either a short clip or a longer composition, is amazing.

Mein Gott! That was great stuff!

Play more of the songs or the whole thing please.

Question for Comments Day! I thought you were fantastic at both Taylor Hawkins tribute shows and now that it looks like the Foo Fighters are going to continue performing, do you have any opinions on who you think their next drummer could or should be? A lot of people think it should be Josh Freese (who I also think is great) but a lot of us die hard Foo Fans could see Rufus step in, especially because of his personal connection to Taylor. However, at the same time we know and respect that he's a very big part of The Darkness. Just curious to hear your opinion since you were also a close friend of Taylor's. Thank you for all that you do and keep making amazing content!

Haha I love the T-shirt. 😁

Justin, please, I’m begging you, check out Rodrigo Y Gabriella!!! They’ve been playing what they dub “acoustic metal” in that hybrid picking and tapping style since 2002! They are freaking awesome and I’m going to keep nagging you until do a video on them! 😝 Please! 🙏🏻🥰💖

@revwillyg6450

Жыл бұрын

Saw them in concert. It was amazing. All our local hipsters didn't appreciate the metal though 🤘🏻

@NinStardust

Жыл бұрын

@@revwillyg6450 I’m so jealous! I’d LOVE to see them live, but have never been able to get to one of their gigs… maybe one day! 🥰

Thanks for the recommendation on this artist, just HAVE to say how big a fan of your shirt I am!

I wasn’t ready for him either when I saw the Metallica interpretation. She says whilst watching Justin Hawkins Rides Again on her iPhone.

His short videos are quite entertaining, def recommend watching those. This particular song reminds me of Al di Meola, Paco De Lucia and John Mclaughlin.... all rolled in one :D

Whenever I see a guitarist like this my 1st thought is I'm going to learn that!!!! Followed by the thought I never be that good I'm selling my guitars and amps

Hi Justin. As you are falling into the abyss of watching guitarists who have taken it to the next level try Tosin Abasi next. Hes something else aswell. Love your vids.

Excellent Tee Shirt, mate!

I’m here for that E7 at the end!

Ichika is my absolute favourite guitarist. Arpeggio is his outstanding song as far as I'm concerned. Multiple listens every night!

Ya, this dude is insanely good at stringed instruments.

Love the T-shirt sir!

I would love for Mr. Hawkins to do a video on Jon Gomme AKA the least unappealing thing about Blackpool. Either Passionflower or Orville (The Secret of Learning to Fly Is Forgetting to Hit the Ground) I reckon would be neat. Also, Ichicka Nito is awesome to go down the rabbit hole with. Every video he makes is interesting and he's in this unique space where he's impressive to traditional guitar fans but also knows exactly how to create art which perfectly suits the social media age. And the guy can just straight fucking play, he can.

Wow. Ichiko is exquisite.

Nito and Polyphia are my new guitar heroes. Speaking of these new two handed tapper guitarists using alternative tunings you must watch Yvette Young with Covet. I really like her live version of "Parachute" with Covet. She sings too!

I always thought the JH3000 was a reference to Romford’s fastest man, Johnny Herbert

Rick Beato, please break down Ichika's playing. I've been following him for a while and he blows my mind! I know this isn't Rick 's channel but I know he follows Justin's, and has recently been interviewed by him. Cheers

Ichika rocked the annual Jared Dines Shred Collab with a rather unusual sound. It was overall a grand installment to the series. We even got some bass this time!

Amazingly talented guy! Thanks for showing us this one. E7 at the end is OK, I mean the classical bods even have a term for it 'Tierce de Picardy', or Picardy Third.. When you bung a major chord on the end of a minor key tune basically. Nice one Justin! 🎶🌟👍

@Seaby41

Жыл бұрын

Sounded just fine to me

@williamrobinson7435

Жыл бұрын

@@Seaby41 indeed Dude, tierce de Picardys, or maybe tierces se Picardy, absolutely ROCK! 🎶👍

Love you man

I remember listening to a Steve Via guitar piece and trying to figure out what he was doing to make this high tweet sound... later, some tab guy figured it out... he was pulling the string down off the fret board. LOL. Those tab guys... am I right?

Now you have to check out Marcin or Marcin and Ichika collaboration.

This stuff is just wild. It kind of reminds me of Michael Hedges. I feel like he planted the seeds for this guitar style. As far as effects, to me it sounds like a bunch of reverb and a tonne of compression to level out the tapping and picking. Could be wrong. Im curious how these songs would sound with a classic Strat and an old Tube amp. Im not trying to diss any of these new guitarists but I feel like technology has a hand to play in this.

Would love to see a Guthrie Govan review. Maybe of his Hans Zimmer Man of Steel solo that came out towards the end of last year :)

Would love to see you cover My Bloody Valentine at some point, especially with regards to their unique approach to using guitar sounds.

That is really impressive! Really talented and sounds good. I just would rather have a full band playing all of those parts and a singer. I just think that sounds better. I really like how they all blend together. It seems like modern guitar players are figuring out ways to take up more space in the composition if that makes any sense. Maybe that is just a reaction to having to compete with electronic music. Don't know.

Please look at Jon Gomm - Passionflower (if you haven’t already). Another virtuoso style guitarist and a stunningly emotional song. A Brit and lovely guy to boot!

I recommend you watch Ichika Nito's video ' 10 levels of fingerstyle guitar ' to understand what techniques he puts into his playing..

Wow, that's sick!

Well if you enjoyed Ichika, you should DEFINITELY check out Manuel Gardner-Fernandes also! His video "The Evolution of My Guitar Playing" is pretty interesting. Other recommendations would be: Hands Don't Glitch Like That, Right Hand King, Guitar 2.0, Death Notes, or Clown. Cheers Justin!

@borkmaze

Жыл бұрын

He has to check out his interstellar cover! Just amazing

@overshotelf2964

Жыл бұрын

@@borkmaze TRUE!!!

I'm always amazed at that kind of stuff, but definitely would never buy a record of it.

Nice…very calming for a manic Tuesday 😅

Ere !! My foot didn't tap once so it's a no from me !!

Wow. That a man! But remember Stanley Jordan (old days) too!

You should check Mr. Aldo Vaccaro, his song Lightyears.. he did crazy stuff long time ago..as neo classical melodic hybrid advanced tapping as it gets.

If one listens to him playing is really graceful and calming, but trying to play any single part could drive you mad and end like the dude in Justin's t-shirt🤪. That's virtuosity! Great chapter!

@Rocksarum

Жыл бұрын

BTW The origin of Ibanez brand is due to the Spanish luthier Salvador Ibáñez, born in Valencia (1854 - 1920)👍😉