Ohhhh you did Polyphia too! I hope you did more than this. This is my fave song of theirs, they’re insanely talented 🔥🖤

What a change up right!? So smooth, a perfect intro to an album that will apparently have more similar, amazing changes in feel as well as appearances by some R&B and other musical voices. Will be super interesting to hear!

@StrateleStudios

2 жыл бұрын

I really like this! I’m glad they are stretching out a bit, very exiting! 😊

@OriginalPuro

Жыл бұрын

What a change up, right!?* Right.

I discovered these guys because of you. Good lord….. Thank you as always for a great reaction video.

@StrateleStudios

2 жыл бұрын

Woohoo! 🎉🎊👏 I’m always happy to hear that CC!

The way they can infuse groovy funk vibes with shred vibes with easy listening vibes is just such a unique sound and mood. I could listen to his on a slow Sunday morning making breakfast or on a Friday night when I want to turn up.

@StrateleStudios

2 жыл бұрын

Yes!!! 👏👏👏

They are really a awesome band. I like the fact that every instruments take a important roles in their musics, which shows that they really put a lots of efforts in their music

I love when other people share my awe with these guys. They’re insanely talented!

I saw this song come up on Just JP's channel yesterday. He got so much hate for it, don't know why. These guys are just way too cool.

@StrateleStudios

2 жыл бұрын

That’s too bad. I think when some people watch something that doesn’t resonate with them they become polarized and feel the need to denigrate it.

Watching old heads watch Tim is my new favourite past time.

@StrateleStudios

2 жыл бұрын

Ya old heads are so funny to watch

Thanks, Jeff. That was fun! What a great vibe.

OMG!!! that guitar

@StrateleStudios

2 жыл бұрын

That’s going into a playlist! 😉

@ironkim3998

2 жыл бұрын

@@StrateleStudios Ohhhhhh yeahhhhhhh!!!!!

Love you're reaction 🙌🙌🙌

Give the drummer some!!! This group is mythical.

@StrateleStudios

2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha ya man the drummer is smokin’!!!

It was very interesting to me that you referenced Paco De Lucia, John McLaughlin and Al Dimeola as these guys were my "Dirty Loops" and "Polyphia" from an earlier era! The similarity between Polyphia and Dirty Loops is that their technical brilliance is always in service to a great song, never just showing off their chops. A day has not gone by since I became a total Loops-head that I don't listen to at least 3 or 4 of their songs. The same is true with Playing God! Besides sending the link for this performance to everyone I could think of, I play this through my reference monitors at least 5 times a day. Since I love your reaction videos, I was thrilled to find your reaction to Playing God. A side note: I like that you now give the artists the full screen since it's still easy to watch your reaction in the smaller box.

@StrateleStudios

2 жыл бұрын

Totally agree and it looks like we took the same path. Ya, sometimes it’s tricky depending on the video but I always want to give the music and the video too priority (hopefully not blocking too much). That’s also why I never pause the music and never will. I was so excited to hear “Playing God” because it brought me back to those roots as well. Picking my jaw off the floor is something I’m perpetually searching for. Thank you for coming along for the ride! 😊😊😊

Great reaction!!! I love how you allowed it to play and minimal comments during them summing it up after the video! I really enjoyed watching you getting into the groove while it was playing. I was like, yep, he gets it!

@StrateleStudios

2 жыл бұрын

Ah thank you so much AM! 🎉🤝

Oh MAN!!! A new Super Group for me. What a sound, what a set and production. Who is the whistler? Wow! Song was spellbinding.

@StrateleStudios

2 жыл бұрын

Right?! This song really get the juices flowing for me cuz it reminds me of those artists I mentioned but with a more contemporary twist on the whole thing.

@AssetInvesting

2 жыл бұрын

@@StrateleStudios And their style is so unique. Such swag!!

They’re playing the vocals on the guitar. For instance the beginning guitar solo after Tim’s guitar intro in God is not a guitar solo! It’s simulating a🔥azz rapper coming out hard AF and dropping the first verse! Their music is based on musicians writing ,composing and mixing all genres of music. Creating all the bass parts,vocal structures,guitar harmony’s ,hip hop rap and R&B vocals ,then playing them all at once, together on just a guitar done by one person ,or in this case ,individually buy each of the two guitar players. Polyphia simply mixes all genres of music ,their rock and rap harmonies and their vocal lyrics ,then all written,composed and played on a single guitar ,wether they’re live or in studio! It’s one man doing what a 5 piece band can barely all do together and it’s Ultra impressive to say least. Unequivocally this is next level complicated music with more emotion and structure than some give them credit for! The bottom line is It’s not just music but artistic writing and musical brilliance at some of it’s absolute finest and most genius! As a professional studio musician ,Drummer and lead guitarist I can say I both hear and feel the absolute magnificence of Polyphia! -Crisis

Loved this reaction!

@StrateleStudios

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😊😊😊

I really hope you take time to watch Tim Hensons unplugged playthrough of this song. It is just mind blowing :D

@StrateleStudios

2 жыл бұрын

I saw it! 🤯👏👏👏

i like that you didnt pause the song every 2 miliseconds lol

@StrateleStudios

2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha yes! I don’t pause any of my videos. Just does feel right to me. 😊

Strong Friday Night + Bossa + typical On/Off "licky" stuff from Tim and friends! This one seemed more "fluent" to me than G.O.A.T. and I really liked the transitions backed up by the video... I really look forward to their future works. Thnx for featuring Jeff btw ;-)

@StrateleStudios

2 жыл бұрын

Dude you are so right on with this comment! When do you start YOUR music channel?!

@matto9734

2 жыл бұрын

@@StrateleStudios Well, I was thinking about how to name the 3 guitar heroes of my youth and you did it with "FNaSF", Bossa was obvious - I don´t think that I can add anything interesting to the genre with ppl like you or J.P. for example, although I often thought about it ;-)

@matto9734

2 жыл бұрын

btw - that is like Elben from Middle Earth play Rock´n Roll with a splash of Jazz influenced Drum´n Bass - I´m so in for it LoL

@StrateleStudios

2 жыл бұрын

@@matto9734 I think you’d do great. I’d subscribe 😊

@StrateleStudios

2 жыл бұрын

@@matto9734 😆 I thought I saw a quiver of arrows beneath his floor tom

Hi Jeff, Floor Jensen brought me here but I've hung around to see what else you get up to.😂. I'd never heard of this band, they're very good. As you say you are into acoustic, could I recommend the Planet Rock, acoustic set of How's The Heart, featuring Floor. Keep the Faith man.

@StrateleStudios

2 жыл бұрын

Hey brotha, thanks for taking a look around. Ya I’ll take a peek at that performance, thanks man!

I’m curious how they will perform this acoustic nylon string stuff live. From my understanding, Tim’s digital effects pedal thing has a really good nylon sound on it. I wonder if they’d use that, or figure out some way to adjust the live mix somehow

@tsunx4blog

2 жыл бұрын

Is it effect tho? To me it sounds just like your regular piezo acoustic pickup. Obviously there's some post processing done but core sounds is nylon captured by a piezo pickup.

@Yoshimitsu4prez

2 жыл бұрын

@@tsunx4blog lol admittedly I am not super well versed on this stuff. I just imagine it would be fairly complex to switch between something from New Levels New Devils to something this different

@sugoruyo

2 жыл бұрын

They're not really acoustic guitars, they're solid body electric ones with nylon strings and piezo pickups. These specific guitars seem to be Ibanez one-off customs for them but they've hinted at possibly releasing these to the wider market.

I can hear Phrygian tones in there from time to time man, and also… Harmonic Minor (that 7th is *really* obvious), so they could be using Phrygian Dominant? it has that Spanish/Flamenco kinda vibe about it… 🤔 ✨

@StrateleStudios

2 жыл бұрын

That sound right, ya!

Kinda sorta Girl From Ipanema vibe.. Same key as well, perhaps!

@StrateleStudios

2 жыл бұрын

Now I’m hearing… “Tall and tan and young and lovely The girl from Ipanema goes walking And when she passes Each one she passes goes "ah!"” Over the top! 😄

@evanlandman6618

2 жыл бұрын

@@StrateleStudios The second section is super bossa nova, what with the whistled / whistle-sounding synth melody and all

Post Modern Strunz and Farah!

nice very nice. But my own opinion way too much studio production overlay. But in the same breath, not knowing them or there background. I loved it. I would love to see what and how they do Live, in your face. This was very nice to close my eyes and take it in. Played it back 5 times, Video editing was top notch. This gets my 👍👍👍

@StrateleStudios

2 жыл бұрын

You know when I first started hearing bands like this I was taken aback by the very same thing. I thought, yikes, it’s so antiseptic, unnatural, etc. THEN my next thought was and I’m 59 years old. This is a new wave of producing that I’m hearing more and more of these days and had to open my mind more to wrap my head around it. It’s a totally different feel than what I’ve been used to hearing for the last 6 decades where warmth and grooving and gelling were the goals. This is a new frontier. I get it. I feel it now. I understand what is going on in the production. I’m loving it.

@ThumperKJFK

2 жыл бұрын

@@StrateleStudios Okay, I just finished watching a gig they did at Dallas Bomb Factory. Crap, they are legit. And the sound I was hearing was not picked off the board, just someone in the audience. Now that tells me something very great about this group. Every set they played had that something. Great showmen ship, able to work the audience and give back the sound with clear feelings. And yeh I take back what I had said about over production. Nope they are doing it live. Not all groups can do that. some are great studio bands, and not the same on stage.This one is. I also know just what you were saying about us older dudes who came up in a different era. That being said. Music is a always evolving living thing. And one must be able to have a open Hart, Mind, and soul when it comes to playing, mixing, and making a master. The studio board and engineer along with the players of the group are one. And if the group is that good, take it to the road. Nothing is lost in the show. Techs tune the venue, and all the band has to do is preform and do what they do best. I just turned 68 today and my link to what's Now is being around the very young with new ideas and remembering to keep my Mind, Ears, Hart open to everything. Peace Brother.

@StrateleStudios

2 жыл бұрын

@@ThumperKJFK Love this!!! Happy Birthday, my brother! I want to give you a birthday reaction video. Anything you want man…send me link! 🎉🎂🥳🎈💪🤝

@ThumperKJFK

2 жыл бұрын

@@StrateleStudios I know we all went down this road already with you. But this is in your face at NAMM just him and the crowd, Tosin Abasi kzread.info/dash/bejne/gYidm9trXbnUfrw.html

@DudeMcGuybro

2 жыл бұрын

@@ThumperKJFK Weird, because if you watch their live videos, and compare them to the studio, they sound nothing alike, at all. They play simplified versions live, they don't play the harder, more edited parts, they improv over the music (which is fine, but don't act like you're a god tier musician if it's the computer doing the heavy lifting) All in all, I'd like these guys more if it was less of the computer, and more of their natural talent. They ARE talented, they just like to show off their production talents instead of their musician talents. They think they can blend the two, and still call themselves great on guitar, and uh... nah, not in my opinion. Metallica ripping one takes on tape is much MUCH more impressive than 300 notes clipped individually then arranged in pro tools to be a "technical masterpiece"... I just don't like this music, just because of the production, it's all about the "flex" of being the best guitar player, or creating the most technical sounding piece of music that you can. Seriously, look up the way Tim writes his music. He records ONE NOTE at a time, so all of those crazy runs you hear? They're all punched in one note at a time. Sorry, that's just the lamest shit I've ever seen/heard.

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