Pat Metheny Interview: The Story Behind D'Addario XL Chromes & More

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After decades of playing with everyone from Bowie to Herbie Hancock, we interview Pat Metheny (‪@PatMethenyOfficial‬) about how he found his sound, made his name and did it all on strings he co-created with D'Addario.
Filming Location: Staller Center For the Arts at Stony Brook University
Filming Date: September 23, 2023
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00:00 Pat Metheny's music writing process
01:55 When and how Pat decided he was going to be a guitar player
05:26 A D'Addario artist since 1982
07:28 Pat Metheny x D'Addario collaborate on XL Chromes
09:14 The role of guitar in music today
10:48 Andre Cholmondeley - Pat's Guitar Tech
11:51 Andre's thoughts on D'Addario strings and accessories
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  • @MarekPasieczny
    @MarekPasieczny4 ай бұрын

    Pat is undeniably a living legend, wielding a profound influence on successive generations of musicians spanning diverse styles and genres, a legacy that endures. Sincere appreciation for this insightful interview! As a D'Addario artist, I am truly privileged. D'Addario strings unquestionably stand as a testament to excellence!

  • @billvill61

    @billvill61

    4 ай бұрын

    ...a Legacy that incorporates the influences that Pat had like Wes Montgomery.

  • @daddarioandco

    @daddarioandco

    4 ай бұрын

    These are wonderful words. A pleasure to have you both as D'Addario artists!

  • @MarekPasieczny

    @MarekPasieczny

    4 ай бұрын

    @@daddarioandco I'm honoured! Thank you!

  • @TerranceMyree

    @TerranceMyree

    2 ай бұрын

    Does anyone knows the song that's playing in the final section?

  • @russell.holland
    @russell.holland4 ай бұрын

    Got to give D'Addario credit for not only genuinely collaborating with Pat and having the good sense to trust his ideas, but for making this more than the useless short clip and wasted opportunity it could and typically would have been. Somebody over there must know what's going on.

  • @Atomic8500
    @Atomic85004 ай бұрын

    I've seen Pat live so many times I lost count. The first time was when he played in Gary Burton's band in the mid 70's. I was in high school at the time. I remember purchasing his first LP, Bright Size Life, when it was released. I still have that LP.

  • @timmantle7154
    @timmantle71544 ай бұрын

    A genius.

  • @non_brewed_condiment
    @non_brewed_condiment4 ай бұрын

    I love to listen to Pat talk about music as much as I love to listen to him play music

  • @daddarioandco

    @daddarioandco

    4 ай бұрын

    Same for us! Thanks for watching.

  • @fredfox5843
    @fredfox58434 ай бұрын

    Let's never take his ability to compose for granted! After ROAD TO THE SUN I feel Pat is so much more than an incredible guitarist

  • @NeilRaouf
    @NeilRaouf4 ай бұрын

    Pat is the father I never had. Thank you Pat for showing me important stuff (not only music) since 2003.

  • @daddarioandco

    @daddarioandco

    4 ай бұрын

  • @chrisyounce1815
    @chrisyounce18154 ай бұрын

    I first saw Pat Metheny at a small lecture hall at MSU in 1978. We sat up front on the floor with maybe 250 people in the room.I went with a friend who's brother suggested we should check him out neither of us had ever heard of him or his music before that. He opened with Phase Dance with his guitar on a stand and that night changed my love of music in a way that no other music ever has. I have been a huge fan of Pat's ever since that night. Pat's music often goes to a place in my soul that no other music can. Thank's Pat and RIP Lyle.

  • @mauijet
    @mauijet4 ай бұрын

    Just saw Pat with Ron Carter at the Blue Note Tokyo. A bucket list show. After the show I waited and then reached way over his pedal board to grab a pick. D’Addario Pat Metheny custom. I Instantly got reprimanded in Japanese by one of the staff, but I had that pick in my pocket! There used to be a custom at Metheny shows, if you knew, where you could wait until his tech would come out. Then you’d hold out your hand and she would pass out the picks that he drops continuously throughout the show. I’m a Metheny fanatic originally from Kansas City and started with his free summer concerts in the park, in the early eighties.

  • @daddarioandco

    @daddarioandco

    4 ай бұрын

    We make those custom picks for Pat as well!

  • @Mikesarchangels
    @Mikesarchangels4 ай бұрын

    Great to meet you in Tokyo Pat! Unforgettable!

  • @darrenpeoples5213
    @darrenpeoples52134 ай бұрын

    Living legend!

  • @daddarioandco

    @daddarioandco

    4 ай бұрын

    True!

  • @josephramone5805
    @josephramone58054 ай бұрын

    Pat is a master of creating intense, complex, sublime, yet mellow music. His work with Lyle and the "Group" is some of the finest music of the last 150 yrs. Their live gigs were cosmic experiences unlike any other jazz or rock concert.

  • @gitarmats
    @gitarmats4 ай бұрын

    Total legend!

  • @daddarioandco

    @daddarioandco

    4 ай бұрын

    Yes he is!

  • @gitarmats

    @gitarmats

    4 ай бұрын

    @@daddarioandco And legendary strings by the way! I don't use any other brand anymore because none feel as good as yours!

  • @ninaharlach6978
    @ninaharlach69784 ай бұрын

    What a legend. Amazing video!

  • @2112CO
    @2112CO2 ай бұрын

    Red Rocks 95 was my first Pat show. I have seen him several times at Paramount Theater in Denver. One time front row right in front of Antonio. And a couple of times at Boulder Theater he is one of my all time favorite musicians.

  • @AlanShoesmith
    @AlanShoesmith4 ай бұрын

    Pat is such a legend…certainly my biggest musical influence. And, D’addario, my #1 choice of strings for over 40 years !

  • @daddarioandco

    @daddarioandco

    4 ай бұрын

    We agree, he's a legend! Thanks for sticking with us for so long!

  • @Jedizen07
    @Jedizen074 ай бұрын

    LOVE this!!

  • @roberthunt1540
    @roberthunt15404 ай бұрын

    Nice! Been following Pat since 1979. Still learned something new. Thanks!

  • @daddarioandco

    @daddarioandco

    4 ай бұрын

    Thanks for watching!

  • @keithschwartzmusic9461
    @keithschwartzmusic9461Ай бұрын

    Pat has been a MAMMOTH inspiration to so many guitarists, I composed "The Direction of Wind" especially in honor of this optimistic sound, dedicated to Pat & Lyle.

  • @felipousismix
    @felipousismix4 ай бұрын

    Such a gifted musician, and an innovator in so many ways. Great interview!

  • @daddarioandco

    @daddarioandco

    4 ай бұрын

    We agree! Thanks for watching.

  • @johnconnearnmusic
    @johnconnearnmusic4 ай бұрын

    This interview is full of proper gold

  • @daddarioandco

    @daddarioandco

    4 ай бұрын

    We agree! Thanks for watching. 🎸

  • @xuamxxi
    @xuamxxiАй бұрын

    Thanks now I understand better why I like XL Chromes strings so much

  • @paulmarshall2007
    @paulmarshall20074 ай бұрын

    Always such a articulate speaker and one of my favourite composers and musicians. I’m hoping this is the first of many of these sort of interviews for you guys.

  • @danobrien9925
    @danobrien99254 ай бұрын

    Great interview really enjoyable 🙏

  • @cyprescrow
    @cyprescrow4 ай бұрын

    I bought all sorts of strings when younger, but eventually I turned to D'addario and I only buy them these days. They sound good and they don't break. I have experimented with loads of alternate tunings on all my various string instrument, and those strings always do the job.

  • @nandofigueiredo686
    @nandofigueiredo6864 ай бұрын

    Pat is a complete musician always searching for exelence and something new. A successful partnership with D'Addario. The best strings and one of the best musicians in the world. He's so simple with all that talent and without any proud of himself. I'm a fan and I'm more fan after hearing this amazing interview. Congrats Pat!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Keep being this wonderful musician and person you are. My deep respect. And let me hear "San Lorenzo", now and then "Phase Dance".🎸🎶🎵

  • @jeremyversusjazz
    @jeremyversusjazz4 ай бұрын

    Totally one of the goat. His brother mike was a trumpet player too…had one record on impulse back in the late 80’s/early 90’s if i recall. Didnt know pat started on trumpet too. Seen him a bunch over the last 40 years in so many incarnations…every show was killin. Now about that hair…lol

  • @daddarioandco

    @daddarioandco

    4 ай бұрын

    He's the best!

  • @WaltPitts
    @WaltPitts4 ай бұрын

    Love the interview and love Pat. Always insightful and learn something new.

  • @daddarioandco

    @daddarioandco

    4 ай бұрын

    We agree! Pat is a legend!

  • @ClaudioQuartaroneMusic
    @ClaudioQuartaroneMusic29 күн бұрын

    Pat Metheny is amazing.

  • @76Soco
    @76Soco4 ай бұрын

    Such a brilliant and intelligent guy! Every time he speaks, I learn something.

  • @daddarioandco

    @daddarioandco

    4 ай бұрын

    Agreed! Same for us!

  • @76Soco

    @76Soco

    4 ай бұрын

    @@daddarioandco❤ I have been using your strings forever! I am NYC jazz and session guitarist. I was just invited to the Sadowsky factory by Roger himself since I now have become a Sadowsky Guitars artist! Big moment for me! Pat is listed on their website with a Sadowsky nylon string. Pat was the one who inspired me to start playing jazz guitar in the first place. I grew up in small town Norway. I still remember that moment I heard his solo on “Have you heard”! It blew me away. To this day, every time I pick up my guitar, I try to reach for that!

  • @stephenscott4166
    @stephenscott41664 ай бұрын

    “Sit down, get down!”

  • @pangeaproxima3681
    @pangeaproxima36814 ай бұрын

    _When you know, you know._

  • @daddarioandco

    @daddarioandco

    4 ай бұрын

    wykyk 🟡🔴⚫🟢🟣⚪

  • @michaelvaladez6570
    @michaelvaladez65704 ай бұрын

    It will be interesting to see if someday Pat and his son will be playing together on stage ...time will tell ?!

  • @j.garnergtr
    @j.garnergtr4 ай бұрын

    what is that guitar!? I can't find that Ibanez on their site or anywhere.

  • @imbra

    @imbra

    4 ай бұрын

    It is a prototype Ibanez made for Pat after Pat started playing Slaman guitars a few years back. Ibanez panicked, and started making more-or-less copies of that Slaman.

  • @j.garnergtr

    @j.garnergtr

    4 ай бұрын

    @@imbra I would play that guitar. I love Ibanez necks. My Ibanez is the workhorse of all my archtops.

  • @peachmelba1000
    @peachmelba10004 ай бұрын

    I don't like jazz guitar, but I like Pat's playing.

  • @ianroberts3948

    @ianroberts3948

    2 ай бұрын

    Pm is a guitarist more fusion flavoured , pmg etc . Do you like his jazz efforts. I have them all but I prefer his fusion . He made his fortune with lyle who I may add had more success as a jazzer , pm poached lyle from his jazz career

  • @william7108
    @william7108Ай бұрын

    Yeah I can relate to the strings my seven string guitars D'Addario and the older the better sometimes I never change strings except for a broken string mostly High e b strings occasionally another new strings sound to Sandy to me just my take I dig p a t s creativity reaching for the Stars on the literal connecting the dots exploration I like his Ibanez Arch tops don't have Ibanez archtop what would like to get one have Gibsons I have other nice great Ibanez guitars though sometimes you forget about some musicians and then you go oh he plays on a fill in the blank so you think h u m I said check out one of those cuz I like the way he makes it sound maybe I can get that same sound that I like that he's getting out of that instrument anyway I have to pick up some Pat LPS this weekend May 2024 add them to my musical listening part of my life but this is a great interview by far hola

  • @spb7883
    @spb78834 ай бұрын

    10:06: Very sad, especially when one considers the 20th century was so much richer and more fascinating than the 21st.

  • @suparerksoponpis4450
    @suparerksoponpis44504 ай бұрын

    Dadario Please make the string ball color silver balck purple red green gold not just 3 color.

  • @dannyhood4007
    @dannyhood40074 ай бұрын

    Pat methenys guitar warm up is amazing. What amazes me is how content some of these musicians (especially Pat metheny, and buckethead) are without substance, drugs. Nobody wakes up feeling great, consistently? Pat metheny was into buckethead back in 90s. Most likely from bucketheads album, Colma’. Bucketheads made for his mom in hospital at time. Both Pat metheny and buckethead are influenced by Derik Bailey guitarist, Freestyle jazz improvisation.(Noise) freestyle jazz has NO tonal center, no root or key. The absolute worst (delinquent kids scribbling crayons). When someone kicks row of garbage cans down flight of stairs Pat metheny says, he hears music in that.

  • @imbra
    @imbra3 ай бұрын

    I take it Pat is not a fan of Nirvana, is he? :D

  • @CatrinaDaimonLee
    @CatrinaDaimonLee4 күн бұрын

    10:41 eh, what is he talking about?! everybody plays guitar without any traditional instruction codifed as canon?! huh? what?

  • @JohnLloydDavis
    @JohnLloydDavis4 ай бұрын

    At 0:42 there's a Squier on a stand. If Pat Metheny thinks they're ok then all those snobs should just shut up now :)

  • @n0nyabznss
    @n0nyabznss4 ай бұрын

    I never expected his voice to sound like that..... You guys should ask him to work on a song with Kenny G and record it on video...

  • @emilybalcerak7861

    @emilybalcerak7861

    4 ай бұрын

    right? he has a super distinct voice

  • @ulrichmueller-romeike7037

    @ulrichmueller-romeike7037

    4 ай бұрын

    Pat hates Kenny G

  • @billvill61

    @billvill61

    4 ай бұрын

    Hahaha....i hope that never happens. That would be like asking Hendrix to play with Yanni.

  • @n0nyabznss

    @n0nyabznss

    4 ай бұрын

    @@ulrichmueller-romeike7037 Precisely. He hates Kenny because he was able to amass more success than Pat ever dreamed of and in less time.

  • @ulrichmueller-romeike7037

    @ulrichmueller-romeike7037

    4 ай бұрын

    @@n0nyabznss kzread.info/dash/bejne/imGhzNZqqdPPdps.html

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