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@mikefearon3577 Жыл бұрын
Petrucci and Abasi smiling uncontrollably at his playing says it all.
@Cheximus
Жыл бұрын
I didn't see Petrucci smile once. James did eventually when Abasi turned to him. Abasi the only one really actually enjoying it and not feeling emasculated.
@shogunego1187
Жыл бұрын
My man comming back to re comment the viedeo haahha
@Cheximus
Жыл бұрын
@@agustinalessio timestamp?
@agustinalessio
Жыл бұрын
@@Cheximus look at 8:20 in the original vid (the title in youtube is '' All Star Jam at John Petrucci's Guitar Universe 2.0 '')
@gabi747
Жыл бұрын
@@agustinalessio Andy had the best moment of them there for sure!
@RC32Smiths01 Жыл бұрын
Guthrie truly is a gold standard to applying technical and highly advanced concepts to music, as well as just enjoy making music to begin with, as everything contributes to making music, no matter how simplistic or complex the style is! A once in a lifetime sort of musician if I may.
@Transcendental1112
Жыл бұрын
Breakdown Buckethead and use all his genres not just the crazy shred stuff! He’s got a lot of really chill and groove stuff that he improvises over as well. He doesn’t get enough credit for his more thoughtful compositions IMO!!!
@Xirrious
Жыл бұрын
You may..
@holliswilliams8426
Жыл бұрын
@@Transcendental1112 There are many videos on KZread analysing some of Buckethead's slow songs like Whitewash.
@Transcendental1112
Жыл бұрын
@@holliswilliams8426 I’m talking about his entire Pikes like Buildor and Sparks in the Dark. Not his popular stuff…gotta dig deeper.
@bigcarl6655
Жыл бұрын
non-standard, God
@jonkerrmusic Жыл бұрын
It looks like he's bypassing Guthrie the Grey and ascending straight to Guthrie the White, in that Zimmer band clip. Absolute legend!
@monocyte2210
Жыл бұрын
Hahahaa right
@Bane13579 Жыл бұрын
His solo at the end of Drive Home (Steven Wilson) is possibly my favorite of all time. So emotional and technical simultaneously. Just on another level.
@drabbster
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, I fell in love with his playing through Steven Wilson as well! What a truly awesome guitarist!
@Forest_Fifer
Жыл бұрын
Regret #9 for the win
@coda5934
Жыл бұрын
ancestral
@TheTobesOfHades
Жыл бұрын
That was the first time I saw him, mind melting.
@Crimsoni1987
Жыл бұрын
It blew my mind that Steven wrote the Drive home solo, but guthrie guthrified it. Most of the emotional stuff is from stevens demo solo.
@kerryymm Жыл бұрын
The best description of Guthrie's playing that I've read is that it seems like his ideas get from his brain to his fingers without any friction whatsoever. He's amazing 👌🏻
@ChrisM541 Жыл бұрын
It's fantastic that Hans Zimmer recognised Guthrie's stunning virtuosity, giving him some fantastic AAA time on his stage. You can see Hans' joy with Guthrie's otherworldly improvisation skills. Just as maestro jeff Beck, RIP, was a genius...a Guitarists Guitarist, then so is Guthrie for the same 'unique' reasons. There will never be another JBeck...or GGovan.
@theprodest284
9 ай бұрын
Its so sad how many guitar greats be have lost so early. For example Randy Rhoads, Dimebag darrel, Shawn lane, to name a tiny portion.
@Cosmolydian Жыл бұрын
I saw the Aristocrats live last year, and even got to hang out with Marco and Guthrie after the show at a pub for about 2 hours. Truly the best musical experience of my life. Guthrie
@ejRecording
Жыл бұрын
That’s awesome!! saw him in la and it’s like witnessing a true god playing music
@holliswilliams8426
Жыл бұрын
Guthrie seems like a nice guy, also highly intelligent. I think he was originally studying English Literature at Oxford when he left, so he didn't even study music.
@ejRecording
Жыл бұрын
@@holliswilliams8426 ya he’s self taught by playing along with albums, which is mind blowing
@simplesleep Жыл бұрын
For those curious, the guys in the thumbnail at 0:43 are Gonçalo Pereira (guitarist, left) and Dikk (bassist, right). They're absolute ducking legends.
@cristianorentroia6607
Жыл бұрын
Monstros!
@majesticpbjcat7707
Жыл бұрын
There's gotta be a ducking Dikk joke in there somewhere 🤔
@GeneralBison Жыл бұрын
Guthrie Govan is a legend and Erotic Cakes is a masterpiece. Glad to see others show appreciation for him.
@obsessedwithguitars3157 Жыл бұрын
Sorry you have to re-upload, but that just gives us a chance to watch it again! Your channel gives me hope for the future of guitar. Your analysis of the instrument, its place in the world of music, the future of music's ability to sustain itself when people don't want to pay for it anymore, is so spot on. Keep it up!
@DBSG1976 Жыл бұрын
He's the textbook definition of an intimidating talent that makes you realize your status as a mere mortal.
@davidderoux7552
Жыл бұрын
Generally, yes. But I think he also feels intimidated when he looks at Max Ostro or Matteo Mancuso who at their age can play any of his songs with their eyes closed.
@holliswilliams8426
Жыл бұрын
@@davidderoux7552 He doesn't feel intimidated by anyone lol, it's about the music and nothing else.
@alegutierrezmusic
Жыл бұрын
@@davidderoux7552 those guys are technically good but Guthrie can improvise on many genres like no one else.
@davidderoux7552
Жыл бұрын
@@alegutierrezmusic well, that's exactly what they're very good at, improvisation. They're not great composers, they don't have well-known songs. They are just very skilled at what they do, much more skilled than Govan was at their age. And it is not just my opinion, Al di Meola or Vai think the same.
@alegutierrezmusic
Жыл бұрын
@@davidderoux7552 I don't think so, Guthrie worked in Guitar techniques magazine playing rock, funk, jazz, blues, country, pop, soul, tropical, classical. Just show me those guys playing that variety. Also Erotic Cakes is one of the best albums ever.
@buttslax Жыл бұрын
I'm mostly familiar with his work on Steven Wilson's stuff, but that is probably the best guitar playing I've ever heard in prog music
@Cheximus
Жыл бұрын
That's his best stuff. In any order, pick Ancestral, Drive Home and Regret. It doesn't get much better than that. Honourable mention to "Silver Tongued Devil" - a collab with Nick Johnston where they have a guitar duel at the end. Imo it's some of Guthrie's finest work. kzread.info/dash/bejne/dqN_xsd9m7y6ppM.html - 7:05 here. Just listen to that. Probably improvised too!
@NickWebbSax Жыл бұрын
That level of improvisational skill that comes from having a complete understanding of the instrument, the theory behind the songs he's playing, and being able to play exactly what he hears in his head. This is why we shouldn't be afraid of theory. His use of jazz concepts and processes in his playing in a rock and prog context is amazing. Practice targeting those chord tones people! (myself included!) He's also such a great and humble guy. I got to interview him before an Aristocrats show a few years ago. The "you have a 10 minute slot" turned into a half hour chat about all sorts.
@michael1
Ай бұрын
No one improvising is thinking of music theory. Or at least they shouldn't be. If you're standing there as the guy in the video suggested thinking about what scale you should be playing then it's not a surprise you'd struggle. Note too a lot of this supposed "Improvisation" has been rehearsed. He's very good but the best way of getting better is to look at what he does objectively rather than creating myths. Because you can become a stage magician only after you realise that the guy has learnt a bunch of skills to shuffle cards, hide things in his palm, misdirect etc which you can certainly obtain some or all of these skills even if you ultimately fall short of their level of skill. If you think the stage magician is doing actual magic then you'll obviously never be able to do what you think he is doing. One of the most important things to realise is that Guthrie didn't pick up the guitar, watch a few clips of some advanced guitar player and then think "That's what I'm going to do" - he learned to play the guitar by listening to a ton of records and playing along. A lot of that playing seems far easier but the temptation to skip learning it and go straight to playing Eruption should be avoided. The biggest mistakes beginners make in guitar is (a) Thinking they're not a beginner and (b) Trying to skip learning everything they perceive as somehow lesser than the music they like (even though they can't play it well), (c) Believing that a skilled players ability is unobtainable and the result of some mystical mojo (not a surprise if you tried to play it as a beginner) and (d) thinking that because they bought a guitar in 1994 they've been playing "for 30 years" and believing this proves that the kid on the internet who is playing better than them age 10 must be hugely talented because "I've been playing for 30 years and I didn't get that good" But if you have some kind of backing track and you want to play over the top : listen to the backing track, imagine a solo that fits - now play what you're imagining. Before playing it, sing it. Now find those notes on the guitar and play them. Make sure you're playing what you're singing not singing what you're playing. The former is how you will (eventually) be able to play whatever you imagine. The latter is where you end up just noodling the same Am pentatonic riffs you've played for 2 decades because you're being led by the patterns you've already learned. Remember : if the notes you play don't sound like the music you want to hear then you have to learn a different pattern of notes (without going too deep into every other aspect, obviously there's more than just the pitch, there's a ton of nuance to how notes are articulated - well here's the thing the more nuanced your imagined aural sound and the more time you spend making the sound coming out of the guitar be exactly what you're imaging, the better your improvisation will be) It's like can you pick up a guitar and play 3 blind mice? Find the tune? If you can then you obviously have some of the skill already, but there's a ton more to learn to develop this skill other than just playing the right notes in roughly the right order. That's why if you're trying to play someone else's solo throw the transcript in the bin and listen to it and then find it on the guitar - and really listen - listen to every nuance. Think about how many people have sat listening to the comfortably numb solo and they know every nuance - they go to a pink floyd gig and Dave plays a note and they think "Nah that was wrong" - that's the level of listening. The other thing is when you're playing don't just listen to your own playing and start noodling your fave riff because your playing will sound out of time, possibly out of tune too. In your head you'll think it was great but listen back to the recording and it'll suck. Listen to the drums and bass and play with them. When I play in my mind there's 2 basic ideas, one is I'm actually making the drum sounds and the snare and kick really make my notes punch - it's like when you play a First person shooter and you press the mouse button and there's a big shotgun sound, well that makes me think my click had a lot of weight and power behind it. Or the drummer plays a fill and I'm playing my notes on the fill - you can see the Aristocrats doing that all the time the drummer is playing every note guthrie is. The other thing is where I wait for the drum and then play - for syncopation. And of course, start everything on the and of the 4 not on beat 1 and when you finish a phrase, pause and then play another small motif. Do the same with any and all melodies or stuff you hear. Find it and play it on the guitar. Don't go near tab. Note here : there's no musical theory, no chords are being named, no notes are being named. You're listening to noises, imagining noises in your head and singing and playing those noises. It's entirely about sound. That's what music is. Later when you're playing at Milton Keynes bowl someone else will transcribe it and say "Eww, he's playing a secondary dominant minor arpeggio with a flat 9 - genius" but you will know that you just played what you heard in your mind. Just like when Beato grins and says to Sting some dumb thing about music theory to sound impressive and Sting just shakes his head and says "Nah, I didn't write the songs like that" Watch Paul McCartney figuring out Get back, he's just strumming a guitar, finding a couple of chords to play back and forth and singing over the top whatever he hears in his head. The creative process really isn't about music theory. That's not to say you can't do that or write to some formula or rules - in the way that some baroque music did, or 12 tone music can sometimes follow rules, or math rock might just pick a pattern and play it on the neck somewhat independently of how the result sounds. You can do anything you like is the only rule - but if your goal is to be able to listen to a backing track, or a group of other musicians playing and add something to that then the skill is pretty much entirely based on sound, real (in terms of what you hear) and imaginary (the aural image you create in your head) and developing the skill to be able to play the notes you're imagining - it's not about thinking "Mixolydian Lydian dominant whole tone arabic scale can be played over a Gm(b5) add 9 #11 chord" because by the time you've decided that they are 5 bars further along playing an Ab Maj 7 / F and you're googling on your phone for the scale to use. Guthrie has also talked at length about why the scale doesn't tell you what the right notes are or what you should play - and quite often contains several "wrong" notes. The way to improve you imagination, i.e if you get to the stage where you think "Well I can play everything I imagine, but I only imagine Am pentatonics" is to listen to lots of music - especially the music you wish you could sound like. Listen to their solos and melodies - and your imagination should be expanded. If you listen to nothing but Yngwie for several hours a a day eventually you'll start to imagine similar ideas. And that is the idea, it's not about trying to play wonderful slippery thing note for note, albeit that is a valid way of learning some guitar related stuff. Think about classical musicians their reason for existing is typically being able to play, to an extremely high standard, the repertoire of the world's greatest composers, note for note, to near perfection. If you put a piece of extremely complex sheet music they'll sight read it - but if you asked some of them to "play something over this chord progression" they'd be stuck having never improvised before. Improvisation isn't the sign of a great musician vs a bad one - it's just one particular skill that a musician can develop. Really the only trick to this is getting it to real time. i.e if you do this properly at first you're probably not going to proceed very quickly. You're going to put the start of the backing on a loop, imagine something and then spend some time trying to play it, trying not to forget what you thought (again, sing it - put a mic and record that if need be) you might even find that you can imagine sounds or playing that you lack the technique to play, so you have to develop that as well. If you're used to noodling Am pentatonic and feel like you've taken a step backwards. Eventually you will find you are playing what you're imagining with less delay, less hitting wrong notes, less effort - and then your friends will think you're magic, but you'll know that all you did was sit down for a few hours a day working on the skill.
@Badomen_5150 Жыл бұрын
Him and Shawn Lane are the two best ever.
@shaihulud4515
Жыл бұрын
Had to like, just for your Type 0 logo alone :)
@paveantelic7876
Жыл бұрын
and allan holdsworth is their daddy :)
@meshzzizk
Жыл бұрын
Shawn Lane’s outro solo from ‘Let It Be’ (with Paul Gilbert at NAMM 93) is the most brilliant guitar playing I’ve ever heard
@SolvingOurKreation
Жыл бұрын
@@paveantelic7876 I was just about to mention the legend, good on ya. :)
@Killerkarotte1
Жыл бұрын
Nope.
@poopcatapult2623 Жыл бұрын
What stuck out to me was how he is able to mimic all the great players and even outplay them in their own styles. All while being humble and chill af.
@stonedome93 Жыл бұрын
Had a chance to see The Aristocrats back in August, it was an incredible experience. Every guitarist NEEDS to see this guy live. You can watch videos of him playing thousand times, but seeing him do it right in front of my eyes is one of the most incredible things I've ever witnessed
@antoinedeseille8913 Жыл бұрын
It's a really cool format mate ! Hope you'll do more, always cool to see analysed musicianship from someone who can explain it !
@zinobelhadj4771 Жыл бұрын
do more of these types of videos, I think analysing guitar players and performances is really interesting and will change up ur channel's formula
@Rebar77_real Жыл бұрын
It's okay, a lot of us were really high so it will be genuinely new all over again.
@kerryymm Жыл бұрын
And yes, you should definitely do more of these videos. Really enjoyed seeing your reactions and explanations
@toniokroger741 Жыл бұрын
More of this please! Love this intimate music analysis with you :)
@jlmorris Жыл бұрын
Guthrie somehow seems to show a growth in his already incredible skill every time you see a new video of him pop up too. Awesome video Bradley.
@LocrianDorian Жыл бұрын
The track that got me hooked to Guthrie was the live playthrough of Fives he did ages ago that was uploaded on KZread, that's the first ever thing I saw by him and became an instant classic in my book. I haven't really dug too deep in his stuff actually, but Erotic Cakes is right up there with Rising Force, Surfing With The Alien and all the other "must have" guitar achievement albums. I'm seeing him later this year in London with Hans Zimmer though, very excited for that.
@zacharyferrell7699 Жыл бұрын
Of all the greats that exist Guthrie is at the tippy top of that mountain… he can do whatever he wants on the fretboard but most of all he has the tastiest of licks ALWAYS. Never a repeated phrase unless it’s called for and intentional.. just simply a brilliant soul
@pranaakbary9924
Жыл бұрын
Let him explain: kzread.info/dash/bejne/iH6kpsxuncrPdJM.html
@AndyD070568 Жыл бұрын
Had the pleasure of meeting Guthrie years ago before he was even remotely famous (1990, I think) at the YMCA in Chelmsford. We were both in bands at the time and one of my bandmates was saying you have to meet Guthrie - he's a guitar god in the making. We had a nice chat but we were both fanboying over the Phil Hilborne Band more than anything else. I remember he was wearing an Yngwie Malmsteen Rising Force T-shirt - he worshipped Yngwie back then.
@holliswilliams8426
Жыл бұрын
you can kind of hear that he used to love Yngwie lol
@cw0363 Жыл бұрын
great choices to show off how masterful guthrie truly is. another one of my favorites is his improv over a Larry Carlton style backing track from a JamTrackCentral youtube video. truly mind blowing what he can come up with!
@musicman94348 ай бұрын
I used to play way more than I do now, but it was always an improvisation. If I wasn't coming up with my own riffs, it was jamming an improvised solo over my favorite bands. I read the book "The Zen of Guitar" when I was a teenager and it gave me the information I needed to recreate the "magic" I was hearing from my guitar idols. I kept thinking "these guys are human just like me there has to be a way to play like that!". The book taught me the art of trusting myself in the moment, and how to play a feeling more so than a defined phrase or melody. Reminds me of the movie The Last Samurai where the other samurai keep telling Tom Cruise "Too much mind" when he keeps loosing in practice sword fights to the master. He was thinking too much. When I improvise I'm trying to not think and let the solo "play me". Of course that don't mean I never have ideas, but I let it flow with the goal of getting back to no mind and using emotion. If there is to much mind going on I'll wait and try to deliberately play the next note when I least expect it with feeling. Over time you learn to "talk" (you are mostly in a flow state when talking, occasionally thinking of the next thing to say) and the feeling you get in this zone is unreal. Pure joy! Guthrie has a technical mastery and can also "talk" which is extremely rare. People who I used to jam with were amazed that I seemed to always be able to hit the "right" notes. Nothing amazing about it at all, it was easy to me! And the more I could be in the zone the better it felt, which is how I judged how well I played. I would be willing to bet if you asked Guthrie how well he thinks he played in any given performance he would probably answer with something like "It felt pretty good." I was chasing a feeling, not some clever riff.
@salitz91 Жыл бұрын
This is great content, and I love your explanations about style, technique and WHY a guitarist sounds cool and unique. I would love to see one on Alexi Laiho!
@CriticalGuitar Жыл бұрын
Always love this format. Hope it’s something you can do in the future
@andresap Жыл бұрын
I agree Gunthrie is God level. Do one on Nuno Bettencourt. He is also up there. His style and composition are incredible.
@adamadeptus3686 Жыл бұрын
These breakdown videos are a lot of fun and very insightful. Please do more!
@Ahtnagarp Жыл бұрын
Imagine that, writing a non-repetitive-story-telling-emotional solo for ZERO second, no redo. Pure ultra instinct ☠️🥵
@thomasgavris855 Жыл бұрын
Guthrie is in a complete different level, in my opinion the best ever. It's such a same that he's still not being fully appreciated by the guitar community, I've seen videos of people covering his songs on tiktok and the viewers are completely oblivious to who this great man is. He gets a lot of praise but for what he does and who he is he is and probably will always be underated.
@thatsamazin-
8 ай бұрын
If you are on social media where adult guitarists hang out, you will see Guthrie in every guitar conversation. I wouldn’t expect much from kids on tik tok but it’s great that people are doing his covers and sharing his work with a younger generation. 🤷🏻♂️
@Nasosdag Жыл бұрын
I discovered Guthrie through his columns in Guitar Techniques years ago, when I was a student (early 2000's). Εven by the demos in the magazine I singled him out as an astounding musician. That was even earlier than the early YT days and I desperately searched for clips of him playing or doing other work. Eventually things picked up and he burst onto the scene. How could he not? I also met him once... you could not find a more down to earth, cool, encouraging person. Cracking dry humour as well. What would we do without Uncle Guthrie...
@DanLisMusic Жыл бұрын
This video also really demonstrates your own musicality--I think it's easy to think of metal guitarists as not having a deep well of knowledge of phrasing in particular, but the fact that you could analyze his phrasing and distill it to show just how advanced Guthrie's playing is was an awesome thing to see!!!! Superb video! Sorry KZread pooped on this. I would love to see this type of video on maybe some of the same people in the Petrucci video--particularly Petrucci, Abasi, or even a non-guitarist such as Portnoy (I love his phrasing as a drummer)!
@acgm046 Жыл бұрын
I really like this format! A great way to highlight what makes great guitarists so amazing, with your informed help for us mere watchers and guitar appreciators. Guthrie certainly is unbelievable. Hopefully the analysis of Jason Becker and Shawn Lane are also on their way 🤘😁
@simoncossettini9680 Жыл бұрын
Great Video - and explanation - I can hear that you that you have some good chops and ear to get the sound and notes. looking forward to checking out some more of your vids.
@simoncossettini9680
Жыл бұрын
@Tele_gram_me_The_Bradley_Hall sure anytime... just had a look at your lord of the rings rendition from last year....not only enjoyed it and will no doubt rewatching with guitar to learn and play along.... many thanks
@cbr9914 Жыл бұрын
the guy is absolutely untouchable....even when shredding, his phrasing is 100% music
@pranaakbary9924
Жыл бұрын
Let him explain: kzread.info/dash/bejne/iH6kpsxuncrPdJM.html
@markrobinson518 Жыл бұрын
He’s just inhumanly good at everything. I remember hearing him do transcription for a guitar magazine back in the late 90s, especially one part where he said “…and now a little bit faster” before seemingly moving his fingers faster than light. Also seems to be one of the nicest guys ever.
@pranaakbary9924
Жыл бұрын
Let him explain: kzread.info/dash/bejne/iH6kpsxuncrPdJM.html
@ledoynier3694 Жыл бұрын
his talent is only equalled by his humility ^^ He's by far the best guitarist i ever heard but he doesn't go all Malmsteen about it. What i also like about him is that he doesn't play for the audience, for fame or for money but he plays on all kinds of projects he likes for the sake of music itself.. which is precisely what got him his following and recognition (and hopefully money !) If music is an universal lenguage that talks to the soul, then by Jove is his playing witty.
@YNGWIE998 Жыл бұрын
I love the way the camera periodically pans away from Guthrie to Hans Zimmer, and the look on Zimmer's face, ...it's just like he's sitting in the audience!
@STERNWAERTS Жыл бұрын
the thing is, he can play anything. i'm not too familiar with his work but what i've seen is just mind-boggling, always enjoyable to watch and listen to. guthrie seems to be a cool and humble guy as well. the way he talks and tells stuff is very unique. you just know this guy has lots of brains and talent. hoping to see him live one day
@guitarmichael Жыл бұрын
I’m sure most have already seen it, but for those who haven’t: The end solo is the waves loop section of “words of wisdom with Guthrie Govan at G4 part 5/5.” The whole thing is great.
@fishguru73 Жыл бұрын
The thing for me with Guthrie is that his note choice is always a perfect fit while being colorful and original. He always sounds as if what he's playing was arranged and rehearsed when he's improvising and his bag of tricks never seems to run out of new magic. Truly an imaginative player that never misses a note unless it's the one he doesn't want it in a millisecond phrase. Hands down, IMHO, the best player to ever pick up the electric guitar and a humble and engaging orator to boot.
@codygranrud6212 Жыл бұрын
You should do more of these long form analysis videos... you can see your genuine enthusiasm.
@Jam_Gordon Жыл бұрын
Great vid. Would love to see more breakdowns of other players from you.
@trinity666_ Жыл бұрын
'I regret writing that' -GG on that Waves loop video, a better example would be Regret #9 where he played with Steven Wilson, arguably one of the best improvised solo.
@whatleyo Жыл бұрын
Love this video Brad. Would love to see one on Marty Friedman next.
@krebros5845 Жыл бұрын
Best improvisation I've ever heard is his solo for Jamtrackcentral on the Larry carlton style track, when you break down it's absolutely insane
@andersgranstrom7128Ай бұрын
For me he is unique with all his ideas and nuances in his playing, creating stuff I have never heard previously from other guitarplayers! Beautilful stuff! And with the ease he plays, must have been blessed at birth really!😍
@Farvann Жыл бұрын
Watched it yesterday. But I'm going to take a shower now and just let the video run 😄
@finiteelement3311 Жыл бұрын
Loved this guy’s work on Steven Wilson’s solo albums.
@HitmanZigf Жыл бұрын
When Guthrie is playing others just stop and watch. Amazing
@JEKAZOL Жыл бұрын
I saw him play a little club in Guildford around 2000. It was astonishing! The drummer and bass player too!
@davidgatto8042 Жыл бұрын
Your humbleness is appreciated, but you're also a great player and improvisor. Keep it up bro
@russell33313 Жыл бұрын
i though i was in the matrix, i was so sure i watched this yesterday XD
@smolchungus9213 Жыл бұрын
I've heard a lot of good stuff about Guthrie but this is way more than I could ever expect holy shit
@mgrocki Жыл бұрын
Great breakdown... enjoyed this vid!
@manfredlankes91485 ай бұрын
There is so much going on in the field of electric guitar playing.So much wonderful players appear somehow out of nowhere.Matteo Mancuso,Jakub Żytecki,Julian Lange,David Micic,Plini.I don't know where to end.We shouldn't talk about the best but rather be glad about the abundance of talent. And let's not forget there once was a guy called Shawn Lane.
@dknockaert Жыл бұрын
Guthrie is on another level. Finished convincing myself of that after listening him play alongside Kiko Loureiro, a very technical but clever phrasing guitarist and made him look like a 12yo from a school talent show. Guthire speaks with his guitar, and he is a master in storytelling.
@oliverforty
Жыл бұрын
yes! KL is also on another level it's just that he's more focus on Metal right now. KL is my guitar teacher btw. :)
@pranaakbary9924
Жыл бұрын
Let him explain: kzread.info/dash/bejne/iH6kpsxuncrPdJM.html
@chrisdixon6259 Жыл бұрын
This is insane. Thanks Beanley
@twik1316 Жыл бұрын
I'm going to see him perform next month. Very very excited!
@koerthawkins6421 Жыл бұрын
That was a really cool and informative video! Give us more! :)
@raffieh689 Жыл бұрын
Great video! Id love to see one on periphery, could be interesting
@robf9562 Жыл бұрын
I stumbled upon Guthrie Govan yesterday while browsing on Spotify. When I heard the first track on West Coast Grooves I was astounded by the virtuosity of this guitarist. My immediate reaction was why have I never heard of this guy before, why isn't he as famous as Eric Clapton, Jeff beck or Joe Satriani. To my ears his playing style at times is very reminiscent of Walter Becker. Why isn't this guy playing to stadiums?
@clowncorpse7230 Жыл бұрын
Great video dude😀& yeah would be interesting to see you do more like this for sure have you heard a 90's band called Autumn Leaves?their guitarist was incredible
@syfman6 Жыл бұрын
His playing is mind-blowing. Great vid!! 💚🎸
@enzoconstantinoromo364 Жыл бұрын
Definetly do more of these!
@hibernative Жыл бұрын
I love his emotion when he plays, too, like the idea travels from his brain to his hands, and then back into his ear and directly to the brain's pleasure center haha
@manelgunasekara4000 Жыл бұрын
Hey dude should i use my finger muscles to bend(the way that i have bend since i started guitar playing) or the right professional wrist way?
@olafburgermann806 Жыл бұрын
I discovered Guthrie back in 93/94 when I used buy guitar techniques magazine and you could listen to his lessons on the CD that came with it. Been a fan ever since and would listen over and over again just for his playing. You could just tell from those CD lessons that he was on another level. His lessons would sound better than the original recordings he was transcribing.
@anomymouse5043 Жыл бұрын
Dear Bradley, There used to be clip, where Guthrie is a guest for Zappa plays Zappa. Dweezil Zappa gives Guthrie various tasks in the video (play blues solo, play classical etude, play super-funk) and Guthrie performs these. Finally, Dweezil and Guthrie go for harmonized solo?!!! I think that Guthrie follows Dweezil's playing and creates harmony line.
@benstubbins Жыл бұрын
Enjoyed this format, would love to see one on Jason Becker
@agswain6804 Жыл бұрын
"It's like holding in a piss for ages and then letting it go". Brilliant! Thanks for your content buddy.
@pikiao4686 Жыл бұрын
I didnt need to see the video to know who you were referring too, totally agree.
@METROIDKILLERX Жыл бұрын
I would love to see a video like this on Alexi Laiho! I feel like his songwriting and soloing has some quality that others lack that I just can't put my finger on. Absolutely my favorite metal songwriter/guitarist.
@joshcline8764
Жыл бұрын
Hell yeah.
@joshcline8764
Жыл бұрын
Children of bodom was a big part of me getting more into guitar, he played some great solos in another band called sinergy as well.
@Mydiiiiiicccckkkkkkkk
Жыл бұрын
Batio
@AdiAdi-bf6sj
Жыл бұрын
I love Alexi because he had an almost fuck you/ punk attitude to playing. It was very rugged, yet articulated beautifully and you can hear in recordings it’s in single takes most of the time. Composing of the songs was made with a lot of syncopated rhythm in mind and shock value sounds like harmonics
@MikaTarkela Жыл бұрын
I've already seen these clips but it never gets old! Guthrie is so awesome! I love that Waves clip. There's actually a video with a tab on screen of that clip. Someone took the time and tabbed everything in that performance :D
@ericreitzel2155 Жыл бұрын
nailed it and you're extremely good yourself Bradley
@2good2betrue3 Жыл бұрын
Very much Agreed! and it's not even subjective, Guthrie is the BEST i've heard, there are very few others who are faster like (Shawn Lane), very few more technical (Bumblefoot), and very few more iconic (Yngwie), but no one has a better command of all the musical nuances of the instrument more than GG, he is the master of "textbook" musical theories, modes, key change, etc and he is also master in breaking the rules of the textbooks, always combining the right notes with those "wrong notes" that sound good with the right notes, he can practically play it ALL👍
@pranaakbary9924
Жыл бұрын
Let him explain: kzread.info/dash/bejne/iH6kpsxuncrPdJM.html
@linoleum1979 Жыл бұрын
There are guys that do a thing better, but none that do it all better. The GOAT. The thing that blew my away the last time I saw The Aristocrats was on top of everything you point out, he also matched the pitch and tone of Minnemann's drums. Hearing the guitar and drums in tune with one another.... 🤯🤯🤯
@mokaey Жыл бұрын
got to see him live once. you know that shook stunned feeling when seeing great live playing? yea that whole system blew a gasket and i just stood there drooling.
@guthrie_1 Жыл бұрын
Every guitarists “first time Guthrie experience“ is the same. Regardless of what year you discovered him, we hear the same report. It’s a life changing thing. It changes what you thought was possible, and your trajectory on the instrument. All of the sudden no other hero matters. You will spend days, weeks, months, even years trying to learn as much as you can from the guy. He is the master.
@beenjiman Жыл бұрын
4:10 That smile is pure gold
@gouwknads4896 Жыл бұрын
Breakdown vids for sure, your short content is funny but the longer format shit is proper me old boy!
@markweber485411 ай бұрын
I've seen Guthrie play with the Aristocrats a couple of times in small clubs and you can see in his face the feel he has for the music! He knows where every note is on the guitar neck and he just plays whatever he wants! I agree that he's probably the GOAT!
@roycohen6266 Жыл бұрын
Already watched it before it got taken down but I had to hear him shredding of the top of his head once again :D
@sleonse Жыл бұрын
ALWAYS knew it. Since the first fucking time I saw Guthrie play I was BLOWN away. Even more so being a guitar player and understanding what’s going on with his hands, his musicality. Is Unbelievable. Ridiculous. I love him.
@derekschafer4288 Жыл бұрын
I think a huge development of Guthries ability of incredible phrasing & spacial awareness comes from his time of playing jazz and particularly beep bop. Where you can be very musically open but have to be so aware of what is musically in terms of changes & rhythm. There is quite a few old videos of Guthrie playing things like Charlie parker, and I bet he played a ton more unrecorded. Now he's just managed to adapt those styles into just about any genre and make it sound oh so good.
@kobas9013 Жыл бұрын
amazing, do more of these please
@liambenn1214 Жыл бұрын
I really liked the keyboard comparison, in a way thats all guitar is, you hear something in your head and your hands are just "typing" it out in a sense.
@oyc7946 Жыл бұрын
That beginning section in the Man of Steel solo kinda sounds like Marty Friedman's later solo work
@davidderoux7552
Жыл бұрын
Sounds like Marty's bends!
@jimorocks Жыл бұрын
Agree. Seen him live and just crazy amazing!!!
@juandgomez8267 Жыл бұрын
I knew Guthire existed but never heard any of his pieces, now because of your video I can see why he is sooo mentioned as one of the great guitarist of all time, thanks Bradley for this video, and also this new type of video of yt commentary + explanation is really cool! Keep it up!
@RealDeathMetalLover Жыл бұрын
Bro, when I first listened to Erotic Cakes full album I was completely blown away, the songs are incredible, beautiful and everything he does on guitar sounds amazing! One of my top guitar solo albums! Love Fives, Sevens, Erotic Cakes , Hangover and my favorite one, NER NER!
@doom-mantia Жыл бұрын
Sick electric wizard tee!
@AlexBaillie Жыл бұрын
Would be cool to see a video like this about Paul Gilbert!
@shredkettle Жыл бұрын
Guthrie is a total master. Would love to see a breakdown of Bumblefoot too 🤘
@AntonioLopez-kw3ev
Жыл бұрын
Better he’s a Grandmaster
@franceskinskij Жыл бұрын
and just as you reupload I got it recommended
@aequanimus63247 Жыл бұрын
Jamming with good improvisers is one of the most fulfilling experiences that a musician can have. Guthrie is by far the greatest improviser I've ever heard.
@shaihulud4515 Жыл бұрын
To quote the great Hans Zimmer himself: "This is a question - this is an answer."
Пікірлер: 822
Petrucci and Abasi smiling uncontrollably at his playing says it all.
@Cheximus
Жыл бұрын
I didn't see Petrucci smile once. James did eventually when Abasi turned to him. Abasi the only one really actually enjoying it and not feeling emasculated.
@shogunego1187
Жыл бұрын
My man comming back to re comment the viedeo haahha
@Cheximus
Жыл бұрын
@@agustinalessio timestamp?
@agustinalessio
Жыл бұрын
@@Cheximus look at 8:20 in the original vid (the title in youtube is '' All Star Jam at John Petrucci's Guitar Universe 2.0 '')
@gabi747
Жыл бұрын
@@agustinalessio Andy had the best moment of them there for sure!
Guthrie truly is a gold standard to applying technical and highly advanced concepts to music, as well as just enjoy making music to begin with, as everything contributes to making music, no matter how simplistic or complex the style is! A once in a lifetime sort of musician if I may.
@Transcendental1112
Жыл бұрын
Breakdown Buckethead and use all his genres not just the crazy shred stuff! He’s got a lot of really chill and groove stuff that he improvises over as well. He doesn’t get enough credit for his more thoughtful compositions IMO!!!
@Xirrious
Жыл бұрын
You may..
@holliswilliams8426
Жыл бұрын
@@Transcendental1112 There are many videos on KZread analysing some of Buckethead's slow songs like Whitewash.
@Transcendental1112
Жыл бұрын
@@holliswilliams8426 I’m talking about his entire Pikes like Buildor and Sparks in the Dark. Not his popular stuff…gotta dig deeper.
@bigcarl6655
Жыл бұрын
non-standard, God
It looks like he's bypassing Guthrie the Grey and ascending straight to Guthrie the White, in that Zimmer band clip. Absolute legend!
@monocyte2210
Жыл бұрын
Hahahaa right
His solo at the end of Drive Home (Steven Wilson) is possibly my favorite of all time. So emotional and technical simultaneously. Just on another level.
@drabbster
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, I fell in love with his playing through Steven Wilson as well! What a truly awesome guitarist!
@Forest_Fifer
Жыл бұрын
Regret #9 for the win
@coda5934
Жыл бұрын
ancestral
@TheTobesOfHades
Жыл бұрын
That was the first time I saw him, mind melting.
@Crimsoni1987
Жыл бұрын
It blew my mind that Steven wrote the Drive home solo, but guthrie guthrified it. Most of the emotional stuff is from stevens demo solo.
The best description of Guthrie's playing that I've read is that it seems like his ideas get from his brain to his fingers without any friction whatsoever. He's amazing 👌🏻
It's fantastic that Hans Zimmer recognised Guthrie's stunning virtuosity, giving him some fantastic AAA time on his stage. You can see Hans' joy with Guthrie's otherworldly improvisation skills. Just as maestro jeff Beck, RIP, was a genius...a Guitarists Guitarist, then so is Guthrie for the same 'unique' reasons. There will never be another JBeck...or GGovan.
@theprodest284
9 ай бұрын
Its so sad how many guitar greats be have lost so early. For example Randy Rhoads, Dimebag darrel, Shawn lane, to name a tiny portion.
I saw the Aristocrats live last year, and even got to hang out with Marco and Guthrie after the show at a pub for about 2 hours. Truly the best musical experience of my life. Guthrie
@ejRecording
Жыл бұрын
That’s awesome!! saw him in la and it’s like witnessing a true god playing music
@holliswilliams8426
Жыл бұрын
Guthrie seems like a nice guy, also highly intelligent. I think he was originally studying English Literature at Oxford when he left, so he didn't even study music.
@ejRecording
Жыл бұрын
@@holliswilliams8426 ya he’s self taught by playing along with albums, which is mind blowing
For those curious, the guys in the thumbnail at 0:43 are Gonçalo Pereira (guitarist, left) and Dikk (bassist, right). They're absolute ducking legends.
@cristianorentroia6607
Жыл бұрын
Monstros!
@majesticpbjcat7707
Жыл бұрын
There's gotta be a ducking Dikk joke in there somewhere 🤔
Guthrie Govan is a legend and Erotic Cakes is a masterpiece. Glad to see others show appreciation for him.
Sorry you have to re-upload, but that just gives us a chance to watch it again! Your channel gives me hope for the future of guitar. Your analysis of the instrument, its place in the world of music, the future of music's ability to sustain itself when people don't want to pay for it anymore, is so spot on. Keep it up!
He's the textbook definition of an intimidating talent that makes you realize your status as a mere mortal.
@davidderoux7552
Жыл бұрын
Generally, yes. But I think he also feels intimidated when he looks at Max Ostro or Matteo Mancuso who at their age can play any of his songs with their eyes closed.
@holliswilliams8426
Жыл бұрын
@@davidderoux7552 He doesn't feel intimidated by anyone lol, it's about the music and nothing else.
@alegutierrezmusic
Жыл бұрын
@@davidderoux7552 those guys are technically good but Guthrie can improvise on many genres like no one else.
@davidderoux7552
Жыл бұрын
@@alegutierrezmusic well, that's exactly what they're very good at, improvisation. They're not great composers, they don't have well-known songs. They are just very skilled at what they do, much more skilled than Govan was at their age. And it is not just my opinion, Al di Meola or Vai think the same.
@alegutierrezmusic
Жыл бұрын
@@davidderoux7552 I don't think so, Guthrie worked in Guitar techniques magazine playing rock, funk, jazz, blues, country, pop, soul, tropical, classical. Just show me those guys playing that variety. Also Erotic Cakes is one of the best albums ever.
I'm mostly familiar with his work on Steven Wilson's stuff, but that is probably the best guitar playing I've ever heard in prog music
@Cheximus
Жыл бұрын
That's his best stuff. In any order, pick Ancestral, Drive Home and Regret. It doesn't get much better than that. Honourable mention to "Silver Tongued Devil" - a collab with Nick Johnston where they have a guitar duel at the end. Imo it's some of Guthrie's finest work. kzread.info/dash/bejne/dqN_xsd9m7y6ppM.html - 7:05 here. Just listen to that. Probably improvised too!
That level of improvisational skill that comes from having a complete understanding of the instrument, the theory behind the songs he's playing, and being able to play exactly what he hears in his head. This is why we shouldn't be afraid of theory. His use of jazz concepts and processes in his playing in a rock and prog context is amazing. Practice targeting those chord tones people! (myself included!) He's also such a great and humble guy. I got to interview him before an Aristocrats show a few years ago. The "you have a 10 minute slot" turned into a half hour chat about all sorts.
@michael1
Ай бұрын
No one improvising is thinking of music theory. Or at least they shouldn't be. If you're standing there as the guy in the video suggested thinking about what scale you should be playing then it's not a surprise you'd struggle. Note too a lot of this supposed "Improvisation" has been rehearsed. He's very good but the best way of getting better is to look at what he does objectively rather than creating myths. Because you can become a stage magician only after you realise that the guy has learnt a bunch of skills to shuffle cards, hide things in his palm, misdirect etc which you can certainly obtain some or all of these skills even if you ultimately fall short of their level of skill. If you think the stage magician is doing actual magic then you'll obviously never be able to do what you think he is doing. One of the most important things to realise is that Guthrie didn't pick up the guitar, watch a few clips of some advanced guitar player and then think "That's what I'm going to do" - he learned to play the guitar by listening to a ton of records and playing along. A lot of that playing seems far easier but the temptation to skip learning it and go straight to playing Eruption should be avoided. The biggest mistakes beginners make in guitar is (a) Thinking they're not a beginner and (b) Trying to skip learning everything they perceive as somehow lesser than the music they like (even though they can't play it well), (c) Believing that a skilled players ability is unobtainable and the result of some mystical mojo (not a surprise if you tried to play it as a beginner) and (d) thinking that because they bought a guitar in 1994 they've been playing "for 30 years" and believing this proves that the kid on the internet who is playing better than them age 10 must be hugely talented because "I've been playing for 30 years and I didn't get that good" But if you have some kind of backing track and you want to play over the top : listen to the backing track, imagine a solo that fits - now play what you're imagining. Before playing it, sing it. Now find those notes on the guitar and play them. Make sure you're playing what you're singing not singing what you're playing. The former is how you will (eventually) be able to play whatever you imagine. The latter is where you end up just noodling the same Am pentatonic riffs you've played for 2 decades because you're being led by the patterns you've already learned. Remember : if the notes you play don't sound like the music you want to hear then you have to learn a different pattern of notes (without going too deep into every other aspect, obviously there's more than just the pitch, there's a ton of nuance to how notes are articulated - well here's the thing the more nuanced your imagined aural sound and the more time you spend making the sound coming out of the guitar be exactly what you're imaging, the better your improvisation will be) It's like can you pick up a guitar and play 3 blind mice? Find the tune? If you can then you obviously have some of the skill already, but there's a ton more to learn to develop this skill other than just playing the right notes in roughly the right order. That's why if you're trying to play someone else's solo throw the transcript in the bin and listen to it and then find it on the guitar - and really listen - listen to every nuance. Think about how many people have sat listening to the comfortably numb solo and they know every nuance - they go to a pink floyd gig and Dave plays a note and they think "Nah that was wrong" - that's the level of listening. The other thing is when you're playing don't just listen to your own playing and start noodling your fave riff because your playing will sound out of time, possibly out of tune too. In your head you'll think it was great but listen back to the recording and it'll suck. Listen to the drums and bass and play with them. When I play in my mind there's 2 basic ideas, one is I'm actually making the drum sounds and the snare and kick really make my notes punch - it's like when you play a First person shooter and you press the mouse button and there's a big shotgun sound, well that makes me think my click had a lot of weight and power behind it. Or the drummer plays a fill and I'm playing my notes on the fill - you can see the Aristocrats doing that all the time the drummer is playing every note guthrie is. The other thing is where I wait for the drum and then play - for syncopation. And of course, start everything on the and of the 4 not on beat 1 and when you finish a phrase, pause and then play another small motif. Do the same with any and all melodies or stuff you hear. Find it and play it on the guitar. Don't go near tab. Note here : there's no musical theory, no chords are being named, no notes are being named. You're listening to noises, imagining noises in your head and singing and playing those noises. It's entirely about sound. That's what music is. Later when you're playing at Milton Keynes bowl someone else will transcribe it and say "Eww, he's playing a secondary dominant minor arpeggio with a flat 9 - genius" but you will know that you just played what you heard in your mind. Just like when Beato grins and says to Sting some dumb thing about music theory to sound impressive and Sting just shakes his head and says "Nah, I didn't write the songs like that" Watch Paul McCartney figuring out Get back, he's just strumming a guitar, finding a couple of chords to play back and forth and singing over the top whatever he hears in his head. The creative process really isn't about music theory. That's not to say you can't do that or write to some formula or rules - in the way that some baroque music did, or 12 tone music can sometimes follow rules, or math rock might just pick a pattern and play it on the neck somewhat independently of how the result sounds. You can do anything you like is the only rule - but if your goal is to be able to listen to a backing track, or a group of other musicians playing and add something to that then the skill is pretty much entirely based on sound, real (in terms of what you hear) and imaginary (the aural image you create in your head) and developing the skill to be able to play the notes you're imagining - it's not about thinking "Mixolydian Lydian dominant whole tone arabic scale can be played over a Gm(b5) add 9 #11 chord" because by the time you've decided that they are 5 bars further along playing an Ab Maj 7 / F and you're googling on your phone for the scale to use. Guthrie has also talked at length about why the scale doesn't tell you what the right notes are or what you should play - and quite often contains several "wrong" notes. The way to improve you imagination, i.e if you get to the stage where you think "Well I can play everything I imagine, but I only imagine Am pentatonics" is to listen to lots of music - especially the music you wish you could sound like. Listen to their solos and melodies - and your imagination should be expanded. If you listen to nothing but Yngwie for several hours a a day eventually you'll start to imagine similar ideas. And that is the idea, it's not about trying to play wonderful slippery thing note for note, albeit that is a valid way of learning some guitar related stuff. Think about classical musicians their reason for existing is typically being able to play, to an extremely high standard, the repertoire of the world's greatest composers, note for note, to near perfection. If you put a piece of extremely complex sheet music they'll sight read it - but if you asked some of them to "play something over this chord progression" they'd be stuck having never improvised before. Improvisation isn't the sign of a great musician vs a bad one - it's just one particular skill that a musician can develop. Really the only trick to this is getting it to real time. i.e if you do this properly at first you're probably not going to proceed very quickly. You're going to put the start of the backing on a loop, imagine something and then spend some time trying to play it, trying not to forget what you thought (again, sing it - put a mic and record that if need be) you might even find that you can imagine sounds or playing that you lack the technique to play, so you have to develop that as well. If you're used to noodling Am pentatonic and feel like you've taken a step backwards. Eventually you will find you are playing what you're imagining with less delay, less hitting wrong notes, less effort - and then your friends will think you're magic, but you'll know that all you did was sit down for a few hours a day working on the skill.
Him and Shawn Lane are the two best ever.
@shaihulud4515
Жыл бұрын
Had to like, just for your Type 0 logo alone :)
@paveantelic7876
Жыл бұрын
and allan holdsworth is their daddy :)
@meshzzizk
Жыл бұрын
Shawn Lane’s outro solo from ‘Let It Be’ (with Paul Gilbert at NAMM 93) is the most brilliant guitar playing I’ve ever heard
@SolvingOurKreation
Жыл бұрын
@@paveantelic7876 I was just about to mention the legend, good on ya. :)
@Killerkarotte1
Жыл бұрын
Nope.
What stuck out to me was how he is able to mimic all the great players and even outplay them in their own styles. All while being humble and chill af.
Had a chance to see The Aristocrats back in August, it was an incredible experience. Every guitarist NEEDS to see this guy live. You can watch videos of him playing thousand times, but seeing him do it right in front of my eyes is one of the most incredible things I've ever witnessed
It's a really cool format mate ! Hope you'll do more, always cool to see analysed musicianship from someone who can explain it !
do more of these types of videos, I think analysing guitar players and performances is really interesting and will change up ur channel's formula
It's okay, a lot of us were really high so it will be genuinely new all over again.
And yes, you should definitely do more of these videos. Really enjoyed seeing your reactions and explanations
More of this please! Love this intimate music analysis with you :)
Guthrie somehow seems to show a growth in his already incredible skill every time you see a new video of him pop up too. Awesome video Bradley.
The track that got me hooked to Guthrie was the live playthrough of Fives he did ages ago that was uploaded on KZread, that's the first ever thing I saw by him and became an instant classic in my book. I haven't really dug too deep in his stuff actually, but Erotic Cakes is right up there with Rising Force, Surfing With The Alien and all the other "must have" guitar achievement albums. I'm seeing him later this year in London with Hans Zimmer though, very excited for that.
Of all the greats that exist Guthrie is at the tippy top of that mountain… he can do whatever he wants on the fretboard but most of all he has the tastiest of licks ALWAYS. Never a repeated phrase unless it’s called for and intentional.. just simply a brilliant soul
@pranaakbary9924
Жыл бұрын
Let him explain: kzread.info/dash/bejne/iH6kpsxuncrPdJM.html
Had the pleasure of meeting Guthrie years ago before he was even remotely famous (1990, I think) at the YMCA in Chelmsford. We were both in bands at the time and one of my bandmates was saying you have to meet Guthrie - he's a guitar god in the making. We had a nice chat but we were both fanboying over the Phil Hilborne Band more than anything else. I remember he was wearing an Yngwie Malmsteen Rising Force T-shirt - he worshipped Yngwie back then.
@holliswilliams8426
Жыл бұрын
you can kind of hear that he used to love Yngwie lol
great choices to show off how masterful guthrie truly is. another one of my favorites is his improv over a Larry Carlton style backing track from a JamTrackCentral youtube video. truly mind blowing what he can come up with!
I used to play way more than I do now, but it was always an improvisation. If I wasn't coming up with my own riffs, it was jamming an improvised solo over my favorite bands. I read the book "The Zen of Guitar" when I was a teenager and it gave me the information I needed to recreate the "magic" I was hearing from my guitar idols. I kept thinking "these guys are human just like me there has to be a way to play like that!". The book taught me the art of trusting myself in the moment, and how to play a feeling more so than a defined phrase or melody. Reminds me of the movie The Last Samurai where the other samurai keep telling Tom Cruise "Too much mind" when he keeps loosing in practice sword fights to the master. He was thinking too much. When I improvise I'm trying to not think and let the solo "play me". Of course that don't mean I never have ideas, but I let it flow with the goal of getting back to no mind and using emotion. If there is to much mind going on I'll wait and try to deliberately play the next note when I least expect it with feeling. Over time you learn to "talk" (you are mostly in a flow state when talking, occasionally thinking of the next thing to say) and the feeling you get in this zone is unreal. Pure joy! Guthrie has a technical mastery and can also "talk" which is extremely rare. People who I used to jam with were amazed that I seemed to always be able to hit the "right" notes. Nothing amazing about it at all, it was easy to me! And the more I could be in the zone the better it felt, which is how I judged how well I played. I would be willing to bet if you asked Guthrie how well he thinks he played in any given performance he would probably answer with something like "It felt pretty good." I was chasing a feeling, not some clever riff.
This is great content, and I love your explanations about style, technique and WHY a guitarist sounds cool and unique. I would love to see one on Alexi Laiho!
Always love this format. Hope it’s something you can do in the future
I agree Gunthrie is God level. Do one on Nuno Bettencourt. He is also up there. His style and composition are incredible.
These breakdown videos are a lot of fun and very insightful. Please do more!
Imagine that, writing a non-repetitive-story-telling-emotional solo for ZERO second, no redo. Pure ultra instinct ☠️🥵
Guthrie is in a complete different level, in my opinion the best ever. It's such a same that he's still not being fully appreciated by the guitar community, I've seen videos of people covering his songs on tiktok and the viewers are completely oblivious to who this great man is. He gets a lot of praise but for what he does and who he is he is and probably will always be underated.
@thatsamazin-
8 ай бұрын
If you are on social media where adult guitarists hang out, you will see Guthrie in every guitar conversation. I wouldn’t expect much from kids on tik tok but it’s great that people are doing his covers and sharing his work with a younger generation. 🤷🏻♂️
I discovered Guthrie through his columns in Guitar Techniques years ago, when I was a student (early 2000's). Εven by the demos in the magazine I singled him out as an astounding musician. That was even earlier than the early YT days and I desperately searched for clips of him playing or doing other work. Eventually things picked up and he burst onto the scene. How could he not? I also met him once... you could not find a more down to earth, cool, encouraging person. Cracking dry humour as well. What would we do without Uncle Guthrie...
This video also really demonstrates your own musicality--I think it's easy to think of metal guitarists as not having a deep well of knowledge of phrasing in particular, but the fact that you could analyze his phrasing and distill it to show just how advanced Guthrie's playing is was an awesome thing to see!!!! Superb video! Sorry KZread pooped on this. I would love to see this type of video on maybe some of the same people in the Petrucci video--particularly Petrucci, Abasi, or even a non-guitarist such as Portnoy (I love his phrasing as a drummer)!
I really like this format! A great way to highlight what makes great guitarists so amazing, with your informed help for us mere watchers and guitar appreciators. Guthrie certainly is unbelievable. Hopefully the analysis of Jason Becker and Shawn Lane are also on their way 🤘😁
Great Video - and explanation - I can hear that you that you have some good chops and ear to get the sound and notes. looking forward to checking out some more of your vids.
@simoncossettini9680
Жыл бұрын
@Tele_gram_me_The_Bradley_Hall sure anytime... just had a look at your lord of the rings rendition from last year....not only enjoyed it and will no doubt rewatching with guitar to learn and play along.... many thanks
the guy is absolutely untouchable....even when shredding, his phrasing is 100% music
@pranaakbary9924
Жыл бұрын
Let him explain: kzread.info/dash/bejne/iH6kpsxuncrPdJM.html
He’s just inhumanly good at everything. I remember hearing him do transcription for a guitar magazine back in the late 90s, especially one part where he said “…and now a little bit faster” before seemingly moving his fingers faster than light. Also seems to be one of the nicest guys ever.
@pranaakbary9924
Жыл бұрын
Let him explain: kzread.info/dash/bejne/iH6kpsxuncrPdJM.html
his talent is only equalled by his humility ^^ He's by far the best guitarist i ever heard but he doesn't go all Malmsteen about it. What i also like about him is that he doesn't play for the audience, for fame or for money but he plays on all kinds of projects he likes for the sake of music itself.. which is precisely what got him his following and recognition (and hopefully money !) If music is an universal lenguage that talks to the soul, then by Jove is his playing witty.
I love the way the camera periodically pans away from Guthrie to Hans Zimmer, and the look on Zimmer's face, ...it's just like he's sitting in the audience!
the thing is, he can play anything. i'm not too familiar with his work but what i've seen is just mind-boggling, always enjoyable to watch and listen to. guthrie seems to be a cool and humble guy as well. the way he talks and tells stuff is very unique. you just know this guy has lots of brains and talent. hoping to see him live one day
I’m sure most have already seen it, but for those who haven’t: The end solo is the waves loop section of “words of wisdom with Guthrie Govan at G4 part 5/5.” The whole thing is great.
The thing for me with Guthrie is that his note choice is always a perfect fit while being colorful and original. He always sounds as if what he's playing was arranged and rehearsed when he's improvising and his bag of tricks never seems to run out of new magic. Truly an imaginative player that never misses a note unless it's the one he doesn't want it in a millisecond phrase. Hands down, IMHO, the best player to ever pick up the electric guitar and a humble and engaging orator to boot.
You should do more of these long form analysis videos... you can see your genuine enthusiasm.
Great vid. Would love to see more breakdowns of other players from you.
'I regret writing that' -GG on that Waves loop video, a better example would be Regret #9 where he played with Steven Wilson, arguably one of the best improvised solo.
Love this video Brad. Would love to see one on Marty Friedman next.
Best improvisation I've ever heard is his solo for Jamtrackcentral on the Larry carlton style track, when you break down it's absolutely insane
For me he is unique with all his ideas and nuances in his playing, creating stuff I have never heard previously from other guitarplayers! Beautilful stuff! And with the ease he plays, must have been blessed at birth really!😍
Watched it yesterday. But I'm going to take a shower now and just let the video run 😄
Loved this guy’s work on Steven Wilson’s solo albums.
When Guthrie is playing others just stop and watch. Amazing
I saw him play a little club in Guildford around 2000. It was astonishing! The drummer and bass player too!
Your humbleness is appreciated, but you're also a great player and improvisor. Keep it up bro
i though i was in the matrix, i was so sure i watched this yesterday XD
I've heard a lot of good stuff about Guthrie but this is way more than I could ever expect holy shit
Great breakdown... enjoyed this vid!
There is so much going on in the field of electric guitar playing.So much wonderful players appear somehow out of nowhere.Matteo Mancuso,Jakub Żytecki,Julian Lange,David Micic,Plini.I don't know where to end.We shouldn't talk about the best but rather be glad about the abundance of talent. And let's not forget there once was a guy called Shawn Lane.
Guthrie is on another level. Finished convincing myself of that after listening him play alongside Kiko Loureiro, a very technical but clever phrasing guitarist and made him look like a 12yo from a school talent show. Guthire speaks with his guitar, and he is a master in storytelling.
@oliverforty
Жыл бұрын
yes! KL is also on another level it's just that he's more focus on Metal right now. KL is my guitar teacher btw. :)
@pranaakbary9924
Жыл бұрын
Let him explain: kzread.info/dash/bejne/iH6kpsxuncrPdJM.html
This is insane. Thanks Beanley
I'm going to see him perform next month. Very very excited!
That was a really cool and informative video! Give us more! :)
Great video! Id love to see one on periphery, could be interesting
I stumbled upon Guthrie Govan yesterday while browsing on Spotify. When I heard the first track on West Coast Grooves I was astounded by the virtuosity of this guitarist. My immediate reaction was why have I never heard of this guy before, why isn't he as famous as Eric Clapton, Jeff beck or Joe Satriani. To my ears his playing style at times is very reminiscent of Walter Becker. Why isn't this guy playing to stadiums?
Great video dude😀& yeah would be interesting to see you do more like this for sure have you heard a 90's band called Autumn Leaves?their guitarist was incredible
His playing is mind-blowing. Great vid!! 💚🎸
Definetly do more of these!
I love his emotion when he plays, too, like the idea travels from his brain to his hands, and then back into his ear and directly to the brain's pleasure center haha
Hey dude should i use my finger muscles to bend(the way that i have bend since i started guitar playing) or the right professional wrist way?
I discovered Guthrie back in 93/94 when I used buy guitar techniques magazine and you could listen to his lessons on the CD that came with it. Been a fan ever since and would listen over and over again just for his playing. You could just tell from those CD lessons that he was on another level. His lessons would sound better than the original recordings he was transcribing.
Dear Bradley, There used to be clip, where Guthrie is a guest for Zappa plays Zappa. Dweezil Zappa gives Guthrie various tasks in the video (play blues solo, play classical etude, play super-funk) and Guthrie performs these. Finally, Dweezil and Guthrie go for harmonized solo?!!! I think that Guthrie follows Dweezil's playing and creates harmony line.
Enjoyed this format, would love to see one on Jason Becker
"It's like holding in a piss for ages and then letting it go". Brilliant! Thanks for your content buddy.
I didnt need to see the video to know who you were referring too, totally agree.
I would love to see a video like this on Alexi Laiho! I feel like his songwriting and soloing has some quality that others lack that I just can't put my finger on. Absolutely my favorite metal songwriter/guitarist.
@joshcline8764
Жыл бұрын
Hell yeah.
@joshcline8764
Жыл бұрын
Children of bodom was a big part of me getting more into guitar, he played some great solos in another band called sinergy as well.
@Mydiiiiiicccckkkkkkkk
Жыл бұрын
Batio
@AdiAdi-bf6sj
Жыл бұрын
I love Alexi because he had an almost fuck you/ punk attitude to playing. It was very rugged, yet articulated beautifully and you can hear in recordings it’s in single takes most of the time. Composing of the songs was made with a lot of syncopated rhythm in mind and shock value sounds like harmonics
I've already seen these clips but it never gets old! Guthrie is so awesome! I love that Waves clip. There's actually a video with a tab on screen of that clip. Someone took the time and tabbed everything in that performance :D
nailed it and you're extremely good yourself Bradley
Very much Agreed! and it's not even subjective, Guthrie is the BEST i've heard, there are very few others who are faster like (Shawn Lane), very few more technical (Bumblefoot), and very few more iconic (Yngwie), but no one has a better command of all the musical nuances of the instrument more than GG, he is the master of "textbook" musical theories, modes, key change, etc and he is also master in breaking the rules of the textbooks, always combining the right notes with those "wrong notes" that sound good with the right notes, he can practically play it ALL👍
@pranaakbary9924
Жыл бұрын
Let him explain: kzread.info/dash/bejne/iH6kpsxuncrPdJM.html
There are guys that do a thing better, but none that do it all better. The GOAT. The thing that blew my away the last time I saw The Aristocrats was on top of everything you point out, he also matched the pitch and tone of Minnemann's drums. Hearing the guitar and drums in tune with one another.... 🤯🤯🤯
got to see him live once. you know that shook stunned feeling when seeing great live playing? yea that whole system blew a gasket and i just stood there drooling.
Every guitarists “first time Guthrie experience“ is the same. Regardless of what year you discovered him, we hear the same report. It’s a life changing thing. It changes what you thought was possible, and your trajectory on the instrument. All of the sudden no other hero matters. You will spend days, weeks, months, even years trying to learn as much as you can from the guy. He is the master.
4:10 That smile is pure gold
Breakdown vids for sure, your short content is funny but the longer format shit is proper me old boy!
I've seen Guthrie play with the Aristocrats a couple of times in small clubs and you can see in his face the feel he has for the music! He knows where every note is on the guitar neck and he just plays whatever he wants! I agree that he's probably the GOAT!
Already watched it before it got taken down but I had to hear him shredding of the top of his head once again :D
ALWAYS knew it. Since the first fucking time I saw Guthrie play I was BLOWN away. Even more so being a guitar player and understanding what’s going on with his hands, his musicality. Is Unbelievable. Ridiculous. I love him.
I think a huge development of Guthries ability of incredible phrasing & spacial awareness comes from his time of playing jazz and particularly beep bop. Where you can be very musically open but have to be so aware of what is musically in terms of changes & rhythm. There is quite a few old videos of Guthrie playing things like Charlie parker, and I bet he played a ton more unrecorded. Now he's just managed to adapt those styles into just about any genre and make it sound oh so good.
amazing, do more of these please
I really liked the keyboard comparison, in a way thats all guitar is, you hear something in your head and your hands are just "typing" it out in a sense.
That beginning section in the Man of Steel solo kinda sounds like Marty Friedman's later solo work
@davidderoux7552
Жыл бұрын
Sounds like Marty's bends!
Agree. Seen him live and just crazy amazing!!!
I knew Guthire existed but never heard any of his pieces, now because of your video I can see why he is sooo mentioned as one of the great guitarist of all time, thanks Bradley for this video, and also this new type of video of yt commentary + explanation is really cool! Keep it up!
Bro, when I first listened to Erotic Cakes full album I was completely blown away, the songs are incredible, beautiful and everything he does on guitar sounds amazing! One of my top guitar solo albums! Love Fives, Sevens, Erotic Cakes , Hangover and my favorite one, NER NER!
Sick electric wizard tee!
Would be cool to see a video like this about Paul Gilbert!
Guthrie is a total master. Would love to see a breakdown of Bumblefoot too 🤘
@AntonioLopez-kw3ev
Жыл бұрын
Better he’s a Grandmaster
and just as you reupload I got it recommended
Jamming with good improvisers is one of the most fulfilling experiences that a musician can have. Guthrie is by far the greatest improviser I've ever heard.
To quote the great Hans Zimmer himself: "This is a question - this is an answer."