its actually not that difficult to learn the picking style if you already play with your fingers, double thumping can be learned in a few days but it gets a bit more complicated when you started adding more fingers and trying to change strings, but to combine that with scales and hammer ons would take a lot longer to get fast at
His bandmates have said before that he’s really difficult to work with actually. They get it done and have a working relationship but Javier has said Tosin and Matt are very egotistical.
@@kalmath_ Try to find the full interview with Herman Li. It’s not like Javier trashed his bandmates, sounded like it could’ve been a lot worse. Herman asked Javier what it’s really like being on tour with them. Javier was like hmmm did you really ask me that? He said they both can take things hard at times and they can be very “special” was the word he used. Didn’t go into much detail.
You know I have the same bending thumb, and a lot of people told me its not normal, and just now i realize....i should exploit it by practicing this technic
@@gonzar86 the thumb is just a better pic, double thumping is still my fav. The one thing am working on right now. Probably hard to believe I play acoustic guitar.
@@gvnotes well it might be a better pick but you have to treat the nail just right. plus since I'm not tosin or knoplfer I can do a lot of things with a pick that I cant with my thumb, but its all just practice i think
@@gonzar86 Yeah. We all have difference in our body parts, some thumbs can take the digging more than the other. And if one is short on a side then will probably be compensated for on the other, so you never miss a thing if you're hard working. Hope I'll upload a cover or something where I do mostly thumping this week I think.
Agreed! Especially given how unbelievably good Kiko is. There's a video -- I think on Kiko's channel -- where Tosin and Kiko are having a conversation while playing, and Kiko starts unleashing bits of his true abilities and the vast extent of his musical knowledge. You can tell Tosin is blown away and completely captivated. It's been really nice seeing these two share their knowledge and abilities with each other!
There's a great deal of ambience to almost everything that Tosin plays. It's interesting to watch his left hand. He allows notes to ring out, or almost crossfade. Great chord choices too. Exotic but still familiar.
The video really inspires me because, like you said, Tosin's choice of chords is just so ambient and emotional imo. What he's conveying in those passages (esp the one at 1:34) is exactly what I'd want to convey to a listener through my playing
@@jinxie1080 Yeah that sort of rolling, almost rasgueto technique, when combined with unison notes, is very information dense without being busy sounding. Beyond his technical playing, the thing I really like about his compositions are how natural they sound. But that I mean that he clearly has the patience to sit with a piece and examine the changes and the motifs so the end product sounds like it was there all along (ie, a part of nature).
Tosin's thumb is so accurately perpendicular in that bend, set-squares are designed by taking him to the factory and referencing him… Dude can even define tan90°… finally mathematicians can take some rest.
Hendrix changed all of them after him, he invented a stance and attitude towards music. Tosin Abasi didn't invent shit and he is not pursued by anybody but his fans. Maybe you should focus your attention in something else than music.
@Franco I can’t remember which interview it’s from. Tosin was gonna scrap all the stuff he had because he didn’t think he had anything to offer musically and was considering quitting entirely. Misha basically said “don’t do that” and helped tosin turn all his ideas into the self titled album.
The thing I love is how he manages to turn technique into song. He has some technique, and suddenly, thousands of ideas just emerge, ideas that make full use of and rely on absolutely every miniscule movement his hands are capable of. Also seeing Tosin at least slightly struggle with "that one part" from "that one song" (the woven web) was... Delightful
I really love his style. It’s so explorative and inventive, and he really does his best to leave no stone unturned in terms of challenging the listener’s expectations: odd time signatures, interesting chord voicings, unconventional right and left hand techniques… he clearly does his best to keep progressing. Amazing player. Also, his thumb looks almost unnatural with how severely it is angled. I’m becoming convinced that this is a secret weapon with regard to his thumping prowess.
That's one thing I noticed with some of my favourite players, that all do something weird that looks unnatural. Like Shawn Lane had this freakish speed and in his case, his eyes looked weird as a result when he was playing, you'd see him concentrating as his blink rate would appear extremely odd. With Dimebag Darrell his insane fingering looked like a weightless spider floating across the fret board. James Hetfield and Zakk Wylde have these insane picking techniques, James for rhythm and Zakk for solo work, and Zakk has this really wide vibrato. Even a lot of classical guitarists, musicians in general really, have this unnatural look when they reach a certain level, the harp and the stringed instruments especially. It's fun.
@@ShinyShinyIsAlwaysBeingSerious Super fun! Yeah it seems that some players-particularly the successful ones-develop some idiosyncrasies that are very characteristic of their style and interpretation of the instrument.
@@MrKittles1123 another one that springs to mind is Marty Friedman's bizarre pick hand angle. And yet he's a master. Ola Englund has an odd pick hand angle too, but the man is a beast at rhythm playing.
@@dylanadams1455 Facts! Idk how Marty does what he does with his hand like that, but the results are pretty hard to argue with. As far as Ola, I was just watching some of his stuff the last couple days and didn’t even really pay much attention to his actual technique, but it definitely crossed my mind that he is a pretty tight rhythm player for sure. I’ll have to look closer next time.
They’re music is amazing but watching Tosin just chilling and watching his fingers/hands do their thing…wow! Effortless and smooth. Thanks for sharing.
I loved that album and saw them play through 1&2 live in NYC. Wasn't a fan of the 3rd as I felt it lacked a cohesive feel, but there were gems there for sure. 4th was what I expected the 3rd album to be and now I'm really looking forward to their 5th after the release of their single 'Monomyth"
@@forextroll YoOoOo! I see you fam! I got to see them for the 3rd in Las Vegas. I knew about the 1st album, but the 2nd is what really got me into them. It’s cool hearing your perspective though because I I fuckin’ loved the 3rd album, but The 4th, I wasn’t feeling as much. I’m forever a fan of whatever they do for Metal and Guitar Culture though. I’m really looking forward to 5.
Weightless was my first AAL album, and I also think that at this point in AAL's career has become somehow overlooked, anyway it's such a masterpiece I love the production and the heaviness of it. 💣🎸
It’s their worst album by a mile, that’s why. Only animals album I dislike. I remember being pumped for weightless after hearing their first record in 2010 and I was super disappointed
Tosin teaching is just a few words about a concept and then several minutes of him blowing your mind with no explanation. I don't think he can stop playing. How does he ever handle the business end of things?? Best "god-level" guitarist of the 21st century hands down.
Without doubt the most unique player and creative force to exist in the last 15 years. It’s so advanced it almost seems like unplanned and unorganized noise
I recommend listen classic guitar if you like tosin. A hundred years ago people were shredding. Francisco Tarrega is the key guy. Check out his tremolo technique in recuerdos de alambra.
during his era before the internet, the most accessible classical guitarist with that kind of tremolo control technique came largely from Andres Segovia. Any one here remember that BBC video they did on him?
I find it hilarious that people think classical and bass techniques are somehow super natural or near impossible to do whenever a famous electric guitarist does them. Buy their tabs, stop making excuses to not practice. Their songs are difficult, but not impossible.
Кино
so strange seeing Tosin using a ukelele
I feel ya man
hahaha😁
Funny man
Nice!
💀💀💀💀💀💀
There's about 20 years of technique to learn here in 4 minutes.
Well then no excuses for people to get as good as him in 4 mins
Sure
It's easy
its actually not that difficult to learn the picking style if you already play with your fingers, double thumping can be learned in a few days but it gets a bit more complicated when you started adding more fingers and trying to change strings, but to combine that with scales and hammer ons would take a lot longer to get fast at
The 6 string looks like a toy now.
Exactly
@@tajwareatswatermelon but literally not about that
@@TheSadistNat1on he mentioned in the end that the guitar is “great”, I think my man was just being sarcastic af haha
Also it’s super weird watching Tosin play such a basic guitar, just doesn’t look right. But the sound is On Point
@@tajwareatswatermelon I think it goes to show we can do a lot with a basic 6 string. Since he also plays a 6 string classical for Brain dance.
One of the most humble aliens with one of the most humble humans.
what.
@@longbottomleafresearch5296 Tosin being the alien, and Kiko being the human
@@tajwareatswatermelon oh cause he's inhumanely good. right...not a very inspiring way to put it
@@longbottomleafresearch5296 it's supposed to be funny but ok...
@@longbottomleafresearch5296 You must be a banger at the parties
I'm here for the secrets that I still won't understand.
Such a legend. All he does seems so .. weightless
🙌🏼
I see what you did here
@@gorsedh I'm thoroughly at home in this comment section.
@@forextroll must be a brain dance to pick up all these references
@@gorsedh Nah, they come like water from a Ka$cade
Tosin looks genuinely good, soft hearted and so relaxed... damn, we need more humans like him... unless he's an alien?
🥲
Well said man! Such a humble soul
His bandmates have said before that he’s really difficult to work with actually. They get it done and have a working relationship but Javier has said Tosin and Matt are very egotistical.
@@vestmentofflesh Erg... do you have some link towards it or what ? I believe you, but I'd love to read about it
@@kalmath_ Try to find the full interview with Herman Li. It’s not like Javier trashed his bandmates, sounded like it could’ve been a lot worse. Herman asked Javier what it’s really like being on tour with them. Javier was like hmmm did you really ask me that? He said they both can take things hard at times and they can be very “special” was the word he used. Didn’t go into much detail.
The real secret is the crazy angle that tosins thumb bends
Alien thumb you mean 😁
You know I have the same bending thumb, and a lot of people told me its not normal, and just now i realize....i should exploit it by practicing this technic
@@gonzar86 the thumb is just a better pic, double thumping is still my fav. The one thing am working on right now. Probably hard to believe I play acoustic guitar.
@@gvnotes well it might be a better pick but you have to treat the nail just right. plus since I'm not tosin or knoplfer I can do a lot of things with a pick that I cant with my thumb, but its all just practice i think
@@gonzar86 Yeah. We all have difference in our body parts, some thumbs can take the digging more than the other. And if one is short on a side then will probably be compensated for on the other, so you never miss a thing if you're hard working. Hope I'll upload a cover or something where I do mostly thumping this week I think.
He's pretty good at guitar.
I’d say decent
he should join a band or something
I heard leaders with animals or something is looking for a guitarist. Idk, never heard much of the band.
Average
I mean he's good.. He's no Slash or Kirk Hammett though...
It's great hearing Kiko Loureiro in the background. Hearing how much respect and admiration these guys have for each other is rather inspiring.
Agreed! Especially given how unbelievably good Kiko is. There's a video -- I think on Kiko's channel -- where Tosin and Kiko are having a conversation while playing, and Kiko starts unleashing bits of his true abilities and the vast extent of his musical knowledge. You can tell Tosin is blown away and completely captivated. It's been really nice seeing these two share their knowledge and abilities with each other!
There's a great deal of ambience to almost everything that Tosin plays. It's interesting to watch his left hand. He allows notes to ring out, or almost crossfade. Great chord choices too. Exotic but still familiar.
So true!!
The video really inspires me because, like you said, Tosin's choice of chords is just so ambient and emotional imo. What he's conveying in those passages (esp the one at 1:34) is exactly what I'd want to convey to a listener through my playing
@@jinxie1080 Yeah that sort of rolling, almost rasgueto technique, when combined with unison notes, is very information dense without being busy sounding.
Beyond his technical playing, the thing I really like about his compositions are how natural they sound. But that I mean that he clearly has the patience to sit with a piece and examine the changes and the motifs so the end product sounds like it was there all along (ie, a part of nature).
I love hearing Tosin talk technique. Also that room's natural reverb is off the charts!
I know!
Tosin's thumb is so accurately perpendicular in that bend, set-squares are designed by taking him to the factory and referencing him…
Dude can even define tan90°… finally mathematicians can take some rest.
This comment is off-tangent😂
Dude is the Hendrix/Eddie Van Halen of this generation. Doing things on the guitar which change the game. Not easy to do at this point.
Nah
@@saxon8981 what a well written rebuttal
I dont know whether I agree or not.
@@brendangibson8200 Thanksgiving
Hendrix changed all of them after him, he invented a stance and attitude towards music. Tosin Abasi didn't invent shit and he is not pursued by anybody but his fans. Maybe you should focus your attention in something else than music.
This feels like more of a science lesson than anything.
Ah, OK. Just like that eh? (puts guitar down, walks into the sea)
Seeing him with a 6-string is like watching an adult play with a fisher price toy
I still can’t believe that misha mansoor had to reassure this guy to make the first AAL album
@Franco I can’t remember which interview it’s from. Tosin was gonna scrap all the stuff he had because he didn’t think he had anything to offer musically and was considering quitting entirely. Misha basically said “don’t do that” and helped tosin turn all his ideas into the self titled album.
@@drummachine5787 Yeah Misha was a bro for sure.
@@drummachine5787 I don't what I'd be doing with music if it wasn't for AAL
@@gigabrad4570 Metallica
The thing I love is how he manages to turn technique into song. He has some technique, and suddenly, thousands of ideas just emerge, ideas that make full use of and rely on absolutely every miniscule movement his hands are capable of.
Also seeing Tosin at least slightly struggle with "that one part" from "that one song" (the woven web) was... Delightful
Tosin & Kiko... Great combo
I really love his style. It’s so explorative and inventive, and he really does his best to leave no stone unturned in terms of challenging the listener’s expectations: odd time signatures, interesting chord voicings, unconventional right and left hand techniques… he clearly does his best to keep progressing. Amazing player. Also, his thumb looks almost unnatural with how severely it is angled. I’m becoming convinced that this is a secret weapon with regard to his thumping prowess.
That's one thing I noticed with some of my favourite players, that all do something weird that looks unnatural. Like Shawn Lane had this freakish speed and in his case, his eyes looked weird as a result when he was playing, you'd see him concentrating as his blink rate would appear extremely odd. With Dimebag Darrell his insane fingering looked like a weightless spider floating across the fret board. James Hetfield and Zakk Wylde have these insane picking techniques, James for rhythm and Zakk for solo work, and Zakk has this really wide vibrato. Even a lot of classical guitarists, musicians in general really, have this unnatural look when they reach a certain level, the harp and the stringed instruments especially. It's fun.
@@ShinyShinyIsAlwaysBeingSerious Super fun! Yeah it seems that some players-particularly the successful ones-develop some idiosyncrasies that are very characteristic of their style and interpretation of the instrument.
@@MrKittles1123 another one that springs to mind is Marty Friedman's bizarre pick hand angle. And yet he's a master. Ola Englund has an odd pick hand angle too, but the man is a beast at rhythm playing.
@@dylanadams1455 Facts! Idk how Marty does what he does with his hand like that, but the results are pretty hard to argue with. As far as Ola, I was just watching some of his stuff the last couple days and didn’t even really pay much attention to his actual technique, but it definitely crossed my mind that he is a pretty tight rhythm player for sure. I’ll have to look closer next time.
Treats a trip around the world like a brisk walk in the park.
They’re music is amazing but watching Tosin just chilling and watching his fingers/hands do their thing…wow! Effortless and smooth. Thanks for sharing.
The Brain Dance is my favorite Animals as Leaders song
It’s cool seeing him play the riff from An Infinite Regression at 1:34 . I feel like that album doesn’t get enough love as a whole.
I loved that album and saw them play through 1&2 live in NYC. Wasn't a fan of the 3rd as I felt it lacked a cohesive feel, but there were gems there for sure. 4th was what I expected the 3rd album to be and now I'm really looking forward to their 5th after the release of their single 'Monomyth"
@@forextroll YoOoOo! I see you fam! I got to see them for the 3rd in Las Vegas. I knew about the 1st album, but the 2nd is what really got me into them.
It’s cool hearing your perspective though because I I fuckin’ loved the 3rd album, but The 4th, I wasn’t feeling as much.
I’m forever a fan of whatever they do for Metal and Guitar Culture though. I’m really looking forward to 5.
Weightless was my first AAL album, and I also think that at this point in AAL's career has become somehow overlooked, anyway it's such a masterpiece I love the production and the heaviness of it. 💣🎸
It’s their worst album by a mile, that’s why. Only animals album I dislike. I remember being pumped for weightless after hearing their first record in 2010 and I was super disappointed
@@GeorgeZimmermen I highly disagree.
Dude, uh, I started playing with a pick...oh, and my other two fingers at the same time. (my brain can't function like that)
I love this dude. He inspires me everyday. To give up.
Brilliance and beauty.
The Brain Dance is probably the most beautiful piece of music I've ever heard. All hail Tosin
Totally agreed, that song never fails to inspire me
It's like Snow (Hey Oh) but for the 23rd Century
I listen to The Brain Dance quite often
3:10 when you forgot your delay pedal so you just become the delay pedal
Hes getting better everytime i see a new clip of him
i could listen to hours of Tosin abasi jams and not get bored
He teaches his secrets because he knows nobody can do them
His underwater tone will remain a mystery for 3.5 generations
The real secret is “hours”. Hours and hours, everyday.
@@wipsypap you can even practice for 10.000 hours and still get nothing improved. You need to think of what you are practicing.
you can see he's physically struggling with the tiny ass lute
when you are so head of the game, u dont even give a shit holding on to ur so-called *secrets*
Got the most hitchhiker of hitchhiker thumbs
The craziest one I've ever seen. Dude just has an anatomical advantage over pretty much everybody.
Tosin teaching is just a few words about a concept and then several minutes of him blowing your mind with no explanation. I don't think he can stop playing. How does he ever handle the business end of things?? Best "god-level" guitarist of the 21st century hands down.
Tosin plays with 2 extra strings just because his hands could wrap around a 6-string neck trice over
Brain Dance if you're looking for the song
Damn, that treble is amazing!
Casually rocking the Grove Street drip too
It's like tosin has no joint in his thumb man
I never would've thought that having your thumb at 90 degrees in the wrong direction could work so well
just cause you got the secret sauce doesn't mean you know how to cook with it
Tosin casuallt playing Micro-Aggressions five months before it was released and not even thinking twice about it is such a refreshing thing to see
The best part of this is his pure happiness. Like he is learning about it while playing.
I like how the first secret is the major pentatonic scale.
Love watching these videos with new stuff and come back a year later and see it was a riff off the new release
Finally! Now it all makes sense!
holy shit, that’s how he plays An Infinite Regression??? i thought he would have used some kind of time modulating pedal to get that intro
This man single handedly reinvented what it means to play guitar 🎸
So amazing
Good hair style this time too.
That first Brain Dance phrase is so beautiful
Tosin is outta this world.
This is amazing, he looks so tranquil & it doesn’t even seem like he’s trying!
"You ever use pentatonics?" 4 seconds in and it's already a no for me. Guess just they'll remain secrets to me after all
this is the definition of , DISCIPLINE.
What a pretty guitar 🎸
I wonder how many other people will be able to play like this in our lifetime
0:01 kiko loureiro "show me your secrets" lol
Enjoy him while he's here. We've lost holdsworth, Shawn lane and so many other virtuosos. The fact we get to witness such an innovator is awesome
I will never forget stumbling across Shawn Lane, having my mind blow, only to realize he had passed...
I love Tosin, his music brings pure joy to this world
This! Took the words right out of my mouth
@@Fraeg Shawn lane is my personal favorite amongst the greats. Tri tone fascination blew me out of the water when I was a kid learning to play
The guitar must have been feeling like "Oh, master... No one has played me like this before"
I'm convinced you need a hitchhiker thumb to do that wild technique
I watched the whole thing not knowing it was Kiko lol, i was thinking man this student has a really nice Ibby!
Tosin is down to earth man who plays otherwordly music. True artist, fantastic virtuoso.
Met him at the generation axe tour 2018, tosin is a stud! Very chill dude! 👍
Few things in life than I like more than his playing
Without doubt the most unique player and creative force to exist in the last 15 years. It’s so advanced it almost seems like unplanned and unorganized noise
So advanced most people can't even understand it and don't appreciate how insane a guitarist he is.
I love how very very nice and very very cool he always seems to be.
pure dizziness lol
seriously my favorite guitar virtuoso's of our age!
Tosin obviously gets his guitar prowess from Vernon Reid's hair.
Tosin: what is this a guitar for ants?
Just a guy casually creating new ways to play an instrument.
I can’t grow out my thumbnail that long, every time I try it cracks at the sides and busts lol.
His right hand technique is just mesmerizing to watch
Sometimes I see a good guitarist but this is a virtuoso
It's been a WHILE since I've seen Ibanez tosin
Tosin teachin’ Kiko new techniques…
Tosin Abasi is not of this earth. 🎸🤘
this is the strangest high quality tosin video on the internet. Not sure if he's being held hostage or he just has a really unknown new friend.
Man I laughed so hard
Btw it was Kiko who’s recording the video at John Petrucci’s guitar universe 3.0
@@tajwareatswatermelon thanks for posting! haha
I'm thinking of having somebody hammer my thumb joint the wrong way after this video, curse my straight thumb
Quite possibly the best guitarist on the planet.
To be able to sit with him and learn must be an amazing experience. Sick stuff man!
The depth of his knowledge is mind blowing
Fucking fantastic guy, and a great video.
I recommend listen classic guitar if you like tosin. A hundred years ago people were shredding. Francisco Tarrega is the key guy. Check out his tremolo technique in recuerdos de alambra.
His thumb makes me think of Andres Segovia;just permanently curved from playing.
@@bodhimind108 I think the thumb thing is natural actually. There's a name for thumbs that bends that way, but I forget what it is.
@@jon.yama-otoko hitch hiker thumbs
during his era before the internet, the most accessible classical guitarist with that kind of tremolo control technique came largely from Andres Segovia. Any one here remember that BBC video they did on him?
I find it hilarious that people think classical and bass techniques are somehow super natural or near impossible to do whenever a famous electric guitarist does them. Buy their tabs, stop making excuses to not practice. Their songs are difficult, but not impossible.
its so weird to see him playing a 6 string guitar.
I don't really know what Mr. Tosin said bcause my music knowledge is potato, but I love it Mr. Tosin, keep playing 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
Wow it’s incredible to hear him on a simple 6-string. Really beautiful, actually. Undeniably Tosin, but kind of like on alto instead of tenor.
Is that Kiko asking Tosin? Nice!
He's like. You just do this and proceeds to melt my face
idk if I learned much honestly but that was super pleasing to watch
I’m soo amazed at how effortless he has made it look;) love this dude
absolutely amazing, Master Tosin