Tim Henson on Hendrix Inventing Rap, Bad Instagram Guitarists, and Acid Trip Art | Guitar Villains
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Intro and Tim Henson's supervillain alter-ego: 0:00
Burning Questions: 17:03
Tim's Guitar Approach - Hooks and Flexes: 19:35
Blending rap and instrumental music: 23:50
A bad acid trip yields a great music video: 26:20
Name Those Notes: 30:00
Tim's love of Jimi Hendrix: 37:27
New Polyphia music: 41:06
Tim's unique guitar technique: 44:46
The hardest and easiest thing about guitar: 49:29
Tim's favorite airplane album: 54:34
Tim's dream band: 55:20
Tim's supervillain advice: 1:00:05
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Welcome to this episode of 'Guitar Villains', my podcast that features some of the world's greatest guitar players in a way you've never heard before. Why Guitar "Villains", you ask? Because villains are cooler than heroes, it's just a fact. Today’s guitar villain is Tim Henson. An innovator of the guitar and a no-nonsense straight-shooter, Tim has cemented himself in the guitar world as a cutting edge riff-writer, combining elements of tapping, slapping, harmonics, and rhythmic displays second to none. Fronting his instrumental prog outfit Polyphia, Tim has produced some of the most unique and fun guitar moments to fill your eardrums with, and the only thing more refreshing than his music is his no-bullshit demeanor. You’re gonna enjoy this one, so let’s kick off this episode of Guitar Villains.
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Intro and Tim Henson's supervillain alter-ego: 0:00
Burning Questions: 17:03
Tim's Guitar Approach - Hooks and Flexes: 19:35
Blending rap and instrumental music: 23:50
A bad acid trip yields a great music video: 26:20
Name Those Notes: 30:00
Tim's love of Jimi Hendrix: 37:27
New Polyphia music: 41:06
Tim's unique guitar technique: 44:46
The hardest and easiest thing about guitar: 49:29
Tim's favorite airplane album: 54:34
Tim's dream band: 55:20
Tim's supervillain advice: 1:00:05
Subscribe to Guitar Villains on Spotify: spoti.fi/3i8q2xg
Subscribe to Guitar Villains on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/3n08vL3
Welcome to this episode of 'Guitar Villains', my podcast that features some of the world's greatest guitar players in a way you've never heard before. Why Guitar "Villains", you ask? Because villains are cooler than heroes, it's just a fact. Today’s guitar villain is Tim Henson. An innovator of the guitar and a no-nonsense straight-shooter, Tim has cemented himself in the guitar world as a cutting edge riff-writer, combining elements of tapping, slapping, harmonics, and rhythmic displays second to none. Fronting his instrumental prog outfit Polyphia, Tim has produced some of the most unique and fun guitar moments to fill your eardrums with, and the only thing more refreshing than his music is his no-bullshit demeanor. You’re gonna enjoy this one, so let’s kick off this episode of Guitar Villains.
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Who is on the next episode because i am really enjoying the podcasts
Andy Partdige or Dave Gregory next
Do Jason richardson or Stephen taranto please!
Great guest and video Tyler! Please get Mario Camerena and/or Erick Hansel from CHON next!
I was almost gonna post on your last episode to brush up on some Anime cuz I knew Tim was gonna pick an anime villain
Damn I had no idea the blurry thing was that bad lmao. Sorry Tyler and viewers 😅 I haven’t used Skype in like 5 years so idk if it was some setting in that or what I’ve never seen my webcam do that lol. Also guitar is like my fidget spinner when doing things that are out of my comfort zone so there’s some context on that. Anyways thanks for having me Tyler!
You're good 😘
LOVE YOUUU
tim henson you made me pick up guitar and thank you for that have a nice day and it would be nice to meet you guitar hero
Luv u bro ❤️
Nah it's fine dude, was an interesting lissten. Keep up the great music man!
"Yeah it's Tim Henson! Wooo"
*Leans back*
"Aw where'd he go?"
🤣🤣
LMFAO
XD
Funny how the youngest guest so far has the most camera issues.
Not camera issues, he is obviously using a software to make the background blurry and its messing up when he moves
@@Mextalhead I know, I use the same thing all the time at work. But if he were just sitting a bit closer to the camera, it wouldn't have been as problematic.
he looks 12
@@Mextalhead Its definitely camera issues. Super easy to fix on skype.
Judging by some of Tyler's facial expressions, I'm guessing there is more to the story. I have a feeling something was going on in the background behind Tim that needed to be censored with the still photo. Maybe Tim (and ?) thought they could get away with a prank by using the blur effect, but Tyler had to shut him down by puttung up the still photo over the video feed. During some of the time when they did shiow the video, you could see someone standing on the bed behind Tim, moving slowly.
Tim is like the guitar student who plays while his teacher is explaining stuff
As a guitar teacher, I appreciate the passion but that shit is annoying 😂
@@gdawgs101 As a guitar student, I'm so sorry lol
im so sorry guitar teachers but that me sometimes
@@Moskal91 same
@@fishmusic2282 ditto
Haha *strong profanity and drug references*
Yup, it's Tim alright.
I meet you again Mr. WAHmett
I love him lmao
Jam same. This dude is always here
Wahhhhhh
@Kirk's Wah-Wah Pedal no, I will never leave you. You serve me now. You ARE me.
Having Petrucci, TIm Henson, and Satch on this show just shows how great and grand I can see this podcast going! Keep it up man!
Only a matter of time till he’s talking with all the greatest guitarists!
Hii R232
@@rcnewman51. Indeed!
@@correoparatodo4631 Hello there. That is me.
Only downside I see is bringing out the heavy hitters so early. But there are tons of great guitar players out there
Tim Henson to Herman Li: I was super angies
Tim Henson to Tyler: I had a case of the grompies
Underrated comment xD here's a like
Real
That sounds funny, having in mind how edgy tim can be
Hey I'm Gromp
I'm not so Gromp
And we're the Guitar Gromps
I like what he said about guitar being a MEANS. He doesn't want to be good at guitar simply to be good at it. He uses guitar as a means to make music. I respect that.
That's the mindset that separates the men from the boys. I know a guy that can play most classic rock and metal songs really well. I tried being in a band with him and it just didn't work because he was a guitarist, but wasn't a musician.
@@TheFReeFRiesss indeed
@@TheFReeFRiesss that is damn true
Western academia has ruined musical creativity. We applaud imitators of virtuosi. I haven't learned any songs besides riffs in the very beginning, to practice techniques. After that and a little theory knowledge, I began to WRITE. And over 15 years I literally couldn't tell you how much I've written, usually based off of an improvised riff. (And i don't mean you have to know every chord inversion and irrational time signatures.) Just write man! Who cares if it's simple? If you can play random chords or melodies and stay in key and time, you can structure a song. This is what needs to be taught now a days, especially since almost everyone is able to record themselves! When you practice, you should be improvising. Techniques are meant to be applied, not imitated, and music is meant to be played, not worked. Its supposed to be fun. If you cant let it all go and sink into your instrument, find a different hobby, cause the pressure can be miserable. I've seen so many high strung musicians burn out, because they think plateauing is a bad thing. No. It isnt. Walk around that plateau and use the tools you find there to build a staircase to your next plateau. Write write write. Lol. The more familiar you are with creating music, the more you learn about yourself. Its truly divine.
@@GG256_ never have I heard it put into words more beautifully. You sir, are a gentleman and a scholar
I’m sure this would be difficult on a full length podcast with the language barrier but Ichika Nito would be an absolutely epic guest
He doesn't talk. Tyler would ask questions and Ichika would play an answer.
@@turindani he’d play open tunings as responses
And Ichika is too nice to be a villian.
@@nottheth0mm5ter Doofenshmirtz could be applicable to him
For what it’s worth, I think that’s a fantastic idea
Tim is the only 12 year old I know with more weed products than Snoop Dogg
7*
Holy shit this is the best comment I've ever read
def don’t got more than snoop 😹
Looking young like that in your 20's is no fun... I'm fairly certain he'd prefer people not poke fun at the fact. I mean, he's real so I'm sure he's not in denial, but it's just not cool to hear that shit all the time (from personal experience).
I'm dead
My dream list:
John Mayer, Mateus Asato, Tim Henson.
One down. Two to go!
I love John and Mateus but I don’t think they fit the “Guitar Villain” feel u kno
@@btta_wzrd6699 Well John Mayer's history with the ladies easily place him into that category! Even though it's completely unrelated to his playing, the guitar player image is still something worth acknowledging! And that being said, John beibg great at Blues, Rock, Pop, Country, Folk, and so on makes him a boss level villain in my opinion! Remember that he sings while playing those crazy licks!
And Mateus has been praised as one of the best and most tasteful player on the planet at what he does, but he still hasn't released any official album of his work yet! I'm sure this would fit the "anti-conformist" villain of your choice haha
And Jerry Garcia
@@This_isnt_where_I_parked Garcia’s dead
You forgot Herman Li
Tim: I hate drinking, but I love being drunk
Quaaludes: Anyone sitting here?
bring back the luuuuuuuuuuuudes
I love how the intro and ending have the most epic boomer bends possible
My thoughts exactly.
youtubers:4k quality
professional musicians : 3gp
He’s absolutely spot on with his supervillain alter egos lol. Griffith is one of the best villains of all time
Polyphia is living every band's dream which is to just play the what they love without concern for anything other then the music.
than*
Now *this* is an ambitious crossover
Get Ola Englund on, or any death/thrash guitarists. It would be awesome :)
@Adam Silver that’s djent
@Adam Silver death metal and thrash metal is way more complex than that
@Adam Silver lol u obviously have not listened to good death and thrash metal. It's stupid of u to say that thrash and death metal guitarists aren't guitarists.
@@DanielLightspeedMcNair how bout dean lamb?
You're an incredible interviewer. You're just adopting your chill level to match the person you're interviewing and getting all the best answers. Way to go, man! This shit is the best!
Tim has to be one of the most important guitar player/ musician of the current time man, so cool to hear how him and polyphia keep evolving.
They don't.
@@47ravenlord thats quite a poor answer, can you justify it? i'd be happy to hear what you have to say man
Ichika? Manuel? They all are important. Unfortunately, this style won't stay fresh for ever. There will be some coppycats who'd make this genre old and generic. Maybe I might be one of them, because I'm giving all my effort to learn this style.
@@an_38kitkashyap he said ONE of them, not THE, he pointed out Tim specifically cause yknow... this vid is about Tim not ichika and Manuel also come up with your own style, maybe adapt his style but trust me any person whose sounded like Tim have pretty much been told that they’re a copycat or that they are a great value Tim Henson , I doubt it’ll become something that becomes generic, you’ll more likely to just live in Tim Henson’s shadow copying his style than become an equal, making it unlikely that his music style will become generic, as you’ll just be seen as a Tim clone, not to mention his music is more trap and pop oriented math rock, a lot of guitarists at his caliber normally aren’t into trap music, so coming up with hooks like he does would be more difficult if say, you’re only listening to more guitar oriented music, it’s like trying to come up with a classical guitar piece when you hate classical music, how do you dictate what sounds classical if you aren’t listening to it
Would love too see thedooo on here!
Great chat with Tim though too
Unfortunately we wouldn’t actually see him 😂
tim looks like a emo micheal reeves
This is scary accurate
LMAO why have I never thought of this
COLLAB WHEN??? :D
hahahaha
Have we ever seen Micheal Reeves and Tim Henson in the same room together??? 🤔
Holy moly...Tim's taste, heart and feelings are in their place. Great guy, huge talent. I started listening to his music recently, and I never in my entire life thought a song could sound like his pieces.
Tim is a really down to earth person. I appreciate his honesty and bluntness in response to questions. I feel like he plays the "Fame game" really well.
“I wake up for soundcheck and then I go back to sleep, for nap time.” - One of the greatest guitarists of all time
If Tim Henson can't have a case of the grumpies, who can?
Thanks for making these amazing interviews! The point about making music on the guitar versus the endless shred type stuff is so true, I really like the fact that you guys brought that up. Tim is such an incredible and inspiring player- this was a super interesting one to listen to!
Tosin Abasi would be epic to see on the show!
I think he has been confirmed
Why? He is a talented player that chooses to sound like a Bass guitar in a clothes dryer....is that really your thing?
@@47ravenlord narrow but interesting
@@47ravenlord yes
@@47ravenlord dude ur jus jealous lol
You make a good interviewer! Genuine and calm without trying to hard, Cant wait for more content like this!
DAAAAMNN ma boi TIM HENSONNNN this is a great crossover Tyler, thank you both!
i love it! tim has been one of my biggest influences and im stoked that Tyler was able to make this happen
This is the best interview I've ever seen and you can tell that Tim is actually interested in talking to you, which seems like a hard reaction to get from him haha. Congrats on being the most innovative interviewer
"We can make dark sounding music without playing metal, like GOAT" pls do more of that dude. Shits fire. And im not the stereotypical "I only like GOAT" Polyphia fan, but dark sounding music in general draws me in. Its always so much more interesting to me
I love and am drawn to dark music as well. But I find the "happy" in his music somehow refreshing. There's plenty of the dark stuff out there for me to indulge in. Not dark but still shreddy is feelin good right now.
@@marioflores1310 I dont disagree, but I think Polyphia hit their best stride on GOAT, and lots others seem to agree. Obviously we don't need a whole album like that, as much as I'd like it. Either way I'm sure it'll be a good album. The album 4 teaser we got last year was incredible
Nasty is pretty dark too, or Look but don't touch
Dark but melodic, thats the best shit from em.
I can't believe I read this while he said it
This is the best interview of Tim i've seen.
Killer interview skills. Thank you for an awesome podcast
Jake, you've done such an AMAZING job with creating Guitar Villains, and especially getting the guitarists you are able to get on here is OUTSTANDING!!! KEEP IT UP, MY GUY!!! THIS IS BY FAR MY FAVORITE GUITAR POD CAST!!!!!!
Hey Tyler - This podcast is freaking awesome and fun. I say fun because it’s an escape from physically practicing guitar and music, but i find myself learning so much mentally that I can then implement or play around with during my next practice or jam session. I am a classic rock and blues enthusiast, but this podcast has inspired me to be more open minded and thus is making me a better musician. Kudos to you and really stoked for the next hump day inspiration. 🔥🔥🙌🙌🤘🤘
Get Kingfish in here, that guy is awesome
Tyler should totally hit up Dusty Warring from BTBAM. He lives in Nashville, and is an absolute beast on guitar. That , and the both rep PRS hard.
That is a fantastic idea!
And Emil Werstler as well is in nashville
I’m always excited to see a new podcast. These are what I’ve been sleeping too since it started
So stoked you got Tim Henson to get on with you. My favourite episode so far.
This is a side of the coin everybody needed to see, an awesome guitar player who does not give a F to what ppl say about how he makes interviews, he is living his life the way he likes it, and if he is happy, why should we talk $@## about it? Great interview
Because you feel like talking shit? What’s wrong with that
I agree with you, but Tim does not seem happy at all. If he is, great. I just don’t think truly happy people act the way he does.
How do you become the greatest guitarist in a generation? Never put your guitar away, even during interviews.
Wasn't B.B. King like this with Lucille?
Dope interview. Great guest and the questions were well prepared and relevant. Subscribed!
This is great. And the time stamps are great. Thank you sir!
See if you can get Nuno Bettencourt in the series. There isn't much info on how he comes up with riffs and solos and so on (if any at all). I think it'd be very interesting 👍
not to mention they've been talking about a new album for a while
Dude, if you can get Nuno, you will win the Internet. 🤞🤞🤞
Such a monster too
following @@syndesys
Yes
22:05 super honest stuff from Tim. Great job, Tim. I think you should do more serious interviews like this. I watched the whole thing and you seem like a very thoughtful, smart, and interesting guy.
yeah he said it on Herman Li's stream that he will do serious interviews from now on
I really love this series, and your guests so far have been incredible :)
I enjoyed the whole podcast. Nice intro/outro music too! 100X Thumbs UP!
I WANT GUTHRIE GOVAN ON THIS SHOW!!!!!
Tim's interview 10/10 .. Tim's camera skills 0/10
He a guitarist not a cameraman lol
I already had a lot of respect for Tim but after seeing this I REALLY had even more respect for him, he stayed true to himself as a person, guitarist, and was honest. Not to mention Tyler and Tim definitely seemed to click, thank you Tyler this was a wonderful interview/Podcast. 🤘
Love that you got this interview
Holy shit, mans really got Tim. This gonna be good
What Tim said at the end to me was very inspirational. I'm just realizing i want to be a producer. Played keyboard for like 15 years and still impoving on guitar. I love prog, rock, metal, classical, jazz etc and i love when artists mix genres. , music is a vision, it's the urge to make something with sound that convey vibes, emotions. I wish i can do that successfully too one day.
That thing he said about being in a room with the best ppl to producing and create your musical vision was really inspirational and made me think about Brian Wilson. He's totally different to his background but he really was a musical genius almost like a director composer. I had the same motivational feel watching his biopic Love & Mercy.
I really think this guy and MGK (with his last album giving new life to punk rock in the mainstream) are the most influencial and inspiring musicians of these years. Their using their influences from hip hop and rock to create something important and motivational for the new generations (like Hendrix did) mixing the styles to create something new from the past musical legacy. This is the important thing for music and not the purists that keep a genre locked in his niche, cause they're the ones that are causing the death of rock, not an original (and over the top) musician like Tim or a rapper who dares to love punk and incorporates it in his music.
I fully agree with you🤘
Watched this today and read your comment, if you find the time and interest, let's create something, don't know what, but something.
Thank you!! Tim's my favorite guitar player of all time 100%
Love this content Tyler keep it coming mate !
Tim might seem a bit cocky but honestly it fits him so well, he literally fits the theme of this podcast and looks straight up like a pretty boy villain badass!
Tim Henson and polyphia are so interesting because if u follow their social media’s they look crazy but they’re actually geniuses.
This was such a good interview! I love that you did background research and asked unique questions. Will there be a round two updated interview in the future?
me playing couple bg's than comming back to yt and see you speaking of WoW. man...i feel the bond of guitarists now.
Tim henson actually is one of my fav guitarist lol.
Same
Same
His signature Ibanez is my dream guitar
He’s good but I think he’s kind of a douche
@@tylerw12488 I think it is his personalia. Even with or without his personalia, I love his works.
Tim defines "guitar villian"
Diiiiiiiiiiiiiid not know that you had a podcast about guitar. Very happy to find out about this very happy Tim is my first episode.
Hey Ty! Your videos have great and versatile content. I am happy that I watched this and discovered Guitar Super System which I just signed up for. I am a pretty well skilled guitarist however, have little theory knowledge. This seems like a great place to start and after just signing up and going through the site, I can see that it allows players to connect theory into fluent and fun playing. Reading off paper never worked for me but I am optimistic that this will allow me to enjoy focusing on theory. Your understanding of music is superb! Cheers!
Would love to see Scott’s answers and see how he approaches guitar differently to Tim
Imagine if Dimebag still lived and he would be on podcasts like these. :'(
He’d probably blow up the podcast literally 🤣
He was already doing his own home documentaries.
the is so much of awesomenessss ! thanks for the content
Cool interview man! Thank you for this 🙂
The first time I heard Tim's playing was about 9 years ago. An old co-worker who went by the name of "Brown Kid" was like dude I wanna show you my old band from high school/right after high school, that I did the vocals for. So I let him blast his music on the speakers of the smoke shop we worked at. Immediately, I was like dude, who the fuck is this guitar player?!? His reply "Oh, that Tim. He was 15 when he recorded this. He's the best!" A few years later, Polyphia blew the fuck up.
Lol, I saw you on Herman Li's video
Unluckily I'm Brazilian and I can't understand English so well to get what they are talking in this podcast, but I'm 100% sure that was a great conversation. Please try to talk with Matheus asato, He is a awesome guy to talk about music, he is not probably a Guitar villain but we need some angels/heroes in this place. Hugs from Brazil 🎸
No heroes. 🦸♂️ Only villains. 🦹♀️
I've been waiting for this🤘🤘
These interview vids are so dope!!!!
If timmy does not nap, he GWUMPY
Yes. Just yes.
Definitely enjoyed the interview
Love these, they're alot more mature and relatable to watch.
*hears the warning about profanities and drugs
*clicks like
@Hitachi Mikado I’m dying bro
Half of the likes came from Tim himself.
Do Americans have any more words in their vocabulary than 'like' every other word?
@GroteB....it's like...um you know like...ah well like..on some shit like..really but..like....I'm having a bad trip like...yeh like..It was like really bad like...bahaha like..wtf like...so cool like...w.s..like b.s...like...im out like..🤪👍🇦🇺
@@GroteB settle down grandpa
@@simonilett998 that’s what a lot of drugs does to you, ever heard of ozzy?
First time I’m seeing this series, I was literally thinking last week I wish there was a podcast about guitars 😂 you’ve answered my prayers
just watched a vid of Tim playing GOAT live, and he was wearing slides/sandals for the show. I love it!!!!
Podcast fucking rules. Guitar players needed this.
Only thing I would suggest is - less structure. Some of the themes and questions are cool (like the supervillians) . But one of the things that makes podcasts so great (like rogan) is the ability to go off the rails with the guest and let them rant about things that aren't even guitar related.
Tyler, you're getting the upper echelon of guitarists so far. Setting a high bar.
I’m watching this whole thing, my favorite guitarist featured on one of my favorite guitar youtuber’s videos
Tim has been a huge inspiration of mine and I’m happy he went on the show
what's your drink of choice?
me: 40oz! goose!
tim: i like red wine
a friend show me GOAT by Polyphia:
at the beginning feels like its going to be a mumble rap song...
the riff starts:
oh yees yes pleas give me moreee
and you got more since it is the same riff over and over... i guess that is what smoothbrains call songwriting today
@@francisnorthwood7862 You're so out of touch. I bet you hated the people that judged your music for not being "good" enough when you were growing up. Such a shame you've become one of those people.
@@francisnorthwood7862 You obviously haven't actually listened to the full song. Either that or you're half deaf and genuinely can't tell them apart.
Loving these guitar villains episodes Tyler!
Ty this is a great show! Pls continue inviting amazing people.
Ps. I think Nick Johnston would be cool as a guest.
Amazing, man! Could you please make an episode with Michael Romeo (Symphony X) at some point? He's just awesome both as a guitarist and as a person, and so underrated as a musician
Amazing Content !
We need :
Tosin Abasi, Guthrie Govan, Steve Vai, TheDooo, Angel Vivaldi on this show for the next ones (Add Those missing :D)
Perfect intro for a podcast.!!!!
Finally Tim has answered the long big question in my mind...thanks Tim! I listen to metal and pop too...but people don't get it so the people who hate Hiphop but love rock and people who love rock and hate Hiphop they meet there in Polyphia Music...
Uncle Judy's gonna feel pretty vindicated when he hears Tim say the guitar is a tool!
It's technology
Cultured lad you are
Mario Camarena and Erick Hansel from CHON. These players are in the realm of Polyphia, but are like way chill and tight. Their extremely clean sound is really unique too.
They did a couple colabs. Check out “yas”
Too bad they’re too chill to have an energized conversation. But I would die to see them get interviewed by Tyler
Nice start hahaha love it! Fair enough 🤪🔥
Love tim love tim love tim love fricking tiiiim!!!!!!!!
Thank you for bring it here
46:36 I’m glad to know that Tim isn’t a master of the musical alphabet on guitar😂 he literally described me and my knowledge of guitar theory
nothing like being up on a wednesday morning to catch the release of a video like this
Taking about Berserk..Did not expect it, but awesome! Loved the original series. Nice analogy.
Ok lemme get this straight when I first found you in may you just got 100k subs now you have 1 mill?!?!? Congrats dude!!!!!!!