¨Its about playing music, its not about what you can show people that you can do with a piece of wood in your hands that has strings on it, like the idea is to make sounds that are good¨
***** Unnecessary Condescension, and Atrocious Spelling. Any REAL Metal guitarist is FULLY aware that the most superior Metal has facets of ALL music within it and making a comment like the one you have is the same flavour of ignorance, except in an opposing polarity.
***** no problem with judging about DEATH (without r) METAL but there was also at least one person with a lot of emotion in guitar playing and his name was chuck schuldiner
+James Bond yep, wise advice, music is the most important thing about playing a musical instrument, and if one instrumentalist holds all his instrument's technique but doesn't give it a musical meaning, then all these technique has no value.
I've been playing guitar for 20 years, and I think Frusciante is the most innovative and brilliant guitarists I've ever heard. He is not a show off guitarist, he is an artist. Playing guitar is just one aspect of his ability. He is a very creative guitarist, a brilliant backing vocalist and one of the best writers around. Sit and listen to the song Dosed from the By The Way album. The layered guitar work is insane.
He could properly make a living doing youtube videos. Surely thousands would subscribe to him. That is after he decides to halt his prodessional career
to everyone making claims "hes the best" or "hes not that good", youre missing the point. This guy means every note he plays, he can play a 4 note solo for 2 minutes and it would have more relevance, tone, emotion and feel than entire albums done by others who are "better or "worse"
James Brown Style 0:05 James Brown Style 1:16 Two-Note Invention 1:59 Two-Note Invention 2:42 Dani California 5:56 Wah-Wah 6:32 Wah-Wah 7:16 Hardcore 7:47
I love it so much. All the guitar nerds and mindless shredding out there. All the music theory and all the John Petrucci’s and Malmsteen’s of the world. Yet, this beautiful melody machine of a man will always be the goat in my eyes.
I love watching this vid every few months, the more I learn about guitar the more I learn from this same video. more make sense each time and I learn something new
There is something special about listening to any type of artist talk about their work and their understanding of it... especially when they have reached such a great understanding like John has... Beautiful
@@mlnem2k .. @Judge Steve is incorrect. He didn't "fuck up". He improvised. Watch the picking hand. He strums a percussive note here (the technique he's actively demonstrating), stops his picking hand, hears that a HARMONIC rang out and not a fretted note, then adds pressure to his fretting hand and does a full step upward bend... which creates a ghost note bend. He then trills it with a little vibrato and then slides down the neck back into his riff. This all happens in the space of a quarter note. Funk is about the in-betweens.
@@mikenoface he totally fucked up lol but he made it work. im sure if he restarted he wouldve made the note a lot clearer. nothin bad about it, hes still great.
Just noticed he kindof does the same thing at 0:15 i feel like a fool for not noticing before. This would make it an intentional motif? Its like Jimis wiggle at the beginning of Foxy Lady
I started out hating his playing and have grown to really love it. It's like perfectly imperfect. It's not complex but very hard to duplicate. I believe studying his rhythm style has made me a better player.
He's such an amazing musician, no matter what instrument he plays he is so dedicated. Very clever man, does not stop getting ideas for songs. Btw "You got a high thing and a low thing which is basically like two things instead of playing a chord which makes it just like one thing." Explained perfectly John :')
John spoke about getting out of the way and letting the music happen. That it's already out there and we're the vessel that's capable of allowing this to pass through us by letting go and not trying to force this. He's totally right about how we get locked into a strict tempo without even noticing. I relate to his approach about really releasing your inhibition, it's a strong sense of freedom and opens the doors to creativity. Not everyone can relate to this, they are not enlightened, so to say , and can't understand attaining more by letting go or receiving strength thru humility. They say things like "HE'S WEIRD or He's on drugs" cause they can't understand. You have to evolve spiritually to attain this and that's what sets people like John apart from other players. Lots of people can play but only a few have their own mark . Where like you can tell their playing just by hearing it.
His recordings from his lowest point are still loaded with spirit. He seems to be tapped into the great life force at times. You can't accuse him of being phony. He just does what he does the best he can.
pifou61 so true but John has a different approach to the way he plays his music. So it's very much impressive when he does it but when someone else tries that they just won't sound impressive at all because they haven't put in the hours and effort much less done heroine or have gotten lost into their favorite musical genre to really grab the rails and go as fast as they wanted to go
pifou61 What do you mean "better"? He's pretty fucking brilliant all round if you ask me. Can't you hear the guitar SING. True, there are different styles, and a whole heck of a heap of superb players. But I wouldn't put a (good) musician down, just because of comparison. There are many greats,and John is one of them, for sure. Go and enjoy some of his jams. Or if you're not in the mood for that, Johnny Marr is another goodun that comes to mind atm.
What he says at 3:40 is so important... I remember when I hit a real wall, this was the secret to opening things right up... Prob a bit of a basic concept for some, but not for everyone.
Man, no words for this. Really, thanks very much for the video. Truly an honor to get a lesson like this from John. He will forever be one of my greatest inspirations. I don`t know any guitarist who has so much of that Jimi Hendrix's soul as John... he`s not a linear guitar player, as himself was describing. There are plenty of great fast progressive guitarists, or fast metal guitarists, but he is just everywhere, nowhere, there are no limits, it`s as if he is floating, and just goes wherever it has to go... no rules, or barriers imposing things. Really, with the soul of Hendrix... Jimi was another guitarist who was one with the guitar and could go wherever he wanted
i just wish i could sit down with john, and talk with him, and give him a hug. he has been such an influence on me personally, as well as (obviously) so many others. just an absolutely remarkable talent and human being. whether he comes back to RHCP or not, or whatever he does, i just hope to meet him some day. love you JF!!
Frusciante is among the guitarrist that inspired me the most ... he is very creative and you can hear he is always emproving his style with his own tricks.. every guitarist should do that regardless of fame... there are illimited numbers of combinations.. musician tend to forget that and follow the conventional way of playing ... you can come up with riffs just playing games .as he said . some time your fingers go somewhere randomly making an interesting sound .. and thats exactly the path to originality... Hendrix is the best example of the playing games thing ..
Fuckin love John. Such a beautiful example of a guy who may not have the technical chops that others might have but he plays with so much fucking feeling and is so entranced in his own uniquely developed style and sound that it still blows you away every time.
I agree. But he's not only a brilliant backing vocalist, he's a brilliant vocalist. Listen to some of his solo albums if you haven't already, for example "The past recedes" :)
Despite the fact that he mutes the strings with his right and left hand, he is incredibly accurate when it comes to hit the strings... it looks like he's hitting all of them... that's what makes Frusciante such an amazing funk and blues guitar player.
I really love frusciante's work, it's just amazing! He's very creative and inspires a lot of people around the world. The guitar should be like annother part of your body, like a mouth, and that's what John does, he's really conected with his guitar so you can feel his feelings an thoughts in each note he plays.
EXACTLY THE SAME THING happens between Frusciante and Travis Barker ''haters''.....everyone's got the same old argument: ''everyone can play that...its easy'' But true musicians know that on top of Fru's & Barker's habilities to play, they both are if not the most, one of the MOST CREATIVE musicians ever. I'm talking first place for each one on their own lists.
Yup, youtube's full of young kids covering technical music all day. To originally write it is a different story. Also, there's a probability the fru's and barkers can come up with "easy" riffs on the spot and just track in one take. How "easy" is that for a bedroom amateur.
The trouble is I don't think a lot of kids are aware of the impact of punk rock, and the ethos of punk rock on musicians such as Flea and John Frusciante. Both musicians site bands like The Germs as an influence, a band who were so incompetent with their instruments when they began but who made up for it with sheer energy and passion. Give me that kind of passion and sincerity over soulless technique any day. The two aren't mutually exclusive by any means but I think there is a danger when people become obsessed with trying to prove themselves on the level of skill. You only have to look at the stadium rock of the 70s or the hair metal of the 80s to see how disgusting that level of ostentation can get.
They’re both incredibly mediocre and true musicians know this because they go beyond mainstream music and find the plethora of amazing players underneath the surface
Maxx Doran such an elitist hipster jerk off comment. The irony is frusciante is truly underground. He really knows his stuff. He was just unlucky in his time and space to be that guy who cracked the big time without meaning too. He threw it all away. This is a true God of modern music. Like Hendrix, cobain, Lennon etc. they crossed over and conquered the mainstream world, while being themselves and incredible individual, creative, talented and influential. I know my underground music. I'm not a chilli peppers fan. But I love frusciante. He's a special dude. I can imagine you in the mid eighties dissing some mainstream guy like joe strummer, van halen or someone and talking about how you know a real genius by the name of John frusciante who plays underground clubs in L.A . Your a tryhard.
He is just soooo purely passionate about music that it is almost an obsession to John Frusciante...Once you combine those two elements with his lasered focus and his gift and his love for playing guitar..,? Oh, What else can we expect other than for beauty and magic to appear and manifest ( Lack of better words ) to please our ears, to please our hearts...its just a pure pleasure to hear.
George Harrison couldn’t hold a candle to JF? Are you kidding me the Beatles are only important for changing music they’ve were passed talent wise light years ago
@@codyvarn1824 Both men are giants in their era. Both have great subtlety in their playing. But to argue who is the greater, is purely subjective and time misspent.
Don’t change the name Cody by posting some dumb ass comments George Harrison was a beast on guitar just as much as John They are is very equally talented in their own right
theres so much to learn. you could have the quickest fingers, the best technique, and a good understanding of theory, but if your heart isnt into it and you arent trying to understand the philosophy behind it like john is and exploring, you'll sound like everyone else.
I find it amazing that from hearing him play that fig.4 tune I felt like i was listening to red hot chilli peppers and then come to find out this dude is the dude from the chilli peppers lmao! used to love them as a kid and still do.
3:26 : lotta guys use this as a good excuse not to practice for years and learn a unique style of lead guitar, which is essential for carving your own niche for yourself & your playing, but I also see his genuine concern for guys not trying to show-off and ruin the music in the process....
There are guitar players who play technically perfect all day like Paul Gilbert where I can go, "Hmm that was pretty awesome". Then there are guitarists who have little warts and bumps throughout their playing, but then out of nowhere they have these bursts of ferocity and musical perfection which are utterly transcendent and just make you smile or laugh or get up and move. That's the kind of player John Frusciante is.
@@jonm6244 why? Josh is awesome. I mean, I LOVE Frusciante, but Josh was his best friend. They were colaborating and Josh even was playing with RHCP when John was in a band. I think Josh understand John more than you think. He will not and he dont want to play exactly like John, but he is pretty Good and thank God RHCP have him
@@ATLienXenu well, I bought his "shadows collide with people", and I was wondering, how great it would be, to hear John with RHCP again. Three days later they announced John is back. I think because my wish John reunited with band :)
I love all guitar players I just think more people need to realize that every style is just as important as the next one. Playing tastefully is subjective at the end of the day. Play and listen to what you like, no need to shit on someone else for playing different than what you like, in fact you should celebrate it. There's nothing wrong with playing really fast if it serves the song well just like there is nothing wrong with playing slow, it is all about what you are stimulated by. What moves you is what you should focus on and try not to worry about what others will think about what you play or what you listen to.
***** Malmsteen has no diversity, dynamics or soul in his soloing - all he does is mindlessly shred harmonic minor scales and sweep arpeggio up and down the neck. He plays basically the same solo in every song.
***** I've been a drummer for 30 years, a lead guitarist for over 25, and bassist for 20 and a singer/frontman/bandleader for 15. I know music theory inside and out. And I also know that I'd much rather listen to less technical guitarists like Angus Young and Slash who actually know how to write great riffs, songs and memorable melodic solos that are dripping with emotion - all things that Yngwie is absolutely clueless about.
And Steve Vai isn't much better. Joe Satriani is one of the rare few technical shredders who actually knows how to play for the song as opposed to just egomaniacally wanking all over the fretboard with no regard for the chord progression or overall feel and groove of the composition. And he can also write songs in a band context as well - just listen to the Chickenfoot albums. They're not amazing, but they're leagues better than anything Yngwie has ever done as far as composing good hard rock songs.
***** I've never heard Slash's opinion of Yngwie, but I have heard a lot of pro guitarists say that they can't stand players who just mindlessly shred without any soul or groove. Not every guitarist is a fan of Malmsteen, Vai, and other players of that type, you know. Do you have any videos of your playing on UA-cam?
John is such an awsome guitarist and so down to earth, he plays kind of raw, not fast or flashy like ingwie or Steve Vai, but i would rather listen to John,s guitar playing style than the others
Theres something about frusciante that like makes me think that hes not human. Like there is no way a mere human could come up with the stuff that he does.
Chris Nelvin check out the peppers stuff "under the bridge" at saturday Night Live. He has got some serious ideas in that song and was on heroin that show.
¨Its about playing music, its not about what you can show people that you can do with a piece of wood in your hands that has strings on it, like the idea is to make sounds that are good¨
yep these assholes are total retards critique everything so lame
*****
Unnecessary Condescension, and Atrocious Spelling.
Any REAL Metal guitarist is FULLY aware that the most superior Metal has facets of ALL music within it and making a comment like the one you have is the same flavour of ignorance, except in an opposing polarity.
***** dearth metal
***** no problem with judging about DEATH (without r) METAL but there was also at least one person with a lot of emotion in guitar playing and his name was chuck schuldiner
+James Bond yep, wise advice, music is the most important thing about playing a musical instrument, and if one instrumentalist holds all his instrument's technique but doesn't give it a musical meaning, then all these technique has no value.
I've been playing guitar for 20 years, and I think Frusciante is the most innovative and brilliant guitarists I've ever heard. He is not a show off guitarist, he is an artist. Playing guitar is just one aspect of his ability. He is a very creative guitarist, a brilliant backing vocalist and one of the best writers around. Sit and listen to the song Dosed from the By The Way album. The layered guitar work is insane.
imagine that frusciante have his own chanell and he gave lesonns on it
CIro Music could you imagine the amount of facial expressions he'd unleash in the solos XD
+CIro Music I spend my time when i play guitar thinking about this idea. Just living in my dreaming, Frusciante could do livestreams...
"How to guitar, by John."
Yeah. That sounds just right... :)
+CIro Music I don't even play guitar, but I'd love it!!
He could properly make a living doing youtube videos. Surely thousands would subscribe to him. That is after he decides to halt his prodessional career
to everyone making claims "hes the best" or "hes not that good", youre missing the point. This guy means every note he plays, he can play a 4 note solo for 2 minutes and it would have more relevance, tone, emotion and feel than entire albums done by others who are "better or "worse"
Which makes him the BEST
In a way, that pretty much described what happened when Crazy Town sampled Pretty Little Ditty.
Amen
So he also means all those bum notes ?
That’s called music theory lvl 1
James Brown Style 0:05
James Brown Style 1:16
Two-Note Invention 1:59
Two-Note Invention 2:42
Dani California 5:56
Wah-Wah 6:32
Wah-Wah 7:16
Hardcore 7:47
+KevinDr007 thank you
+Clyde Ceniza You are very welcome my friend :)
+KevinDr007 7:16 is a Hendrix riff from Electric Ladyland
2:40 when you listen to this kind of melody you're sure its Frusciante... man's so unique
I love it so much. All the guitar nerds and mindless shredding out there. All the music theory and all the John Petrucci’s and Malmsteen’s of the world. Yet, this beautiful melody machine of a man will always be the goat in my eyes.
I love watching this vid every few months, the more I learn about guitar the more I learn from this same video. more make sense each time and I learn something new
word man, same here!
dude u just captured my thoughts. I dont just do it with this video I always go back and find something I didnt catch in songs
nice
Saaaame
6:58 Hey solo
8:00 Don't Forget Me solo live at La Cigale
No. Just little similarities
A high thing and a low thing so you have two things instead of just one thing... lol this guy is awesome
Авесоме! Джонни лучший :)
It’s just a minor thing
Later he also says he’s much better at expressing himself through guitar than through words :-)
@@LalisasToxicHusband "Writing about music is like dancing about architecture." - Martin Mull (also attributed to other authors)
The funny thing is that he understands music theory inside and out so this is how he speaks in laymen’s terms 😂
"Just bend the fabric of reality.. With the guitar." - John Frusciante
The most comprehensible thing he said in the whole video in my humble opinion!
There is something special about listening to any type of artist talk about their work and their understanding of it... especially when they have reached such a great understanding like John has... Beautiful
that melody at 2:45 is so beautiful...he knows how to touch you deeper than anyone guitar player...
It reminds me of his song Low Birds.
ye.. scar tissue
words cant explain how much i love this man
Me too sis
Man, That note at 0:20 is either intentional, and brilliant, or accidental, and just awesome.
@Blaine Konkel I suppose, then it's an unintentional anomaly that somehow works. I love those.
@@mlnem2k .. @Judge Steve is incorrect. He didn't "fuck up". He improvised. Watch the picking hand. He strums a percussive note here (the technique he's actively demonstrating), stops his picking hand, hears that a HARMONIC rang out and not a fretted note, then adds pressure to his fretting hand and does a full step upward bend... which creates a ghost note bend. He then trills it with a little vibrato and then slides down the neck back into his riff. This all happens in the space of a quarter note. Funk is about the in-betweens.
@@mikenoface he totally fucked up lol but he made it work. im sure if he restarted he wouldve made the note a lot clearer. nothin bad about it, hes still great.
It sounds dope as hell ngl
Just noticed he kindof does the same thing at 0:15 i feel like a fool for not noticing before. This would make it an intentional motif? Its like Jimis wiggle at the beginning of Foxy Lady
I started out hating his playing and have grown to really love it. It's like perfectly imperfect. It's not complex but very hard to duplicate. I believe studying his rhythm style has made me a better player.
Why did you initially hate it
2:43 Imagine him doing a solo over this.
:)
when you listen to this kind of melody you're sure its Frusciante... man's so unique
between 2:44 and 3:10 is one of the best riffs ever filmed
Do you know if he used something like this in a song?
@@samtayla2326 low birds
@@fedesacchi891 it sounds kind of like the intro to Scar Tissue as well
@@samtayla2326 Bit late, but check this out:
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@@fedesacchi891 not low birds
He's such an amazing musician, no matter what instrument he plays he is so dedicated.
Very clever man, does not stop getting ideas for songs.
Btw "You got a high thing and a low thing which is basically like two things instead of playing a chord which makes it just like one thing." Explained perfectly John :')
John spoke about getting out of the way and letting the music happen. That it's already out there and we're the vessel that's capable of allowing this to pass through us by letting go and not trying to force this. He's totally right about how we get locked into a strict tempo without even noticing. I relate to his approach about really releasing your inhibition, it's a strong sense of freedom and opens the doors to creativity. Not everyone can relate to this, they are not enlightened, so to say , and can't understand attaining more by letting go or receiving strength thru humility. They say things like "HE'S WEIRD or He's on drugs" cause they can't understand. You have to evolve spiritually to attain this and that's what sets people like John apart from other players. Lots of people can play but only a few have their own mark . Where like you can tell their playing just by hearing it.
His recordings from his lowest point are still loaded with spirit. He seems to be tapped into the great life force at times. You can't accuse him of being phony. He just does what he does the best he can.
His melodies are gorgeous. Love this guy's style. Just so awesome.
Man, that ending still give me chills as the first time I saw it.
is your last name baxter
Nope.
Jim?
Blumpkin992 _________ Mr Mojo risin
Harun Ratkusic yes.
He's so good that it depresses me
Check out hybrid picking yo.
Rhoads5995 Everything is relative. There are so many players better than him. He is not that good.
pifou61 so true but John has a different approach to the way he plays his music. So it's very much impressive when he does it but when someone else tries that they just won't sound impressive at all because they haven't put in the hours and effort much less done heroine or have gotten lost into their favorite musical genre to really grab the rails and go as fast as they wanted to go
pifou61 What do you mean "better"? He's pretty fucking brilliant all round if you ask me. Can't you hear the guitar SING.
True, there are different styles, and a whole heck of a heap of superb players. But I wouldn't put a (good) musician down, just because of comparison. There are many greats,and John is one of them, for sure. Go and enjoy some of his jams. Or if you're not in the mood for that, Johnny Marr is another goodun that comes to mind atm.
Nicholas G get good
What he says at 3:40 is so important... I remember when I hit a real wall, this was the secret to opening things right up... Prob a bit of a basic concept for some, but not for everyone.
I'm unsubscribing. Me??? YOU stfu
STRATPLAYER NO 1 , and one of the best sympathic creativ songwriting guitarrist
in this time !
Man, no words for this. Really, thanks very much for the video. Truly an honor to get a lesson like this from John. He will forever be one of my greatest inspirations. I don`t know any guitarist who has so much of that Jimi Hendrix's soul as John... he`s not a linear guitar player, as himself was describing. There are plenty of great fast progressive guitarists, or fast metal guitarists, but he is just everywhere, nowhere, there are no limits, it`s as if he is floating, and just goes wherever it has to go... no rules, or barriers imposing things. Really, with the soul of Hendrix... Jimi was another guitarist who was one with the guitar and could go wherever he wanted
With that wah he sounds so much like Hendrix. Such talent.
And like Kirk Hammett at 7:54
i just wish i could sit down with john, and talk with him, and give him a hug. he has been such an influence on me personally, as well as (obviously) so many others. just an absolutely remarkable talent and human being. whether he comes back to RHCP or not, or whatever he does, i just hope to meet him some day. love you JF!!
I bet he can do a mean Norm Macdonald impression.....
What makes you say that?
Holy shit you just forever ruined his talking voice to me. You sadistic genius. I wonder if norm can sing killer back up vocals...
Gmork
thoroughly lmao
Gmork haha was thinking exactly the same when watching this!
BWHAHAHAHA
Wise words from John. You can sit there and have fun with yourself. It's not about showing people what you can do with a piece of wood in your hands.
John Frusciante haters don't realize they'll never come close to his level of genius. Best living guitarist, ggs.
He has a real passion for playing guitar it's absolute pleasure watching/listeing him.
John can REALLY play! There’s a lot to learn just by listening to him talk.
Frusciante is among the guitarrist that inspired me the most ... he is very creative and you can hear he is always emproving his style with his own tricks.. every guitarist should do that regardless of fame... there are illimited numbers of combinations.. musician tend to forget that and follow the conventional way of playing ... you can come up with riffs just playing games .as he said . some time your fingers go somewhere randomly making an interesting sound .. and thats exactly the path to originality... Hendrix is the best example of the playing games thing ..
I love this man
love the way that the guy just close his eyes n play without caring bout what his gonna play, just feel the groove
Wow. He is a lot better than i thought he was.
Pff, are you kidding? he's a gun
Nope, his recorded solos are half as good as the stuff in the video. Hop off my testes
Cody Butler he saved it all for live performances
Cody Butler though he believes that simplicity is key. and it suits RHCP
Check out his stuff when he plays with Mars Volta.
This man is on a league of his own when it comes to guitar playing/composing .... simply put among the top 3 guitarists of all times !
He maybe punk-rock/p-funk, but he's a fantastic blues player..
oh I know, if he wanted to he could just play 12 bar blues and rock it
That's the point. How it's possible he can do whatever he want in a perfect way! He was born to be an artist.
i like it and also how he blends into the couch !!
3:23
Great words of wisdom John. Many guitarists could learn a thing or two from what you said.
Fuckin love John. Such a beautiful example of a guy who may not have the technical chops that others might have but he plays with so much fucking feeling and is so entranced in his own uniquely developed style and sound that it still blows you away every time.
I agree. But he's not only a brilliant backing vocalist, he's a brilliant vocalist. Listen to some of his solo albums if you haven't already, for example "The past recedes" :)
His guitar face is the best. You can tell he means every notes and every little bend.
Despite the fact that he mutes the strings with his right and left hand, he is incredibly accurate when it comes to hit the strings... it looks like he's hitting all of them... that's what makes Frusciante such an amazing funk and blues guitar player.
look at him do can't stop live! he is amazing!
@Abu Bakar k
He is so talented but the way he talks is just beautiful!!!!!
Wow, the Two chord interval thing, Like listening to God speaking to you ,, awesome John!
Lugo Suarez Fuck your picture he is the devil in disguise
@@edgarallanpoe7907 who's in his pfp, also love your username
I really love frusciante's work, it's just amazing! He's very creative and inspires a lot of people around the world. The guitar should be like annother part of your body, like a mouth, and that's what John does, he's really conected with his guitar so you can feel his feelings an thoughts in each note he plays.
1:58, id do anything to get a full song of that Melody its unreal!
Also, someone should just put that Melody on Loop or something so i can listen to it for an hour.
Untitled #2 from his solo album Niandra Lades and Usually just a T-shirt sounds very much like what he plays here, if you're interested.
ATWA
Here's made a strikingly similar song called Low Birds/Penetrate Time
EXACTLY THE SAME THING happens between Frusciante and Travis Barker ''haters''.....everyone's got the same old argument: ''everyone can play that...its easy''
But true musicians know that on top of Fru's & Barker's habilities to play, they both are if not the most, one of the MOST CREATIVE musicians ever. I'm talking first place for each one on their own lists.
Yup, youtube's full of young kids covering technical music all day. To originally write it is a different story. Also, there's a probability the fru's and barkers can come up with "easy" riffs on the spot and just track in one take. How "easy" is that for a bedroom amateur.
The trouble is I don't think a lot of kids are aware of the impact of punk rock, and the ethos of punk rock on musicians such as Flea and John Frusciante. Both musicians site bands like The Germs as an influence, a band who were so incompetent with their instruments when they began but who made up for it with sheer energy and passion. Give me that kind of passion and sincerity over soulless technique any day. The two aren't mutually exclusive by any means but I think there is a danger when people become obsessed with trying to prove themselves on the level of skill. You only have to look at the stadium rock of the 70s or the hair metal of the 80s to see how disgusting that level of ostentation can get.
They’re both incredibly mediocre and true musicians know this because they go beyond mainstream music and find the plethora of amazing players underneath the surface
Maxx Doran such an elitist hipster jerk off comment. The irony is frusciante is truly underground. He really knows his stuff. He was just unlucky in his time and space to be that guy who cracked the big time without meaning too. He threw it all away. This is a true God of modern music. Like Hendrix, cobain, Lennon etc. they crossed over and conquered the mainstream world, while being themselves and incredible individual, creative, talented and influential. I know my underground music. I'm not a chilli peppers fan. But I love frusciante. He's a special dude.
I can imagine you in the mid eighties dissing some mainstream guy like joe strummer, van halen or someone and talking about how you know a real genius by the name of John frusciante who plays underground clubs in L.A . Your a tryhard.
UGH! I love the two chord melody!
I'm a huge Frusciante fan and have been for a long time. Basically this guy lives in a whole 'nother world and we are blessed by it.
He is just soooo purely passionate about music that it is almost an obsession to John Frusciante...Once you combine those two elements with his lasered focus and his gift and his love for playing guitar..,? Oh, What else can we expect other than for beauty and magic to appear and manifest ( Lack of better words ) to please our ears, to please our hearts...its just a pure pleasure to hear.
kadir1982 you on drugs boi?
the knowledge of this man about music is simply amazing
There’s a deft gentleness about his playing that reminds me of George Harrison. True musical genius is all about subtlety.
George Harrison couldn’t hold a candle to JF? Are you kidding me the Beatles are only important for changing music they’ve were passed talent wise light years ago
@@codyvarn1824 Both men are giants in their era. Both have great subtlety in their playing. But to argue who is the greater, is purely subjective and time misspent.
@Winston Wolf Good comment. 👍
Don’t change the name Cody by posting some dumb ass comments George Harrison was a beast on guitar just as much as John
They are is very equally talented in their own right
What music have you created?change things 🤘
theres so much to learn. you could have the quickest fingers, the best technique, and a good understanding of theory, but if your heart isnt into it and you arent trying to understand the philosophy behind it like john is and exploring, you'll sound like everyone else.
"I didn't want to be straight in any way." -John Frusciante
I suggest you keep listening to slayer.
+Vlad GrYm I didn't say it, man. He did.
oh fuck.I thought it was a hate comment.sorry
+Vlad GrYm Nah, I actually learned a bit from this and love his guitar playing. :) Haha. No problem.
wow,i bet your parents are really proud of you,and so are you
2:43...wow, feel like it's me sitting in this video, teaching some funk but actually it's my heart. I'm pouring my heart
He's so good on putting things into perspective.
I love how he matches the couch.
I like how he just played Untitled #2 of of Niandra Lades. I love that song.
He has the best guitar tone I have ever heard
i agree with u. technique, tone, creativity, these things all work together in music u cant put one over another.
I find it amazing that from hearing him play that fig.4 tune I felt like i was listening to red hot chilli peppers and then come to find out this dude is the dude from the chilli peppers lmao! used to love them as a kid and still do.
These are so fkn fun to watch. Makes me want to pick up the strat every time.
OH MY GOD HE MATCHES THE COUCH
I've watched this so many times. I know the stuff he plays already, but I just love watching the genius in action.
3:26 : lotta guys use this as a good excuse not to practice for years and learn a unique style of lead guitar, which is essential for carving your own niche for yourself & your playing, but I also see his genuine concern for guys not trying to show-off and ruin the music in the process....
figure 4 blew my mind to pieces with how beautiful it was
0:20 John’s ghost vibrato
"Just trying to bend the fabric of reality, cus it's a lot easier to do with a guitar for me" I couldn't agree more
great teacher, thank you John.
+Valentina Henriquez your'e very hot
+Valentina Henriquez its hard to learn till you catch the gift.peace.
This video shows me how powerful it is to be a good RHYTHM guitar player
Fig. 3 and 4...my god
Very emotive, dynamic groove playing
John wrote some of the best riffs of all time
We are living 2022 and he has still this t shirt and he still wears that to the recent concerts,just unbelievable 😂
There are guitar players who play technically perfect all day like Paul Gilbert where I can go, "Hmm that was pretty awesome". Then there are guitarists who have little warts and bumps throughout their playing, but then out of nowhere they have these bursts of ferocity and musical perfection which are utterly transcendent and just make you smile or laugh or get up and move. That's the kind of player John Frusciante is.
Cool bro tell us more
@@ShinyFlakesShinyFlakes the fuck is your problem?
Gotta love the monochronicity between the guitar, clothes, and couch
"Bend the fabric of reality" - John Frusciante
Love listening to guitar players talk about the deeper concepts he touches on here great video 🔥❤🔥
this man is my idol
best guitarist ever
UnHipAlmond kill yr idols
He is not the best guitar player but he is great on his style
Hafida Idrissi he’s top 5 easily
He is also my idol and always give me nice inspiration.
nope. Actually, for the most part, he is just imitating Hendrix. At least that is what he says himself. Bye,
couldnt have said it any better man. thats the true magic of frusciante.
RHCP's best guitarrist, in my opinion.
josh Isn't even in the same universe as him
@@jonm6244 why? Josh is awesome. I mean, I LOVE Frusciante, but Josh was his best friend. They were colaborating and Josh even was playing with RHCP when John was in a band. I think Josh understand John more than you think. He will not and he dont want to play exactly like John, but he is pretty Good and thank God RHCP have him
@@Frusciante97 john is back lmao
@@ATLienXenu well, I bought his "shadows collide with people", and I was wondering, how great it would be, to hear John with RHCP again. Three days later they announced John is back. I think because my wish John reunited with band :)
Of course
I tried to listen to this to fall asleep but next thing i know im in a nightclub drinking and grinding.
i missed work....
totally worth it
John is back xD cant believe it
Fig. 4. Good trip! I can hear just this for many hours! Make me feel better
I love all guitar players I just think more people need to realize that every style is just as important as the next one. Playing tastefully is subjective at the end of the day. Play and listen to what you like, no need to shit on someone else for playing different than what you like, in fact you should celebrate it. There's nothing wrong with playing really fast if it serves the song well just like there is nothing wrong with playing slow, it is all about what you are stimulated by. What moves you is what you should focus on and try not to worry about what others will think about what you play or what you listen to.
Amen.
***** Malmsteen has no diversity, dynamics or soul in his soloing - all he does is mindlessly shred harmonic minor scales and sweep arpeggio up and down the neck. He plays basically the same solo in every song.
***** I've been a drummer for 30 years, a lead guitarist for over 25, and bassist for 20 and a singer/frontman/bandleader for 15. I know music theory inside and out. And I also know that I'd much rather listen to less technical guitarists like Angus Young and Slash who actually know how to write great riffs, songs and memorable melodic solos that are dripping with emotion - all things that Yngwie is absolutely clueless about.
And Steve Vai isn't much better. Joe Satriani is one of the rare few technical shredders who actually knows how to play for the song as opposed to just egomaniacally wanking all over the fretboard with no regard for the chord progression or overall feel and groove of the composition. And he can also write songs in a band context as well - just listen to the Chickenfoot albums. They're not amazing, but they're leagues better than anything Yngwie has ever done as far as composing good hard rock songs.
***** I've never heard Slash's opinion of Yngwie, but I have heard a lot of pro guitarists say that they can't stand players who just mindlessly shred without any soul or groove. Not every guitarist is a fan of Malmsteen, Vai, and other players of that type, you know.
Do you have any videos of your playing on UA-cam?
How good is this????? love the narrative explaining how the music flows to the novice who does not play music!!!!! Love ya❤️🙏Kathie
God, his guitar sound so good
Fig 4 is a standart Frusciante tune from To Record Water For Ten Days... one of his best albums, god bless you!
John is such an awsome guitarist and so down to earth, he plays kind of raw, not fast or flashy like ingwie or Steve Vai, but i would rather listen to John,s guitar playing style than the others
'You know, just tryin to bend the fabric of reality'
Lowkey epic phrase for a guitar 'tutorial'
No question that JF is the best guitarist of the last 25 years
An excellent and thoughtful guitarist conveying important concepts. Thank you for posting.
Theres something about frusciante that like makes me think that hes not human. Like there is no way a mere human could come up with the stuff that he does.
Yeah he just did a shitload of heroin
Chris Nelvin check out the peppers stuff "under the bridge" at saturday Night Live. He has got some serious ideas in that song and was on heroin that show.
I come up with this stuff just noodling around for fun. It’s pretty damn easy dude
Thats why i love Frusciante's work, soulful on every note
wow! i don't know who jhon is, but he can totally teach john frusciante a thing or two!
I don't listen to a ton of RHCP but John is truly the real deal. One of the best rock guitarists around without a doubt.
I was definitely beatboxin to the opening funk shit he was doing haha!