CHON - Bubble Dream (Guitar Playthrough)

Goobin' the fudge out
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[@BlobFGC]

Ten years later. Still fire.

[@Moderrnclassic]

Even in 2024🎉🔥🆒

[@RobertoGarcia-zg1he]

La buena musica siempre sera buena

[@gamagama1446]

Cuando un americano escucha por primera vez a Chon: Daaaaaam! Cuando un mexicano escucha por primera vez a Chon: A LA VERGA!

[@enriquepastor3626]

Los echo de menos

[@i8764theKevassitant]

It sucks they should have been nearly as big as polyphia but cw theft nearly killed them

[@garrettbrown6770]

That excess guitar string is keeping time pretty well

[@fromthistexasbreath]

LOL. now i cant unsee it.

[@genebrady]

guitar string metronome

[@Hadermaner]

Never unseeeee XD

[@danielalmeida7126]

+Garrett Brown the string is playing an invisible drum.

[@EpistemicPolymath]

+Garrett Brown Noo I can't look away...

[@ruthsamson2359]

imagine being 7yrs late to this masterpiece It’s me, I’m the one who’s late

[@OkyioBlack]

You're not alone at least

[@peytonboyd4083]

Me too!

[@alekay2099]

Spotify recommended it a week ago and I cant believe I missed this

[@rodchavoya]

ditto

[@candicehwt6375]

Check out the same album, other songs are masterpieces too

[@RobiRoadkill]

"where are the drums coming from?" "the trees man the trees love chon."

[@agapeproductions5119]

Ha ha

[@adamfleetwood3980]

This is a very underrated comment dude!

[@JeremiahFernandez]

trees love carbon hydrogen oxygen nitrogen

[@bowhello9647]

@@JeremiahFernandez even more underrated

[@rynn409]

@@bowhello9647 well, in case you didnt know, thats exactly what the name CHON stands for. Every letter in CHON's name are capitalized cuz they refer to the chemical elements C, H, O and N.

[@aishwaryauniyal]

So this friend of mine and I were talking about CHON: Me: "Dude, how old is Mario, his playing is phenomenal!" Bud: "20 i think" Me: "And how long do you think has he been playing?" Bud: (very very seriously) "40 years...i think."

[@rhod2486]

Good one

[@hgibbons69]

the most underrated comment on the whole internet. period.

[@RichardGarcia93]

Factssssss

[@kanedgytheguy8105]

Mario is a 800 year old eldrich god that decided playing guitar is better than feasting on the souls of the forsaken

[@GlockenspielSAS]

Wonderful use of natural harmonics!

[@Knosferatu]

+Darrell Hardy probably the best. Closest thing I've seen is Jason Becker's Air.

[@heylookitsn0ah]

i know right? they're incredible. this is probably my favourite song by chon

[@The_Kevinist]

What about Andy McKee?

[@Biegspoon]

roses are red violets are blue chon bubble dream guitar playthrough

[@phoenix82896]

gotcha bitch!

[@JoelSebastianMoreno]

Bishop Toci Prog Snob Follower here too. Fuck 4/4.

[@croissantula]

lol :D

[@billybutcher9838]

Trolling 😂

[@meeraborah2568]

Bishop Toci roses are red that part is true but violets are voilet not fucking blue.

[@swift_shinderyu891]

The world will miss you guys thank you for the wonderful music you have left us with ❤

[@jasonabraham7673]

What happened to them?

[@suknib]

they disbanded

[@toongamer2810]

These guys should've blown up, Chon is so good

[@mangoshake]

They did. Idk if it's just them being complete introverts or their Sumerian problem but they probably weren't ready for them to blow up that big so quickly and burnt out.

[@Quaker763]

@@mangoshake I reckon you're right. I was first shown this exact video about a week after it was released in 2013, and have been following CHON ever since. They've never struck me as the kind of guys who want to "make it big" and are content with playing cool songs for their small band of followers.

[@mangoshake]

@@Quaker763 right? I think their happiest point was probably projecting a Smash competition on stage while they were touring with Tricot and the others. Then Sumerian probably forced them to crank out album after album because CHON started looking sellable and it was enough to burn them out.

[@JasonLuther1]

@@Quaker763 I miss these guys so much man

[@JB._.Uzumaki]

Chon was huge but they got completely wrecked by Sumerian. They weren’t even making money from their own merch. So basically they’re all bullshitting in a loop hole making solo albums of electronic music until they’re contract times out… such bullshit :/ they were the original polyphia. And honestly better, less of show offs and just chill ass tunes

[@MrTheGrosso]

1:21 I just love that part!

[@VaanBeast226]

That colorful Ibanez is so sick... And loved this, such a perfect song.

[@NitishDobhal]

This reminds me of last summer, when I was smoking too much . The sunlight seemed crisp and fresh. I used to listen this then and it is stuck in my head as a memory of that time.

[@pradipayogyartha328]

This is it. The video that got me deep in the rabbit hole. I miss the homies

[@darkhero101010]

Man what the hell do your influences have to be in order to have such a smooth and intricate style?

[@aidanpatman-clark7131]

They're heavily influenced by a very obscure band named CHON

[@vasilross5941]

Smash?

[@byerly6]

McAlpine,Vai, James, Abasi, etc

[@WokeEarth]

Micheal Jackson

[@kiranojha8811]

necrophagist

[@zakk6505]

love how this is so technical . not over bearing distortion this is the kinda stuff i could jam all day these guys are sick!!

[@brendandavid7691]

I cant believe this video is 7 years old already . I remember watching this video for the first time damn good times , when discovered about this made me appreciate more drums.

[@louiearevalo1637]

I undergo chemo every 21 days. my second session was yesterday. I smoked pot this morning and I played this song. made me feel SO MUCH better.

[@moki2093]

How's treatment going?

[@Digestive520]

Hope you're doing well homie x

[@SpookyStorkRunningWild]

i think he died

[@saharatsarakul3184]

Spooky Stork Running Wild what the fuck's wrong with you?

[@higler.]

Hope things are well for you man!

[@zakk6505]

Those harmonics doe!!

[@shayanjavadi]

This is by far the most fun chon song to play (an easiest). Anyone who's trying to play their songs should start with this one. Suda is really fun too, the sweeping part is easier than it looks

[@harrisonirwin6091]

shayan javadi what tuning do they play in?

[@shayanjavadi]

standard tuning for all of their songs

[@harrisonirwin6091]

shayan javadi thanks!

[@thesardinasardina1761]

This song is far from easy it's very unique with that the Harmonic sections using skip string and chords over in between harmonic ideas. The taping part has a skip string taped arpeggio then the next section if the taping uses a 5 string 3 note pure string taping section it's very challenging I mean for chon it's not there hardest but many ideas use in this song are very unique and unorthodox a high level of virtuosity is required to play this piece no doubt about it just performed it live last week

[@Yolocraeter]

@@thesardinasardina1761 "a high level of virtuosity is required to play this piece" thanks :)

[@Nosirrah2112]

Damn 10 years. Me and my buddy were sitting in a room watching this and it blew us away. Great memories...

[@xsubjx]

I miss the homies dearly

[@JerPlaysGuitar21]

Mario and Erick have a cool new lo-fi project :D Look up the album Lazy Autumn by Sleepy Ghost. That's their first release under this side project, and while it's quite different from their usual shreddy stuff, it's still got those nostalgic vibes 😊

[@vasilross5941]

This video introduced me to the magic that is CHON. Been a fan ever since.

[@grecosalas4170]

"Chon" is for carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen?

[@Noosphericallyl33t]

+Greco Salas Yes

[@LuizDahoraavida]

+Greco Salas H = hydrogen h /= hydrogen

[@YourMusicPress]

Are you shitting me? That's beautiful..

[@brandonlamb8]

+Kuszh those are not the elements that mostly compose the earth, except oxygen. They are important for life, however.

[@huskopeshroud8682]

+Brandon Lamb nitrogen is 3times more than oxygen

[@morganbragin7137]

the fact that this barely broke into the million views is so sad, i miss this part of my life so much, good lord this band deserved so much more

[@chadomson]

holy harmonics

[@pradipayogyartha328]

This is it, the video that started it all for me. Damn i miss the homies

[@weedian710]

My Ibanez AZ is supposed to come in today, hope it makes me play like them lol Can't stop listening to this song.

[@Senacesn]

How is the process going

[@Liffrit]

two of the best guitarist in the entire world playing in the same band. Just AWESOME

[@ManOrWomanIDK]

It's been 25 minutes and I'm at 0:35. *I am still determined*

[@jonphillips416]

+ManOrWomanIDK I'm on the struggle bus with you brother stay strong ='D

[@bobsburgers1795]

+Jon Phillips I play bass So I just watch in sadness at this amazingness

[@ArbitraryLifestyle]

+ManOrWomanIDK Get itttttt!!

[@meroinheroin]

Same here :(

[@bang8782]

right there with you dude 😑

[@Rejii16]

Still remember hanging with you guys at the show in Atlanta with animals as leaders years ago. We even talked through messenger then, so glad you guys got the attention and game you deserve love you guys and your work!

that harmonic part is some of the most impressive stuff ive seen in a whiiile

[@sinatraforeign]

Got recommended Mario playing pokemon tapping, everybody talking bout CHON, trying to find it on youtube and I already liked most of the vids. Holy shit

[@Flowers_Die]

The part with the natural harmonics around 1:35 too good

[@WidowGags]

Your use of natural harmonics in this is absolutely stunning.

[@pillar12396]

how am I just seeing this video for the first time in 2024? this is straight up FIRE.

[@scottcameron4890]

YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME...PROFESSIONAL CAREERS ARE WAITING FOR YOU GUYS...AWESOME PLAYING!!!

[@tristanpalnau]

Their stand in drummer in Lawrence, KS signed my album with a drop of his blood. Just saying.

[@bobsburgers1795]

dude.....

[@JeffreyAdamiDrums]

They don't have a stand in drummer. Nathan has been their drummer the whole time. Maybe you meant bassist?

[@grungus7200]

They had a fill-in drummer for like half a tour once when Nathan had to finish some school shit, I believe.

[@kevinalzate9177]

Jeffrey Adami their first album alone featured atleast two other drummers other than marios brother. I believe Evan and Aaron

[@willwat25]

congrats on the AIDS

[@thomas.j.s]

these dudes...absolute idols. magnificent

[@chriscfrost]

this made me play my guitar again after 7 years of going through a lot and depression...thanks, i wish i never stopped

[@garyclockman18]

This song puts me in a state of genuine serenity. You guys are so talented, absolutely phenomenal. Its also nice to see how into it you guys are.

[@morsumbra9692]

I love them switching off notes of each other at 1:42. That's the kind of "extra" we need in this world.

[@kylehiggins7736]

You know it’s a legendary song when the most replayed is the beginning

[@uptownduppy5632]

This is beautiful af

[@badborreto]

I had minor heart attacks last night ... i am jumping now after i heard this song.... love you guys man ... u made my morning .

[@lanxeny6]

after watching this for at least 30 times I just noticed that Erick didn't clip his strings and I can't unsee it.

[@laurenshepherd4410]

There are two strings (maybe more) that he didn't clip, you can see the other one occasionally during the playthrough

[@MartinMillerGuitar]

It somehow reminds me of a metalized Wayne Krantz... you guys familiar with him?

[@Chozal]

I agree !

[@snipsnapskittle]

***** you guys are going to love wayne krantz!

[@babytiny5807]

I'm getting a Plini feel when listening to these guys, both awesome stuff.

[@danield.6609]

***** Plini sounds a lot like CHON ;p

[@babytiny5807]

So did Plini come after CHON?

[@trapOrdoom]

wow... i can't believe how good you guys are. this deserves play worldwide, no bullshit. it's too good. tear in my eye, i ain't lyin', i ain't lyin'.

[@skyburial9017]

02:15 was the other guy meant to finish the phrase? Mario looks over then looks so fucked off hahahahaha

[@esekram.mp3]

How do you not know Erick's name Sky Burial o.0?

[@bombtobasco]

i love erick zoning out at the end its my favorite part

[@sabastianwintland6106]

This song has quickly made me adopt the phrase who needs friends when you have chon..

[@RustyGonzo]

It's been 5 years. I hope you've found some friends!

[@Jay_Sidaris]

thank you for keeping me inspired and practicing everyday. you have no idea im grateful i am for you!!

[@DoughyBoy]

Way better than that Polyphia shit you guys get compared to

[@goofballcaleb13]

Polyphia is great to

[@danoflaherty1214]

These are more than just large solos, I agree much better than polyphia

[@jmanting6889]

+Caleb McVeay but Polyphia have very little in the way of melody, they just dick around soloing for all of their songs.

[@MasterOfTrapos]

+Jonny W in the case of polyphia, yes, they stick to soloing, but what polyphia neither has is uniqueness

[@calebsully2588]

This’ll just never get old

[@carlossouza94]

My favorite song, mainly in the harmonics!

[@SchmoofyTv]

watching you guys groove honestly puts me in such a right mood.

[@CincoDrums]

When I first heard this, I thought, "They're good at their instruments, but I don't really like this song." For some reason I came back and watched this about 5 more times, though. Now I love it.

[@bornmayhem]

First off, you guys KILLED IT at Pops in Illinois, and this track is super dope at the end when you slow it down.

[@ConradFlater]

Ladies if your man says things like “chon rips” just knows he’s a keeper

[@lips5302]

For the absolute fucking of the mind listen on 2x

[@dankershaw5875]

1.25 is actually sweet!

[@Trotskers]

I prefer .50

[@suhdudemccheese7460]

oof

[@poppapunker6238]

Man, this is the closest I've heard a band sound to the uniqueness that The Fall of Troy have in their music. That is a huge compliment in my book. Love this guitar work!

[@blazingowl4670]

How, how does he play the opening riff with a pick, an excellent and very talented player

[@timanderson4277]

The dissonance in each chord they play .... It sounds fucking amazing. People who are saying the tone is bad are completely wrong. These guys are basically just shredding on clean and it shows how skilled they really are instead of hiding behind distortion. Very Skilled musicians, the bass player and drummer as well. A+++

[@naufalaniszhafrankamal3163]

Saya baru mendengarkannya di tahun ini. terlalu jauh untuk tertinggal

[@GreenOpurge]

Music doesn’t expire ❤

[@JasonLuther1]

I STILL MISS CHON SO MUCH

[@jeukbrist7600]

Still relevant.

[@AlexAlvarez-ut8mw]

Indeed

[@jeremynunez6223]

This is true

[@ajcromarty5347]

Miss ya guys, this is the first song I heard you guys on here.

[@jasongraham4425]

I've probably watched this a hundred times. Learned the intro. At least I thought I did. Anyway this is the perfect song to learn to help me with my playing and my memory and my muscle memory. Not too hard. Sounds so cool you could play it and never get sick of it and the riff is different the second time you play it 2 little changes can throw you off so easily but ima get this one down. These dudes are so talented that it makes me jealous lol

[@TheBhutros]

Ok..... New favorite band. Thanks for being awesome you guys.

[@hamiltonparker2848]

The Homie on the left starts feeling the groove at about 1:15 I dig it

[@AllenAndersonTaylor]

This music is so fresh to my ears. Thank you for new music and inspiration.

[@DavidCarrera-w5d]

Llegue 9 años tarde a esta obra maestra

[@atmosphere559]

It always makes me happy listening to these dudes amazing musicians

[@cesaraiem]

Animals as hipsters

[@nathanberry919]

AH, HA HA HA HA HA

[@speakersr-lyefaudio6830]

tu compadre cesar Thanks

[@RockerFoo92]

I literally chuckled out loud. 👏

[@fuckahandle]

Tokin' Abasi

[@jackhubley6040]

tu compadre cesar this is the most underrated comment in the world

[@splitmaster3]

Listening to this just made my morning!

[@FrontlineSuicide]

@1:20 it kinda goes into a breakdown with those notes ringing out and Im headbanging and eargasming at the same time

[@stopyourescaringme]

This makes me cry. So beautiful

[@gatsuchan7208]

dude trying to learn this songs really checks you, at 1:57 you realize theyre playing differents halves of the harmonic melody perfectly together. It's absolutely fucked. This is gonna take months of practice

[@rexxesgedden5341]

I miss these guys

[@VoVikMakaR]

the part that starts at 1:20....love it so much

[@DavidBankston]

dem harmonics... gives me goosebumps

[@zakking5654]

i dont think there is anyone else out there who can play as in sync as you two do. i remember watching all of these videos including poop riff at my buddies house just jamming out over 10 years ago.. back when i use to play guitar i tried so hard to learn this song. but i never could get passed the first phrase of notes.

[@jorgesantiagol]

acoustic please!

[@patricksink3269]

that would seriously make my life

[@fasterdays]

I don't think it would sound that great because of the harmonics.

[@nicholasgross62]

If you look at mario's youtube channel he has a version of him playing it on acoustic i think

[@nicholasgross62]

Slick Nick, The i was wrong its him Playing it right whn he got that electric

[@愚かかぶれ]

On mario's youtube channel there is a video of him playing poop riff which is probably the closest thing to this

[@tunnelgod0075]

Its growing i feel so proud

[@alaskencolors]

1:20 awww

[@Pestilencenecromancerofdamned]

Countless hours spent practicing on Californian patios is the truest path to becoming a skilled guitarist.

[@TheJeffum]

This tone... ah yes i remember now. My very first tone when i picked up electric guitar and for the first time turned on distortion! damn this tone though... DISCUSS!!

[@luigimario1144]

lol no

[@shokoyiturralde6590]

Yes the tone that you actually have to press the strings to make it ring and sound whole! Lower gain,drive and distortion is what they sound like.

[@luigimario1144]

Sinesio Iturralde "DISCUSS!!" lol no

[@skyburial9017]

I hear ya man, tone is just fuzzy, kinda works for them though, sounds more raw,.

[@jp2503]

Yeah the tone bothers me a little bit too, but I feel like they did it on purpose, probably the sound they wanted. I could get over the tone itself but the tone gain breakup and decay reminds me of like a lower wattage modeling amp like a peavey vypyr or line 6 spider in characteristic but almost sounds tubed (not sure what they use.) The fuzz is one thing but maybe use some more drive.

[@w0ngky]

IM DANCING AND HEADBANGING AT THE SAME TIME. THE SONG IS TOO MUCH FUN

[@w0ngky]

also the ending part is fucking metal!

[@TheRealisticNihilist]

Griffin Wollowitz Contrary to popular belief, it's actually fake music.

[@Alfalfalfasprout]

Huh?

[@NitishDobhal]

I guess, we dont need to read philosophy before appreciating this music.

[@TheRealisticNihilist]

I was just messing around. He called this "real" music in a previous comment. I just enjoyed the idiom and made a quip about it.

[@Alfalfalfasprout]

Ah. Ok.

[@siddhant717]

The Realistic Nihilist heheh.

[@Kuna33_]

What a fresh sound they have! plus the harmonics at 1:22 are so sick :D

[@evan111knights]

What are some fundamentals you guys would recommend learning on the guitar? I can play fairly well, but not like you guys. Do you have a solid understanding of the note scales, or are you guys the type who just know how to do it? I'd greatly appreciate it if you could just point me in the right direction of some techniques to practice to get better/faster. The fast notation stuff just feels beyond me and I don't know why. Doesn't have to be super in depth, as I'm sure you've better things to do than to try to help a random fan from the internet, but I'd be so honored if you'd reply. I'm a big, albeit rather new fan, and I think you guys are incredible. I'm only asking because I can easily see that you guys have a firm understanding of what you're doing on the fretboard, and that's what I'm trying to learn. It's hard to teach yourself something like that though. Plus, I've got no idea where to begin. Sorry for the long message, but any help at all is appreciated. Thanks for reading this.

[@Aaronmac404]

If you can already play well, but want to improve general musicality, learn A TON of music theory. Scales, modes, chord types, creating meaningful progressions, and practice playing while integrating these concepts. Really dissect what your favorite guitar players are doing, the scales they are playing, the chords they are using, their relation to one another. Just learn more about the structure of music, and how to incorporate that knowledge. It'll help your guitar playing and improvisation far more than learning songs and drilling techniques to a metronome, in my opinion.

[@massimo.pericolo.w]

I think more than just one fan would benefit from this...

[@yesfan157]

Just listen and learn. Practice efficiently and intelligently. Become the player you want to be, play the things that you hear in your head.

[@Forlorn.]

I'm a drummer, not a guitartist, but basically what these guys^^ said. Just from watching them play this, it's evident that they are very comfortable with their scales and riffs. Just practice on your muscle memory, finger speed, and drill those scales into your head. Should be playing this in no time ;) Good luck!

[@wonnie]

Aaronmac404 I might want to add on to what Aaron said: It's extremely important to understand how everything sounds while you're studying theory. Your ear is the most important tool you have, if you can't hear the notes and the intervals, then it makes things quite a ways more difficult. If you're in high school still, I highly suggest seeing if your school offers a music theory class. I took the AP course and it helped my listening abilities and playing abilities so much. You don't have to know how to read music, but it makes it much more easier to learn these intervals properly and understand their uses if you can see them on paper. Look up "musictheory.net", they have some pretty awesome tools in regards to ear training. "ChordBook" is also a very useful site for learning shapes on guitar. If you don't know what the name of a chord is, you can also input the fingering onto their chart and it'll process it for you and tell you the name. I can also suggest picking up a few books for learning. I don't have them with me right now, so I can't remember the names of them, but they're relatively affordable and comprehensive. Aaron and I differ on this standpoint and we all have a different idea of how this works out in terms of improving your skills... so take this with a grain of salt. I highly suggest you to learn songs you know you can't play at this moment in time. CHON is an excellent example for many people. Learn their songs as literal as possible and never take short cuts to make them easier (positioning changes, picking changes... so on and so forth). Mario has put up some tabs to his parts for their earlier stuff. If he alternate picks a line when it's easier to economy pick it, alternate pick it. If he string skips when it would be easier to do a sweep, string skip it.

[@demostraativo]

I always end up here, no matter how many years have passed

[@Ziggerath]

just Made a sweet ass piano tutorial for this song.

[@andrewsunico2919]

That synchronized natural harmonics is so sick!

[@MaxHazardous]

If I'm not mistaken, most of their chords are inversions, right?

[@griffman78]

no, you're absolutely right. they use some odd ass chords.

[@MaxHazardous]

griffman78 Its not really odd, its just total rearrangement of chord shapes (1-3-5-7) Just takes some time to mess around with them to find the right ones you like.

[@griffman78]

Maximiliano Martinez I completely said that wrong, lmao. the chord progression is what i think is pretty out there. i can't figure it out for my life.

[@n0pe158]

what do you mean chord Inversions?

[@MaxHazardous]

like they take a maj7 chord and use different versions of it. (1-3-5-7)(5-3-1-7) I think thats how its put.

[@uhbserde]

Yeah what the balls both of these guitarists are incredible.

[@firatkeskinnn]

Chon > polyphia Lowkey...

[@hailegabriel5771]

Fan of both

[@jamesspooner1.2.76]

Hey i hope u guys come back to NZ 4some shows. Was a big dissapointment to have u guys cancel the last tour, so please PLEASE come back🤞🙄🤞

[@latiim_yt]

Mario wank's his guitare 1:17

[@JuanGonzalez-dy8cm]

XD big one hahaha

[@Slob33zy]

i fucking love it all, you are guys are seriously amazing! this is the freshest inspiration ive come across in a while.. everything is so well put together, i appreciate this song more than youll ever know

[@louizfenske]

caralho mt doido

[@khristiansingson6864]

looove the grow lp, nice touch on the 2 songs with vocals, that dude has the right voice for your songs