How to Write Modern Guitar Riffs (No Music Theory)

[@jamesstent]

Thanks to Lalal.ai for sponsoring this video :) www.youtube.com/@LALALAI

[@drubb3d]

your beats that u put behind your riffs are MAD good, another video like this one going into how you write your beats would be heat

[@hovis_esports]

agreeeeeeed

[@armageddonmanic]

Def one of the best videos for modern guitar players out there. Regardless of how anyone comes up with their ideas, the biggest thing is that it’s musical, and I love how you talked about wanting to just make the most pleasing sounds you can.

[@michaelschmidt2760]

Bro that is fucking genius

[@MusicForGod572]

I like how every single persons song writing process is like so different and yet so cool

[@thaniabear3611]

this is the best production / creative advice on guitar in a long while

[@loverossmusic]

wait that midi to tab step is genius what, i've been doing everything so wrong 😵

[@Deons-Lab]

this way is genius, being able to prototype the song and learn to play it to speed at the same time 🙏🔥

[@Connorloll]

No glaze but you're awesome bro this is literally the most helpful video on modern guitar on youtube, would love to see the production side dawg.

[@jamesstent]

glad 2 hear it homie when it comes to production there are people more qualified than me to teach that stuff there's loads of good prod tutorials on youtube

[@Connorloll]

@@jamesstent Much love brodie ❤

[@RealChiyoChichi]

been waiting so long for this kind of video. thanks a lot James !!

[@GammaFZ]

This is an engaging video. I don’t even want to know how to make modern riffs and I still watched it lmfao

[@tanpopou123]

yo bro this is fire, thanks alot

[@LeroyGuitar]

Great Video Tutorial 👍

[@ther701]

Was studying Polyphis back few weeks, this is absolute gold.

[@taambul1603]

no theory made me click instantly

[@Flaystray]

Yes. Having to remember a bunch of obscure non generalizable concepts instead of grounded logic really appeals to me

[@Tomas.visk123]

Such an interesting aproach to guitar

[@jsonslim]

9:12 killswitch goooo

[@Carlos-ix6hn]

This new guitar gen is amazing!

[@dabster]

the exact video I was needing rn! thanks dude ❤

[@JessymZoughdani]

This is nice of you to share this information this is gonna be usefull to a lot of people im sure 😁

[@anurak_292]

Finger scaling king sharing his secrets!! 👑🔥

[@TheActual-HYSTERIA]

thank you man! amazing video

[@krispiesvfx]

crazy video bro 🙏

[@angnguyenkhoa5093]

sick video my man

[@silvestrudovega3635]

I was expecting this video for a long long time, i even wrote a comment on a short asking about your guitar technique and stuff (like many other people). Thanks for doing this, i wanted to participate in the mg3contest, but i had problems with my insecurities about my music production skill (i am a newbie in ableton), and i have been in many jazz schools since 14 yrs old (i am 22 right now) but i can't reach that edm, hyperpop, trap, etc. style of playing the guitar. I really hope one day be part of you guys, the modern guitar player nowadays are really the future to do great stuff in modern pop music. Greetings from Chile, if someone is from here lets make a community in Santiago o valparaiso wnes qls ❤❤

[@shahzebkhan4237]

Wow! you've shared so much knowledge in this vid, I seriously can't thank you enough. I should be going to bed but I think I'm going to stay up a bit longer cuz of this lol 😅

[@ExodiumPlays]

Bro Finally posted the video

[@iammonodry]

very very skilled!

[@gpaglia]

Thanks for sharing this! no music theory required 🤝

[@ascentiall]

I never knew u could input midi into tabs?? thats crazy!

[@ld7412]

lit one man

[@phoenixmacnabb]

Also I like ur mic stand

[@benjieljohnnguyen]

3:04 thats what ive been doing my whole life

[@baodangoday]

becoming tim with this one

[@loomusducla]

I seriously appreciate this. Your music is great and I look forward every week to your music. Your insane.

[@LBR_Guitar]

trying this right now

[@phoenixmacnabb]

Bruh you just opened a whole new mindset to writing guitar riffs man thank you!

[@derpderpin1568]

i mean it doesn't really sound like polyphia though but i get you. really reductionist of how well composed some of their stuff really is.

[@jamesstent]

i suppose that particular example riff doesn't sound exactly like polyphia, but this method isn't reductionist. This method is a just a slightly modified version of how the riffs are actually written. The difference in process between me and Tim is not massive.

[@chelsea7918]

i hope u know ur the goat sir

[@simongreiing2827]

Thanks Bro. Do I need theory, if yes what would you recommend?

[@jamesstent]

no you dont need theory

[@firsttakesdrums]

james stent W

[@l5tmeno]

We need a Ry^n + Koalin collab

[@jamesstent]

bro they’ve literally made like 10 songs together

[@l5tmeno]

@@jamesstent bro I mean with you

[@jamesstent]

@@l5tmeno kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKPQmZhudrmbbacsi=JIZosGEoULYrapQw be warned tho i kinda suck in this

[@l5tmeno]

@@jamesstent if not Koalin then perhaps me? 😏

[@EduhDZN]

`hugs from brazillll

[@paxxous]

AGREE not how you get the notes, its WHAT U DO WITH THEM

[@Kai-dz4kz]

My only issue is that when I input the midi file and turn it to tabs on guitar pro it makes some note fret at (for instance) the 29th fret which is impossible

[@jamesstent]

i discuss this in step 4

[@itsleo77]

i love this video 😗

[@acroft69]

can you make a video on how to use tim henson's neural dsp plugin?

[@jamesstent]

it's not that hard, you can just learn it

[@delusive]

broo, what's the name of the song/piece in the background at 7:22? and tysm for the tutorial 🙏

[@jamesstent]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hHPHl6iBfL-Gl80si=DI8CYo7FGdx--GW5

[@delusive]

@@jamesstent thank you!

[@johnandreibatac4141]

Thankyou so much for this great video 🔥 May I ask if you use audio interface to record your guitar directly? Or you use mic to record sound from your amps? Answering would help me a lot. Thanks! Don't stop posting ❤

[@jamesstent]

i use a interface and then put the amp sim in after

[@mrmcky4493]

cool song really... but i'm still wonder, can you play your stuff live, your sound very digital, and in this lesson you showed 4 accords finally in raw, i would happy to hear your song like that. without hate dude, simply want to see your skill

[@jamesstent]

hey bro dm me on insta i can send you some raw clips. my sound is very edited because i think it sounds better, but i can play these riffs decently well live.

[@Rodfschl-w4j]

Modern guitar for dummies!

[@DrakonicVi]

Thanks for this tutor. But damn. Idk why but when i upload the midi to tabs. Some of the notes is missing in the tab. Like its not shown. But on the sheet music i can see it. But its not being played in the tabs. Now shown. Any fix for this dude?

[@jamesstent]

not sure bro, maybe you have to add them manually bro

[@Matthew-y3k]

HELL YEAH FINALLY 😎😎

[@Nightmare-iq9tb]

if you're specifically looking for that polyphia sound , you can see danny yau's vid on it

[@jamesstent]

yeah but his method uses a lot of theory, so this method is probably preferable for a lot of people.

[@Nightmare-iq9tb]

@@jamesstent yeah, I didn't think abt it

[@liao-rp1sv]

Hi, can I ask which DAW are you using? I love the step from MIDI to tab!! I think it will save a lot of time Thanks a lot for your video

[@jamesstent]

ableton glad you enjoyed

[@Rodfschl-w4j]

What DAW did you use?

[@jamesstent]

ableton

[@donovansmmuniz8405]

Yo no entendí como creo la melodía 😐😐🫤🫤

[@donovansmmuniz8405]

Explícame bro, por qué no entiendo 😎🤙🏽🇲🇽

[@sherwynplayz]

How to make beats?

[@jamesstent]

there's lots of tutorials on youtube for that already

[@stonks693]

Thank you for the tutorial

[@chrismuratore4451]

All due respect, writing a song with the idea of making it flashy is cringe. If the moment calls for intensity, then by all means, but often times, less is more.

[@jamesstent]

agreed yes so when i wanna make a more stripped back riff i will and when i wanna make a flashy riff i will

[@Deons-Lab]

telling a modern guitarist (especially polyphia inspired)not to aim for a flashy riff is like telling a heavy metal band not to do their cringy scream or a jazz guitarist not to use complex chords, its quite literally the staple of the genre. of course you can subjectively find it cringe but flashy is definitely the point

[@SawyerFinn-123]

FiRstTt!

[@alvarotaranta]

Amateur tiiime, a childish approach to childish music.

[@jamesstent]

who hurt you bro