Jazz Musician REACTS | Polyphia "Playing God" | MUSIC SHED EP275

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[@bcog9519]

The Latin vibe I get from this song is sooo strong like an almost Bossa Nova-esque style and then the infusion of the Jazz chords in the bridge was so tasteful. Polyphia are honestly the complete package with so much variety to their sound. Genuinely unbelievable talent.

[@rufioftw08]

Tim has gone on record saying there is bossa Nova influence so you're right on the money!

[@thereisnopandemic]

I see more Flamenco 🇪🇸

[@kerrykellett8717]

Thr loungy part is a bossa nova. Beginning is very flamenco

[@adecree]

Tim said in an interview with Tyler of MusicIsWin he was going for a Bossa Nova feel when he was on the guitar villains podcast 👌

[@perfectgenocide86]

@Dragon Ball fans can't read lol, nice try.

[@ilovedeftones07]

It's crazy to think this song was played on a Nylon string guitar like for the harmonics to ring like that is insane

[@metalarms98]

The piezo pickups on their nylons are doing some of the heavy lifting, they are also likely using compression to help bring out the harmonics. But most importantly, they have solid technique.

[@mr.neorizal8908]

Definately still sounds even good on clean nylon

[@OpalholicsAnonymous]

He got a his sponsor to make a new signature series guitar. I want one bad the Ibanez Tim Henson Signature Nylon Guitar

[@manuelcardoso7595]

Actually, it's pretty much not difficult. Also because it's amplified. I can get them on a classical guitar without amplification. It's not insane

[@jan_07]

Say hello to compressors 😂

[@dirtona6579]

“Have they always had this much hair?” My man asking the real questions 😂

[@MusicShed]

What’s more impt!!!

[@adecree]

Tim's technique is so organic with his personality he can say everything he needs to through his guitar

[@diamonddudeygo]

As a Spaniard I would be remiss not to point out the incredible Flamenco influences this song has. It's like they took a little bit of a lot of genres and made it entirely theirs. Polyphia are on a level of their own and their craftsmanship and writing are really something else.

[@hedlund]

My thoughts exactly. Flamenco goes *incredibly* well with a boatload of genres. First time I heard this I immediately thought I'd love to have seen Paco de Lucía play this with them.

[@BarstucksCoffee]

Animals as Leaders' "Brain Dance" needs to make its way next at some point after this. Another track from a Metal band that uses nylon guitars in a fantastic way and mixing it in with some heavy and chunky riffs

[@Todesnuss]

Tim from Polyphia actually got some chops directly from AALs Tosin Abasi. Wouldn't surprise me if they also inspired them to develop those jazz influences. Pretty sure Tim was listening to animals long before Tosin taught him the thump.

[@psydunk1]

Excelle recommendation

[@unbounder]

Someone described this song to me today as "Flamenco Metal". Thought you might like that one.

[@jpados]

i could be wrong but i believe the initial inspiration behind this song came from Tim watching others cover his songs, he was absolutely blown away by the acoustic cover of nightmare by Evgen Tsibulin.

[@lucianotorrano2230]

I think that Tim was inspired in the cover of GOAT played by Robert Svärd with a flamenco style

[@RaymondBCrisp]

This is a breath of fresh air to those of us who appreciate virtuosic music. I grew up on Rush, Yes, and ELP, etc., so this level of musicianship is what I look for when I seek out new groups to listen to.

[@direnova6284]

Yup, this is the first time since bands like Yes that someone has pushed the boundaries while still being very easy to listen to. I'm only speaking for myself here but this is thrilling to see what I admired 50 years ago being pushed to another level of virtuosity.

[@gabesyverson6246]

My friend’s brother knows the guys in Polyphia and I’ve only heard that they’re some of the nicest guys in the modern prog scene.

[@moviebad109]

I’m pretty much self taught in guitar. I’ll be honest, I wish I’d had someone like you tell me just to take it slow and get good with repetition and then clock up the speed. Learning hybrid picking has been SO much easier just taking it slow and not trying to dive in at 120 bpm :P

[@charlesmiorino]

One thing that helped me learn tough passages, was to start at the normal speed (with a met), and then slow the met down a couple clicks every time that you play through the passage. Then, after you've gone down to a ridiculously slow tempo, bump it back up to the starting speed! It's a bit counter-intuitive, but it's a really helpful way to practice!

[@moviebad109]

@@charlesmiorino I’ll have to try that out. It’s still something that plagues me is just diving in without isolating sections and really nailing them down, and their transitions.

[@eternity9099]

The opening riff reminds me of a way more complex version of Hotel California. It’s weird cuz you have a Hotel California license plate on your wall.

[@OfficialTygo]

best thing about the reaction is you playing along on the keys and it sounding pretty good. usually when reactors play along it sounds weird

[@richardweichert5727]

Great reaction! For a technical sound on the level of polyphia with more flamenco inspiration, I recommend Syncatto's Coloratura album, particularly the opening track "Coco".

[@MalformedNPC]

I've been to your channel before while watching Lawrence videos but the Dance Gavin Dance and Polyphia ones got me to subscribe recently. Love your musical insight and just how damn much you get into the music.

[@joshchacko7729]

Love this video man. Thanks a ton.

[@paxpaxman4423]

There has never been this much hair. Clearly, this is the best we have seen of them yet!

[@nondescriptcat5620]

they just get more powerful the more hair they grow.

[@highandtight5544]

FINALLYYYYYY I HAVE BEEN WAITING SINCE IT DROPPED FOR YOU TO REACT!!!

[@Fradiamba]

That's Bossa Nova influence! This song tastes like brazilian harmonies and groove!

[@mmatthews90]

This is gonna be a good one 😁

[@adambt6859]

You should check out “Is It Really You…”- Sleep Token and Lothe. Its a beautiful and haunting song, i know you would like it!

[@TenaciousJoe24]

Gotta listen to more of them! Also Chon and Animals as leaders!

[@maynarddrivesfast804]

Chon for sure! If you like Polyphia, you'll like Chon.

[@shahin1231]

Holy shit man I've been waiting for you to do this

[@guillermoalejandrogamboafe462]

I love how deep into the song you go, Other people just say what they see, but as you are like a real professional. You can really deconstruct and appreciate the song with a real good criteria, I love it

[@CleeTaurus]

Lmao you're exactly correct on the hair thing. I noticed that too! Rock and roll mullet on Tim looks dope.

[@zaine757]

I saw them live with Dance Gavin Dance last fall, and they were absolutely amazing!

[@lyconxero457]

As far as their hair goes, most of the videos you've likely seen are from 3-4 years ago so they've had plenty of time plus a pandemic to grow out their hair. Tim Henson in particular has a large plethora of tattoos now that many people who only saw their previous videos thought appeared out of nowhere even though if you followed him you'd see that they, like their hair, was a steady progression over time.

[@thisbridgehascables]

Yeah, the last few years I’ve really taken my practicing very seriously on guitar, made massive gains. This track is so good, they let there be space even within all the great playing..

[@Viccerz]

This is gonna melt his brain

[@lucashouse9117]

Can't wait to watch this.

[@jeffreylong1478]

I like your sense of humor lol. Just subscribed 👍

[@LT_Dangles]

i recommend a new song by the band 'Architects', called "When We Were Young". also, the band 'Silent Planet' will literally change your life if you can ever get the chance to listen. love the vids, thank you!

[@corygarber278]

Great review!

[@dilloncady35]

One of the best bands instrumentally.

[@kalburo29]

I think it's called hybrid picking in Arpeggios scale using jazz chords with the rudiments of triplets, quadruplets paradiddle

[@ixman]

"Before the headbanging starts and I see the hair start to go..." Actual lol.

[@MasterBaker01]

"before the headbaginging starts" HAHAHAHHAA

[@livesdoeaeniko]

I grow up with musicians families around (father was a drummer, and almost every band rehearsal he had I was there when I was a kid ~4-8years~) but I dont know how to play anything (had a few, like 5, drumm classes when I was 17 ~now 26~) but people say I've a "good ear" and every fkcing time I watch a polyphia react my body shivers. lol Maybe am I a closet musician? lol (and I really would love to learn guittar and drumms) And about the jazz part is Bossanova a brazilian music style that have jazz influence

[@ISZFI]

I love how he does not only include textbook but also put in some of his experience.. i think this guy is a great teacher.. not saying with sarcasm or anything.. its just that i cant find anymore genuine words because of how people use it nowadays

[@PalmettoPrecision]

Really enjoy your videos. Relaxing and refreshing amidst much of the garbage on here

[@RvLver]

Thank you for the good words from 7:14 on. Very inspiring

[@fieldsofmercury1291]

The best and smartest reaction to this.

[@swissdyantogoh8275]

Can you make a video.. that u playing along with this song in jazz style.. it will be DOPEEE

[@nemesis0217]

This reaction was lit ! 😅

[@poringoba]

"Its not gonna come overnight" tell this to danny. The guy literally got it in ONE FUCKING NIGHT, the hole song, in a fucking ukulele............

[@kunaldebbarma8086]

you know this guys a jazz musician when he starts his video by naming chords right off the bat 😂

[@prodNieva]

epic!!

[@danielmaiermusic94]

Judging by your piano skills, it would be awesome if you did a reaction to the build music from sims 1. Very beautiful and nostalgic.

[@HowieStephens]

5:04 The hair factor 😂

[@charlesmayberry2825]

A handy trick for practice, is yes play slow, but I get more from varying the speed, if I have a passage I'm trying to get, I have written my own practice program that will play it back, but it does so at varying speeds whatever % of the original I set as the upper and lower so each repetition is at a different speed in that range, It's set up with a measure or two lead in so I can get a feeling for the tempo before it starts into the part I'm working on. but setting different tempos and changing the pace within what I can do cleanly helps me immensely

[@Steven-rn1oo]

You should react to Manchester Orchestra and the Brook and the Bluff! Both are so freaking talented!

[@SmolFry_]

IT'S FINALLY HERE :)

[@Simon0103]

This song is the sole reason why I started playing guitar. I've never heard a song and instantly fell in love with it, until I heard this a year ago. Now I'm at a point where I've learned most of the song and can play it pretty consistently and it just bring me so much joy. Thank God for Polyphia man

[@EessaTube]

I really enjoyed your piano additions. Maybe Polyphia should try a few songs with a keyboard player. These guitarists remind me a lot of John McLaughlin, so I agree with you - this is jazz.

[@jeffburks3739]

classical+jazz=flamenco

[@K-R-O-L]

The bassist looks like a french actor too, Patrick Dewaere :O

[@floki1715]

If polyphia need a vocalist it has to be jesus, cuz they were playing god

[@bradleymitchell3808]

Swing and a miss.

[@Dabbo_007]

I've been playing for about two years. Srv,David gilmour, Hendrix,an dimebag got me into guitar. I heard classical an flamenco and then I heard g.o.a.t by polyphia

[@LukaTheDon77]

Another album or band worth checking out is Berried Alive’s The Mix Grape. Charles Caswell is on Tim’s level of guitar talent and possibly as a composer as well, I’ll let you decide that since I’m more of a vocalist.

[@misteruseDEV007]

acoustic alchemy vibe type of music

[@darejohnson2251]

Whether it's on your own time or for the channel, Playing God by Paramore is worth checking out

[@bobbylarge7184]

PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE baby

[@toybonniesfm]

I really hope we can get another song like playing god with all the classical, flamenco and jazz kind off stuff. I do like their pop and trap stuff but this is more my vibe.

[@newidenityguitarizt]

Hey DAD... Ronnie just dropped a new video today! nothing like some falling in reverse to start off the weekend

[@MusicShed]

DAAAAAAAD!!!!

[@JuliaC666]

Falling in Reverse (which I just re-discovered) has dropped Voices in my Head, which is... beyond words. And since your reaction videos are my personal favorite, I would love to hear your opinion on it 💖 Anyway, another great video, keep it up!

[@OutsidersRo]

❤❤❤

[@MrGir13]

Was waiting for you to do this song! Tim Henson has made me give up guitar though 😂

[@MusicShed]

Don’t ever ever give up guitar!

[@kuroiyama6009]

What nah !! For me its Tim and Ichika who makes me want to surpass them in the near future

[@ZIgnorantProdigy]

loved the reaction. Definitely nothing wrong with stopping throughout the video, that' s part of the process. A suggestion is to rewind 5-10 seconds every time you pause so that you're not missing the transitions and any specific sections. you just have to hit the left arrow key to do it, might help

[@tdvcyt2534]

man, the way you paused right on the drop made me throw myself out the window, not gonna lie

[@MusicShed]

Good!

[@tdvcyt2534]

@@MusicShed Damn

[@LukaTheDon77]

You should check out the band Unprocessed, they just released a new single called “Dinner” and they’re touring with Polyphia this summer. Seeing them in August.

[@FluffyThieves]

He reacted to the song Real awhile back

[@LukaTheDon77]

@@FluffyThieves yeah you’re right I forgot haha

[@Reaper7mk]

Luka? Wtf?

[@LukaTheDon77]

@@Reaper7mk Živjo

[@Reaper7mk]

@@LukaTheDon77 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

[@gingineer9668]

Falling in Reverse dropped a new song today: Voices in My Head! Also, a couple weeks ago, Lorna Shore dropped another single which is outstanding: Sun//Eater. You should definitely check out both when you get the chance.

[@tripxez8478]

Yaya Lorna n fir

[@vladimircorvera1284]

Falling in Reverse is thrash

[@tripxez8478]

@@vladimircorvera1284 lmaoooooooooooo

[@ChintzMusic]

Your hair looks good today actually :)

[@MusicShed]

Aw, shucks, thanks

[@direnova6284]

You forgot Johnny Depp on Bass.

[@mx3batdude]

Would love to see a reaction to “Valhalleluja” by Nanowar of Steel. They’re a great band and from the same label as Jinjer

[@willhart4762]

Yes, their technical command is excellent and their musicianship is top level. But, playing god, suggests something far more, new, breakthrough, something we haven't heard before. Like Jimi Hendrix coming onto the scene and revolutionizing the guitar and rock. I don't hear that I hear that, stripped down I hear Flamenco and Brazilian jazz...

[@sentientcardboarddumpster7900]

They topped GOAT, this is next level, like when the mars volta hit the scene

[@mosiharamirez6406]

You said yourself, Jimmy did revolution the guitar and rock, which, stripped down was just rock, what changed it was the techniques, the style and the way he used them to flavor and spice something that was there already. Same can be said about polyphia, yes obviously anyone with a sense of music diversity can tell what style of music they are being inspired by, but the way they play it, the way they mix it with completely different genres and, sounds and techniques, just makes it as fresh as it can get. They also don't just do it with their guitars, which we all know they are at the top (with some others) on raising the game for others, in showing what else can be done and pushing the guitar, as an instrument to its limits. Their percussion game is also on another level. The way that and the bass are used to a lot of times implement a mix of rap/trap beats to their tunes is truly something new, especially when they do it with genres no one ever thought to add that kind of stuff to. They combine so many techniques, so many rhythms, so much stuff a lot of times in one single piece, it's crazy. I'm sure Jimmy would have been so filled with joy to see what these guys are doing and how much more effort they are putting into growing and evolving the way one can play the guitar. that goes for every other guitarist that is on this level. At the end, I feel most new, fresh stuff perhaps... It's just a combination of many things that already existed but used in a completely new and unpredicted way. thus, something new is born. Just a different perspective

[@dsrree]

If you consider Jimi Hendrix as godlike, he wouldn't even be able to play this. So that basically vouches for the title.

[@JakarOfficial]

Love it! U should check out a band called Vitalism! And maybe the song Pagan, or Pagan part 2 it’s amazing!

[@greene7700]

7:50 in other words: Slow is smooth, smooth is fast

[@lukedivide1456]

Can you do a reaction to that new Kelaiah song people are talking about calles I'll try to make it to the other side, it was on the radio yestarday and it's such a lovely song x

[@nipplez35]

It's sounds very eclectic. I hear r and b some funck cords jazz, Spanish guitar fussion. It nice different

[@huntingislife7817]

They Channel Herman lee’s guitar skill with their hair

[@kebman]

Somebody made lyrics for this and it kinda worked.

[@jacknicholas5697]

Plz for the love of god, Ronnies done it again with a fuckin' banger dude! You HAVE TO REACT TO IT! It's "Voices in my head."

[@jimihamilton9423]

DONNY OSMOND IM DEAD LMAOOO

[@ionajones419]

you need to dp a first time reaction to i'll try to make it to the other side by Kelaiah, it had incredible chords

[@thetalantonx]

Even if you don't do a full video reaction to them, check out Tim Henson's "meditations." He'll pick a subject, like "Quintuplet Meditation" and grind for 9 or 10 minutes just drilling the idea.

[@paulmakinson1965]

Few seem to mention the Spanish flamenco influence.

[@juggalosav]

Have you reacted to John butler trio ocean I haven't seen it on the channel but absolutely amazing

[@villegas24]

Polyphia deserves a spanish passport for this

[@MsVrotebal]

where can i see YOU playin chords??

[@AlexJaumouille]

Amazing, can you please tell me more about your chord progression at the beginning ?

[@AlexJaumouille]

The progression at 0:15 mostly

[@dandi-setiawan622]

I like song

[@kalburo29]

Flamenco intro is it right?

[@kebman]

Get Elton on the phone RIGHT NOW! He's GOT to sing that tune!

[@Jbur63]

Between the Buried and Me - Extremophile Elite (Live)

[@ErvinandMFantasyFootball]

Sick. If you dig this, react to “Thrash” by Emery. They’re a post hardcore band, but the song Thrash is something diffffffferent from them. Give it a shot.

[@Zewnypants]

You should definitely react to Lucas Brar’s version of this song! You’d love it!

[@peman-ll3se]

you changed from a music teacher to a jazz musician!

[@MusicShed]

I did. I’m still both! Lol.

[@rsilveira79]

Man love your reactions. Please react to Yamandu Costa, a super virtuose brazilian guitar player!

[@kunaldebbarma8086]

Can you do a react video on the song Contigo by Greg Howe , Victor Wooten and Dennis Chambers the first time i heard it i was mind blown by the arrangement on that one , simply exquisite !!