One Step Closer (Full Song) / Faint (Intro + Chorus) Guitar Tutorial

[@AIRBORNERADIOACTUAL]

I love when artists forget their own songs. It shows they are human

[@kiernanmooney6210]

Oh god somewhere on the internet there’s an amazing video of Mike Einziger from Incubus doing guitar tutorials, and some dude asked him for a tutorial on Black Heart Intertia. And Mike, god bless him, played like half a lick and literally could not remember how he played the rest of the song. One of the funniest damn things I’ve ever seen and it was nice to see him and everyone else have a nice big laugh about it.

[@Ntr_Mssion]

XD

[@fernandogimenez3507]

What a wonderful place the internet is. You can get a lesson of a world famous song by the world famous writer of that song. Amazing

[@samynator0904]

Man, I wish more musicians did tutorials for their songs, this is just awesome

[@MCPerez]

Yeah its great but because youtube and company doesnt want you to copy the musicians they accept the wrong chord progression over the original which the musicians make , but yeah I agree

[@Fullcollapse1]

It's a pretty easy song to figure out. Just need to look up what key it's in it will be the chord it starts or ends on.

[@MrFlashknight]

John Mayer do this too

[@MidianVGC]

Tim Henson from Polyphia did a cool tutorial for G.O.A.T. Of course it doesnt concern me because I'm a decade from being able to play that but I guess it was useful for somebody.

[@KSeguraR]

John Mayer

[@sourjyadas8283]

has zero ego. will always be a favourite.

[@rupertcaney]

I never imagined as a teenager that 20+ years later we'd be able to watch these types of videos and interact with the music/musicians that made us 🧡

[@seeexy]

❤😂 yeah a shocker 😮😮😮😮

[@jevinday]

I know! KZbin has really changed how we interact with musicians, I think it's a great thing to show young people that you can be just like him if you work hard

[@psplayer1344]

Seriously. I was just wondering what my 12 year old self would think about watching this on a smartphone and Chester being gone

[@SirGibsonOfMel]

@@psplayer1344 I wish I had gotten to see them live when Bennington was around. So many opportunities squandered

[@Wandering_Cloud]

Yeah, I was a fan and part of LPU waaay back, now after nearly 20 years coming back to LP videos and I see this 🙈😯 What a great guy, haven't noticed many other artists making such videos. This would have helped me back in the day 🎸 better late than... I'll get right on it then 😄

[@joeloflion]

The fact that he asked his fans to point out any mistakes he made shows how humble he truly is. Absolute legend

[@Zie_carpentry]

😊😊

[@sarsonder5127]

humble is such s good word to describe him!!!

[@donizettilorenzo]

He's that man, that's why you can't not love him.

[@moonshelter3448]

I don't play guitar but that was just beautiful to see you playing. We miss your music man. So much oh my lord... Mike, really, we need you. You're my icon for the rest of eternity. ❤

[@derekrose3328]

Based 🤝 He’s been my role model for as long as I can remember. It’s always been like, “He’s a class act of the man I’d like to grow up to be.” Hell, because I’m detail oriented, I even studied Mike’s speech pattern because of how well he chunks information, and makes it easy for the listener to pay attention to.

[@moonshelter3448]

​@@derekrose3328wow I'm quite impressed ma friend. Also he deserves to be a role model of a real man. Cause he's the one actually)

[@Obie.]

FYI he still is making music

[@moonshelter3448]

​@@Obie. I'm not American so what is FYI? He does. I hope we get more. Like you know... pff.

[@jesseshort8]

​@@moonshelter3448Fyi = for your information.

[@LucianoMazzone]

To sum up: The "little harmonic thing" leading into the chorus it's an overdub in standard tuning! So tune to: *C# G# C# F# B E* . The PC harmonic will be top 2 strings, 4th fret. 🎸 Enjoy fellows guitarists! 🐺

[@stab180]

As a man who disagrees with the people who say that "If the guy who wrote the song plays the wrong notes, they become the right ones", this actually made me smile because there's someone out there who actually admits to their mistakes despite being MIKE FRIGGIN' SHINODA.

[@NabeelZulkifli]

Seeing this and knowing that i've learnt this by ear correctly as a teenager gives me new found confidence in my ears lol.

[@SealyTheSeal]

That's a really amazing skill, holy cow.

[@A7XdemesticPk]

amazing :o

[@senchou24akashdhupar]

Linkin parks music is a medicine for the soul and mind It just connects always instantly

[@comicbookfan1992]

Too bad the Hybrid Theory fans kill Linkin Park

[@comicbookfan1992]

@@saajidroussoulle Why can't handle the truth that you people took him away

[@comicbookfan1992]

@@saajidroussoulle That's why I'll never call myself a Linkin Park Fan This band is dead because it's fans didn't like the fact that the band wanted to change and to be better The truth is the truth And I'm not counting Chester's problems

[@KeepThePeaceGoing]

​@@comicbookfan1992they didn't what he did was tragic don't make stupid theorys about it

[@KeepThePeaceGoing]

​@@comicbookfan1992conspiracy theorists 🙄

[@TheMcportella]

Mike seems like a chill dude

[@Isti115]

Oh my, been playing guitar for a while and it's often really hard to get these minor details right when covering a song. Getting a lesson on them straight from a band member is amazing, and I've never seen anyone do such an "official" tutorial before! 🤯

[@ElegantJames]

Agreed, I have always wanted to sit down with Brad or Mike and ask specifically how something is played, and how wrong tabs and tutorials are, because while we know the notes, there's little nuances that every guitar player has that we usually miss. This way we know them and can play it exactly as it was recorded, like I didn't know about the top 2 in standard tuning in One Step Closer for the second pre-chorus. I could never get that sound right

[@bryanincommiefornia5629]

The only band I(member) I've ever seen do this is Tye Zamora, the bass player from Alien Ant Farm. On his YT channel you has bass tutorials for almost every AAF song.

[@Mariooo57]

Really? They used to be common back in the day in guitar magazines, but yeah I wish more bands did this.

[@Isti115]

@@Mariooo57 I guess that I'm too young to know that. 😀 Or it just wasn't that popular around here.

[@Mariooo57]

@@Isti115 Yeah it's a bit a thing of the past now with KZbin and the likes. Guitarists used to have videos called "masterclass", where they would show off their skills and that sometimes included a break down of their own band's songs.

[@michaelandres1363]

Now this. This is a gift. Having the musicians who actually wrote the song teach you how to play it is so refreshing. If I try to learn a song on guitar, I have 4 different tablatures and 10 different videos BECAUSE EVERYONE PLAYS IT DIFFERENTLY and I end up frankensteining my own version that I think is right. Much Mahalos Mike.

[@ReasonMakes]

This is SUCH a treat to get a tutorial video from the goat himself haha. Thanks Mike!

[@jortiz1694]

Mike, please do more of these "official" tutorials. THIS has never been done before and it's very innovative.

[@Zaakro]

I guess you've never heard of Guitar World magazine.

[@cameronhitz3509]

I mean theres plenty of artist who share how to play their songs, Metallica is on yousician, RHCP did a bts dvd

[@flatstheflounder2884]

It's totally been done before, but it's still always such a pleasure to see and I'd love to learn some more Linkin Park directly from the source!

[@Gyrau476]

Kiss did that, it's not the first time (I think it's Paul Stanley who made a tutorial for Modern Day Delilah) BUT, correcting people who are wrong about their song, that's the first time, I agree with you on that On this, I hope you'll have a nice day ^^

[@Celatra]

Jake Pitts from Black Veil Brides was doing this on youtube back in 2010.

[@nobodyexceptme7794]

I love how much fun internet Mike is having in this new age

[@ericlampham]

Homie has the nicest, chill, humble vibe. What a good human.

[@hobby-ies85]

Mike is one in a million... A very talented musician... Like legit musician... Thank you for every songs

[@wagnersonicrock]

You're a good guy for putting this video together, brother. Your humility and your gracious nature is always so refreshing to see in our biz.

[@Roboturnerlol]

My band is doing a 12 song cover set on Halloween and I chose for us to play this (actually I suggested Papercut, but we collectively came around to One Step Closer). You just happened to post this video exactly as my guitarist needed it, how did you know? Thanks for 20+ years of amazing music Mike!

[@chandlerbraaten847]

Good luck at the show!

[@Roboturnerlol]

@@chandlerbraaten847 Thanks man, it actually ended up being a Friday the 13th show and you commented in the middle of us playing. It went amazingly, 1.5 hours of full crowd singalongs and good times

[@jacobmercer7526]

He would be the most laid-back music teacher anyone ever had if he was one. He's genuinely friendly and kind. Makes you want to support him more. I wish more musicians were like this

[@talkswithvigy7860]

Mike is so talented, his ear for melody is impeccable

[@kornfreak78]

This is the kind of thing that interests me the most. I love seeing the musician play their own songs and explain how they do it. It's fascinating to me! :)

[@derekrose3328]

I love how Mike can let plenty roll off of him, some things he does hold onto, but for this, he drew A Line In The Sand, and said, “Alright I can’t take this you guys,” 🤣👏🤝

[@sympostersyndrome]

I love that you included the "you guys" in there

[@derekrose3328]

@@sympostersyndrome So key for any Mike quote, and I’m laughing because you picked up on that nuance 🤣🙌

[@godwarrior3403]

He said "I cannot take this anymore"

[@LuLeBe]

I like to think that the reason that "a line in the sand" isn't only with lowercase letters because your keyboard already knows that's a song name xD

[@derekrose3328]

@@LuLeBe You’re the best 🤝🤗 It’s funny because I went for a double entendre: I’m a person who likes to write down what fails and what goes right as I work towards specific things; as a result of that, I have about ~12,000 notes in my phone. While I don’t make music, Linkin Park & individual members are huge inspirations to me and my work. As I’ve gone along quoting various things from them? My phone in fact HAS learned what things I want to be capitalised related to them. But! Sadly this is a time where my phone DIDN’T know what I wanted! Being that that’s my #4 Linkin Park song off my 2nd favorite record (‘Reanimation’ is my #1 Linkin Park record) I was like, “Oh come ON phone! You know that’s important..! How many times has that been mentioned in a note by now!” 💀🤣👏

[@andy4687]

I don't know how many artists teach their fans how to correctly play their music, for free, but this is awesome!!! I love this guy!!! Like, honestly, this makes me want to learn how to play guitar

[@rckblykitn]

As someone who has an acoustic guitar but never learned anything past basic chords (but have always wanted to), this is FASCINATING.

[@mrsticky005]

That's more than I can do. Hell I don't even really know what a chord is. I mean I think it's like a sequence of notes that make a melody or something? But I dunno Of course I can obviously look it up but in any case if you like playing the guitar then you should keep playing just because you like it and maybe you'll get better and be able to do a lot more. Remember that Bruce Lee first had to crawl before he could rip out someone's live beating heart with his bare hands.

[@izumiasmr]

​@@mrsticky005we usually perceive chords as creating the harmony upon which the melody develops

[@christtwitch4013]

Damn u used a lot of words to basically say that u own a guitar but u never bothered to learn to play guitar

[@rckblykitn]

@@christtwitch4013 you used more words to complain about it than I did 😂😂😂

[@Fubga]

I was looking for how you guys block strings on faint. Thank you so much Mike!

[@madpandahat]

I love the passion here. No other artist I follow cares so much about the music about sharing it about teaching it. Music isn’t just a job for Mike it’s clearly an obsession and I love that

[@ElissaJohnson-p7p]

You are such a sweet, patient & kind teacher. You're just a beautifully humble and personable human being. Thank you, just for being you! You're an amazing person Mike and I truly appreciate your wholesome goodness and chill energy. Good vibes all around. God Bless ypu Sir and take care. Much Love & Respect.....always & Forever. Xoxo

[@mertbalbal4624]

it is so good to see your childhood hero is doing well and talking about the music you still like a lot

[@desert_iron_123]

One step closer has a sweet spot in my heart. Thanks to you guys I’m an insane metalhead and almost everywhere I go I have the LP soldier necklace to never forget where it all started 🫡

[@moonlight2487]

I have that necklace too!

[@desert_iron_123]

@@moonlight2487 hey man by any chance do you know how to clean it???

[@moonlight2487]

@jmichi03 I've been trying to figure that out too.

[@Childofbhaal]

Linkin Park aren’t metal

[@diemcarl5546]

I just wanna say that that Hybrid Theory is the masterpiece. And as always, just like a good wine (or good puer tea), it only gets better and better with ages. Can't believe this record sounds as if it was recorded yesterday.

[@RbFranco1]

I quite find it funny that the kids who were born when this album was made are already adults with jobs and possible kids of their own. Time flies so fast!

[@diemcarl5546]

@@RbFranco1 indeed!

[@Meteora52.]

Linkin Park miss me so much !!! I had a chance to see them live, it was wonderful ! All of their albums are a really masterpiece ! Thank you Mike, Chester, Brad, Joe, Rob and Dave ! Your art will be never forgotten !

[@Dani_ILL]

mike doing youtube vids and streaming on twitch is just 🔥

[@kristinacollette5580]

This is so cool Mike your so sweet to do this for your fans!!!

[@AndySaenz924]

Hello, Mike! I have the LP Papercuts album on a CD! I play it in my car all the time! I LOVE your music, especially In the End and Burn it Down. Chester is one of the greatest rock singers of all time! His legacy will never be forgotten! I’m glad to see the band moving forward with your new lead singer, Emily Armstrong! She sounds incredible!

[@nostalgic6979]

I remember staying for hours in my room playing video games, listening to Linkin Park and playing guitar: One step closer, runaway, pushing me away, easier to run.. I was the angriest loneliest kid (social anxiety). I think guitar pro tabs were so accurate at that time!

[@parthmenon]

The fact that Mike is posting how to play LP songs on KZbin is blowing my mind. What a great time to be alive.

[@anota.v687]

Mike pls teach us more!! 😭😭

[@tmark143]

I miss you guys. Love your music Mike. Linkin Park is the Best

[@wandersonfcastro]

I moved to America 20 years ago and spoke no English whatsoever, thanks to my fascination with their music learning this beautiful language was easy and fun, I must have listened to their show live in Texas over 100 times and everytime I watch it again it hits me hard with nostalgia and appreciation for their musicality. Great video Mike, you mean a lot to LP fans.

[@guitarthewalker]

Wow awesome!

[@ASKentr]

It was nice to see you Mike in such a live video! We remember when LP was in our countrey with concerts, we remember world before the war. I hope our government will understand what they've done. Everyone stay safe, let peace be with you. From Russia with love!

[@kins1894]

To This day , This Guy is so genuine - and still does these eyes reactions - i just love him

[@michele0324]

Gotta ❤ Mike for taking the time to teach the correct way to play. Guitar lessons with Shinoda...EPIC!! ❤

[@CommunistHydra]

This is awesome to see the artist give a tutorial. A lot of us normally have to do a lot of guess work. This is a life saver

[@angelhoughton9012]

You are making me wanna learn guitar Mike 😂 thank you for doing this though ❤

[@surajs5093]

yeah seeing Mike play it I wanna learn it too😁

[@stationcolossus]

Do it.

[@patrickvalentin5294]

it's very easy you will see 😉✌

[@AW-qz4kk]

i started playing guitar by accident. its really fun hobby that only gets better the more you do it

[@horror_and_legos]

Linkin Park will forever be my favorite band, and its a joy to see videos from Mike be it his own solo music, or tutorials like this.

[@TomTheWise_]

PLEASE MIKE do more of these videos!!! What mostly interests me is Bleed it Out (Brads Part). Soooo many videos strum the B and E strings simultaniosly but the original Song differentiates the notes of B and E so much, that I think the "correct" way can be to only pick B or E.

[@alexisbenitez7712]

Oh yeahh! Mike's tutorial! It's so great!

[@bignickenergy2042]

so crazy i just happened to be learning more Linkin park riffs today on youtube and this one pops up! Thanks Mike!

[@Maze305]

Hybrid theory is the first album I ever owned and the first album I ever put on my first iPod. Seems like forever ago but it shaped my life and musical taste. R.i.p. Chester

[@stonelyric]

You know what Mike don't apologize. Take solice in the facts you guys are amazing creative musicians. I love the fact that your willing to teach and create with us for us and for yourself's. I love seeing you smile and soaking in the nuances of these seemingly simple songs. I Still wish we could hear a full nu metal version of heavy .thank you

[@flowerfox7494]

Awwww i feel you genuinely love teaching others! Your so smiley and happy 😊. Love you Mike

[@alanbennington57]

The best Mike Shinoda!!! ❤

[@abhinavmishra558]

You beautiful beautiful human!! Such a gift to the world.. welcome back LP!!! The world is so excited and full of gratitude!!!!! ❤

[@shivinchauhan5699]

I have just started learning guitar and here comes one of my inspirations with a tutorial 😂❤ thanks Mr. Mike, long way ahead for me but keep these acoustic tutorials coming. We would love more from the most versatile artists to ever exist!👀💯

[@DavidChinh]

Mike, you are a living legend. I was fighting through some brutal O.C. traffic last week and listening Post Traumatic the whole time made the drive amazing. Thank you for all that you do for your fans and for yourself.

[@Theinfamouskira]

Love seeing Mike and the guys just hanging out, interacting with fans and discussing music. It's like refined, matured LPTV. Cheers you guys.

[@flowjosvlogs]

I don't know how to play guitar im just happy to see Mike Shinoda ❤

[@JakubNeustadt]

This is awesome! You don't even know how many guitar tutorials I've watched on your music, thank you so much Mike ❤

[@meanthmeesao8667]

Such a kind and humble great artiste ever. Miss those days.

[@SolidBased]

And this folks is why LP is one of the GREATEST Bands of ALL TIME!!! Mikes a fkn genius flat out plain & simple!!

[@ot_reacts]

Your respect and admiration for LP fans is absolutely legendary. Right on Mike! Thanks for this.

[@CokePaul]

Mike is so chill guy. A good human being👍🏻

[@FireStorm2845]

Thanks for the video! Linkin Park was a huge influence for me to get into playing guitar and writing music and lyrics when I was 15. And it stuck with me ever since! Thank you Linkin Park for being an inspiration and an awesome band for everyone for over 20 years now!

[@hksMovies]

Mike is one of the coolest guys on this planet. God bless you Mike. Thank you for making our life better.

[@FELIPEGOMES-ll2yb]

Mano, incrível Mike, vc é incrível

[@mcgXaliasXbam]

thx mike, i never figured the actual tuning on one step closer. Do a given up or a place for my head tutorial next pleeease.

[@stranger35wave]

You are unique, Mike. Thank you and Linkin Park for all the good that you have given to this world. When I went to this video, a smile appeared on my face. It was unusual to see a guitar lesson from you). Wish you luck, Mike. Thanks❤

[@Amuzic]

There was some very good vibe in this video. I had a smile on my face during the entirety of this video.

[@BrandonisBlue]

thanks for teaching us this classic!! I saw Silverstein do a cover of One Step Closer live back in May and it was the best part of the concert😂keep making history for us

[@dnminhvn]

Seeing many bands reunite makes me more and more hope that u guys can gather once again,make music with passion,love and kindness.

[@819driver]

They can’t reunite tho? Chester has passed

[@dnminhvn]

@@819driver there are many ways bro,i know ches made a huge impact but i believe they can manage somehow without him.

[@bohdanzinkevych9320]

Mike, you blew my mind with Brad’s part of Faint, I thought it’s being played differently. Looking forward to new videos❤

[@noahcaster]

i feel like this guy is a trustworthy source on how to play it for some reason

[@mieczyslawignatowicz5166]

Miło Cię widzieć Mike 👍👍

[@Drturker]

Hey Mike! I am a surgeon from Turkey and i always listening Linkin Park while treating someone and my patients often ask me who is this artist. I really love to listen to you in treatment or not. Best wishes with you buddy!

[@nocctar4271]

Thanks for everything ❤

[@NylaImanKidTheKid]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤One of my Fav Songs. But Given Up will forever take my Breath 24/7. It's the energy in the live performances. Thank You.

[@gbass3679]

никогда не думал, что мой кумир подскажет мне, как играть свои песни! 🙂🙂🙂 Спасибо Майк! 🤘

[@JJXP]

The hero had spoken! Retrain!

[@that_z]

Ahhhhh Mike thank you so much, here in my family we really love you, it's such a pleasure to see you play and how sweet and kind you are with all of us, your fans ❤

[@r.lum.r]

YES. Thank you!!! From the maestro!! I would’ve never guessed that was a harmonic. Awesome.

[@MadDunhill]

Mike, we need more guitar tutorials from you.

[@deoxysssichooseyou]

I don’t even play guitar or an instrument for that matter. I just love everything Linkin Park has brought into my life. We love you guys forever

[@timurbayram5162]

Keep uploading tutorials! ❤

[@chillidawg4531]

Those chords on the chorus sounds so good!

[@Jawnsonproducer]

So cool to see you do tutorials 🤘🏿🤘🏿

[@volatilelyle5170]

Linkin Park was the reason I taught myself how to play guitar. One Step Closer and Faint are actually the first songs I learned. I really love this insight. Especially the harmonic that I could never nail because I didn't know it needed to be standard tuning. I would love to know exactly how you guys do the bend (the screeching noice) in the breakdown of Given Up.

[@Drukht]

Майк, дякую Вам за вашу творчіть від щірого серця❤ Навіть під час повітряних тривог, під час ракетних обстрілів по моєму місту, ваша музика надихає нас вірити в краще та в те, що колись війна скінчитться. Як і будучи підлітком, так вже й дядькою за 30, ми з донькою стрибаємо, співаємо ваші пісні, відвлікаємость від жаху навколо. Сподіваюсь, що колись потрапимо на ваш виступип, або ви приїзди до нас з концертом✊

[@triav8n]

Man what a great dude and musician and artist.

[@kyle2931]

I’m glad LP are back, but I hope everyone warms up to Emily better, ASAP !!!!! Lady’s got a voice !!!! Clean singing vocals are lovely and her rocker/metal-ish voice is freakin’ epic !!!!! The group will always have my condolences in regards to Chester, but with Emily and you fronting, the legendary group is in great hands - just saying. Been a humongous fan of LP since I was just a kiddo - I’m talking late kindergarten-early 1st grade kind of early. Keep crushing it y’all ❤️👍👍 !!!!!!!!!

[@kyle2931]

P.S. I almost teared up when writing that previous comment. 😢

[@tardigrade228]

You guys were all so important to me even halfway round the globe. I'd steal my brother's CD and sneakily listen to LP songs on the computer after school because I didn't have another way to listen to them. It'd make my brother so mad but it's something, a memory that binds us together now, decades later literally. God i freaking love Linkin Park. Still religiously listen to your songs!

[@goodmayhem]

Please do more of these Mike. You are encouraging folks in India. Do some guitar lessons, share your music-songwriter wisdom, blossom hobbyists like me. Loads of love.

[@BKa-nm1bh]

Having Mike himself showing us the riffs?!? What a treat!!🎉 Keep it up bro!! Good to have you guys back!!

[@RafaelSerial]

Hey Mike, it's so good to see you. Thank you for everything you did for all of us 💯

[@badatmusic0]

the modesty on this... imagine the guy inventing the wheel and giving a tutorial about it, and saying "lmk if I missed anything" I love him so much

[@betemiranda6309]

Você é incrível Mike 😍😍

[@marYam-nt6pz]

its just freaking wonderful to see MIKE SHINODA himself is teaching you how to play guitar i mean thats fucking amazing