Periphery - "The Way the News Goes" Lesson with Mark Holcomb

In this episode of Holcomb-mania, Periphery's Mark Holcomb teaches you how to play some riffs from the song "The Way the News Goes."

[@neofaizan]

EVERY mark holcomb lesson: "I took this chord..." *plays 6 notes* "...and arpeggiated it." *plays 18 notes*

[@UltimaRedFireEskimo]

This album was truly the soundtrack of summer 2016 for me

[@Drpepperkiller10]

I had this on repeat the whole Summer, and Catch Fire really is nostalgic now for me haha

[@hit1295]

Same, man. Already nostalgic about it

[@KAIbanezA7X]

Oh me too man, listening to the album takes me back to that summer.

[@lossprevails]

That riff was an absolute gamechanger for me when I first heard it

[@i4m3rr0r]

This riff got so much easier after I switched from using the 3rd to the 4th finger in the first position when hammering on to the 12th fret on the a string. Just a small tip for all people without mark-sized hands :P

[@tcookie12]

such a clean player.

[@fat420tokes]

Holy shit, it's a 6 string, something I can finally learn xD

[@williamiceman9939]

A lot of their songs are on a six string actually.

[@ordinaryguy4737]

@@williamiceman9939 And some are drop G on six string lmao.

[@spiritboxyxbox]

@@ordinaryguy4737 i bought a drop pedal and it is the best thing i ever bought

[@-arb-]

I LIKE WHAT YOU GOT

[@anthonyj.reekjr.5630]

PLANET MUUUSIC

[@jbasti227]

GOOD JOOOBBBB

[@MikaTarkela]

Damn, when I play it my fingers jump like crazy! I need to figure out those shapes, lol.

[@guitarz]

Absolutely love this tune.

[@thenamessoul]

This tutorial made my brain and my fingers hurt my guitar was imbarassed for me. Mark is such a tallented and gifted guitar player and human idk how they dont know theory but that shit is beautiful i know mark has huge hands but still brilliant

[@Shid_pants]

I think the verse riff mainly revolves around the emin7 chord, which sounds amazing to me personally

[@cchristianjeremy]

Its sounds so beautiful.

[@armanborloza7981]

Thank you so much. This tutorial made me see my fretboard on a different light.

[@willvaughn6.395]

Damn Mark such a simple yet technically challenging riff, fucking beautifull. If you guys ever tour Montreal or Toronto would you sign my custom USA Jackson ?!!!

[@THATDevinfromyoutube]

Will Vaughn 6.3 April 5th Toronto.... See ya there

[@alexvedom]

4:32 ahhhh Mark, it's Em!!

[@matiaspenaloza8793]

Maybe he forgot to tell that in standard tuning is in Em hahahaha

[@fondfarewell2]

I like the way Mark explains stuff, he is very descriptive, bot in a boring way though, but in a way that simplifies it very much, thanks mark!

[@blueboltarx2609]

1:19 "In The P H A S T"

[@revanchistz]

That pre-chorus riff though... hermergerd

[@KasbashPlays]

Almost, but not as good as Mark himself. Pretty decent impersonator here.

[@Beowaffle42]

Ashwath Nair yeah! This guy is wearing a recently purchased Emperor shirt!

[@KasbashPlays]

Beowaffle42 Right?

[@hyperdazedesu7350]

Sarcasm in every Periphery videos

[@RapierGold]

Beautiful

[@lastfuneral420]

Yes. Love this dude!

[@deanmacka4975]

mate that was a cool lesson thanks mate I got right into that 😀🍻😎

[@tylerstewart5860]

That mute part made it sound a lot better. always felt off when I played it.

[@ItsSauIGoodman]

Best guitarist ever

[@enj0i]

Fan: "Mark, your music sounds so complex!" Mark: "...nah its just chords man" Fan: "...."

[@ericvalverderosado2046]

That Emperor shirt was washed like the BPM's of the song, daaamn, looks pretty old!

[@matches4880]

I want the tabs for the intro riff for this video lol

[@watorimelon_]

it's just omega bro

[@pafa92]

Yeahh.. try smells like teen spirit and then let me know..

[@eruhl1979]

I can’t play that intro to save my life 😢

[@justchiu5919]

Why evertime I watch mark's video I feel he is like a strict mathematics teacher.... I guess it has something to do with the spectacles 😂

[@puwanart10]

😂😂😂

[@Joesorr324]

This video continues to demonstrate how shit i am at guitar

[@mstringer90]

are there any tabs for this??

[@FernandoRivera-dm7hh]

Whats the song in the beginning??

[@jirlaaaay9051]

Fernando Rivera omega

[@arikutoy999]

Pinabuang na ang imo ya Makoy.. hehe

[@ajbrown5805]

intro song?

[@xrainymondayx]

Omega

[@EOS44]

how people can still label periphery as boring djent kid stuff...?

[@Jinx-iw6zb]

I see djent as this progressive music with chunky riffs experimental time signature and mind blowing clean guitar parts + additional signature sound

[@lostinlucidity]

The djent term was always a trendy name attached to a palm mute technique. Same shit with Thall, just something stupid for kids to grasp their heads around progressive metal.

[@heylookitsn0ah]

because non-fans have only ever listened to icarus lives lol

[@tarkenton3895]

Djent is a style or type of rhythm guitar playing. I don't see it as a genre, but rather a characteristic that has become a defining sound for quite a lot of bands (with most typically residing in the kind of progressive metal(core) side of things. E.g. there's djenty extreme/groove stuff like Meshuggah, Sikth where it kind of started, djenty prog metal (the most obvious/popular type these days), Djenty Metalcore, Djenty Deathcore, Djenty Death Metal, Djenty Mathcore (a personal favourite), djenty post-metal, hell, even djenty nu-metal now which is a fucking weird resurgence. Suppose you could argue it's come full circle since Korn were kind of the first to do the extended range thing in metal rhythm guitar.

[@Mark-OutWest]

It's the vocals that makes them do it.

[@TheScaredofsilence]

Anyone know what kind of pick he's using?

[@silendt]

TheScaredofsilence when I saw them in August he was using custom printed Tortex III .60mm (orange). Note, it's a full-size Tortex III, not to be confused with the much smaller Tortex JAZZ III.

[@silendt]

TheScaredofsilence they're pretty fun picks, I'd highly recommend giving them a try. Pros: they reward good technique by being very precise, yet forgiving, to a relaxed picking hand. Cons: because of how thin they are, they'll give you fits if you grip them too tightly; like all Tortex picks they bend easily; and the tip wears off very quickly, which completely changes the way they "snap" off the string. You can always sharpen them on the carpet, but they won't have the same bite as they do straight out of the bag. But hey, they're picks, they're cheap! Buy a pack and try em yourself!

[@TheScaredofsilence]

br&t thanks. I'm always on the lookout for new picks. Been digging the Dunlop primtone xl's. Not digging the price though.

[@rimshot413]

Jeez... anyone has this written down? :)

[@yogwaves9935]

ouch

[@v1LL3n_nZ]

Stop looking at Marks crutch.

[@theultimatedangalangman836]

Mark! where the tabs at mah niggah??

[@TehBloodyYank556]

He said them out loud and showed them to you in the video :P

[@theultimatedangalangman836]

Caster090 I know but im a n00b 😕

[@TehBloodyYank556]

I think you should slow the video down and take it slowly, but I think Periphery is selling tab books for this album.

[@theultimatedangalangman836]

Caster090 awesome ill check it out thx!!

[@TehBloodyYank556]

Also Guitar World website has tabs for this specific lesson. www.guitarworld.com/artist-lessons-metal/how-play-fast-moving-licks-way-news-goes/30742

[@Jn1spion]

really? We saw Mark explaining these riffs in other video already... such a waste, why not explain songs like Flatline or Habitual Line-Stepper or just later riffs of this song?

[@TehBloodyYank556]

He said this is going to be a series covering many riffs that people voted on, meaning have patience the one you want is probably coming :)

[@Jn1spion]

Yeah but these episodes are not endless, there are not gonna be THAT many episodes. There is an entire playthrough of this song and learn to play video of exactly these 2 riffs so doing this again seems like a waste of one... "that people voted on", it's based by comments or is there a poll or..?

[@stratonut]

root notes..who would have thought..

[@xkyrrix]

but you've already done this lesson with reverb Mark......

[@TheKrou]

After I heard this I went to check out the original song... jeez, I really wish Periphery would fire their vocalist and be an instrumental band. The vocals ruined this song.

[@OutsideOReality]

Lune is incredible vocally

[@aldo_mores]

You could say the very same thing about every other member of the band, about this song, or any song at all... ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­(No, I'm not saying they're bad)

[@xScreamToRisex]

Radoslaw Dlugowski no way dude, Spencer is awesome.

[@pimsmise]

No

[@federfuchsCh]

his vocals are perfect