One of my favorite guitarist/songwriters of the 90's. Love his unique style. Check out all our instructional videos at: www.the-art-of-guitar.com and Patreon: / theartofguitar Thanks!
For people asking about my effects chain it's: Boss Harmonist, Big Muff, Dragoon Overdrive, Boss Phaser, into my 1979 Deluxe Reverb played with my 2006 Fender Strat Deluxe.
Would you say the boss harmonizer fattens your sound? Especially when paired with fuzz? Also. Does the boss harmonized do just as good a job with a distortion pedal. Or would I be better off buying a double tracking guitar pedal (for example the tc electronic Mimiq)
Big muff enough said. Lately have been looking into the gear of billy and the big muff always comes up btw great video. As an aspiring guitarist billy Corgan is definitely up there as my inspirations and this definitely helps break down what I want to take away from his techniques.
I hope you are using .008's, or I'm a wimp. 😂 The bends with vibrato have always killed me... And his solos are almost all really wide bends with awesome vibrato. The only other guy who really does it for me vibrato-wise is Marty Friedman.
Octaves (over open strings) 1:01 Chord inversions 2:29 high string harmonies 3:41 Lead line overdubs 4:44 Octave tremolo picking 5:35 Octave below soloing 6:55 Slow mo bend 7:42 Floating melody patterns 8:43 Prebends(rocket) 9:33 Incidental open strings10:33 The corgan bend 11:21 Flamenco pre strum 12:41 Pentatonic box motifs 13:46 Open string chord staek 15:22 Drop d and c# 16:35 Low string natural harmonies(natural harmonics) 17:24 Slash chord alterations(bullet with butterfly wings) 18:48 Explosive vibrato 20:09 Signal note metal riffs 21:50
Siamese Dream is still my favorite album of all time. I played that thing from start to finish at least twice a day for years. Wore out 2 cassette tapes before eventually getting the CD. I just could not get sick of it. I don't know what my second most listened to album is but I know it is a distant second.
yeah i totally agree. even tho i dont listen to the pumpkins quite as frequently these days Siamese Dream is still my favourite album of all time cuz there isn't one bad song on it. there are many albums i absolutely love but there are almost always a few duds on them.
Buying the Mellon Collie and Siamese Dream albums in 2006 is what opened up the rest of the music world to me. It was amazing to finally see the band live last year (3 hour 15 minute show!).
you might not be into Blur, I'm not entirely familiar with all of their stuff, but in the 8th grade, aka 1998 or so was the era i learned guitar, and i read a interview or article talking about their new guitarist entering the band on that album or so at that time, that had, Coffee and Tv on it...i learned in the article about his use of a vintage Boss 80's effects pedal they don't make anymore, i think some of the same ones Prince used, i forget exactly now, it's a good article to look up, maybe it was Guitar or Guitar World magazine ..he gets it to sound all detuned and like a musical box for the solo part of, "Country Sad Ballad Man"...
When I saw that live video of Radiohead I think it was Jools Holland they played "Paranoid Android" and I was honestly amazed how great they sounded live it sounded spot on to the actual album version it was awesome!!
Listen to pisces iscariot. It's the B side to siamese dream and it stands super well on it's own. It's essentially another album. Because there's also bonus demo material for siamese dream as well. Starla is definitely one of my favorite songs off of it.
@@TheSandkastenverbot you know these millions of people? what do you mean every way? do they make money? its very nice to be "the best" guitar player, but you are an idiot if you cant make money while being it.
@@ska4dragonsyah I love how guitar fans seem to forget that not everyone wants to see fancy ass guitarists play their fancy ass shit. Sometimes the most simple stuff is the best.
@@bgilley8199 The coolest thing is that he was one of the best in that era and he knew it. Every other guitarist was trying to do the punk/indie/Kurt Cobain reluctant rockstar thing and Billy was playing guitar like Van Halen was still in style. Absolute beast.
You always have to give an extra bonus to these lead singers whom are also the lead guitarists as that multi-tasking is well beyond being able to focus entirely on one task.
Bruce L. I’d say that what he does do is better than most attempting to play and sing what he does. He has gotten better also. Saw them at their last US date this year and they played well. Not perfect, but wasn’t a slopfest either. Even closed the show with Aeroplane Flies High, which was a pleasant surprise. I hold the opinion that a guitar player that isn’t afraid of being somewhat sloppy on stage (again, not TOTAL slop, but just isn’t stressed about hitting every note exactly in time) tends to be able to let the music flow thru them easier and this can lead to not only some entertaining “happy accidents” that can sound really cool, but also pour more of their emotions of the moment into their playing. This isn’t necessarily all positive or all negative, but could go either way since if they’re in a lousy mood, that means a lousy show and unhappy fans. But when their mood is conducive for the music that’s being played, it can be amazing.
So true. I’ve tried singing and playing simultaneously in Guitar Hero on songs I knew like the back of my hand for years and found it almost impossible. Sort of like juggling....with your feet, while rubbing your tummy and patting your head. People like Hetfield, Corgan, or anyone at all who can do it is fucking impressively talented.
Totally remember them opening with "Soma" at Lollapalooza and almost losing my mind because it was (and still is) my favorite tune off of Siamese Dream.
Billy Corgan and Smashing Pumpkins are the most underrated Band for the level of contribution to Rock in Roll Music. I still have not heard all their work and I try too. That's how deep their catalog is.
1:46 Cherub Rock (Main riff) 2:03 1979 3:11 Cherub Rock (Chorus rhythm) 4:05 Cherub Rock (Solo) 5:02 Cherub Rock (Chorus lead) 7:25 Quiet 8:03 Today (Chorus) 8:56 Today (Intro lead) 9:13 Today (Intro rhythm) 10:04 Rocket 11:01 Soma 11:37 (Technique used a lot in the Soma solo among others) 13:03 Disarm 14:17 Geek USA (Solo) 15:41 Spaceboy 16:51 Jellybelly (Intro) 18:11 Zero 19:59 Bullet with Butterfly Wings 22:11 Where Boys fear to Thread 22:45 Tales of a Scorched Earth
I feel the floating melodie over thick chords trick is really the pixies influence shining through on almost every alternative 90s band. Love your cideos
Billy really is underrated as a guitarist. People obviously talk about what a great songwriter/arranger he is, but seldom do I hear people talk about his tone and leads. Dude throws in these awesome little lead parts, like in "Ava Adore" and "Here Is No Why," that are just amazing. And D'arcy IS the 90s to me. I had a huge crush on her. I was so excited about the reunion, but lost interest when I heard she wasn't involved. It's not really SP without D'arcy.
The idea of “incidental” open strings is my personal favorite. I use it in chord progressions constantly, but never attributed it to Corgan. Thanks for pointing it out.
Underrated guitar player. Your video is probably the only one on YT about him. I would have added a 20th technique : his use of dead notes especially in his solos.
Great lesson because Smashing pumpkins contribution to alt rock cannot be overstated!!! Billy Corgan is also another very underrated guitarist & arranger by the way!!!!🙏🙏🙏
Excellent lesson! The rhythms and his voicing choices, are very unique. I love the clean tones, that transform by either phaser or Uni-vibe, with an endless delay/reverb sound, then just compressed Muff tones bursting through the mix. I also used to love mashing Today, with Grateful Dead China Cat, just to upset hardcore dead heads. 🤗
Really dug this video. Billy’s easily my favorite guitarist, his solos just always seem to add the proper energy to the song. The solo in Soma is my favorite, and I’d consider just a perfect, emotionally charged piece of music. Thanks again for putting this vid out.
Thanks for the great video! SP is my favorite band and that of course is because of Billy Corgan. I used to play their music on guitar years ago but haven't played in a long time. This video inspires me to pick it back up and try these techniques.
This was an awesome video! I’m a long time drummer learning to play guitar and as you might expect I’m trying to soak up everything. This was very on-point and very helpful!
That "Corgan bend" and "Explosive vibrato" are absolutely spot-on Billy signature. I wasn't able to find out what exactly he's doing to get that special "something" into it, but realized it the very moment you showed. Thanks a lot!
Great video! I've always adored the Pumpkins and Billy's entire musical output. But this video really reignited my love for it all. And helped put a lot of disparate ideas into context. I'm about to play guitar for a few hours, as I do every evening, and I think I'll try to put some of this to work.... :D
We faithful students humbly beseech thee to release more artist series videos!! They are of tremendous import to me personally- I have grown considerably as a musician beacuse of them. You are truly one of the greats, sir. Keep up the GREAT work.
This is awesome. I really dig the corgan bend ! It's exciting to recreate some of those sounds. These technique videos really fill a gap in learning these songs for me. It's the pumpkins flavor
Great call on the Strength Beyond Strength similarity. Great look at all things Corgan. I'd also call some of the open stringed arpeggios as indicated on Thru The Eyes of Ruby as classic Corgan.
Wow man , your precision and playing overall is awesome A deep thanks for your techniques videos, I’m getting a lot from them Especially awesome your touching on my fav bands 🙏
Nice quick pace and very informative. I started playing right when melancholy came out. Didn't realize Billy was such an influence on me. I do a lot of these techniques which feels like 2nd nature at this point. Great job man. I'll work on my bends!
Excellent explanations of these classic sounds. Now I've heard the low string harmonics sections, I can definitely see the influence on Placebo's 'Nancy Boy'.
Your Strat is freakin awesome. Basically it's my dream set up because I learned on a Fender Mustang with the exact same color scheme..black pick guard, rosewood fingerboard, etc.. Cool.
I played ZERO once with a former band project, that was much fun... 😜🤘 Yeah, You did a great overview of his techniques. Thanks so much, gives me some motivation to retry some of the infinite sadness songs...
Crazy how so much of my guitar playing style comes from the techniques you demonstrate here. 90% of the songs I learned in the beginning and intermediate stages were Pumpkin songs... so go figure. They have such a diverse catalogue that there are a lot of things to learn at all levels of playing. I remember the octave chords being called the Hendrix chord back in the day. Great stuff... thank you.
corgans my guitar god. been learning basically the same songs you brought up on video, guess i did good spotting the interesting songs to learn lol. felt rather good when i knew literally every tip you gave, guess i absorbed more than i assumed. good video, you nail all the coolest riffs and tecniques.
I'm not a guitar player, but am a lifelong smashing pumpkins fun and found this very entertaining, sincere and helpful! I also have to make note of your clever use of font for the subtitles. ;) I've attempted playing guitar enough times to know I make a great piano player! ;) Cheers
She played thru the Arising! tour which ended in April 1999. In October they played Bridge School benefit as a trio, & in December they had Melissa Auf der Maur (who played w/ Hole) until the breakup in 2000. They've had a few different bassists since reforming in 2007.
The contacts make it hard for me to take him seriously. Your eyes are the most memorable thing about your appearance. So when you wear contacts like that, the most memorable thing about your appearance is fake. Seems like something a woman would do.
One thing I've noticed that RU-vid guitarists always seem to do when they play "Cherub Rock" is they use all down-strokes on the intro, but Billy Corgan uses down and up strokes which makes it sound a lot more fluid. See this Smashing Pumpkins performance for reference: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fiwTTkSN3zA.html
I saw the Pumpkins over the summer with my brother when they were touring with Noel Gallagher (Gallagher opened for them) and it was such an awesome show, Billy is one of my favourite guitarists and is criminally underrated but the stuff he played was still so innovative and just really damn cool
3:15 actually Billy plays the basic chords and James the root+third major on two octaves 5:10 7:30 those are James leads, at least in a live context 12:55 I think Noel Gallagher was inspired by both Disarm and Today when writing, well, "that" Anyway, the Big Muff was used only when recording Siamese Dream, never in a live context
Funny how much shit she gets from some fans. I mean yeah Billy played alot ofnher parts in the studio to save time etc etc. But if you listen to alot of live Pumpkins she kicks some ass. The crazy up tempo Geek USA or the 30 minute Silver Fucks shes in it hard. They've probably had better pure bass players since but i do wish the could have held it all togehter with her.
