TL;DR: You're a beast Josh. . I'm halfway through the video but I had to stop to say I'm super thankful for these videos. Your work is always top notch and the quality of the content you make is some of the best I've seen on RU-vid, next to the Abasi Concepts videos (which I know you create as well sometimes hahah) hell even the quality of the video itself is amazing, the shots, the color grading, the lighting, the editing, simply everything and I haven't even talked about that beautiful composition you made there which was so inspiring that I'm writing a song right now taking the ideas you're explaining as I watch Keep up making these Josh, please please please keep it up, I hope one day you come to play a gig in Mexico
great video as always! i was curious about the bass and the acoustic.. it seems like a schecter bass but i cant say for sure lol could u give me the models?
Great direction this josh👍 it’s really great to see how other musicians go from a seed of an idea to something more fully fledged. Always a pleasure to watch mate ❤
This is excellent content and much appreciated . Thank you It's really beneficial to see your creative approach to writing music. Would love to see you do a video on how you approach writing composed solos ? Like if you had a short guest solo section in a song . Not necessarily a heavy theory note by note breakdown but what key areas are you looking out for when composing a solo and creating a nice balance of shred ,melody and space?
I’m always over complicating my writing and recording process. Thanks for sharing yours and showing me yet again that it doesn’t need to be as difficult as I tend to think it is.
Cool video. It’ll take me a hundred years to be able to play or record like you but I enjoy watching the creative process and I love your music!! What program are you using on the computer?
You're one of my favorite contemporary guitarists, and all of your recordings sound great. One question, Josh: why did you take down the "Prog Pop" video? It was one of my favorites!
I wish I could listen to this on Apple Music Edit: btw this is awesome and beautiful and it inspires me to want to compose something as beautiful as this. You are a great musician and guitarist and I love this series you have going on, I learn a lot from it.
Love it! I play a small Martin 000 RSGT, and love it's tone. Small acoustic guitars are incredibly versatile. Thanks for sharing your process! I find dreadnaughts and other big acoustic guitars too boomy and awkward for my taste. I put an active magnetic pickup in my little Martin. I can get everything from smooth chimey acoustic bliss to the dirtiest grind anyone could ask for. I do live looping and work with a Beat Buddy drum machine to build rythm tracks on the fly. I then sing and play rythm guitar and lead over them. I use a capo to invert and play open chords up around the 5th, 7th, or 9th frets depending on what harmonies I like. You can see how everything builds into a rock song live here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-GFTSx0vARLw.html Note how the chord tone changes and cuts through the mix after I capo-up and start playing inversions over the orginal open chords at the 5th fret. Note also the overdriven lead tone at the first solo: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-GFTSx0vARLw.html All from an acoustic guitar =) It sounds like a mandolin when you start capoing at the 7th or 9th frets too lol... I love that you titled this " How I like to layer guitar chords and parts" What you are doing is a form of orchestration - giving different voices to different parts of your music, and considering how they interact and converse with each other to evoke emotion and to tell your stories. It's beautiful - Something words can only take so far. I'm just now feeling ready to start composing my own music, and I'm 58 years young, so I really appreciate this.
Dude this is amazing and I'm really inspired to go create some layers! I have a quick question, in your video on how you cut DI's with the QC, you mentioned you used a radial active di 48. How are you getting signal from the main output on the box? Are you using phantom power on the QC? Thanks again man, these videos are awesome!
Man, your youtube has been popping lately, thank you so much for making these videos. Not only is your playing amazing, but the cinematography is eye catching as well. When it comes to video ideas, I would love to hear how you come up with progressions. I know that its 90% coming from lhavibg learned many sobgs and just havibg them as a vocabulary, but I have been really struggling to come up with any progressions that make sense. Do you thibk functionally about them? Would appreciate your perspective on developing this skill.
Cool demo and I really like how you get something and keep going. I way over analyze and spend too much time trying to get it just perfect. Nice camera look, good lighting and nice job on the audio. Well done!
Great video, Josh! Do you always track your acoustic guitar line in, do you mic it? You've made a lot of cool backing tracks, would be great to see how you produce electronic side as well.
Great vid, both practical and inspirational. You’re right the capo trick really works. I play finger style acoustic and simply playing the same chords (or close) sounds great when you move the capo as the voicings all change. And yes, those small body guitars really do have something don’t they. I bought the Harley Benton for my 7 year old, you obviously get what you pay for 😂 but I really love the timbre of it so much I may invest in upgrading the components or just put the Taylor on my ‘one day, Xmas’ list. 🙏 Great vid. 👍
Yup! That’s the kid of content I wish to see more of! Beautiful music and contagious inspiration!! I love It! Thank for this, and keep up the good work!
Absolutely amazing as always! I think a future video idea that you could explore would be how you come up with interesting bass lines (bass guitar and synth).
This was helpful , I think I can do more stuff with this content as a guide, i love the way he expressed music and how people who listen, can give meaning. (I hope this be right written, cause I’m a Latin viewer jeje)
Hey Joshua, these videos are great! I don't know if you have done this already but if you decided to do a video on how do you actually record the guitars (processing, mics, compression, etc) that would be great to see step by step. Seeing your process visually really helps me figure out better how to do it, specially cuz I'm finally learning how to record myself. Your music is awesome man, keep it up hermano.
Subscribed! I've been enjoying these videos and I think they're extremely helpful for people who already know their theory but struggle to write music and put it into application. There's not a lot of videos out there that cater to this level. This is a cool track, for some reason it reminded me of Michael Hedges and Andy Mckee. Have you heard of them?
This was such a cool watch bro i wanted it to keep going haha. If you could make this into a series where you record a cool little song like that and dive into the plug ins you use and give little tips and tricks for logic that would be sick! Ive been trying to record stuff in logic but feel like i dont know much beyond the surface level. I think that would be super helpful for other guitarists trying to record in logic!
Joshua, it's a pleasure to listen to you play, and I really enjoy watching how you record your music. Thank you for inspiring me, you make me want to play and record creative things. Damn, now I want a P90 guitar too! 😅
Thanks a ton for the video! I'm definitely going to try to apply the same kind of thinking when layering guitars. Your music and videos are inspiring me a lot to create new stuff. Thanks Josh 😊
Josh, i love these videos. I see a lot of your clips on various pages throughout social media accounts, and a lot of them seem like you're playing these big beautiful chords just off the top of your head. I'm sure most of your fans are familiar with diatonics and modal progressions, but it would be great to see your thought process when using borrowed chords. Maybe even point us in the direction of where you learned these concepts and how to get them on lock. Best wishes from a long time fan ❤
This is great. I do a similar approach, layering little arpeggiations over a chord progression. More funky than ambient. It’s easy to turn a little rhythm into a nice instrumental part. I’m nowhere near as prolific as I could be but it’s a very fun and satisfying process on its own. I really enjoy your work with Matt Gartska and was hoping to hear a follow up to your last work with him. Thanks for this content, it’s very helpful and I’d like to hear your thoughts when you think you have a compete song, when to stop adding layers, etc.
I’m a semi-professional songwriter, with a solid 40-50 songs and gaining traction as a professional collaborator. But always overthink the layering. Nice to see a video dedicated to writing with guitars and real instruments. Especially with those gorgeous guitars.
You are one of my favourite musicians at the moment. You inspire me so much. P.s. I hope one day to experience an album from your project Victoria with Matt Gartska. ❤
I love the vid, that Tamarack was the perfect addition to the piece. I’d also really love to hear your approach to exploring the more non-diatonic pieces you make. It seemed like you and Joseph had a bit different approaches to understanding harmony from the trading licks series you did. You guys both do it so well. Love the video and I’m super excited your gonna be posting up more! Can’t wait
This is awesome! There doesn't seem to be a lot of video content like this out there, something that's simple, natural, and without a hyper-produced video approach. This is the kind of format that's really inspiring.
