everyone needs to recognize how important Phil X is to the guitar side of youtube. this man's vids ten years ago with FA changed the ENTIRE game. there is no argument
Darrien Day yep. I started watching him then and said this guy is a great player. He was doing session work, had his own band. Kindve miss him in FA. Haven’t watched it since.
@@robertwellington2616 yea I bet they miss him around the FA office too. I hope he realizes how big an impact he's had on internet guitar presentations
This is a great conversation between you guys. The energy pours out of Phil. I love hearing that Phil appreciated a bluegrass band playing around a single mic.
Hey guys long time fan here of that pedal show. Been watching since the beginning:) I have a unrelated (to this video) question. I was watching a video the other day that Mick did on Anderson's about Gretsch guitars, and in it he Pete comments that Mick is 62. And I was thinking that can't be right. Anyway me and my brother are now debating it. Was wondering if you guys could out an end to the debating and could tell us how old you guys are haha. Thanks again and sorry for asking your age. Love the show and love the new content keep it up!!
Playing with attitude: Yeah first turn off the part of the brain that's judging and evaluating from outside yourself. You need that when you're practicing, rehearsing, listening back and critiquing a performance, etc. It will do nothing but make you stiff and wooden in an actual performance. Second, you've got to let your body believe in the music you're playing. It's actually a very physical thing to play with authentic attitude, in the way your physical being has to project the music. That doesn't mean a bunch of wild gyrations and exaggerated motion (unless that's really what the music is about). It's about connecting the music, which starts in a mind/emotional space, totally to the material reality of your body producing it and ultimately turning it into physical vibrations of air. That might sound hippy-dippy, but objectively that is what's happening when you play music. Even great DJ's and electronic musicians are doing this when they're "just" turning knobs and faders. In sports, you often hear about "follow-through", in shooting a basketball, a golf swing, a baseball pitch or swing of the bat, etc. It's about creating an intentional smooth and continuous motion to bring about your intended result. In music performance you do the same, you want a smooth continuous motion to project your musical intentions.
Great comment! Three of the best guitarists in the area used to watch the band I was in. I hated that. Total stage fright, freaking out. Before one show I realized "they like what I do, that's why they're here, and I can't do "it" thinking they're judging me and causing me to judge myself." So actually allowing myself to believe people like what I do was THE big thing. Then to extrapolate, as Phil says here "if they DON'T like it, eff them". Lol!!! But it's true, that's the other half if it. No matter how good you are some will say you're not that good. That's fine, that's their opinion that they are entitled to have; they like SRV, I love Schenker, it's all good, they can judge however they want. I'm doing a gig soon that those three awesome guitarist might attend. It's all good though, I know what to tell myself.
Absolutely brilliant interview. Phil X has an amazing personality. There’s this party attitude he carries that really shines in interviews and his playing. He’s so humble and honest. Thanks guys for this interview. It’s great to see other musicians and players who are so authentic and true to themselves. It’s inspiring and gives a different perspective on the music industry. Thanks guys and thanks to Phil X for sharing some great info and guidance.
The last bit's important. Be the musician you'd want to see. I've done my share of gigs where I would just "get by" in certain parts. I would have been hard on the guitar player if I 'd been in the audience. You have to be realistic and hard on yourself to get there.
Fan of Phil X for way back 13 - 15 years??? Many times i would sit there and say.. How the F [lip] did he do that? I would bring my family in, watch this - Phil is CRAZY Good... lol Still hitting it out of the park.. love Phil X from SE Texas Bear
Wow .. that's an insight .. fired if he was to say "thank you wembley" .. just shows the control JBJ exerts over the band .. and no sound check .. huh ?
Great interview!!! I'm a big Phil X fan since his Fretted Americana days. I almost went to a Bon Jovi concert just to wear a shirt that said, "Here to see Phil X". He's just the consummate pro yet so humble.
OMG two favourite guys ever!!!! 50 years old now and started playing guitar after a mental health issue about 5 years ago. In a band now with guys how've been playing for years and loving it. Thanks to these two people......Xxx
I love that he learned how to play that riff by practicing while watching a movie. That's how I learned my scales and several tricky riffs. I tell my students and friends the same thing but they always think im kidding but maybe they'll listen to Phil X
Phil X is so fun to watch! I made a comment about Guthrie G. being a guitar god the other day, Phil is his mischievous brother or cousin. Imagine G.G. in his gentlemanly way laying down the most complicated effortless solo. Then Phil pops up and says, "cool but rip man!" and he just shreds the thing. Both are fantastic but it's a completely different energy.
"My fingers were like, [bark] you". Man I was dying lol. The bark censor was hilarious, and this is probably the first time I've seen him in an interview. What a cool dude, and such genuine energy. Thanks for taking us on this awesome conversation
I get what yer saying, except Phil actually deserves an ever bigger or should I say, better gig than the poppy, bubble gummy band that Bon Jovi still is. Eagles where a much purer band in their hay days as BJ ever was. BJ was for a big part built on Jon's good looks.
26:20 Was that a quote from Kool and the Gang's "Jungle Boogie"? Don't really know this guy, was already digging the thoughtful things he had to say about guitar playing, but his awesomeness level jumped to 11 after that.
Phil X is such a great player and comes across as a great guy as well. I love the concept of licks and theory being the vocabulary, but that if he doesn't use certain words he forgets and has to relearn them. Great analogy!
Love people like Phil who have some philosophy to their playing. It's not just learning to play and playing technique, it's feeling and playing how you view life.
So....Phil X played in a "cover band" from 14-19, three 45 minute sets a night, 7 days a week (or was it 8?). THAT explains how he knows most of the great old rock classic songs inside-out, both guitar and vocals, which he played on "Fretted Americana" videos for many years. Seems like a really nice guy, despite the fame and fortune, which is a rare thing. Music before fame and fortune types are few and far between it seems. Thanks for featuring Phil X here...............!
Billy Gibbons used to say: "play the music you want to hear" and then PhilX goes "do the things you want to see". Good :) Em.. How about learn the things you wanna play ? :-)) Phil is the craziest M.. F.. guy on the planet. That's why I root for him \m/ Bark !
I love his comments about playing with lower gain. This is exactly why I run 12AU7s in my Mesa/Boogie. I think lower gain sounds are far more dynamic and dramatic than high gain sounds. They have more "growl".
I was thinking just the opposite. Phil is amazing, but when I watch him play I feel like that level of virtuosity is somehow attainable. Phil to me is like a regular dude who busted his ass to play guitar and it payed off. Some other guitarist appear to me to be kissed by God or something, and those are the ones that make me want to quit. Every time I see Phil I want to grab my guitar and learn something new.
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