Plini's opener deserves an award for his persistence to maintain to connection with the crowd. Most comics would be dying. And he's trying to help them with guitar advice from the goodness of his heart. This man is a true teacher, the COOL/ under appreciated/ most invested teacher.
He's quite dry, relaxed, self-deprecating, very honest and has a delivery that reminds me of comedian Steven Wright in his delivery when he's joking. This combination seems to be going over some heads.
I’ve been a huge fan of Karnivool since I first heard Themata and Roquefort on Triple J back in 2005... in a roundabout way, thanks to a rabbit hole session on RU-vid where I was searching for Karnivool content, reviews , interviews and reactions etc, I discovered Plini on a Canadian channel who were highlighting Australian progressive metal. Homemade Cities received praise massive from the reviewer and he played snippets of Electric Sunrise. I was all over it in a heartbeat, so damn good right off the bat and from there I purchased Plini’s complete discography. I have been analyzing and breaking down arrangements and music since a preteen (I’m now 46) and I have to say that I rate Plini up there with my greatest musical heroes. He is utterly unique and a genius in creating his own cheat sheet when it comes to drawing heavily from his influences while making it his own. He is an innovator of Sonics and technique and because of him, I actually have faith now that the current generation can evolve music boundaries, which I did not feel was the case 15 years ago. And yes, Sound Awake is an utter masterpiece! I could on about it for hours....😉
So cool. A pity the questions can't be heard and are not repeated by Plini. Especially as you want to take the max out of such clinics. But I am greatful for whatever is online, sitting halfway around the world in my studio and getting inspired!
If I can recall right this man actually is architect by first profession? I really feel inspired by this as a natural scientist with love for progressive rock. Especially after having had some 1:1 guitar lessons with a really good guitarist I have only seen the things I will probably never be able to do on the Instrument. But this guy inspires me to just make music the way i want with whatever I can do.
just go for the things which seem impossible at first glance, dont get discouraged, even the pros saw the giants before them and were intimidated at first, but still pushed through and learned the stuff. You will get there, dont limit your own potential for growth!
Plini is just too gifted in every aspect : technic, taste, feeling, originality, creativity, etc... this guy is not human... that could explain his awkwardness 😂
I love the fact that the first question after him going off on an introspective and meaningful reflection is about strings. FIRST QUESTION. Guitarists.
I’ve always wondered what Plini thought of fellow Australian band Karnivool as they are extremely innovative and progressive, while totally different from his music, just as groundbreaking. He does mention them here at 1:47:16 in reference to the fact they have only recorded 3 albums over the last 15 years and on his words “ruined their chances of ever becoming a big band worldwide” because there has been just far too much time between albums and have not toured internationally enough. He also mentions they haven’t toured the US or UK more than once but that isn’t the case. Even so, I totally agree that they should have had at least 2 more albums in their discography by this stage and such a brilliant band would definitely have been monumentally bigger if the had been more prolific. The members of Karnivool have stated many times that their writing process is extremely slow as they feel that the best form of themselves can’t be rushed. Anyway, I would have loved to hear more from Plini on what he actually thinks of their music...
i thought he would play stephen taranto's solo section on away.. not to take anything from plini but that solo is crazy to play stephen is a freak of nature..
Very melodic ..He´s Tapping too ..My BIGGEST Guitar Heroes are Jimi Hendrix , Jerry Reed , Eric Clapton , Eddie van Halen , Blackmore etc. But i like what i hear here
Pretty bold statement but each to his own. I’d place probably 3 guitar players as contenders for greatest virtuoso guitar players of all time. Alan Holdsworth, Shawn Lane and Guthrie Govan. I think Guthrie may just edge it for me.
I'll grant plini an edge on overall compositions and songwriting but guthrie is just untouchable in technique and improvisational skill. Though id say they are equal in terms of feel
With respect, GFOH opener - skip to the beginning at 30:26 Pastures is my favorite Plini tune, too bad he doesn't play it live ( probably would require 3 guitar players Live )
i´m 55 and ALWAY´S you hear Plini here , Plini there ...who IS this ? Now i sit here and realize , He´s a Great Guitar Player ... Listen to a song by .. let's say Jerry Reed and then skip to a Plini song .. (both great) Two COMPLETELY different things ..
He mentions another guitarist called Sithu Aye, the split EP is called "I" plini.bandcamp.com/album/i. By the way, the song "Orm" has (in my opinion) the best Plini's motif @ 2:52
Been playing guitar for 11 years and I often see that many of the wannabe guitarists miss the basic point of making music, especially playing guitar. Techniques and theories are tools that can guide you towards certain directions. Listening and following others can enrich your ears. But at the end of the day, creativity, finding a purpose that you want to convey through your music. Well, there is no textbook yet on that and probably won't ever be.
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30:20 This is when the show actually starts. Hope I saved you a bit of time.
I thought at first its not Berklee students who were asking questions but latter realise that all the question esp frm students of berklee are strange.
This is the lamest crowd ever lmao, they weren't trying to connect with Plini at all, which is basically what these clinics are for so you can learn from the artist in a comfortable way.
He's just saying at the time Ringo was doing basic stuff and Plini himself couldn't even do that. He didn't mean that Ringo is bad. He wouldn't be playing to the Beatles if he thought they sucked.
