Polyphia G.O.A.T. & Playing God **Reaction** Two 4 Tuesday! 

If we are not careful this is the sort of thing that could accidently cause World Peace.

You took the words right outta my mouth

Since first hearing it, I regularly wake up with it playing in my head. It's extremely well-written.

Couldn't agree more! 👏 👏👏

I mean it’s decently short, but it’s instrumental. Instrumental tracks are harder to keep people’s attention for longer periods of time. There’s only so many different riffs you can play before it loses its cohesiveness. I like instrumentals to be about 3-4 minutes, however metal songs I prefer when they are in the 5-6 minute range.

bossa nova and jazz

This is what they play in the elevators in the Loki series in the Time Variants Authority center?

saw him play it live last month, they nailed it

@@yikemike590 I absolutely believe that at this point lol. The more clips I see of them online, the more I think Tim and Scott just like to play humble online.

i think tim also said once that there are riffs scott can play that even he can't, so it's safe to say they really bounce off of each other and bring out the best in the other

The look on Tim's face when he plays, is nothing short of emotion. The dude is beautiful in so many ways.... but yeah man. I'm with ya. Thanks for commenting. 🎸 🤘✌️

Perfect!

Absolutely! Glad you enjoy it as much as we do. I'm going to get that acoustic guitar 🎸 asap.... My playing style has shifted dramatically. I'm finding my passion for guitar again. It's truly amazing. There hasn't been another group of musicians who have inspired me like this, since I fell in love with TOOL back in the mid 90"s. But they did it, without singing a single note. Remarkable. IMHO. 🤘🔥🎸✌️

@@darkonation For a while I thought Tim was kind of an 'anomaly'. I read an interview he did and I was surprised how relatable I found most of it. He and I both did a semester at the same university, and he grew up just a few miles from where I am right now. He says himself he didn't go to school for music, but also that he had serious Russian violin teachers, and played in orchestras for many years, so that counts as classical training in my book.

I dove into a few interviews....... ok ALL his interviews, and what I have come to find is, his technical abilities, and the way he uses them, is just fuct. The way he composes his music is what's really interesting and seems to be what sets them apart. He doesn't seem to start with guitar when he composes. It's samples and arpeggios he creates on his computer, then picks the shit out of them on guitar. It's nuts.

@@darkonation Yes, it is a decidedly 'Zoomer' way to compose. I'm thankful that he has a good enough understanding of theory to at least provide the fundamentals of good chord changes, and the use of appropriate scales for the situation. That kind of stuff.

second part of the song is bossa nova

Agreed. I think I'm going to get a set. Promised myself I would learn them. Expensive undertaking... 🤔

Welcome! 😉

Thanks man!✌️

I feel like foundationally this comment is like saying "you can't truly appreciate the car unless you understand the internal combustion engine." I don't think it's necessary to understand music theory to hear that this is a step above anything else out there now. Let people just appreciate good music simple as that.

Bryan will love to hear thar. ✌️🙏

Hi! Thank you! 🇺🇸 😃😁

AWESOME! Welcome aboard!

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you meant ''pioneer your mix of genres'' ..... because flamenco was invented already , so was bossa nova ... so was hip hop rhythms ....

@@asatechnics8363 Lol ... I mean if we are going to get technical, do we nit-pick every sub-genre of metal ??? ... or do we accept the innovation and move on. So just because you seem to be a technical sort, let's do a deep dive into Polyphia's body of work and see if we can't identify ALL of the influences. I'd also like to explore the sub-set of artists that are currently working inside that body of influence. At that point I'm going to explore how many artists are being influenced in real time by Polyphia's sphere of innovation. At this point I will attempt to project into the future, and ascertain as to whether this innovation has stalled out, or if by using historical data, we can determine as to the projected future innovation. By all calculations Polyphia should continue on a rapidly innovative trajectory which brings us back to the question of what the term 'pioneering' actually implies. If the sound is still evolving and that evolving sound is inspiring new artists, and we can be quite sure that budding artists will be producing art in the style of Polyphia in the next 3-5 years ... Ah hell ... I'm going to stick with my original statement. Because by your logic the only true genre is caveman fireside chanting stick banging from which every so called form of music is a direct ripp-off. Just sayin' ...

@@jamesbell8861 i wasent talking about the body of work , i was talking about this song in particular

I've been waiting for this question....... Full disclosure: I've had some pretty awful dental problems that I've let go for far too long. Over the course of the pandemic, it got worse and with me having to wear a mask everyday, everywhere, it just became something I had to deal with. So now...... I look like a damn vampire who's had his ass kicked like 9 times! It's ridiculous. So to spare all of you from looking at my snaggle tooth ass.... 😄 I chose to hide behind the mic. My wife tells me EVERY DAY, "get that worked out so you can stop hiding and you can really be YOU". She's not wrong. Everything about me and the channel will change. You've put me on the spot here. THANK YOU. It's time to end this. We all have are issues. This is one of mine. Take care. ✌️

@@darkonation hey man, no need to be ashamed of something like that and no need to hide it. It is what it is and it's part of you at this moment. Just something I noticed as a new viewer to the channel and it seemed odd lol. As a new viewer I would prefer to see whos behind the mic! Be you and be proud brother!

I appreciate that. 🙏 Thank you 😊

Amazon! I bought 3 of them. Yellow, Black, and Red, but the yellow one works the best. ✌️

That’s my favorite part, honestly. Music theory is very math based, and many peoples brains can’t make it work for them. But they can still hear things and repeat them by ear, or write/arrange the most beautiful compositions. It’s interesting. The different pathways to creating art.

What? Yes he can... he trained in classical violin since he was 4 and was in school orchestra. He can read music.

@@bitter_light No he can't. Can't read for shit.

@@bitter_light since he was 3* LOL

@@bitter_light he can read sheet music for violin, not for the guitar. He said that in a podcast