Tosin Abasi guitar lesson @ POPS

[patrickdelehanty]

What is the name of the song of the riff that he's playing?

[lordloligator]

i wish my thumb was a right angle :/

[theallmightyham]

Love how Marc Okubo is in the background, bein' a G.

[MrAmbidex1]

Tosins thumb is shaped crazy and he's pretty ripped because he does pushups every day with his thumbs... 0_o I know right?!

[ASPfan420]

What a really nice guy and great guitarist. The only thing I dont like,about his playing is that he never bends any notes, and to me thats where all the soul comes from

[MrAmbidex1]

@ASPfan420 listen to both his Animals as Leaders albums then try to say that again lol

[CaptainCraniumMusic]

@ASPfan420 I respect that you have your own opinion on certain aspects of music, but in my own personal opinion I believe that bending isn't all that creates "soul"... honestly you can create some great music that you can feel soul without bending at all, its all in the notes. To me, bending is great if you want to create more of a "sad" solo because its almost sounds like a wail, Buckethead does that often.. But Tosin is great at creating solos that are more enigmatic and technical.

[condobleN]

stupid metronome going slightly out of time

[yogeesunshine]

Was that Marc Okubu from V.o.m at from 1:27

[hellsbeast27]

Dat boy ripped

[HeavyDude3000]

man, at 0:20 his thumb on his picking hand almost look's like the letter 'Z' or at least like an 'L'...it's crazy :)

Awesome Guitarist! I love his personality, he's such a friendly guy!

[InvictusBananman]

Tosin Abasi spents so much time and money in his instruments, where does he take the time and money from to buy cool hats?

[mycurse751]

I love how Tosin Abasi plays, but once he starts talking about guitar I HAVE NO FUCKING CLUE WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT!!! :'(

[ZeTaEXiSTeNZ]

I hear a Korg MA-80! :D

[mensendike]

"Yeah that's like probably the most direct way to describe what we did in Animals As Leaders, like :D"

^^^^ that smile at the end is too great

[ACDCAJnl]

ewww, I can't stand that thumb :S

omg, he seriously has to work on that

[noogai100]

FUCK LOOK AT HIS THUMB AT 0:20

[Thardus616]

@noogai100 The most common form of hyper-mobility in which many people have naturally and painlessly, including me :p now pay attention to sir Tosin.

[DeluxeGoldTop]

@noogai100 My thumbs do the same. Just double jointed i guess.

[Omega1874]

Has anyone considered that he doesn't actually sound like a black person, more like someone who has been educated and fully appreciates his talent, practicing and working to fulfill his greatest potential and giving music-enthusiasts another prodigy to listen to?

[yngwierulez1]

that fucking thumb is folded to an inhuman position

[Thebudgeismetal]

@yngwierulez1 yep. cus we all know tosin isnt realy human ; )

[KimKilledPacho]

@yngwierulez1 No one said Tosin was human.

[crazy8cs]

ALL YOU HAD TO DO WAS FOLLOW THE DAMN TRAIN CJ!

[AndreSonsOfSamael]

@crazy8cs Hahahahahahaha!!!!!!

[TheRed343]

@crazy8cs ROFL! xD it's been too long since i've heard that!! x'D

[jasperwoods]

@crazy8cs What does that have to do with this video?

[BlackFlagParade]

@crazy8cs

Oh my god that fucking got me so hard.

[ColmIncendinall]

@crazy8cs comment of the century right there! HAhahahaha!

[Disgoth]

@crazy8cs HAhahahahahHAHAhahah!!!)))

[KingJamesNBK187]

@crazy8cs lmao!!

[vikykarthik]

@crazy8cs best comment ever.i don't know why the guys on youtube can't take a racist joke.Its not like they are black and can f@#k the world up with just a thumb.

[olheiser01]

i love how one video this guys wearing a damn suit, tie and fedora, and the next hes like fuck it, lets unleash the biceps today.

[Prceeek]

@ozeri noo,, absolutely! (how could it ever be meant like that?) i said that because of his handy fingers, it was a joke ;) i love tosin and aal as well :)

[SASLEAD666]

who would win in a badass fight abasi or suicmez?

[Prceeek]

his girlfriend/wife must be really lucky...if you know what i mean

[ozeri]

@Prceeek

i don't know what you're mean but i hope for you it wasn't ment to be racict comment . cause if you do - you should burn in hell .

[ConcretePie]

4 persons disliked this video.

[DamageIncM]

lol The curly-haired guy on the left by the camera is Kirk Hammett. XD

And no, I'm not a hater, but Kirk would agree he could learn something from Tosin. :P

Kirk is one of my great examples and inspirations though. But not the only one.

[stickininmyeye93]

@DamageIncM He doesn't need to learn anything from him though.

[ytsejam543]

@stickininmyeye93 Kirk Hammet has everything to learn from Tosin. I bet he could play kirk's solos one handed and twice as fast as kirk could.

[stickininmyeye93]

@ytsejam543 Ah yes. But who says he needs to or wants to. Just cause he can play his solos faster and with one hand doesnt make him better. Its nothing to do with being technically better. Both are metal guitarists, but they're in 2 different sub genres. Some of Tosins stuff wouldn't suit Metallica at all anyway.

[91Tribual]

important question:what gauges does he use?

[Riobravotruckstop]

He seems like a really down-to-earth guy. :}

[ElvisBluntman777]

The great blues was started by blacks.

[DashingTrout]

@ElvisBluntman777 yea, if you were a slave you would have the blues too, dick

[ElvisBluntman777]

@DashingTrout wow, you sound sexually abused.....

[DashingTrout]

@ElvisBluntman777 that makes so much sense i forgot to laugh.

[hubertson93]

I hear a loooooottt of Jazz and Blues influences in his style :) And I fucking love it :)

[Between2Mirrors]

thanks tosin, but we also want a muscle lesson ...

[McKintionary]

1:26 How dare you take the camera off of the Tosin when he is bestowing knowledge upon you.

[godthegourd]

Oh hey, that's fernando's hair in frame at 2:20.

[MackBarrow]

@godthegourd yep =D

[sbishopMTL]

1:26 Marc Okubo YES BOYS

[Jamsessionroom1337]

He's not even talking about theory he's just talking patterns and time measurements that would sound cool with certain scales and... I know i'm the worst guitar player in the world but it's not he's saying really annoying stuff classical guitarists usually say.

[JosefHolub18]

He has a cool name! :P

[crazydragonpuncher]

Is this the possibility that he gets altzheimers ? no one else can play this

[clanbigger4]

So he's smart, incredible talented (and humble about it), nice, and he's buff? He's like the most perfect human ever

[SuperSas16]

he looks high as a kite

[yeahyeahyeahz2345]

God i wish i knew theory. Stupid college always gets in the way though

[TheGreenerItGets]

@yeahyeahyeahz2345 I hear you there.

[HispanicImpression]

@yeahyeahyeahz2345 I totally feel with you; you know what we could need ? A basic income (=> wiki).

[foodjunky91]

his muscle is awesome..oh wait..this is about guitar right!!

[mikue666]

FUCKING HYBRID PICKING THAT SHIT IS INSANELY HARD

[rockerdude29]

Jimi Hendrix wasnt dead,he was training.

[postnothing1]

@rockerdude29 Sorry dude, but this guy is no Hendrix.... nor did he do less then half the drugs

[rockerdude29]

@postnothing1 Hendrix IS god,the greatest guitarist of all time,but technically speaking,Tosin is years ahead of Jimi.

[postnothing1]

@rockerdude29 loads of people can devote their lives into shredding scales, modes etc.(I did this as well) but if they have no feeling behind what you are playing it dosent mean shit. you are just a performer not a artist.

to say Paul Gilbert is better guitarist than David Gilmour is absurd; one creates timeless masterpieces and one is regarded as a great shredder in Mr Big

[bubsadoozy]

@postnothing1 Sorry man but there is no comparing these two in an overall sort of way. Technically Tosin is easily better but as for feel and soul wise it's up to preference; Tosin has a lot of feel in his songs it's not all scale and modes.

[frostybob123]

@rockerdude29 what does this have to do with jimi hendrix ? Oh wait, he's black. Way to go douchebag.

[rockerdude29]

@frostybob123 The stupidity of people never ceases to amaze me...

[frostybob123]

@rockerdude29 same here man.

[MetalKillHiphop]

@frostybob123 LOL. So what you're saying is the human race is no longer allowed to make jokes at anyone's expense. Because if he's a douche for that remark, you can't make fun of any race. Or gays, women, whites, blacks, the handicapped, old, young, or fucking purple lmao. It's not like he was even being insulting lol. Jimi Hendrix and Tosin are both great. And I found that joke also very great.

[frostybob123]

@MetalKillHiphop from a guitarist's perspective, it just wasn't relevant or funny. It was just a lame joke dude.

[OpethToolMetallica]

@rockerdude29

That's a stupid way to say that this is a good guitarist.

[rockerdude29]

@OpethToolMetallica Then why do I have so many thumbs up? ;)

Y U TROLLS NO HAVE SENSE OF HUMOR?

[OpethToolMetallica]

@rockerdude29

Not finding something funny isn't the same as having no sense of humour.

[lifeleech]

@rockerdude29 racist

[rockerdude29]

@lifeleech How the fuck is that racist? You dumb.

[lifeleech]

@rockerdude29 haha relax dude. Just windin you up.

[bbtucci]

sounds more la polymery than polyrythms

[Soon851216]

1:34 "I'm playing in 7/8" JUST BTW GUISE

[zozobra]

This guy is among the coolest men alive. I saw him before a show carrying a salad with his arm around his incredibly gorgeous lady. I got some knucks.

[joshieboy422]

Yo i smoked with him after the show at Farmingdale, NY at The Crazy Donkey with him and Intronaut members what a awesome night that was.

[SourDieselG13Haze]

@joshieboy422 Lucky . I would of loved to smoke with him.

[superlou1s]

@joshieboy422- Awww dude lucky. I would just give tosin my weed, then watch what he did on the guitar ahaha

[littletingoddess96]

i love that face at 2:20!!!! it's like: YEA MUTHAFUCKA'S!!!! IT'S ME TOSIN!

[Koolgit]

This dudes kinda jacked!



[Scracar]

Anyone else spot Marc Okubo at around 1:25? :P

[VexBestOfs]

thumb= dead

[awfulguitarplucker]

the only way Tosin would get any cooler is if he had blue Eyes...i guess then,teh Whole Universe would simply implode for his coolness

[AkilChinnyChin]

@awfulguitarplucker No. 

[amjan]

@awfulguitarplucker Haha, lol. Agreed! Someone get him a couple of blue lenses!

[pdMAGaus]

We all know why we clicked this video..... we saw the biceps....

[TWLB17]

I want that fucking hat.

[XoXLeviathanXoX]

I think that scar on his head was from when he fell off a ladder and hit his noggin on a conveniently placed barrel of toxic waste and when he awoke he had incredible guitar playing abilities! It all makes sense now...

[Olphalsson]

i think his thumb is broken lol

[ACDCwarmachine]

@Olphalsson nope, hitch-hikers thumb.

[4whitesharpEz]

his thumb looks broken when he holds the pick lol

[SkyewardMedia]

Loving the tap at 1:05 XD

[MillAreo]

i just quit playing the guitar

[jeffreycollins]

That lick in the beginning sounds so much like some KC licks.

[thomasharmon6913]

This guy is just to cool for words.

[joshy94]

Anyone else think he looks a lot like Wesley Snipes in Blade? All he needs is the glasses.

[DistortedBrain]

First time I heard him talk. I thought he'd sound more like Jesus

[richyboy5678]

Tosin A Boss i

[ZOMBIELANDakaUSA]

free lessons from a god...

[AngstRiddenDreams]

1:06 "As if it was too easy to play with my left hand, i will now tap it"

[00sven00sven00]

sounds like old king crimson

[watchmenfan58]

marc from veil in the back

[MrIKTPQ4life]

@watchmenfan58 YOU NOTICED HIM TOO!

[TenjiF]

I bet his metronome hates him.

[allstarcmanscuzin]

So the power ISN'T in the hat.....

[Nimbly0Bimbly]

@allstarcmanscuzin Maybe it's in the wifebeater

[keeper006]

@allstarcmanscuzin but The Hat is still close by, in whispering distance. That's as far away as he can be from it when he's playing...

[comatosevessel]

@allstarcmanscuzin No, it's in the fingers.

[theartofshred]

@allstarcmanscuzin goddamnit man I already bought sixty of the fuckers

[TheRed343]

anyone else notice how it looks like his thumb is snapped backwards?

[TheEurasia23]

@TheRed343 no, my thumbs looks like that too.. :)

[TheRed343]

@TheEurasia23 lol well maybe i'd be better at guitar if my thumb was like that too ;P

[mysteriousDSF]

this guy will be a legend.

[LichKingSkullWart]

What the fuck is up with his thumb!?

[sefeed65]

@LichKingSkullWart Hitch hiker's thumb, it's quite common

[Spacecowboyy]

@LichKingSkullWart his thumb looks like a mini leg lol.

[TheKillswitchMan]

is this marc okubo walking in at 1:26 ?

[HCXanithon]

@TheKillswitchMan im sure it is

[tanthemanriffsitup]

I'm sorry he looks so fucking high. It's awesome.

[Th3Bl4ckDah1ia]

i just learned this at Full Sail University!

[mitchellolol]

is it required that two people fight on every youtube video? Christ.

[kedarkamath]

@mitchellolol haha thats funny....true observation tho!

[elisprague]

if you don't think Tosin Abasi is a genius... you might be a red neck

[hellgrowl]

i would love to smoke weed with tosin

[SourDieselG13Haze]

@hellgrowl Me too!!

[rckon777]

This man is a motherfucking genius!

[one4technique]

@guitdude09 Just admit that you are a hater dude. cause you hate everything since life won't let you be in charge of anything. Life won't let you get famous, or have money and power. Life gace you weird ugly looks and skinny freak arms. Life made you like dick as much as male asshole. Life put you in third world Australia. Life gave you no soul. All you do is whine bitch. grow up and stfu about how you are nobody..

[sk8nmetalpsycho]

his thumb is SICK

[StringOgre]

@guitdude09 It doesnt matter youre just another hater pretending not to be. And youre contradicting yoursefl... The proof is just the fact you responded to my post even if you didnt want to respond to hate. So there are two choices : 1 Im not hater because you responded to my post 2. or youre the one with hate responding and searching meaningless fight ... LIKE I SAID: DONT LIKE HIM ? GO LISTEN TO YOUR CUP OF TEA . Im not responding anymore cause Im not here to troll like you.

[StringOgre]

@guitdude09 Youre just another moterfucking troll ... I think Justin Bieber is a crappy kid that cant sing but I dont post on his every video my "opinions" Dont like him ? So fuck off go listen to anything else... smartass

[Drumtariano]

Tosin just seems like the coolest guy in the world.

[loki8lelouch7]

@Drumtariano hes a great person to talk to. i met him awhile back here in Tucson, Arizona. he has a great sense of humor too lol.

[ZOMBIELANDakaUSA]

@Drumtariano

no crap, next time he's in NOR*CAL, i'm taking him surfing

[Dimerah]

@Drumtariano Damn straigght

[Beef678]

@Drumtariano Very well said.

[disforia1]

I just love this guy

[SwaggBeatsDLC]

omg, he's not wear a vest, short shorts, or a weird collar'd shirt. lol he's badass.

[thelonelyweeblo]

With that haircut, he looks like he's bout ready to Cat Daddy.

[3DaysInDarknessTV]

He's simply amazing. Love his phrasing and overall technical guitar playing... amazing. Animals as Leaders is mind blowing! Imagine them doing a tour with Planet X!

[DRA60NF1R3]

he looks high

[Meshuggahnize]

THE REINCARNATION OF JIMI HENDRIX EVOLVED

[xDISASSOCIATIVEx]

@Meshuggahnize he's better)

[ZOMBIELANDakaUSA]

@Meshuggahnize

Jimi Hendrix wishes he could EVER play like Abasi...fact

You guys are witnessing a master...

[EnglishSteel2347]

@Meshuggahnize

Haha, Jimi's musical mind, but complimented with virtuoso skills.

[xPurpleDrinkx9001]

@Meshuggahnize Reincarnation lol wut? Oh wait, its because hes black and plays guitar and nothing else. Yep, makes perfect sense.

[Babylonthegreat]

@Meshuggahnize

Why does he have to be Jimi Hendrix reincarnated? Why can't he just be Tosin Absasi? It must suck to know that you are not the first or last black man playing a guitar in the world and to have to constantly be compared to some druggie who died 40 years ago. It's not even the greatest compliment either because there are FAR superior guitarists to Hendrix in Rock / Metal / Jazz / Fusion or whatever. Tosin is good, but all of that sweeping gets tired after awhile. Time to switch up

[hiddenoath]

@Babylonthegreat THANK YOU!!!!!! but about the sweeping, you mean in the video or like just his playing in general? lol

[Babylonthegreat]

@hiddenoath

Well in general I suppose. It's funny too because even though he doesn't REALLY sweep like crazy on every track off the AAL recording and because he's such a distinctive player, that every time I hear him, I'm anticipating some sweeps, If that makes any sense. lol It's totally unfounded because he really only does that in CAFO and Inamorata. But because his sweeps are more like a mind assault (albeit a glorious one) it still makes me hear them coming even when they aren't. lol

[hiddenoath]

@Babylonthegreat i know exactly what you mean its the same thing with his two handed tapping ahahaha

[Babylonthegreat]

@hiddenoath

Yup. That too. lol

[hiddenoath]

@Babylonthegreat ahaha still a good guitarist lol

[Meshuggahnize]

@Babylonthegreat hey man, relax, was a GAG... relax...

[Babylonthegreat]

@Meshuggahnize

I am relaxed, man. It's just that similar comments on Tosin and Jimi Hendrix can be seen on nearly every clip of this dude posted on youtube in the comments somewhere. I don't know, maybe if people's sense of humor was a little cleverer and not so obvious, maybe? I don't know. Just saying.

[drumkrazy1984]

It would've been cool to see Animals As Leaders in Louisville when Born of Osiris and Periphery came.. Good video man.

[timma1]

Tosin lookin fuckin bakedddd

[Dreamfullofzen]

Seems like a really nice guy, and is teaching something useful to these guys, other then WEEEdididldoosweepsweeeps.. lol..

[StadiumArcadium1234]

ewww look at his thumb!! he bends it all weird...