Richie Kotzen - Demonstration #1 Funk Jam

[STORYTASTIC]

funk this guy..Funkin asshole

[zaawisz]

He's not very note-wise, but he's good technician

[ikklad]

@zaawisz you are clearly mistaken, i'm sure that every single musician out there would disagree

[longotown]

F'n OUTSTANDING!

[gillygeco]

..un uso smodato del legato.. Cose che sanno fare in molti!!! 

[Tezzindomigo]

@gillygeco No, questo è veramente bravo... Ha uno stile blues fantastico.

[DistortedV12]

Sorry but in no way is this funk. Blues Rock is more like it.

[badhorsee]

@DistortedV12 true, plus i didnt think it was all that good

[MrGeorgerififi]

man have you got any tabs for exrecise the thing you do on 0:30?i would be grateful to you if you do or any links..anything

[ertansaygi]

@MrGeorgerififi I'm a noob but according to my understanding (from a Guthrie Govan video), we should practice major scale without picking down -just pull-offs and hammer-ons- the whole neck. (And for my situation i should do pull-off exercises which i suck at.)

[nullhunnad]

richie KOTZEN :D

[Timmonsec]

Holdsworth, Govan, Lane, and Richie... tasteful legatos...

[NailedSolo]

im selling the tabs for 5$ send me an email if you want to buy

[Heineken1712]

tabs anywhere?

[Jackiesstash08]

Nice

[der2h2h]

you know that "kotzen" in german means to vomit? :D

[Pantultra]

Where can I get the backing track?

Really great!!

[mmarisic]

That's hot!

[difusos]

mmm this is not funk

[Trinivalts]

@difusos your not difusos

[Eblanc]

That's gotta be one of the most creative solos I've seen in a while. Very nice. Very nice indeed.

[AlonzoMartinez11]

the only bad things in this video are the camera work and the backing track.

[twebb63]

Richie...Got his chomps down straight.

[damnedcarrot]

I wish Richie would play more stuff like this. Enough of the horrible love songs!

[EmotionalShredd]

@damnedcarrot agreed

[SuperMusicnut]

HAHAHA....well played. Nope it was just super gay.

[petepachio]

the phrasing is KILLER!

[shellsjoint]

NICE FUCKIN TELE!!

[b4rf3r]

kinda thin tone. great player, bad tone here

[SuperMusicnut]

I feel like I'm at the zoo looking at some crazy animal that could kill us all in seconds but is behind bars in a tiny cage being stared at and poked during this video. Love richie, but who ever did this needs to give him some better music to work with. Their lucky his hands make their crap sound good.

[TearTheRoofOff]

@SuperMusicnut I didn't think the music was all that bad.

[snakeater1810]

@SuperMusicnut hope you are a girl cuz if you're not, that was really gay

[thepeanutgod]

he has such groove in his heart

[rafamdias]

parece if the word do Chinese Democracy do Guns..hehe

[meltingjulie09]

Beautiful telecaster, and nice playing !

[deelberg]

Lol i love it and had a Marshall Valvestate 265 that sounded like that amp. IT ROCKED.

[0verena0]

ah so nice..

[azemusic]

What ARE you talking about dudes? He IS known worldwide - at least here in Russia!

[0ua8]

Why the hell didn't he make it big?

[BrokenCMusic]

mabey he didn't want to??

OR, perhaps he just lost out to equally good players, it's not like playing guitar like that is rare these days...

[Sonny453]

You dont know Ritchi Kotzen? He used to play in a rock band called Poison which was huge back in the 80s.

[dagoelius]

for one album but he was caught bonking brett michaels ex at the time..hehe he was a well establish solo guitarist before joining Poison regardless of what the young kids think.

[revchild]

actually it was Rikki's current girlfriend at the time thats why they threw him out of the band so fast.

[dirkthemusic]

@dagoelius youre right richie kotzen recorde a solo albumwith shrapnel records at the age og 18before joining posion

[brownbigb]

that after poison fell down. it was nuno that played guitar on the poisen albums

[spooner1957]

he made it big in countries where the general public appreciates and respects REAL musicians. US is not one of those places

[theoak84]

? he is!! Hes recoreded like, 30 albums. He gives lessons, tours world wide, records, produces. Im sure hes well off without the radio. The radio only attracts stupid people.

[0ua8]

Yeah,i see what you mean,but...it seems to me he started off super modern guitar style 80's,early 90's,then went back to bluesie,basic rock stuff?I don't think he ever found his own niche?I don't really know a lot about his career to be honest.

[phj11206]

i'm not a gay but

he's so sexy

[Jensomito]

lol :D

[ts0ts0s]

he is one of the top...shame he is not known worldwide..he deserves a lot more :/...he has everything and thats it..various techniques though u still recognize by ear that is him,a lot of feeling,speed..

[11slash711]

He's also a phenomenal singer. A rarity for his breed.

[dagoelius]

@11slash711 so true, his vocals on 'you dont love me' (LA blues Authority) smokes!!

[pursiter]

sorry *with

[pursiter]

This is the only men whit a telecaster that I respect... GREAT!!!

[Reiseleitermusic]

What has a Guitar to do with Skills or even Respect for a musician? stupid...

[kharlos84]

guitarrist in this days , just copy others ones

[fruxchef]

e suona con una telecaster madonnina santa ke mito...........

[tremendoscien]

fucking great. I love it!!!

[lionqueen11]

My gos!what an ugly tone!

[kellylove71]

Omg....That is a killer tone!!!!

[sufios]

you have to look what "kotzen"means in german

[robotfamilygchicken]

hahaha 'puke'

[rixills]

haha thats funny.

[diegoescolochog]

Im sorry but his tone in this one its really bad.

[RoL4ndInHo]

sounds like a strip song

[FonkyLynx]

Tasteful, good ideas nicely executed...

5 Stars...

BR/The Ghost of Elvis &

The Soul Eater Videos

CANADA

[stonewilliam]

i think the best size of string are the 0.56 0.10 gauge... ZAKK WYLDE STRINGS

[mclovinit54]

geneofthebombharvest your probobly just saying that you dont no the size of the strings you never heard anything who cares about the strings this guys amazing he should be judge on his skill not his strings

[6ay6ay6ay]

WTF. richie kotzen is like one of my idols.

u dont knw anything about me so how about u dont judge me huh?

its been said around places that kotzen uses 11 gauge strings go on his website forum for a start. richie kotzen is a kick ass guitarist and i love his music so dont turn my comments into attacks.

[kellylove71]

Amen..People are just jealous is all. He kicks ASS!!!!!!

[sampoirier]

What do you guys think about the size of strings he uses ? 8's, 9's ?

[GENEofthebombharvest]

ddarrio 11 gauge is wat i heard

[sampoirier]

Well only by the way he attacks the first note and the way it sounds, there is no way I could be higher than 10 man

[Akjepsen]

He's using Earnie ball .9

[krelbar]

He has used D'Addario .011"s since the 80's.

[krelbar]

Don't know why this got thumbs down. Richie has been using D'Addario .011"s for ages.

[6ay6ay6ay]

I knw people just wont accept it.

[Akjepsen]

I didn't know that, but he has been using the earnie ball as well. :)

[krelbar]

That would be the first I ever heard of it...and Ive read almost every interview he has done...Do a search on "Richie Kotzen Ernie Ball" and "Richie Kotzen D'Addario", see what you get.... ;)

[jspartacus]

Well, that had about as much to do with funk and soul as Rush Limbaugh eating a PB&J with the crusts cut off.

Larry Graham and Nile Rodgers must be laughing their asses off.

[benjorino7]

his tele is good but the horrible yamaha digi-amp sucks....

[lselvon]

i guess that's why Holdsworth chose them.

[guitarman46464646]

amazing, i cant wait to see him with paul gilbert and andy timmons in march

[TheSoultrain515]

Where?? That sounds like an amazing concert!

[guitarman46464646]

hey my bad man i;m seein gilbert, kotzen and george lynch but still gonna be an amazing concert. all of them are awesome guitarist. i'm seein them March 2 at the House of Blues in Anaheim, California.

[TheDistortionist]

I'm so there.

[hotindianpixie]

I sooo want to go to that tonight, but i couldnt land tickets :(

btw what scale is he jamming on here?

[koppergtr]

holy crap i was there you obviously too since you posted this a month ago...weird

[guitarman46464646]

haha hell yea man! i was first row more on the left side of the stage, soo amazing! I've never really listened to Richie Kotzen that much before but damn he was freakin amazing, great guitarist and amazing singer haha full package right there and it goes without saying Paul Gilbert was insane! haha

[koppergtr]

haha thats were i was too!

[guitarman46464646]

haha wth no way, awesome haha did you see that freakin girl go out of her mind insane when paul gilbert played scarified?

[koppergtr]

yah i guess beer+scarified does that to people then those two guys started pushing eachother and one of them got kicked out by the bouncer that was awesome...good night

[OldTownHero]

can anyone tell me the chords used in the backing pls?

[theschaaf]

come down, it's a joke

[SteveVai16]

theschaaf= vomiting

Richie Kotzen = God

[thailow117]

i guess he means that kotzen means vomiting in german. most likely he was looking for a stupid joke video and stumbled across this here. a shame he might never get a glimpse f how awesome mr.kotzen actually is. I'm going to see him live in february!

[metz3962]

Very good jam!

[theschaaf]

:D his name is kotzen looooooool, kotzen = vomiting :-D loool

[AlvinCohol]

ur sooooooooooo.....

.....lame!

[theschaaf]

like the way he's playing guitar

[AlvinCohol]

Kotzen is a great guitarist!

post a vid response if you can do better!

[klaustrophobia2007]

mann junge du scheinst ja ne menge ahnung zu haben mannmannmann wie kann man sich über richie lustig machen -.-

[legnanipugliese]

very good funk

[krisztiankoszoru]

Pure funk, listen better & forget about the tone and the legato technique

Awesome phrasing and feel, five stars!

[MermaidsAurora]

great frigggin share nuns in my playlist with the rest ya gunna send me yay!!!

[CTROCK]

cool shit man.CTROCK THE HIP HOP ROCK GUITAR ARTIST

[fenderbender28]

hi, does any one noe wich is fatter sounding? the fender SCN tele pickup (bridge position) or a dimarzio chopper? im sure the chopper wud hav quite a lot more power but is there more or less bass?

[JD0x0]

fender pickups are terrible especially the SCN. stay away from them

[Hezzmania]

he looks lk such a DOUCHEBAG

[boedonaldson]

Its good to see the Tele being shredded on!

[cerebraljelly]

if this track aint funkt then what it is?

[ryoichiryoichi]

ah i agree trak is funky

but solo is totally tasteless

anyway this is fake funk

[marcometalico]

funk??

[sinfonico87]

yes funk...are you listening to the track?

[hawro]

very stp :)

[ryoichiryoichi]

funk ????????????

[sinfonico87]

yes funk...are you listening to the track?

[ryoichiryoichi]

not funk, anyway

fuckin hard rock or metal

[sinfonico87]

are you listening to the track?(i not talking about the solo)

The track is a funky,the guitar that is in the track and the drums are funky..not metal or hard rock...that's sure...

[ryoichiryoichi]

funky track=funk???

i dont think so

i talking about the solo

i talking about his attitude to music

this is not funk

[sinfonico87]

I'm only talkin about the track...that is funky. the solo is by kotzen and that's all.

I don't give a name to it,because is just a solo.solo=solo...track=funky. that's it ;)

[gongabush]

man he should get a Les Paul. Those Telecasters sound like shit.

[tenaciousjp]

you should learn your theory. you sound like shit.

[gongabush]

I sound like shit? You've been playing for five minutes and you critique me? Your timing is all over the shop and you don't sound too good yourself mate. My doodling is what it says it is... 30 seconds of stupid wanking, I didn't say I was reinventing theory. But I sure know more than you kiddo. Get back to me when you've learned to play.

[tenaciousjp]

for 10 months..i think im doing quite good. your tone is like a quif and you vibroto is like a saggy vag in its period going through medapoids. also not all telecasters sound like shit, its like saying les pauls are just too heavy to gig with....are you a fucking chud? your a appsolute waste of skin. and dont call me kiddo im not the one with a penis of forth grader.

[tenaciousjp]

also if you read closely on the right side of my vid it says just "doodling 2:00Am in the morning" get your fact straght cum stain.

[desertracintom]

get your spelling straight...

[tenaciousjp]

oh fuck...i bashed you sooo bad that you took your video off youtube...exactly what i thought...kiddo.

[BlizzardOfSteel]

hahaha "penis of forth grader". XD good one!

[BenG549]

It kinda anoys how guitarists will play the same licks and same runs as they would in say any old rock tune but because it has a "funk" like backing track there suddenly playing funk music? Malmsteen does this kinda stuff all the time!theres nothng funk about what hes playing. But hey it still sounds cool i guess and he can obviously play (better than me anyway lol)!

[Acekorv]

I agree, kinda funny. Playing real funk is not what we are hearing here, but I guess the backingtrack is funk and he's just doing his thing.

[yngwie0208]

I think Nuno from Extreme does a better job in funk metal

[pacoelectronico]

Amazing

[revotosi]

guaooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[Anthowtzen]

Very goog Richie Kotzen, and very good guitar BTW.

[robinelfstrom]

The tone is horrible, but the playing is good. Sounds very digital! GO get them tubes!

[obdandzigzag]

funks about the groove and feeling. no how fast you can blend and run up scales

[miracletrainrock]

i know. but that sounds fukin sweet and the guy has amazin style and techneek.

[WoWSephiroth]

Richie Puke u ROCK

[McMinnManiac]

It;s interesting how ritchie doesn't use a wammy bar anymore ,doesn't tap much either .His phrasing is really bluesy . Really like the way he sweeps pentatonic s top notch

[funkmetal13]

I love this, it sounds amazing. Its funk, and it has a taste of metal solo. Which I obviously do enjoy!

[guitarjoe12345]

man i love this kind of guitar style!!! a mixture of Fusion/jazz blues shredd, Hendrix ballad/funk style using the thumb and a bit hard rock..... amazing

[allenicknamesbesetzt]

very nice sound, but i have to laugh, because "kotzen" is the german word for "to puke" :D

[iwishiwasafish123]

Are you using the blues scales? What other scales is he using?

[speedhertz]

HUAhauhauaa....então tá...escalas de blues;;...

[EndreGiovanni5869]

I love these videos but whoever put them up should work on the audio a little cause it's low

[MrIndeeply]

he has some soulful tasteful licks I Like that groove also very funky

[paulefty]

nice tele!

[Ocelot911]

solid states are only good at low volumes. His doesnt use that amp for playing live gigs, he uses marshalls i believe, the superlead i think

[d4nnyladd]

he uses his signature cornford too i think. on the latest tour he's been usin marshalls tho i think.

[digius]

that's what we could call a 'good and precise notion of musical theory'

[MuDvAyNw]

is it a good amp? cause his tone is pretty good

[diegosweep]

truly amazing.....

[MuDvAyNw]

what kind of amp is that?

[AarniJoakim]

That is Yamaha's DG-series combo. Years ago I bought the head version of the same amp as my first.

[Tooth4U]

shredhead YEPPER>. RAILS from his fever dream shraphnel release.. whoah! and only 18 then to.

[TheSoultrain515]

thats a sweet tele..

[d4nnyladd]

that amp and guitar together have an amazing tone the legato runs sound awesome.

[leoguitaradio]

this guy really knows what to do with a guitar!

[lauriemonk]

fantastic

[Adrain30]

I love the songwriter and singer Richie has become!!! i'm glad he embraced Blues/Country and jazz....Neo Classical is so over!

[eviltilt]

my favoritt !

[Rnxo]

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[jimmyjubejube]

not really funk... but the start was very good.

[ShredHeadJHJ]

That wasn't really funk, but it was cool. I really want to old Richie back more than anything though. This is good improv, but I like his more experimental early stuff 10 times better than his newer stuff.

[skunkyfunk]

The Yamaha DG amp makes his tone so SMALL.

[jose044]

makes  me wanna buy a tele

[mattchurchill]

He's the best!

[Gibson889]

this guy is becoming my favorite guitarist!!

[Robertohn]

yep

[crasheagle1987]

Awesome....