Unleash The Pwnies! Played By Bulb

[myooooz]

Mind = blown -.-

[StaulkHolm]

Kind of reminds of Veil of Maya, as far as the tone of the song.

[ChaserHUN]

You got this sound out from an X2N?

[DrMinion333]

I wonder if Misha is still in possession of this guitar.....

[DaltonMunnal]

Awe yes. Bulb used to use the same guitar as me. Well, I use the 250 actually, but still.

[201Perone239]

Faak man you're too fucking good! How do you usually get into the "zone" or "muse" if you will, to write? Cause whenever I write something, it could take me a month before I get back into the zone to write something else. You seem to be able to do it at will with all the crazy shit you come out with.

[miserirken]

Unleash The Pwnies! <- The tittle of this song make me think on Rainbow Dash XD (eeyup, I'm a djenty brony :D)

[Dangerman909]

I wish you did more technical stuff like that

[butterknucklez]

miish, what do you think of that guitar and esps in general?

[xILoveGuitarx]

hey bulb, how long have you been playing guitar for? im highly inspired haha

[TylerEightString]

1:19 <3

DJENTDJENTDJENTDJENTDJENTDJENT

[purelojik]

how in gods name does someone come up with something like this. i cannot comprehend the awesome

[bluehawkism]

this is awsome as usual from periphery keep it up guys

[summitthescale]

It's so weird seeing Bulb playing something other than a really sick custom made guitar.

[myudasdaksjd]

I dont understand, is it a mistake at 1:04?

[Periphery]

@myudasdaksjd not that i can see!

[OfficialPyez]

@Periphery but look, it sounds like you are playing just the open 6th string but it looks like you are playing the second fret in the 5th string! its more like in 1:02

[justanotherBTBAMfan]

@OfficialPyez It's possible got a Floyd Rose trem or something similar, because bending another string with this bridge on causes the other notes to detune, so he's using that to make the open 6th lower. I do the same thing with my Ibanez RG :)

[NoVanity1]

@myudasdaksjd

Not really sure what you're talking about either...

[jerryzkidz99]

DJENT!!!

[geohuete94]

earth-core lulz

[TheMan750]

i hope this is on the sophmore album(i'm already thinking ahead to that album)

[concretesurfer88]

I'm a theory nut, sadly.

Misha shows a complete disregard for theory, especially with that fucked up little chromatic run during the first bar of the song. And it's amazing.

I would love to learn how to play stuff like this, but it sucks because I find that once you learn theory, at least in my case, it seems like I HAVE to know what notes I can and cannot use and what key I'm in etc. Thus it's really restricting. If you don't know theory and you're already writing stuff like this, why bother?

[HardcoreGrady]

@concretesurfer88

You learn theory so you can know how to break its rules. No matter what theory states, it's always about just making music sound how you like it to.

[DirtyHomeles]

any1 has tab for this >? :D

[breakinknucklesruler]

i got the f-10 version of that guitar and it still kicks ass that fuckin guitar rox

[markus0neill]

it makes me soo happy seeing people get along on youtube :') especially under one of bulbs vids ;)

[jmfl43]

I like your guys intrument sounds but the singing doesnt go along with it.. But good job.

[sonicslaughter]

I think Bulb is made of pwnies

[TruNikkaz]

hey bulb, you should make a bunch of tech death songs to market another band to Sumerian, im sure it would kick ass and would also make Sumerian happy =]

[element22ag]

Whats the volume of this amp dude? It sounds so great, but doesn't sound loud!

[uponaburningguitar]

i need tabs for this 

[uponaburningguitar]

i need tabs

[TheblankofDeath]

Lol sounds just like the Pac-man start up sound at 0:06 and 0:16

[BlackFlagParade]

I want to have your babies.

[JEESherazi]

Who composed the drums? Were they supposed to be physically possible to play?

[TheZaugmented]

@JEESherazi wait, so you mean you CANT play this on drums with one arm while sleeping? pff

[201Perone239]

Yo Meesha, if you have the tabs for this song written up already, than i'd really appreciate it if i could have them. If not, its straight

[5v3n77]

In which tuning play you this song?

[5v3n77]

in which tuning do you play this song?

[KoolThing14]

Epic Win

[flyingcolour7]

@matttastysteelman ,Maybe man but try to listen the song more than one time to say that

[TheFamiliarSound1]

Love this song title its epic, i loled

[MattTastySteelman]

I don't mean to be a hater, but..

Although this song is impressive and shows off a large amount of skill,

It lacks any sort of structure.

It's too many different concepts packed into one song, with no time to really take anything in.

Great playing though.

[ffhk1]

Who cares? Structure is for wimps who can't remember a completely unstructured song :P

[Periphery]

sall good, different strokes and all!

[TruNikkaz]

@MattTasty

that's the whole point of tech death in the first place

a plethora of well executed ideas in a short, percussive, tight, and intense amount of time.

its an acquired taste, but one of my very favorites out of the metal genres =]

[cileth]

It does have structure if you listen to it. Theres the verse, kind of a chorus, a breakdown, and an outro.

verse-chorus-breakdown-verse-c­horus-outro

but point being there is are elements of the song that repeat, and it all flows together.  So imo it doesn't lack any structure

[VirtuosoJunkie73]

@diggity1987

I totally agree that you don't need theory to become a great guitar player or song writer. However suggesting that theory creates rules and boundaries within music is completely mental...

EVERYTHING that bulb played here could be broken down into a theortical stand point, especially from an intervallic perspective. The dissonance that Bulb has mastered is from a use of many dissonant sounding intervals, although not essential theory can only enhance your understanding of music.

[CheeseCakeee]

epic

[TruNikkaz]

the point of theory is to explain what the music is doing, not to write it for you

why do so many people think that?

[eraguitarcovers]

Any tips for getting your tone through a 5150?

[HeavyMetalPhiliac]

If there were such a thing as guitar porn, this would be the equivalent of a Playboy Centerfold

[plazahax]

Misha's work would just be the centrefold every month though...

[666micks666maggot666]

Not really because Periphery ain't really that famous and usually its not just SOME person in playboy ... its more like a crazy hardcore sex tape cuz its just more amazing than just some pictures in a magazine, its a full 30 minute poodge sesh

[Gorbs413]

Yea man. Froggin bullfish would be sweet!!

[MickeyLWalker]

i wanna see froggin bullfish

[zach7000]

do you use music theory

[0ftheWALLS]

I wonder...

lol...

[Periphery]

sorry dude, i unfortunately know basically no theory, would love to learn someday, but im just picking up bits and pieces that my friends show me.

[zach7000]

good i dont either

[guitaRNoob911]

@Periphery dam i did not expect that... good song though

[SpartanLaserCanon]

@Periphery What i do when i record stuff is I find out what key the song i made is in, then it makes it easier to solo over.

[Rsx1rokr]

@Periphery this is the kind of genius that comes from not knowing musical theory. I don't think i can ever write a song and not think of where the key change is gonna happen and what's a fifth off the other and what timing is gonna switch when. I wish i relied on my ears naturally a lot more... I'm certainly working on it :)

[1zn0g00d]

@Periphery Do you know any theory right now? Just curious!

[ASweetNoob]

Awesome song, but I wtf'd at the title.

[MickeyLWalker]

sooo goood

[bricktownrules]

Do a video cover of breeze!

[Periphery]

sorry dude, i really just dont know any theory myself, i just do things by ear...

[HobieHardesty]

whats your opinion of the x2n pickup??

[Periphery]

its alright, way too hot for my tastes, i prefer medium/medium-high output pickups myself

[HobieHardesty]

Well i wanna pull the stockpickups out of my cheap ass jackson and put a new bridge in it. I cant afford bareknuckle pickups, im still in high school... and broke. What other pickups are good for a djent tone?

[pman5789]

you are teh winner

[metalfan8806]

out of all the Bulb stuff...i would say that this is one of the few things that reminds me of other bands(not in a bad way tho)

like...alot of the riffs and the chug part in the middle remind me of the new Faceless stuff.

which i'll say...is a huge compliment to both bulb and the faceless. :D

[emericashoes]

why don't you play the ending?

[Periphery]

because i wasn't hugged as a child...

[TruNikkaz]

LMFAO

whew... thanks, i needed that

[emericashoes]

Please do me a favor and video the minus the bear ending. I need to learn how you play that,

[guitar4life33]

Hey, I read this comment, the roflcopter took off, and I thought I'd share with a friend.. My friend read it and she said she loves you? :o

[MrTruthNLies]

Crap!

[carlitosbob]

thanks for the video. ive been watching this video over and over. anyway ill atempt this song once i learn all the riffs

[jamiepoultonadult]

i want an mp3 of this so bad

[darbdavys]

he has got a soundclick page, you can download it there ;)

[brndndgre]

Dude, Bulb, ive been listening to all your stuff NON STOP. You are so inspirational and i cant stress that enough. Your sound and techniques hit the spot! this is the type of playing ive been messing with for a long time now and you are definitely my top inspiration. DJENT ARE TEH PWN. OMG.

[ICreamsodAI]

this songs key is everything flat

[sweetcat23]

Some parts remind me of The Faceless... only better...

[2977294]

this genre sounds like Tech-death

[BTBAM14]

Reminds me of Between the Buried and Me a little.

[AspiringDrummer]

This is totally why youtube kicks everything else in the balls....This is like a brand new genre that would be aptly titled: "Don't-even-try-to-understand-­how-i-thought-of-this-core"

But it's pure brilliance and completely inspirational.

[YeshuaHamashia]

haha thats exactly what i was thinking!

how the fuck do you think of this?

i guess it doesnt really matter.. im just glad he did.

[RalphTheSpanker]

this is just well written technical progressive metal at its finest

[DanteLeblanc]

Dude, you've got like +20 to that comment.

is this F-standard? Shit camera if so.

[vdubster2000]

1:17-1:36 is so heavy

[HotSh0t602]

Probably the wrong place to ask but do you use any samples on your drums Misha? (blending them in and what not). Your snares always sound great. Great playing.

[lathoe]

wicked composition, one of the most creative songs ive heard, its epicly good

[WhenTheMoonFalls]

how do you always end up with a sick djent tone no matter what gear you're using?!

[theperfectcell6]

i love how the new term used is djent lol

its not always the gear haha

takes some sort of skill too

[GoodnightAmy]

If you notice when everything cuts out, you can hear his actual tone, which isn't very djenty. You are hearing mostly the recorded version in this video.

[TermofDeath]

sounds so much like The Faceless. Good shit though

[TruNikkaz]

i want a video of chocolate flobs

[shreddmasterj]

I love the first riff, sounds fuckin evil

[leftyguitarjoe]

Not nearly enough strings!!!! hahaha.

[asilayloathing]

I will pay you! if you tab this for me :P even if its rough

[123method]

Hey misha can I ask a quick guitar technique question? How hard is your right hand pick attack, and how relaxed are your left hand fingers? It looks like you have minimal tension in both hands

[chriscoooley]

well to get a djenty sound, you definetely want to pick relatively hard. during the fast parts of this song, i guess both hands are more relaxed, but if you watch some other videos he uses a very hard attack a lot of the time. correct me if im wrong misha

[Periphery]

left hand is definitely relaxed and the right hand is relatively relaxed but is picking pretty hard, espcially on the djenty bits!

Honestly this is not a conscious thing though, its just kinda how i play if that makes sense.

[123method]

Oh yeah it makes sense. Can I ask another question? How do you approach harmony and arranging harmony?

[Periphery]

just whatever sounds right to my ears, there is no formula or method other than that really

[TechcoreIsSexy]

@Periphery hey misha excuse me but i can't believe you really you don't know theory? like scales,modes,how to buld progressions??

[Periphery]

oh and both legatta and this song are in drop C

[thinkpad20]

Amazing man. I first heard this when you posted it on the Fractal boards (fellow Axe-FX user here w00t!). Wonder why you didn't use the Axe-FX for this vid?

Anyway... what tuning is this in? I'm hearing drop B but I don't have any reference songs to go from...

[SeraphSnake]

Because this vid was made in Mauritius when he was visiting his parents, and he didn't have the Axe-Fx with him. At least that what he said.

[Periphery]

Haha no i brought the axefx with me, i recorded the song in mauritius and used the axefx on it, in fact. The reason i didnt is the reason i dont do many things: im a lazy bastard and i was already plugged into the amp haha.

[SeraphSnake]

Oh, sorry bulb. I was wrong... as always. Keep rockin'!

[wolfos412]

K, Different song I know, but does anyone know what Bulbs song 'Legatta' is in I'm gonna try figuring it out tonight or whenever i get the tuning.

[Henw]

You're one of a kind Misha.

Forever imitated, never replicated.

[Contagion76]

Do a djent technique tutorial video. I'll marry you, then buy every Periphery and Bulb cd for the rest of the time you put them out. I'm mainly and a drummer and love jamming along to Periph tunes, but I just picked up the guitar a year ago and can't get consistant palm muting down.

[FeroxX]

yay Bulb ! you becomin famous in Hungary too ;) im one of ur PR manager here ! haha roflmao

[shreddmasterj]

I play and learn by ear too...theory is too nerve wrecking for me...brilliant composition in your music as always bro!

[LaiSuricata]

i loved the first riff man! it sounds great! can you tab it? :)

[Sternman318]

Kickass dude... Your easily one of my fav guitarists( up there with J petruc and paul gilbert)!

Curious, have you taken a lot of music theory?

[Periphery]

Thanks so much man! Ah no im an idiot with theory, never got around to learning it mainly cuz i always end up relying on my ears instead. Maybe someday though!

[wolfos412]

Hey Another question, when you record your Guitar do you Mic it? or do you just plug it in to your interface straight from your crazy effects machine that i cant think of the name right now.... point is when i record direct from my pod xt it sounds sucky.

[Periphery]

Nah i always go direct, no mics cuz i live in an apt and cant make loud noises!

[wolfos412]

Rats, Maybe my interface is to gay to handle the gain im putting through because theres a buttload of hiss when I record direct but when i hear it through the amp its wonderful. I have a good ear to so I know its not me putting crappy settings though. You should come over and show me how to set stuff up proper lol its only a ...different country I live in lol.

[RalphTheSpanker]

dude what the crap? it doesnt make sense how you write riff thatdont make sense, ok that sounds super haha but dude you must be a progressive metal prodigy keep it up!

[christamadeus]

dude you are right up there with muhammed suicmez using oddly shaped technical riffing! I love it

[cileth]

I'd kill for these tabs o.o

my brain fails at trying to learn this by ear

[BahamutIsKing]

What pickups do you think are good for the neck and bridge for metal? :-p

[CherubicGuardian]

good shit good shit

[Henw]

listen to the quality of that djent at 2:43. fuck. So razor sharp. Delicious.

[chriscoooley]

just wonderin, what do you think of the peavey xxx?

[Periphery]

haha honestly? i think its kinda crappy, i mean its decent for the price, but hell for that kind of money you are better off with a 5150!

[TruNikkaz]

i have a triple x and like misha said, its a decent amp, but the 5150 is much better and less expensive

i use a maxon od9, gain on 3, gain on amp on 2, tone all the way up, and my triple x sounds nasty

but i put the same config on a 5150, and im getting one now

[diobolic5150]

My head just exploded!

I'm far to fail for chops like this. I think you have a built-in OMGWTFPWNFACE knob and its CRANKED.

You've been asked this a million times I'm sure... but are these songs tabbed out? If so where can I get em? These songs look like a fun challenge!

[TruNikkaz]

i started learning how to hold the pick with 3 fingers like you and shawn lane do, i can pick a lot faster without much effort

i guess its just the way my hand's built

i also think its sick at 1:02 how you bend the 2nd string without touching the fret to make the open note go flat

[psycold]

I have a bunch of your songs, but I've never heard this one, where can I get it?

[sonuvagunn]

what tuning is this in? thanks. sick stuff!

[KCDise]

Oh MY FUCKING GOD !!!!!!!

U're from Mauritius !! The island just next to mine !!!!!!

arhhhh I cant believe it !!!! I just added u few days ago on MySpace coz your sound was fucking HEAVY.. and sooo gooooooood !

May I know why did you move to USA ?

[Periphery]

Actually i was born in the US, my parents are the ones who are from mauritius, so thats why i live here haha, but i visit mauritius pretty often as my parents moved back there a few years ago!

Are you from reunion or rodrigues?

[KCDise]

eh.. the only island on the left of urs... Reunion Island.. the lost unknown little rock.

U lucky !!! I wanted to go to work in the USA as a Truck driver but I cant get a visa, I need the green card but I havent finished High School yet

[xsevenplaguesx]

Wooooo!

[TruNikkaz]

jesus fucking christ bulb!

wtf dude lmao

i was at guitar center last night on a 6505 with the petrucci music man and i was riffing off random riffs you have made and some guy came up and was like "dude you like bulb?!"

lmao, you're getting popular as fuck

i have a peavey xxx it's sick, its good for shred solos and stuff, but so is the 5150, i was planning on getting rid of the xxx to get the 5150. i need the dryer ballzier tone =]

[Thedudeisadude]

fucking crazy

gotta lova da Bulb man :P

[PatrikF666]

What amp would you recommend? the Invader or the Se 670? When it comes to this thing called Metal ;)

[Periphery]

invader

[chriscoooley]

since when have you had that peavey XXX? did you get it from atomic music? cuz they just recently had one there, and now its gone... o_0

[Periphery]

Got it a few years ago, though its only at my parents house in Mauritius, they got it for my brother when they moved there, and thats the amp i play through when i visit them there.

Interestingly enough we did buy it from atomic haha!

[DayneJee]

dude,when did you start playing guitar?

[Periphery]

about 10 years ago, but i only started focusing on it seriously instead of drums about 6 or 7 years ago, needless to say i should be a lot better than i am...

[DayneJee]

wow,me too but i am far from where you are now. i would love to see you playing a some more classic rock-style take.hendrix or andy timmons like.

[Galactu5]

While Hendrix and Timmons are aMAzINg, there are at least 10000^2 guitarists that play like that and our boy Bulb here has his own sound. Whatever you do, Bulb, don't waver in your quest for your own voice. Unless your voice is like Andy Timmons after all. Heh

[Wadeforshaw]

yea, Sikth influence pwns all. man i soooo wish they didn't break up. /;

[gaunten]

hehe, quite the humble guy eh?

I've played for about as long as you, if not longer, and you are WAY beyond me :)

[DayneJee]

holy shit

[CrimsonThirst]

Cool. Reminds me a lot of The Faceless.

[guitar4life33]

is there any way u can tab this for meh dude..? i love this song so much... definantly an intense brutal tune... thanks so much if you can.

[Periphery]

sorry bro, i suck at tabbing and hate it ferociously!

but thats one reason i do the vids hehe!

[guitar4life33]

ahh thats alright bro, im pretty good at figuring things out by ear too :P

[PipRon1]

I need "Light", the "2.0 version" PLZ BULB! U BEG U!!!

[concantenation]

Out of interest have you played any baritones you can recommend? I'm trying out an Ibanez mm1 at the moment but those Fender jaguar baritones look like they could be sparkly and snappy and nice. Any knowledge to share? Tanks

[Periphery]

to be quite honest, baritones always felt really strange to me so i have never gotten along well with them, in fact the only case in which a baritone works well is on an 8 string, and even then its only best if its fanned!

[goldenlancerkid11]

what tuning is this in man? I wanna LEARN it!!!!

[Periphery]

its just in drop C

[concantenation]

You are fucking retarded crazy whore bucket of bashed crabs good at playing guitar dude. Unbelievable hecticality

[WesHauch]

Awesome as always.

I want you to rub me down in bacon grease and throw turds at me, Misha.

[Naut]

very crazy very nice.