an englishman in france who loves shiva.....john do you play the cafeteria at CERN? (john im kidding. i was so jealous when you recorded with the labeque sisters)
@Khalilullah You're definitely not the man from Nantucket however you are a cyber doofus.Did you receive your bar stool degree yet?Go eat some humus ok.
@blitzspeer Hahaha...this is a PM I got from Blitzspeer that it goes a long way toward explaining why the value of indian music is lost on his kind(though somehow, McLaughlin, a genius, respects it): "Some people are dumb and you're a real dummy.Only a dummy makes idiotic remarks like you on youtube because everyone knows your kind are really cowards outside of cyber space.Don't reply I won't take time to read it or reply back,delete is easy enough." Total genius, huh? Good trolling!
@aditya2004 In further defence of musical/general ignorance, Blitzspeer sent me this: "Allah will be mad oh that's right you're just another cow worshiping mud puppy hindu." Remember, folks, it is a good thing to study; to use various sources to expand yourself. That, as this video proves, is what makes McLaughlin a genius, and sadly, what makes Blitzspeer and people like him the opposite.
@blitzspeer Memorable tune? Is a tune what music is about? Don't tell Coltrane...he must have wasted gobs of time with all that improvisation. Memorable depends on your ability to perceive music; if "old MacDonald" is what you want, there's a world of dumb music for you to listen to. Is a Limerick your idea of great poetry? "I tried to read Shakespeare and Frost, but who can remember the words? I like 'man from Nantucket'!". Just look into the mirror and say, "duuuuuhhhhh".
very heavy.hes the best electric guitarist in the world.iv seen him call players far below him things like amazing,incredible.has no ego.doesnt need 1.thanx for this
very heavy.hes the best electric guitarist in the world.iv seen him call players far below him things like amazing,incredible.has no ego.doesnt need 1.thanx for this
lol, all sorts of retards commenting in this video, comparing John Mc to jonas frickin brothers. hahahahaha. look what cable tely has done to human intellect. this is nowdays a running joke among us friends who jam every friday. work harder and get as good as jonas brothers.
sorry, but that's a poor suggestion, this guy has been a meditation practitioner for at least 40 years now (both of these guys are very mellow people, nothing to do with being stoned) he's very clear, very focused. McLaughlins level of musicianship didn't happen t as a result of getting stoned (though I'm sure he had his fun back in the day).
c'mon man ... don't be toooooo serious, im just kiddin', u should know that .. i know that laughlin's skills are extraordinary, otherwise he wouldn't be that popular among guitarists as he is. i really can't understand why so many people have lack of humor when it comes to their heroes.
I knew you joking. It made me laugh. Besides, even if they were stoned, so what! They're just talking about a musical concept not performing brain surgery.
Nowt wrong with Doncaster at all, but as a Bradford lad myself I note these things. He's lived in the US most of his life though, and his Mrs is French (one of the Labeque sisters) so you can't expect him to sound ee-baa-gum. I don't know if he keeps a whippet.
He spent more time practicing than I did. I only skipped high school to practice. John must have started 2 minutes after birth and did nothing else. Inspirational to say the least. He makes me think a lot. His music is very "intelligent", I believe.
I fully agree, I first saw him perform with Jan Hammer et. al. at UCSD in 1973. I was 19 and in awe. Now, 36 years on and with a measure of wisdom on my part, I see he simply worked without excuses or compromise to achieve a level of mastery of inner satisfaction.
paul, how cool to read your post. I was a stagehand (student crew @ UCSD) on that show. Was 18. I had been listening to MO since early 1972. One the highlights of my life.
Anybody who wants to grasp the essence of rhythm(s) without making too much noise must study these kind of patterns used in the east centuries ago. I am originally a jazz guitarist influnced by John McLaughlin, Joe Pass, Tal Farlow, and others, and a composer of circa 100 works in the classical avant-garde genre, initially influenced by Stockhausen, Xenakis, Boulez, and Cage. John E. ZAMMITPACE (MALTA) (guitarist,Avant-Garde Composer)
I am originally a jazz guitarist influenced highly John McLaughlin, Joe Pass, Tal Farlow, and others, and a composer of circa 100 works in the avant-garde genre, early influences Stockhausen, Xenakis, Boulez, and Cage. Back in the early 1970's, unknowingly, I used to practice certain rhythms in this manner. Still, Thank you John McLaughlin and S.Ganesh Vinayakram. John E. ZAMMITPACE
(jazz-guitarist and classical avant-garde composer)
It's great to be ignorant of other countries and their rhythmic theory... I mean, what the hell did the Indians know 2000 years before the birth of Christ?
Better to shut up and play those same five chords in 4/4 over and over.
It's great to be ignorant of other countries and their rhythmic theory... I mean, what the hell did the Indians know 2000 years before the birth of Christ?
Better to shut up and play those same five chords in 4/4 over and over.
Yeah i think its ment to be this way. I'm glad those people are ignorant to that type of music, if they liked our taste in music then it would get boring and it just wouldn't be right
i think it depends on how you look at it, sure its great to have knowledge of things to better yourself but for me this is like the first time you were told father christmas wasnt real, I was perfectly happy not knowing if he was tbh the imagination is so much more important then reality, leaves us creative thought. Knowing this system is fine but i personally i would rather be stunned at what theyre doing, than know what theyre doing and apply it cause then its less exciting in some ways u kno?
I completly understand. Its like listened to music to just listen and and then listening and analyzing, but just because your analyzing doesnt mean at all your stripping the magic, its just a way to intellectualy absorb it. Kind of with religion, Rather look at the situation for what it truly is people will strive to give things an explanation that they can conclude for themselves. Music is a language in it self though and theres nothing there to hide in what being presented in that moment.
Don't worry- even with a full understanding of what's happening, these guys are still f*ing mind-blowing!
Also, a little bit of understanding goes a long way. I don't really understand konokol yet either, and even with the limited little bit I do get my playing and my listening have improved dramatically.
true I agree and of course they are mind blowing! I love the idea of it but i also don't like it in some ways. To me a lot of theory is great to know what your doing, especially if you're teaching like this but if you are a musician creating music i think you need to think creative and thats the art of it i believe.
Guthrie Govan once told me that you can learn boxes if you want but in the end your not using your mind to play as it's just muscle memory because you automatically already know what you are going to play! and its so true learn the cmajor scale all over the neck and chances are when someone asks you to play something thats the first thing youll play without thinking, not always a good thing
That is just Govan's opinion. Playing from inspiration is way better and more pleasing than knowing what are you going to play. Improvisation is all about playing from your inner inspiration source, which after a while you realize it is not you, but something else. Thanks.
If you can hear music inside yourself, then, you are the observer and the music is the observed. The observer is always different from the observed. So, when a musician hears those beautiful sounds inside his mind, he is observing it, which means it is not him, it is something else.
I see what you're saying now but i think if you're a musician and im guessing you are, then youll know how your playing differs between when you improvise something and when you actually write something with theory in mind. I just ment the majority of players who are musically trained start from the c major scale and it is instilled in their mind so naturally when they're improvising they are going to play that without thinking coz it is what they are used to practicing when it comes 2 shapes
The process of memorizing scales serves the purpose of playing without thinking about mechanical aspects of it. When you know the scale my heart, you can then focus on listening carefully what is playing inside your mind (heart). It is just a tool to get there. Playing without thinking and focusing on listening, brings every musician to a climax where we don't know if we're the listener or the player, as both are happening subconsciously. Every musician should aspire for this, in my opinion.
i hear you dude! haha im just saying NATURALLY you would, if u know what I mean when improvising a lot you can't think that fast in short spaces of time though u may interpret other modes into the c major scale shapes or whichever mode ur playing in its the same kind of principle as when people play blues blues scale minor pentatonic springs to mind and muscle memory! lol not A hungarian minor or the hirojoshi pentatonic when improvising but i suppose if u switched your natural thought process..
I disagree, the observer is the observed. Our consciousness is the result of all the things we've ever observed. When you exist as music then you can break the barrier that is the self.
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well, he is a great guitarist, what he proved by playing is Super Guitar Trio, but talking for 10 minutes about some tukutakutaka with some guy from india is terrible
Live At The Royal Festival Hall - one of the best records I've ever heard, my god, so incredibly intense.
some day ago, with a girl, too stupid I put this record on. lol. we couldn't talk anymore. just listen in trance. both of us speechless. dammit. next time I'll put kylie minogue on, better for my sex life.
Moonunit02- Sorry, I loves me some J.M., but that disc sucked. It's a curio. J.M. went off on Jaco backstage after the gig for playing like an asshole. Tony Williams was so pissed off, he wouldn't speak to Jaco. When they went in the studio 4 months later and Jaco showed his ass again, T.W. attacked him! The disc is Tony and John trying to play and Jaco being an arrogant drug addict asshole with a bass. The disc is music gone wrong; a curiosity piece. Btw, Jaco's good stuff is genius. Respect.
John Mclaughlin is and has been a truly amazing virtuoso guitarist. I first heard him when I was in my teens. Birds of Fire album. That music is still fantastic, futuristic and imaginative. He played otherworldly music with Carlos Santana on Love Devotion an Surrender. That was some heavy stuff. Then he eventually got together with some fantastic men from India, and formed Shakti. Which means Creative Strength. These guys did amazing things with rhythms and percussion and guitar.
His speaking patterns are kind of a cross between Captain kirk and batman.
But this is what happens when you sell out he's hawking some repackaged version of t.a.p.s. on late night cable of course people won't give him any respect
Mr. McLaughlin is on another level completely. We could practice all day and night and still never come close to the man's intensity. Sacrifice and utter servitude to the instrument.
Thanks for acknowledging McLaughlin's gifts, folks. He might be the greatest guitarist of all time. Miles Davis knew his genius, and this speaks volumes. Best!
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Hah! Trust JM to try to mysticise something I learned from the Mel Bay books way back in the 60's. LOL. Mel didn' call it konokol though, just plain rhythmic variation.
Um, in case you couldn't read it, I ALREADY mentioned that I may have misread you; your poor syntax (look it up) made your comment vague.
Nothing vague about your last one, though. Why are guys like you always obsessed with balls and dicks? If you don't think McLaughlin is a great guitarist, you don't know the FIRST thing about guitar OR music.
Of course, you're also probably pretty young and don't know any better; perhaps you should be cut some slack...
You can, however, take some comfort in the fact that, once you learn a few chords and some basic picking patterns, you can be EVERY BIT as good as your heroes Zacky and Synyster (fake names are ALWAYS a sigin a musical integrity; anyone remember Blackie Lawless?).
With your close-minded attitude towards music, however, you will never come close to acheiving McLaughlin's level of artistry, one which has outlasted trends and fads for over 40 years of music-making.
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And also, don't ever say i will never make as good achievements as this guy here. How the fuck do you know i wont? You should feel like shit for posting the insulting, garbage comments against me.
I hope you prove me wrong, but you sure won't by spending your time posting vulgar comments on YouTube - "burn in fucking hell", "how fucking dare" - chill OUT, man. You'd better be prepared to wake up at five in the morning and practice ALL DAY.
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If you have the guts to say that to me you deserve to burn in fucking hell.How fucking dare you say that i dont know anything about guitar. I probably know more about music and guitar than everybody in your family combined. So what if my grammar is'nt correct.Dont come up with things off THIS task to put me down. Don't ever come up with little clever remarks to insult great guitarists like Zacky V. and Synyster Gates. They know more than a few chords and picking patterns.
Synster Gates! I wet myself it's soooo funny. A couple of crappy speed licks and music free drivel. You have to be about like 15 or mega retarded to think that guy is anything but pure suck. Surely when people dress up like well-hard 'rock gods' you have a pretty good idea that they play flatulant wank. Why don't you post a video of your playing and that will shut us all up.
i will have a posted video within the course of the summer. im sure you will be satisfied. if you want to see what im going to play then search: "necrophagist epitaph solo"
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somebody told me to look this guy up and first he sounded like a country player when i saw the name. he also said he was the best in the world. he was obviously full of shit.
What's wrong, not enough shredding for you? Is it that his guitar only has six strings, or that it's not black? Once you accomplish 1/10th of what he has in his career, then come back and say he's full of shit.
Not liking it is fine - everyone's taste is personal - but saying he's "full of shit" is ignorant beyond belief. This is an INSTRUCTIONAL video, not a shred-fest; search for Mahavishnu Orchestra... or, just stick to metalcore. Avenged Sevenfold? Give me a friggin' break.
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no you dumbfuck, i dont care if what fuckin string configuration his guitar has or what color or what he plays. i said THE PERSON WHO TOLD ME HE WAS GOOD WAS FULL OF SHIT. I myself dont think this guy is a good guitarist. Fucking grow balls and live with it you wimp. Dont throw a fit for voicing my opinion.
Balls? Wimp? McLaughlin would EAT YOU FOR LUNCH. If you haven't heard the Mahavishnu stuff run and do it now before you like like any more of an idiot. Between Nothingness and Eternity. Get it.
'I myself don't think this guy is a good guitarist'. The problem is, ask any good guiatrist and he will tell you he is. And it may be your 'opinion' (as if that makes it equal and valid etc.) but it is my opinion that Shakesphere couldn't write and Newton sucked at math. Disagree? Fuck you, it's my 'opinion'.
Er... Yeah, I don't get your rather strange reply. I am fairly sure I exist enough to write this message and to suggest you are a twat. Now my opinion my well not be 'valid'. But I am convinced nonetheless.
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well i certainly respect JM and his work so far,but this whole concept is just rediculous;i can read music and this seemed a bit funny;why bother with this?anyway
the reason to bother with this is because it is the most elegant and highly developed rhythmic system in the world. there is not a single rhythmic or metric situation or possibility that it cannot accomodate.
As odd as this will sound, I don't even know how to read music or play an instrument, and yet I would actually consider buying this DVD. It looks interesting.
It's just like watching the special features of a DVD. Most people have no desire to make a movie themselves but most are curious as to how the movie was made.
Indian people were always the best in mathematics till today, they have invented the "number zero" which comes from the zero-suffix of sanskrit-grammar.
an englishman in france who loves shiva.....john do you play the cafeteria at CERN? (john im kidding. i was so jealous when you recorded with the labeque sisters)
noodlesmealey 3 months ago
@Khalilullah You're definitely not the man from Nantucket however you are a cyber doofus.Did you receive your bar stool degree yet?Go eat some humus ok.
blitzspeer 6 months ago
@blitzspeer Hahaha...this is a PM I got from Blitzspeer that it goes a long way toward explaining why the value of indian music is lost on his kind(though somehow, McLaughlin, a genius, respects it): "Some people are dumb and you're a real dummy.Only a dummy makes idiotic remarks like you on youtube because everyone knows your kind are really cowards outside of cyber space.Don't reply I won't take time to read it or reply back,delete is easy enough." Total genius, huh? Good trolling!
Khalilullah 6 months ago
YOU KNOW YOU KNOW!! I never realised that it starts on a pickup note - not on the 1!
mootbooxle 6 months ago
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Johns' a great in my book but Indian music sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!never heard a great memorable Indian tune yet.I think this is crap.
blitzspeer 7 months ago
@blitzspeer lol. u fkin chimp wd have no idea of music neways!
aditya2004 7 months ago
@aditya2004 In further defence of musical/general ignorance, Blitzspeer sent me this: "Allah will be mad oh that's right you're just another cow worshiping mud puppy hindu." Remember, folks, it is a good thing to study; to use various sources to expand yourself. That, as this video proves, is what makes McLaughlin a genius, and sadly, what makes Blitzspeer and people like him the opposite.
Khalilullah 6 months ago
@Khalilullah leave that dumbo alone. he has no life so he spends his life here.
aditya2004 6 months ago
@blitzspeer Memorable tune? Is a tune what music is about? Don't tell Coltrane...he must have wasted gobs of time with all that improvisation. Memorable depends on your ability to perceive music; if "old MacDonald" is what you want, there's a world of dumb music for you to listen to. Is a Limerick your idea of great poetry? "I tried to read Shakespeare and Frost, but who can remember the words? I like 'man from Nantucket'!". Just look into the mirror and say, "duuuuuhhhhh".
Khalilullah 6 months ago
3:25
John mclaughlin... you're the the best.
MikeTheGuy00 10 months ago
very heavy.hes the best electric guitarist in the world.iv seen him call players far below him things like amazing,incredible.has no ego.doesnt need 1.thanx for this
diagreen 1 year ago
very heavy.hes the best electric guitarist in the world.iv seen him call players far below him things like amazing,incredible.has no ego.doesnt need 1.thanx for this
diagreen 1 year ago
John really has mastered & taken guitar about as far as it can go ... so far.
picchaz 1 year ago
Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Practicioners have done their forms of konoko since when? Hottest brand going!
WimGrundy 1 year ago
@WimGrundy Which brand going where??
dorian411 1 year ago
this dvd is so good at not just exploring odd times but doing interesting things with 4/4
hotlanta71 1 year ago
yay konokol!
prinznevsky 1 year ago
I wanna make my own mnemonic for tuplets. One of my high school's drum directors uses shi gi da bi gi da for sextuplets lol.
Tengent 1 year ago
Is this guitar Godin Freeway Classic or Godin Freeway SA ??? Someone tell me !! Both are amazing guitars.....
VMGIAN 1 year ago
@VMGIAN
It's a Godin Freeway SA because it has synth access.
lezerpiramis 1 year ago
@lezerpiramis thanks man for the information..I have very little knowledge about electric guitars..
VMGIAN 1 year ago
whats up with johns accent? English, but some strange foreignness in there...
Aryozad 1 year ago
@Aryozad he lives in south of france i think. and a lifetime of travelling the world ;-)
AbstractMan23 1 year ago
NO IRATE NEIGHBORS lmao except for that time I tried to learn how to play saxophone. Somebody called the ASPCA.
matambale 1 year ago
lol, all sorts of retards commenting in this video, comparing John Mc to jonas frickin brothers. hahahahaha. look what cable tely has done to human intellect. this is nowdays a running joke among us friends who jam every friday. work harder and get as good as jonas brothers.
shankyxyz 1 year ago 2
mclaughlin looks like David Carradine to me :D Great guitarist.
acosebede 1 year ago
John looks like timothy leary a bit, he talks like him also.:D
Laburnus 1 year ago 2
Is there a single John McLaughlin Youtube video clip that has better quality sound?
TechnikaIII 1 year ago
It is so simple as he rips thru a difficult passage :)
dorian411 1 year ago
McLaughlin opened so many doors for musicians. Great!
G7flat5 1 year ago
Just bought this DVD
RedPetrol76 2 years ago
they seem like completely stoned hahaha
davidmantis89 2 years ago 4
sorry, but that's a poor suggestion, this guy has been a meditation practitioner for at least 40 years now (both of these guys are very mellow people, nothing to do with being stoned) he's very clear, very focused. McLaughlins level of musicianship didn't happen t as a result of getting stoned (though I'm sure he had his fun back in the day).
digimaton 1 year ago
c'mon man ... don't be toooooo serious, im just kiddin', u should know that .. i know that laughlin's skills are extraordinary, otherwise he wouldn't be that popular among guitarists as he is. i really can't understand why so many people have lack of humor when it comes to their heroes.
davidmantis89 1 year ago
who knows who's commenting on here? it could have been some kid thinking: "dude, like these guys are total stoners...way cool!"
digimaton 1 year ago
I knew you joking. It made me laugh. Besides, even if they were stoned, so what! They're just talking about a musical concept not performing brain surgery.
Xelanderthomas 1 year ago
i love that riff that john plays, is that chorus or a flanger he uses?
44eelz 2 years ago
Sounds chorus to me. But I can be wrong...
RedPetrol76 2 years ago
I think it's a chorus
loofahbox 2 years ago
chorus and bitcrusher
instrumentenfreak 1 year ago
Best guitar player, best accent
RedPetrol76 2 years ago
LOL!!!
paullubliner 2 years ago 2
These guys are cool. Very well educated it seems.
TertiusOculusOris 2 years ago
5:56 - 6:00 FTW
jacobtheguitarfreak 2 years ago
man, I love john mclaughlin' s accent!
fabianidhesona 2 years ago
what kind of accent does he have????
tigerbeetle1 2 years ago
acid shite man
coljames1 2 years ago
He is english..he speaks several languages, so those accents sneak into his own original accent.
flaegin 2 years ago
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paullubliner 2 years ago
born Bradford
ourgoalie 2 years ago
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paullubliner 2 years ago
Nowt wrong with Doncaster at all, but as a Bradford lad myself I note these things. He's lived in the US most of his life though, and his Mrs is French (one of the Labeque sisters) so you can't expect him to sound ee-baa-gum. I don't know if he keeps a whippet.
ourgoalie 2 years ago
that was his ex-wife - Katia Labeque. His wife is Ina (she's German)
theman2890 1 year ago
hahah he sounds like Barf from space balls :P
KMatteKudasaiC 2 years ago
lol lol
flashmaster1990 2 years ago
wow it was so nice to see him play you know you know with his modern tone
ThreeLeggedMongoose 2 years ago
These men are crazy. Talented beyond comprehension....and very, very crazy.
They scare the hell out of me, really.
It's just not fair to be that good.
jwandhistools 2 years ago 4
you are wrong.....it is fair. i improve every time i see jm play.
it is a great inspiration to me and everyone else. i will never be his equal, but i will be considerably better. and you will, too!
coreyagraph 2 years ago 3
He spent more time practicing than I did. I only skipped high school to practice. John must have started 2 minutes after birth and did nothing else. Inspirational to say the least. He makes me think a lot. His music is very "intelligent", I believe.
jwandhistools 2 years ago 2
You know hes worked to get where he is. NOBODY gets this stuff for free.
bigdonkey002 2 years ago 12
I fully agree, I first saw him perform with Jan Hammer et. al. at UCSD in 1973. I was 19 and in awe. Now, 36 years on and with a measure of wisdom on my part, I see he simply worked without excuses or compromise to achieve a level of mastery of inner satisfaction.
paullubliner 2 years ago 3
i saw him with chick corea in march.......still has it!
coreyagraph 2 years ago
paul, how cool to read your post. I was a stagehand (student crew @ UCSD) on that show. Was 18. I had been listening to MO since early 1972. One the highlights of my life.
dorian411 2 years ago
Great voice!
shivkm 2 years ago
john' s accent is amazing!
he' s da man!
fabianidhesona 2 years ago
I like his guitar
AnotherGuitarHero 2 years ago
i like the way he says "no irate neighbors!"
Guitar126 2 years ago
john mclaughlins the fucking man
dontneedmath 2 years ago 3
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he speaks like a woman
asxefv 2 years ago
The Master ..born in Doncaster ..lol ... hard to believe.
GibsonHummingbird 2 years ago
amazing... the way he feels the rythm...
mikulasvselicha 2 years ago 3
Anybody who wants to grasp the essence of rhythm(s) without making too much noise must study these kind of patterns used in the east centuries ago. I am originally a jazz guitarist influnced by John McLaughlin, Joe Pass, Tal Farlow, and others, and a composer of circa 100 works in the classical avant-garde genre, initially influenced by Stockhausen, Xenakis, Boulez, and Cage. John E. ZAMMITPACE (MALTA) (guitarist,Avant-Garde Composer)
johnzammitpace 2 years ago 3
I am originally a jazz guitarist influenced highly John McLaughlin, Joe Pass, Tal Farlow, and others, and a composer of circa 100 works in the avant-garde genre, early influences Stockhausen, Xenakis, Boulez, and Cage. Back in the early 1970's, unknowingly, I used to practice certain rhythms in this manner. Still, Thank you John McLaughlin and S.Ganesh Vinayakram. John E. ZAMMITPACE
(jazz-guitarist and classical avant-garde composer)
johnzammitpace 2 years ago
hahaha he talks funny
Jack458111 2 years ago
NO IRATE NEIGHBORS
DaZeuhlUndazir 2 years ago 12
Thank you so much John and S.V. for this. I will enjoy working with this.
Generousity - the universal language !!!
gregsbest 2 years ago 2
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Generousity= not a word
TheFlamingNuns 2 years ago
is that how john normally talks?
ArcaneLifeforce666 2 years ago 3
He's more comfortable speaking with his fingers.
superhube 2 years ago 4
lol, I was just wondering, cause He's from England.
ArcaneLifeforce666 2 years ago
It's great to be ignorant of other countries and their rhythmic theory... I mean, what the hell did the Indians know 2000 years before the birth of Christ?
Better to shut up and play those same five chords in 4/4 over and over.
teflondon91 2 years ago 2
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teflondon91 2 years ago
John McLaughlin has an appropriated Indian accent.
guitarcolossus 2 years ago 4
Anybody buy this vid?
I'm thinking of getting it to learn about rhythm and gain more confidence in the subject.
I wonder if i'll be able to communicate these ideas to other musicians?
stevieVantanna 2 years ago
I love the hip swivel at the end. He is always swinging no matter what!
OneBigRetard 3 years ago 4
Hare Kṛṣṇa
merkywave 3 years ago 2
It's great to be ignorant of other countries and their rhythmic theory... I mean, what the hell did the Indians know 2000 years before the birth of Christ?
Better to shut up and play those same five chords in 4/4 over and over.
daimyodrum 3 years ago 3
I agree ignorance really is bliss!
Axeman89 3 years ago
lol agreed, i mean look at all those famous bands out nowadays, and the people who like their music. pure ignorance
houseoflordsferus 3 years ago
Yeah i think its ment to be this way. I'm glad those people are ignorant to that type of music, if they liked our taste in music then it would get boring and it just wouldn't be right
Axeman89 3 years ago 4
Ignorance is really pitifull friend.
Masterovermind 2 years ago
i think it depends on how you look at it, sure its great to have knowledge of things to better yourself but for me this is like the first time you were told father christmas wasnt real, I was perfectly happy not knowing if he was tbh the imagination is so much more important then reality, leaves us creative thought. Knowing this system is fine but i personally i would rather be stunned at what theyre doing, than know what theyre doing and apply it cause then its less exciting in some ways u kno?
Axeman89 2 years ago
I completly understand. Its like listened to music to just listen and and then listening and analyzing, but just because your analyzing doesnt mean at all your stripping the magic, its just a way to intellectualy absorb it. Kind of with religion, Rather look at the situation for what it truly is people will strive to give things an explanation that they can conclude for themselves. Music is a language in it self though and theres nothing there to hide in what being presented in that moment.
Masterovermind 2 years ago
you're a dork
alichoturko 2 years ago
no you just clearly dont understand both ways think about it friend...
Axeman89 2 years ago
Don't worry- even with a full understanding of what's happening, these guys are still f*ing mind-blowing!
Also, a little bit of understanding goes a long way. I don't really understand konokol yet either, and even with the limited little bit I do get my playing and my listening have improved dramatically.
fiddlercrab3 2 years ago
true I agree and of course they are mind blowing! I love the idea of it but i also don't like it in some ways. To me a lot of theory is great to know what your doing, especially if you're teaching like this but if you are a musician creating music i think you need to think creative and thats the art of it i believe.
Axeman89 2 years ago
Guthrie Govan once told me that you can learn boxes if you want but in the end your not using your mind to play as it's just muscle memory because you automatically already know what you are going to play! and its so true learn the cmajor scale all over the neck and chances are when someone asks you to play something thats the first thing youll play without thinking, not always a good thing
Axeman89 2 years ago
That is just Govan's opinion. Playing from inspiration is way better and more pleasing than knowing what are you going to play. Improvisation is all about playing from your inner inspiration source, which after a while you realize it is not you, but something else. Thanks.
kakudmi 2 years ago 4
lol um thats kinda what i was just summing up! haha :P
Axeman89 2 years ago
not you? thats all music is, you right. its your voice and your voice is you as much as it everyone elses.
Masterovermind 2 years ago
If you can hear music inside yourself, then, you are the observer and the music is the observed. The observer is always different from the observed. So, when a musician hears those beautiful sounds inside his mind, he is observing it, which means it is not him, it is something else.
kakudmi 2 years ago
I see what you're saying now but i think if you're a musician and im guessing you are, then youll know how your playing differs between when you improvise something and when you actually write something with theory in mind. I just ment the majority of players who are musically trained start from the c major scale and it is instilled in their mind so naturally when they're improvising they are going to play that without thinking coz it is what they are used to practicing when it comes 2 shapes
Axeman89 2 years ago
The process of memorizing scales serves the purpose of playing without thinking about mechanical aspects of it. When you know the scale my heart, you can then focus on listening carefully what is playing inside your mind (heart). It is just a tool to get there. Playing without thinking and focusing on listening, brings every musician to a climax where we don't know if we're the listener or the player, as both are happening subconsciously. Every musician should aspire for this, in my opinion.
kakudmi 2 years ago 2
i hear you dude! haha im just saying NATURALLY you would, if u know what I mean when improvising a lot you can't think that fast in short spaces of time though u may interpret other modes into the c major scale shapes or whichever mode ur playing in its the same kind of principle as when people play blues blues scale minor pentatonic springs to mind and muscle memory! lol not A hungarian minor or the hirojoshi pentatonic when improvising but i suppose if u switched your natural thought process..
Axeman89 2 years ago
I disagree, the observer is the observed. Our consciousness is the result of all the things we've ever observed. When you exist as music then you can break the barrier that is the self.
KingOfTheCretins 2 years ago
Well then, you and I have a different philosophy.
kakudmi 2 years ago
guru john
dirtywojta 3 years ago
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what shit is this?, jesus he is terrible
STRATOCASTER1992 3 years ago
Your joking right?
jazz4 3 years ago
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well, he is a great guitarist, what he proved by playing is Super Guitar Trio, but talking for 10 minutes about some tukutakutaka with some guy from india is terrible
STRATOCASTER1992 3 years ago
All he is doing is opening your mind to other influences. Too bad you close your mind before giving other type of music a chance...
Priyesh0804 3 years ago 5
what the hell? this is serious shit
houseoflordsferus 3 years ago 5
no irate neighbours!! leg-end
woodros 3 years ago 2
Im just getting into John mclaughin?
What kinda stuff of his should i check out?
insanemembrane16 3 years ago
Pretty much everything he did and does.
You can start with JohnMcLaughlin Trio - Live At The Royal Festival Hall - 11.27.1989
This one's just sick.
jyviens 3 years ago
@jyviens:
Live At The Royal Festival Hall - one of the best records I've ever heard, my god, so incredibly intense.
some day ago, with a girl, too stupid I put this record on. lol. we couldn't talk anymore. just listen in trance. both of us speechless. dammit. next time I'll put kylie minogue on, better for my sex life.
romaneberle 3 years ago
mahavishnu orchestra ;)
bigfatgreek 3 years ago 7
"rio ancho" with Di Meola and De Lucia
anoreo 3 years ago
get the cd, extrapalation, and check out shakti
GanjaGabe 3 years ago
the "trio of doom" cd
Moonunit02 3 years ago
Moonunit02- Sorry, I loves me some J.M., but that disc sucked. It's a curio. J.M. went off on Jaco backstage after the gig for playing like an asshole. Tony Williams was so pissed off, he wouldn't speak to Jaco. When they went in the studio 4 months later and Jaco showed his ass again, T.W. attacked him! The disc is Tony and John trying to play and Jaco being an arrogant drug addict asshole with a bass. The disc is music gone wrong; a curiosity piece. Btw, Jaco's good stuff is genius. Respect.
3shiftgtr 3 years ago 2
First three Shakti and Live at the RFH '87.
Plus, everything else.
OneBigRetard 3 years ago
mahavishnu- VISIONS OF THE EMERALD BEYOND-get it!!!
royneil9 3 years ago 2
yes yES YEEEESSS!
superhube 3 years ago
Is this from "this is the way I do it" dvd? Thanks so much for posting.
tiansebas 3 years ago
Thanks for posting this amazing video. Here in Colombia it difficult to get this material
rd40082 3 years ago
Hola. No se equivoque amigo, en colombia hay internet y todo se puede conseguir. Absolútamente todo.
vaister 3 years ago
he has a Mac?? Damn...
bytedildo 3 years ago
LOL.
yagamei 3 years ago
John Mclaughlin is and has been a truly amazing virtuoso guitarist. I first heard him when I was in my teens. Birds of Fire album. That music is still fantastic, futuristic and imaginative. He played otherworldly music with Carlos Santana on Love Devotion an Surrender. That was some heavy stuff. Then he eventually got together with some fantastic men from India, and formed Shakti. Which means Creative Strength. These guys did amazing things with rhythms and percussion and guitar.
RockinGuitar08 3 years ago 2
Salvagenesh rocked with Shawn Lane & John Mclaughlin & Jonas Hellborg... WOW! What a lucky and talented guy!)
oilkills 3 years ago
John MMcLaughlin opened the door to Jazz/ fusion and created a whole new realm of guitar.
A master!!!!
n2motocross 3 years ago 6
His speaking patterns are kind of a cross between Captain kirk and batman.
But this is what happens when you sell out he's hawking some repackaged version of t.a.p.s. on late night cable of course people won't give him any respect
andocrates 3 years ago
Mr. McLaughlin is on another level completely. We could practice all day and night and still never come close to the man's intensity. Sacrifice and utter servitude to the instrument.
adrianscally 3 years ago 6
Whay you say it is totally trough we could practice all day and we will never get JM's level
rd40082 3 years ago
finally some truth, i thought i was the only one suffering by that crap!
44eelz 3 years ago
Thanks for acknowledging McLaughlin's gifts, folks. He might be the greatest guitarist of all time. Miles Davis knew his genius, and this speaks volumes. Best!
Doggy1066 3 years ago
Great lesson - looks like a great dvd.
aliensporebomb 3 years ago 2
stupid kids ... some kick in the butt would not hurt
bnouille 3 years ago
i agree with you tlord29
these guys don´t know nothing about music
they are so ignorant they insult this legend and guitarist god that is john mclaughlin without even knowing who he is
it is a shame with this people today
hoddle90 3 years ago
you guy are so stupid. john mclaughlin is one of the greatest guitarists of all time. wow, you guys know so much about music.
tlord29 3 years ago 2
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This gutarist sucks i don't even no who he is so that means he sucks. Slash is the best! i like the guterist that plays for the Jonas brothers too.
Lehmann108 3 years ago
wow you really are lame, jonas bros are retards, they dont even have beards! pop crap, this is true music
ahvaimusicom 3 years ago
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Hah! Trust JM to try to mysticise something I learned from the Mel Bay books way back in the 60's. LOL. Mel didn' call it konokol though, just plain rhythmic variation.
Anything for a few more bucks, eh John?
:-)
FSoftie 3 years ago
Well, of course any serious drummer can count, but in konokal you get to say funny sounding sounds instead of "one, two, three, four, five." ;-)
Lehmann108 3 years ago
The advantage of the sounds is that they roll off the tongue faster- waay faster than english syllables.
Go to bassplayertv, check out Kai Eckhardt's channel, and he proves that pretty effectively.
fiddlercrab3 2 years ago
Yeah, I'm sure Mel invented that shit... LOL
fiddlercrab3 2 years ago
Damn! sh*t up guys, plz!
just take the lesson and leave!
pipi333 3 years ago 2
Um, in case you couldn't read it, I ALREADY mentioned that I may have misread you; your poor syntax (look it up) made your comment vague.
Nothing vague about your last one, though. Why are guys like you always obsessed with balls and dicks? If you don't think McLaughlin is a great guitarist, you don't know the FIRST thing about guitar OR music.
Of course, you're also probably pretty young and don't know any better; perhaps you should be cut some slack...
Nah. Rock on, dude.
GrigoriSom 3 years ago
You can, however, take some comfort in the fact that, once you learn a few chords and some basic picking patterns, you can be EVERY BIT as good as your heroes Zacky and Synyster (fake names are ALWAYS a sigin a musical integrity; anyone remember Blackie Lawless?).
With your close-minded attitude towards music, however, you will never come close to acheiving McLaughlin's level of artistry, one which has outlasted trends and fads for over 40 years of music-making.
GrigoriSom 3 years ago 2
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And also, don't ever say i will never make as good achievements as this guy here. How the fuck do you know i wont? You should feel like shit for posting the insulting, garbage comments against me.
guitar4life33 3 years ago
I hope you prove me wrong, but you sure won't by spending your time posting vulgar comments on YouTube - "burn in fucking hell", "how fucking dare" - chill OUT, man. You'd better be prepared to wake up at five in the morning and practice ALL DAY.
Oh, and I feel fine, but thanks for asking.
GrigoriSom 3 years ago
I know you won't. Anyone that makes comments like yours is INCAPABLE of achieving what he has achieved. As much work goes into him as his instrument.
OneBigRetard 3 years ago
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If you have the guts to say that to me you deserve to burn in fucking hell.How fucking dare you say that i dont know anything about guitar. I probably know more about music and guitar than everybody in your family combined. So what if my grammar is'nt correct.Dont come up with things off THIS task to put me down. Don't ever come up with little clever remarks to insult great guitarists like Zacky V. and Synyster Gates. They know more than a few chords and picking patterns.
guitar4life33 3 years ago
Synster Gates! I wet myself it's soooo funny. A couple of crappy speed licks and music free drivel. You have to be about like 15 or mega retarded to think that guy is anything but pure suck. Surely when people dress up like well-hard 'rock gods' you have a pretty good idea that they play flatulant wank. Why don't you post a video of your playing and that will shut us all up.
OneBigRetard 3 years ago
i will have a posted video within the course of the summer. im sure you will be satisfied. if you want to see what im going to play then search: "necrophagist epitaph solo"
guitar4life33 3 years ago
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somebody told me to look this guy up and first he sounded like a country player when i saw the name. he also said he was the best in the world. he was obviously full of shit.
guitar4life33 3 years ago
ppl like you really frustrate the hell out of me.
Extracelestial 3 years ago 5
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well im sorry but its the truth :\
guitar4life33 3 years ago
What's wrong, not enough shredding for you? Is it that his guitar only has six strings, or that it's not black? Once you accomplish 1/10th of what he has in his career, then come back and say he's full of shit.
Not liking it is fine - everyone's taste is personal - but saying he's "full of shit" is ignorant beyond belief. This is an INSTRUCTIONAL video, not a shred-fest; search for Mahavishnu Orchestra... or, just stick to metalcore. Avenged Sevenfold? Give me a friggin' break.
GrigoriSom 3 years ago 3
You meant "somebody" who told you about him was "full of shit"? Sorry if I misread you... still, he wasn't wrong: you are.
GrigoriSom 3 years ago 3
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no you dumbfuck, i dont care if what fuckin string configuration his guitar has or what color or what he plays. i said THE PERSON WHO TOLD ME HE WAS GOOD WAS FULL OF SHIT. I myself dont think this guy is a good guitarist. Fucking grow balls and live with it you wimp. Dont throw a fit for voicing my opinion.
guitar4life33 3 years ago
Balls? Wimp? McLaughlin would EAT YOU FOR LUNCH. If you haven't heard the Mahavishnu stuff run and do it now before you like like any more of an idiot. Between Nothingness and Eternity. Get it.
aliensporebomb 3 years ago 3
'I myself don't think this guy is a good guitarist'. The problem is, ask any good guiatrist and he will tell you he is. And it may be your 'opinion' (as if that makes it equal and valid etc.) but it is my opinion that Shakesphere couldn't write and Newton sucked at math. Disagree? Fuck you, it's my 'opinion'.
OneBigRetard 3 years ago
Your name speaks volumes. Your opinion is not valid because you don't actually exist...
slipyourhips 3 years ago
Er... Yeah, I don't get your rather strange reply. I am fairly sure I exist enough to write this message and to suggest you are a twat. Now my opinion my well not be 'valid'. But I am convinced nonetheless.
OneBigRetard 3 years ago
Go watch his version of Cherokee on the tonight show you will understand watch?v=Om6HDUKBbzE
andocrates 3 years ago
Understand what? I think you are replying to the wrong person.
OneBigRetard 3 years ago
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well i certainly respect JM and his work so far,but this whole concept is just rediculous;i can read music and this seemed a bit funny;why bother with this?anyway
guiktard 3 years ago
the reason to bother with this is because it is the most elegant and highly developed rhythmic system in the world. there is not a single rhythmic or metric situation or possibility that it cannot accomodate.
jimmyskins 3 years ago 4
He Lives in the south of france, monte carlo I think...livin' it up, he deserves it.
jazz4 3 years ago
he's brilliant...
mcboytisoy 3 years ago
As odd as this will sound, I don't even know how to read music or play an instrument, and yet I would actually consider buying this DVD. It looks interesting.
zzRider 3 years ago 2
That doesn't sounds weird at all.
It's just like watching the special features of a DVD. Most people have no desire to make a movie themselves but most are curious as to how the movie was made.
newpowermoves 3 years ago
i bet he goes to the tanning bed! ha! John's brilliant!
djsewell 3 years ago
Indian people were always the best in mathematics till today, they have invented the "number zero" which comes from the zero-suffix of sanskrit-grammar.
florafox 3 years ago