Blake Mills - Guitar Power

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10 жыл бұрын

Presented by D'Addario and Rolling Stone Young Guns, Guitar Power is a new series hosted by Matt Sweeney. In each episode, Matt will sit and chat with an up-and-coming guitarist to discuss their influences, technique, gear, and approach.
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@thedailyplanet410 7 жыл бұрын

"if humiliation isn't something that absolutely destroys you - i think you've got a career being a guitar player"

@mattsdpell5029 9 жыл бұрын

Blake Mills: you're fantastic. Matt Sweeney: I really believe that being interviewed with you is the highest honour for a guitarist and musicians in general: you're very comforably and fresh. You're always genuinely interested in what others play. We need more people like you. Thank you for being so inspiring

@rgorjon9 7 жыл бұрын

I love how he connects with all of the artist. Pretty awesome.

@Armyofone98GTC 10 жыл бұрын

These just feel too short! I want them to go on for and hour. I love these so much. Thanks you guys, best one yet

@ShawnTubbs 8 жыл бұрын

Blake Mills is a beast. He is to be feared and respected. All you youngsters pay attention to this kid! Absolutely fantastic guitar player.

@martinet1985 8 жыл бұрын

alright dad

@ampgent 6 жыл бұрын

Maybe, but he’s no Julian Lage

@shapdanone 5 жыл бұрын

@@ampgent damn

@giullianomartini 4 жыл бұрын

² Maybe, but he's no Tosin Abasi

@555BLUESBOY 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks D'Addario !! The dynamics between these guys is so totally awesome. The phrase, "Right on". comes to mind. The guy asks such perfect questions and BM gives the most "epic" answers. This is one of the best interviews I've ever had the pleasure of listening to. Thank you!! So fresh guitar playing, Blake:)

@MrEmohdee 10 жыл бұрын

Glad you're back Matt.....We've missed you since Guitar Moves...ROCK ON

@mobobb3555 Жыл бұрын

That was a fun interview to watch. Thank you for putting it up.

@johnstuart3644 10 жыл бұрын

I could listen to Blake for hours on end. If I could only listen to one guitar player for the rest of my life it would probably be Blake Mills.

@sonicgrub 10 жыл бұрын

Right there wit cha

@deaner1722 9 жыл бұрын

I could agree with that

@fromthenorth2 10 жыл бұрын

These videos are so awesome, even all the guests are really cool.

@elrafa782 6 ай бұрын

I wanna binge watching all your interviews Matt ! Thank you 🙏

@davidmc107 10 жыл бұрын

Another good episode Matt. Watched all of them so far. Looking frwd to all the future ones as well 8-) That tube amp head on Blake's rig looks pretty kewl as well as the broke-in cabinet

@samuelpacker2976 7 жыл бұрын

this needs to go on for about 5 more minutes, this was sick

@andrewwright501 9 жыл бұрын

This is fantastic please do more video's like this.

@Daarrenn 3 жыл бұрын

Song at 11:00 goes on to be Good to My Girls by Superwolves nearly 7 years later.

@tobylow3971 9 жыл бұрын

This inspired me to pick up my guitar and play. Awesome interview. Thanks.

@mikenisbet 2 жыл бұрын

Best episode. Reminds me the absolute power and amazing world of guitar

@jonanythingmusic 8 жыл бұрын

Makes me want to just play guitar all day. Funny part though - the tender side of guitar on this (looks ominously into the camera) the savage side of life

@radioheadwine 9 жыл бұрын

It's just a joy to watch this guy play.

@keithklassen5320 9 ай бұрын

I often tend to find Matt really unpleasantly disconnected and anxious in his interviews, but this video... he's transformed! I can see why people get him to interview people, because he has this in him. This chill guy who listens and takes time and digs deep.

@jakefowler8522 8 жыл бұрын

That last jam was cool! Playing a les paul like an acoustic almost!

@lewisgallardo9702 2 жыл бұрын

I watch this at least once a year, so damn good

@oneinchsidehop 10 жыл бұрын

Y'know, I've watched this 4 or 5 times (just to learn bits of the song that starts at about 6:00) but I laugh at the opening every time.

@greenman9123 5 жыл бұрын

That thing he plays with the mute in is so beautiful

@simongodfrey629 7 жыл бұрын

Holy crap! This guy is marvelous.

@ChrisArmourMusic 10 жыл бұрын

Could watch this guy play all day, MOAR!

@jgodin312 10 жыл бұрын

For the paper in the strings - check out Lionel Loueke, doing that with a classical guitar. for both of them, it sounds like a kalimba, or other African instruments.

@remisuszwalak1777 5 жыл бұрын

merci beaucoup!

@MrTomploug 9 жыл бұрын

Just so awesome !

@emen761 10 жыл бұрын

Good job d'addario.. Blake is so talented...now guitar is in safe hands..

9 жыл бұрын

Blake is so modest. I've seen his performance at the crossroads like 20 times before watching this interview. And I have to say that the first time I saw it, it really touched me deep man. And there are a few great guitar fills that he makes during the song that are amazing. Go and watch that performance that he makes with Derek Trucks, because it's beautiful.

@AndyPandyh Жыл бұрын

Was he talking about Save the last dance?? That is really surprising, it is one of my favorite Blake Mills performances and his playing is really refreshing, as usual!

@MrSirSnoozealot 2 ай бұрын

@3:42 eeeEEEeee love this interview thank you Matt and ofc Blake

@wazi13 10 жыл бұрын

Absolutely love Blake! Can we get some M. Ward? That would be amazing.

@LuqaS15 10 жыл бұрын

Blake is awesome.

@bonhamhouse1169 5 жыл бұрын

Man, I need to practice!

@TheHappyLeperBeaver 8 жыл бұрын

i would love to have a beer with Matt Sweeney, he looks like the coolest dude !

@bobdylanguitar 5 жыл бұрын

I will pay someone to please tab out his rendition of "Save the Last Dance for Me" that starts at 6:30

@tyman96100 9 жыл бұрын

Make more of these

@RupesMcDGuitar 7 жыл бұрын

Lovely player

@mr.bluesky4130 3 жыл бұрын

How does this man squeeze this much expression out of every note

@ChiefRager 6 жыл бұрын

Again wit da strat from guitar moves

@stephenpatt952 7 жыл бұрын

damn---Blake is just a revelation each time I hear him play...great stuff, inspiring to even an old fart like me./...

@patricksantavicca2305 Жыл бұрын

Is there more to this video? I remembering watching this several years ago and there is a part that is fantastic that’s not in this clip.

@wifimanboy 4 жыл бұрын

That telecaster has a trace of every disease on it

@MichaelDeFillippo8889 4 жыл бұрын

Its called Pur-SA-nal-i-tEE

@deaner1722 9 жыл бұрын

6:29 he puts a piece of cardboard under his strings.. sounds fucking amazing

@gettinguponthe1 10 жыл бұрын

not as much guitar playing as the vice video, but equally as good. get julian lage, guthrie govan, and bill frisell on here and you have my living guitarist mt rushmore (w tosin and blake)

@haimlute 10 жыл бұрын

what kind of pickups he uses in the strat body with the tele neck? mainly the bridge pickup.

@grosebud4554 5 жыл бұрын

Go find the video on Blake playing "save the last dance" with derek trucks. That's at crossroads.. in the beginning he says "please welcome Derek Trucks, to redeem me".. because right before is the song he speaks of here! The epic fail. Save the last dance definitely redeemed!

@neiljamespettit 9 жыл бұрын

Am I high? Is this the same conversation from the Vice version of Matt's show?

@h.j.w2783 9 жыл бұрын

someone please show me any music exactly or similar to what he's playing at 6:52, I hear it's very cuban influenced but i need names people, that music is awesome.

@h.j.w2783 9 жыл бұрын

Hi there, you mean Ry Cooder* and yes I know I'm a huge fan, obviously he did Buena Vista Social Club recorded in Cuba and a few other worldly albums but what Blake is playing is different.

@GuitarManLobo 4 жыл бұрын

Anyone know what amp head that is behind Blake? Is that a Bell and howell? Haven't seen one like that.

@peejaybee3 10 жыл бұрын

does anyone know what scale he is playing on at the jam at 6.30 onwards? Thanks

@rosserclark8156 4 жыл бұрын

I learned the paper in the strings trick from Johnny Cash.

@kckrye 4 жыл бұрын

Johnny did it for the percussive/snare drum feel

@Dylan21195 9 жыл бұрын

What kind of pickups were on his strat?

@fishbrehth 8 жыл бұрын

i would love jamming with blake mills

@fishbrehth 8 жыл бұрын

+Bónne B or for that matter, matt sweeney

@willmcdaniel8375 5 жыл бұрын

What kind of pickups does Sweeny have? They look like mini-humbuckers but im not sure

@lmbfr01 8 жыл бұрын

Has someone tried to figure out how he does that effect with his pinky and ring finger I think at 6:57? it sounds like a percussive thing with no notes (my best at trying to explain it) it's hard to get it right.. HEELP! :( :)

@benjaminlavoie-doyon2300 9 жыл бұрын

He is probably the best guitarist of our generation

@marcyyyyyyyyyyyy 10 жыл бұрын

what's that tube head on top of blake's amp?

@gilleschantraine8779 6 жыл бұрын

Guys please someone explain to me how he does that thing at 0:54 ?

@levelsetgo5331 4 жыл бұрын

11:23 Is a great example of Blake's brilliance-takes him two seconds of following Matt's lead to realize that the song has already been written lol

@mohans.26 3 жыл бұрын

Would you, by any chance, know what song Matt was accidentally playing?

@sigilvigil2052 2 жыл бұрын

@@mohans.26 Sunshine of Your Love

@randymason8642 4 жыл бұрын

The way we make records today

@WhiskerWhippers 3 жыл бұрын

6:19-7:41 is so beautiful

@hateyou8066 5 жыл бұрын

What song did they play at the end ?

@alesharks5135 8 жыл бұрын

John Frusciante Please.

@samholik8127 8 жыл бұрын

Something tells me he wouldn't do that, but I would kill to see him on here

@mskcrc 7 жыл бұрын

he's written some great riffs, but he's a pretty awful guitarist... watching him solo live is agony

@samholik8127 7 жыл бұрын

mxsxkxcrc That's just like, your opinion, man.

@DeepestSleep 8 жыл бұрын

Is there an actual name for the song at 6:50, or is that just Blake riffing around?

@Spazmatronicmonkey 8 жыл бұрын

+DeepestSleep What i'm wondering is how the fuck he figured that out, haha

@isaacstalling6942 7 жыл бұрын

DeepestSleep That's plain riffing man! He is a genius!

@esmeraldo7887 6 жыл бұрын

kind of sound like the drifters' "save the last dance for me"

@SGspecial84 6 жыл бұрын

Riffing around being inspired by the time he spent in Cuba.

@toonjoe172 6 жыл бұрын

its the end of Layla by Clapton, except it's played on piano

@davidgilfillan1934 6 жыл бұрын

why did he change guitars around 5:00?

@utk1997 3 жыл бұрын

What's the song they end with suggesting it's Clapton?

@ravenwav 8 жыл бұрын

Does anyone know what strap Matt is using? Looks really comfortable.

@hughb.b4069 6 жыл бұрын

Looks like a DSL strap.

@lpasongs1368 5 жыл бұрын

If you want comfort - check out Franklin straps....naughty pluggin' them on here....

@Jacobfm1 9 жыл бұрын

I really like how worn his guitar is

@gregknight3932 9 жыл бұрын

Even better when he reaches for his other guitar it is even rattier!!! Good guitarist though

@edis_bike 10 жыл бұрын

When Blake is playing If I'm Unworthy, is he playing in open D?

@PlayLikeTheGreatscom 5 жыл бұрын

Yup! On the record, the guitar is down in an _open Db_ tuning. I have the whole song transcribed on my website, if you're curious.

@norijagar 8 ай бұрын

... what happened to Guitar Moves? like this is clearly the original video but they whited out the background? Someone explain?

@interstellish 4 жыл бұрын

Shane Parish, who plays guitar under the band name Ahleuchatistas, is a pioneer in extended guitar technique and sounds by throwing stuff under your bridge. "Vanished" by this band involves a Balinese scale combined with a cut-up credit card that goes over-under the strings at the bridge of the instrument.

@hiroprotagonitis Жыл бұрын

based, ahleuchatistas is peak discordant math rock but very much worth listening to for any musician looking to approach the instrument in an altered way

@bonhamhouse1169 5 жыл бұрын

Was Matt Sweeney throw. Out of Guided by Voices?

@robzea4011 7 жыл бұрын

he kinda looks like nick reindhart's bluesy twin brother

@Duffy370 8 жыл бұрын

Where can we find the footage from crossroads where blake made a ton of mistakes?

@jimifopp145 8 жыл бұрын

I catch your drift, man :)

@oversensitivenipples 10 жыл бұрын

william tyler please

@edis_bike 10 жыл бұрын

Does anyone know what the Eric Clapton song they are talking about at the end is?

@edis_bike 10 жыл бұрын

***** thanks !!!

@adamhenaghan4417 6 жыл бұрын

what's the passing chord at 10:21? all those gropros, and the only shot of that chord has the Les Paul headstock blocking it

@springsten 6 жыл бұрын

If i remember correctly, his guitar is tuned to an open C# and the passing chord is just a barred 9th fret and a hammer on on the 10th or 11th fret on the 5th string.

@PlayLikeTheGreatscom 5 жыл бұрын

The passing chord is a *Db(b6)* [x9x9,10,9] to *Db* [x9x999]. In this session, the guitar is in _open D_ tuning, with capo on the 2nd fret, which amounts to the key of _E major_ - the album version is in the key of _Db major_ instead. I have the entire song transcribed, available on my website, if you're interested :)

@rodderz5615 8 жыл бұрын

👍🏽

@rodeofrancisco6130 6 жыл бұрын

Lmao.. Matt Sweeney is the shit!

@tylermartin3634 9 жыл бұрын

SWEENEY please tell me what amp Blake had in this if you can remember? Thanks!

@JohnB.123 8 жыл бұрын

+Tyler Martin 1956 Fender Super with a custom-made standalone tube-driven reverb unit.

@snakecharmerqc 10 жыл бұрын

Does anyone know if what Blake plays at 6:50 is an actual song?

@gettinguponthe1 10 жыл бұрын

i have a feeling he just has a good feel for the fretboard when it comes to playing around with that kind of finger picking-bass thing. he plays something similar in another video and i dont think that one is a song either.

@kentuckychromedesign 9 жыл бұрын

He did "Save The Last Dance For Me" by Ben E. King at Crossroads fest, and it's got a really similar vibe to that song structure. Can't quote me as gospel, but that sounds a lot like it to me.

@abubilla 9 жыл бұрын

this and the other song he does in "Guitar Moves" sound like transpositions of Cuban music to a single guitar

@JonSebastianF 7 жыл бұрын

Nah, he is just fooling around in a Buena Vista Social Club mood :)

@MCeschERactive 10 жыл бұрын

What's clipped on both of their headstocks between the nut and 6string peghead???

@KennethKishandave 10 жыл бұрын

Planet Waves NS Micro Tuner...

@MCeschERactive 10 жыл бұрын

Kenneth Kishandave nice thanks.

@elvisgregory4594 3 жыл бұрын

That cardboard on the bridge is an old sessions musicians trick Carol Kaye did that in the sixties on her bass. That is nothing new.

@fsj9441 5 жыл бұрын

7:39 *T R U E* analog delay

@CasseyMayhle 8 жыл бұрын

1:13 Mmmmm

@Armyofone98GTC 10 жыл бұрын

*an

@hazuinf 9 жыл бұрын

What's the deal with that double-cutaway/strat-looking guitar? It looks like it's got a weird set-up, for instance what on earth is the huge box thing near the bridge? Interesting

@MatthewWenzel31 9 жыл бұрын

It looks like a Strat body, Tele neck, and I think those are Rickenbacker pickups? It's crazy.

@edis_bike 9 жыл бұрын

Hazuinf h its a coodercaster, google it pretty cool

@bebenavole 9 жыл бұрын

Eddie H he wanna be ry cooder

@h.j.w2783 9 жыл бұрын

it's a Ry Cooder inspired 'Coodercaster'. The "huge box thing" is a lollar housing, underneath he's using a pickup from an old supro/valco guitar. The pickup in neck position is a guyatone gold foil pickup. He uses both pickups out of phase with one another to get his unique sound. They are both very vintage, bluesy sounding pickups, fantastic for slide and an interesting combination.

@dr150 8 жыл бұрын

What pups is Mills using on his Strat?...

@pedrobravo4404 8 жыл бұрын

Wide range humbucker on the bridge, And a gold foil on the neck

@johnnycab8986 7 жыл бұрын

nah its a pickup from a old string through lap steel pickup like a old supro lap. Neck is a teisco gold foil. Google "coodercaster" its a popular setup people do for slide guitar that ry cooder came up with way back

@Massigangster 9 жыл бұрын

What is the song at 10.47?

@jpswart8878 9 жыл бұрын

If I'm unworthy

@Gooeyyay 7 жыл бұрын

who is this cobayne man he talks about? is he in some sort of modern beat group??

@loontil 5 жыл бұрын

beat COMBO, I think

@gregdibenedetto6367 8 жыл бұрын

Layla

@guitar10144 8 жыл бұрын

What song is he playing with the cardboard peice

@waynehedd 8 жыл бұрын

+Austin I think he's just fucking around... I'd like to know what chords or phrasing he's using since it sounds like Caribbean / Trinidad and Tobago style of music. It's fucking genius.

@styx85 8 жыл бұрын

Yeah, he almost makes that Tele sound like a steel pan or something. Calypso style.

@ChinchillupaGuy 7 жыл бұрын

He went to cuba for a few weeks, and it sounds like a caribbean standard to me so I'm assuming a standard he learned in Cuba.