I have so much respect for Mike and Incubus. They are one of the best groups of musicians of all time.

I could listen to Mike talk and play all day... All hail King Einziger.

This dude is soo underrated he is a genius just like Johnny Greenwood. So skillful and knowledgeable

That "Nowhere Fast" guitar line is simply brilliant

I think Mike is one of the most original sounding guitarists around. I have a masters of music performance and I am still amazed by his choice of voicings. I love his playing. And believe it or not though he doesn't solo often he is one hell of a shredder.

its amazing. when i first started playing guitar I loved this guy. Then as time went on and I started moving away from his playing. Then, when i got better and wanted to find unique guitar players to learn off of, I came back to Mike. He's really truly amazing. Every part he writes is just incredible. My biggest influence right now

Amazing guitarist in every way. Rhythm, lead, pop, Funk, metal, jazz, shoe gaze. "I want to be like Mike". My favourite pedal player for sure.

This is a very creative genius...he remember me The creativity of John frusciante

this guy right here is my guitar hero since 1998...his creativity is simply amazing

This was the ultimate video that inspired me growing up. Was so cool to experience as a 16 year old. Mike has such a unique way of expressing all things music. Cool because he can wail, be weird, and write smooth emotional music all at once. Guys just got a highly creative mindset. Guy is one of the most underrated guitarist ever.

I love how many times he says "you know" and I'm like "No I don't know, cause I'm not as good as you Mike" awesome guy.

These guitar.com videos were great. There’s a whole bunch of them. I remember when these first started making their way around the Internet. The low quality of the video, graphically speaking, the indispensable amount of information, the coolness. Oh yeah. And dial up Internet. Ahh the good old days. I recommend watching Zakk Wylde’s video, too

Been coming back to this video since 2009!

Very underrated. That’s a shame. He’s a genius

His guitar licks are always so unique and refreshing.

Stellar and Echo. This man is a genius. ❤️

mike einziger has prolly been the biggest influence on me for my own music and he made appreciate diversity and understanding chords and using different voicings. love his chilled nature. you can totally tell he hates cameras and interviews. amazing guy and guitarist

Mike is one of the most innovative and underrated guitar players of this generation. His guitar lines and clever use of effects should be studied.

I watched this in high school before youtube

I heart Mike! He is definitely one of the best players around and the one I get the most inspiration from now that I am learning guitar...

One of my favorite guitar players. Incubus is one of my favorite bands awesome live!

I remember being like 12-13 and watching this on RealPlayer, like straight up Windows 95 status, trying to freaking figure out Stellar. Christ I'm getting old

I'm thinking back to the first presentation I had to make in front of a huge comp class. Loose definition of "selling something" so guitar as a hobby was accepted. Lot of free resources online from finding instruments to instruction - I linked to this clip of Mike which was well-received so it holds a place in my heart.

Anyone can shred like anyone can drive fast on a straight road! Mike is a superb musician and his talent with a guitar, to me, makes him one of the most under rated modern guitar genius'!

the acoustic version chord sequence for the verse is sublime. so many chords and voicings that sound amazing together. pardon me acoustic version is one of those songs that when you strip the song down, you understand and appreciate the song more :)

for me he's one of the most creative guitarist. I like his sound. He finds very cool chords progessions. Between jazz and rock. as jrenner325 said, he should be studied

I learned so much from this video, holy shit

It still amazes me the harmony Mike emulates with those chords.

hell yeah! this aint an interview this is a lesson from the maestro himself, from the source! its gold

Drinking game, every time he says "you know", you take a shot you know?

Jeezus this dude is talented 💯💯💯

You don't have to shred to be a good guitar player. Technique, Versatility, and Creativity is what makes him good. I also agree with tkm2210 he does shred, Its also hard to continue doing when you have severe Carpal Tunnel.

so many memories for steller. It got me laid.

Oh man. Loved this!

FYI, this dude dropped outta high school to play music... I'd say it worked out well. He now has a degree in music from Harvard.. Eat it America lol.. .Great USA story

im a classic rock junkie, but incubus gets tons of airtime outta my ipod. this dude gets sounds outta his guitar that are just incredible. great guitarist, and fn awesome band.

.....I love you Mike!

Oh my god i love him and Brandon

that's awesome that he does all these tutorial videos, hes definitely helped me and influenced me a lot.

One of the greatest bands in recorded history. Especially for their ability to evolve. Going from Funk metal (Fungus Amongus) to Melodic blues (If not now, when?) Fucking. Musical. GODS!!

he has unique talent composing notes.

For me he is one of those few guitarists who a like the re-incarnation of "skill"... such a talented, skillful guitarist who really knows how to make unique, great music... to name others like this: the guitarist of blind melon (OMG !!! GOTTA KNOW THEIR STUFF !!!) Omar Rodriguez Lopez (adti, tmv) Jerry Cantrell (aic) Stefan Koglek (colour haze)

everytime he hit the chorus for his songs i felt like moshing in the middle of the computer lab at school

He's got to be the coolest nerd ever. It's pretty sweet that he's going from this to Harvard Music school. I'm excited to hear what Incubus will come up with once the boys come back together.

Exactly my way... I let myself lead only be what fills me with enthusiasm and intensive feelings... all I need is genre impacting music and my ears...

its ALL practice. it opens "creativity" and such. keep an open mind, and play non stop.

what a valuable post!

mike einziger is one of my favorite guitarists, really cool player. i wish newer incubus was heavier though i must admit, science until a crow left of the murder were all brilliant incubus albums!

favorite guitarist, favorite band !!!

Watching this as a guitarist, the “You know?” Thing has started being kinda a standard for me talking to other musicians.

This is the best Guitar Lesson on KZfaq.

Loved this. Love Incubus!

shhhhh. i'm in class with Mr. Einziger

wow that's one of the most amazing videos ive ever seen. einziger is awesome.

I really wanna learn that "Smoth jazz" thing he does at the beginning :D

Very Authentic! Thank you for this share!

He reminds me so much of Dewey from malcom in the middle

this guy is amazing, very cool, this is how u can understand that it´s not that important how fast u can go on the guitar is how creative u r with it.

amazing guitarist very talented and very talented band incubus forever

Man Mike rocks. Those are some Sweet melodies. His guitar playing goes so well with Brandon's voice that gives them chemistry.

the master of modern guitar playing...he's 1 of my heroes..my world would be empty without incubus in it..

lets just say that incubus DOES NOT hold him back. He writes incredible parts. I wold say he definately gets the respect he deserves. Incubus is one of the best selling rock bands around.

Love this, biggest influence on my playing right here.

this blew me away.

Incubus... Make Yourself is my favourite Album of all. I play in a Coverband and we took "love hurts" into out Repertoire... we love Incubus... the Drummer and I grew up with this stuff! The Bassman, the Drummer and I are in our 40s now.. and we love the 90s stuff :)

Hey be nice to him. I love this man.

The most underrated guitarist out there.

Mikey with dreads, you gotta love it!

Not only my favorite guitarist but the reason I

Seems like a cool guy

Priceless

Thanks for the upload. Very good guitarist.

Zappa fan!!!! Now I know why I like Incubus so much.

Mike is amazing! I hope someday to be able to play like him :P

I think he was talking about chord inversions in the voicing question.

I hope in the 18 years this has been on youtube all the people in the comments finally figured out that inversions count as chord voicings.

This guy... Fucking genius

he is so blazed........long live 420

Wow... Sorry to comment again.. but damn.. I've studied Hendrix and Frusciante, and Einziger is truly the master of what they were trying to accomplish... Beautiful music plus random technicallity that makes no sense, yet perfect sense to the listener.... He must be the Rebirth of Hendrix.. That's it man.

anyone else notice hes wearing socks with sandals? lol

Absolutely.

loving the smooth jazz =]

so beautiful

yeah man i reckon he rocks love that guitar

love this guy \m/

mikes my hero...

humble genius

thats doctrine dood!!! ppl can argue, but on the inside, they know its soooo true! mike einziger ROCKSSSSSSSSSS

agreed 100%

Bruh...... this is history....... so old and ancient

stellar

a fucking genius

i always thought he was the silent type. Lol

hey! y0u r0ck dude! you're one of my guitar Idol! one of the cleanest guitar player! you really play the notes and chords really clean and swift!!

This guy has so much talent its unreal, unnatural! Hope hes getting the respect he deserves in Incubus and hes well know to all guitar players, being a bass playei dont really hear his name crop up or see him in guitar mags

guitar hero! mike is the best!

insanity this guy rocks

Talent

i understood nothing but he plays very very well ^^

i love him -3