Is Tim Henson of Polyphia actually any good?
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This guy and ichika are this generation's Van Halen/Slash/so on. They made me go out and buy a guitar kuz I wanted to play like them so bad
I would say mario and erick from chon too
@@aidanw6725 they are dead rn tho
Definitely agree. I had stopped playing guitar for about a year and a half and watching him play playing God made me buy a guitar within the week to play again. Definitely a very inspirational and influential player
Tim mixing mainstream music and guitar together which were seperated for a long time and pretty much inventing modern guitar playing makes him better than most guitarists
I am gonna claim he is even better than Slash or maybe Halen. Why? Because he has made his own style when making own style or creating something unique in music is way harder than when Slash and Halen did it.
I'm going to go off of the hundreds of reviews from professional musicians, producers, and guitarists to say that yes... he IS that awesome. It's not his fan base that's hyping him up so much, it's other people in the industry that see his skill.
Saw them live. They were literally perfect and it sounded amazing lol. Spoke to some people and a lot were non guitarists. If you can entertain non guitarists with instrumental guitar music, you doing a good job.
Objectively Tim has exceptional clean efficient technique. There's no wasted movement. There are people who can play faster, but faster isn't better. There are people who play mind bending Jazz with compositions that are dizzying, Stanley Jordan comes to mind.
What Tim is doing is taking guitar in a new direction and that is exciting. He is blending all the music he loves into his own sound. Tim might have started out as metal/prog, but he is far more than that today. I love seeing what he does with each song and how fresh it is. I know plenty of people who don't care for it and that's ok. When Vai was doing his thing in the 80's, a lot of people said similar thing about him too. There's plenty of room for all sorts of music and art.
But can a singer sing over that stuff?
@@deductivereasoning4257 if all music had to meet the requirement "can a singer sing over that" the world would be boring. There's so many forms of art and music that doesn't need someone to sing over it. What about jazz and classical?
@@deductivereasoning4257 hes had singers on tracks like "abc" or "so strange", and the entire latest album is based around rap influences, so yes. although its hardly a measure of good songwriting, singers can and have "sung over that stuff"
@@woolfel jazz and classical are not popular because they are boring to most. How can you argue about something being boring and then mention the 2 most boring genres of music? I can argue, metal bands used to always do an instrumental, they haven't in a while because even dude's that like very technical aspects in their music, still prefer vocals.
Polyphia is a niche band. They are doing well because their music isn't prog metal like I see it being labeled. Their music is acceptable to play in restaurants, elevators, doctor's offices, and any general places in public. However, I don't see any follow up albums being as well received.
And then, anyone can clearly see the media is behind them, and then, TH-cam is using the algorithms to push them as a metal band because the metal community is large. Well, they aren't a metal band and any metal guy, like myself, is at that point where we just want to criticize these guys like only we metal guys can...
@@jwlsiee some don't consider rap to be singing. And then, mankind was singing long before they were pounding on rocks, let alone, playing instruments. Vocals IS music, it IS the root of music, it IS why music without vocals doesn't appeal to most.
This means, if your instrumentals are more popular than your songs with vocals, you aren't that good at song writing since vocals came 1st. I mean, leaving off vocals surely makes it easier to write the music they are playing. No vocals means they don't have to worry about when to noodle.
How is the much easier way to make a song, a measure of good song writing? ANYONE that can play can write instrumentals, but you clearly need the media's support to push it if you want success...
Picked up playing guitar, put it down after a while, picked it back up after watching Tim perform. Undoubtedly inspirational.
In like a year he won't be playing anymore due to those wrist movements, Justin Hawking's of the Darkness reviewed Tim's playing and was not a fan , he said what's with the harsh wrist movements and the weird head movements too , that's a recipe for Arthritis lol 😆
@@christineayres7199 Woman, you need a psychiatrist. I see you under every video about Tim Henson trying your hardest to say something negative about him, even if it's something as ridiculous as what you said 😂😂
@@DoctorStrange01 He sucks
@@christineayres7199 it's not really about him though, that was my point. There's something wrong with your head considering the amount of time and effort you put into talking shit about someone you just don't like 😅
@@DoctorStrange01 EMO sucks
I spent a year learning "Rich Kids", just because it was such a breath of fresh air. Tim Henson literally inspired me to play guitar again.
0:51 chick corea??
that's clearly bossa nova
Somewhat, but you might want to listen to some more Chick Corea who is known for his 'Latin Jazz' fusion style. Bossa being a style and not a person and all that :)
@@Dr.BGuitar tim said that part is influenced by bossa nova.
@@yuulb.alwright4333 yes it’s boss’s nova, but OP is saying that it’s a sound you’d find Chick Corea doing and that’s a compliment
Say what you will about the music, and older generation guitar players might disagree, but guys like Ichika, Manuel Fernandez and especially Tim are modern day guitar heroes. People buy all their guitars, play like them, write like them and even copy their fashion. I've been playing for only 12 years, but this is the first time I've seen new guitarists be influential on such a high level. And they've only been around for about a decade.
It takes about 5 seconds of watching this video to answer that question
It's kinda hard to read.
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Heck yeah he is!! This man literally inspired me to start playing the guitar!
I dont understand why people like hating on polyphia and saying "they're not even that good 🤡". It doesn't make them special lol those people just sound dumb
people hate on what they wish they were. bc it hurts too much to embrace it.
Cool guy don’t care for the music much. Talented no doubt !
this question screams "I played Wonderwall once" and I think im an expert
Yeah Tim is a once in a generation type of talent
It's like evaluator music that doesn't suck.
TLDR; yes and you’re deaf if you think otherwise.
i think Tim is decent , but his composing skills is phenomenal , you hardly see any band that play his style .
What makes him only decent? Where should I be looking for better than Tim?
@@SunshineHB man ppl that call him only decent are nostalgiatards, way too many legends love polyphia and even tim, he was able to learn from tosin, steve vai and others. as u said hiis composing skills are phenomenal
hes much more than decent
I think he's saying that his composing skills are on another level above just his playing skills and are underrated in that department, which is true. I was a drummer and never bothered for most guitarists except for Steve Vai and Joe Satriani. I never cared for shredders cause it's just bunch of noise to me. Tim makes me appreciate the skill complexities and beauty of something that I don't even understand.
@@Ihateteenagerstheyrecringe Ichika too??? 😁
The video could have been just 6 second and yes on the screen with playing god playing
Can't wait for your follow-up video "Is water wet?"
What are your toughts on his partner Scoot ?
Also stupidly good!
he's a better composer than a guitarist. Plus there's different variations of what it means to be a good guitarist. One thing I haven't see him be good at is improv playing. But yeah even if he's a better composer, he's still better than me lmao
Yeah exactly. Like Mozart-level composing in guitar.
I don't feel like Tim ever needs to improv, that's not really his thing. Nor is it most guitarists thing. Improv is really for jazz players mainly.
He did actually get that chord progression in playing god from a friend, but still he had fantastic chord progressions
Don't forget Scott LePage either! Some argue he's better, but Tim gets all the hype because he "looks cooler".
I don't like him because it doesn't really sound good to me. I never like those who use a lot of different techniques at the same time, sounds artificial. And it's like forgetting to sound good while trying to be innovative
I think hes very talented, but over time we're kinda seeing that polyphia's biggest struggle is songwriting. They just keep doing the same thing over and over again and its getting old
How do you mean?
You dont actually listen to their music by saying that. Their latest album they collaberated with artist that play a brass trumpet, a music produce who plays on a keyboard and dj set, steve vai, ect, ect. Each of those people play in an entirely differnce music genre than polyphia. The audacity track look up the featured person and listen to their music. Nothing like polyphia music, but tim loves that guys music so he wants to make a blend of polyphia and that genre of music together. Same for steve vai in song ego death and the trumpet player in song genesis. You are basically wrong for saying they play the same thing over and over. No tim blends in what music genre of artists he likes and makes a collaboration track with them featured and its a mixed genre of prog/math rock with whatever genre that featured artist is.
One thing to consider is improvisation, or lack thereof. The best musicians of all time are fantastic improvisers, and that’s one area where Tim and Scott are severely lacking. And of course, nobody could improvise something as complex as the things they play, but still. I recently watched a video of them jamming live with Steve Vai, and their playing was very underwhelming, in comparison to Steve who is a master improviser. Just something to consider.
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look at him play for 2 seconds and the answer is obvious
I absolutely cannot stand to listen to it but he's very very good and I can't dislike him.
Still maybe check out Tim from 10 years back lol. He was a better shredder than most too.
mad guitarist, but guthrie govan is the greates guitarist alive
Innovation is always the future.
I don’t even need to watch this video to tell you he Is one of the best if not the best guitarist in the world
Became a big fan right off the bat
Yes. Very very talented individual. But guys like Shawn Lane, Allan Holdsworth , Guthrie Govan etc have different level of musical brain. Also, its not about playing fast or hitting many number of notes. Great talent but not a fan of his music. Honest opinion
What is the song playing at the start?
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plop plop flush
Yes, moving on.
Are you any good at chosing a good color for your text ?
for a vid that was a 1:40 that was good
Scotty Lepage is lightyears better than Tim Henson. If you really think about it he is the lead guitarist in polyphia(if there is one).
Interesting thought there...
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Not a fan too Emo , Too much heavy bass track with no real bassist in the band , Jason Becker was doing this stuff back in the 1980s as was Batio and Yngwie , it's too clean and pop music sounding for my ears , I like the more heavy metal stuff by Iron Maiden or Slipknot etc that's real Rock music , Polyphia reminding me too much of a Prog band
Damn good
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Is this just jealousy ?
Did you not watch the video?
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it's less than 2 minutes, learn to pay attention.
are you just lazy? this is a sub 2-min watch and somehow you just read the title?
boomers hate tim i love it
Amazingly skiled guitar player!
How is this even a video
Sure technically the guys good, but you look at the comments, and it’s all musicians. No normal person wants to hear incoherent shredding and random harmonics everywhere. Polyphia stylistically is not that great. I’ve never listened to a song by them and actually been impressed by the melodies or composition. It’s always just one big shred fest
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No he is not good unless you like listening to bass played on guitar. He has zero emotion. He cant even bend.
Listen to their song goose, death note, drown, and the worst, and icronic. You would change your mind then.
He falls under the same umbrella I put all those technical incredible guitar shredders like Vai and all those guys. They’re all obviously incredible players but they write boring sterile music in my opinion. There’s a lot of riffs by a lot “less talented” dudes that people will remember for decades and Polyphia songs will be forgotten once they stop trending on Tik Tok. Again, dudes obviously incredible at guitar though.