I can't believe how underrated Blake Mills is. He is one of the best guitar players I've ever heard. Every single thing he does with a guitar is just so precise, elegant and touching... And I won't begin talking about his voice!
So mellow, so sweet, so tender. . . Makes you want to close your eyes and let your heart drift with his velvety voice. Makes you forget about everything just for a moment. This is music.
He mentions something profound in here that should ring true with musicians or people who produce and create music--that he's been creating things that don't necessarily turn into songs right away. I've found recently that simply sitting down and creating something--anything--a beat, a riff, a motif... anything musical--on a regular basis keeps the creative juices flowing. It would be better to just sit down like this guy does and create, create, create and have a backlog of little pieces of music that could be fleshed out at some later time than to just sit and wait for entire epic songs to just fall from your fingers.
:-) Yep, i find stuff kinda arranges it's self, and even works it's self out, when i'm not looking, so long as i keep juggling it every day. And over years n years of doing this, every now and then, a big one does fall out of the sky, and finished wee masterpieces plop right into my lap. i always feel such a fraud saying i've written them, when i'm more like a pen flourished by some mystery hand. Best :-)
Anyone else wish the album version was a bit more like this one? Don't get me wrong, love the album version too, but the tone of that guitar here is something you can just lose yourself in
Zach. Try tuning your high E up to F and your B down to B flat. That's the tuning he uses on 'Don't Tell All Our Friends About Me'. It may be the same tuning though I haven't tried it.
Can anyone figure out what tunning he's in? I've heard him say before that his cootercaster is usually in open C#, but I can't figure it out and really want to try to play this song.
Does anyone know how he does what looks like some sort of moving harmonic at 3:49? It doesn't look to be just sliding, it seems his hands are hovering. I'm not super knowledgeable on harmonics but its not like any harmonic I've seen anyone else do
ADuckProductions he may be giving his fret hand slightly raised to give it that percussive sound. he's also in open tuning, playing on a slide pickup and uses his volume control to dictate dynamics better than anyone I've ever seen. short answer try fretting closer to the actual wiring and not pressing down all the way. but I could be wrong about his technique because blake is a unique creature when it comes to tone
Mike Dupree From what I can see he's just using the slide with a volume swell for that lick. His right hand hovers over the strings like that because he's stretching for the volume control with his pinky.
Does anyone have/know a lesson about this particular style of playing? Most open chord lessons are mainly blues and rock orientated. Haha i feel it would be easier to find a good lesson rather then figuring it all out on my own.
The bridge pickup is a 40's lap steel pickup from an Oahu, that pickup is two coils out of phase with each other, Blake's is wired in phase. The neck pickup is a goldfoil off a Guyatone.
If that is 5-way wiring, like most strat bodies, he probably pulled out the middle and wired to it so he could activate the bridge and neck pickups at the same time.
He’s gifted.
I can't believe how underrated Blake Mills is. He is one of the best guitar players I've ever heard. Every single thing he does with a guitar is just so precise, elegant and touching... And I won't begin talking about his voice!
You need to ck out the following Bill Frisell, Julian Lage, Carl Veheyen, Mike Miller, Eric Johnson and ........
If you want to hear best guitar list.
Blake is the real fucking deal
What a talent. I am seeing him perform in concert for the first time this Friday.
So mellow, so sweet, so tender. . . Makes you want to close your eyes and let your heart drift with his velvety voice. Makes you forget about everything just for a moment. This is music.
there's nothing better than blake mills
:-) With the exception of love making, i couldn't agree more. The man is the tits, and there's no greater compliment than that :-)
what about eating butter and sugar mixed together??
I can't stop listening to this, the guitar sounds beautiful and the vibrato when he sings is perfection...I just love it.
so ridiculously sublime.
i love how the room grows quiet.
the intimacy of his technique and honesty of the song silences.
He mentions something profound in here that should ring true with musicians or people who produce and create music--that he's been creating things that don't necessarily turn into songs right away. I've found recently that simply sitting down and creating something--anything--a beat, a riff, a motif... anything musical--on a regular basis keeps the creative juices flowing.
It would be better to just sit down like this guy does and create, create, create and have a backlog of little pieces of music that could be fleshed out at some later time than to just sit and wait for entire epic songs to just fall from your fingers.
:-) Yep, i find stuff kinda arranges it's self, and even works it's self out, when i'm not looking, so long as i keep juggling it every day. And over years n years of doing this, every now and then, a
big one does fall out of the sky, and finished wee masterpieces plop right into my lap. i always feel such a fraud saying i've written them, when i'm more like a pen flourished by some mystery hand.
Best :-)
This is beautiful. Cole Sprouse brought me here...., anyone else?
Tbm sou Brasil
🤪
Same
huge fan of Cole✌
Anyone else wish the album version was a bit more like this one? Don't get me wrong, love the album version too, but the tone of that guitar here is something you can just lose yourself in
good thing both of them are available then eh, so you can pick and choose
everyone does
Wow what an amazing song! In my book Blake Mills is one of the best storytellers just him and his guitar!
i like all the talking and phone ringing in the back ... gives that song an even more natural and live feeling
I came because i saw in cole storyals
Thank you for sharing this
I think that this video is fantastic. I also think that Blake's hair looks best in this video
i agree but that is a weird comment
William Fix you probably don't know anything about Blake Mills, hair or #love
This is like pouring warm butter on my soul, in a good way. Damn
*_Cole Sprouse Story_* ?????❤ (I live in Brazil💚💙)
Yes, me😂
Cole Sprouse's instagram story?
Me
Mee
Me I live Brazil 🇧🇷🤗❤
Me hahaha
Lmao meee
loverly sound and geez, best sound of the day! thx
Zach. Try tuning your high E up to F and your B down to B flat. That's the tuning he uses on 'Don't Tell All Our Friends About Me'. It may be the same tuning though I haven't tried it.
5:41 - That scream
Love Love Love
This is heaven, right?
right you are, samily
Coles Sprouse amigão ,
#colesprouse brought me here! Like if you seen Cole's insta
think I'm in love with ur sound...got just instrumental tracks too? :))
Mais alguém veio pelo story do *_Cole_* ??????❤😊
Fuck me I love this version.
Watched it about 500 times.
Can anyone figure out what tunning he's in? I've heard him say before that his cootercaster is usually in open C#, but I can't figure it out and really want to try to play this song.
I've been trying to figure it out too. best I can tell he's in an open e here.
It's open D I think (at least I've managed to work it out in open d so it should work)
Open E is also likely however
Open D flat
It's Open E. Just pick up an in-tune guitar and pluck the low or high E during the song.
Does anyone know how he does what looks like some sort of moving harmonic at 3:49? It doesn't look to be just sliding, it seems his hands are hovering. I'm not super knowledgeable on harmonics but its not like any harmonic I've seen anyone else do
ADuckProductions he may be giving his fret hand slightly raised to give it that percussive sound. he's also in open tuning, playing on a slide pickup and uses his volume control to dictate dynamics better than anyone I've ever seen. short answer try fretting closer to the actual wiring and not pressing down all the way. but I could be wrong about his technique because blake is a unique creature when it comes to tone
Thanks! What open tuning do you suppose he is in?
ADuckProductions seems like E. he uses c# in alot of other songs
Mike Dupree Yeah thats what just thought
Mike Dupree From what I can see he's just using the slide with a volume swell for that lick. His right hand hovers over the strings like that because he's stretching for the volume control with his pinky.
Cole sprouse story hahaha
0:57, that's when the magic begins :)
incredibly skilled player.. and his pinky is as long as my index finger.. sheesh.
Does anyone know why he removed the middle pickup on his guitar?
when will the new record be out? does anyone know?
Does anyone have/know a lesson about this particular style of playing? Most open chord lessons are mainly blues and rock orientated.
Haha i feel it would be easier to find a good lesson rather then figuring it all out on my own.
+Daniel Jones hahah you can see his finger positions pretty clearly here just copy what he is doing lol
Yes, Zach. Matt got it right--it's Open E.
Anyone know how he is getting such a muted sounding but sustained tone?
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Love may be a curable disease and dreams they are like pills. Blake is so legit
can anyone tell me what tuning he is playing in ? cheers!
Sounds like an E major open tuning.
can someone please tell me what pickups he's using
The bridge pickup is a 40's lap steel pickup from an Oahu, that pickup is two coils out of phase with each other, Blake's is wired in phase. The neck pickup is a goldfoil off a Guyatone.
mikesradguitars . thanks man
holy shit
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*QUEM VEIO PELO INSTA-STORYS DO COLE SPROUSE?*
Eu agora mesma akakaa eu já ia fazer a pergunta
Kkkk tmb,ver o tipo de musica q meu idolo gosta
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Euu com toda certeza ❤
If that is 5-way wiring, like most strat bodies, he probably pulled out the middle and wired to it so he could activate the bridge and neck pickups at the same time.
Colesprouse storyy ???
No best if used by date on this
sounds amazing, but holy fuck are those pickups ugly.
Who came here because of Cole Sprouse????