Intro and Tim Henson's supervillain alter-ego: 0:00 Burning Questions: 17:03 Tim's Guitar Approach - Hooks and Flexes: 19:35 Blending rap and instrumental music: 23:50 A bad acid trip yields a great music video: 26:20 Name Those Notes: 30:00 Tim's love of Jimi Hendrix: 37:27 New Polyphia music: 41:06 Tim's unique guitar technique: 44:46 The hardest and easiest thing about guitar: 49:29 Tim's favorite airplane album: 54:34 Tim's dream band: 55:20 Tim's supervillain advice: 1:00:05 Subscribe to Guitar Villains on Spotify: spoti.fi/3i8q2xg Subscribe to Guitar Villains on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/3n08vL3 Welcome to this episode of 'Guitar Villains', my podcast that features some of the world's greatest guitar players in a way you've never heard before. Why Guitar "Villains", you ask? Because villains are cooler than heroes, it's just a fact. Today’s guitar villain is Tim Henson. An innovator of the guitar and a no-nonsense straight-shooter, Tim has cemented himself in the guitar world as a cutting edge riff-writer, combining elements of tapping, slapping, harmonics, and rhythmic displays second to none. Fronting his instrumental prog outfit Polyphia, Tim has produced some of the most unique and fun guitar moments to fill your eardrums with, and the only thing more refreshing than his music is his no-bullshit demeanor. You’re gonna enjoy this one, so let’s kick off this episode of Guitar Villains. Follow Polyphia on TH-cam: th-cam.com/users/Polyphia Follow Tim on TH-cam: th-cam.com/channels/dKj0VzVR0Af0wzd7-68Avw.html
Damn I had no idea the blurry thing was that bad lmao. Sorry Tyler and viewers 😅 I haven’t used Skype in like 5 years so idk if it was some setting in that or what I’ve never seen my webcam do that lol. Also guitar is like my fidget spinner when doing things that are out of my comfort zone so there’s some context on that. Anyways thanks for having me Tyler!
@@Mextalhead I know, I use the same thing all the time at work. But if he were just sitting a bit closer to the camera, it wouldn't have been as problematic.
Judging by some of Tyler's facial expressions, I'm guessing there is more to the story. I have a feeling something was going on in the background behind Tim that needed to be censored with the still photo. Maybe Tim (and ?) thought they could get away with a prank by using the blur effect, but Tyler had to shut him down by puttung up the still photo over the video feed. During some of the time when they did shiow the video, you could see someone standing on the bed behind Tim, moving slowly.
Looking young like that in your 20's is no fun... I'm fairly certain he'd prefer people not poke fun at the fact. I mean, he's real so I'm sure he's not in denial, but it's just not cool to hear that shit all the time (from personal experience).
@@btta_wzrd6699 Well John Mayer's history with the ladies easily place him into that category! Even though it's completely unrelated to his playing, the guitar player image is still something worth acknowledging! And that being said, John beibg great at Blues, Rock, Pop, Country, Folk, and so on makes him a boss level villain in my opinion! Remember that he sings while playing those crazy licks! And Mateus has been praised as one of the best and most tasteful player on the planet at what he does, but he still hasn't released any official album of his work yet! I'm sure this would fit the "anti-conformist" villain of your choice haha
I like what he said about guitar being a MEANS. He doesn't want to be good at guitar simply to be good at it. He uses guitar as a means to make music. I respect that.
That's the mindset that separates the men from the boys. I know a guy that can play most classic rock and metal songs really well. I tried being in a band with him and it just didn't work because he was a guitarist, but wasn't a musician.
Western academia has ruined musical creativity. We applaud imitators of virtuosi. I haven't learned any songs besides riffs in the very beginning, to practice techniques. After that and a little theory knowledge, I began to WRITE. And over 15 years I literally couldn't tell you how much I've written, usually based off of an improvised riff. (And i don't mean you have to know every chord inversion and irrational time signatures.) Just write man! Who cares if it's simple? If you can play random chords or melodies and stay in key and time, you can structure a song. This is what needs to be taught now a days, especially since almost everyone is able to record themselves! When you practice, you should be improvising. Techniques are meant to be applied, not imitated, and music is meant to be played, not worked. Its supposed to be fun. If you cant let it all go and sink into your instrument, find a different hobby, cause the pressure can be miserable. I've seen so many high strung musicians burn out, because they think plateauing is a bad thing. No. It isnt. Walk around that plateau and use the tools you find there to build a staircase to your next plateau. Write write write. Lol. The more familiar you are with creating music, the more you learn about yourself. Its truly divine.
@Adam Silver lol u obviously have not listened to good death and thrash metal. It's stupid of u to say that thrash and death metal guitarists aren't guitarists.
Holy moly...Tim's taste, heart and feelings are in their place. Great guy, huge talent. I started listening to his music recently, and I never in my entire life thought a song could sound like his pieces.
This is a side of the coin everybody needed to see, an awesome guitar player who does not give a F to what ppl say about how he makes interviews, he is living his life the way he likes it, and if he is happy, why should we talk $@## about it? Great interview
Ichika? Manuel? They all are important. Unfortunately, this style won't stay fresh for ever. There will be some coppycats who'd make this genre old and generic. Maybe I might be one of them, because I'm giving all my effort to learn this style.
@@an_38kitkashyap he said ONE of them, not THE, he pointed out Tim specifically cause yknow... this vid is about Tim not ichika and Manuel also come up with your own style, maybe adapt his style but trust me any person whose sounded like Tim have pretty much been told that they’re a copycat or that they are a great value Tim Henson , I doubt it’ll become something that becomes generic, you’ll more likely to just live in Tim Henson’s shadow copying his style than become an equal, making it unlikely that his music style will become generic, as you’ll just be seen as a Tim clone, not to mention his music is more trap and pop oriented math rock, a lot of guitarists at his caliber normally aren’t into trap music, so coming up with hooks like he does would be more difficult if say, you’re only listening to more guitar oriented music, it’s like trying to come up with a classical guitar piece when you hate classical music, how do you dictate what sounds classical if you aren’t listening to it
See if you can get Nuno Bettencourt in the series. There isn't much info on how he comes up with riffs and solos and so on (if any at all). I think it'd be very interesting 👍
You're an incredible interviewer. You're just adopting your chill level to match the person you're interviewing and getting all the best answers. Way to go, man! This shit is the best!
@GroteB....it's like...um you know like...ah well like..on some shit like..really but..like....I'm having a bad trip like...yeh like..It was like really bad like...bahaha like..wtf like...so cool like...w.s..like b.s...like...im out like..🤪👍🇦🇺
The first time I heard Tim's playing was about 9 years ago. An old co-worker who went by the name of "Brown Kid" was like dude I wanna show you my old band from high school/right after high school, that I did the vocals for. So I let him blast his music on the speakers of the smoke shop we worked at. Immediately, I was like dude, who the fuck is this guitar player?!? His reply "Oh, that Tim. He was 15 when he recorded this. He's the best!" A few years later, Polyphia blew the fuck up.
I already had a lot of respect for Tim but after seeing this I REALLY had even more respect for him, he stayed true to himself as a person, guitarist, and was honest. Not to mention Tyler and Tim definitely seemed to click, thank you Tyler this was a wonderful interview/Podcast. 🤘
Thanks for making these amazing interviews! The point about making music on the guitar versus the endless shred type stuff is so true, I really like the fact that you guys brought that up. Tim is such an incredible and inspiring player- this was a super interesting one to listen to!
"We can make dark sounding music without playing metal, like GOAT" pls do more of that dude. Shits fire. And im not the stereotypical "I only like GOAT" Polyphia fan, but dark sounding music in general draws me in. Its always so much more interesting to me
I love and am drawn to dark music as well. But I find the "happy" in his music somehow refreshing. There's plenty of the dark stuff out there for me to indulge in. Not dark but still shreddy is feelin good right now.
@@marioflores1310 I dont disagree, but I think Polyphia hit their best stride on GOAT, and lots others seem to agree. Obviously we don't need a whole album like that, as much as I'd like it. Either way I'm sure it'll be a good album. The album 4 teaser we got last year was incredible
Finally Tim has answered the long big question in my mind...thanks Tim! I listen to metal and pop too...but people don't get it so the people who hate Hiphop but love rock and people who love rock and hate Hiphop they meet there in Polyphia Music...
It’s all old boomers and Gen Xers like myself and most of them are making a snap judgement based on his looks. Once you listen to his music and him as a person, you have to be brain-dead to not understand his talent.
@@francisnorthwood7862 You're so out of touch. I bet you hated the people that judged your music for not being "good" enough when you were growing up. Such a shame you've become one of those people.
Unluckily I'm Brazilian and I can't understand English so well to get what they are talking in this podcast, but I'm 100% sure that was a great conversation. Please try to talk with Matheus asato, He is a awesome guy to talk about music, he is not probably a Guitar villain but we need some angels/heroes in this place. Hugs from Brazil 🎸
Tim is a really down to earth person. I appreciate his honesty and bluntness in response to questions. I feel like he plays the "Fame game" really well.
What Tim said at the end to me was very inspirational. I'm just realizing i want to be a producer. Played keyboard for like 15 years and still impoving on guitar. I love prog, rock, metal, classical, jazz etc and i love when artists mix genres. , music is a vision, it's the urge to make something with sound that convey vibes, emotions. I wish i can do that successfully too one day. That thing he said about being in a room with the best ppl to producing and create your musical vision was really inspirational and made me think about Brian Wilson. He's totally different to his background but he really was a musical genius almost like a director composer. I had the same motivational feel watching his biopic Love & Mercy. I really think this guy and MGK (with his last album giving new life to punk rock in the mainstream) are the most influencial and inspiring musicians of these years. Their using their influences from hip hop and rock to create something important and motivational for the new generations (like Hendrix did) mixing the styles to create something new from the past musical legacy. This is the important thing for music and not the purists that keep a genre locked in his niche, cause they're the ones that are causing the death of rock, not an original (and over the top) musician like Tim or a rapper who dares to love punk and incorporates it in his music.
Tim might seem a bit cocky but honestly it fits him so well, he literally fits the theme of this podcast and looks straight up like a pretty boy villain badass!
Mario Camarena and Erick Hansel from CHON. These players are in the realm of Polyphia, but are like way chill and tight. Their extremely clean sound is really unique too.
Rap and Hip Hop came out of talking blues, not hendrix or rock. Henson is a fantastic guitarist, but the dude needs to lay off the weed and psycs a bit (and I don't say that often).
Around 24:00 Great point by Tyler that Polyphia are doing interesting music videos, and a lot of people look back to the music video days and miss the good ones, like Blink 182 for example. I didn't care too much about their music, but I always looked forward to watching one of their videos from enema of the state in particular.
My favorite thing about him explaining his playing is him talking about flexing but his flexing is using saucy ass licks over dominant chords, except it's only ever referred to as flexing and never actually explained
You gotta admit that just the fact that someone is talented/great at a specific art, doesn't automatically make them wiser in everything else. No offense.
This is the best interview I've ever seen and you can tell that Tim is actually interested in talking to you, which seems like a hard reaction to get from him haha. Congrats on being the most innovative interviewer
Tyler, please have Tom Monda from Thank You Scientist on. Theres like an intense lack of interviews with him, and I'd love to see how he answers your questions
Hey Tyler - This podcast is freaking awesome and fun. I say fun because it’s an escape from physically practicing guitar and music, but i find myself learning so much mentally that I can then implement or play around with during my next practice or jam session. I am a classic rock and blues enthusiast, but this podcast has inspired me to be more open minded and thus is making me a better musician. Kudos to you and really stoked for the next hump day inspiration. 🔥🔥🙌🙌🤘🤘
Glad he cleared up the interview. I thought he meant EXACTLY what he explained here, but when I talk to some people they took it as he hates guitar music.
Intro and Tim Henson's supervillain alter-ego: 0:00
Burning Questions: 17:03
Tim's Guitar Approach - Hooks and Flexes: 19:35
Blending rap and instrumental music: 23:50
A bad acid trip yields a great music video: 26:20
Name Those Notes: 30:00
Tim's love of Jimi Hendrix: 37:27
New Polyphia music: 41:06
Tim's unique guitar technique: 44:46
The hardest and easiest thing about guitar: 49:29
Tim's favorite airplane album: 54:34
Tim's dream band: 55:20
Tim's supervillain advice: 1:00:05
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Welcome to this episode of 'Guitar Villains', my podcast that features some of the world's greatest guitar players in a way you've never heard before. Why Guitar "Villains", you ask? Because villains are cooler than heroes, it's just a fact. Today’s guitar villain is Tim Henson. An innovator of the guitar and a no-nonsense straight-shooter, Tim has cemented himself in the guitar world as a cutting edge riff-writer, combining elements of tapping, slapping, harmonics, and rhythmic displays second to none. Fronting his instrumental prog outfit Polyphia, Tim has produced some of the most unique and fun guitar moments to fill your eardrums with, and the only thing more refreshing than his music is his no-bullshit demeanor. You’re gonna enjoy this one, so let’s kick off this episode of Guitar Villains.
Follow Polyphia on TH-cam: th-cam.com/users/Polyphia
Follow Tim on TH-cam: th-cam.com/channels/dKj0VzVR0Af0wzd7-68Avw.html
Who is on the next episode because i am really enjoying the podcasts
Andy Partdige or Dave Gregory next
Do Jason richardson or Stephen taranto please!
Great guest and video Tyler! Please get Mario Camerena and/or Erick Hansel from CHON next!
I was almost gonna post on your last episode to brush up on some Anime cuz I knew Tim was gonna pick an anime villain
Damn I had no idea the blurry thing was that bad lmao. Sorry Tyler and viewers 😅 I haven’t used Skype in like 5 years so idk if it was some setting in that or what I’ve never seen my webcam do that lol. Also guitar is like my fidget spinner when doing things that are out of my comfort zone so there’s some context on that. Anyways thanks for having me Tyler!
You're good 😘
LOVE YOUUU
tim henson you made me pick up guitar and thank you for that have a nice day and it would be nice to meet you guitar hero
Luv u bro ❤️
Nah it's fine dude, was an interesting lissten. Keep up the great music man!
Haha *strong profanity and drug references*
Yup, it's Tim alright.
I meet you again Mr. WAHmett
I love him lmao
Jam same. This dude is always here
Wahhhhhh
@Kirk's Wah-Wah Pedal no, I will never leave you. You serve me now. You ARE me.
"Yeah it's Tim Henson! Wooo"
*Leans back*
"Aw where'd he go?"
🤣🤣
LMFAO
XD
Funny how the youngest guest so far has the most camera issues.
Not camera issues, he is obviously using a software to make the background blurry and its messing up when he moves
@@Mextalhead I know, I use the same thing all the time at work. But if he were just sitting a bit closer to the camera, it wouldn't have been as problematic.
he looks 12
@@Mextalhead Its definitely camera issues. Super easy to fix on skype.
Judging by some of Tyler's facial expressions, I'm guessing there is more to the story. I have a feeling something was going on in the background behind Tim that needed to be censored with the still photo. Maybe Tim (and ?) thought they could get away with a prank by using the blur effect, but Tyler had to shut him down by puttung up the still photo over the video feed. During some of the time when they did shiow the video, you could see someone standing on the bed behind Tim, moving slowly.
Having Petrucci, TIm Henson, and Satch on this show just shows how great and grand I can see this podcast going! Keep it up man!
Only a matter of time till he’s talking with all the greatest guitarists!
Hii R232
@@rcnewman51. Indeed!
@@correoparatodo4631 Hello there. That is me.
Only downside I see is bringing out the heavy hitters so early. But there are tons of great guitar players out there
Tim is like the guitar student who plays while his teacher is explaining stuff
As a guitar teacher, I appreciate the passion but that shit is annoying 😂
@@gdawgs101 As a guitar student, I'm so sorry lol
im so sorry guitar teachers but that me sometimes
@@Moskal91 same
@@fishmusic2282 ditto
Tim is the only 12 year old I know with more weed products than Snoop Dogg
7*
Holy shit this is the best comment I've ever read
def don’t got more than snoop 😹
Looking young like that in your 20's is no fun... I'm fairly certain he'd prefer people not poke fun at the fact. I mean, he's real so I'm sure he's not in denial, but it's just not cool to hear that shit all the time (from personal experience).
I'm dead
I’m sure this would be difficult on a full length podcast with the language barrier but Ichika Nito would be an absolutely epic guest
He doesn't talk. Tyler would ask questions and Ichika would play an answer.
@@turindani he’d play open tunings as responses
And Ichika is too nice to be a villian.
@@nottheth0mm5ter Doofenshmirtz could be applicable to him
For what it’s worth, I think that’s a fantastic idea
My dream list:
John Mayer, Mateus Asato, Tim Henson.
One down. Two to go!
I love John and Mateus but I don’t think they fit the “Guitar Villain” feel u kno
@@btta_wzrd6699 Well John Mayer's history with the ladies easily place him into that category! Even though it's completely unrelated to his playing, the guitar player image is still something worth acknowledging! And that being said, John beibg great at Blues, Rock, Pop, Country, Folk, and so on makes him a boss level villain in my opinion! Remember that he sings while playing those crazy licks!
And Mateus has been praised as one of the best and most tasteful player on the planet at what he does, but he still hasn't released any official album of his work yet! I'm sure this would fit the "anti-conformist" villain of your choice haha
And Jerry Garcia
@@This_isnt_where_I_parked Garcia’s dead
You forgot Herman Li
Tim Henson to Herman Li: I was super angies
Tim Henson to Tyler: I had a case of the grompies
Underrated comment xD here's a like
Real
That sounds funny, having in mind how edgy tim can be
Hey I'm Gromp
I'm not so Gromp
And we're the Guitar Gromps
I like what he said about guitar being a MEANS. He doesn't want to be good at guitar simply to be good at it. He uses guitar as a means to make music. I respect that.
That's the mindset that separates the men from the boys. I know a guy that can play most classic rock and metal songs really well. I tried being in a band with him and it just didn't work because he was a guitarist, but wasn't a musician.
@@NeighborhoodStreetrat indeed
@@NeighborhoodStreetrat that is damn true
Western academia has ruined musical creativity. We applaud imitators of virtuosi. I haven't learned any songs besides riffs in the very beginning, to practice techniques. After that and a little theory knowledge, I began to WRITE. And over 15 years I literally couldn't tell you how much I've written, usually based off of an improvised riff. (And i don't mean you have to know every chord inversion and irrational time signatures.) Just write man! Who cares if it's simple? If you can play random chords or melodies and stay in key and time, you can structure a song. This is what needs to be taught now a days, especially since almost everyone is able to record themselves! When you practice, you should be improvising. Techniques are meant to be applied, not imitated, and music is meant to be played, not worked. Its supposed to be fun. If you cant let it all go and sink into your instrument, find a different hobby, cause the pressure can be miserable. I've seen so many high strung musicians burn out, because they think plateauing is a bad thing. No. It isnt. Walk around that plateau and use the tools you find there to build a staircase to your next plateau. Write write write. Lol. The more familiar you are with creating music, the more you learn about yourself. Its truly divine.
@@GG256_ never have I heard it put into words more beautifully. You sir, are a gentleman and a scholar
Get Ola Englund on, or any death/thrash guitarists. It would be awesome :)
@Adam Silver that’s djent
@Adam Silver death metal and thrash metal is way more complex than that
@Adam Silver lol u obviously have not listened to good death and thrash metal. It's stupid of u to say that thrash and death metal guitarists aren't guitarists.
@@DanielLightspeedMcNair how bout dean lamb?
He’s absolutely spot on with his supervillain alter egos lol. Griffith is one of the best villains of all time
Holy moly...Tim's taste, heart and feelings are in their place. Great guy, huge talent. I started listening to his music recently, and I never in my entire life thought a song could sound like his pieces.
tim looks like a emo micheal reeves
This is scary accurate
LMAO why have I never thought of this
COLLAB WHEN??? :D
hahahaha
Have we ever seen Micheal Reeves and Tim Henson in the same room together??? 🤔
Polyphia is living every band's dream which is to just play the what they love without concern for anything other then the music.
than*
I love how the intro and ending have the most epic boomer bends possible
My thoughts exactly.
Tim's interview 10/10 .. Tim's camera skills 0/10
He a guitarist not a cameraman lol
This is a side of the coin everybody needed to see, an awesome guitar player who does not give a F to what ppl say about how he makes interviews, he is living his life the way he likes it, and if he is happy, why should we talk $@## about it? Great interview
Because you feel like talking shit? What’s wrong with that
I agree with you, but Tim does not seem happy at all. If he is, great. I just don’t think truly happy people act the way he does.
Tim has to be one of the most important guitar player/ musician of the current time man, so cool to hear how him and polyphia keep evolving.
They don't.
@@47ravenlord thats quite a poor answer, can you justify it? i'd be happy to hear what you have to say man
Ichika? Manuel? They all are important. Unfortunately, this style won't stay fresh for ever. There will be some coppycats who'd make this genre old and generic. Maybe I might be one of them, because I'm giving all my effort to learn this style.
@@an_38kitkashyap he said ONE of them, not THE, he pointed out Tim specifically cause yknow... this vid is about Tim not ichika and Manuel also come up with your own style, maybe adapt his style but trust me any person whose sounded like Tim have pretty much been told that they’re a copycat or that they are a great value Tim Henson , I doubt it’ll become something that becomes generic, you’ll more likely to just live in Tim Henson’s shadow copying his style than become an equal, making it unlikely that his music style will become generic, as you’ll just be seen as a Tim clone, not to mention his music is more trap and pop oriented math rock, a lot of guitarists at his caliber normally aren’t into trap music, so coming up with hooks like he does would be more difficult if say, you’re only listening to more guitar oriented music, it’s like trying to come up with a classical guitar piece when you hate classical music, how do you dictate what sounds classical if you aren’t listening to it
Tim: I hate drinking, but I love being drunk
Quaaludes: Anyone sitting here?
bring back the luuuuuuuuuuuudes
See if you can get Nuno Bettencourt in the series. There isn't much info on how he comes up with riffs and solos and so on (if any at all). I think it'd be very interesting 👍
not to mention they've been talking about a new album for a while
Dude, if you can get Nuno, you will win the Internet. 🤞🤞🤞
Such a monster too
following @@syndesys
Yes
youtubers:4k quality
professional musicians : 3gp
Tosin Abasi would be epic to see on the show!
I think he has been confirmed
Why? He is a talented player that chooses to sound like a Bass guitar in a clothes dryer....is that really your thing?
@@47ravenlord narrow but interesting
@@47ravenlord yes
@@47ravenlord dude ur jus jealous lol
This is the best interview of Tim i've seen.
Tyler should totally hit up Dusty Warring from BTBAM. He lives in Nashville, and is an absolute beast on guitar. That , and the both rep PRS hard.
That is a fantastic idea!
And Emil Werstler as well is in nashville
You make a good interviewer! Genuine and calm without trying to hard, Cant wait for more content like this!
“I wake up for soundcheck and then I go back to sleep, for nap time.” - One of the greatest guitarists of all time
If Tim Henson can't have a case of the grumpies, who can?
I WANT GUTHRIE GOVAN ON THIS SHOW!!!!!
How do you become the greatest guitarist in a generation? Never put your guitar away, even during interviews.
Wasn't B.B. King like this with Lucille?
You're an incredible interviewer. You're just adopting your chill level to match the person you're interviewing and getting all the best answers. Way to go, man! This shit is the best!
Now *this* is an ambitious crossover
i love it! tim has been one of my biggest influences and im stoked that Tyler was able to make this happen
*hears the warning about profanities and drugs
*clicks like
@Hitachi Mikado I’m dying bro
Half of the likes came from Tim himself.
Do Americans have any more words in their vocabulary than 'like' every other word?
@GroteB....it's like...um you know like...ah well like..on some shit like..really but..like....I'm having a bad trip like...yeh like..It was like really bad like...bahaha like..wtf like...so cool like...w.s..like b.s...like...im out like..🤪👍🇦🇺
@@GroteB settle down grandpa
@@simonilett998 that’s what a lot of drugs does to you, ever heard of ozzy?
Tim Henson and polyphia are so interesting because if u follow their social media’s they look crazy but they’re actually geniuses.
Get Kingfish in here, that guy is awesome
If timmy does not nap, he GWUMPY
Tim henson actually is one of my fav guitarist lol.
Same
Same
His signature Ibanez is my dream guitar
He’s good but I think he’s kind of a douche
@@tylerw12488 I think it is his personalia. Even with or without his personalia, I love his works.
Would love too see thedooo on here!
Great chat with Tim though too
Unfortunately we wouldn’t actually see him 😂
Tyler, you're getting the upper echelon of guitarists so far. Setting a high bar.
Uncle Judy's gonna feel pretty vindicated when he hears Tim say the guitar is a tool!
It's technology
Cultured lad you are
The first time I heard Tim's playing was about 9 years ago. An old co-worker who went by the name of "Brown Kid" was like dude I wanna show you my old band from high school/right after high school, that I did the vocals for. So I let him blast his music on the speakers of the smoke shop we worked at. Immediately, I was like dude, who the fuck is this guitar player?!? His reply "Oh, that Tim. He was 15 when he recorded this. He's the best!" A few years later, Polyphia blew the fuck up.
Lol, I saw you on Herman Li's video
Tim defines "guitar villian"
I already had a lot of respect for Tim but after seeing this I REALLY had even more respect for him, he stayed true to himself as a person, guitarist, and was honest. Not to mention Tyler and Tim definitely seemed to click, thank you Tyler this was a wonderful interview/Podcast. 🤘
46:36 I’m glad to know that Tim isn’t a master of the musical alphabet on guitar😂 he literally described me and my knowledge of guitar theory
Amazing Content !
We need :
Tosin Abasi, Guthrie Govan, Steve Vai, TheDooo, Angel Vivaldi on this show for the next ones (Add Those missing :D)
0:00 it wouldn't be a Tim Henson Interview without them lol
Imagine if Dimebag still lived and he would be on podcasts like these. :'(
He’d probably blow up the podcast literally 🤣
He was already doing his own home documentaries.
He need's to remove that stupid fng filter - it's distracting. who cares if we see is his couch lol
@ThatsRaidillonActually lmao wdym
It’s alright, just wanted to listen to this anyway
@ThatsRaidillonActually eh?
Look at the comment he left
Tim had an interview thing with Herman lee too and he was also talking about his drunken Brit interview
Makes me happy... Listening to it
Thanks for making these amazing interviews! The point about making music on the guitar versus the endless shred type stuff is so true, I really like the fact that you guys brought that up. Tim is such an incredible and inspiring player- this was a super interesting one to listen to!
I’m always excited to see a new podcast. These are what I’ve been sleeping too since it started
"We can make dark sounding music without playing metal, like GOAT" pls do more of that dude. Shits fire. And im not the stereotypical "I only like GOAT" Polyphia fan, but dark sounding music in general draws me in. Its always so much more interesting to me
I love and am drawn to dark music as well. But I find the "happy" in his music somehow refreshing. There's plenty of the dark stuff out there for me to indulge in. Not dark but still shreddy is feelin good right now.
@@marioflores1310 I dont disagree, but I think Polyphia hit their best stride on GOAT, and lots others seem to agree. Obviously we don't need a whole album like that, as much as I'd like it. Either way I'm sure it'll be a good album. The album 4 teaser we got last year was incredible
Nasty is pretty dark too, or Look but don't touch
Dark but melodic, thats the best shit from em.
I can't believe I read this while he said it
Finally Tim has answered the long big question in my mind...thanks Tim! I listen to metal and pop too...but people don't get it so the people who hate Hiphop but love rock and people who love rock and hate Hiphop they meet there in Polyphia Music...
what's your drink of choice?
me: 40oz! goose!
tim: i like red wine
Don’t know why Tim gets so much hate. This was a great interview!
He gets hate???!
@@MaxHorn12 Just by some bitter old people who take things out of context.
It’s all old boomers and Gen Xers like myself and most of them are making a snap judgement based on his looks. Once you listen to his music and him as a person, you have to be brain-dead to not understand his talent.
People: Where are the modern guitar heroes?
Tim: Present
a friend show me GOAT by Polyphia:
at the beginning feels like its going to be a mumble rap song...
the riff starts:
oh yees yes pleas give me moreee
and you got more since it is the same riff over and over... i guess that is what smoothbrains call songwriting today
@@francisnorthwood7862 You're so out of touch. I bet you hated the people that judged your music for not being "good" enough when you were growing up. Such a shame you've become one of those people.
@@francisnorthwood7862 You obviously haven't actually listened to the full song. Either that or you're half deaf and genuinely can't tell them apart.
Unluckily I'm Brazilian and I can't understand English so well to get what they are talking in this podcast, but I'm 100% sure that was a great conversation. Please try to talk with Matheus asato, He is a awesome guy to talk about music, he is not probably a Guitar villain but we need some angels/heroes in this place. Hugs from Brazil 🎸
No heroes. 🦸♂️ Only villains. 🦹♀️
Tim is a really down to earth person. I appreciate his honesty and bluntness in response to questions. I feel like he plays the "Fame game" really well.
Griffith is the perfect villain for Tim, was expecting him to be mentioned
What Tim said at the end to me was very inspirational. I'm just realizing i want to be a producer. Played keyboard for like 15 years and still impoving on guitar. I love prog, rock, metal, classical, jazz etc and i love when artists mix genres. , music is a vision, it's the urge to make something with sound that convey vibes, emotions. I wish i can do that successfully too one day.
That thing he said about being in a room with the best ppl to producing and create your musical vision was really inspirational and made me think about Brian Wilson. He's totally different to his background but he really was a musical genius almost like a director composer. I had the same motivational feel watching his biopic Love & Mercy.
I really think this guy and MGK (with his last album giving new life to punk rock in the mainstream) are the most influencial and inspiring musicians of these years. Their using their influences from hip hop and rock to create something important and motivational for the new generations (like Hendrix did) mixing the styles to create something new from the past musical legacy. This is the important thing for music and not the purists that keep a genre locked in his niche, cause they're the ones that are causing the death of rock, not an original (and over the top) musician like Tim or a rapper who dares to love punk and incorporates it in his music.
I fully agree with you🤘
Watched this today and read your comment, if you find the time and interest, let's create something, don't know what, but something.
28:50 I mean bernth played the acoustic while burning it lowkey musiciswin predicting the future here
Would love to see a follow up to this. Just where he’s at now how he’s doin
Imagine thedooo or Eric Clapton on this that would be cool.
lol i like how you kinda equate thedooo to clapton (i love thedooo but still)
well they both are erics.
@@H20nas thedooo is a Eric ???
Clapton was awesome during Cream era, real villain thanks to the Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce. After Blind Faith he lost it.
@@DaLoler1 yeah he is called Erick
Yay it’s henson it’s funny how I am learning o.d. today
One does not simply learn Polyphia songs in one day.
@@williamsanders2348 I know I am just starting today goat took me two weeks
I’m watching this whole thing, my favorite guitarist featured on one of my favorite guitar youtuber’s videos
Tim might seem a bit cocky but honestly it fits him so well, he literally fits the theme of this podcast and looks straight up like a pretty boy villain badass!
Dope interview. Great guest and the questions were well prepared and relevant. Subscribed!
Mario Camarena and Erick Hansel from CHON. These players are in the realm of Polyphia, but are like way chill and tight. Their extremely clean sound is really unique too.
They did a couple colabs. Check out “yas”
Too bad they’re too chill to have an energized conversation. But I would die to see them get interviewed by Tyler
First time I’m seeing this series, I was literally thinking last week I wish there was a podcast about guitars 😂 you’ve answered my prayers
Rap and Hip Hop came out of talking blues, not hendrix or rock. Henson is a fantastic guitarist, but the dude needs to lay off the weed and psycs a bit (and I don't say that often).
Lmao
Around 24:00 Great point by Tyler that Polyphia are doing interesting music videos, and a lot of people look back to the music video days and miss the good ones, like Blink 182 for example. I didn't care too much about their music, but I always looked forward to watching one of their videos from enema of the state in particular.
Holy shit, mans really got Tim. This gonna be good
Red wine baby! Where my Chianti lovers at!!!!
DAAAAMNN ma boi TIM HENSONNNN this is a great crossover Tyler, thank you both!
Love these, they're alot more mature and relatable to watch.
Bring Mario Camarena, that guy is sick guitar player
My favorite thing about him explaining his playing is him talking about flexing but his flexing is using saucy ass licks over dominant chords, except it's only ever referred to as flexing and never actually explained
A villian, of course
Oh man bossa nova and metal is the shit. Kiko does that a lot and it sounds awesome
You gotta admit that just the fact that someone is talented/great at a specific art, doesn't automatically make them wiser in everything else. No offense.
Naptime is the most important part of the day.
Please do Mateus Asato in season 2
Tim likes Berserk, I'm in love that's it
Something I noticed about him is that he tends to play random notes in interviews like this. He was doing this in the interview with fantano too
Yeah the guitar helps him keep calm and occupy his hands.
The album 4 teaser song drop it already! Straight 🔥
Get Marty Friedman on here!!! ASAP
ABSOLUTELY
This is the best interview I've ever seen and you can tell that Tim is actually interested in talking to you, which seems like a hard reaction to get from him haha. Congrats on being the most innovative interviewer
PLEASE, JOHN FRUSCIANTE!!!!
Yes omg please
Another great episode! I hope you can get Paul Gilbert soon!
get slosh on the show
yes slosh his toan is very 035
(Wait is this ayoub or r/guitarcirclejerk)
@@airconditioningunit9777 both
oh the guy from pistols and daisies?
Yes! I was waiting
Tyler, please have Tom Monda from Thank You Scientist on. Theres like an intense lack of interviews with him, and I'd love to see how he answers your questions
This is an incredible suggestion. Man's plays a Vigier guitar. Which is sure to get alot of questions
Hey Tyler - This podcast is freaking awesome and fun. I say fun because it’s an escape from physically practicing guitar and music, but i find myself learning so much mentally that I can then implement or play around with during my next practice or jam session. I am a classic rock and blues enthusiast, but this podcast has inspired me to be more open minded and thus is making me a better musician. Kudos to you and really stoked for the next hump day inspiration. 🔥🔥🙌🙌🤘🤘
Oh shit, the boys talking about Berserk.... unexpected but awesome
That "Batch" riff reminded me of Pitch Dark by Chon, excited for the new album!
Would be amazing to see Buckethead, but where he answers normally.
He'd never sadly.
Glad he cleared up the interview. I thought he meant EXACTLY what he explained here, but when I talk to some people they took it as he hates guitar music.