Niko sprinkled his own magic all over this record but that tone on the Staircase solo is a highlight! It put a big beaming smile on my face the second I heard it.
Holy crap you got Steven Wilson in.. yesssss. I love the Harmony Codex record. This fella is always able to sqeeze out fresh melodies and awesome layering of multiple tones. Cheers
Niko's solo on 'Rock Bottom', though very different, is right up there with Guthrie's solo on 'Drive Home' for emotional and melodic content imho. Absolutely phenomenal album SW!
I am not familiar with these individuals or their music, but after hearing the segments of the new album today, I will absolutely be checking it out! Thanks for putting your spotlight on them.
It’s great that a musician like Steven is able to exist in the current climate within the music industry. I wonder what the industry will look like in 20 years. Will people be able to do the kind of thing Steven has achieved?
Propably my favourite ever TPS episode. Wilson is so very eloquent when discussing his music, and isn’t afraid to describe his thinking in detail, whereas others are often more obscure in order to maintain an illusion of “cool”.
I don't know if TPS has done an episode like this previously (probably have because it is so obvious now that I think about it) but it is truly exceptional. It's not so much because I love much of Steven's work but to get the creator to speak so candidly is a joy to experience. And to have a collaborator present to discuss their role and performances is equally enriching. I think TPS is on to something special. Please do more in this format.
What a beautifully inspiring and educational episode! Steven is one of my all-time favorite artists. Thank you, Dan and Mick, for having Steven and Niko on the show. 💙
To me Steven Wilson is in a unique group of artists, this group of artists have a combination of musical, engineering, and production talent that results in great music that is recorded and produced to audiophile standards. There are a few people in the music industry that, if I see their name in the credits, I'll buy the product without knowing anything else about the project. Steven Wilson is one of those names (Bob Clearmountain is another). Thanks for this, it is Fantastic! P.S. - "Hand Cannot Erase" is always part of the demo music when I'm trying out a new DAC for the home HiFi.
Just wanted to express my gratitude for this awesome interview to Steven and Niko, the insights they give about their way to make music are invaluable. Can't wait to see again SW in concert. Thank you so much Dan and Mick!
Wonderful interview. Even though I deeply appreciate Steven's modesty regarding his guitar skills, he is without a doubt an extremely creative and tasteful player.
This is just so timely. The Harmony Codex arrived yesterday and I listened to this just before this episode was posted. The album is beautiful, I listened to it again after watching this video. This album has to be one of Steven's best. I connected with this in a way I haven't since Hand.Cannot.Ease, not that I didn't love To The Bone and The Future Bites. Niko is a great guitarist who really "gets" the song. Thanks guys!
Fascinating! The discussion about how Wilson thinks less in terms of demo/master was interesting; I have often felt like more of an amateur because I don't make "demos" as I write songs, only what will become the finished track. I thought there might have been something special in the split between writing/recording, but perhaps not. Although I have realized over time how important it is to get as much of the song written as quickly as possible, which ties into the discussion about first takes. Often enough I don't get most of the song out in a session or two, it's dead. Could spend days or weeks trying to revive it later, but it'll never work. It's like a musical idea's half-life. I was also inspired by how Niko talked about the emotional starting point for the Time Is Running Out solo. I find myself thinking about solos in my songs as indulgent, "fun" parts, and not going much deeper than that when I'm actually playing them. Having a specific memory or set of memories that you're trying to take into the solo seems like a good way of accessing more depth. A good reminder to dig deeper.
It's kind of funny to watch this because the many things that have been said here about soloing and improvisation is what is totally obvious and naturally for jazz players on any instrument. Navigating non diatonic chord sequences: all players are able to do that, Using common tones to connect or go from one chord or the other and create a sense of connectedness, grounding, and continuity: one of the most obvious and common ways to navigate through any chord sequence or even to impose your own new harmonies over a piece (i.e. using a tritone substitution), Playing inside and outside: so common for jazz players (for the die hard nerds: study David Liebman's Chromatic approach to harmony, for the non-diehards: your sense and rhythm are the key to playing outside, not the choices of scale), Melodic minor, harmonic minor: the seven modes of the major scale only get you so far so yes nice flavours which can be used to spice things up, evoke certain emotions, create additional tension and release in phrases, and just provide colour to what otherwise are kind of plain chords, Take the vocal line as the starting point: yes that's what all jazz musicians do with the melody of the song (which in the case of jazz standards literally is the vocal line), Work on the tone and phrasing and leave space: so common… Now don't get me wrong, it really is valuable advice they give here and it's great it is presented on a channel like this because I do agree with Steven's sentiment that a lot of the youtube guitarists are either just boring cover players or just in the shred olympics (or they are a cover player in the shred olympics…). But it just looks funny to me as they are just explaining what jazz players learn and focus on from day 1. The funny aspect is just the difference in approach between players from rock backgrounds and players who start out in jazz. Shout out to Steven for mentioning Derek Bailey.
Steven Wilson is constantly saying he is an average guitar player. He even says it in his book. And to be honest its starting to really wind me up. He is one of a very few guitar players who is able to make a guitar "sing." When I listen to him playing, the guitar is talking to me. Stirring my soul. Making the hairs on my arms stand up. I sit there nearly in emotional tears, and at times actually weep. There are very few guitar players on this earth that is able to drive this raw emotion out of me. In his own special way he is a virtuoso. I don't care how humble he wants to be. Maybe he really does believe he is not very good. That is a huge shame.
What a fantastic episode. Anything with Steven Wilson is an instant click, but to have Niko Tsonev there to play the solos was something cool. Dan - also very jealous that you got to experience the new album in the immersive context.
17:01 I love the love for John Williams, never thought I would hear probably my greatest musical influence mentioned liked this on this channel. Now I need to look more into Niko
Niko Tsonev was exceptional on the live DVD "Get All You Deserve." He brought yet another layer to the songs with his solos. Really glad to see him working with SW again
Trip hop meets Pink Floyd ; Intiguing ; I like both ; So I go to spotify and listen to Harmoney Codex ; Holy Molly (pun intended) ; Thankyou TPS for turning me on to some one under my radar . He`s Da $#!T . Shut the front door that`s cool . Thank you again . I`m so fed up with listening to the pleasant drivel being dripfed to us these days . Musical cinema . Bang on . Gorging the mans library now .
I love Niko's interpretation. Although I have to say, few things I have heard have impressed me as much as the sum of Steven's emotional and compositional brain with the raw, majestic, spontaneous and masterful interpretation of Mr. Guthrie Govan, for me he is the best guitar player I have ever known. exists today, but I have to say that his solo albums or with the aristocrats, there comes a point where so much virtusism ends up boring me, however, added to Mr. Wilson's compositions, I think they are the maximum expression of the right measure of heart, soul, technique, passion and emotion that exist in music. Maybe if you asked me one day, I would dare to say that, for me, the best music band par excellence in history would be Pink Floyd, without a doubt, but I have to admit that the sum of the minds of Wilson Govan surpasses in terms of emotion to any album by the best band in history.
Great to see SW collaborating with Niko again.. his performances during the Grace for Drowning tour (particularly the Get All You Deserve live album) were superb.
Sometimes listening to Steven’s music is exhausting because there’s so much emotion in it. The end of staircase for example makes me cry. Actual brutal facts sounds like an Insurgentes track that why I love it so much. Great interview guys
Thoroughly enjoyed this latest episode of TPS. I wasn't aware of Steven Wilson's music or Niko Tsonev's guitar playing. I'll be buying the new album and looking at the back catalogue of recordings. I do hope it's available on CD... I'm an older guy who just can't get used to "downloading songs"; although I will if there's no other way. Great refreshing approach to writing music and playing guitar. Thanks guys. Cheers from Canada! -Glenn
I was hoping you’d have Steven on soon with the new album coming out. So glad to see this pop up in my feed. I discovered Steven’s solo work a couple of years ago but became obsessed with it about a year ago to the point where I’ve introduced everyone I know to his music whenever I can. I think I’ve listened to Regret 9 about 100 times. His stuff just sounds excellent.
At 26:27 it's basically "Comfortably Numb" with a couple of chord changes omitted towards the end of the sequence, isn't it? Steven admits Floyd riffs creep in, unintentionally...but, he can do no wrong as far as I'm concerned. Also, his work with Guthrie's guitar playing is better than anyone else's...well, EVER!! He's superhuman.
This was Excellent !! Excellent! What a great idea, and what a great execution. And starting out with S. Wilson, What a treat ;) I hope you guys are able to make this concept, sort of a series. Thanks so much for the privilege. Other than the Music Itself...this is what it is all about, imo. Cheers from Portugal
Thanks for that. This episode was amazing, hearing about concepts and intends, which feel so natural while listening to Porcupine Tree/Stevens music. @Niko, wonderful piece of guitar playing!
amazing information and insight into modern musical composition… I was waiting for a direct reference to The Cure on Actual Brutal Facts and we kinda got there with Reeves Gabrels!
Guys guys guys, what a great interview, Steve Wilson is next level, listened to all his albums last Christmas while travelling around the Phillipines (Cebu), just amazing on all levels, cannot wait for the new album, cheers for the great work all.......
This has been an inspirational episode, as I have long loved Steven Wilson's work. Interesting that Niko mentions the Jungle Book Theme. Jimmy Herring did a fantastic version of the Jungle Book Theme on the album Lifeboat. It is one of my favourite instrumentals. Up there with Jeff.
awesome , steven is one of my favourite composers of all time , and niko is one of my favorite guitar players of all time , thank u so much guys ! love u
Unrelated to this video: I see that Friedman has a new preamp pedal out. What are the chances that we could get Dave on TPS to talk about that and his amps? 😃
Great episode! Niko for me is always an inspiration and an incitement to creativity. I'm so happy to see him here with Steven at TPS and listening to both of them talk about the approach to making music. Thank you!
Hi @Dan and @Mick, this was the most inspiring and relevant show of yours for ANY artist/ musician, not just us guitarists. Thanks a millions for that, great stuff.
This was incredibly informative and inspirational. I have band practice this evening and the brilliant advice from this episode I think may have a profound effect on what I play and focus on today-at least for our original music. Today we are working on a cover of War Pigs. Thank you!
You guys have been killing it with the last couple of videos! It's so nice to hear artists and musicians explain how they use their gear to express these ideas and emotions to their audience. Truly some golden advice.
Trey Gunn is an incredible Warr Guitar player and he uses a crazy, whacky setup with a laptop. He has something like a ramped gain so the longer he sustains a note, the more gain tone is mixed in. Absolutely wild. He would have done well on Actual Brutal Facts as well.
Please, please, please listen to some Umphreys McGee. Dan especially! Prog, jam, funk, all of it is covered by those guys. You guys are doing great work. Loving the more intiment artist interviews. Peace!
Really happy to see Niko back with Steven at last, his work on the "Get All You Deserve" live album is probably my favorite guitar work on anything Steven Wilson related.
only 17 minutes in, so many great insightful thoughts and words already, great interview and panel, you should definitely do more of these sorts of episodes, thoroughly enjoying it and learning at the same time =) , kudos
Ok Steven question... ATMOS so I am a stereo guy, I develop tube HiFi, Guitar Amps, pedals so forth, good friend of Andy Partridge, yes been to Swindon. Anyway I am having a hard time with ATMOS if 93% of us are stereo only and really what percent even have the basic ATMOS speaker/amplifier compliment? Thanks, Gordon
Unfortunately for the singer the guitar sings better but I'd be tempted to add more OD texture. Taking a que from the singer's performance is key to success.
I avoid covering myself a much as possible. While attempting not to forget what I've created I reuse that creative attitude in the reinforcing act of remembering. Parts of earlier recordings are not carried forward as the identity of the piece is stabilized. But, that identity is matured by the process which allows retention of its life. If, while playing, an idea occurs which adds it may be kept and extended when the piece is relived. This attitude, hopefully, disallows the "canned" performance. If it, and I, are not alive in the retelling, the performance withers.
minnamin, goven, ninet, harrison, kilminster, niko, blundell, beggs and john wesley ! how does wilson keep finding these genius musicians. its uncanny. Everytime i listen to harmony i hear something new!
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The idea of an artist walking through their solos and the stories and philosophies behind them is a great one :-) Interesting video - thanks!
yes this is great! a hour talking about like a minute of music - this is the kind of detail i want- to know! very cool
but album kind garbage
@@shahamusic8318it's an excellent set of songs..
Hey, thank you for kind words about me :) It was a big pleasere for me to work with Steven again :)
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Thanks for the solo David!
I was not expecting this one today! Thanks guys! Listenened to THE HARMONY CODEX early in the morning... SW created another great record...
Its FANTASTIC! Although the last two albums were solid, I have a feeling this one is one is another masterpiece
Its badass. Old school "sit down, listen and fly away into other world" type of vibe.
It gets better and better with each listen or it's a very slow grower in it's songs throughout the album!
@@lkeslinke agreed. After a few listens, it’s already on my top favorite SW albums.
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Niko sprinkled his own magic all over this record but that tone on the Staircase solo is a highlight! It put a big beaming smile on my face the second I heard it.
Holy crap you got Steven Wilson in.. yesssss. I love the Harmony Codex record. This fella is always able to sqeeze out fresh melodies and awesome layering of multiple tones. Cheers
Niko's solo on 'Rock Bottom', though very different, is right up there with Guthrie's solo on 'Drive Home' for emotional and melodic content imho. Absolutely phenomenal album SW!
When the guitarist is so good That Pedal Show forget to talk about the pedals 👌
I am not familiar with these individuals or their music, but after hearing the segments of the new album today, I will absolutely be checking it out! Thanks for putting your spotlight on them.
Oh man, what a treat to discover Steven Wilson and Porcupine Tree for the first time… A very deep and amazing back catalogue awaits :)
Yeah, I'd like to hear in absentia, deadwing, and grace for drowning + hand cannot erase for the first time again 😂
You can’t beat discovering an artist for the first time. I envy you starting that journey for Steven’s music.
you are in for a treat! I love Steven Wilson and Porcupine Tree. So much creativity and variation. Amazing.
Don´t forget Blackfield, most of their records are amazing from start to finish.
It’s great that a musician like Steven is able to exist in the current climate within the music industry. I wonder what the industry will look like in 20 years. Will people be able to do the kind of thing Steven has achieved?
Propably my favourite ever TPS episode. Wilson is so very eloquent when discussing his music, and isn’t afraid to describe his thinking in detail, whereas others are often more obscure in order to maintain an illusion of “cool”.
Agree, amazing episode. Go watch the Ed O'Brien episode if you haven't already 👍
Niko’s solo on the live version of Deform to form a star is truly a masterpiece
Without a doubt mads. 👍
I don't know if TPS has done an episode like this previously (probably have because it is so obvious now that I think about it) but it is truly exceptional. It's not so much because I love much of Steven's work but to get the creator to speak so candidly is a joy to experience. And to have a collaborator present to discuss their role and performances is equally enriching. I think TPS is on to something special. Please do more in this format.
That Rock Bottom solo was stunning. Very informative to hear these approaches, no matter what you’re trying to create yourself.
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What a beautifully inspiring and educational episode! Steven is one of my all-time favorite artists. Thank you, Dan and Mick, for having Steven and Niko on the show. 💙
Niko is a fecking legend.
Deep gratitude for this amazing blend of inspiration, education, perspective and musicianship.
Great interview! Also thanks for mentioning Lifesigns, what a band!
To me Steven Wilson is in a unique group of artists, this group of artists have a combination of musical, engineering, and production talent that results in great music that is recorded and produced to audiophile standards. There are a few people in the music industry that, if I see their name in the credits, I'll buy the product without knowing anything else about the project. Steven Wilson is one of those names (Bob Clearmountain is another). Thanks for this, it is Fantastic!
P.S. - "Hand Cannot Erase" is always part of the demo music when I'm trying out a new DAC for the home HiFi.
Just wanted to express my gratitude for this awesome interview to Steven and Niko, the insights they give about their way to make music are invaluable. Can't wait to see again SW in concert. Thank you so much Dan and Mick!
Wonderful interview. Even though I deeply appreciate Steven's modesty regarding his guitar skills, he is without a doubt an extremely creative and tasteful player.
The solo on ABF is outstanding - massive Crimson vibe. Great show - inspiring.
Lovely interview. A 24 fret SG? Mr Iommi would be pleased.
That last solo performance was incredible. Killer track, and Niko's take on it is brilliant.
“The solo needs to tell a story”
Guthrie - Drive Home.
Bingo!
Omg I LOVED Nico's work on Grace for drowning it's my favorite of Steven's!
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This is just so timely. The Harmony Codex arrived yesterday and I listened to this just before this episode was posted. The album is beautiful, I listened to it again after watching this video. This album has to be one of Steven's best. I connected with this in a way I haven't since Hand.Cannot.Ease, not that I didn't love To The Bone and The Future Bites. Niko is a great guitarist who really "gets" the song. Thanks guys!
Alright, I‘m buying this album … and a freqout 😊
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Being there after Guthrie takes MASSIVE balls and talent, so I salute you, Niko
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Fascinating! The discussion about how Wilson thinks less in terms of demo/master was interesting; I have often felt like more of an amateur because I don't make "demos" as I write songs, only what will become the finished track. I thought there might have been something special in the split between writing/recording, but perhaps not. Although I have realized over time how important it is to get as much of the song written as quickly as possible, which ties into the discussion about first takes. Often enough I don't get most of the song out in a session or two, it's dead. Could spend days or weeks trying to revive it later, but it'll never work. It's like a musical idea's half-life.
I was also inspired by how Niko talked about the emotional starting point for the Time Is Running Out solo. I find myself thinking about solos in my songs as indulgent, "fun" parts, and not going much deeper than that when I'm actually playing them. Having a specific memory or set of memories that you're trying to take into the solo seems like a good way of accessing more depth. A good reminder to dig deeper.
Does anyone know what Trevor Horn produced album it is that Steven played the session guitar on?
It's kind of funny to watch this because the many things that have been said here about soloing and improvisation is what is totally obvious and naturally for jazz players on any instrument.
Navigating non diatonic chord sequences: all players are able to do that,
Using common tones to connect or go from one chord or the other and create a sense of connectedness, grounding, and continuity: one of the most obvious and common ways to navigate through any chord sequence or even to impose your own new harmonies over a piece (i.e. using a tritone substitution),
Playing inside and outside: so common for jazz players (for the die hard nerds: study David Liebman's Chromatic approach to harmony, for the non-diehards: your sense and rhythm are the key to playing outside, not the choices of scale),
Melodic minor, harmonic minor: the seven modes of the major scale only get you so far so yes nice flavours which can be used to spice things up, evoke certain emotions, create additional tension and release in phrases, and just provide colour to what otherwise are kind of plain chords,
Take the vocal line as the starting point: yes that's what all jazz musicians do with the melody of the song (which in the case of jazz standards literally is the vocal line),
Work on the tone and phrasing and leave space: so common…
Now don't get me wrong, it really is valuable advice they give here and it's great it is presented on a channel like this because I do agree with Steven's sentiment that a lot of the youtube guitarists are either just boring cover players or just in the shred olympics (or they are a cover player in the shred olympics…). But it just looks funny to me as they are just explaining what jazz players learn and focus on from day 1. The funny aspect is just the difference in approach between players from rock backgrounds and players who start out in jazz. Shout out to Steven for mentioning Derek Bailey.
Wasn't expecting Steven Wilson to be that approachable. What a great guitar player Niko is.
Awesome. Thanks, Gents!
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Steven Wilson is constantly saying he is an average guitar player. He even says it in his book. And to be honest its starting to really wind me up. He is one of a very few guitar players who is able to make a guitar "sing." When I listen to him playing, the guitar is talking to me. Stirring my soul. Making the hairs on my arms stand up. I sit there nearly in emotional tears, and at times actually weep.
There are very few guitar players on this earth that is able to drive this raw emotion out of me. In his own special way he is a virtuoso. I don't care how humble he wants to be. Maybe he really does believe he is not very good. That is a huge shame.
yeah, he is a lot better than he thinks. Plus he creates a lot of awesome rhythm guitar parts.
What a fantastic episode. Anything with Steven Wilson is an instant click, but to have Niko Tsonev there to play the solos was something cool. Dan - also very jealous that you got to experience the new album in the immersive context.
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17:01 I love the love for John Williams, never thought I would hear probably my greatest musical influence mentioned liked this on this channel. Now I need to look more into Niko
Wow! This episode is really incredible guys! Thank you for it! And thanks to Steven and Niko!
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Niko Tsonev was exceptional on the live DVD "Get All You Deserve." He brought yet another layer to the songs with his solos. Really glad to see him working with SW again
This is absolutely amazing. I am so looking forward to this album. Thank you, Dan and Mick. 😘
This is such a cool "format" for an interview.
P.S. If you pause at exactly 35:06 it has a certain "did we just become best friends" energy.
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Starting to think Wilson might take a queue from Rabin and start getting into film scores.
The Actual Brutal Facts has Grace for Drowning all over.
LOVE THIS. Love the thoughtfulness, the music, the sounds and the Reeves Gabrels reference.
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Trip hop meets Pink Floyd ; Intiguing ; I like both ; So I go to spotify and listen to Harmoney Codex ; Holy Molly (pun intended) ; Thankyou TPS for turning me on to some one under my radar . He`s Da $#!T . Shut the front door that`s cool . Thank you again . I`m so fed up with listening to the pleasant drivel being dripfed to us these days . Musical cinema . Bang on . Gorging the mans library now .
I love Niko's interpretation.
Although I have to say, few things I have heard have impressed me as much as the sum of Steven's emotional and compositional brain with the raw, majestic, spontaneous and masterful interpretation of Mr. Guthrie Govan, for me he is the best guitar player I have ever known. exists today, but I have to say that his solo albums or with the aristocrats, there comes a point where so much virtusism ends up boring me, however, added to Mr. Wilson's compositions, I think they are the maximum expression of the right measure of heart, soul, technique, passion and emotion that exist in music.
Maybe if you asked me one day, I would dare to say that, for me, the best music band par excellence in history would be Pink Floyd, without a doubt, but I have to admit that the sum of the minds of Wilson Govan surpasses in terms of emotion to any album by the best band in history.
Love Niko’s comment about the Jungle Book. That score has had the same impact and staying power for me since I was a kid.
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Great to see SW collaborating with Niko again.. his performances during the Grace for Drowning tour (particularly the Get All You Deserve live album) were superb.
Niko is the best! Such a special gifted guitarist who makes magic happen effortlessly.
Sometimes listening to Steven’s music is exhausting because there’s so much emotion in it. The end of staircase for example makes me cry. Actual brutal facts sounds like an Insurgentes track that why I love it so much. Great interview guys
Loved the format and Niko was great!
Thoroughly enjoyed this latest episode of TPS. I wasn't aware of Steven Wilson's music or Niko Tsonev's guitar playing. I'll be buying the new album and looking at the back catalogue of recordings. I do hope it's available on CD... I'm an older guy who just can't get used to "downloading songs"; although I will if there's no other way. Great refreshing approach to writing music and playing guitar. Thanks guys. Cheers from Canada! -Glenn
I was hoping you’d have Steven on soon with the new album coming out. So glad to see this pop up in my feed. I discovered Steven’s solo work a couple of years ago but became obsessed with it about a year ago to the point where I’ve introduced everyone I know to his music whenever I can. I think I’ve listened to Regret 9 about 100 times. His stuff just sounds excellent.
Thanks all! Great video, sent the link to a number of my recording and mastering engineers as well as some guitarists.
At 26:27 it's basically "Comfortably Numb" with a couple of chord changes omitted towards the end of the sequence, isn't it? Steven admits Floyd riffs creep in, unintentionally...but, he can do no wrong as far as I'm concerned. Also, his work with Guthrie's guitar playing is better than anyone else's...well, EVER!! He's superhuman.
This was Excellent !! Excellent!
What a great idea, and what a great execution.
And starting out with S. Wilson,
What a treat ;)
I hope you guys are able to make this concept, sort of a series.
Thanks so much for the privilege. Other than the Music Itself...this is what it is all about, imo.
Cheers from Portugal
Actual Brutal Facts reminds me of the Insurgentes album sound and universe awesome
Agreed
Thanks for that. This episode was amazing, hearing about concepts and intends, which feel so natural while listening to Porcupine Tree/Stevens music.
@Niko, wonderful piece of guitar playing!
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Interesting phrase “reduced to tears”. Great interview as always, team. 🎸🤘🏻👍
Wow. You guys are flossing on us today. That name drop horn should be slowly honked through the whole episode.
Thoroughly enjoyed this episode, love the depth that the convo got into!
amazing information and insight into modern musical composition… I was waiting for a direct reference to The Cure on Actual Brutal Facts and we kinda got there with Reeves Gabrels!
Amazing! Small suggestion: maybe show board shot right before or after the solo, so it's not blocking the view of them playing those solos.
Guys guys guys, what a great interview, Steve Wilson is next level, listened to all his albums last Christmas while travelling around the Phillipines (Cebu), just amazing on all levels, cannot wait for the new album, cheers for the great work all.......
I didn't want it to sound like David Gilmour... gloriously failed.
This has been an inspirational episode, as I have long loved Steven Wilson's work. Interesting that Niko mentions the Jungle Book Theme. Jimmy Herring did a fantastic version of the Jungle Book Theme on the album Lifeboat. It is one of my favourite instrumentals. Up there with Jeff.
Of course! Love JH!
Have loved SW for nearly 20 years and will continue to do so. Some wonderful guitar work on his new record.
Loved it!! Thanks so much to everyone. The album is AMAZING!!
Love Stephen, the guy's a genius. Weird to see him with his shoes on though...
Lovely video, that solo on "Rock Bottom" is so beautiful and anything with Ninet will always get my vote.
awesome , steven is one of my favourite composers of all time , and niko is one of my favorite guitar players of all time , thank u so much guys ! love u
Great Episode. Discovered new music today. Just dropping a comment to help the algo.
Unrelated to this video: I see that Friedman has a new preamp pedal out. What are the chances that we could get Dave on TPS to talk about that and his amps? 😃
Dave has been on Zoom chats talking about it on a billion other channels!
Great episode! Niko for me is always an inspiration and an incitement to creativity. I'm so happy to see him here with Steven at TPS and listening to both of them talk about the approach to making music. Thank you!
Grazie Maestro
@@NikoTsonevGuitarhahaha Maestro is you! Keep inspiring us with your weird beautiful guitars!!!
Hi @Dan and @Mick, this was the most inspiring and relevant show of yours for ANY artist/ musician, not just us guitarists. Thanks a millions for that, great stuff.
This was incredibly informative and inspirational. I have band practice this evening and the brilliant advice from this episode I think may have a profound effect on what I play and focus on today-at least for our original music. Today we are working on a cover of War Pigs.
Thank you!
I had to check out the album immediately. Nils Petter Molvaer is so amazing in the first track. I recognized him after the first two notes.
Same here! I was like: that is nils petter molvaer!that is supercool!
Would be awesome to see Steven Wilson collab with Tom Bukovac
40:28 Man, thats a cool strap, wonder if its custom or what.
Ha, it's 20yrs old... I think it was made by Levy straps. For me it had a bit of a SRV vibe.
This is great. Big Steven Wilson fan. I already listened to the new album like 6 times today. 😀👍
Interesting stuff! Always love exploring different artists philosophies and approaches to creativity. Very inspiring
You guys have been killing it with the last couple of videos! It's so nice to hear artists and musicians explain how they use their gear to express these ideas and emotions to their audience. Truly some golden advice.
Excellent interview and I appreciate all the insight into Steven's approach to solos and how they should work in his songs.
Trey Gunn is an incredible Warr Guitar player and he uses a crazy, whacky setup with a laptop. He has something like a ramped gain so the longer he sustains a note, the more gain tone is mixed in. Absolutely wild.
He would have done well on Actual Brutal Facts as well.
He hasn't aged abit. Floyd in his DNA must be the thing.
Cheers chaps, dead interesting on a lot of levels. No idea quite what's going on effects wise in Actual Brutal Facts but I like it.
Gtr -> SA Zio> Bogner Harlow> SA Ultrawave> H90 multiband distortion> Eventide Rose analogue delay...
Niko's playing is just amazing!
DigiTech FreqOut ordered because of Niko's fault! 😆 The solo on Staircase is on another level.👏
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Always great to see SW on the channel, great stuff and the new album is brilliant as usual.
John made it sound better than the Anderton's video!
Please, please, please listen to some Umphreys McGee. Dan especially! Prog, jam, funk, all of it is covered by those guys. You guys are doing great work. Loving the more intiment artist interviews. Peace!
Really happy to see Niko back with Steven at last, his work on the "Get All You Deserve" live album is probably my favorite guitar work on anything Steven Wilson related.
Thanks 🙌
@@NikoTsonevGuitar Thank you! I'll give Get All You Deserve and The Harmony Codex a spin tonight in your honor
I had hoped Niko Tsonev continued well in his career after my being so impressed by his work on the Grace for Drowning tour (on the DVD)
@@andrewsmith4154thank you Andrew 🙏
only 17 minutes in, so many great insightful thoughts and words already, great interview and panel, you should definitely do more of these sorts of episodes, thoroughly enjoying it and learning at the same time =) , kudos
The first time I heard Steven's new album, Niko's guitar solos jumped out of the speakers. He's sooooo good. Great interview!
Ok Steven question... ATMOS so I am a stereo guy, I develop tube HiFi, Guitar Amps, pedals so forth, good friend of Andy Partridge, yes been to Swindon. Anyway I am having a hard time with ATMOS if 93% of us are stereo only and really what percent even have the basic ATMOS speaker/amplifier compliment?
Thanks, Gordon
Is the db-meter only a display, or is it a complete unit with electronics and microphone(s)? If so, to the latter, where can one buy it?
Display with an internal mic. We found it art Jeff’s Giant Electronic Jumble Sale. (Amazon)
Dan and Mick, please get Guthrie to the show!! It'll be wicked 🙏🏽
Thank you so much for this channel and videos guys, I've learnt so much from you
Incredibly interesting. Thank you so much.
Our pleasure! 🤓🙏
Fascinating and thoroughly engaging. Thank you. So many comments rang true to me. And YES, “Tone Matters” … in all aspects of life.
Unfortunately for the singer the guitar sings better but I'd be tempted to add more OD texture. Taking a que from the singer's performance is key to success.
I avoid covering myself a much as possible. While attempting not to forget what I've created I reuse that creative attitude in the reinforcing act of remembering. Parts of earlier recordings are not carried forward as the identity of the piece is stabilized. But, that identity is matured by the process which allows retention of its life. If, while playing, an idea occurs which adds it may be kept and extended when the piece is relived. This attitude, hopefully, disallows the "canned" performance. If it, and I, are not alive in the retelling, the performance withers.
minnamin, goven, ninet, harrison, kilminster, niko, blundell, beggs and john wesley ! how does wilson keep finding these genius musicians. its uncanny. Everytime i listen to harmony i hear something new!