I love David Gilmour and Frusciante because they're not worried about playing riffs at break neck speeds, but because they put their souls into their music.
To each their own but I hate how people think fast music means no emotion. People playing fast music portray music in their own way and they play music they love.
JDMusic Agreed. A good example is Jimmy Page, live he plays fast runs but it's intermixed with Gilmour-esque sexy blues phrases. Jimmy can always hit the "orgasm notes" too. Of course there are other players but I love him because he does both well.
love that you mentioned Gilmour! I couldn't agree more, every time when I see John playing with so much emotions I think of him too and that's the reason why they are my fav
As a guitarist, I have an extremely high regard for how unique his approach has been in incorporating funk into the rock scene. Trying to model his playing and understand his perspective can really help make any guitarist more dynamic.
Kurt V 100% agree. Among my favourite guitar players there were some "shredders" like Vai, Yngwie etc, but only years later the analysis of Frusciante's guitar playing bought my playing skills to a completely higher level.
That first riff he plays where he kinda misses or accidentally misses the note and just bends it... so cool. A great guitarist can fix a mistake on the fly like that. John is definitely a great musician.
This proves playing guitar is a true artform it's difficult to describe in words what he is doing, but for some reason everybody understands it because we listen to the music. so him explaining it in words playing at the same time and his eyes light up when he talks about it make you appreciate it more
Jack Botkins That improvised part he does is the most beautiful thing I have ever heard... It is a movie trailer, a painting, a whatever the fuck the interpreter sees... So many dimensions.
John is one of my all time favorite composers on the guitar... he has worked out some really amazing work... he is a melodic creating machine... very inspiring... i play the guitar for 2-10 hours a day depending on my work schedule and or girlfriend time but i can only dream to play like him.... i really wish i could quit my job and play full time but its a scary transaction... if i were to do that id have to move out of orange county CA, cause id be broke in a few months.. but what better place to live ???? no where...
dude i say pursue you're passion but if gonna quit you're job make sure its logical you have something to fall back on and you got money coming you're way thru music...and ya girl shouldn't get in the way of you're playing lol
just make sure to stay in balance we all need money for living. I once risk it all for a research and I really had little, I mean very little but I can say it was worth it very difficult period though but worth it:P. But I would not recommend it
@3:30 "its not about what you can show people you can do with a piece of wood in your hands that has strings on it" - greatest quote by a successful musician in the history of music.
Inspirational! It's just goes to show that music doesn't have to be perfect. It's all about the groove and feel. I hear so many Jimi riffs/licks. People like John keep his spirit alive and that's coming from an atheist, so I'm confused, sort of.
Matt Mullaney I hear you, but there is a credible science behind it. I am a flexible atheist too and do feel different emotions of extremes either way. Music is my God as the good man Jimi once said. Keep smiling mate :-)
EarlKrempe Actually, being agnostic is like saying "I don't know what to believe, I'm so confused". If God was real he/she is a knobhead for being completely useless after creating the universe in the dark. Quite a cowardly ass-turd. As I don't subscribe to this, or and Godly figure, that makes me an atheist. An atheist doesn't necessarily believe in nothing and can easily be (in my case at least) moved by emotions and energy, one of those energies being music. Music is not a God, but it's the closet thing to my God. Big difference.
mrbsred1 Agnosticism isn't like saying "I don't know what to believe, I'm so confused" it's saying "I don't know if there is or isn't a god and nobody else knows if there is or isn't a god. It is unknowable and therefore pointless to form an opinion either way. All of these people saying they know one way or another are kidding themselves". It's about intellectual honesty and is far from confusion. Other than that I agree with you 100%.
I'm sooooo glad I found this video. I've been listening to his technique and the way John plays for a long time. Really helpful. Not to mention just a cool guy to listen to. Sweet.
Caprise Adams Not sure the intent about the terrible person part, but as for thievery- blame Plant for lyrics, all the riffs are original as far as I'm aware, and some songs, yes, are probably not different enough to warrant being their own songs. They should have given writers credit as well on those... but what are ya gonna do. They thought those tunes were different enough.
He raped a 14 year old girl and held her hostage until she turned 18 so he couldn't get in legal trouble. It's not hard to google what songs Zeppelin ripped off. "Led Zeppelin's 10 Boldest Rip-Offs" If you're a big enough Zeppelin fan, go look up She Moved Through The Fair by Davey Graham. Black Mountain Side is Bert Jansch's Down by Blackwaterside. I don't need to excuse their thievery to say that Page is an excellent guitarist and was a good enough guitar lick writer to have been as famous as they were. I don't know why he had to steal other people's songs except greed. But raping a child isn't forgivable. I learned how to play guitar just so I could play Black Dog, but now I can't even listen to Zeppelin songs anymore.
"It's like a different dimension. You've got a high thing and a low thing, which is like two things, rather than a chord which is like one thing.. yeah" for some reason that made me go "whoah...."
Because he'd never play it. John only plays vintage guitars like that guitar there I may be wrong but i think it's his 1964 strat and i think it's all original so really he plays vintage stock guitars so because theres no customisation there would be no point in giving him a signiture line. Plus I don't think john would be interested in endorsing a guitar line because he played many different makes of guitar and now he only makes electronic music so he's really out of the guitar playing scene.
i believe it is a 62', and i read somewhere that he has seymour duncan sl-1's. you make a fair point though. Changing the pickups isnt really enough to do a fully fledged signature.
+Craig Duncan i wouldnt be here for long time on this earth without him , i love playing guitar because of him i loved the guitar because of him and i cant contact him to thank him :(
James Rockford Well you didn't disagree with me. Ad just how is One hot minute the best album? How are some of those first albums the best? Yeah uplift moro party plan is a good album but not the best.
John you are my insperation every timr I hear you talk I amazed the guitar is place that you are express yourself and you are one of the best musician ever i hope one day you will reach to Israel
Such a skilful guitarist and you can tell from listening to him he's a real musical scholar. Doesn't get enough respect there's not a lot of guitarists as good as Frusciante around these days.
He was a prodigy at the guitar when he was a teen. He would walk into record stores and blow people's minds because of the hendrix songs he could play at such a young age.Growing up he would spend 14-18 hours a day playing the guitar. He even did that after joining the band. He even said in a recent interview that nothing has really changed since than as far as the time he puts into music. HE'S GOOD in every way you can think. Even if he doesn't show it on purpose.
Ita sad that I found about hin late in my life from a friend. Wish I new of him b4 my 20s so I had someone to look up to as a guitar player. A waist of my youth.
as amazing as Kurt Cobain is, John Frusciante is one of the most influential and talented guitarists of all time. i dont believe many people, ever have come close to his skill.
His philosophy on guitar playing music is...mind-opening.....it really says everything I want to do, an subconsciously do, but sometimes can't..He's truly a virtuoso !!
Good stuff John. Amazing in fact, to be honest. I hope you are doing well John and enjoying the next chapter of your life. You have touched us all mere mortal guitarists with your awesomeness. Stay positive dude :) John Woolley, Wollongong, Australia
A lot of people hate on stadium arcadium, but in my humble it's one of their masterpieces. Also, if you listen how John adds textures to songs as they progress (as in from 1st chorus, to second, etc) it's quite masterful.
I love David Gilmour and Frusciante because they're not worried about playing riffs at break neck speeds, but because they put their souls into their music.
To each their own but I hate how people think fast music means no emotion. People playing fast music portray music in their own way and they play music they love.
JDMusic Agreed. A good example is Jimmy Page, live he plays fast runs but it's intermixed with Gilmour-esque sexy blues phrases. Jimmy can always hit the "orgasm notes" too. Of course there are other players but I love him because he does both well.
My two favorite guitarists :D
its as if you actually dug out of my mind and wrote it, exactly as it is. Two really soulful guitarists.
love that you mentioned Gilmour! I couldn't agree more, every time when I see John playing with so much emotions I think of him too and that's the reason why they are my fav
As a guitarist, I have an extremely high regard for how unique his approach has been in incorporating funk into the rock scene. Trying to model his playing and understand his perspective can really help make any guitarist more dynamic.
+Kurt Viehdorfer - agreed, funk is so important to music
Kurt V 100% agree. Among my favourite guitar players there were some "shredders" like Vai, Yngwie etc, but only years later the analysis of Frusciante's guitar playing bought my playing skills to a completely higher level.
Before he joined RHCP he didn't really do funk riffs, he incorporated them as he went along.
U can say what ever u want but he is the best guitarist for me
YES THE MAN IS A GOD
i'd rather say the best guitarist is jimi hendrix
He is awesome too. Have a look at some Manic Street Preachers tracks. Anything off the Holy Bible
Same here
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I'm so happy for John and his fans that he was able to conquer his addiction. The world is a better place with John Frusciante in it.
Addiction stays a life long - you can't conquer it but try to find other ways to compensate.
John Frusciante is my favorite guitarist ever
First time actually listening to John Frusciante talk and I'm amazed. This man's approach to music is on another level.
..Ït's a lot easier to do with a guitar for me that it is talking to somebody.."
@@HristiyanIvano nice
fig. 9 We're not worthy! We're not worthy!
Simultaneously....
Garth: We're not worthy!!🙆♂️
Wayne: We SUCK!!!🙇♂️
That first riff he plays where he kinda misses or accidentally misses the note and just bends it... so cool. A great guitarist can fix a mistake on the fly like that. John is definitely a great musician.
Fig. 9 is just breathtaking.... shivers
That fig spoke the language of narcotics.
Sometimes you play and play, lose inspiration, but come a across a video like this, and want to pick up your guitar immediately!!
there are many reasons why I like RHCP, but John is definitely a reason why I love RCHP
This proves playing guitar is a true artform it's difficult to describe in words what he is doing, but for some reason everybody understands it because we listen to the music. so him explaining it in words playing at the same time and his eyes light up when he talks about it make you appreciate it more
I'm high as fuck and I think 2:00 to 3:17 is the greatest thing I've ever heard
Jack Botkins had the same, just with the first 32seconds lolololol
Haha Froosh is so versatile
***** I love his solo stuff. But let's face it, Enclosure sucked.
***** To Record Only Water for 10 days is in my top ten albulms of all time
Jack Botkins That improvised part he does is the most beautiful thing I have ever heard... It is a movie trailer, a painting, a whatever the fuck the interpreter sees... So many dimensions.
Leo Fender made the strat for Frusciante without the idea in mind this guy would exist ^^
Yann Remy and Jimi
notice how he completely replace the word note by things
what a genius.
I came to this video everyday since I found it. I didn't play guitar or any instrument. But I love to listen to him.
John Frusciante has a gift of being able to translate his feelings into something tangible indirect experience for the audience.
John is one of my all time favorite composers on the guitar... he has worked out some really amazing work... he is a melodic creating machine... very inspiring... i play the guitar for 2-10 hours a day depending on my work schedule and or girlfriend time but i can only dream to play like him.... i really wish i could quit my job and play full time but its a scary transaction... if i were to do that id have to move out of orange county CA, cause id be broke in a few months.. but what better place to live ???? no where...
if you love playing guitar go and play it dont care about anything man follow your dream
Canada!!!
***** jesus has spoken.
dude i say pursue you're passion but if gonna quit you're job make sure its logical you have something to fall back on and you got money coming you're way thru music...and ya girl shouldn't get in the way of you're playing lol
just make sure to stay in balance we all need money for living. I once risk it all for a research and I really had little, I mean very little but I can say it was worth it very difficult period though but worth it:P. But I would not recommend it
"The constant interaction" he's talking about is what made RHCP with him work so well. I miss him!! 😩
@3:30 "its not about what you can show people you can do with a piece of wood in your hands that has strings on it" - greatest quote by a successful musician in the history of music.
just came
Its like i cant listen to john because its just too beautiful and it makes me cry. Life is strong.
His intensity!!! Is so amazing! The excitement in his face when he talks of his love
John can't ever play without emotions even when he is not on stage sitting around on a couch doing an instructional.
I love the sub conscious Hey lick around 7:00. It is a perfect example of what he talks about and his stylistic approach
Inspirational! It's just goes to show that music doesn't have to be perfect. It's all about the groove and feel. I hear so many Jimi riffs/licks. People like John keep his spirit alive and that's coming from an atheist, so I'm confused, sort of.
Matt Mullaney I hear you, but there is a credible science behind it. I am a flexible atheist too and do feel different emotions of extremes either way. Music is my God as the good man Jimi once said. Keep smiling mate :-)
mrbsred1 If "music is your god" like you say than you would be considered agnostic, not an athiest.
EarlKrempe Actually, being agnostic is like saying "I don't know what to believe, I'm so confused". If God was real he/she is a knobhead for being completely useless after creating the universe in the dark. Quite a cowardly ass-turd. As I don't subscribe to this, or and Godly figure, that makes me an atheist. An atheist doesn't necessarily believe in nothing and can easily be (in my case at least) moved by emotions and energy, one of those energies being music. Music is not a God, but it's the closet thing to my God. Big difference.
mrbsred1 Agnosticism isn't like saying "I don't know what to believe, I'm so confused" it's saying "I don't know if there is or isn't a god and nobody else knows if there is or isn't a god. It is unknowable and therefore pointless to form an opinion either way. All of these people saying they know one way or another are kidding themselves". It's about intellectual honesty and is far from confusion. Other than that I agree with you 100%.
That's what I love about Frusciante's solos; he is always in a constant interaction with the rhythm section.
he is such a genius. theres few artist that match the amount of respect i have for this guy. this just sounds so awesome.
Me: *Playing guitar for 10yrs* seeing 5:20
John: *slaps knee to beat* "dun, duhhh, dun duh dah, duh dah, duh dah duh, dah duh dah, duh dah dun. You know......."
Me: PLEASE TELL ME MORE!!!!!
He taught me the soul of guitar and gave me a reason to live. To create and share the beauty of music
John Frusciante.....you're a legend and an amazing artist....love ya
This man is an inspiration
I wish I could wander into the brain of John and see what is going on. He is very hendrixy with his playing and is one with his music and guitar.
take the time to listen to this man's music. changed my life.
I'm sooooo glad I found this video. I've been listening to his technique and the way John plays for a long time. Really helpful. Not to mention just a cool guy to listen to. Sweet.
just love it when Frusciante gets his game face on! haha, that sheer pout
The idea is to make sounds that are good...
You also need to play to a beat
Extremely inspiring!
everything he plays is utterly beautiful
Music genius!!
Figure 9 is beautiful, reminds me "Penetration time (Lou Berg's)"
How i love the 2 note melody! Thanks John
John, everything about you is BEAUTIFUL.
This guy has become my sensei
Music Theory
always come back to this
One of the most underrated guitarists of the past 20-30 years.
One of the greats. Thank god for John Frusciante.
He and jimmy page are the best ever
Riteeee..
Absofucking rite dude
Julius Miller fucking right, friend.
Page is good but he's a thief and a terrible person so it's harder to look up to him.
Caprise Adams Not sure the intent about the terrible person part, but as for thievery- blame Plant for lyrics, all the riffs are original as far as I'm aware, and some songs, yes, are probably not different enough to warrant being their own songs. They should have given writers credit as well on those... but what are ya gonna do. They thought those tunes were different enough.
He raped a 14 year old girl and held her hostage until she turned 18 so he couldn't get in legal trouble.
It's not hard to google what songs Zeppelin ripped off. "Led Zeppelin's 10 Boldest Rip-Offs"
If you're a big enough Zeppelin fan, go look up She Moved Through The Fair by Davey Graham.
Black Mountain Side is Bert Jansch's Down by Blackwaterside.
I don't need to excuse their thievery to say that Page is an excellent guitarist and was a good enough guitar lick writer to have been as famous as they were. I don't know why he had to steal other people's songs except greed. But raping a child isn't forgivable. I learned how to play guitar just so I could play Black Dog, but now I can't even listen to Zeppelin songs anymore.
Brilliant musician and teacher.
Love what he says about not showing off with solo's and understanding the relationship between notes.
"It's like a different dimension. You've got a high thing and a low thing, which is like two things, rather than a chord which is like one thing.. yeah"
for some reason that made me go "whoah...."
Is that the Fender Anthony gave him as a present for coming back to the band?
Yes
I read that in Scar Tissue
If wasn’t so much a “gift” as a necessity, because John didn’t even own a single guitar at the time. Excellent choice of a guitar of course.
Nathan Woodley
He had another guitar before the strat. He once said that the only guitar he had after the fire in his home was the red fiesta jaguar
Santiago Allende oh ok. I was just going by what Anthony said in Scar Tissue
Wow I love his clean tone. He rocks it out without distortion.
Love it, love hearing him talk about music.
fig 9... Incredible
1:59 people. Thank John later.
How did you know why I was here? Get out of my head!
whats the name of that song?
@@MsKaxd I think he just played it on the fly sounds like Scartissue
He is so good!
John frusciante's perspective on music is amazing this guy rocks
"In the topsy-turvy world of rock 'n roll, sometimes having a good solid piece of wood in your hand can come in quite useful."- Ian Faith
Was the melody @ *FIG* *8* ever used in a *RHCP* song?¿ Oh........what could've been!! 🤔🤔
John is the king of feeling
WHOOOO yeah such a feel to his playin...mighty dope.
i notice the way he talk kinda sounds like Flea but he sounds totally different from when he was young
JT STAR it was the fucking heroin
why does this guy not have his own signature strat yet?
Because he'd never play it. John only plays vintage guitars like that guitar there I may be wrong but i think it's his 1964 strat and i think it's all original so really he plays vintage stock guitars so because theres no customisation there would be no point in giving him a signiture line. Plus I don't think john would be interested in endorsing a guitar line because he played many different makes of guitar and now he only makes electronic music so he's really out of the guitar playing scene.
i believe it is a 62', and i read somewhere that he has seymour duncan sl-1's. you make a fair point though. Changing the pickups isnt really enough to do a fully fledged signature.
id totally buy a funky frusciante guitar. who wouldn't want to make money selling a quality product.
Platinumsfex john still plays guitar in all his songs he just does plenty of weird effects and more experementalstuff
The Ted Brownlow Band yup just like smile from the streets you hold and those weird songs :P but i love them all he is a great artist
Frusciante is my definition of music
I just love this man and his guitar
07:00-07:04 it's HEY solo, recognized it
Eureka Opium yes sir you my friend are a true fan like me!
No RHCP without him.
+Craig Duncan 100%
+Craig Duncan i wouldnt be here for long time on this earth without him , i love playing guitar because of him i loved the guitar because of him and i cant contact him to thank him :(
+Craig Duncan ?? he doesn't even play on the best RHCP albums ... The best stuff was early 80s along with one hot minute
Adhesive Loki
lol...ok tough guy
James Rockford Well you didn't disagree with me. Ad just how is One hot minute the best album? How are some of those first albums the best? Yeah uplift moro party plan is a good album but not the best.
Incredible at the end of the video!
John you are my insperation every timr I hear you talk I amazed the guitar is place that you are express yourself and you are one of the best musician ever i hope one day you will reach to Israel
It's like his his hand is a tarantula walking on the fretboard...makes me not want to play cause I'll never be 1/60th of him.
thats not the attitude of a guitarist man , just keep practice
"Sometimes you will want to give up the guitar, you will hate the guitar but if you stick with it you will be rewarded"
Jimi Hendrix
He's not playing anything that hard. Just practice more.
Dick Buttkiss better to be 1/60th or 1/600 of him than 0, right?
"I just didn't want to be straight in any way". Well then, John, nice of you to let us know.
I was scrolling down looking for the comment that said this :)
he's just awsome!
Such a skilful guitarist and you can tell from listening to him he's a real musical scholar. Doesn't get enough respect there's not a lot of guitarists as good as Frusciante around these days.
He was a prodigy at the guitar when he was a teen. He would walk into record stores and blow people's minds because of the hendrix songs he could play at such a young age.Growing up he would spend 14-18 hours a day playing the guitar. He even did that after joining the band. He even said in a recent interview that nothing has really changed since than as far as the time he puts into music. HE'S GOOD in every way you can think. Even if he doesn't show it on purpose.
Lol listen to 5:24 through 5:30 with your eyes closed.
🙌🏆😸😸
He understands the music so well it's amazing
he is awesome!
At around 6:53 i had to stop the video. I am truly not worthy.
Jacob Bharrat at 8:29 top man
Ita sad that I found about hin late in my life from a friend. Wish I new of him b4 my 20s so I had someone to look up to as a guitar player. A waist of my youth.
IT'S IMPRESSIVE!!! UNBELIEVABLE! I LOVE JOHN FRUSCIANTE.
fig.8 SO amazing , he´s an extraordinary musician
as amazing as Kurt Cobain is, John Frusciante is one of the most influential and talented guitarists of all time. i dont believe many people, ever have come close to his skill.
GOD OF FUNK !!!
Actually he does look like Jesus with a guitar ....
His philosophy on guitar playing music is...mind-opening.....it really says everything I want to do, an subconsciously do, but sometimes can't..He's truly a virtuoso !!
I understand now I love John
He plays alone as he would in a concert
You can tell just looking at him that he's done a lot of heroin
He actually had all of his teeth removed due to infection, and had to have facial reconstruction due to the removal. His arms are scared from fire.
+Mattis Sarcastic no they arent, he has skin grafts on his arms because they where scared from the needles nothing to do with fire
MLGesus Well, yeah, of course he has scars from missing his veins, but he was in a house fire and lost a few guitars in it too.
+Mattis Sarcastic he did go to rehab though, very likely from heroin addiction
CosmicTacoWizard God damn. Why don't people read what others have written? I know he did heroin. I even acknowledged that. Shut up.
OMF Fig 8. 2mins is amazing!!! sooo much awesome in my ears!
Fig. 9 is one of the most beautiful things I've heard. It doensn't surprise me it was Frusciante, he is the best and writes beautiful music.
I will!Thanks for the recommendation!;)
Expressing yourself with and through the instrument, is the key!
This session was recorded in July 2006, I love that he is wearing the same shirt 16 years later in the summer of 2022. I love you John
my fan for life
I love how he uses the wah-wah pedal it ads such a new element to his playing
Good stuff John. Amazing in fact, to be honest.
I hope you are doing well John and enjoying the next chapter of your life.
You have touched us all mere mortal guitarists with your awesomeness.
Stay positive dude :)
John Woolley, Wollongong, Australia
A lot of people hate on stadium arcadium, but in my humble it's one of their masterpieces. Also, if you listen how John adds textures to songs as they progress (as in from 1st chorus, to second, etc) it's quite masterful.
yes amazing bravo!!