Tim May is amazing, so solid. Well researched interview preparation and familiarity with Tim’s discography is what make this a very insightful and enjoyable interview.
Love these interviews, Mason! Please keep doing them. You're documenting an important part of music history (especially from the guitar perspective). Fantastic!
We always hear about Carlton, Ritenour, Graydon and Ford, but it’s so good to hear about the other studio maestros from the 70s like Tim, Mitch Holder, Louis Shelton, John Tropea, etc.
😊 Agreed. The players we didn't know we had heard - and yet have actually heard many many times. Unsung heroes of popular music. Loving every interview.
This is the third one of these I have watched. These guys are just so good and humble about their contribution. Also giving credit to others frequently. You also let them talk. Good job
I was simply checking google to distinguish Tim May from Tim Pierce and I stumbled on this gem of an interview! So glad you asked him about the songs you did and thanks for shining a light on a man who probably is more comfortable in the background but who really deserves having a little spotlight like this!
Love this series, thanks so much. What would enhance the videos even more would be a short segment at the beginning about the interviewee’s guitar journey, namely how they developed their skills and got to the point of starting as a session musician.
Vertex, your interviews are great. I have never heard of most of your guests. I just wish you'd ask them about their early careers, how they got started etc
Thanks for asking him on Back to the Future :) If I was there I would also have asked him whether it was him that also played Johnny B Goode in Part II, because technically the song has an EXTRA part that wasn't in the original from the first film.
Them guitar sounds are amazing. The tones I always got frustrated with when I could not replicate them. Can you interview Danny kortchamer. He's amazing
Am I right in thinking that Tim played on Herb Alpert's Interlude for Erica? (Just at the start of the video - apologies if you cover this). Beautiful classical playing that blends so well with Herb's trumpet.
I remember seeing those VA guitars in a shop in Aberdeen Scotland back in the mid-80s... if I remember rightly, they were about 3 grand back then. Gorgeous but completely unaffordable to all but the pro's and those working in the oil industry at the time 😀
I guess you guys aren’t ready for that but your kids will love it 😆 I thought it was all on a Gibson 335 on back to the future. The band audition that’s actually Michael J Fox playing
Standard/ no professional peep: I need 50 pedals. Pro session guys: Well, I just brought my guitar, this amp... And if needed I can go to the local store to rent some extra effect.
We almost got the answer to exactly what effects are on the sampled guitar from rise. “Maybe and echoplex. I can’t remember”. Does anyone have a source for that echo/delay guitar fill?
(Space hog here again..jazz guitarist (or any musician worth their salt) credo: must pretend to be bored during an interview, practice, or session ( when you are not! ) lol😊
In this case, it’s her (Debbie), Giorgio Moroder, and a group of session musicians. Is it really a band when none of the members made the song other than Debbie? Moreover, from all this, that’s the only takeaway?
Tim May is amazing, so solid. Well researched interview preparation and familiarity with Tim’s discography is what make this a very insightful and enjoyable interview.
Tim May is so modest which adds to his amazing guitar skills.
Love these interviews, Mason! Please keep doing them. You're documenting an important part of music history (especially from the guitar perspective). Fantastic!
Thanks for watching! Please help us spread the word by sharing!
We always hear about Carlton, Ritenour, Graydon and Ford, but it’s so good to hear about the other studio maestros from the 70s like Tim, Mitch Holder, Louis Shelton, John Tropea, etc.
They're just so many you can't know about all of them.
@@jar4584 No, there was a relatively small group of studio greats in LA and New York.
I’m loving these session musician interviews. These guys wrote such iconic parts. Great stuff Mason!
I'm so glad! Please help share their stories! More people need to know who Tim is!
😊 Agreed. The players we didn't know we had heard - and yet have actually heard many many times. Unsung heroes of popular music. Loving every interview.
Agreed!
This is the third one of these I have watched. These guys are just so good and humble about their contribution. Also giving credit to others frequently. You also let them talk. Good job
I was simply checking google to distinguish Tim May from Tim Pierce and I stumbled on this gem of an interview! So glad you asked him about the songs you did and thanks for shining a light on a man who probably is more comfortable in the background but who really deserves having a little spotlight like this!
Tim is one of the greats. Well deserved interview.
Thank you for have Tim May on your show. He is such a great player & gentleman. We have had the please to meet him a few times.
Amazing player, no doubt! Please share and help us spread the word!
Love this series, thanks so much. What would enhance the videos even more would be a short segment at the beginning about the interviewee’s guitar journey, namely how they developed their skills and got to the point of starting as a session musician.
Tim is the master of “just what’s needed”.
That's a great asset as a session guitarist!
Another Great interview!! Tim is a true integral guitarist.. Certainly, an inspiration to my career!
These session muso interviews are outstanding. Thank you!
Brilliant interview thanks!
Great interview Mason ,You always have wonderful interviews for Musicians,This is a Master class!Thank You , Mason ,keep doing ur Thing!🙏🏾💯🎸
Love these interviews
"Pretty simple" he says as he demonstrates the volume swells. Thry might be simple - but they are so brilliantly executed.
Vertex, your interviews are great.
I have never heard of most of your guests.
I just wish you'd ask them about their early careers, how they got started etc
Great stuff, Mason. Really appreciate these videos. One of the best things going on guitar TH-cam.
wish we had this type of media/ content back in the day. ... The stuff I destroyed not knowing any better lol
Yes, but better late than never!
This is such a great series, tremendous!
Beautiful ❤ , thank you so much
I'm your fan... and these episodes are fantastic...
Thanks for asking him on Back to the Future :)
If I was there I would also have asked him whether it was him that also played Johnny B Goode in Part II, because technically the song has an EXTRA part that wasn't in the original from the first film.
Great interview
This guy is cool. Class act.
Them guitar sounds are amazing. The tones I always got frustrated with when I could not replicate them. Can you interview Danny kortchamer. He's amazing
That Johny be Good scene in Back to the Future, when I first saw it I laughed for about 5 minutes flat. It was so clever
Tim sounds just like the actor Charles Durning when he talks. Older folks in this crowd will know who I'm talking about.
Really cool.
Amazing
Damn… that action looks very high!
I've got Valley Arts #0022 with a mahogany body and birdseye maple neck
Nice! It’s probably worth $20K
Am I right in thinking that Tim played on Herb Alpert's Interlude for Erica? (Just at the start of the video - apologies if you cover this). Beautiful classical playing that blends so well with Herb's trumpet.
Awesome!!!!!
Thanks for watching!
Thanks Mason
Thanks for watching!
I remember seeing those VA guitars in a shop in Aberdeen Scotland back in the mid-80s... if I remember rightly, they were about 3 grand back then. Gorgeous but completely unaffordable to all but the pro's and those working in the oil industry at the time 😀
These series of interview will be legendary one day too! Thank you mason❤️🙏
🙏🙏🙏 thanks for watching!!!
I hung out on a date at sunset sound with Tim and Lee was there
Wow, very cool!
I guess you guys aren’t ready for that but your kids will love it 😆 I thought it was all on a Gibson 335 on back to the future. The band audition that’s actually Michael J Fox playing
He played Johnny b good better than anyone ive ever heard before in Back to the future part 2....just awesome!!!!!
Standard/ no professional peep: I need 50 pedals.
Pro session guys: Well, I just brought my guitar, this amp... And if needed I can go to the local store to rent some extra effect.
What's the best plate reverb pedal?
We almost got the answer to exactly what effects are on the sampled guitar from rise. “Maybe and echoplex. I can’t remember”. Does anyone have a source for that echo/delay guitar fill?
What's on the board? And what is that chorus that Tim's using? Sounds amazing!
My vintage Boss MIJ CE-2. We didn’t have a CE-1 so this was the closest we could do.
What are those black/white monitors on his table?
May: Crazy jazz guitarist's guitarist! Lol
So fuckin surprising to hear Johnny be good being played at a geek show like this😂 didn’t expect that 😅
Would have loved to hear about that midi pickup @3:52 ??
It's a circuit to boost the midrange
Ok.... what song is this?
At what time?
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Tim May Breaks Down His Iconic Guitar Parts for Lionel Richie, Blondie, Back to the Future, and more
Tim? remember the powerer of 10?
Triple Scale for shaking up your Princeton , lol
Hahahaha!
Um, gen xyz whatever..ask him about Steely Dan :)
(Space hog here again..jazz guitarist (or any musician worth their salt) credo: must pretend to be bored during an interview, practice, or session ( when you are not! ) lol😊
Blondie is not a "her". Blondie is a group.
In this case, it’s her (Debbie), Giorgio Moroder, and a group of session musicians. Is it really a band when none of the members made the song other than Debbie? Moreover, from all this, that’s the only takeaway?
The outrage police is pa-trolling, as always. 😒🙄
Tory Slusher is the best guitar player in the world…..period.
Who?
@@VertexEffectsInc Tory Slusher. Check her out. How do you not know about her?....now you know.
@@VertexEffectsInc and she blows this guy away. Check it out.