Tosin Abasi Interview

Tig-O-bitties

I love 8 strings. I am glad that he does use one. Usually when band decided to go 7 or 8 stings they get shot down!

Progis8strings

I'm going to go ahead and say no to the "shot down" comment. Look at Scale the Summit, After the Burial, Periphery, etc... Extended range guitars are the way to go.

Tosin is amazing. His style truly is the way of the future in metal, or at least the next trend to be copied to all hell.

Equivalence

He seems like a very intelligent but also modest guy, awesome interview.

bokma

Awesome! This guy is great.
The AAL album was badass.

SchecterC-1+Man

Holy old. I saw this almost 2 months ago, haha
Awesome player/interview, though!

!normajean!

Animals As Leaders is amazing. Tosin is an amazing guitarists. I would totally buy an 8 string if i wasn't....you know....poor.

ctb

Awesome interview.
Awesome guitar.
Awesome guitar playing .
Awesome hat.

Habs

Awesome guy!

randyaintdead82

it was so cool meeting him in worcester a couple weeks ago. really nice dude. gave me advice and everything. deserves to get somewhere, hes got a lot of talent

Andragon

I wanna see that picking lesson he talked bout.

whoswt

AAL ftw !

CapnKickass

Man, his approach to writing sounds just like what i try to do. Very cool.

loonyguitarist

Excellent interview and choice of interviewee, I hope some more Tosin Abasi stuff comes on here *hint hint*

YoungViking

whys he dressed like a slave?...btw hes god

Shredder Guitar

He's the nicest guy you'll ever meet. He just looks like a genuine badass while playing - it looks effortless and sounds totally new. His style of writing is just what everyone on this site needs to recognize. Throw that stupid scale book out the window and don't write what "makes sense" to you. Write what sounds COOL to you. Great interview.

nexteyenate

The only problem I have with this guy's playing is that usually there is no tonic and the music does not resolve. To me, it sounds like someone noodling on their instrument instead of playing music.

isispelican

one of the best guitarists nowdays

xXChimairaXx

i completely agree. although he does have some serious skills. i've seen him play with Born of Osiris. he a great guitar player, just weird music.

toolguitarkid

i saw/met him last week at a show. he played flawlessly the whole set. hes a super cool guy and talked to me for a while after he played. he said that after this tour is done he is going back in the studio, which is exciting, considering that he is still a fresh sound in music.

grille

i would relly love to see a video of that thumb technic he use's.

LightxGrenade

Great guitarist. I feel like a lot of times when metal-oriented music uses 7 and 8 string guitars it's only to get a deeper range to sound "heavier", not so with him. He has the skill of shredders but I wouldn't necessary classify him in the Vai, Satriani, Maalmsteen category. Not because of lack of skill but because I feel like his style is totally different; a little more understated in the shred and more pronounced or concerned w/chord voicings. The Animals as Leaders album is great, a bit odd at times with the time signatures and how he borders on a-tonal at certain points but if i could sum it up in one word it'd be "refreshing".

AngryGoldfish

That's the narrow-mindedness of some musicians. Don't let that deter you, if anything.

Zayrank

Dude...i know how you feel.

Kwonnie

Man I saw this ages ago but yeah. Great player.
Most epic non-metal player metal artist alive. x.o
Sumeriancore ftw.

hildesaw

I hear you on the being copied to hell part. A lot more people are going to be doing the prog/jazz thing, and "Djent" if you will. Right now its cool as hell because of bands like AAL, Scale the Summit, Periphery, and of course Messugah, who are clearly the masters and groundbreaking bands of the sort of style. But I have a feeling that this will be the next thing to be cookie-cuttered unfortunately.