One of the true living guitar greats . I have seen him many times. Anyone who doubts if he can "shred" listen to Henry Cow his group from 70s.. it is not a lack of chops that he plays this way .
Even if these were the only thing he was be able to do it would have been good the same. I think one doesnt have to ahow he can play conventionally to be accepted
I randomly clicked on the link to this video, then opened up a new tab, just listening and not viewing. At first, I thought it was some guitar with alot of effects and editting added in with a computer. I was curious and open this video tab back up, only to see him making all of these sounds himself. Amazing. I think I just found one of my new favorite musicians.
I love these rare videos that somehow attract an audience with conventional tastes who are just so confused. Nothing odd about this, people, just music. Enjoy.
It's a shame people are so concerned on whether this is "music" or not, because it's just such FUN to hear the unexpected and interesting sounds he's making. If people had more FUN with music, maybe these stupid arguments would, you know, stop? Before this video, my only contact with Frith was Henry Cow. I'm now very interested on his solo work.
Frith is a genius he is wideniuing the definitions of music as we know them ...openminding every time i hear something its innovative and astounding and brillant and not from this earth..
A lot of impovised music with treated guitar is pretty hard work. I find this piece very musical, beautiful and entertaining. I would love to hear more.
Listen to Henry Cow's 'Greasy Truckers' set from 1973. Fred does this stuff but in more of a group setting. The improvisational interplay is otherworldly!
Fred Frith,le musicien qui fait tous les efforts possibles pour ne SURTOUT PAS se retrouver au Top 50 ..bien sûr le mieux c"est même d'IGNORER qu'un truc comme le Top 50 puisse exister..mais faut quand-même pas trop en demander...très très bel effort en tout cas..
pangtjoff, the device near the headstock is an additional pickup mounted above the strings. Frith uses the pickup for fingertapping arppegio parts in other pieces, hes been using the same guitar for years.
His playing blows my mind. Composition with non traditional guitar sounds is completely unheard of in western music. This is as impressive as Eddie Van Halen.
could be... i find it hard to imagine with the things he does (like rubbing a ribbon up and down yr fretboard), that he ALWAYS KNOWS exactly what sound its going to make... once again i just discovered his music, as far as i know you ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT dont get me wrong i think its fantastic what he is doing and i will read about it first before i make remarks.. thanks for making me notice from one musiclover to another :-))
He uses a custom guitar. The "device" behind the nut is actually an extra pick-up, an extraneous one held in an aluminum harness bolted onto the nut, that picks up notes and pitches that sound behind and on the nut. In many pieces of his, you can hear what sounds like a scale going up as another scale goes down, both sounding at the same time. This is because the pick-up on the headstock actually picks up a "reverse" scale of notes that sound behind the frets. It's a very interesting technique.
IS HE KILLING THAT GUITAR DADDY? Yes, son. Yes he is. Seriously though, if you can keep an open mind this is actually a very creative way to approach the instrument and makes for some interesting music. I'd listen to hours of this before I listened to five minutes of Lady Shergar or whatever her damn name is.
Doing something out of conentional though is thinking outside of the box, but when that thinking is forced to be the exact opposite is not originality, but simply acting as a mirror, therefore, even if you're not doing what everyone else, you still depend on the action of the others to make your equal, exact opposite reaction.
For some it might help to listen to how he developed before he got to this point, since he started off in the 60s. It seems that really getting into what an artist is about has more and more become a thing of the past, with all other options to choose from.
Alex Haddad I swear fred can do anything. This is some of his more "unconventional" playing which is really fun to listen to and watch. Then there's bands like Henry Cow and his work with John Zorn, that's before you get into all the other non prog things he's done!
well, that's not entirely true; i know. having done this, as well as actually playin' with the guy, it's partially an amazing set of ears & intuition, & knowing when things sound/feel right, that the piece is working. he has the mechanics down to a science, but it's the openness to letting things happen that creates the real magic. that explains why there are people, like arto, who can't play a lick to save his life, is capable of creating lasting art. fred just happens to ALSO be a real player.
Fred Frith does know exactly what he is doing at all times and is an iconoclastic guitar player in every sense. He is also a professor of music at Mills College. I have seen him play a few times and it is always very interesting and fun to watch. Those not familiar with him should check out his earlier work with his band Henry Cow.
@adalaku Well i'm pretty sure this fall under the catagory of free improvisation. I do think he knows what he's doing, but the effects are not clear to him before he's performing. Still nice to watch though. Like a painter, painting a still life or something. Pretty cool
You get there when you have played every single note. Every single song you wanted to play and you want to go into that Twilight Zone of playing the guitar!
@qishmish the black thing is a pickup on the nut so it amplifies the notes between the nut and whatever is on the neck. So yes and no... I really don't know how he does it all I know is that it's fucking awesome
LOL- it's like they said "Our normal guitarist is sick! Can anyone play guitar?!" Then some drunk guy raised his hand in the audience and said "Yeah! I kin do that! How hard kin it beeee?"
Anyone can look at the tomato piece and say "i could do that", the same definately does not go for the statue. I'm sure many people heard this and said to themselves "i could do this" and perhaps thats what the artist is going for, however the beauty in music lies in the ability for virtuosos to blow us away with their limitless prowess of the instruments they wield.
While I couldn’t listen to this for hours I will easily admit that he has endless creative ideas, not just the sounds or noises but also how quick he is from one technique to another, as well as his timing or phrasing varies constantly....most guitarists trying this would quickly become repetitive and out of ideas....
They should release Fred Frith DLC for games like Guitar Hero, just to troll the fuck out of players.
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Fred's on Fire!
Art is not technique. It is expression, it is passion.
The thing that makes Frith extra cool
Is he has the expression, passion, AND the technique!
One of the true living guitar greats . I have seen him many times. Anyone who doubts if he can "shred" listen to Henry Cow his group from 70s.. it is not a lack of chops that he plays this way .
agree mate.
oh i see.. interesting, thanks.
Even if these were the only thing he was be able to do it would have been good the same. I think one doesnt have to ahow he can play conventionally to be accepted
It must be a lack of shops: he couldn't find a bunch of picks.
Fred has been way beyond unnecessary "shredding" for years.He has never had to prove anything except for his genius, which proves itself.
I randomly clicked on the link to this video, then opened up a new tab, just listening and not viewing. At first, I thought it was some guitar with alot of effects and editting added in with a computer. I was curious and open this video tab back up, only to see him making all of these sounds himself.
Amazing. I think I just found one of my new favorite musicians.
I love these rare videos that somehow attract an audience with conventional tastes who are just so confused.
Nothing odd about this, people, just music. Enjoy.
Well it is odd there’s no doubting that lol. And we love him and it for that, he’s one of the avant garde (and pop/rock)’s great oddballs
this is fucking brilliant
Gremby The perfect review! Cannot put it better into words Gremby :)
I hope you are being sarcastic
Top 5 concerts I have ever been to. With him in Iceland. More than half of the people left. They just didn’t get it.
That's so hilarious and tragic at the same time
tab pls?
HAHA :D
what an original comment
@@bulletbelt97 it means transcription = dead
literally "Fairie's Aire & Death Waltz" but irl
GENIUS. I love this so much.
I first saw this video 10 years ago , its still good
How is it possible that I've come back to this video multiple times already? I'm enthralled.
I have always admired the intense concentration on the moment in Fred's work.
Oh my god ! This is a complete genius ! Change change my life forever ! Love U !
It's a shame people are so concerned on whether this is "music" or not, because it's just such FUN to hear the unexpected and interesting sounds he's making. If people had more FUN with music, maybe these stupid arguments would, you know, stop?
Before this video, my only contact with Frith was Henry Cow. I'm now very interested on his solo work.
probably one of the greatest living guitar players
Thanks for posting this! One doesn't get many opportunities to SEE this kind of guitar playing in action.
ギター鳴らすのにルールはないけど
FRED FRITHの哲学とかギター、楽器に対する考え方
これは尊重すべきもの。
もはやこれこそが、ミュージシャンにとって、
"ルール"の心理なのではないでしょうか。
pure magic
Frith is a genius he is wideniuing the definitions of music as we know them ...openminding every time i hear something its innovative and astounding and brillant and not from this earth..
Great performance! Happy Birthday, Fred!
This is literally the single best piece of music I have ever heard.
well that was amazing, like autechre on the fly, on a guitar.
This is WONDERFUL! genius and madness simultaneously.
Great clip! Beautifully captured!
he is such a lovely human being and gifted musicians with much more talent in one finger than others in whole..
A lot of impovised music with treated guitar is pretty hard work. I find this piece very musical, beautiful and entertaining. I would love to hear more.
Listen to Henry Cow's 'Greasy Truckers' set from 1973. Fred does this stuff but in more of a group setting. The improvisational interplay is otherworldly!
Wow! This is Amazing I love it 😊
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amazing. FRED FRITH, period.
thank you so much for posting this.
Thank you for this great Vid............
Fred is always amazing!
Just amazing: the mind, applied to an instrument, is so limitless.
Fred Frith,le musicien qui fait tous les efforts possibles pour ne SURTOUT PAS se retrouver au Top 50
..bien sûr le mieux c"est même d'IGNORER qu'un truc comme le Top 50 puisse exister..mais faut quand-même pas trop en demander...très très bel effort en tout cas..
great Fred !! super !!
Thank you Fred Frith!
Wtf with all these plebs crying about how "bad" this is, who brought them here and why...
It's an opinion. Ever heard of it?
Some hippie dickweed played this for me while I was tripping on shrooms and even then I thought/knew it was garbage.
‘Some hippie dickweed’. Oh piss off
holy shit! i didn't know someone could do that with a guitar.
In a darkened room you wouldn't know what you were listeniing to. Seeing him do this piece is everything.
Great Music!
fantastic!
Love it Fred!
This is amazing.
his plaing guitar always shows new sight of music.
i like his improvisation very much.
weird in all his greatness, this is fantastic, i just discovered so...
Thanks gyantic 1, I will have a listen.
pangtjoff, the device near the headstock is an additional pickup mounted above the strings. Frith uses the pickup for fingertapping arppegio parts in other pieces, hes been using the same guitar for years.
magnifico
i did it! i cannot believe it! i have reached the end of the internet! goodnight and god bless!
brilliant!
This is great....
Wow! Just realized that you don't have to be a musician or have a technique to perform and make money! This man is genius!
@MokshaIS An additional pickup, so he can pick up noises and "notes" from both sides of a fretted string.
Sticky hot room and Frith was on fire. I was at this gig. Was my first taste and I liked it. Mesmerising.
I KNOW so. You can find videos of him explaining his techniques and sounds. He definately knows what he's doing.
I still miss the music
will do, i find this all very fascinating
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His playing blows my mind. Composition with non traditional guitar sounds is completely unheard of in western music. This is as impressive as Eddie Van Halen.
i like the stuff of fred over the last 42 years. what is creativity?? .................................system-field-and...
this is great - forget the flash, the slickness - this guy is all about THE SOUND. i'm a new fan
could be... i find it hard to imagine with the things he does (like rubbing a ribbon up and down yr fretboard), that he ALWAYS KNOWS exactly what sound its going to make... once again i just discovered his music, as far as i know you ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT dont get me wrong i think its fantastic what he is doing and i will read about it first before i make remarks.. thanks for making me notice from one musiclover to another :-))
Genius.
This is genius...but I don't know how to describe it.
great stuff
He uses a custom guitar. The "device" behind the nut is actually an extra pick-up, an extraneous one held in an aluminum harness bolted onto the nut, that picks up notes and pitches that sound behind and on the nut. In many pieces of his, you can hear what sounds like a scale going up as another scale goes down, both sounding at the same time. This is because the pick-up on the headstock actually picks up a "reverse" scale of notes that sound behind the frets. It's a very interesting technique.
I've been waiting for Frith to play a conventional song since 1969. .really dug the Art Bears era. .
IS HE KILLING THAT GUITAR DADDY?
Yes, son. Yes he is.
Seriously though, if you can keep an open mind this is actually a very creative way to approach the instrument and makes for some interesting music. I'd listen to hours of this before I listened to five minutes of Lady Shergar or whatever her damn name is.
If he could get the guitar to play the drumstick, that would be amazing .
That was in a previous video which somehow got taken down by Ginger Baker..................so I'm told.
Doing something out of conentional though is thinking outside of the box, but when that thinking is forced to be the exact opposite is not originality, but simply acting as a mirror, therefore, even if you're not doing what everyone else, you still depend on the action of the others to make your equal, exact opposite reaction.
"art is not a mirror, it's a hammer"
For some it might help to listen to how he developed before he got to this point, since he started off in the 60s. It seems that really getting into what an artist is about has more and more become a thing of the past, with all other options to choose from.
Weird as hell and I kinda love it
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Very fun performance by a very prolific and diverse guitarist!
Alex Haddad I swear fred can do anything. This is some of his more "unconventional" playing which is really fun to listen to and watch. Then there's bands like Henry Cow and his work with John Zorn, that's before you get into all the other non prog things he's done!
A lot of Henry Cow’s live free Improvisation stuff was even crazier than this.
かっけえ！！！！
i'll say this is very sounding very interesting, nice way to treat a guitar ;)
🎶💫🎶
Cool guitar sounds man
well, that's not entirely true; i know. having done this, as well as actually playin' with the guy, it's partially an amazing set of ears & intuition, & knowing when things sound/feel right, that the piece is working. he has the mechanics down to a science, but it's the openness to letting things happen that creates the real magic. that explains why there are people, like arto, who can't play a lick to save his life, is capable of creating lasting art. fred just happens to ALSO be a real player.
great sound haha :)
This guy a GOD.
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This is truly not easy to do.
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Fred Frith does know exactly what he is doing at all times and is an iconoclastic guitar player in every sense. He is also a professor of music at Mills College. I have seen him play a few times and it is always very interesting and fun to watch. Those not familiar with him should check out his earlier work with his band Henry Cow.
sadomazo!!))
@CharlieBaltazar I'm pretty sure it's some sort of pickup, so he can get sound from both sides of the drumstick.
@adalaku
Well i'm pretty sure this fall under the catagory of free improvisation. I do think he knows what he's doing, but the effects are not clear to him before he's performing. Still nice to watch though. Like a painter, painting a still life or something. Pretty cool
You get there when you have played every single note. Every single song you wanted to play and you want to go into that Twilight Zone of playing the guitar!
This guy is such fun - haven't laughed so much all year! A sort of Spike Milligan with an abused Gibson.
they told me my uncle was crazy
ha ha ha !!! my thoughts exactly !
@qishmish the black thing is a pickup on the nut so it amplifies the notes between the nut and whatever is on the neck. So yes and no... I really don't know how he does it all I know is that it's fucking awesome
Very experimental, i like.
can't wait to see him with mike patton :D september 30 :)
LOL- it's like they said "Our normal guitarist is sick! Can anyone play guitar?!" Then some drunk guy raised his hand in the audience and said "Yeah! I kin do that! How hard kin it beeee?"
Dobrze ze mam przy sobie tabletki.....
i want one of those youtube guitar teachers to explain this yeah
no vidíš a to jsou jen dva tóny, zatímco u Fritha nahoře se sice jedná o improvizaci,ale melodická linka je tam taky,stačí otevřít uši.
Anyone can look at the tomato piece and say "i could do that", the same definately does not go for the statue. I'm sure many people heard this and said to themselves "i could do this" and perhaps thats what the artist is going for, however the beauty in music lies in the ability for virtuosos to blow us away with their limitless prowess of the instruments they wield.
While I couldn’t listen to this for hours I will easily admit that he has endless creative ideas, not just the sounds or noises but also how quick he is from one technique to another, as well as his timing or phrasing varies constantly....most guitarists trying this would quickly become repetitive and out of ideas....