A casual chat with NICK JOHNSTON | Interview | Kris Barocsi
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- čas přidán 26. 08. 2024
- Hey guys! Grab a drink, sit down and spare 24 minutes of your time for an incredible guy called Nick Johnston.
We had a casual chat about his playing, his way of practising, his style, his relation to gear and about playing live music. We had a few jams too, which nearly made me wet my pants. Ha ha!
Nick is talking about very important things, watch the whole interview if you can. You will learn from it for sure. I definitely did!
This is the 1st video in my "A casual chat with..." series, I hope you like it. :)
If you're only interested in the playing you'll find enough at:
2:27
5:56
9:30
11:02
13:56
23:28
Gear used in this video:
-Schecter Nick Johnston USA AS bit.ly/2PCg627
-Schecter Nick Johnston USA Custom AFR bit.ly/2vtg834
-Orange Rockerverb 50 combo bit.ly/2DGNCzw
-Blackstar HT Club 40 combo bit.ly/2PFpimv
-Sommer cables bit.ly/2YoU6ew
Both amps were miced with:
- Sennheiser e906 bit.ly/2GIql0Y
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Thanks for watching and cheers!
Kris Barocsi
Nick is the sweetest guy quite aside from being a face melting player. Love him!
Chinaguitarsceptic Same here mate. I adore him as a player and as a human being!
"It´s easy, you just need to know the rules..." Joke of the century, really, Nick is so humble he actually believes it. I actually think he can´t see how good he is and that his insane melody skills are just on a league of their own.
Kris from Thomann AND Nick Johnston jamming... what a time to be alive :D
ShawnEnigma thx buddy! It was a special day for me.
9:45 completely random jam with Nick Johnston. What a dream come true. Thank you so much for this interview, I'm a huge fan.
Thanks so much! Yeah it’s absolutely a dream come true. Nick is an awesome human being as well as an insane guitarist. 🙌🙌🙌
Man, love this. Love Nick. I am going deep into these modern players that are pushing a clean but slightly driven tone with tasty chordings and also letting their runs rest with hanging on tones.
Nick is such a down to earth person and one of the most melodic and interesting player we have today! Thanks for doing this Kris!
Great playing from both of you too!
Jonathan Brisebois-Lamarche ohh he absolutely is! Thanks for the kind words Jonathan! Cheers!
This is excellent, Kris is a great interviewer, and of course Nick is a nose to the grindstone artist who is on his own level.
This is at least the 3rd video I've seen where the other guy basically becomes Nick's human looper pedal. :D Hope you can laugh at that. Total respect for sitting down with this guy. Thanks for the video.
He may not think it but he’s one of the best guitarists alive right now. I can’t get enough.
Just Great! Thanks for this video and Hi from Brazil!
Humble guy yet super talented (whether he thinks so or not lol) but touches on the most important things in guitar playing here: developing by playing live; importance of fititng in and playing in a band or with other musicians; rhythm guitar playing as,well as lead.
Awesome man always inspiring! Would love to see more of the footage !
Burnt Mcgurnt I loved this chat with Nick. Happy you enjoyed it too! Cheers man!
@@KrisBarocsi ya man get him on again! Haha
Yay me and Nick Johnston are left handed!
That solo was sick
Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiick!
Your the best Nick! But how do lefties play righty?? Im a dominant lefty!! I throw like a girl with my right hand lol. I finger the neck no problem with my right but i have to play lefthanded. But i guess i'm kind of a freak cause i actually play a righthanded guitar upside down lefthanded. Albert king style. Jimmy could do it but he actually strung his righty guitars lefthanded the "correct way". To each his or hers own i say!! What ever makes you comfortable. I have run into road blocks the way i play but hurdle them and move on! I cant go back!! Been doing it this way for over 20 years now. Your style is amazing Nick! Inspiring!! Enjoying your new diamond series Atomic green schecter too!! Rock on guys!!
Lol shots fired at Steve Vai at 20:00
Great interview and an awesome jam.
He's got a different brain to the rest of us
This dude is HONEST!!!
GREAT video bro!
Oilid happy you liked it dude! 🙏
@@KrisBarocsi Nick seems to be so kind.. and his talent seems to be endless!
Great video! Big fan of the channel 👍
aplakides thanks that means a lot man! Cheers!
Thanks to both!
3:20 very interesting comment from Nick. I have debated whether being a lefty playing right is an advantage technically (obviously an advantage in guitar selection) and when I was younger I would have thought there was a benefit to having your main hand on the fret board but as I have played more and had to do so much work on my picking technique (such as economy picking), finger picking, touch and feel with my right hand, I have realised there is also an advantage to having your picking hand being your main hand.
Hi Kris if you like that chord, listen to" Fred" with Tony Willams (Allan Holdsworth) :)))
Casual Chad. Sick, Bro!
I thought it was so interesting that you guys are both left handed but play right handed cos I'm lefty and play lefty.
Don't want to discourage anyone but the way he plays comes Natural. It is not just practicing a guitar for hours and hours.
You can tell watching him play it is second nature to him. He knows what to do way before he plays it! Tell me i am wrong?
Amazing great players
Marcos Vini thank you Marcos! I have to say though, I felt like an absolute beginner on Nick‘s side whilst jamming with him. He is incredible.
@@KrisBarocsi and really a great guitar hero, I like his style a lot too smart applications, when you can listen to this song and my last single release January this year I hope you like it czcams.com/video/wkLhLP28b2s/video.html
Great insight into Nick's playing and thinking - many thanks for this. I recently made a video about his signature guitar and it's absolutely fantastic.
17:05 put in the time ... Alien chicken pickin said Do it live 🤘🏽
The stage stress can be a powerful friend or foe 🤘🏽
Poo Ninja Stage can really be a mean place. I remember having many years of struggling to deliver a halfway decent performance.
But it develops you as a player in so many ways. 🤘
Argh- I wish Kris would have asked Nick what he was thinking scale-wise over that Am Eb progression- I mean I know Nick started out in Am- but then when he shifted- did he "think" Eb major or something totally different, like Eb Mixolydian or just chord tones or what!
I like the Am Lydian Sounding lick. I work it out by going Am Appegio into a tri tone and a Ab major appegio. The resolution sounds like a block buster movie theme. Fricken awesome. I will work on the lick you like tomorrow and see if I can figure out his thought process.
Who’s nick johnson !?
0:58 i said minor wtf hahaha
15:28 for what it's worth, assuming you started playing at birth you'd be 136 years old by day 50'000
Great video! Big fan of the channel 👍
aplakides Thank you thank you thank you aaaand thank you! Makes me really happy to hear.