Guitar legend Steve Vai sums Abasi up with these thoughts: ‘When I first heard Animals As Leaders I felt as though I was at last hearing the future of creative, heavy virtuoso guitar playing. [3] Abasi's school experience aided him in developing ideas for the album. You don’t go and physically buy music – you download music. IC: It’s more of a band this time around, because you filled in members after the first album came out, right? It’s a certain feel that I feel like I need to develop a bit further, so that’s where I’m focusing right now – turning on the click and perceiving the downbeat as an upbeat in sort of a swing and just improvising. IC: Do you see yourself doing any design work for Animals As Leaders? A lot of electronic musicians are just giving away full LPs and stuff. But honestly, most of these venues have sidefills, and if you put yourself heavy in the monitor mix, you’re there. Javier [Reyes, guitar] plays all of the rhythm parts, and I’ll phrase sample myself and kind of loop that stuff, and maybe play rhythm with him or continue on a lead line. IC: Where do you see yourself and the band in five to ten years? Misha was living in Bethesda. I had this extravagant rig, and I was just like: ‘Man, this isn’t really practical.’ I was aware that I could do everything I was doing with a 2-space rack. First emerging onto the metal scene with the Washington D.C.-based Reflux, extended-range guitarist Tosin Abasi quickly distinguished himself with his relentless riffage and captivating lead work. The Ex-Man Podcast Ep. IC: Is there anything you can share with us about the direction of the album? Tosin Abasi was born in Washington D.C, United States on Friday, January 7, 1983 (Millennials Generation). IC: Did you have a set practice routine that you worked on for a while, or were you doing bits and pieces here and playing a lot? Oluwatosin Ayoyinka Olumide" Tosin" Abasi (geboren op 7 januari 1983), is een Nigeriaanse Amerikaanse muzikant, vooral bekend als oprichter en lead gitarist van de instrumentale progressieve metal band Animals as Leaders.Vóór de oprichting van Animals as Leaders, was hij de gitarist van de technische metalcore band Reflux. IC: Tell me more about the writing process for the first album, and how it came together – how much you brought to it to begin with, and how it changed. My advice would be to examine your own playing and your own feelings about music, and focus on what you would like to contribute to the wealth of music as an individual. He is 37 years old and is a Capricorn. Edit Artist ; Share. [3], The album was released on April 28, 2009 by Prosthetic Records,[7] and was met with positive reviews. IC: So maybe it’s not finding ways to monetize with the present model, but finding different sources of revenue – accepting that people are going to be able to take your music. I’m listening to more bebop, and I haven’t done a lot of improvisational playing – swing, and using passing tones and chromatics. Explore Tosin Abasi's biography, personal life, family and real age. Stefan Palacios. [3] Abasi uses techniques such as tremolo picking, sweep-picking, two-handed tapping, fingerpicking, and slapping throughout the album. All of these factors started to add up, so I took the plunge. TA: Misha brought it up to me, just because he’s all over the gear stuff. 360 deals are definitely a response that labels are taking. You can’t decide on anything and it’s super permanent and it molds the way people perceive your band. It was intended to be on a compilation that never actually happened. IC: These days, do you have a set practice regimen that you do? Jimmy Herring’s lines and his approach to improvisation is really awesome, too. But that’s unrealistic. I guess it makes sense – they’re forced to essentially tax you in other ways. TA: Yeah. Abasi initially declined, feeling … Pingback: Tosin Abasi Hosts Guitar Clinic | Hook In Mouth Heavy Metal Blog(), Pingback: Guitar Messenger – Chris Letchford & Travis LeVrier Interview (Scale The Summit)(), Pingback: Guitar Lessons, Interviews, News, Reviews, & More | Guitar Messenger – Michael Keene Interview – The Faceless(), Pingback: Ioannis Anastassakis – [Commentary Sundays] Week 2 –(), Pingback: Guitar Lessons, Interviews, News, Reviews, & More | Guitar Messenger – NAMM 2014: Tosin Abasi Interview @ Ibanez (Animals As Leaders)(), Pingback: Guitar Lessons, Interviews, News, Reviews, & More | Guitar Messenger – Paul Masvidal Interview – Cynic (2014): Part 2(). Oluwatosin Ayoyinka Olumide "Tosin" Abasi merupakan ahli muzik Amerika Syarikat berbangsa Nigeria, dan paling dikenali sebagai pengasas dan pemain gitar utama dalam kugiran progresif metal Animals as Leaders.Sebelum mengasaskan Animals as Leaders, dia pemain gitar dalam kugiran metalcore teknikal Reflux. Jeremy Friedman. Oluwatosin Ayoyinka Olumide Abasi, better known as Tosin Abasi (born January 7, 1983), is a Nigerian American musician, best known as the founder and lead guitarist of the instrumental progressive metal band Animals as Leaders.Before founding Animals as Leaders, he was the guitarist for the technical metalcore band Reflux. Right now I just try to find people who are already good at that, and understand what I’m trying to do. Reflux's former record label Prosthetic Records saw Abasi's guitar work and asked him to create a solo album for them. TOSIN ABASI INTERVIEW Ibanez Artist: Tosin Abasi Band: Reflux Model: RG1527 Ibanez: What has Reflux been up to lately? It doesn’t benefit the label if their primary source of revenue is selling a CD, but as far as the band getting bigger, it’s this weird sort of groundwork that you can do. I have a laptop rig that I record with. Animals as Leaders is the debut studio album by progressive metal group Animals as Leaders. IC: Who are some of the people that you’re listening to right now? Tosin Abasi is a self taught guitarist. It was released on April 28, 2009 by Prosthetic Records. The Gambale stuff was more economy picking and sweeping and stuff like that. We hope to put out an album at some point, too. TA: I’m listening to Adam Rogers a lot, and Jimmy Herring is a super, super cool player – as far as guitarists are concerned. Their approach to harmony is really stimulating, and I want to kind of develop that vibe in my playing a bit more. Elkhart, IN. If I work with someone else who’s better at production, I get a better result. It’s a pretty intuitive style of music, with the pentatonics and whatnot. Abasi Concepts guitars give visionary players the creative tools to break boundaries. Oluwatosin Ayoyinka Olumide Abasi, better known as Tosin Abasi, is a Nigerian American guitarist who is best known as the guitar player and founder of the instrumental progressive metal band Animals as Leaders. During a Reflux show, Prosthetic Records noticed his skill and offered him a record deal as a solo artist. TA: I started. Tosin Abasi Interview (Animals As Leaders) First emerging onto the metal scene with the Washington D.C.-based Reflux, extended-range guitarist Tosin Abasi quickly distinguished himself with his relentless riffage and captivating lead work. Guo Wei Lee. So how do you ingrain that? The only change I made was that I wanted it to be more of a band, as opposed to a guitar CD – even though it’s pretty guitar focused. I like fashion, too, and I really like design that can inspire you. IC: For only being three weeks apart, it’s got such a different sound. You can hear some differences in the actual sounds. It’s kinda weird [laughs]. Tosin Abasi, Vinny Vihn and Even Brewer of Reflux playing at Pompano indoor Skate Park (PIS) I filmed this before I had any idea that Tosin Abasi would become such a Guitar icon. I’m pretty sure I can trust your opinion.’ I played his, and its amazingly lifelike. After Reflux disbanded, Tosin began work on a solo instrumental effort, the result of which was Animals As Leaders: a 12-track journey that leads listeners through an eclectic blend of progressive, guitar-driven music that fuses heavy, mesmerizing 8-string grooves and virtuosic lead work with tasteful electronic production and a range of stylistic influences. I was like: ‘Alright, if you think it’s cool. Tosin Abasi has had a big hand in the rising success of the eight-stringed beast. Learn about Tosin Abasi: his birthday, what he did before fame, his family life, fun trivia facts, popularity rankings, and more. Stefan Palacios. Do you demo things yourself? Everyone’s an individual, and they have a unique voice – I could never sound like you, and only if you chose to emulate me would you sound like me. Ivan Chopik founded Guitar Messenger in the Fall of 2007 and is currently running the online magazine as Editor-in-Chief, webmaster, and writer. He joined the band Reflux in the early to mid-2000s and then was offered a record deal. a. a a. a. Augustha Van. I think there’s going to be this forced evolution into monetizing that stuff, as opposed to exclusively selling a physical CD. IC: Let’s talk some gear. TA: Yeah, Misha had a little bit more to do with that song. Penang. The name is loosely connotative of a lot of the ideas that are floating around in my head, but it’s not meant to be anything you’re supposed to pay too much attention to. You’ll notice a lot more low-end riffing and grooving on that stuff. I think there are a lot of things that we include in our music that don’t happen too readily in extreme metal, like the use of extensions in our chords, and this emphasis on polyrhythms based on a quarter note, moderate tempo. TA: No, I’ve been staying in North Hollywood. Isaac Stansbury. It was also called "the 12th best album of 2009" by metalsucks.net[8], Ken McGrath of Rock Sound described the album as "a space-prog head-trip" and compared its sound to Dream Theater, Porcupine Tree, 65daysofstatic, and Meshuggah. TA: I have a Boomerang, which is a phrase sampler, but honestly, the Axe-Fx has a built-in phrase sampler. You guys must have made some adjustments. 1 弹幕 Min Kang - Binary Number - Eclipse (Guitar Playthrough) Do_U_Even_Djent. There are a lot of layers on the album, so I have to do a bit of looping. IC: Animals As Leaders really stands out in a tour like Summer Slaughter, as you mentioned before. Ballarat. TA: Choosing a band name is like naming your child – it’s really hard. So we’ll be working on the material together. My production isn’t good enough, so when I record, the riffs kind of pale in comparison… The outcome isn’t as strong as I would like. [1] Reflux's former record label Prosthetic Records saw Abasi's guitar work and asked him to create a solo album for them. Because I know that word-of-mouth, and the fact that our CD pretty much leaked a year before Prosthetic released it was kind of to our benefit. He is also a guitarist, composer, and audio engineer who graduated from Berklee College of Music in May 2012 with a Bachelor of Music degree in Guitar Performance, Music Business & Management, and Music Production/Engineering. So I went over to his house every day for two weeks, and we recorded the CD [laughs]. I want to track back to the beginning, to what originally inspired you to pick up the guitar – what you were listening to then, and then how different influences began to seep into your style into where you are now. I like eating good food, primarily raw if I can help it, but it doesn’t always happen. TA: I’m into blending tones, so for my clean I blend two amps, and then for the distortion I blend two, as well. Before Animals as Leaders Tosin Abasi was a member of metalcore band Reflux that had been disbanded. IC: Sounds like you picked up some REH videos back in the day. So I’ll run a Vox AC30 simulation, or one of the Fender Blackfaces or something, just a very classic approach to clean guitar. It’s definitely been pretty positive responses [that we’ve gotten]. I like Kurt Rosenwinkel a lot, too. Maybe that’s the approach. IC: What’s your advice to young musicians coming up right now who are looking to make their mark and get themselves out there? TA: Yeah, he’s ceaselessly working on better mixes, and he’s never really happy, so he’s always pushing himself to do better. Jeremy Friedman. That’s how I learned to play, pretty much. Tosin Abasi. We never officially released anything, but the drummer and I decided that we wanted to go to school for music. Artist Roster - Electric Guitars | Ibanez guitars: 'via Blog this'. Blues was pretty graspable. The Axe-Fx does the most accurate job of feeling like a real amp that I’ve ever encountered – the harmonic content, everything about it feels right. IC: You have such a unique blend of styles and influences in your sound. It’s quite amazing.’ Since the release of the debut record, Animals As Leaders has grown into a full band and completed a number of high profile tours to date – including Summer Slaughter 2010, where I had the chance to sit down and talk with Tosin: IC: How’s the Summer Slaughter tour going? All Rights Reserved. In Groups: Animals As Leaders, Generation Axe, Reflux, TRAM (3) Variations: Viewing All | Tosin Abasi. 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What’s your contribution to music beyond your technical achievement? I ended up hitting up Misha Mansoor of Periphery, or Bulb, as some people know him, and he was totally down to work on the album with me. IBANEZ CLASSICS : SIGNATURE GUITARS. TA: It’s pretty straight-ahead. At the time that I made the CD with him he was living in Van Ness, which is a part of D.C., and I was in Columbia Heights – we were only a few miles away from each other, so it worked out. Tosin Abasi is a mainly self-taught guitarist. It’s like a moral thing – very few people have a moral obligation against taking music. [3] All twelve tracks on the album are guitar driven instrumentals that are intended to showcase Abasi's guitar skills. TA: The drummer of Circa Survive, Steve Clifford – he and I have been going back and forth with files of demos that we’re doing. Guitarists who seek to explore new realms of sound, responsiveness or ergonomics will discover exceptional sonic depth and playability. IC: Do you ever anticipate yourself doing any work with a singer? TA: Each of those videos has a wealth of information, usually stylistically relevant to the player that you’re watching. TA: We’ve been received really well. I would consume like a video every few months. IC: When you write, do you take down your ideas somehow? Tosin: I guess we’re not really a band anymore [laughs]. IC: One of the ways that labels are trying to compensate for the loss of record sales is through 360 deals. It’s kind of a foundational approach to guitar playing that you can skip over pretty easily. I’m kind of a vagabond [laughs]. There’s a female vocalist named Kelela Mizanekristos that I have written some songs with, and I hope to do a full album with her at some point. Before Animals as Leaders Tosin Abasi was a member of metalcore band Reflux that had been disbanded. IC: So you want to get the visual aspect of it down, too. Animals as Leaders lead guitarist Tosin Abasi revealed the time when he discovered eight\-string guitars after he downloaded Meshuggah's fourth album named 'Nothing' through Napster\. After Reflux disbanded, Tosin began work on a solo instrumental effort, the result of which was Animals As Leaders: a 12-track journey that leads listeners through an eclectic blend of progressive, guitar-driven music that fuses heavy, mesmerizing 8-string grooves and virtuosic lead work with tasteful electronic production and a range of stylistic influences. TA: That song was recorded at the same time that the album was done. I think any musician who’s on the cusp of releasing music, and analyzing the conventional ways of doing it, and then looking at this new animal that is the Internet… It’s a new frontier. [2] Afterwards, Abasi enrolled in the Atlanta Institute of Music which helped give him new creative ideas for music composition. TA: I’m trying to do some epic, Pink Floyd-status… If you come to a show, I want it to be a big sensory experience. So at what point does it cease to matter? 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Everyone is listening to MP3s on a player, and the quality is really truncated. He’s singing on it and doing some production, as well. TA: Yeah, because they’re focused on what comes after that. Enter your e-mail in the field below to receive updates about new features at GuitarMessenger.com. TA: Right. It’s like a very driven tube preamp, so I’ll just crank the mids on that and create a balance between the two. It’s cool to tap with semi-distorted tones – just get a little of that drive, but nothing too saturated. Tosin Abasi | Guitar Player Of The Week Guitarist for Animals As Leaders and 8 strings guitar genius I like very much the Tosin Abasi's lessons series included in my Jamplay Membership ; so I wanted to write a post about this creative musician.But before we jump into a little biography and piece about him, first have a listen to the song below: While at school he learned fundamental harmony, jazz playing standards, and improved on playing classical guitar. Because you are yourself – no one else is you. I’ve been using the Diezel VH4 [Das Metall] setting, which is very mid-rangey, but still has that modern rapid bass response, that tight, focused low-end. Then I think I heard some Hendrix and stuff. TA: The tour is going great. I was kind of hesitant on the idea, but Reflux ended up disbanding, I went to school for music, and I guess I was a little bit more comfortable with composing music without vocals, and I had some ideas that I’d picked up in school that I wanted to get out onto a body of work. TA: We play to a backing track. IC: Tracking back, can you give me a little background on how you put together that first album? I’ve just been using it for a long time, and it’s almost like an instrument to me – I’m familiar. I’ve been running a Mackie HD1521 monitor – it’s a 2-way speaker system, just for my own reference on stage. For me, I like having the actual CD – I look at the artwork and everything. So the writing process really boils down to tracking in all of the riffs that you have that you want to be in one song, and then you kind of glue it together with transitions or maybe eliminate parts or expand on parts. Then the whole full-range approach, your reverbs and your delays… You can create these very dream-like, un-guitar-sounding textures as well, which I’m into. Sandy Eggo. Then I remember hearing Yngwie Malmsteen and being unaware that you could even do that on the guitar, so then I got obsessed with technique and speed and the harmonic minor scale and various things like that [laughs]. At first, he refused, calling it "egotistical and unnecessary". Sometimes I’m hesitant to, but yeah, I demo stuff pretty randomly – I just track stuff in. It feels like you have an amp. IC: It sounds like he changed his perspective on that in a very short period of time, because the Periphery stuff that ended up on the album also sounded very different [from the demos released not long before the album]. 50 - Tosin Abasi (Animals As Leaders, ex-Reflux) by Doc Coyle published on 2018-04-03T06:30:18Z. TA: His vibrato or his bends are enough to make you be like: ‘Jesus!’ That’s where I’m at right now. Do you have a similar arrangement with Prosthetic, or are you handling your own merch and so forth? Without any money changing hands, people are hearing your music and you’re getting bigger – which down the road does reflect into money, like people at your shows and stuff like that. [Johangten] from Prosthetic Records had the idea of me doing a solo guitar CD, back when I was in another band called Reflux. Jason Jacobs. That could be a reason to actually pay for something versus stealing it – you get a much better product. TA: I think it’s the arena for a marketing specialist as opposed to someone like me, but… This would have to be paralleled by technology following suit, but if the quality of your music was a reason for people to buy it, like the sample rate [could be] higher or the amount of content you get was something you couldn’t download as easily. TA: Yeah, mids and presence help, because then you can actually hear the attack a little bit more – presence versus treble. I was just playing power chords in every way possible. TA: E.J. Animals as Leaders is an American instrumental progressive metal band from Washington, D.C., United States.It currently consists of guitarists Tosin Abasi and Javier Reyes and drummer Matt Garstka, having been formed by Abasi in 2007.They are a prominent band within the djent scene. TA: We want it to be more organic, so we’re going to do live drum tracking – stuff like that, where it’s a bit less of the programmed-drums approach. TA: Our contract with Prosthetic definitely represents the traditional business model. TA: Yeah, it’s interesting – I want to see how it pans out. I was at the point where I was just like: ‘I’m going to call it something.’ I was reading this book called My Ishmael, which is the second book in a series by Daniel Quinn – it’s an anthropological cultural critique, and there are some concepts in there about the way we live on the planet versus the way primitive humans used to inhabit the earth. They don’t even have that experience. I like a pretty bright clean tone – chimey, you know? TA: I’m not from Bethesda. Take a look around and then connect with other musicians at our DISCUSSION FORUM. His unorthodox compositions and extraordinary technique, demonstrated with his band, Animals As Leaders, has become a 'go to' point of reference for extended-range players. Reflux: Reflux ‎ (CD, EP) Prosthetic Records: none: US: 2001: Sell This Version You’re an avid supporter of the Axe-Fx. 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