TA: I’m listening to Adam Rogers a lot, and Jimmy Herring is a super, super cool player – as far as guitarists are concerned. Tosin Abasi was born in Washington D.C, United States on Friday, January 7, 1983 (Millennials Generation). 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. IC: You have such a unique blend of styles and influences in your sound. IC: Who are some of the people that you’re listening to right now? I don’t really like to think about that part of it. IC: Where do you see yourself and the band in five to ten years? But that’s unrealistic. You can’t decide on anything and it’s super permanent and it molds the way people perceive your band. 50 - Tosin Abasi (Animals As Leaders, ex-Reflux) by Doc Coyle published on 2018-04-03T06:30:18Z. It’s a cool song – I’m glad it’s out for people to hear. vPersona. You’re going to have to figure out ways of making money from the fact that people are taking what they want, more or less. 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. The official YouTube channel for Animals as Leaders guitarist Tosin Abasi He joined Reflux in the early to mid-2000s. There are a lot of layers on the album, so I have to do a bit of looping. IC: For only being three weeks apart, it’s got such a different sound. I think there’s going to be this forced evolution into monetizing that stuff, as opposed to exclusively selling a physical CD. See more ideas about Tosin abasi, Guitar player, Famous guitarists. 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. What inspired you to put out a single on its own? 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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’ve been running a Mackie HD1521 monitor – it’s a 2-way speaker system, just for my own reference on stage. He is 37 years old and is a Capricorn. Artist Roster - Electric Guitars | Ibanez guitars: 'via Blog this'. TA: Misha brought it up to me, just because he’s all over the gear stuff. 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. What are your thoughts in general about releasing music down the road, with the changes that are at hand? I have a laptop rig that I record with. [1] However, he did not want the project's new album to just represent the idea of one person. Users who like The Ex-Man Podcast Ep. It’s like a moral thing – very few people have a moral obligation against taking music. 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. IC: He’s got such a great way of incorporating those outside sounds into his lines. He was born and raised in Washington, D.C. to Nigerian immigrants. You’ll notice a lot more low-end riffing and grooving on that stuff. Beyond that, running direct gives you a very present, cutting presence in the mix. 50 - Tosin Abasi (Animals As Leaders, ex-Reflux) by Doc Coyle from desktop or your mobile device Maybe that’s the approach. 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. 50 - Tosin Abasi (Animals As Leaders, ex-Reflux) by Doc Coyle published on 2018-04-03T06:30:18Z. Then I think I heard some Hendrix and stuff. He really helped with the actual sequence of the songs, which I think really shines on the album – just getting everything together as a cohesive whole. TA: I have a few exercises that I’m using just to break out of certain barriers I have. It’s pretty dramatically different than micing up an amp. 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. Isaac Stansbury. [1] Reflux's former record label Prosthetic Records saw Abasi's guitar work and asked him to create a solo album for them. IC: I think it’s really important for guitar players to see those roots, with the vibrato and blues-based playing, because a lot of times in metal, people tend to bypass that. I’m kind of a vagabond [laughs]. So it’s very weird, and I think we kind of have to embrace that whole [approach]…. William Greterman. IC: I see a lot of the younger kids, who don’t have the physical attachment of holding the CD and having it. The label’s role is definitely changing. 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. Jeremy Friedman. [1] Abasi later changed his mind saying that "doing a solo album seemed to make a lot more sense", and decided to take the label's offer. Dia sudah merakam dan menerbitkan 4 album dengan Animals as Leaders. IC: How did the name Animals As Leaders come about? IC: Animals As Leaders really stands out in a tour like Summer Slaughter, as you mentioned before. IC: You guys are only a trio when you perform live. They don’t even have that experience. Compression is your friend, for sure, so you can get an even output of all the notes you’re tapping. All Rights Reserved. Learn about Tosin Abasi: his birthday, what he did before fame, his family life, fun trivia facts, popularity rankings, and more. Everyone is listening to MP3s on a player, and the quality is really truncated. There are various ways. IC: Do you see yourself doing any design work for Animals As Leaders? TA: The tour is going great. That opened the door to all of these other shred guitarists, like Paul Gilbert, John Petrucci, Greg Howe and Frank Gambale. TA: The thing that’s benefited me the most is cultivating originality or individuality in my playing, because there’s a wealth of amazing guitar players and amazing musicians in general all over the world. IC: One of the ways that labels are trying to compensate for the loss of record sales is through 360 deals. IC: Have you been collaborating with anyone else? TA: It’s pretty straight-ahead. 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. IC: You’re not using any actual cabinets when you perform live – you go straight into the PA, right? TA: REH was my jam, dude. But honestly, most of these venues have sidefills, and if you put yourself heavy in the monitor mix, you’re there. It’s a pretty intuitive style of music, with the pentatonics and whatnot. It’s cool to tap with semi-distorted tones – just get a little of that drive, but nothing too saturated. IC: What’s your advice to young musicians coming up right now who are looking to make their mark and get themselves out there? 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. Tosin Abasi is a mainly self-taught guitarist. 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. All of these factors started to add up, so I took the plunge. In Groups: Animals As Leaders, Generation Axe, Reflux, TRAM (3) Variations: Viewing All | Tosin Abasi. Tosin Abasi. You’re an avid supporter of the Axe-Fx. IC: Can you talk a bit about your clean tone? It’s a pretty heavy tour, so we’re the oddball on the package, but all of the bands are super cool and they’re amazing bands, so it’s really fun. Copyright © 2007-2020 Guitar Messenger. 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. It’s kinda weird [laughs]. 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TA: Yeah, because by not having a vocalist, and the scope of the music is pretty adventurous… We’re not too concerned with having you look at the three of us onstage. 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. The Screaming Bard. 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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: You can own that for sure. The process is pretty straight ahead: I would track in the stuff to a click track and then all of the accents and everything present in the riff kind of illustrates what you would want to do rhythmically, and then we would layer stuff if we wanted to enhance certain parts of the melody or whatever the case is – just kind of start from the guitar and build up from there. 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. IC: Is there anything you can share with us about the direction of the album? I’ve just been using it for a long time, and it’s almost like an instrument to me – I’m familiar. Oluwatosin Ayoyinka Olumide "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. TA: Yeah, mids and presence help, because then you can actually hear the attack a little bit more – presence versus treble. He joined the band Reflux in the early to mid-2000s and then was offered a record deal. IC: This is an open-ended question, and a hard one: can you think of any other possible ways that you could monetize your music? Jays_Sun. You don’t go and physically buy music – you download music. I’m pretty sure I can trust your opinion.’ I played his, and its amazingly lifelike. Darjan Kostic MilanTheVillain Milan Saunders. Jimmy Herring’s lines and his approach to improvisation is really awesome, too. 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. TA: I have a Boomerang, which is a phrase sampler, but honestly, the Axe-Fx has a built-in phrase sampler. Guo Wei Lee. I use the Boomerang just because the buttons are very quick, as opposed to the normal stomp box buttons. The Gambale stuff was more economy picking and sweeping and stuff like that. 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. Tosin Abasi is a self taught guitarist. Apr 15, 2017 - Explore BooTs DoWn's board "Tosin Abasi", followed by 1877 people on Pinterest. TA: I started. We never officially released anything, but the drummer and I decided that we wanted to go to school for music. a. a a. a. Augustha Van. I like fashion, too, and I really like design that can inspire you. 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. [3] All twelve tracks on the album are guitar driven instrumentals that are intended to showcase Abasi's guitar skills. Do you demo things yourself? 1 弹幕 Min Kang - Binary Number - Eclipse (Guitar Playthrough) Do_U_Even_Djent. We hope to put out an album at some point, too. Abasi initially declined, feeling … So we’ll be working on the material together. You can go on YouTube and see a 13-year old kid shred your face off. TA: Totally. It’s all metronome-based alternate picking stuff. 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. Right now, Animals As Leaders is still trying to reach more people, and we still have more groundwork to do. TA: We’ve been received really well. IC: Did you take any lessons when you were growing up? 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. IC: It’s more of a band this time around, because you filled in members after the first album came out, right? TA: I read pretty avidly, and I’m kind of into food. So I don’t know if I do see myself doing that, but there’s always time to learn. I was just playing power chords in every way possible. 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. It feels like you have an amp. Abasi recorded all guitar and bass tracks on the album; drums and various synthesized effects were programmed by engineer Misha Mansoor (Periphery, Haunted Shores). 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? TA: It is, and analyzing what is more beneficial. The Ex-Man Podcast Ep. TA: E.J. 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. So whatever video I was watching, I would focus on the exercises in there. [2] Afterwards, Abasi enrolled in the Atlanta Institute of Music which helped give him new creative ideas for music composition. Information is free, media is not physical anymore, and there’s generations of kids born into a situation where Tower Records doesn’t exist. During a Reflux show, Prosthetic Records noticed his skill and offered him a record deal as a solo artist. I was like: ‘Alright, if you think it’s cool. 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. Real Name: Oluwatosin Ayoyinka Olumide Abasi. Misha was living in Bethesda. [Johangten] from Prosthetic Records had the idea of me doing a solo guitar CD, back when I was in another band called Reflux. A lot of electronic musicians are just giving away full LPs and stuff. Their approach to harmony is really stimulating, and I want to kind of develop that vibe in my playing a bit more. It’s definitely been pretty positive responses [that we’ve gotten]. That could be a reason to actually pay for something versus stealing it – you get a much better product. So how do you ingrain that? TA: Yeah. Take a look around and then connect with other musicians at our DISCUSSION FORUM. I would just be working on whatever video I was watching, and writing riffs. Abasi initially declined, feeling such an endeavor would be "egotistical and unnecessary". 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. His brother, Abdul Abasi, is a former drill sergeant in the United States military and is currently a fashion designer. I would consume like a video every few months. There’s a bit of hysteria, because the old ways of monetizing music are kind of vanishing. That’s how I learned to play, pretty much. TA: His vibrato or his bends are enough to make you be like: ‘Jesus!’ That’s where I’m at right now. IC: When you do a lot of your tapping stuff, is there anything that you change about your tone to bring out the notes more? IC: When you play live, is the Axe-Fx your entire rig? So I’ll run a Vox AC30 simulation, or one of the Fender Blackfaces or something, just a very classic approach to clean guitar. 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. Please sign up for our newsletter at the bottom of this page for the latest updates. How did you get in touch with Fractal and end up trying it out? – Tosin Abasi’s Guitar Instructional DVD, NAMM 2016: Ultimate Ears Pro – In-Ear Monitors, Axes & Anchors – First Ever Guitar-Dominated Music Cruise, Misha Mansoor Interview – Periphery (2015), Using a Metronome Effectively Part 3: Clocking Your Speed, COMING SOON: Per Nilsson (Scar Symmetry) Instructional DVD – Teaser #2, Jason Richardson – Thought: Main Theme Tabs, NAMM 2013: Ibanez Meshuggah M8M Signature Model, PAUL WARDINGHAM Announces Forthcoming Release THE HUMAN AFFLICTION, Arbitrary Chromatics: The Bonehead Easy Way To Get A Jazzy Sound, Putting Jazz In Metal With Ever Forthright. 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. Before founding Animals as Leaders, he was the guitarist for the technical metalcore band Reflux. 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. Elkhart, IN. So Misha and I did the album, and then a few weeks later, we got together to record that song, and then it just sat. It was released on April 28, 2009 by Prosthetic Records. IC: Recently, we saw the single ‘Wave Of Babies’ come out. IC: When you write, do you take down your ideas somehow? 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]. TA: No, I’ve been staying in North Hollywood. TA: I’m not from Bethesda. Edit Artist ; Share. 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. Sandy Eggo. TA: Right. I’ll blend that with a more organic amp, like the Fractal model called Crunch. Are you triggering other things, or do you play to a click to get all of those electronic sounds? 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. He was the guitarist for the Silver Spring, Maryland-based metal band PSI. I was born in D.C. and I moved to Gaithersburg, MD, which is a suburb outside of the city. TA: Our contract with Prosthetic definitely represents the traditional business model. I think it’s just at the point where music is essentially free. Reflux's former record label Prosthetic Records saw Abasi's guitar work and asked him to create a solo album for them. What’s your contribution to music beyond your technical achievement? IC: Do you ever anticipate yourself doing any work with a singer? I like a pretty bright clean tone – chimey, you know? TA: Yeah, because they’re focused on what comes after that. I’m listening to more bebop, and I haven’t done a lot of improvisational playing – swing, and using passing tones and chromatics. So at what point does it cease to matter? IC: Tracking back, can you give me a little background on how you put together that first album? Reflux: Reflux ‎ (CD, EP) Prosthetic Records: none: US: 2001: Sell This Version TA: I have a mental catalogue of all of these riffs, and some of them are five or six years old. ABOUT TOSIN ABASI. The Ex-Man Podcast Ep. It was intended to be on a compilation that never actually happened. Penang. TA: The first music I ever bought was Green Day’s Dookie on cassette tape. Tosin Abasi of Animals As Leaders, shows his incredible command of the 8 String guitar using his EMG 808X pickups live on EMGtv. During a Reflux show, Prosthetic Records noticed his skill and offered him a record deal as a solo artist. At first, he refused, calling it "egotistical and unnecessary". tammikuuta 1983 Washington (DC)) on yhdysvaltalaisnigerialainen kitaristi.Hän on yhdysvaltalaisen instrumentaalista progressiivista metallia soittavan Animals As Leaders-yhtyeen perustajajäsen, toinen kitaristi ja yhtyeen keulakuva, jonka lisäksi hän soittaa fuusiojazzia esittävässä T.R.A.M. Stream The Ex-Man Podcast Ep. Since it was out in an \[…\] Ballarat. Users who reposted this track Vranye. [3] Abasi's school experience aided him in developing ideas for the album. IC: Let’s talk some gear. [2], Abasi and Mansoor are credited for composing the music for all tracks on Animals as Leaders. What’s some of the feedback that you get from that audience? 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. He joined Reflux in the early to mid-2000s. So I went over to his house every day for two weeks, and we recorded the CD [laughs]. [4], Animals as Leaders was recorded in early 2008. 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. Tosin Abasi was born in Washington D.C. to Nigerian immigrants to the United States. Enter your e-mail in the field below to receive updates about new features at GuitarMessenger.com. Users who liked this track TheFighterWithNoName. 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. Oluwatosin Ayoyinka Olumide "Tosin" Abasi (s.7. 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. Jason Jacobs. Discover the real story, facts, and details of Tosin Abasi. 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. Sometimes I’m hesitant to, but yeah, I demo stuff pretty randomly – I just track stuff in. So stylistically, we’re just not death metal, so people are kind of blindsided – but it’s pretty melodic, and texturally there’s some interesting things going on, and I think people are digging it. Explore Tosin Abasi's biography, personal life, family and real age. While at school he learned fundamental harmony, jazz playing standards, and improved on playing classical guitar. So I got a guitar, and I just wanted to play alternative rock – Nirvana is a big favorite of mine. TA: We play to a backing track. 360 deals are definitely a response that labels are taking. 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