Steph gives an inside view on songwriting within Deftones, complete with e Custom ESP guitar on show. Taken from Guitarist DVD-3. For more guitar news, advice and interviews, and to find out more about the magazine, visit http://www.guitarist.co.uk
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love the riff Steph but those little additions Chino made made that riff even doper?
mein it is peeps, "I've looked… outside, but I…" you know the rest?
The dichotomy between Stephen and Chino fascinates me so much. It's amazing how despite their differences in taste, writing habits, collaborative approaches how they're generally always butting heads, this band remains one of the most impactful, influential, innovative, relevant bands today and they've been working together since the 80s.?
2:30 kind of sounds like "Bloody Cape" on self-titled.?
sonic youth anyone??
Is this "Mein"? Must be, sounds familiar?
Chino vs Stephen xD?
Steph is the man but he's always bitching about something ?
wanna a "solo" it´s a lot of guitar for this dude but non "solo" wtf….play good but very simple… ?
damn, what was this? i was waiting for some real stuff after i've seen that 7 string tele?
Mein!?
It's funny….if I just looked at Stephen, I would (unfairly) conclude he wouldn't write music I'd be into listening to. When it comes to the guitar, I prefer stuff like My Bloody Valentine, Sonic Youth, Velvet Underground…really psychedelic shoe-gaze sounding drones and riffs. But….I fucking love Deftones…and Stephen's playing. He's a metal guy at heart…but his songwriting has MUCH more of an idiosyncratic pathos edge to it than your standard "nu-metal" band. Deftones are one of the few bands who are still making truly creative music within the "hard rock" genre.?
Great song, but the guitar tone sucked like mine, sounds like lo fi black metal lol?
One day Stephen will be shredding on an album…one day lol ?
Sounds like trash… If the kid in the basement next door sounded like this, I would tell him to get lessons.?
haha love this?
Song :" Mein "
fucking awesome ! he is my new riff god ?
where the hells the rest of this video??
Imo the worst song of Deftones ?
Thardus616, well obviously there is a heavy distortion pedal in use?
Deftones are the best! Support Independent Music! +dimidium ?
song ???
i dont rememver?
that is my father xDDD?
Song writing at is best here,no flashy riffs not too many solos,just a good composition,Steph and Deftones the best!?
Yeah, but I wasn't the one bringing up those players.
Subjectivity.
Stephen's riffs and songs are beautiful, but they exist on an entirely different plane than Misha's and Tosin's. None are above the other, they are entirely on different playing fields.
If anything I'd say Misha and Stephen are more comparable, but Tosin? Man, that guy is on a completely different mountain.
But hey, why feel the need to bring it into a contest. Those three are three of the best guitarists we have today. If they ever collaborated it would be fucking insane.
Mein
Stef doesn't care about technical playing, just emotion music. I get it too, this music puts you in a strange place. Love it though.
I know 100% what I just said. You are the one who misunderstood it.
Sure, those guys run circles around Stephen when it comes to technical stuff, but Stephen Carpenter's songwriting is on another level compared to Jeff Loomis, Tosin Abasi, Misha Mansoor etc.
You have no Idea what You just said, I'm %1000 sure. Steph is okay but to doubt that Tosin or Jeff write better is foolish.
Deftones are an abomination to music, really.
Sounds like black metal to me. But then again, some black metal sounds like shoegaze lol
I myself am only just getting started on music theory – even though I can play pretty fast challenging stuff, up until now I had no clue what I was doing, hahaha! I think Jeff Loomis is quite the diverse guitarist, though. I think he could pull off pretty much what he wanted on a classical guitar, which is also true for Tosin Abasi. Which of course can't be said about all shredders.
You can't compare Loomis and Abasi to Carpenter, totally different style. Of course, Loomis and Abasi are obviously better guitarists, but they do their thing, Carpenter does his – and they're all awesome in their own way.
the coolest guy
Nah
And yet, they'll never write nearly as good songs as Stephen does.
HBD MR STEPH !!!MORE STRINGS, MORE DEFTONES, MORE YEARS, MORE WEED <3
yeah def is!Everyone in the band really meshes well tho!
I think stephen smokes too much..
Why solo when your stephen carpenter a badass!
Music isn't a competition. Stef is amazing songwriter. He admits it himself that he is not a shredder but he is a one hell of a composer.