The Tim Henson Documentary | Becoming A Modern Day Guitar Icon

That slaves tour was really rough. I was in that band at the time and was the one who' got them put on the tour. I knew these kids had it and I watched them every night. So proud to see how far they've come. Good memories

In 2014 I ran into Tim Henson at UNT, I was sitting outside the library one night swinging in a bench noodling around acoustically, he came up, we had a 10 min chat about guitar then never saw him again and didn’t think anything of it until I found polyphia much later

When i first saw them, based on their style, the expensive gear, i also assumed they were rich kids. But these guys are the real deal and grinded like most would never be able to. They worked hard, smart and it shows. They deserve the success they have.

God I'm glad he quit his job and leaned into music.

Thanks for this, man. I'm a bass player and I’ve been studying music since I have memory. Tim is one of my biggest inspirations and knowing how he did it give me so much hope. I am truely thankful for this, bro. :')

Imagine being the admissions officer at Berklee, then finding out that you have denied admission to one of the greatest guitar players of all time :')

I am by no means anywhere near the level TH is. However, he and I are close in age. My biggest fear when I was 18 was that I would be lost in having a job and family to where I have no time to enjoy my greatest love, which is music. I listen to Polyphia at work basically everyday. It keeps that flame of passion alive in me. My biggest dream is to be the best jazz guitarist I can be. I sincerely love these guys more than anything.

Tim's success elements: musician parents, strict teacher and asian mom(violin),super hardworking, passion, business mind, risk taking

Being on probation gave tim the opportunity to expand his horizons with music and become a musician and be good at it,good on you tim and polyphia

This is the way to do it. I hope all young aspiring musicians reading this comment take the lessons in this video to heart: 1) Treat your band like a business... 2) the music industry is all about who you know. Network and always be cool & return favors, dickheads always get cut down eventually in the entertainment industry... and 3) just go for it. I've been earning a living in the music industry behind the scenes for over 20 years. If I never took that chance, I'd be middle aged & miserable now!

I'm old...57 I am Eddie van halen Stevie vai. Satch and srv all day for ever.....this kid make me wanna jam!....I love his playing and talent!....I thanked all the ones before. So Thank you Tim Henson!...😊

Man i remember being awe struck by impassion i was blown away wondering how a kid could be doing what Tim and Scott where doing id just got out from a 7 years stint in prison and had never seen YouTube before and am a bassist and guitar player and i stantly kbew polyphia was something special im not surprised Tim is as influential as he's now is in the music world i live these guys Tim is by far my favorite guitarist ive followed him now for years no one plays quite like he does as hes blown up there are allot of guys teying to emulate Tim. Tim and my idol Victor Lamont Wooten are my favorite musicians ive been lucky enough to have talked one on one with Vic my cousin is very good friends with him Marcus Miller and Stanley Clark Vic took time on thanks giving with his family to talk to me hes incredibly humble i didn't know what to say i hope to one day meet Tim as well

its awesome to see such an in depth video on timmy, awesome work :D

Thank you for this video! Tim and Polyphia influence musicians all over the world. I'm a hurdy-gurdy player and they inspire me a ton! ❤

I'm so impressed how you can get obsessed with learning and playing an instrument in that young age and that even for like 8 to 12 hours a day!?! I wish I would have had somebody in my family who brought me into music and guitar in my kid or youth stage.. I grabbed up the guitar by myself way too late... this is one of not many things I personally regret in my life. and by now being 35 years old and having a full-time job it's hard as a beginner for me... I got so much respect for Tim and many others out there. Unbelievable

Thank you for all the hard work in putting this video together! That's a lot of writing, finding the video footage/pics, and the editing. Well done sir.

I have a feeling that somebody at Berkeley saw how freaking talented these guys were and was too embarrassed to have them join the school because they would outshine them

been listening to and showing them to others for almost a decade now. amazing group

Great Job, this was well worth the wait! 👏🏼

its crazy knowing how hard he worked and all the leaps of faiths he took before he got to this point most of the time this wouldnt work but instead of going for the usual sounding guitar playing, they decided to make a unique one for their band