Guitar Teacher REACTS: Polyphia - Ego Death feat. Steve Vai (Official Music Video) /// LIVE 4K

Welcome Home by Coheed and Cambria is the song you were thinking of, killer analysis Mike!

Nice of Polyphia to showcase new talents like Vai.

I love the fact a band with no singer is blowing up. It’s fuckin amazing that they can entertain and keep peoples attention off of just their playing abilities alone.

The horn at the end is the most underrated part of that entire song. It’s just 🤌

I feel like one of the reasons why I love Polyphia's music so much is because it feels as if the guitars are having a conversation with each other. It's almost as if they are telling you a story because of how well it blends and embellishes itself.

Vai said in Guitar World that Polyphia cut up his parts into something completely unrecognizable from what he sent. Yet... He was still cool with it. Talk about Ego Death.

For those of you who don't know or necessarily like Steve Vai, you should know that he worked on the Halo 2 soundtrack - he is the lead guitar in basically all of the major tracks.

Spiffing example of a constructive analysis that actually elevates the understanding of the fellow musician. Thank you!

I love your "grounded", theoretical approach that demystifies this music that looks "beyond theory" to novices. Thank you for decoding this stuff.

Something I appreciate about you is that, usually I "wish I could play like that guy", but with you, I wish I could hear and understand music like you. Watching your videos is so educational while also being entertaining. Thanks again Mike.

Polyphia is amazing because they took a genre that was difficult to digest for 99% of listeners and made it simple enough to follow for the masses but still egregiously difficult to play on guitar at the same time. I love how they'll literally HAND YOU the root notes and then follow it with something insane. The formula for them is very obvious root chord followed by ridiculous lick(s) then back to the next root chord and follow that up with another ridiculous lick or two - lather, rinse, repeat. Sounds amazing, not too difficult for untrained ears to enjoy and still incredibly impressive to the trained musicians as well.

(It was "Welcome Home" by Coheed and Cambria you were thinking about) Somebody pointed out brilliantly in another comment section something that took their creative expression and planning with this video to another place. They pointed out how when the video starts, we see each member of Polyphia sitting in that black throne, wearing brighter clothes and being the center of the shot. As they progress, each person sits in the throne and the scene changes or the "floor" of the building goes up another level. This goes on until finally we are on the roof or the pinnacle (both of the building, but also the guitar as an instrument and as levels of talent and respect), and here we now see Steve Vai sitting in that throne, all the gentlemen are in flat black outfits and lumped together standing off as loyal supporting subjects of their King. The Top Floor, The Pinnacle. The whole thing is almost an homage to Vai. (They pointed out some of this, I added some things like noticing the clothes change, but it's an amazing theory none the less)

Tim has said he doesn't like it when people say Polyphia does Math Rock because all their stuff is in 4/4 with straightforward chord progressions.

Anyone else shed a tear when Vai stepped in like Gandolf and took a magical sequence into the audible dimension of heaven? I mean there are few moments in all of music that achieve this level. This song is in my soul now.

Steve Vai showing that there are still levels to the game. What incredible and imaginative playing he laid down on this track while showing that you don't have to sacrifice soul and feel for technical wizardry.

The more i listen to Vai's part the more i appreciate it. The first time i listened, i was waiting for him to unleash a crazy flurry of fingers to shred with the polyphia guys. Instead i was a bit disappointed by his part. But after listening to it again, i realized how beautifully melodic and restrained it was yet still extremely technical in a style that is unlike polyphia. And the "joint shifting" technique with his bends... so cool

It’s like mr. Vai is doing more with less. He makes the most out of every note he plays. Such a great juxtaposition to the complexity and awesomeness of Polyphia

vai had 3 studio albums and 6 soundtrack credits before henson was even born. and theyre playing together and both killing it. crazy

Imagine being so talented that it makes a guitar teacher forget how to play 😂

I love that it starts with them ascending up, hitting the roof and meeting Vai, and then at the end demonstrating that all they do is linked to the Blues origins as they look up in awe at the raw brass playing physically elevated above them ^_^ Beautiful video choices!