“Guitar playing for me is a way to express myself through one of the most expressive instruments I think we have. Apparently, I am a maximalist when it comes to songwriting. I can't explain it. It's just what I wanna hear. It's how I've decided I'm expressing myself.” Watch as Tosin Abasi talks about his history with guitar playing and how it shaped him as a musician and a creative artist in this latest episode of Ernie Ball String Theory.
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Tosin Abasi relies on Ernie Ball Regular Slinky Paradigm electric guitar strings to get his signature sound: https://www.ernieball.com/paradigm
String Theory is a web series from Ernie Ball that explores the sonic origins of some of music's most innovative players. Watch additional episodes of Ernie Ball: String Theory here: http://ernieb.al/1QtdTx9
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00:00 What is guitar playing to you?
00:36 Introduction to the guitar
01:30 Early days
03:43 Discovering progressive rock
06:01 First bands
08:27 Atlanta Institute of Music and the beginning of Animals as Leaders
10:20 Ernie Ball
11:26 Motivation to pursue guitar playing
12:28 Musical style
17:10 Greatest moments in music