Band Maid Reaction First Time Hearing DOMINATION Live Guitarist Analyses

Guitar Tutor Critiques Band Maid First Time Hearing Analysis/Reaction DOMINATION. So clearly this isn't a Pantera cover like I had assumed! 🤣 First time listening to them properly, wow! As well as reacting from a professional musician and guitarists point of view, we'll breakdown the intro guitar parts and find out why they sounds so cool together! Some serious musicianship here, not just a gimmick from Band-Maid.

Hopefully something new or educational in here for you guys; who else should I check out? Let me know!

Quick question: are these guys 'manufactured' in that they've been put together and have a team of songwriters behind them?

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Pro musician and guitar tutor reacts to the amazing bandmaid; Kanami Tono lessons, music theory from guitarist and bass player & teacher. While this is my first time hearing band maid reaction, I also analyze the song's concepts and techniques. Teaching some of the compositional tricks alongside how a guitarist reacts to this all female Japanese rock band!

[nem]

Kanami: invited by Miku
Akane: invited by Kanami
Misa: invited by Akane
Saiki: got scammed!
They're a breath of fresh air with their genre blending Rock, these girls know their stuff!

[GaryHolloway-]

Kanami loves her tapping & slides but her solos are never overplayed & never outstay their welcome. If anything i wish they would stay around a bit longer :)

[adamyoung]

You can just randomly select a song off of Band-Maid's YouTube channel and you won't be disappointed. The same for their new album, you just grab a random song from that and enjoy as they are all great.

[bartyslattfast]

The swarm of fans commenting is due to your thoroughly thoughtful look at the song. Fans love this band for their commitment to excellence, for their obvious love of performing and each other. Bandmaid was on the verge of their first show at Budokan in Feb 2020 & due to Covid had to cancel. They responded with an online concert and a song "About Us" that is a love letter to fans and a message of hope, in it Saiki sings " it's alright we are here, no one is alone" They care and it shows; hence the somewhat hyperactive fandom (guilty).

[realdocloco]

As a guitar player, I find your formula really interesting, so I subscribed. And as a Band-Maid fan, I can garantee you only saw the tip of the tip of the iceberg - their musical range is wide, and every song bring something interesting and often unexpected.

[silentwood]

WOW....Thank you so much for reacting to Band Maid, my favorite then a guitar lesson after?! Nice! I'm a beginner/novice player (I've been a beginner for years...haha) Hope you do more Band Maid!!!

[Kevin]

As impressive as Domination is, you don't grasp the full wonder of Band-Maid until you've heard enough of their songs to realize that songwriting is one of their two best traits. They are fantastic musicians with zero ego, they make it super-fun for the fans and they're breathing new life into hard rock that is at once reminiscent of 70's classic, 80's and 90's hard rock. Their song structures, as you saw here, can be very creative and unusual. Here's the other of their 2 best traits - they stimulate the dopamine in your head like nobody like - ever. They become seriously addicting because of that, and in such a good way. They really don't have any bad songs, but I'll recommend Blooming, Manners, Warning, Real Existence Live, Freedom Live (their live stuff is really the best if that's an option), or for a classic power ballad go for Daydreaming. Oh! Bubble MV is great and so is the combo of Secret My Lips and Secret Maiko Lips - in that order - it's a surprise.

[lewissmith]

Great to see a guitar professional reacting to my favourite band Band Maid. I would definately recommend 'Onset' live. It is an instrumental. Also 'Freedom' live from the same concert as 'Domination', has a great drum solo. You could also check out 'Warning' from their latest album 'Unseen World' Thanks for your reaction and great analysis.

[jonasw]

Great video, liked your analysis and the breakdown in the end.
I also expected a very gimmicky band at first but I was surprised by how good they are, they actually write pretty good music.

[opie]

Band-Maid has put out seven albums in almost eight years with 100+ songs, so they have a deep backlog, and here is a shortlist of songs to start from.

Onset (official live video) it’s an instrumental

Freedom (official live video) a good drum solo with a nice transition to a guitar solo

Different (official music video) an anime intro to Log Horizon season 3

Warning (official music video or live) the music video is cool.

[falkarios]

"Onset" is a great instrumental song to react to from Band Maid. They have an official live version on there YouTube channel.

[Slippy]

Hello from Germany... I would suggest Onset (live) or Warning! (live)... Onset is just one of many great instrumentals of Band-Maid and Warning! (live) is from their new album and the live version is really new on their channel and it´s an great track. Kanami (lead guitar) is also writing all of their songs, but always giving Akane (drummer) and MISA (bass) enough space just to let them breath and doing almost their own thing.
Really, really talented band and 7-8 years together with 100+ songs, these ladies are workhorses and still having SO MUCH FUN! Have fun going down the pigeon hole, it´s 110% worth it!

[gaborberkes]

Giovanni from new album? :) Good reaction.

[zodakb]

Song suggestions: Go to their YT channel, and start at the oldest and work your way through all of them. Then buy all the albums and DVDs and become an insane fan like all the rest of us. lol!

[Glenner]

Band-Maid is a very hard working band - as a result, they are always tight (even in some of the highly complex songs they do). A lot of people have watched "Dice" after their first experience of Band-Maid, or nowadays "Warning" or "Manners" are popular. If you want to see how technical they can get, you can listen to "No God", "Black Hole", or "Giovanni" (audio only) from their recently-released album "Unseen World". And wow - full points to you for referencing Kate and Anna McGarrigle harmonies - not many people know about them anymore!

[myeckwaters]

Nice approach to reaction videos.
I noticed no one else mentioned it so I will: When the three guitarists were gathered in front of the drummer, they were making funny faces at each other trying to make her laugh. The do that a lot. You can see more of them having fun together in the Official Live video of Freedom.

[tinyhato]

Thanks for doing it! Huge shout out to you for going ahead with recording even though you thought it was going to be gimmicky. One thing that I feel it's important to note is that the maid outfits are artists' choice, not an idea forced on them by their label. They're used not just as an image to make them recognisable/memorable, but also to create a "gap" between you expect based on what you see vs. what you hear when they start playing. One other thing to note is that most of the solos during the middle section were added for that live performance and aren't in the album version of the song. They keep the "official" versions of their songs tight but add stuff for the fans who go to their shows. One song has had 4 different intros in the last two years, none of which are on the album version lol.

Fantastic breakdown as expected and I'm glad you enjoyed it. I was looking through your channel again and saw you did a Larry Carlton-style backing track. He's one of lead guitarist Kanami's biggest influences (along with Santana). She says that hearing Carlton's "Room 335" moved her and inspired her to get serious about playing guitar.

More songs? My favourite is "Giovanni". It's pretty progressive and has a nutty guitar riff, although it's quite low in the mix. Unfortunately it doesn't have a video (they mostly chose to make videos of the more accessible songs from their new album) but it is on their official channel in their "Unseen World" Playlist.

Thanks again for taking the suggestion.

[phaeron]

Compared to many bands nowadays, these ladies were not thrown together wildly, but more or less found themselves. Some call it fate. Rhythm guitarist Miku Kobato had the idea for the band while working in a maid cafe. That's where the outfits come from. She saw Kanami (lead guitarist) online in solo videos and simply asked her to join the band. She already knew and worked with Akane Hirose (drummer), who went to the same music school as Misa (bass). Finally, Saiki Atsumi was 'lured' into the band after they were given a tip-off by Miku's agency at the time. :)
That these ladies are more than just a band could be seen well here, but I think it can best be seen in the live video for 'Freedom' from the same show, which also has a nice guitar solo. Or, if you are interested in an instrumental, there is no way around 'Onset'. :)
【 'Our rock never dies, ever. Forever!' - from 'Manners' by Band-Maid 】 🕊️

[patronsilver]

I thoroughly enjoyed and appreciate 99% of the reaction/ analysis and hit SUBSCRIBE as soon as I saw the SRV / Albert King pop up. I love the blues and SRV is my all time favorite musician. I've listened to, and loved, him for 40 years. Albert King is godlike in my book, too. In fact, anybody with the last name of King that picks up a guitar is OK with me.
I love BAND-MAID as much as anybody here. They are the most unassuming, incredible band that I have ever seen. You would never imagine by looking at them that they play this type of music so, SO well. Each has incredible talent and adding that to the amazing songwriting and "showwomanship" puts this band over the top. I learned about them about 4 years ago and they've changed music for me, forever, and I've listened to them every day since.
The 1% that I dislike about this reaction is that Tiny Hat 👒 gets credit for introducing you to BAND-MAID. Everyone here will agree with me in saying that is the only part that stinks. 🦨


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[atldawg]

You should check out Onset (Live). It's an instrumental and I think it would be something you'd really enjoy.