System Of A Down - Chop Suey! - Maya & Yoyoka (Live Studio Jam)

“Chop Suey!” by "System Of A Down" - Jamming with my friend ‪@yoyoka_soma‬ ! A special shout out to System Of A Down and Gibson because there is a special story behind this. I was planning to play this song if I proceeded to the finals on America's Got Talent and to get this song specially approved for me, I reached out to my friends Cesar Gueikian (Gibson CEO) and Jenny Marsh (Gibson Artist Relation Director) and they connected me directly to Serj Tankian's (SOAD Singer) team. Serj's manager was so kind & helpful and after talking to Serj Tankian and SOAD band, they approved this song for AGT so I can play it on stage. I was looking forward to this since it would've been a special tribute to the band as they had so much faith in me to approve this song which itself is such an honor. Since I didn't go through, I decided to jam this with my good friend Yoyoka as a thanks to them. I wanted to do something different so just 2 days before jamming I decided to play the vocals as well since its a big part in this song & as a tribute to Serj. Not only that, during the same week Alex Skolnick (Testament Guitarist) gifted me his signature guitar too! So now, this video is a combination of a special tribute to System of a Down for trusting me, thanking Gibson for always supporting me right from the beginning & I'm wearing the Gibson strap to show my gratitude, to Alex Skonick for inspiring me and gifting me his beautiful guitar that week and I'm using Adam Jones' pick (TOOL guitarist) and wearing the necklaces that he gifted me just the previous day when I met him at his home! What a mixture of great memories!

This is a live jam with no edits as I feel it's the best when music is played live & has the natural feeling to it. I did record a second layer to support the vocal melodies at the end. I had a great time playing this with Yoyoka!

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