So I Tried the YOUSICIAN / METALLICA Lesson Program. Here's my REVIEW!

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  • -So I Tried the YOUSICIAN / METALLICA Lesson Program. Here's my REVIEW! Thanks for watching.
    Specs: I tried it using my studio computer which is a 2014 iMac using Google Chrome as my browser. I plugged my guitar into my UAD x16 interface direct in.
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Комментарии • 711

  • @tsikoutsikou
    @tsikoutsikou 2 года назад +1166

    Man, I love all the guitars you are using. Would you consider showing us your collection?

    • @NotBenCoultry
      @NotBenCoultry 2 года назад +27

      I'll second that video - it'd be really damned cool to hear some sort of VH1 Storytellers version of the various instrument's acquisitions, etc (Minus the tragedies VH1 always focused on in those. Shit was brutal.)

    • @lutymcshooty2556
      @lutymcshooty2556 2 года назад +8

      @teargazed I third this

    • @Gee-no
      @Gee-no 2 года назад +10

      I fourth this🙂

    • @royghosn18
      @royghosn18 2 года назад +5

      I’d love that too

    • @ryandooley5387
      @ryandooley5387 2 года назад +5

      I fifth this

  • @jasonsheets2694
    @jasonsheets2694 2 года назад +387

    Nothing beats in person lessons. I am self taught and didn't take a formal lesson for 30 years. I learned more in 6 months than I ever did on my own. He took the mystery out of theory and made it simple. That's something that can't be done by reading a book or watching a video.

    • @ethank4820
      @ethank4820 2 года назад +21

      Unless you’re watching Justin guitar

    • @nathanweekley5857
      @nathanweekley5857 2 года назад +7

      Sounds like you had a great instructor.
      I dabbled in lessons. Went to this guy who was an amazing player, but not an inspiring teacher.

    • @bolillo5013
      @bolillo5013 2 года назад +3

      I’m a pretty new guitar player (I’ve been playing for maybe 3 years) and I’ve improved more in my last year of lessons so far than I ever have. Having somebody to point out your mistakes and give you tips/tricks is amazing.

    • @expressisverbis854
      @expressisverbis854 2 года назад +4

      Dude. No. Just no.

    • @andrewhudson7108
      @andrewhudson7108 2 года назад +2

      Same. Learned a lot after finally going to an instructor again. Going to a teacher is like going to a gym. Sure, you can do it by yourself. But the instructions and motivations push you out of your comfort zone. Plus, a great teacher will know your strengths and weaknesses.

  • @adamrichards2072
    @adamrichards2072 2 года назад +180

    As someone who lives in regional Australia, I think the new age of learning on line is an amazing resource. As a kid I outgrew the teachers available to me at a young age and a couple of years ago as a 38 year old, I tried a local teacher. After a few lessons, they told me they weren't able to teach me the things I was needing to learn, which I was appreciative of. But it does leave us regional guitarists a bit stranded. Something I've always been disappointed about.

    • @Dylan-nm6vf
      @Dylan-nm6vf 2 года назад +5

      I'm 20. Been playing for about 6 years. RUclips has taught me everything I know. Full songs, scales, and chords. I couldn't imagine learning lesson by lesson with an in person instructor. Skill level up would have been very slow if so

    • @USSCYT
      @USSCYT 2 года назад +3

      Why not become a teacher?

    • @aikidoshi007
      @aikidoshi007 2 года назад +1

      My son and i have been playing Rocksmith inMelbourne since it first came out, and we have over 300 songs. He plays bass and i have a couple of 6 strings. It is brilliant. The new Rocksmith+ sucks. Has no multiplayer and the music is totally uninspiring. That may change.

    • @Vykk_Draygo
      @Vykk_Draygo 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@Dylan-nm6vf It's much FASTER when you have an in person teacher. You understand that having a teacher doesn't limit you in any way, correct? I can't imagine being so arrogant as to believe that personal tutoring couldn't be beneficial. Like, what do you even think guitar lessons are? 🤦‍♂🤣

  • @DirkRadloff
    @DirkRadloff 2 года назад +414

    I think it does not matter, how you are learning, but the learning method must motivate and engage you. The best real teacher can not help, when the pupil don't want to learn. So if somebody loves to learn with Yousician there is nothing wrong with it.

    • @cederickforsberg5840
      @cederickforsberg5840 2 года назад +17

      Unfortunately, except the guy he mentioned in the video who without Yousician was completely lost and had no idea what to do with his guitar... He was so used to looking at the screen that once he didn't have that, he had no idea what to do.

    • @gtrdaveg
      @gtrdaveg 2 года назад +15

      It's a nice thought, but like he says in the video, it really depends on where your focus is. If you practise with a visual aid you're effectively training the visual part of your brain when what you really need to train is your ears. You can potentially make good progress that way, as far as the physical side of playing an instrument is concerned, but you'll never be a musician, you'll only ever be a kind of musical touch-typist - all muscle memory but no creativity or feeling or anything else that makes a musician a musician. And I mean that objectively, because those things require practice, and you're not practising them. A lot of (not all) classically trained musicians end up like that because of the way they're taught (just follow the dots!).
      That said, if being a musical touch-typist makes you happy, that's fine too, I guess.

    • @mylogify
      @mylogify 2 года назад +6

      @@cederickforsberg5840 Still Yousician can be beneficial for a beginner, for muscle memory etc… If you really want to learn a lick, a song from Yousician, you’re free to try to play it without looking at screen then you’ll memorise. You notice after level 8-9 you can no longer look at the screen for difficult solos, as only way to play then looking on the fretboard. :)

    • @derrickdiggs8612
      @derrickdiggs8612 2 года назад +1

      I agree. You gotta have some kind of motivation or drive.

    • @robotstonka7118
      @robotstonka7118 2 года назад

      @@mylogify Everybody has a choice ofcourse, but why pay money for it if there is TONS of tabs often with lessons on youtube already?? I don't get that part.

  • @DapperCommander
    @DapperCommander 2 года назад +148

    I prefer Rocksmitth bc it has separate things for teaching certain techniques, and it has a performance mode which gets rid of the notes on the screen, having you play it from memory

    • @Traumglanz
      @Traumglanz 2 года назад +11

      Master Mode and rift repeater for learning sections go so well hand in hand if you do want to learn to play songs or even just licks from memory.

    • @christiankenney8945
      @christiankenney8945 2 года назад +4

      only thing that sucks abt it is that rock smith has no metallica

    • @ChadtheDad23
      @ChadtheDad23 2 года назад +24

      @@christiankenney8945 it's extremely easy to mod, and the custom song creators have already created all the metallica tracks

    • @davidwhite206
      @davidwhite206 2 года назад +4

      @@ChadtheDad23 Yeah, but that's PC only I believe. 😥

    • @0000song0000
      @0000song0000 2 года назад

      i see Rocksmith and the others as karaoke... as you will do well/better on the songs you already know (listening) than trying to sing/play something you dont know the melody, phrasing, etc... 🤗

  • @theprowler31
    @theprowler31 2 года назад +47

    When I'm learning a song I try to memorize it first, so even if I'm using a software I'm always stop everything I'm doing to play it all by myself, no back tracks, no metronome, no concern about time, just focus on memorize the part I'm learning. That's how it works for me, after I learn every note by heart then I try to play on time, so I'm not dependent on a Tab or a app.

  • @guy4036
    @guy4036 2 года назад +8

    Glad you made this video. I constantly get the “So, you wanna play like Metallica?” Ads, and have been on the fence about Yousician. I’ll stick with what I’m currently doing though.

  • @sairaleblanc5329
    @sairaleblanc5329 2 года назад +3

    I was very curious about this. Thank you for your review!

  • @mesaseany
    @mesaseany 2 года назад +180

    I wonder if James or the guides talk to you about down picking palm muting exercises or why James uses the 3 finger technique. I get way.... and tried it for 2 weeks but just could not get used to it. I didfeel the control but my playing got worse as my wrists were locking up.

    • @JoaoGabriel-lz3wp
      @JoaoGabriel-lz3wp 2 года назад +10

      Trying the JH technique made me realize how important the pick type was. Maybe try different picks and you might get used to it.

    • @planetcaravan3577
      @planetcaravan3577 2 года назад

      Miss your destiny vids!

    • @HavocMusic1759
      @HavocMusic1759 2 года назад +3

      Use a 0.88 Tortex Green pick

    • @777-h6d
      @777-h6d 2 года назад +3

      @@HavocMusic1759 yeah maybe but after being able to pick that fast you'll be able to use any pick. Maybe there isn't a pick of destiny hack for this.

    • @kevinschwart1028
      @kevinschwart1028 2 года назад +2

      2 weeks and you're complaining? I'd say I got used to it after a year or so.

  • @garfeeble
    @garfeeble 2 года назад +2

    i know its not for everyone but ill always be fond of rocksmith. its what brought me into guitar and its what taught my the basics and its how i had fun getting my hands up to skill around the guitar. now i teach myself and i have a lot of fun and take it more seriously now and ive been making music because of it

  • @enriquelopez1876
    @enriquelopez1876 2 года назад +81

    Ok, my personal experience with Yousician (and with the Metallica courses so far): 42 years old guy here, picked a guitar for the very first time when I was like 19, but never really got into it. I was practicing by myself like 2 hours a week, never really felt any progress. Now, during last year pandemic period I tried Yousician at home, since I had an acoustic guitar. Surprisingly, and as you mentioned, it got me engaged immediately due the nature of game-like interface. After that, got more and more interested in practice and learning. Short story, during this year I have advanced more than all my previous attempts. Now I can play lots of songs that I never could before, I can play some leads (also an impossible task for me before). But one important note, as you also mentioned in your video: this should not, by any means, be your only source of learning. Currently I use Yousician for 20 min like some kind of warm-up session and has helped me mostly to develop a lot of muscle memory and some techniques here and there.
    With the new Metallica course, I don't have any problem with the videos whatsoever (I connect my guitar to a Samsung Galaxy Tab 6, using an iRig device). All the videos load and play immediately. They are quite shorts clips with 'tips' from James or Kirk, where they talk about the importance of the 'riff' in a song, or about the downstroke technique from James, etc. The lesson video that plays just before each exercise is performed (I think) by someone from Yousician (you only see the hands and the guitar, not the face) but still is quite good in my opinion. In the intro video for 'Enter Sandman'. for example, it shows the way James actually place his fingers for the main riff, instead of the way many of us do it. And that's a nice touch in my book.
    Overall, I have a good experience with the app and I recommend it to my friends usually, but always explaining that it will never replace a real teacher and it should not be the source to 'learn' songs (I still use the good old tabs for that).
    Thanks for all your videos Mike, I really enjoy and learn a lot with them. Also, excuse my poor English grammar (not my primary language).

    • @Frodojack
      @Frodojack 2 года назад +13

      Your English is as good as a native speaker, so you explained yourself just fine.

    • @KCCheez
      @KCCheez 2 года назад +5

      You used “your” and “there” with the proper spelling so I’d say your written English is better than most “native speakers…”

    • @termikes174
      @termikes174 2 года назад +2

      You’re very humble sir. Your comment was very articulate, well written and extremely helpful! Thanks!

    • @NotBenCoultry
      @NotBenCoultry 2 года назад +2

      Yeah I *never would have known it's not your native language, half of us are worse at it lmao

    • @enriquelopez1876
      @enriquelopez1876 2 года назад +1

      @@Frodojack Thanks dude!

  • @marcusmorf
    @marcusmorf 2 года назад +4

    Songster has a pretty awesome program, transcribed in tab, abilities to control speed/tempo, supports all instruments including vocals. Also you have the ability to correct incorrect tablature in which updates on their main server. Their music catalog features thousands of songs from all genres. In my opinion it's an excellent tool to add into your music theory studies.
    Thanks for sharing this information 😊

  • @brianmako7108
    @brianmako7108 2 года назад +90

    I like it a lot, I noticed you have to hit the notes just a bit early do to latency. But it is definitely helping me with not looking at the fretboard while playing, so it's better for me in that aspect. I payed the 97.00 for the year, I think it's worth it. Being able to start slow and speed up when your ready is nice. 👍

    • @MRRRSSSS-p5p
      @MRRRSSSS-p5p 2 года назад +11

      On yousician you can calibrate the latency on the settings, just mentioning because this is something that could be useful

    • @mylogify
      @mylogify 2 года назад +2

      They also had %50 off on Black Friday…

    • @MaynardOwns
      @MaynardOwns 2 года назад +3

      Are you using phone or pc? If pc you need to make sure you have a separate audio channel. HDMI has audio BUT it is the reason behind the latency. Get yourself an external set of speakers and use audio cables or optical some thing

    • @dzynguy45
      @dzynguy45 2 года назад +4

      I like Yousician myself, since life gets in the way, it's hard to got to a teach for lessons. I've noticed the ledency as well, which can be a pain in the behind. Overall I enjoy the program, hopefully things can change in my life and I can find a guitar teacher soon, until then I'll keep using Yousician.

    • @cirisirpula152
      @cirisirpula152 2 года назад +2

      You definately should get audio interface and use asio as audio device, then you shoudnt have any notiecable latency

  • @DeadlySpoon12
    @DeadlySpoon12 2 года назад +2

    I just picked up the guitar again after many years and I’m still a beginner. I’ve watched your videos and countless others on RUclips to try and get started and they’ve certainly helped a lot. I started using Guitar Tuna while I waited for an actual tuner to come in, which in turn led me to Yousician.
    I agree with everything you said in this video. It’s a great and affordable tool for people like me who can’t afford lessons because of time and/or money, but the adverse effects of using your iPad to study music could end up doing more harm than good.
    It’s good to remember to take a break from the screen and try to play it on your own and that’s a really good way to learn and apply what the app is teaching. Yousician should include a feature like this in their app between lessons.

  • @lincolnjohnson6511
    @lincolnjohnson6511 2 года назад +3

    Props for the Rygar clip!! Not the biggest Metallica fan,, but I can appreciate their music and guitar work.

    • @ChrisRash
      @ChrisRash 2 года назад

      Great game on NES!

  • @billynorris1501
    @billynorris1501 2 года назад +8

    I just watched your video on the yousician mettalica lesson program. I've learned to play guitar primarily through yousician with a mix of other online guitar programs and RUclips channels like yours and I feel like this has been a very good tool through out my guitar journey over the past 3 years. As far as the yousician app I have realy needed to fine tune my setup with a audio interface, monitors, microphone and then I play my guitar through a boss katana more then the audio interface. You really have to make sure that the audio setup and latency calibration is done properly and frequent. And going though the learning process you learn palm muting, pinch harmonics and vibrato but unfortunately these are things that are not included when the song is scrolling so you have to be a little intuitive. Bends, slides and sometimes strumming patterns are included so you just have to be aware of some of the subtle variations when you're learning songs. The Bobby effect is totally spot on, to not have that be a problem I've really had to practice the song over and over and memorize chunks of the song and play it with out the assistance of the app. But in my opinion the featured artist section is great for guitarist that are in the beginning stages of learning. I absolutely love mettalica and will most likely finish the featured artist path, but having enough experience to play all the songs in their entirety I jumped right into the harder stuff. Ultimately I think this is a great way to learn guitar, especially for people that grew up playing video games but the biggest problem is the "Bobby effect" you have to practice other methods and play with out the aid of the little bouncing ball as much as you can. Thanks for doing a piece on this, I think your videos are amazing and especially love hearing your personal guitar stories!

  • @SOULDocumentary
    @SOULDocumentary 2 года назад +1

    Now here is an actual rockstar teaching the lesson in depth. Always loved this lesson vid!

  • @DataDrivenDopester
    @DataDrivenDopester 6 месяцев назад +1

    245 hrs on youcisian, here’s my pros and cons (for beginners)
    Pros:
    Color coded chords, helps you get shapes down
    Individual notes are color coded depending on which fingers you are meant to use
    The courses in “Learn” tab are honestly amazing, help me get techniques down before I even come across songs that use them
    Gamification and leaderboards , really motivate me to improve
    Cons:
    I still barely know how to read real tabs.
    Not very helpful for memorizing songs (the few songs I have learned off tabs, I memorized very easily in comparison)
    Requires room with good acoustics and a computer or phone with good microphone. If your audio input sucks, it will struggle to register your notes.
    Overall , I recommend but you must be cognizant of the fact that you will need to put additional effort in to learn to read real tablature and eventually memorize songs, unless you wanna be like Bobby.

  • @MetalKillsRap2
    @MetalKillsRap2 2 года назад +6

    Learning by ear is still the best way. Even if you don’t figure something out note for note you’re still using your ear to get as close as you can. Over time you’ll just know where on the fretboard to start when learning a new song.

    • @mylogify
      @mylogify 2 года назад +5

      Learning by ear is good, but for beginner/intermediates? Not really for me. It should be very difficult to play by ear a song consisting a lot of variety of chords

  • @andrewpappas9311
    @andrewpappas9311 2 года назад +6

    Honestly, whether or not they’re doing it for their fans or just for the sake of money I still like the idea that the band is letting us play their songs just like them

  • @Linkaara
    @Linkaara 2 года назад +7

    I thought that the whole idea was to have access to videos of James Hetfield explaining in detail how he plays Master of Puppets for example.... without that it just sounds like following Guitar Pro with extra steps

  • @anthonyperea9214
    @anthonyperea9214 2 года назад +5

    I learned how to play off musician 4 years ago and now I can play rhythm to every Metallica song. I think it’s great for teaching basic chords but after you get that down, it’s best to go off on your own afterwards

  • @J_Braz_
    @J_Braz_ 2 года назад +3

    I was a loser in highschool. Learning metal riffs was necessary to fill my day. No computer. No lessons. Just Guitar World/ Player mags. Still have a stack waist high. Sometimes I look at them for nostalgia and all

  • @Foundationbuilding
    @Foundationbuilding 2 года назад +10

    I’ve played intermittently for 20 years. I have started Yousician and I think it’s pretty awesome. It’s like learning songs by reading tab but with my own band with me at all times!!
    My fingers have never been this nimble or my timing better! Love it!

  • @MaestroKatProductions
    @MaestroKatProductions 2 года назад +12

    Great review! It's a promising app but still leaves room for more improvements. I still prefer learning from channels like you tho, kinda prefer some human element when I'm learning.

  • @dylanguerrero3889
    @dylanguerrero3889 2 года назад +3

    14 days later, Master of Puppets became more of a hit cause of Stranger Things.

  • @quailstudios
    @quailstudios 2 года назад

    Great review! I have a student that has wondered how to get out of looking at the screen in Yousician to become a better guitar player. You're review is right on Mike. Thanks.

  • @JorgeRTrevino
    @JorgeRTrevino 2 года назад

    Guitar AND jiujitsu? You're a legend, man!!

  • @kodemunkey
    @kodemunkey 2 года назад +2

    Thanks for the honest review Mike! I was hoping the course would have more hands on with James and Kirk; like you I would love to have the personalized instruction from the guys themselves just to get those insider pointers for how to really play their songs.

  • @isaacmorrow7077
    @isaacmorrow7077 2 года назад +12

    This update was mixed for me, it’s way buggier on mobile but it added a lot of cool songs. I hope they work out the bugs soon tho

  • @jacktripperthemusical
    @jacktripperthemusical 2 года назад +2

    Good job, Mike. You took the time to consider - and explain nicely -, some of the potential downsides that are not obvious, like dizzyness from the side scrolling screen, and your brain getting indoctinated to follow the screen so much that you don't recall how to play the song on your own without the screen. Very valuable insights, thank you

  • @23centrifuge
    @23centrifuge 2 года назад

    I have been using yousician since mid 2020 daily and agree with the review. With a 50 hour a week job + toddler + trying to keep my mind and body healthy, being able to grab my guitar and get time in without the time in travel, waiting, and a 30 min lesson once a week plus practice. Having said that. Yousician has progressed my guitar playing dramatically and in a way that would not have happened without it for all the reasons listed above. For the record, I believe in real life music lessons. I have spent many nearest engaged in voice coaching, and learned several other instruments with the benefit of direct instruction starting in my early teens. To me, it is all about the right tool for the right person at the right time. :)

  • @DuvaI
    @DuvaI 2 года назад +1

    I find these lessons like driving with your GPS on.. You start to become reliant on what the map is telling you instead of remembering the way to go, or finding different ways to go. It's the same here, the skill you learn is guitar karaoke, not learning..

  • @alexlopezrealestate
    @alexlopezrealestate 2 года назад +1

    I love your videos . Thanks for this video and you transparency about this METALLICA collaboration with YOUSICIAN . All your thoughts about it are on point !

  • @ahampel22
    @ahampel22 2 года назад +14

    I just wanted to say, I played Rocksmith 2014 everyday for about 6 months before I took lessons. It was a great starting point. I was also curious about this Metallica program. Keep us posted.

  • @globaltrekkerexplorer
    @globaltrekkerexplorer 2 года назад +2

    I am a beginner guitar player and I use Yousician and Trufire. Trufire is actually great because I can follow along with actual instructors. Yousician just seems to helps me warm up for a song and makes my string picking more accurate. It serves a purpose but I believe Trufire is more likely a better way to learn. Depends on the person's preference! I do like the James Hetfield video on anchoring the picking hand for accuracy on Yousician. Must see!

  • @PhoggHawk
    @PhoggHawk Год назад +3

    The Bobby Effect is something that I will try to keep in mind. I think that this will be a good way to develop dexterity and build up callouses on your fingers, but it should encourage you to memorize the songs and not look at the screen. Maybe it should have a mode to teach you the riff, have you practice it, and then gradually take away the visuals so that you can remember it. Remembering the sequence is one of the harder parts of learning riffs, for me.

  • @mylogify
    @mylogify 2 года назад

    New Course is Up! Can’t wait to play!

  • @glengardner4818
    @glengardner4818 2 года назад

    Excellent comments! I have been glued to my computer over the past few days after signing up for this program. I believe that ensuring I’m not screening dependent is great advice.

  • @mikef.1891
    @mikef.1891 2 года назад +8

    Haven't tried this yet but I'm hoping to when I have a bit more free time. I've played a tonne of Rocksmith though and the "Bobby Effect" is definitely real there, although I think the "master mode" helps a little by removing the visual cues once the game detects that you're comfortable enough with certain sections, which might be a cool feature to have here too

  • @wind2dk
    @wind2dk 7 месяцев назад

    I had a similar experience with the program not registering correctly when just using a microphone. However, after plugging my guitar directly into the device that Yousician was running on, everything was registered perfectly.
    I think it's a great practice tool because it offers very direct feedback exactly when i want to play and have time to do so, but like you mention, the best option will always be to also have a real tutor

  • @HighOnFire1997
    @HighOnFire1997 2 года назад

    As soon as I clicked on ur video a Yousician ad came on haha how ironic. I remember back in 2013 when my parents got me my first guitar, they let me take guitar lessons at school. 6 months in and all I learned was what power cords were. I stopped all leasons and never looked back. 9 years later and I could say I've reached professional level. Learning songs by ear is so much easier for me. Everything I know now is pretty much self taught

  • @naziheldali2577
    @naziheldali2577 2 года назад +1

    Good video, i am using youcisian because i am more of self taught kind of guy find it hard when someone teaches me something. Just small comments :
    1- for 100% accuracy it is better with an audio interface like scarlett.
    2- it is true that you get more dependent on the screen than memorizing the song. But with the practice option it gives the possibility to pause and then memorize it.
    3- the major advantages of digital program is that it get your muscle memory to follow the exact rhythm and tempo of the song instead of being too fast or too slow.
    Thanks for the video

  • @Dfellers281
    @Dfellers281 8 месяцев назад

    Man you hit the nail on the head about these apps and games taking your focus away. I have the same problem as your student. I can play songs on Rocksmith but then I cannot without the game. I agree 100% with you on that.

  • @TheNothing6
    @TheNothing6 2 года назад +8

    Thanks, Mike! I was wondering what this Yousician thing was all about. I already know how to play the songs but I was curious what it was like.

  • @maddog75a
    @maddog75a 2 года назад

    The vol4 shirt was all I focused on. I have 2 of them. Imo the greatest heavy metal album ever.

  • @SirCarcass
    @SirCarcass 2 года назад +2

    I do most of my playing these days using Rocksmith, and I can definitely confirm the problem of becoming reliant on the note highway. I've been playing for around 30 years now, so it's not an issue of being inexperienced, but if I don't actually spend time committing things to memory, it's very easy to be completely lost when I don't have the notes in front of me. I don't know if I would recommend solely using something like Rocksmith for learning guitar, but what I find it really good at is making it fun to play, which is like 75% of learning. You'll still want something more instructive to fill in the gaps and to make sure you aren't reinforcing bad habits.

  • @wiizzard6947
    @wiizzard6947 2 года назад

    you seriously upload everything i want to see, best guitar youtuber out there

  • @dragunserf
    @dragunserf 2 года назад

    I really love the honesty and depth of your videos. Always super informative, without being overstated or dragging, and also not leaving important bits out either! Would love to pick your brain in real time someday with regards to some of my technical questions/challenges 🙂

  • @space_ace_1
    @space_ace_1 2 года назад

    When the ad on the Metallica Yousician Review video is for Metallica Youscian. Nice

  • @VjMavdog
    @VjMavdog 2 года назад +4

    I really like Rocksmith as it has dynamic learning, so as you progress learning the game removes the tab so you have to learn the song and memorise it but I'm someone who used to learn by way of online tab sites and playing along to the actual song, so Rocksmith I feel has really helped me. There's also lessons on techniques and some fun game modes.

  • @JamesMoore-un3cu
    @JamesMoore-un3cu Год назад

    You happen to be wearing my favorite t-shirt, from my favorite Sabbath album... KUDOS!

  • @nickmoran1
    @nickmoran1 4 месяца назад

    Screen crutch reliance is an interesting problem I had not considered.

  • @steve_pooch
    @steve_pooch 2 года назад +1

    I agree with this video.... I'm self taught, mostly by ear and studying everything about James and Kirk. First time I met hetfield ('97) he said "I never took lessons either, Tony Iommi was my guy".

  • @gugzy
    @gugzy 2 года назад

    I liked your review and can understand how disappointed you were not getting a ‘private lesson’ from James.
    I loved that you included ‘Rygar’ as the arcade game. Not many people know about that one.

  • @CaptainKirk007
    @CaptainKirk007 2 года назад

    I’m so glad I found your guitar channel John Cusack…

  • @TheQman69
    @TheQman69 Год назад +1

    I've never understood why guitar learning software doesn't show the notes and only shows tabs. It gets you sounding like something quicker but you don't learn why. If you learned music earlier in your guitar journey it makes scales and chord progression so much easier. Instead of memorizing 5th fret, 2nd string, you'd know it's a D3 and when you need a D3 you can play it in three spots on the fretboard, not just 2nd string. Most notes have 3 to 5 places you can play them. I learned sax and piano starting in 3rd grade and switching to guitar in 11th grade had me looking at music totally different than the kids who picked up tabs only.

  • @Tobyben420
    @Tobyben420 2 года назад

    I play Rocksmith myself and I always practice what I attempted to learn away from the screen so it is muscle memory and not so much screen needing

  • @jonfarah8529
    @jonfarah8529 2 года назад

    I got a Yousician Metallica ad right before this video. Nice

  • @mattwoolley
    @mattwoolley Год назад

    The Bobby effect is an excellent point. I would wager it happens a lot.

  • @potato22258
    @potato22258 2 года назад

    Man, Explorer's are such beautiful guitars

  • @LavendLady
    @LavendLady 2 года назад

    OH MY GAWD THIS IS THE BEST VIDEO ABOUT THIS!! THANK YOU!!!!

  • @jasonwmoxon
    @jasonwmoxon 2 года назад

    The Rygar clip just made me love this channel even more :D

  • @bingbashbosh1
    @bingbashbosh1 2 года назад

    Still using Rocksmith myself. I've learned more and improved the most using Rocksmith than any other way of learning.

  • @markbrady7532
    @markbrady7532 2 года назад +1

    Thanks so much for this, and all your Metallica vids. I remember being upstairs at a church in Chicago with that old school “Master of Puppets” tab book trying to learn the riffs way back in the day. I appreciate your experience 🤘

  • @IceKoldX
    @IceKoldX 5 месяцев назад

    Thanks for posting this video on the Facebook group. This kind of explanation is all I was asking about lol.

  • @robv60
    @robv60 2 года назад

    Lol, of all of this, what I loved the most was that you showed Rygar. I feel you and could be great friends.

  • @steelman774
    @steelman774 2 года назад

    Did anyone else get the Metallica commercial from RUclips before this video started?? True story, Bro! 🙋‍♂️

  • @ABC-cw7zv
    @ABC-cw7zv 2 года назад +2

    I've been playing for a year. I call myself the riff master because that's all I really know how to play. I just got Yousician and instantly liked it. I did notice it's not 100% accurate and you can become dependent on the screen so I paused often and studied the tab. Overall I say great.

  • @mongolmcphee7791
    @mongolmcphee7791 2 года назад

    That's excellent mate. Can't believe you got the review done so quickly after the release date. I really wanted to see someone I respected review it so well done.
    Also, now I know that you study BJJ I have even more respect for you.
    Greetings from the North of England and have a good weekend.
    Keep up the good work

  • @magicspiral3323
    @magicspiral3323 2 года назад

    I got an ad for the Metallica Yousician courses before this video played! 😆

  • @markaitkenguitar
    @markaitkenguitar 2 года назад

    Clicked on this video and the ad was literally for Metallica’s yousician. Lol too good.
    Thanks for the review! Sounds about right.

  • @JudahSullivan
    @JudahSullivan 4 месяца назад

    I certainly see the benefit I think Gibson is pretty nice. Though I try to memorize the riffs and lessons besides moving on. So I can practice when I put the app down. Though it’s pretty expensive I love the how it’s helping me understand tabs and playing simple riffs for board memorizing

  • @blueswe332
    @blueswe332 2 года назад

    You have surprising variety in your topics!and always entertaining 👍

  • @creepymcpeepers
    @creepymcpeepers 2 года назад

    The Bobby effect is real dude! I had a lot of trouble with it when I picked the guitar back up but I found a solution to it.

  • @Captain_charisma642
    @Captain_charisma642 2 года назад +1

    I’ve tried it out on my phone, James does sort of mention palm muting on the video before Sandman, he calls it anchoring and shows the difference between putting his palm on the bridge vs just letting your arm flail about

  • @Traumglanz
    @Traumglanz 2 года назад +1

    yeah, 100% supplemental tools. They can give you a lot of songs to practise, but you are not learning to play the songs, you are getting more fluent on your fretboard instead.
    If you want to learn the song, you still need to memorize it and that is a complete different thing that just being able play something while sight-reading.
    Rocksmith 2014 comes on top with the downside that the guitar hero view is super good for timing and playing polyrhythms for example, but once you are not having that support from the software and for example try to learn from tabs, you are someone back to almost square one as you can't sight read tabs or sheet music.
    Still, those tools are fun to use and getting background tracks and note charts is certainly a very convenient way. So most people tend to play a lot more this way, which is good.

  • @TheLostSquadron
    @TheLostSquadron 2 года назад

    Robotron marquee spotted! You have great taste in guitars and games! 😄🍻

  • @scenefiend420
    @scenefiend420 2 года назад

    Jame's commentary is really cool! I have been using Yousician since first starting to learn (almost 2 yrs now), it's been a great experience. I agree though, I suppliment it with content lioke yours, and other musicians on youtube

  • @switch1e
    @switch1e 2 года назад

    I got the exact ad for the course when watching this video 😂

  • @8KilgoreTrout4
    @8KilgoreTrout4 2 года назад

    I'd love to see your guitar collection brotha

  • @stefftrim
    @stefftrim 2 года назад

    First, thanks for sharing the Bruce Kulik lesson. Regarding Yousician, I bet you have to pass the free subscription days and subscribe fully, before you get the deal, Mike. Rock on!

  • @NoDoSwLa
    @NoDoSwLa 2 года назад

    Haha I just got the yousician commercial. Perfect "intro"

  • @mylogify
    @mylogify 2 года назад

    Mike is the best teacher!

  • @OldManDoom
    @OldManDoom 2 года назад +1

    I have never seen anything from James where he has done any kind of instruction or demonstration of his music. I have tempered my expectations but I was really stoked when I saw this. He is probably my all time favorite player, and I really hope this isn’t just too good to be true

    • @omgvague
      @omgvague 2 года назад

      Too good how? Bad instructions or not giving away the true notation?

  • @dragonfireny
    @dragonfireny 2 года назад

    Rygar, used to pay that game while as a kid listening to metal. Those were the days

  • @TravisChalmers
    @TravisChalmers 8 месяцев назад

    I definitely have the issue where I do not remember the song when I'm practicing on Yousician. But it's great for motor skill development, I find. I put my guitar down for a few years and recently re-subscribed, and it's helping me re-learn the fretboard without having to look at the neck constantly.

  • @joetroutt7425
    @joetroutt7425 2 года назад +1

    Being dependent on a screen is no different than playing along with the song itself. You get dependent on vocal cues and other things then when you have to play them by yourself you can't bc none of the cues are there to indicate a change is coming.

  • @TheFlexXMLG
    @TheFlexXMLG 2 года назад

    Great review, well said!

  • @skirwan78
    @skirwan78 2 года назад +1

    I've used Yousician and Rocksmith and a few other programs and I think they're great tools.
    the issue of not being able to play without the screen is very real, as you mentioned.
    However keep in mind that a lot of people, especially classical musicians are trained to sight read so much that they can have issues playing pieces without the score in front of them.
    I've had it happen as much in Rocksmith and Yousician as I've had it happen with sheet music- especially on piano.
    rock band instrumentalist and jazz/blues, etc stage performers are kind of different in they tend to memorize their music more than some other musicians in my opinion.
    But you're 100% right. I had a hard time playing songs I played in yousician once the screen was gone- more so than other methods of learning where I have to think about what my hands are doing more. I memorize much faster using Guitar Pro or UG or just tab because I have to interpret it and translate it I think.

    • @ReprobateMind
      @ReprobateMind 2 года назад

      If you play rocksmith like it's guitar hero it won't stick but if you play it like you're obsessed with a song, 2 or 3 times when you load up, play a few songs and then cap it off with another time like you're trying to learn it it will stick. My issue was playing songs I already know off by heart cause it's really fun or just blasting through random ones IDK how to play back to back and not sticking with them. Another issue is you're relying on someone else's interpretation. I learned a Halestorm song, off by heart then started playing to a live video and noticed Lizzy wasn't playing what I was, so I watched what she did and it was so much easier to play. They both sounded right, same notes but one was way less economic.
      But you're definitely right, none of these shortcuts beat, interpreting the tab yourself or learning by ear. Gets a beginner going faster Rocksmith or Yousician but whne you've played a year or so, looking at a tab or hearing someone tell you what chords to play on a video is so much faster to get it under your fingers and a lot easier to memorise.

  • @Jesusprayerwarriorbw
    @Jesusprayerwarriorbw 2 года назад

    Excellent review!

  • @roguepc8145
    @roguepc8145 2 года назад

    I tried it as well. I can’t do it. I learn better by watching and seeing. I really wanted it to work.

  • @Shielsproductions100
    @Shielsproductions100 2 года назад +1

    As a musician there is fallbacks to technology.

  • @asbjrnandersen4222
    @asbjrnandersen4222 2 года назад

    Rocksmith does a Nice thing where they remove the notes once you become sufficiently accurate :)

  • @yoshyusmc
    @yoshyusmc 10 месяцев назад +1

    I love Yousician. I am 47 and started learning acoustic and just switch to electric. It is so much fun and I have accomplished far more than I ever thought. These Metallica lessons seemed too daunting at first. However after I tried them they were far more easier than I thought. Yes I agree about the palm mute. I have no idea what that technique is because I haven't seen that in the program yet. So I am sure I am missing other techniques, like how long should I press down for?

  • @munky1806
    @munky1806 2 года назад

    Is it ironic that I got a yousician metallica course ad before this video

  • @youknoweverything7643
    @youknoweverything7643 11 месяцев назад

    The intro video and other videos you tried to open worked perfectly on my new nord one plus 3 came out this year and all videos worked flawless and even made some cables my self to make my cell phone into a interface to be able to play and use yousician pn my phonr for practicing and elarning songs on the road its a great program jsut to get use and learn the notes and chorfs to new songs. And i wish it was like guitar hero style scroll coming at you instead of from the side scroll

  • @WonderWaageRadio
    @WonderWaageRadio 2 года назад

    If you want exact feedback you gotta do it with a midi guitar. These types of software go by pitch.

  • @Hoppaakieske
    @Hoppaakieske 2 года назад

    Saw Metalicca yesterday at Pinkpop in the Netherlands. Man they WERE so gooood! L

  • @RiffMusic1970
    @RiffMusic1970 2 года назад +1

    5:15 just like singers with lyrics.