How To Become a Musician VS Just "Playing the Guitar"
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- Опубликовано: 18 окт 2017
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There's a place you can go that changes you from someone who just "plays the guitar," into a true musician. All the greats seem to know about it so why don't we all go there?
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Holy shit dude, right after i finished watching your video i found a backing track and just closed my eyes and listened to it. So many melodies and harmonies came to my mind. When I tried to apply that to my guitar, some next level stuff came out. I normally never do licks that are 3 frets apart, but i heard this thing that forced me to do a lick with notes 3 frets apart. Dude thanks a ton, just letting yourself go and get emerged with the music being played really let some great stuff come through is probably the best tip out there!
Awesome man. That’s why I called it the most important lesson I could ever teach. We’re all so busy trying to ‘make’ music we forget that the best stuff usually just flows to us when we allow it, usually by getting out of our heads. :) Great to hear!
hey, um.... i really suck at playing those kirk hammett solos.... can you make a video about how kirk hammett makes those bends-hammer ons n pull offs at the same time lik master of puppets etc... i really need to learn how to play metallica solos...
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@Michael Hammer I'm pretty sure your good at time but it really listen to the backing track and just listen and since your are singing or making Melody in your head you are connected with the chord so what ever you sing with that chor you can play it on your guitar and not be fix on a scale box or a pattern you might do steve vai has a video that kinda talk about this in his ear training video that he goes really in depth and this will help you unlock your voice so to speak on the guitar I have to do this myself but that what I learn
Jimi Hendrix sometimes stopped playing guitar and just started daydreaming all day because he was hearing music in his head that he couldn’t get out of his guitar
Also that purples haze will leave you in a daze 😂
I feel that
The art of guitar=best guitar teacher ever
Agreed!
He is the man
He gives some actual solid advice i deem him up there.
Personally I think art-of-guitar is on a par with Ben Eller. I like them both equally.
Imagine what you would sound like to a psychiatrist: _I consider myself at bridge between two worlds, and sometimes I hear messages from the non-physical world in the form of trumpets in my head_ ͼʘ
Cody Clickbait hahaha
Where the freaks at? (Tiny trumpets). 😝
This dude has explained shit to me in one video that I haven’t been able to “get” in over 5 years. Bravo! Hope this dude is getting compensated for this knowledge!!
Oh, he is. RUclips has ways of compensating people.
0:44 "You're basically the bridge between two worlds" *Aang mode on*
Blue Dreams *Korea triggered*
Blue Dreams *korra*
Blue Dreams and everything changed when the fire nation attacked
the last air
Fender
@@felicianszarka3723 underrated
I have tried to make many solos... But this sounds easier and fun than what I was doing earlier... Thank you so much for this video!!
Oh man that exercise got me out of a terrible slump back in the day.
This video was the single most important lesson I've heard in my 20 years of playing. This justified a lot of thoughts I always had as a musician. Thank you! I love your videos and channel.
I know this is a 4 year old video, but I felt I needed to say I'm not sure what it is, but just when I'm about to throw in the towel and take a break away from the guitar I come across one of your videos that just hit home if you know what I mean. You have a way of explaining things that no other teacher can do I can understand exactly what you mean. All the others I just can't quite get, but you always speak In a way I can understand and use that information to get me farther in my guitar journey so I don't give up. I just wanted to tell you thank you and I appreciate everything you are doing for us and please keep it up even if it's just for me please. Your a great teacher and I wouldn't be where I am today in my journey without you. Have a blessed day.
That’s awesome to hear. Made my day.
@@TheArtofGuitar I'm glad it did I hope it keeps you doing what your doing I appreciate everything you do and I'm sure everyone else does too.
Absolutely love the way you described all this!!! Definately going to try that technique next time i pick up the guitar!
I love your videos. I began to play guitar 2 years ago and I've achieved a great technique level until now. Every time I listen to something that I like how sounds, or I'm simply playing the guitar, I try to take advantage as much as can of that time. At the moment I'm starting with harmony and in spite of consider it really massive, I'm looking forward to being able to understand it all and use it to make the incredible stuff that come to my head when I'm playing. I just wanna say thank you for what you are doing with this proyect. You inspire me to improve as a person and a musician.
Really nice lesson. I played a tiny bit in high school, but never really got off the ground, I was looking for Grateful Dead when everyone else in my small town was stuck on Randy Rhodes. About ten years ago I was stationed in the middle of nowhere and picked up a cheap acoustic to help pass the time. I learned chords and just beat on that off duty for an hour or two a day and eventually started to sound a bit musical. The cool part was I didn't have to learn songs to play out, I was just trying to play what I heard in my head. Now, several cool guitars, amps, loopers ect. later, with the help of your channel, I'm finally feeling like things are coming together. Thanks for the help. JD
Hi Mike, love your videos, your positivity, and your perspective.
What a great teacher you are. Absolutely brilliant. Thank you. Greetings from England.
Wow this is amazing I never thought about this before. Thanks a heap!
great video and channel. I remember an interview with Paul Gilbert (Mr. Big) where he talked about writing his favourite solo on an electrified kazoo hooked up to his guitar amp first and then "learning" it on guitar. Keep up the good work, very inspiring and motivating.
+Ivo Komljen It’s strange transcribing yourself. Haha.
Excellent idea. When u said the music will come to u, reminded me of Paul McCartney when he said the music for Yesterday came to him in a dream. Thank u for the video.
Heck yes. Scrambled Eggs I believe he called it at first.
This is one of the most important things to realize as an artist. I don’t think many people follow this path, unfortunately. But I always have and it works for me! I really appreciate the fact that you put this up and with a pretty cohesive explanation as well. Also, you used great examples! So many amazing artists know that simplicity and a ‘singable melody’ will win in the end.
Thanks again,
I'm currently binge watching these videos in between playing. So good!
I'm 50 ~ just started playing. and I"m so great that you are teaching this concept.
I used make up songs and hum them when I was kid. I really enjoyed doing it. Thank you for reminding me about a part of my childhood I've forgotten. And a practical approach to making music =)
DUDE!!!
Thank you for the whole video!!! It helps me soooo much!
I immediately listened to the Pat Benatar "Shadows of the Night" solo at your suggestion. Oh my. Clearly channeled from the musical cosmos of original ideas and makes your point perfectly. Thank you for pointing the way and for a great channel.
Timeless!
Couldn't agree more with you.
Enlightened musicians understand - the time and effort at improving instrument skill sets is simply preparation for bridging the gifts from the creative "muse". What's really cool....the muse is available to everyone regardless of proficiency.....I'm always amazed - at how some of the most simple melodies are the most recognized, remembered and beloved. Perhaps, having something to say contains an emotional element that transcends words and that can only be revealed through music.
Great video, definitely opened my mind. Thanks man
You have put into words the ALMOST impossible to describe feeling of creation all of use musicians have at some point. That in of itself is exceptional, yet you also showed us how to gain access to that creative place. I'm in awe of your understanding of music and how it FEELS to play.
Thank you so much for rekindling my love for playing and that special feeling.
Well said.
great lesson , your best yet , thank you .
The humming advice was the best guitar advice I have ever gotten. Straight up.
Thanks for the awesome advice, subscribed!
Great stuff dude , learning to play through the heart is a skill often overlooked by players who focus on runs rather than musicality 👌🏾
Meditation really helps with this. It's amazing what will pop into your head when you learn to quiet your mind.
Great lesson
Thanks bro this is something that is really gonna help out my dream of being a really good musician,In my 3 years of playing this is something that has helped me create more solos and songs then anything else I've tried
I am happy seeing you that you use the same replacement bridge as I, a Schaller roller bridge. Looks nice and fits to the Jazzmaster. :)
Mister, very good videos. Keep it up
Great motivational speech, thanks for the inspiration! Strangely enough, not long ago I started doing what you suggest here. I discovered that if I listen to a backing track and start humming a lead solo, a whole new world opens up. I hadn't thought of actually recording my humming, so I'll try that next.
Really superb tip.....thanks!
Listen to Tornado of Souls on repeat
Thank you for your video! I've been playing for a year and I try to write my own music too. While I know scales and patterns, when I'm writing music I try not to think of those. A big part of this is playing the "wrong note" to know what would sound good and what wouldn't. I recently attempted to write a solo and surprisingly I played the"wrong" note but it for some reason just fit!
20 years,eh? So I have something to look forward to in my mid-seventies! Excellent channel, many thanks!
you’re incredibly admirable for making this video.
Man this is why I love this channel, it's really about becoming a musician and a student of music rather than just learning songs
By the way does anyone have a link to the interview that he talked about with Alex grey I wanna hear the full thing
It's the newest Duncan Trussell podcast. Duncan Trussell Family Hour on iTunes. :)
The-Art-of-Guitar thanks a lot :)
Good advice, some of the more interesting melodic ideas I've used in my songs came from me improvising in falsetto while washing my hair or making coffee.
On a related note, I want someone to invent a tool that records and analyses my auditory imagination. Sometimes I hear an entire composition in my head (even jazz, and I'm not even a good jazz player) but it's gone by the time I sit down and start figuring out what's going on there and why it sounds so much better than most of the stuff I write when consciously trying to write.
Fucking excellent lesson really underrated yet really vital concepts being discused. I subbed, please dont cry lol.
great advise, thank you very much!!
Great points about playing instinctively..takes a while to get to that point..technical skill is necessary to help the ideas go from one's brain to the instrument..all of your videos are excellent btw..keep up the great work!
Figured out my problem with writing riffs thanks bro
I've always thought of this but never tried... Its just that I've always rushed to play something but never paid attention to what's coming from inside... Thanks a ton for this advice...
This is not only profound in terms of guitar but also a life lesson :)
Really helpful thanks! For me when listening to a backing track like You suggested, in my mind i was thinking of chords which would have been cool to add on too as well as lead fills. Sure it's not a full on solo but for me as a player putting chords together which sound interesting is my weakness ☺.
Excellent advice. Actually I started taking lessons, I have very good tools, but like you said " I have nothing to say". Thanks for the lesson!!
Totally gotta agree with you. What's the point if you can play anything if you don't have anything to say. This is probably one of my bigger issues. Thanks for pointing it out an giving a few tips on how to improve it.
The best composition advice I receive since a long time!! Thxs for that !
Seems logical because when playing you often turn around habits and pattern that are in your fingers, whereas leting your imagination, your subconscious and your creativity talking to you is more like creating beyond your habits and limitations.
What a good advice! Seems powerful
That is probably why we have cool ideas while taking a shower!!! Because in an artistic mood without all the guitar stuff around!! Only water!
I will write this advice in big, somewhere, to not forgot it!!
Cheers from France
Sorry for my English I hope it is understandable! 😅
Thank you ❤ 🤘🎸
So what you are saying its just like driving a manual car in the start you think about shifting gear later it goes automatic you drive without thinking about shifting it just happens same with guitar i guess
Shift Happens
wait was that a pun/joke?
If it was funny yes, if not no way. Haha
i found it funny xD
It was definitely....punny.......ill show myself out
I guess I need to learn and practice diligently to be able to get all the ideas in my head recorded! I like solos that have some soul not just shredding for the sake of it.
i am very fond of your teaching Technics amazing your talent
"The music is given to you." How very, very true.
Man i just clicked with what you said throughout the whole vid. Ive been doing the exact same technique to be creative but havent been putting the work to actually bring the ideas to life. The solution i found to cope with this momentary laziness was to record the riffs & solos with my voice on my phone. About what you said.
Needed to sub after that x)
Cheers
I will let you know in 20 years for sure.. thank you for your lesson 😁
Magnetic concepts I love it thank you amazing
great stuff man
I don't think I'd be lucky enough to find someone articulate in such precise detail the ultimate goal of being able to hear something you want to play, while also possessing the ability to express it on the instrument of your choice. I always wonder how to take an idea like that and become fluent with a few notes or riffs, but I always find myself shying away from being able to do any of it confidently because I still feel as if what I do know is nothing compared to what I don't know and that keeps me from taking the risk to play something outside of my comfort zone, which unfortunately doesn't really stray beyond just a few simple musical ideas. I've envied artists like Hendrix for their ability to play music that seemed to be an entire composition on its own. Complete with the rhythm/lead section bundled into one, it's as if he could hear an idea greater than himself and managed to translate that in a beautiful way that everyone could appreciate. I don't really know about getting more towards that direction, but it's nice to see someone approach such a specific desire that I think most if not all musicians possess, but never really manage to talk about for whatever reason.
Great video, thanks much! Another solo I'd suggest listening to is Tom Petty's Running down a dream.
Any time spent with the instrument is good to deepen the connection. I'd say that being able to play technical stuff well turns guitar into a tool; while being able to translate musical ideas from mind to instrument turns it into an extension of the player.
learned a lot of things watching your vids. love them. are you currently in a band and any vids of you playing on stage just like to check them out, keep up the knowledgeable vids Bro!
I wrote entire piece which came out jazzy(always wanted to utilize 7th chords but never knew how) and mellow which was crazy because im into metal-what put me into that state was steve Vai himself i was watching his series Guitar Method-he talks a lot about how to be creative/innovative and stuff like how to shape notes with your intentions really inspiring!
Creativity is in the right brain, whilst the left brain is the logical, analytical, mathematical side. So, to be a good musician means we need to be firing on both cylinders so to speak, using both sides of our brain in balance. A guitar player only focussed on skills and techniques, is left brain imbalanced, and an imaginative creative person with no technical skills would be right brain imbalanced. A good book to read on this would be ‘Left in the Dark’. Great video, thank you.
Legend mate thanks
I think you are a wonderful teacher: knowledgeable, but not over-reliant on knowledge; patient; able to imagine the difficulties of others and spiritually alive. I went from being a teacher (of literature) to being a pro musician and one thing that became crucially important to me was to learn how not to worry about what I didn’t know. Neil Young is a great and enabling hero of mine and he often says how little he knows about scales, fast-playing, virtuoso techniques etc. He aligns himself with people who like simple chord sequences, such as Hank Williams and Roy Orbison. Clearly he’s picked up a lot over his many years of playing. But he’s picked up what he needs and hasn’t concerned himself with completeness, or the more systematic kinds of mastery. The Cinnamon Girl solo is famous for the reason you give; but his solo work generally I think shows three things: 1) he progressed through trial and plenty of error; 2) his concern is with the feeling in the song: he lets that determine what he plays or tries to play; and 3) he has become very accomplished within the range of music that he writes, but wouldn’t (I imagine) claim any general proficiency across a wide range of styles and genres. This has been enough to turn him into one of the most important and influential musicians of our time. As a case in point, listen to the introductory solo of ‘Cortez the Killer’ on the album Zuma. You can hear him going obviously wrong and correcting himself. Could this have been edited out? Of course. But the feel is more important that the polish. Listen to the same solo on Weld and it’s apparent that by then he had learned to play within the chord sequence of the song without the bum notes but still with the feel that had been there from the beginning. I’ve confident that many people listening to the first of these recordings would say ‘he just doesn’t know the scale’. But here is an example of passion proving more important than sheer proficiency. It’s a different way of approaching music and it wouldn’t allow you to become a Bonamassa or a Page. But for some songwriters who are also guitar players and performing musicians it’s the equivalent of getting into that creative zone which you talk about so eloquently in your video. I wonder what you think of this idea. www.stevelogan.co.uk
This is a great explanation! Btw love Alex grey!
@The-Art-of-Guitar Wow. This video explains the problem I'm dealing with, trying to be very creative with guitar solos, progressing and getting better. My mind's on autopilot, for now, playing the same pentatonic minor scale across the fretboard. Do you have any videos on your channel that you can link me to to where I can learn modes and other things to dramatically improve my guitar improvisations? I like this piece of advice you gave out.
İts great! Thank u
Man, maybe I'm a little to late for the discussion but what you describe is what happens to me but in the opposite way. Sometimes I feel I have a lot to say with the guitar but I can't just translate it into the instrument cause I don't have the fluidity and the musical knowledge to make it sound and get the sound that I want. It's like I can't make my brain sincronize with my hands and fingers. I know it's all practice to get to that level of fluidity but man it's just frustrating and I want to get to that level right now. Anyway, thanks for the videos, they are great. You are one of the greatest guitar teacher here in YT.
This is good advice.
synchronicity is a funny thing.... i was checking out alex grey books on amazon RIGHT before i watched your video dude... by the way thanks for all your vids- awesome stuff..!
Wow! That's cool.
Yeah, that moment where you don't think "what notes do I play?" becomes "these are the notes that will sound good when I play them" is a helluva deal. Knowing what will work in a particular spot, then actually doing it and then when you go back and listen (you should be recording everything) and you know you nailed it. Yeah, that double stop bend was in perfect sync with the groove...
That is an awesome perspective. I've been trying to bridge my gap for a while now but being self taught and limited theory I feel hinders me a bit because I lose motivation when I have to look for sounds too long.
Thank you. That really clarified and confirmed something i already really believed. But it is more solid now. And not just in my imagination now, open to doubt. Or confusion. This is so true. And I will work on this. Thanks man. Be well. 😄
Good stuff. Thanki you. Question: How do you go about creating your own backing tracks?
I have the same feeling sometimes, I was playing Sammy Hagar's Remember the Heroes, and I came up with this melody over the chorus when it goes to D on the spot, and it came out, in the right scale (which I didn't realize until after I analyzed what I did), with no effort. I'm not always able to go from idea to fretboard so smoothly, but as I improve my ear (and technique), I feel this same transcendent flow. This is all a part of my journey to become a guitarist, and not just a rock guitarist (If you've noticed, strictly rock/metal guitarists tend to be a little less creative/innovative). I'm a lover of music and want to express my ideas and myself with them, so I work on my technique and my ear so I have less limits to create what I feel inside. I've heard people say that music can create vivid, detailed visual images in their head, and that's not how it seems to be. Music doesn't affect the head, it affects the heart and soul, creating emotional images, making you feel a certain way at a certain strength. As a musician, you need mastery of your instrument and expressing your ideas if you want to clearly convey an emotion at a specific intensity. This requires little noise during the transfer from soul to mind to hands to instrument. You can feel when the signal chain clears up, and the guitar becomes a part of your body. At this point, you're not creating sound or visuals, you're creating emotion, so don't go out to write something that can be described by sonic or visual adjectives ("like gunfire", "colorful", etc.), rather use adjectives that aren't sensual, that can only be used to describe things that aren't touched or felt or seen or listened to. That's what I do when I go to write something. And remember that a beautiful forest can still inspire dark and ominous riffs. An area doesn't inspire based off of what the area is, it just inspires.
(Sorry for the jumping around of topics, I'm very tired but I wanted to get this out)
Also, with my repeated mentions of ear training, I've worked on it with my drummer, as we frequently talk music and pull up the songs to show each other small bits of. I try to play every song that he shows to me, without him stopping the song, or me removing my attention from the conversation. This subconscious ear training has helped me a ton! I learned Smoke on the Water front to back after two listens! (I never learned the "guitar store" riffs, so it was completely new for me to play) The subconscious part really helps because it removes the idea of scales and keys, and you go back to the 12 note loop and every note is fair game, until you start to just kinda hear/feel the scale/key
Yes, since I've been playing off and on for 40+ years, this question comes up lot, as in how do you get yourself in the zone with guitar in hand and tape rolling so the magic gets captured? There have been times where I just played something cool but just had to sort of let it float away bcs I'd never be able to remember it again, even trying to recapture it immediately after. Strange. But I would like to completely agree that without a lot of time developing your chops, the magic can't find a way out.
Also, it really shows when a player is just calling it in. I saw a guy who was so totally not with the scene that he literally leaned against a post on the stage and pouted, like he ran out of candy. Anyone can have a bad day, just don't inflict it on your audience. Or your guardian angel, for that matter. She'll up and quit. Just gotta try, try, try.
Thanks for this post. I believe that to become a 'musician' rather than just a 'player' of a particular instrument you should try to play at least one other instrument. This will give you an insight into your main instrument that you would otherwise never get. You don't need to get proficient with the other instrument(s), but it will improve your playing of your main instrument. You also need to get your priorities in order; I have never had a car that was worth more than my most valuable guitar and never will. Even if I get to be loaded I would still maintain this, it might mean that I would have to buy a rare vintage guitar for £100,000 or more, but it is better to drive around in an old banger with a nice guitar than it is to drive a nice car with a second rate guitar.
I am at this same point...it's great...not only to be there but to think how much better I am starting to become. It's a different level
Lately Ive been spending hours at night playing along with jazz songs. Not worrying about key, trying to sniff out structure on the fly. To me trying to emulate another instrument like a saxophone or even the drums brings out something new in my playing. Sure most of it would probably sound like ass listening back but its insane how just figuring things out on the fly opens up the fretboard, Im not worrying about sticking to a little block on the neck, even just a 12 bar thing I start to find ways all around the neck.
I'm not even a huge wannabe jazz virtuoso, I play a ton of stupid simple punk/blues things. It's just so much fun and lets me see music differently. I just want to create my own niche that I can explore and not get pinned into a stereotype.
Also wanted to add that it really does take years to get there..been playing since I was 10 and still learning all the time :)
i know guys where i live that are learning to play guitar and are so worried about doing it "right"i think i've been playing for less time learning ,listening and hearing different music now im writing a few songs with easy rhythm while they just keep doing the same it kind of comes down to also having alot of creativity
awesome vid thank you :-)
This video made me think of the synthesizer solo in Steely Dan's do it again
awesome vid man, what is that white thing just before the nut?
listen to baby's on fire by Brian Eno, the solo is incredible and a perfect example of this
This is why I like long Backing Tracks, I'll listen for 2-3 Minutes, "Feel the beat" and just play every note that I'm already feeling in my head and it feels amazing, it's the only time I feel good at guitar
Bro was spitting I need to do this again
Subscribed!! :D
A good way to train the creative skill is to hear crazy music that take you off the comfort zone
Thank you! What we should do?
I could play in the 90s some good pieces but now from watching mike I can't believe I can play this well ....
good video .
Really great lesson. Like always, you create super insightful content. But why no mention of Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello?!
Thinking a about joining his website. He has a way of teaching over video that really vibes with me. Any testimonials?
I'm going to be putting some up soon. :)
Also... Mike... appreciate this video as always... I find that if I listen to some "high content" music like Jazz and Classical or listen to someone scatting and then I go to sing my original ideas that they will be better... I IV V is fine but a song like Yesterday was written while MACCA was dreaming... the whole thing including the "Why she had to go" bridge... So we have a song that goes from the G form to the f#minor... Like who does that? But it worked...
I totally agree... I Leave a tape recorder by where I sleep so that my relaxed/creative brain can be unleashed... or opened up... Sing it first... I find that I use chromatic key changes and creative things like that... Sometimes I'm not running tape and they become what I call "Songs To God" because I can't remember them but they were beautiful in that moment... My goal is to pull more of those from the "musical atmosphere" and bring them onto a tangible medium... Bach talked about seeing music like creatures wandering all over the place... at least that's how I remember the quotation.