Why I Quit Social Media... and why I'm back
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Jack! So so great to know you're okay now. This video was incredible to watch and see what you've been through over the past few years. You are an unbelievable talent and I am so happy that things are getting better for you now. We NEED to hang and play soon! I think this video will help a lot of people.
I certainly helped me !
Love you mate!
The accent is fine. I just have to pitch you up a major 3rd to fit into my hearing range! But seriously, more power to you man. Thanks for sharing your war stories. You're not alone in the fight. I respect you majorly for pulling back rather than faking your feelings and being another like-chasing blowhard on social media while secretly dying inside. The pressure to make everything look fine is just another layer of crap that creative people don't need. Keep being real cause you're helping every person watching. Welcome back.
I relate... glad you are all good 💙🎶
Right when you mentioned pains in the chest and body it hit me, a few years ago I had something similar but only a few times, I went to the doctor who said I've got symptoms of post traumatic stress, something to do with high blood pressure correlated to anxiety, sleeping problems and like too much energy in my body so I couldn't sleep or something, and fixating on memories from Edinburgh where I experienced/witnessed very violent events. All she recommended was daily exercise to the point where you make yourself sweat at least once a day, and don't smoke which thankfully I don't anyway. Daily exercise helped me a lot. Maybe it tired me out enough so I could sleep better, and released the endorphines to at least temporarily ward off any overly negative feelings. Thankfully I didn't officially have PTSD, just stress from some trauma. It sounds like your situation was much worse and took a lot longer to recover from. Oh yeah and the depersonalization thing I used to get that when I was really young.
Would love to see any new content from you, I enjoy your gospel inspired playing especially. Greetings from Scotland, Robbie
Man thank you for sharing with us and welcome back buddy.
Glad you're back man.
Welcome back Jack! Its really cool to hear your talking through what's been going on, sorry to hear you've had it so rough. I'm sure a lot of pro guitarists watching this are going to relate heavily to some of the feelings you had (playing covers/social media wise) I know I have. Its really cool you found the right help. I'm looking forward to having my face melted by whatever you do next, you're a super inspiring player. It sounds like you've been doing some amazing stuff already, keep being you and awesome!
As a clinical psychologist and musician I applaud your transparency. More people should speak openly about MH issues. Looking forward to future vids and hearing new music 🎼
Very heart touching Jack, thank you for sharing your story. It's comforting to hear these kind of talks from people you respect. Transparancy is something i admire a lot. Glad you are back. you just earned one more subscriber.
glad you are doing good jack, thanks for sharing your story. best wishes!
Wonderful video Jack, glad to see you back and things are looking up for you. Applaud you for opening up and sharing your story and journey. As Sam says, I'm sure it resonates with many, and is helpful to others, myself included. Wishing you all the best going forward :) 🤘🏻🐝
Fantastic News. We can enjoy with your music again Jack. Welcome!!!
Welcome back brother! I have been wondering about you for a while. Today I shown one of your performance to my student and I saw the video. I am very happy you are back. I terribly sorry about your bad health experiences but you look great now. Me and my students are waiting for your future works.
You are one of the best players out there my friend.. so happy to see you back! Rock on buddy, great things are coming be sure!
Glad to hear from you Jack! Keep Rocking bro!
I truly applaud your courage and honest purpose in posting this video. Too few people discuss issues like this and it's especially true within the music industry. I've known a lot of musicians over many, many years who have suffered in silence trying to 'beat' depression and a whole host of other mental health problems. I really hope your video will give people who are going through the toughest of times the impetus to get help and not be ashamed of doing so. All the best you, Pete
love you man
Jack, you are an amazing person. Wishing you all the Best!
Yes, make some more vids of your mental health techniques. I lost my mom a few months back-the day before you released this video, I see-and feel these would help, as I've been sort of obscure on social media myself for the past year and a half or so. Much of my own absence has been utter burnout from teaching rather than creating my own stuff.
Also, I'd love to see some videos on your approaches to creating/mixing backing tracks. Been trying to create my own pieces lately and can't seem to get as nice of a mix as I hear your tracks.
Lastly, it would be nice to see some of your daily practice techniques/regimens and maybe a montage of how your approach to learning the fretboard/guitar over the years has evolved and what you most attribute your knowledge on the guitar to.
Looking forward to more content from you, and glad to see you're doing much better.
I know I'm 3 years late to this video, but I had to comment! I appreciate your honesty and transparency in sharing a matter that is sensitive to most people and especially musicians.
All the best
Glad to hear you're doing better Jack!! Definitely would watch a video where you explain more how your overcame your panic attacks/anxiety
Hi Jack! Could you do a more in depth video of how your therapy sessions helped you?. Glad to hear from you again. Cheers!
Jack, thank you for sharing such an incredibly difficult life experience my friend. Not an easy thing to do but sharing helps us to heal. I have experienced a lot of the same things with anxiety, I’m sure this video will help a lot of folks. I love your playing and the true happiness i have always seen on your face when you are playing with others is truly heart warming and inspiring. You are amazing! Keith
So informative and interesting Jack. Thanks for your openness. Glad to see you have it under control....Best wishes mate, love your stuff.
Social media can be so toxic! Sorry you had to go through all that.
I would really like to hear your take on music composition, and your relationship with theory. Glad to see you back! :D
Great vid. Been going through the same thing since late 2011. Awesome to find a video about this topic - thanks Jack!
Great to see you back jack missed your prensence!
Glad you're back Jack - thank you for making this video & sharing your experience.
Glad u made it thru that rough spot bro. Difficult to believe someone of YOUR skill & talent ever doubted their abilities on guitar!
Oh Wow!! jack, thanks for your honesty!! You just speaking out of my soul....And I have to change this for me too. I know "The cover gigs trap" very well. Sure, every professional musician playin such gigs, because that's somehow your financial ground month for month. What I figure out for myself is, that you have to change your view in these gigs and especially you have to play own music, own projects where you have fun, where you feel passionate about. Thanks for this video!
This is awesome Jack! Thanks for sharing your journey. Too many people can relate. Loved your playing in the past and I am excited to see what you will be doing going forward. Would be nice to just see a variety of content from you. Lessons, solo snippets, rants and raves, anything guitar with your spin on it. Welcome back!!!
So good to know you're ok and back in the swing! Thanks for taking the time to fill us in on what's been happening in your world and respect to you for confronting your issues. Can't wait to see more content of any sort and very much looking forward to an album/EP!
Great video, and yes to a video on your therapy sessions. Don't apologise, you owe us nothing. Glad you made it through.
Ive been a follower of your videos since your andromeda cover on RUclips. You were one of my childhood heroes, and it is so nice to have you back. I rarely comment on videos like this but I want you to know your story touched me as I have been going through the same thinf, and around the same time and age too. It had almost led me to give up music, but the way you were one of the ones that first got me to really pick up the instrument, you have inspired me to pick it up again. I sincerely want to thank you and want you to know, as I'm sure you do, that you're not alone.
Glad to have you back, rock on :)
even 3 years later, makes me wanna give you a big ole hug!
Youre so strong dude your a amazing player glad you share with us
GOD BLESS YOU BROTHER keep on rocking
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Jack, you are one of the nicest and most talented people I’ve ever had the pleasure to know.
That was a very brave and powerful video. I’m glad you are in a better place. Keep doing what makes you happy. E x
Thank you for sharing such a personal experience, Jack! It's so important that we keep the conversation about mental health going - its impact on our lives is so profound. I really appreciate the fact that you've decided to tell the story, including how you've dealt with it. All the best!
Boy, am I glad that I've found your channel; you've got yourself a new subscriber!
Dude! That’s a huge step sharing your troubled times with the world so congrats on that. I’m positive that watching this video will help a lot of people, not just in the guitar world. You’re a top guy Jack and I wish you all the best. Hopefully I’ll see you soon mate 👍🏼
Jack my wife went through the same thing a few years back and it's not a nice thing to witness. It's an invisible illness that a lot of people don't understand. Glad your back and I love watching your vids. Deffo need to try and catch you at a gig but I'm gigging most weekends myself. Upwards and onwards Jack 👍👍🎸🎸
Glad you're doing well man, look forward to whatever content you decide to put out
Great video, much respect to you for speaking so openly. Looking forward to hearing your new material!
Great video Jack. Pretty much all of what you suggested at the end of your video regarding content would be cool and I would tune in.
Really big of you to post this video. Glad to have you back. I am surrounded by depression and anxiety in my family and my heart goes out to you, brother. I am a HUGE fan of your playing! Stay healthy, stay happy and try everything dr's suggest.
Great video. I've been thru this. I couldn't go anywhere without first knowing where the nearest hospital was. It's horrible. I feel like learning and educating yourself about anxiety and mental health is/was key for my healing. Everyone is different. Glad you're better.
Hey man, really glad you feel more centered and in a better state. I went through a similar thing, and to be honest it’s been the worst year of my life, won’t go into details not the place to do so but the highlight of it was it really forced me to acknowledge that I needed to change my approach and not sway from what needed to be confronted. On the a really positive note, I’ve never wanted to be a better guitarist/musician than ever before, it took me til I was thirty to finally get that true motivation to confront this from correct perspective. In simple terms life intervened in a way that simply forced me to face this.
A huge part of musicians / visual artists I know went through all that shit you describe in the first part of the video. Myself included. 22 to 27 years of age, as a rule. I guess that's the other half of what comes as the "artistic mentality" deal. One of the therapists I talked to believed it all was due to the fact that many artists are forcing their mind to process information at accelerated rates, as in "absorb more, absorb faster to deliver more and even faster", etc., and such mind, in guitar terms, goes into overdrive. It feeds back LOL good news it phases out with age.
Inspirational..Thank’s Jack!
so happy you are feeling better mate!! Cheers
You're a brave man - not everyone shares their sicknesess with others and not many talks about mental illness. During the time you were a way I bought two of your instruction videos. To keep us all healthy mabye you shoud make the licks easier ;) Good to hear that you're back.
First off, WELCOME BACK, JACK! I'm thrilled that you're OK now, you gave me a few guitar lessons while you were going through what you've just talked about and I wish I had helped in any way, but that's behind us now, wohoo!
I love your playing and your content, please give us more!
Also, it would be AMAZING to see weekly vlogs from your gigs, teaching, or just general music updates and stuff. Of course, MOAR guitar pls
Kudos to you reaching out my man, it's an incredibly tough subject to tackle and especially talk about ...
I have a few friends and close relatives who suffer from the same, and it's incredibly hard to understand what they're going through but I'm always learning new ways of trying to be there to help.
I'm no expert by any means but I always like to feel that I'm there for anyone whenever they need someone to lean on.
I wish you all the best and really hope you tackle this issue, you're an incredibly talented guitarist, one of which I have looked up to for a long time now, being 27 myself I'm always learning and giving up and learning etc etc, I watch guys like you and it picks me back up again!
i've had a toxic relationship as well and,even if not so severe as you,the same symptoms.As you i've felt loss of interest in everything that i loved and just the will to keep making music.i'm finally finding a way out of this,slowly rediscovering my instrument and myself with it,it's not easy for sure.I'm very glad you made it out from this hole and thanks for sharing your experience,it gave me hope as well :)
my advice for the others is:seek help,this shit is real and can happen to anyone even if you think you are mentally and emotionally strong(like i did)
Glad to hear that you're doing better! Anxiety and panic attacks are no joke, and really hard to come over, so its awesome to hear that you are feeling better. You seem like a brilliant guy, and damn what a monster player! Keep doing what you're doing!
Jack your playing is incredible mate . Thanks for sharing your thoughts, I found the video really helpful .
Some really inspiring stuff right here. I agree, mental health should definitely be talked about more openly in the music industry in general. The journey of practicing, gigging and chasing that next level with only your personal demons accompanying you for years on end can seriously take a major toll on musicians. Sometimes we just need to take a step back and balance it out a little bit with some other stuff. Regular exercise, sleep and a healthy balanced diet when possible really goes a long way, especially regarding musicians since we tend to ignore all that stuff in favour of our passion. Mental and physical health are intertwined and I think if we got that covered we can keep pushing on. Glad you're back and recovered your love for the music again. Keep it real :)
Valientes palabras, que bueno que estés de vuelta, saludos desde chile
Jack u will always one of my biggest inspirations. Love that you back again.
Jack , congratulations on your recovery and I'm really happy to know you're back! Most importantly thanks for keeping it real and honest it's really helpful to know guitarist we admire go through the same life challenges . I really look forward to your new stuff. I purchased your modern chordal series , I did not complete learning it but may really like to do some lessons with you in the future. Blessings and keep good from Trinidad and Tobago :)
What an ordeal !! Great to see you come out the other side of that ... I'm also sure this will be very insightful for many musicians . All the best to you Jack !! Such an incredible musician and by all accounts a lovely human being ...BZ
Jack when I first heard you play I was truly blown away. I appreciate your honesty and can relate with your journey as a musician in this digital age. I am going to see Keven Eknes next week in Nashville to record more songs and enjoy the beauty that is music. I will give him a big hug for ya!!! Can't wait for your new release!!! I hope its a fucking album!!!
I sank in the same nightmare for years...nobody can understand the fears you have to live with and face. Welcome back!
You're one of my heroes, Jack. Been following your music since pre-beard days, and I'm happy with your progress. Stay strong man, you're an inspiration.
More in depth video - yes please. Hugely impressed by this video. Much power to you ... and key question ... blue or red? :-D
He's a red
@@phildyerguitar I should have guessed from some of the clips inserted :-) .. It's not a matter of life or death .. :-)
This was a great honest and very likeable video message! I've been through some mental problems myself and it is absolutely understandable that one needs to stay away from things like social media etc. Nowadays, things got too overwhelming and you need to build your own filter for that, in order to not go crazy. So you did the right thing. Please don't let you pull down again! Be happy who YOU are because this is obviously nothing less than awesome in many ways! I wish you the best! Cheers from Germany! PS: subscribed. ;)
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Lessons or Q&As or original music or blogs or thoughts?
Yes.
I'm glad you got over it, m8! Social media is just a toy, being alive and well is so much more important. I'd personally love to see more lesson content from you, being one of the world's finest slingers of strings... :-) Cheers!
It's always great to see you up and running, my friend. Let's get together for a bunch of cold ones! On... yes... there's the distance thing! LOL. Anyways, NAMM's a few months away, so we hope to see you there. Take care, pal. =)
Wow!!! Deron Brown here Jack (I'm hoping you remember me, we hung out with you at NAMM. I was with Al Joseph). I'm so glad you shared this. Letting people in to your personal, private things in your life can be very scary. My wife suffers from anxiety and panic attacks.... I'm amazed she let's me go to NAMM...LOL!!! So I totally understand where your coming from here....not personally but my wife has put so many things in to perspective about anxiety and panic attacks. I'm glad you're back. I've purchased 2 of your lessons on your site and like I said before at NAMM.....I still wanna Skype some lessons and pick your brain my friend cuz you are an AMAZING PERSON AND GUITARIST and I appreciate the opportunity of getting to know you and Robert. Thanks again and all the best on your new solo venture.
DBrown or Bigpoppad73 on Instagram.
i struggled with a similar situation... i totally can relate to you, i wish you all the best, very happy to see you back
Haha! The Em9 thing.
Glad you re back! Hope you re ok! Cheers from french alps !!
I am proud of you, Jack. I deal with a lot of these same issues and am still in the process of figuring out how to regain the passion for music I once had. I hope to see more from you in the future!
Glad to see you're feeling better. I'd really like to see some original content, if you ask me
Well done Jack for speaking out and sharing your experiences. I've struggled with MH for over 35 years. I now (just about) manage it and work helping people with drug and alcohol problems (99% of them have MH issues). Wishing you well.
Thank you for talking about this. Glad you're back!
Love u brother !! So happy you are ok now !!!!Cant wait to see u again !
Jack, you're back !! , you're an inspiration to many people, myself included, you have a unique way of playing the guitar, hold on to that and enjoy toasting your music, greetings!
< lots of respect for opening up like that/ that takes courage/ take care! >
thanks for sharing that with us, Jack. I am am happy that you are back! Take care
Great hearing from you, Jack. Im glad youre doing better. One of my favorite players!
I've had a very similar experience in years gone by and am not totally free of it either. If you're considering another video about how you dealt with it in more depth, I'd very much like to hear that. This is all a lot more common place than people realise I think, and people hearing about how you dealt with it would almost certainly help a lot of other people..if you don't mind discussing it of course.
So happy to see you back, Jack!
I really felt what you said about anxiety, depression, panic attacks. Had been there too.
Hopefully, with help, i almost finished with that stuff.
Would be very nice a video about your struggling thoughts on music. But just if it is not too private.
My mom is psychologist, and as a parent of a musician, she knows something about it. I really want to help my musicians friend and other musicians to deal, fight and overcome bad and destructive feelings about music, and i think that with her help i\we can create something nice for musicians!
About new content on your RUclips page, i am for your original music and lessons. Loved the background music on this video, can't wait for your ep\album.
Would be nice also some videos about how to get into the cover\wedding network!
You were very inspiring for me Jack,and after i saw your video for the Periphery song, i bought two of your packages on your website.
Keep going with your music, you are amazing! Hope to see you live very soon.
PS: You're the son of Captain Flint from Black Sails!
It's great to hear from you, man. I really appreciate you being so transparent about everything you went through. It's definitely something I've been going through, and I'm sure so many others as well. Would love to hear you talk about it more. Cheers
Yes Jack! Back where you belong x
Glad to see you back Jack! I totally relate to all your problems being a fellow anxiety sufferer.
so glad to see you back. you're truly inspiring
15:20 - This is literally how I felt when watching your videos, blew my mind that you felt exactly the same thing while watching others! :D
Glad to see you back Jack. You sound like you've been through the wringer there, so it's good to hear that you got some help.
When CBT is done right it can be very helpful indeed. I used to have clinical level OCD, but no longer have it because of a guy that taught me CBT well.
I combined what I learnt from CBT with mindfulness which only improved things further.
I've been a fan of your playing for many years, ever since you did a cover of Rob Marcello's "Neoclassical Guitar Solo" video when you were like 15 or something.
Ever since then I've always tuned in!
As for your future uploading? You should just record and upload whatever you want mate.
Hello Jack - I came here after I listen to your "Fake Guitar Playing" video. It is clear that you are as real as it gets. I want to wish you much success with your music. You totally deserve it!
Thanks for sharing this Jack. Hope you'll be fine in the future, you are an amazing player and a great inspiration for all of us :) I'm wainting for your EP, "high impact" is a awesome song !
Welcome back Jack! We missed you man! We share similar story! I'm glad that you're better!
Good luck Jack! You are awesome player!
I just have to say that the whole first half if the video hits so hard home.
I'm so happy you are back and that you are feeling well, man.
I'm personally very interested in how did you make the panic and anxiety attacks all stop since I was on medication for over a year and just decided to stop with it and try some introspection, and it just kinda worked, but im still I'm not out of it yet. I'm sorry to post such a comment to make it kinda about an issue that I have, but this is kinda the thing im going through right now so would just like to hear your take on it.
Can't wait to hear what you put out in the future and for more content from you, long time fan!
Cheers, and all the best!
I would love to see a more in depth video! Thank you so much for opening up for this.
Good to hear from you again man! Do what your gut tells you. Follow your own path and have fun doing things that you like! Keep the good work!
Well then.
Thanks for the insight, that puts a perspective into what I'm experiencing, I've seen things like derealization/depersonalization disorder that have also made sense but I had something at work exactly like that.
Oh shit, you just mentioned it in the video! YES.
Here's hoping you feel better soon. Sounds like you've been thru the fire and flames (to use a musical pun) and you came out the other side. Take it one day at a time.
Thanks for sharing. I can absolutely relate. All the best.
Yeah, Stu Hamm has seen 'em all! Gigging with him mustabeen a blast! Glad to have you back man! As for content, some technique lessons wouldn't hurt :-)