“Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.” - Miles Davis. It's not a destination. the journey and interactions / collaborations are what I have come to value.
@@jfar3340 I think it depends if you press record for one piece and try to perform with the baleful red light staring at you, or if you press record and forget about it while being creative!
@@CheshireTomcat68 of course; you can record your whole practice session and then crop the good parts. but its an excellent exercise to press record and play and see what your take looks like
We play covers and I can’t believe how much joy I get playing the music I listen to. We recently played a gig to several hundred people in a super hot room and despite the sweat and occasional minor mistake, we had a blast and can’t wait to do it again. It can be stressful but practice, practice, practice.
I thought you were going to talk about people saying you missed a note or it doesn't sound like the album. I have been in original bands mainly but ran into that while playing covers.
@@CaptHiltz Nah, nobody noticed except us. The difference was they weren't there for us, they were there for a charity event. We were just the entertainment after dinner.
I have found that “comparison is the thief of joy” is so true, especially with guitar. It is a battle to not compare myself every day, but when I am able to separate myself from my heroes I really enjoy playing so much more.
I asked a pro last year, “How do I deal with stage fright?” He advised me to just keep getting up and playing whenever you can and that everyone in the audience wants to do what you’re doing.
The best way for me was starting out in a band as a bass player. Seriously, NOBODY pays attention to the bass player... I just hung out and kept the groove going with the drummer, knowing full well that a band with an awesome rhythm section is what makes people wanna get up & dance!
I had a friend who was performing his guitar recital for his degree at Central Carolina U. He was very nervous before he went out, and his professor, an elderly black gentleman, calmed him by saying, "Why are you nervous? You're the only MFer in the room with a guitar!"
So true guys, when I walk into a local guitar store, any random guy can play better than I can and I’ve been playing for decades, so I focused on writing songs, talking a page from Rick Nielsen who said “I’m a rhythm guitar player who sometimes has to play lead” and found that’s an area where I excel and have had success. I stopped trying to be a great technical player but cop a few cool riffs here and there.
A big lesson I learned was once I was playing a solo on video during which I missed a note. When I watched the video back, I couldn’t hear the mistake but I saw myself shaking my head. The lesson is never sell a mistake.
If you’re worried about being judged, never leave your house. Everyone judges, even if they say they don’t! That’s life. Play because it jazzes you, learn all you can and then have fun! Cool subject in my judgment
They Saved Hitler’s Brain. It used to be featured at a festival near my old house highlighting the worst movies ever made, Plan 9 from Outer Space often being described as the all-time worst movie ever made.
Yea I’m just starting to get over the insecurities and stuff like that with my playing I think I’ve really started to find “my sound” and I couldn’t be happier I really appreciate these videos y’all , for someone that’s been playing for 9 years I’ve never had anyone be able to “explain” these kinda things with guitar Just good stuff all around Embrace who you are !
Probably the best one sentence advice you can give...who gives 2 shits about what other people think...I could care less..it actually amuses me to hear people criticize others when they don't even play themselves...🤘😜🎸🎶❤️☮️
Sweet ZZ Top shirt man... Thanks for the great content guys, I recommend this shop to anyone who desires meeting new friends and a quality music store experience. PEACE gentlemen.
I loved this video. I’m 47 and been playing since I was 17. Just recently did I accept the fact that I will never be as good as my guitar gods … and that is ok. Just be happy with the things you’re good at and enjoy the music! 😊
I've been performing for 60 years, primarily as a solo instrumentalist playing fingerstyle guitar. That being said, I am my own worst critic but something my wife said once, many years ago, when I was struggling with a difficult passage that I was determined to play the "correct" way struck home. She said "your audience has no idea that you may be taking a shortcut, they are amazed just by the fact that you play so well". From then on I decided to have fun and not nit pick myself to death. I haven't been in a band for years and have been playing at home in my studio composing and just having a blast. I've been playing to long to not berate myself for not being able to get something "perfect"; but now I shrug it off and say "just have fun with it". I'm doing the same thing at live performances. Life is too short...
Dude!! Your wife is exactly correct! I am guilty of the same thing. People who come to see you again and again, like how YOU play and then happen to like whatever song you are covering. The more you get comfortable with what you do, all of the sudden- you take your interpretations to another level.
Then there's me no talent, just years of noodling.... I noodle into eternity One with the noodle, I have become. Noodle on my noodleward son, There'll be peace when you are done. Lay your weary had to rest. Don't read tabs no more.
I can dig this. Been playing since i was 15 in '72. Not great but good enough for jams and a few parties and bar gigs in a little garage band. Even quit for about 8 years in the late '80s. Got back into playing full tilt in '94. Band reunited in '05 and played a party and bar gig, the latter was cool because folks like my older brother and sister had never seen me play before. An on the job injury (stitches for my left index finger) had me quitting. The co-guitar player got us back together so i just said 'i'm giving you your band back'. They still gig ! Kept at it playing 20 hours a weekend, just jamming thru amps with my stereo (how i learned how to play).Maybe some Trower, UFO, TL RF, etc. A move to an apartment 6 plus years ago stopped that and i nearly went dormant again. Recovered, sometimes jamming with something but mostly just stuff from memory thru headphones and either a CyberTwin, Vypyr 15 or Spark. Gotten noisy here lately so the Roland MicroCube stays in the 'living room' (who knew 3 watts could sound so good? yeah, i knew). Long winded comment but my point is, I'm 64 but still like to play and as long as my wife says "That sounds good" when i play something like Little Martha, Melissa or Jessica like the last two weekends (might some need dusting, maybe sat for a year), i'm all in. Can't worry about whatever goes on around me.
I have always been too hard on myself on guitar, as I trained in competitive sport to a high level and transferred that mentality to music. I would play a show and when people would come up to compliment me, I would basically talk them out of having enjoyed my playing by telling them everything wrong. I finally decided to listen to them and lighten up- and I play way better because of it.
You're right about developing your own style. I'm a bass player and have always had my own style but wasn't entirely happy with my playing, kept trying to somewhat emulate my heroes. Finally figured out it didn't matter and the real problem was being technically accurate within my abilities. Short story long, I learned to read music when I was a kid, but wasn't applying it. I sat down with sheet music and started getting that accuracy and it made all the difference. I'm happy with my playing and don't give a f#@k what anyone else thinks. And my band mates are happy too. Thanks Jonathan and Baxter.
You guys are awesome , never fail to put a smile on this old mug. And I even listen to some good advice about a day in the life of a guitarist. Keep it up boys.
I had no idea I was gonna get an intro to adult film stars. I feel like my horizons are completely expanded this morning. Keep doing what you are doing. I love watching these two
It's also good to jam with musicians who you consider to be "better" than you. You'll learn new skills and may be surprised that you'll teach them a thing or two.
You guys bring us joy! Really dig what you guys bring to the RUclipss 😄. Nothing makes me happier than learning a new song to play in my little home studio.
I must play. It was same drumming decades ....live breathed music. Then keys a bit finally picked up guitar in 2018. I cannot stop. Last thing I worry about is someone saying I suck. I will agree I'm not the guitarist I am as a drummer. But I am very passionate and love the journey in which I share my entire time each time I picked up last couple years or so. I've come a long long way I feel In no time. Music is freedom.
In my humble opinion .. the best video that you have ever done ... well said gentlemen ... this is "real" world .... FACTS ! ...... and I do really enjoy all the other videos you guys have done .... but this one hits it on the head !!!!
I gave you a thumbs up 5 seconds into the video 😂 because... you are right. I played my first gig with my still current bandmates in 1985. I'd just got back from a camping holiday to get a call on the landline (google landline if you're under 30 lol) to say I had a gig that night. I didn't even know I was in a band?? So I turned up and it was like "look we're getting paid cos a band dropped out - we'll just do velvet underground covers and make shit up". I got to venue, set up and got drunk. No idea how we got away with it but we ended up getting a return booking. Taught me one thing - wearing sunglasses and a leather jacket and having your guitar hung down low with masses of distortion is more important than all the myxomatosis or Duran Duran scales. We did get better eventually but the deep end is definitely one way to get over stage nerves :p
Great advice! I've probably would be a lot better at 60 if I wasn't so self conscience as a kid taking " traditional" lessons of guitar and reading notes( which I really did not learn much) I picked the guitar back up at 15 and was ok with a few tips and watching and not so inhibited but still not brave enough to play along with a very good friends band that did the bar and huge party, county fair circuit thing.Looking back too, that guitar teacher should if noticed my "Stella" guitars strings were an 1" off the fretboard!!! It was more torture than fun🤪Thanks for the inspiring message, I'm at a point where I'm enjoying every minute of play time and enough guitars( for today) to satisfy my wants from over the years.😁
I play by myself for myself. I have no care to play for others. When I was a teenager…I wanted to be a rockstar. When I was in high school played in a band that did metal covers to classic rock covers, and we rented out our local community center on Saturdays. By senior year, I no longer wanted to be a rockstar. We actually used to pack out the place. Made decent money for our age, it was just a lot of work. It was exhausting and made me kind of hate playing. I quit the band and got married. Guitar is my Xanax. It’s for me. Playing live is just not my thing, but playing alone, continuously learning new things, nobody (but my wife) judging me. That’s what I love. After hours of practicing something I couldn’t play until I finally get it. It’s personally rewarding.
I'd say I've been in this realm of playing purely for me. I actually have a video on my channel about anxiety and the guitar connection as it effects me anyways.
I sang for a couple of hard-rock bands from 2000 to 2016. Sold albums in about 12 countries. Shared the stage with AMAZING people I looked up to... and I still never mattered or made much money. In the process, you know what I discovered? EVERYONE messes up. Be tough on yourself BEFORE the show... but not AT the show. Enjoy the ride. Enjoy the crowd. Make real friends with fans. STOP HATING YOURSELF. Do your best.... but remember to be a fan of your own music or whatever you're covering, and be nice to people. People care a lot more about how you treated them than if you got every note right. Oh, and ALWAYS laugh at yourself. Not for them... for YOU.
Oh hell yeah man... I stayed stuck for 17 years.. No shit.. 17 years... Tripping over my own ego. When I stopped giving a shit and just played the thing... I started getting better.
Have to say guys, bravo... After playing covers for 25 years, I forayed into original music. What an eye opener to hear recorded, what I thought was great, to be soulless. Everything I'd learned was someone else's ideas, not my own. It took another 2 years of writing and recording to "forget" what I had learned, and go on "instinct". Amazingly, what was inside me, was not styles that I had covered, but rather, a distillation of those styles into my own interpretations. I started free improvising regularly, and started discovering my own path. It was liberating... yes, we make mistakes, they are fleeting, but there's always passion and soul. Play Every Day
Only Baxter could use a guitar based channel to refer to an adult film star, The Boys From Brazil, and Aimee Mann in the span of 15 minutes. Rock on guys 🎸
I have and always will say, if something makes you smile that’s all that matters. There is to much hate in the world without finding the need make a negative comment about someone playing guitar. The beautiful thing about the guitar is that it’s an instrument that everyone can get away with playing badly.
Like Little Richard said to me in the '70s, Tell them "I'm fantastic!" and when they say "You're conceited!" You tell them, "Honey, I'm not conceited, I'm convinced!"
Mean and judge-y comment : you guys have an awesome shop, you provide helpful information to the community (like announcements of price hikes with weeks to prepare in some cases, or honesty about brands, not overselling guitars for a few extra bucks and instead try to fit the guitar to the player, and whatnot), and make fun and hilarious videos for everyone to enjoy! … shoot, that makes you guys sound awesome like you are. How about; you guys are having too much fun, and spreading positivity into a sometimes overly judgmental community? I concede.. you guys are some of the most important people in the YT guitar community. You guys even make the honest “negative” aspects of guitars seem a little more realistic. I’m still a newer fan and have been going all through the catalog. I hope you guys have a video on tone woods and the changes over the last ten ish years?.. the last time I bought a nice mid range, or even my Rick (maybe 10 years ago now) poplar was considered the “worst” tone wood. It was almost a dirty word so they were really pushing “basswood”… now it’s just in so many amazing guitars that approach or surpass 1000 bucks.. any insight you awesome dudes have as to this tectonic shit in the industry? Is it just wood rarity/price, harvesting restrictions of these woods, or just the equivalent in the guitar world of “shrinkflation”? Cheers! And keep up the noise reviews!
You guys are entertaining because you’re true to the improv process: “yes, and…” we love it out here. By the way, I think the person who was traumatized by Interview with the Vampire was Kirsten Dunst.
Hey guys just wanted to say Happy Monday I just subscribe to Jonathan's Channel what a blasted is to watch him play guitar he's damn good too I enjoy every minute of you too thanks for sharing
Good way to start a Monday! Thanks, y'all 🙏 Almost 40 years of playing guitar, and I'm still a hack. But I'm okay with that, I enjoy what I play. In a band situation, I prefer bass. A work in progress, I try to pick up something new each day and work on it, add it to the fold if knowledge. Be good to you
I grew up in the shred era of the late 80’s. I’m a short person with short fingers. I don’t have the reach for that. I pick the sweet notes and make sure I’m saying something. Technique is a tool. And it’s important. But it’s a tool to help you communicate something. The communication is the important thing
You guys are absolutely right. I find I play my best when I stop caring about impressing people or worrying about what they think. Many years ago I had a friend I was jamming with and he wanted me to improvise a solo while he played a rhythm part. He was recording it so I wanted to really do a good job. I kept making mistakes, my timing was off all because I wanted to impress him. Finally he shut off the tape machine and we just played some other songs. About 1/2 an hour later he wanted to try the original song again. In my mind the tape machine was off. We went through the song and I played possibly the best I ever had. Afterwards he said he had something he wanted me to listen to. He played the tape and I was blown away. I asked him who played that assuming he had done the song with someone else. When he told me that is was me playing I couldn’t believe it. All because I just had fun and wasn’t worried about what it sounded like. I learned a valuable lesson that day.
I honestly love blade so much. I can't remember if I watched all of em but I know I enjoyed every second of it. Also I'm getting my first electric guitar shipped this Wednesday:)
I discovered this a good dozen years or so (maybe 20) - like Jonathon says once you get used to playing Live - who gives a rip..... Baxter sums it up at the 2 min mark.... have fun with it. the average person has NO IDEA if you make a mistake.....
100% agree. I got into a bad rut of chasing gear, watching youtube guitar heroes, and chasing online lessons to "fix" my playing. The best thing I did was take a break for 2 weeks. I didn't do ANYTHING guitar related. Then I came back to the guitar and felt like I played better than I every have. I was much more relaxed, and actually enjoyed playing again. :)
No one wants to hear play like someone else. We can just download who you’re trying to copy. Be yourself and do you. It’s the only chance you got of getting other people to care about you do.
I watched a lot of that as a little baby goth. I'd be watching Forever Knight, eating my Count Chocula and practicing Robert Smith riffs during the commercial breaks.
I love the RHCP but I don’t mimic John. I have my own style. I call it “Southern Blues Punk” and it fills my soul with happiness. I learned a while back that I don’t need to be vindicated by anyone else for a single thing. 99.9% of these people judging me haven’t accomplished a touch of what I’ve accomplished. They can go sip on their haterade. 😊
I mean, in general, I love being older and I'm happier than I ever have been. My 40's have given me more happiness than my 20's ever did. Playing for myself has given me more happiness than playing in bands I thought might go somewhere.
i say this is like junk tv but for guitar nerds but today they have a serious point. one that I hope to actually hear. so the question now is "what would you do if you weren't scared to fail?"...thx friends.
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“To play a wrong note is insignificant; to play without passion is inexcusable.”
Very well said!!
@@MrRMB1 I didn't say it!
It’s funny how adding a little emotional inflection, a nominal amount, can make a simple and dull melody into a very compelling expression
@@t3hgir I know, I didn't say you did..
Gary Oldman from Immortal Beloved, right?
A wise man once said,
“Don’t worry. Don’t compare. Don’t expect too fast. Be kind to yourself.”
Tomo!
Tomo
“Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.” - Miles Davis. It's not a destination. the journey and interactions / collaborations are what I have come to value.
The Lost Boys was by far the best vampire movie of the era. Oiled up saxophone guy was iconic 😄
I am not a good player at all, but when I am alone and in the groove I rock !!!
are you still in the groove if you record yourself?
@@jfar3340 I avoid that at all costs lol
@@jfar3340 I think it depends if you press record for one piece and try to perform with the baleful red light staring at you, or if you press record and forget about it while being creative!
@@dannyb4826 why
@@CheshireTomcat68 of course; you can record your whole practice session and then crop the good parts. but its an excellent exercise to press record and play and see what your take looks like
We play covers and I can’t believe how much joy I get playing the music I listen to. We recently played a gig to several hundred people in a super hot room and despite the sweat and occasional minor mistake, we had a blast and can’t wait to do it again. It can be stressful but practice, practice, practice.
I thought you were going to talk about people saying you missed a note or it doesn't sound like the album. I have been in original bands mainly but ran into that while playing covers.
@@CaptHiltz Nah, nobody noticed except us. The difference was they weren't there for us, they were there for a charity event. We were just the entertainment after dinner.
"Forever Knight"- a vampire policeman. It was great!
I have found that “comparison is the thief of joy” is so true, especially with guitar. It is a battle to not compare myself every day, but when I am able to separate myself from my heroes I really enjoy playing so much more.
This is one of the best comments I’ve read in a long time, bless you!
@@thealchemisttiger688 you are too kind, thank you!
Corollary to that might be, "Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good."
I asked a pro last year, “How do I deal with stage fright?” He advised me to just keep getting up and playing whenever you can and that everyone in the audience wants to do what you’re doing.
inventing a stage persona could help, like playing a character when your on stage. gl man
The best way for me was starting out in a band as a bass player. Seriously, NOBODY pays attention to the bass player...
I just hung out and kept the groove going with the drummer, knowing full well that a band with an awesome rhythm section is what makes people wanna get up & dance!
I had a friend who was performing his guitar recital for his degree at Central Carolina U. He was very nervous before he went out, and his professor, an elderly black gentleman, calmed him by saying, "Why are you nervous? You're the only MFer in the room with a guitar!"
I believe the Hitler clone movie you were trying to think of was 'The Boys From Brazil'. Very good flick based on a really good novel.
It’s been so long I almost confused it Marathon Man with Dustin Hoffman.
@@mburtondavis Also an excellent movie.
Yup
Gregory Peck is excellent in that movie.
So true guys, when I walk into a local guitar store, any random guy can play better than I can and I’ve been playing for decades, so I focused on writing songs, talking a page from Rick Nielsen who said “I’m a rhythm guitar player who sometimes has to play lead” and found that’s an area where I excel and have had success. I stopped trying to be a great technical player but cop a few cool riffs here and there.
Funny thing is that Rick had some tasty lead chops such as on I Want You to Want Me. Granted I haven't heard their deep tracks
Amen great video, 22 years later I play what I play. “Can you play (fill in the blank)? Do you know? No, don’t know, don’t care, this is it.
Same here
The end, Amen!
You guys took the words out of my mouth. I suck but when I immerse myself in it…. It’s magical.,
A big lesson I learned was once I was playing a solo on video during which I missed a note. When I watched the video back, I couldn’t hear the mistake but I saw myself shaking my head. The lesson is never sell a mistake.
If you’re worried about being judged, never leave your house. Everyone judges, even if they say they don’t! That’s life. Play because it jazzes you, learn all you can and then have fun! Cool subject in my judgment
They Saved Hitler’s Brain. It used to be featured at a festival near my old house highlighting the worst movies ever made, Plan 9 from Outer Space often being described as the all-time worst movie ever made.
Feast thine eyes on my field of F’s, see that it is barren and not one to give. I read that somewhere once and it’s so true.
Yea I’m just starting to get over the insecurities and stuff like that with my playing
I think I’ve really started to find “my sound” and I couldn’t be happier
I really appreciate these videos y’all , for someone that’s been playing for 9 years
I’ve never had anyone be able to “explain” these kinda things with guitar
Just good stuff all around
Embrace who you are !
Probably the best one sentence advice you can give...who gives 2 shits about what other people think...I could care less..it actually amuses me to hear people criticize others when they don't even play themselves...🤘😜🎸🎶❤️☮️
Sweet ZZ Top shirt man... Thanks for the great content guys, I recommend this shop to anyone who desires meeting new friends and a quality music store experience. PEACE gentlemen.
I loved this video. I’m 47 and been playing since I was 17. Just recently did I accept the fact that I will never be as good as my guitar gods … and that is ok. Just be happy with the things you’re good at and enjoy the music! 😊
I've been performing for 60 years, primarily as a solo instrumentalist playing fingerstyle guitar. That being said, I am my own worst critic but something my wife said once, many years ago, when I was struggling with a difficult passage that I was determined to play the "correct" way struck home. She said "your audience has no idea that you may be taking a shortcut, they are amazed just by the fact that you play so well".
From then on I decided to have fun and not nit pick myself to death. I haven't been in a band for years and have been playing at home in my studio composing and just having a blast. I've been playing to long to not berate myself for not being able to get something "perfect"; but now I shrug it off and say "just have fun with it". I'm doing the same thing at live performances. Life is too short...
Dude!! Your wife is exactly correct! I am guilty of the same thing. People who come to see you again and again, like how YOU play and then happen to like whatever song you are covering. The more you get comfortable with what you do, all of the sudden- you take your interpretations to another level.
Then there's me no talent, just years of noodling....
I noodle into eternity
One with the noodle, I have become.
Noodle on my noodleward son,
There'll be peace when you are done.
Lay your weary had to rest.
Don't read tabs no more.
@@badguacamole3709 if it brings you pleasure that is all that matters
I can dig this.
Been playing since i was 15 in '72. Not great but good enough for jams and a few parties and bar gigs in a little garage band.
Even quit for about 8 years in the late '80s. Got back into playing full tilt in '94.
Band reunited in '05 and played a party and bar gig, the latter was cool because folks like my older brother and sister had never seen me play before.
An on the job injury (stitches for my left index finger) had me quitting. The co-guitar player got us back together so i just said 'i'm giving you your band back'. They still gig !
Kept at it playing 20 hours a weekend, just jamming thru amps with my stereo (how i learned how to play).Maybe some Trower, UFO, TL RF, etc.
A move to an apartment 6 plus years ago stopped that and i nearly went dormant again. Recovered, sometimes jamming with something but mostly just stuff from memory thru headphones and either a CyberTwin, Vypyr 15 or Spark. Gotten noisy here lately so the Roland MicroCube stays in the 'living room' (who knew 3 watts could sound so good? yeah, i knew).
Long winded comment but my point is, I'm 64 but still like to play and as long as my wife says "That sounds good" when i play something like Little Martha, Melissa or Jessica like the last two weekends (might some need dusting, maybe sat for a year), i'm all in.
Can't worry about whatever goes on around me.
If you play one wrong note its a hiccup , if you play it twice, its jazz
Baxter, I used to live across the street from Big Bad Mama from G.L.O.W. as a child. Great family!
As Frank Zappa said shut up and play your guitar!
I have always been too hard on myself on guitar, as I trained in competitive sport to a high level and transferred that mentality to music. I would play a show and when people would come up to compliment me, I would basically talk them out of having enjoyed my playing by telling them everything wrong. I finally decided to listen to them and lighten up- and I play way better because of it.
You guys are great and I find myself watching more and more of your informative videos on the daily.
Cheers from Victoria, Canada.
Why I like playing for my church where they're just honestly happy to have someone that knows how to play haha. It's a lot of fun
Really good and needed episode fellas!
That was me, Baxter. At the Jeff. Say my name, it’s ok. 😂😂
That you had the not give a damn conversation with.
You're right about developing your own style. I'm a bass player and have always had my own style but wasn't entirely happy with my playing, kept trying to somewhat emulate my heroes. Finally figured out it didn't matter and the real problem was being technically accurate within my abilities. Short story long, I learned to read music when I was a kid, but wasn't applying it. I sat down with sheet music and started getting that accuracy and it made all the difference. I'm happy with my playing and don't give a f#@k what anyone else thinks. And my band mates are happy too. Thanks Jonathan and Baxter.
You guys are awesome , never fail to put a smile on this old mug. And I even listen to some good advice about a day in the life of a guitarist. Keep it up boys.
I really enjoy you guys, I watch on my lunch break. At some point you always crack me up. Thanks. The meandering conversation is wonderful.
I had no idea I was gonna get an intro to adult film stars. I feel like my horizons are completely expanded this morning. Keep doing what you are doing. I love watching these two
It's also good to jam with musicians who you consider to be "better" than you. You'll learn new skills and may be surprised that you'll teach them a thing or two.
You guys bring us joy! Really dig what you guys bring to the RUclipss 😄. Nothing makes me happier than learning a new song to play in my little home studio.
I must play. It was same drumming decades ....live breathed music. Then keys a bit finally picked up guitar in 2018. I cannot stop. Last thing I worry about is someone saying I suck. I will agree I'm not the guitarist I am as a drummer. But I am very passionate and love the journey in which I share my entire time each time I picked up last couple years or so. I've come a long long way I feel In no time. Music is freedom.
The "Happy Family Smile" killed me. I love your channel, keep it up guys.
In my humble opinion .. the best video that you have ever done ... well said gentlemen ... this is "real" world .... FACTS ! ...... and I do really enjoy all the other videos you guys have done .... but this one hits it on the head !!!!
I gave you a thumbs up 5 seconds into the video 😂 because... you are right. I played my first gig with my still current bandmates in 1985. I'd just got back from a camping holiday to get a call on the landline (google landline if you're under 30 lol) to say I had a gig that night. I didn't even know I was in a band?? So I turned up and it was like "look we're getting paid cos a band dropped out - we'll just do velvet underground covers and make shit up". I got to venue, set up and got drunk. No idea how we got away with it but we ended up getting a return booking. Taught me one thing - wearing sunglasses and a leather jacket and having your guitar hung down low with masses of distortion is more important than all the myxomatosis or Duran Duran scales. We did get better eventually but the deep end is definitely one way to get over stage nerves :p
At 10:44 Bax just named my next band- the "Cool Humans." I've got dibs on that. Thanks man!
Great advice! I've probably would be a lot better at 60 if I wasn't
so self conscience as a kid taking " traditional" lessons of guitar and reading notes( which I really did not learn much) I picked the guitar back up at 15 and was ok with a few tips and watching and not so inhibited but still not brave enough to play along with a very good friends band that did the bar and huge party, county fair circuit thing.Looking back too, that guitar teacher should if noticed my "Stella" guitars strings were an 1" off the fretboard!!! It was more torture than fun🤪Thanks for the inspiring message, I'm at a point where I'm enjoying every minute of play time and enough guitars( for today) to satisfy my wants from over the years.😁
I play by myself for myself. I have no care to play for others. When I was a teenager…I wanted to be a rockstar. When I was in high school played in a band that did metal covers to classic rock covers, and we rented out our local community center on Saturdays. By senior year, I no longer wanted to be a rockstar. We actually used to pack out the place. Made decent money for our age, it was just a lot of work. It was exhausting and made me kind of hate playing. I quit the band and got married. Guitar is my Xanax. It’s for me. Playing live is just not my thing, but playing alone, continuously learning new things, nobody (but my wife) judging me. That’s what I love. After hours of practicing something I couldn’t play until I finally get it. It’s personally rewarding.
I'd say I've been in this realm of playing purely for me. I actually have a video on my channel about anxiety and the guitar connection as it effects me anyways.
I sang for a couple of hard-rock bands from 2000 to 2016. Sold albums in about 12 countries. Shared the stage with AMAZING people I looked up to... and I still never mattered or made much money.
In the process, you know what I discovered? EVERYONE messes up. Be tough on yourself BEFORE the show... but not AT the show. Enjoy the ride. Enjoy the crowd. Make real friends with fans. STOP HATING YOURSELF. Do your best.... but remember to be a fan of your own music or whatever you're covering, and be nice to people. People care a lot more about how you treated them than if you got every note right. Oh, and ALWAYS laugh at yourself. Not for them... for YOU.
Casino is my fave YT channel. Bored with dull gear reviews! Loving your work! Toodle pip from Camden, London.
Oh hell yeah man... I stayed stuck for 17 years.. No shit.. 17 years... Tripping over my own ego. When I stopped giving a shit and just played the thing... I started getting better.
Yes! Casino Guitars on a Monday morning!
⚓️ Thanks Casino 😎
Have to say guys, bravo...
After playing covers for 25 years, I forayed into original music. What an eye opener to hear recorded, what I thought was great, to be soulless. Everything I'd learned was someone else's ideas, not my own. It took another 2 years of writing and recording to "forget" what I had learned, and go on "instinct". Amazingly, what was inside me, was not styles that I had covered, but rather, a distillation of those styles into my own interpretations. I started free improvising regularly, and started discovering my own path.
It was liberating... yes, we make mistakes, they are fleeting, but there's always passion and soul.
Play Every Day
Only Baxter could use a guitar based channel to refer to an adult film star, The Boys From Brazil, and Aimee Mann in the span of 15 minutes. Rock on guys 🎸
Damn you, Casino! Get out of my subconscious!
You guys are the best.
Sweet Eliminator Tee!
I have and always will say, if something makes you smile that’s all that matters. There is to much hate in the world without finding the need make a negative comment about someone playing guitar. The beautiful thing about the guitar is that it’s an instrument that everyone can get away with playing badly.
You guys are the best
Like Little Richard said to me in the '70s, Tell them "I'm fantastic!" and when they say "You're conceited!" You tell them, "Honey, I'm not conceited, I'm convinced!"
You like the Blues, I like you guys more! 🎸🎸
Always Hands and Heart...Without both of those, just another Great playea
Angel is the vampire show...haha
Leonard Cohen and Crowbar are each equally influential to me. Relish in your oddity. ⚜️🔆
Mean and judge-y comment : you guys have an awesome shop, you provide helpful information to the community (like announcements of price hikes with weeks to prepare in some cases, or honesty about brands, not overselling guitars for a few extra bucks and instead try to fit the guitar to the player, and whatnot), and make fun and hilarious videos for everyone to enjoy!
… shoot, that makes you guys sound awesome like you are. How about; you guys are having too much fun, and spreading positivity into a sometimes overly judgmental community?
I concede.. you guys are some of the most important people in the YT guitar community. You guys even make the honest “negative” aspects of guitars seem a little more realistic.
I’m still a newer fan and have been going all through the catalog. I hope you guys have a video on tone woods and the changes over the last ten ish years?.. the last time I bought a nice mid range, or even my Rick (maybe 10 years ago now) poplar was considered the “worst” tone wood. It was almost a dirty word so they were really pushing “basswood”… now it’s just in so many amazing guitars that approach or surpass 1000 bucks.. any insight you awesome dudes have as to this tectonic shit in the industry? Is it just wood rarity/price, harvesting restrictions of these woods, or just the equivalent in the guitar world of “shrinkflation”?
Cheers! And keep up the noise reviews!
You guys are entertaining because you’re true to the improv process: “yes, and…” we love it out here. By the way, I think the person who was traumatized by Interview with the Vampire was Kirsten Dunst.
I loved "True Blood"!
Hey guys just wanted to say Happy Monday I just subscribe to Jonathan's Channel what a blasted is to watch him play guitar he's damn good too I enjoy every minute of you too thanks for sharing
Forever Knight was the vampire show I believe you were talking about.
I've notice Scofield has really been cutting loose lately, wait he always did that's why he's so cool!
Good way to start a Monday!
Thanks, y'all 🙏
Almost 40 years of playing guitar, and I'm still a hack. But I'm okay with that, I enjoy what I play. In a band situation, I prefer bass.
A work in progress, I try to pick up something new each day and work on it, add it to the fold if knowledge.
Be good to you
I grew up in the shred era of the late 80’s. I’m a short person with short fingers. I don’t have the reach for that. I pick the sweet notes and make sure I’m saying something. Technique is a tool. And it’s important. But it’s a tool to help you communicate something. The communication is the important thing
Rich Williams, Kerry Livgren. Both play for Kansas and complimentary to the max but such different styles.
You guys are absolutely right. I find I play my best when I stop caring about impressing people or worrying about what they think. Many years ago I had a friend I was jamming with and he wanted me to improvise a solo while he played a rhythm part. He was recording it so I wanted to really do a good job. I kept making mistakes, my timing was off all because I wanted to impress him. Finally he shut off the tape machine and we just played some other songs. About 1/2 an hour later he wanted to try the original song again. In my mind the tape machine was off. We went through the song and I played possibly the best I ever had. Afterwards he said he had something he wanted me to listen to. He played the tape and I was blown away. I asked him who played that assuming he had done the song with someone else. When he told me that is was me playing I couldn’t believe it. All because I just had fun and wasn’t worried about what it sounded like. I learned a valuable lesson that day.
What a great story and thanks for sharing
the internet is a mean and judgey place
Elon Musk-I'll be your Huckleberry
I honestly love blade so much. I can't remember if I watched all of em but I know I enjoyed every second of it. Also I'm getting my first electric guitar shipped this Wednesday:)
Dark Shadows. The TV series with the vampire hero. I think that's what you were referring to.
Not sure if I come for the movie banter of guitar stuff 😆 probably both.
Now I have to go watch some vampire movies 😂
I can't believe I've only subscribed with 42.5k of my profiles to your channel. I swear I'd done it 150k times.
I discovered this a good dozen years or so (maybe 20) - like Jonathon says once you get used to playing Live - who gives a rip..... Baxter sums it up at the 2 min mark.... have fun with it. the average person has NO IDEA if you make a mistake.....
100% agree. I got into a bad rut of chasing gear, watching youtube guitar heroes, and chasing online lessons to "fix" my playing. The best thing I did was take a break for 2 weeks. I didn't do ANYTHING guitar related. Then I came back to the guitar and felt like I played better than I every have. I was much more relaxed, and actually enjoyed playing again. :)
"The Boys from Brazil" - not Hitler's brain, but the events of his life with a bunch of cloned blue-eyed kids. Great flick!
Play Guitar and Have Fun!
So, I think we need Predator vs Aliens and Twilight vampires and werewolves
No one wants to hear play like someone else. We can just download who you’re trying to copy. Be yourself and do you. It’s the only chance you got of getting other people to care about you do.
Jonathan, the show was called Forever Knight, but the pilot was called Nick Knight and starred Rick Springfield.
I watched a lot of that as a little baby goth. I'd be watching Forever Knight, eating my Count Chocula and practicing Robert Smith riffs during the commercial breaks.
"It's important in life if you don't give a shit. It can help you a lot" - George Carlin
I think the movie you're thinking of is, "The Boys From Brazil."
I love the RHCP but I don’t mimic John. I have my own style. I call it “Southern Blues Punk” and it fills my soul with happiness. I learned a while back that I don’t need to be vindicated by anyone else for a single thing. 99.9% of these people judging me haven’t accomplished a touch of what I’ve accomplished. They can go sip on their haterade. 😊
I mean, in general, I love being older and I'm happier than I ever have been. My 40's have given me more happiness than my 20's ever did. Playing for myself has given me more happiness than playing in bands I thought might go somewhere.
Got to do it because you like to.
My stepmom used to work with Aimee Mann at the original Newberry Comics while she was in Til Tuesday.
The Boys from Brazil. Gregory Peck and Laurence Olivier, circa 1977 or 1978 I think.
Forever Knight
Black an white movie 🍿 🎥???..dr .strangelove maybe 🤔 it’s pretty weird?..🧐good cast,Kubrick!
Maltese Falcon is a good one too
@@davedavid7061 it’s a classic🤘
@@jeremiahallender1919 I think the Peter Lorre character was the inspiration for Ren Of Ren and Stimpy
Cruise made it on to Pitt's never list. Tells us something.
My playing is atrocious, I would not subject anyone’s ears to that kind of torture HOWEVER, I still LOVE playing!!!
"forever knight" was the vimpire cop tv show.
Everyone gets to have a Salieri moment, where you realize your talent is sufficient only to recognize real talent, and it hurts but learn and move on.
Never had that problem lol
I think the show Jonathan was thinking about is Forever Night
Not that it matters, but you two are just fun to watch...
i say this is like junk tv but for guitar nerds but today they have a serious point. one that I hope to actually hear. so the question now is "what would you do if you weren't scared to fail?"...thx friends.