I saw Meola live in Athens in july 2004. He signed off all my Return to Forever CDs. It meant alot to my as a 20yo dude , learning guitar. Great and very approachable guy.
Al's Mom is a sweety! At the "Saturday Night" show at Carnegie Hall, in New York City, Al's mom brought me and Ernie back stage to see the show and hang with the guys. What a life experience! Thank You Mrs. Di Meola!
What a great guest to invite over! I am surprised I must say. I've been following Al's music for years now, his work with the legendary jazz fusion group Return To Forever was stellar and his solo albums are permeating with top notch professional musicianship and virtuosity. I love his Latin inclinations in his works.
Hi Google, thank you for bringing such an amazing player. Please, never, never have this interviewer again. He is annoying. He cut Al almost every time.
i discovered Al when I was 12 years old because he was on the cover or Guitar Player magazine.. I loved his early records, Elegant Gypsy and Land of the Midnight Sun.. it hurt my brain, but slowly as i listened over and over I mentally learned his music and understood it.. Noone else around me got it. Hes got that Jersey NYC bluntness, no BS... just honest and extremely talented... this is way before the internet and social media. He is one of the greatest musicians in the world.. fantastic conposer who fused a Les Paul and a Marshall stack into the jazz world. fuck hollowbodies... he played a black Les Paul and kicked ass with the muting etc... love it!
Al, you won me over with your love for the Beatles! You're great, you speak in a measured manner, and you're a guitar god. I fully agree with your remark about the scarcity of attention we're suffering from today. Live long and prosper (and please try to hook up with Sylvain Luc, he is the most incredible guitar player)!
Even Yngwie Malmsteen thought highly (and I'm sure still does) of him. When he quoted Al Di Meola (like 40 years ago) I was like "Al who?" and then I looked him up. Al is nothing short of AMAZING - glad he's still creating great music.
At 29:20 a great question an answers about Al's family environment as a kid. Which led Al to a very metaphysical and personal moment.... Then the interviewer cuts off the moment abruptly with "a question about machine learning" !!!!!!! Seriously Google!!!!
I must have been around 17 years old when I listened the record "Friday night in San Francisco" the first time. These tunes have really opened my mind to accustical music. Yesterday I bought tickets for his concert that will be in 2 days in Palma de Mallorca. I am really looking forward to this event! I think Al is right, when he states that the people "lost their focus"....due to distraction by mobile phones, computers etc.
Nice to see Al still using the Roland VG-88. I've had mine since they came out and I'll probably never part with it. I also use it as a 'regular' multi FX unit, only adding an Xotic BB Preamp in front of it for the 'angrier' sounds.
There are a few New Jersey accents. I don't recognize which ones they are when i hear them, but I do recognize that they are New Jersey accents! Al has one I find pleasant. Very smooth speaker as well. Too bad the interviewer felt it his duty to cut him off and speak over Al most of the time. Al was very gracious. What a great musician and person.
WOW.. what a fantastic interview..!! The people of Google in Mountain View are so lucky. Al is right.!!. there are very few interesting new bands today. Most of the pop music is lazy crap. When I come home, instead of turning on the "Stereo" I turn on youtube and watch videos like this or music. My stereo is connected to my computer and it sounds great..!!
I got the feeling that Al’s answer while mentioning Kanye West and making some politically incorrect statements was censored. Google and other tech companies do censor views they don’t like.
Those are his prescription glasses, same frames seen in several photo shoots without tint. Likely transition lenses... have you seen how bright those lights are on him?
Larry Coryell cleaned up in the eighties, and continued to play until his death, earlier this year. He spoke fondly of you, Al, and was proud to have had any influence on your style and playing.I recommend Seven Secrets, the last CD by LC and the 11th House!
Al Di Meola ,As great & technically sound he is. He seems to have a dried personality or a slight air of arrogance, that seems to reflect in his music, i.e. kinda like robotic, or too perfect as I listened over the years, trying to seek out inspiration, but I might be wrong, when I Listen to Paco De Lucia or John McLaughlin I feel automatically inspired, especially Paco...
Yeah, unfortunately a lot of our gifted musicians can seem arrogant. The only thing I would say in their defense is that they have and still work very hard to keep their chops going and growing. A lot is expected from them. A bad review of a project they really poured themselves into can bring it out too. I remember reading one tough criticism of a Di Meola recording. Al responded by writing in and calling the reviewer a jerk off or something equally descriptive. I still smile when I think of Pat Methany getting pissed in an interview and saying that he'd wrap his guitar around Kenny G's head if he was there. One of life's big ironies is how the people who can't play are the biggest critics of those who can. Miserable fuckers.
Al was never quite at the level of John and Paco, as a guitarist or as a person. I've met Al and John (several times). John McLaughlin has no discernible ego whatsoever. He is completely at peace with himself. All is all ego and no peace.
An immense guitar player and (seems to be) an interesting and charismatic character! I loved him when he mentioned K. West for the shitty kind of music he produces and that tasteless people buy today!
No my Friend Aldi meola .... Is far from Clapton, aldi meola is very high level, if you want to know, play guitare of thé both style Alvin Lee for exemple is better then clapton. M'y favorite is Georges Benson
Al(alfonso, Alberto...) Di ('Italian for 'of') Meola (noun). US made with imported DNA: that anyone can see...or just hear. The man also has a great voice and easy communication skills for a speaker or voiceover. As the usual Bible quote would say: the good grain of seed fell on the right spot, the fertile NY of that times.
Like ya know, every Al Di Meola interview I've ever heard, ya know, Al says "like" and "ya know" like every second sentence, ya know? It's like ya know, if Al had like a dollar ya know for every time he said ya know, ya know he'd be like a billionaire, ya know?
Actually, Al is incorrect about Fusion. Fusion is blending at least 2 genres of music. there has been other forms of music dating further back to Barry Miles. There were latin jazz bands decades before jazz/rock fusion. But I believe the Mahavishu Orchestra actually blended more genres of music than any other band before or afterwards since they infused classical, Classical Indian, blues, jazz, rock, funk, etc. etc. and it was done seamlessly where you can't really pick out one dominate genre.
I didn't quite catch - so Al Di finished Berkley University/College or not? If not how he can read and write notes on charts and how can he be fluent in all the modes, scales improvisations. I would ask 2 questions to him: 1) his favourite mode (e.g. for Steve Vais is Lydian) 2nd: how it is possible to play jazz even using pentatonic (I always thought that the specific sound/melody of jazzy is due to special jazz mode/scale until I've heard jazz solo using pentatonic, so my hypothesis colapsed) - to mention several (beside rythm) defference between roch and jazz solo improvisation, assuming the same virtuoso level of guitarists. What give sthe flavour, what factors that the sam solo in even pentatonic sounds jazzy not rocky? Is any mode/scale especially predilected to jazz improvisations? I noticed that in jazz they prefere such more "exotic" chords like 7,9, e.g. G7, G9 etc.
I consider your 2nd question. I used to think like that until I realized that a lot of jazz player actually using Pentatonic scale often. I meant, you cannot underestimate the power of pentatonic. It's very useful not only for rock,blues or metal but it also can be used for playing jazz. But, still they combined it with other modes such as dorian,chromatic etc. ps : sorry for my bad english
Frederik Stephano Thank you for your reply, btw: your English is very good :) It's important reply for me because if even 2 persons, may be from 2 different countries, have the same idea/hypothesis concerning special jazz mode, it's more than accidental situation. In other words, there is something in jazz, such very specific that we think, it can't be e.g. pentatonic. Yes, now I know the power of pentatonic. 1 of its important feature is being subset of sounds in most (may be ALL) other modes. So playing solo using pentatonic we will used in any other music without effect of "false" notes. Of course on he condition of playing in the same key. I mean if any team plays using C-dur we have to play in C pentatonic key, and all will be correct, with e.g. G pentatonic there will be effect of counterfeiting.
Piotr Hobbysta As a youngster, Di Meola began taking lessons from a local guitarist named Robert Aslanian who instructed him in music theory and reading/writing sheet music.
Al Di Meola est incomparable avec un autre guitariste tant son niveau est élevé , le seul à mon avis qui pourrait peut-être le concurrencer serait peut-être Johnny Hiland de par sa technique mais je pense que Al Di Meola est un guitariste plus complet capable de jouer dans tous les styles , c'est le seul qui est dans ce cas !
Wekicksome... good points and sorry to sustain your surprise but yes I tune by ear and have had little trouble...as an example in 2015 I was at a session at pajama studios in Oakland with jazz musicians who have demanding tuning requirements and seem to do just fine... but you're right I should stay on top of this kind of stuff...take care
+Allan Cerf Ohh, that's very cool. It would benefit me as a student of guitar if I only tune by ear but for me it takes some time to get it right. Practice makes perfect, I suppose.
Bit of a rant. It's nice to see that great musicians like Al are being admired by googlers but here's an idea. How about a real proof of admiration and respect towards arts and a lifetime of hardwork that "makes" artist. There's currently many many Al Di Meola videos on your RUclips thing some of them scoring millions of views. And I'm sure he's not getting a penny out of it. Well maybe few pennies. The whole setting of him being intervied by google seems a bit ironic. The reality to embrace is that youtube is a huge disruptor of the careers of many great established musicans. Al is rightly very pessimistic about being a career musician today, he's on the spot with the lack of focus - technology as not only disruption but a constant distraction. But, maybe out of politeness he doesn't mention the elephant in the room. Internet detached music from physical locations and physical media, both easily monetized and brought the new thing that is almost impossible to monetize (if you are touring, working artists and don't really have time to be a full time youtuber). And not only that - the abundance and sheer quantity created devaluates the best art out there and burries in under tons of craps - most people are equally happy listening to some guy in his bedroom playing Al Di Meola cover and they don't really care who wrote the tune or that I could be played million times better by the man himself. Rant over. Thanks for organizing this event it was a pleasure to watch.
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I saw Meola live in Athens in july 2004. He signed off all my Return to Forever CDs. It meant alot to my as a 20yo dude , learning guitar. Great and very approachable guy.
Al's Mom is a sweety! At the "Saturday Night" show at Carnegie Hall, in New York City, Al's mom brought me and Ernie back stage to see the show and hang with the guys. What a life experience! Thank You Mrs. Di Meola!
Al's playing has constantly evolved into a wider spectrum of incorporated influences! Probably one of the most accomplished player out there today!
ROBERT DOWNEY JR SHREDS?
He forgot to mention that Al got inducted into Guitar Player Magazine's Hall of Fame at 18 and still holds the record for youngest inductee.
What a great guest to invite over! I am surprised I must say. I've been following Al's music for years now, his work with the legendary jazz fusion group Return To Forever was stellar and his solo albums are permeating with top notch professional musicianship and virtuosity. I love his Latin inclinations in his works.
Hi Google, thank you for bringing such an amazing player. Please, never, never have this interviewer again. He is annoying. He cut Al almost every time.
Al Di Meola playing and talking about "síncopa" y "montuno". As a cuban and a musician I couldn´t be prouder.
All Dimeola one of the greatest guitarist of all time, and one of my influences and many many others that have adapted his chops into their playing.
I went to see him on his Live From San Francisco tour. Just three guys tapping their feet and trading amazing solos on each others songs.
Al di Meola and Paco de Lucia are my guitar gods. Many thanks Al for your great music.
Seen DiMeola twice. Last time 2nd row, 10-15 feet behind this percussionist. In 2 weeks will be FRONT ROW CENTER in Scottsdale. Lucky me.
"Focus is gone" -exactly.
Al convinced me that guitar is the coolest instrument in mid 70-ties & he was right !
i discovered Al when I was 12 years old because he was on the cover or Guitar Player magazine.. I loved his early records, Elegant Gypsy and Land of the Midnight Sun.. it hurt my brain, but slowly as i listened over and over I mentally learned his music and understood it.. Noone else around me got it. Hes got that Jersey NYC bluntness, no BS... just honest and extremely talented... this is way before the internet and social media. He is one of the greatest musicians in the world.. fantastic conposer who fused a Les Paul and a Marshall stack into the jazz world. fuck hollowbodies... he played a black Les Paul and kicked ass with the muting etc... love it!
He is very Charismatic ! His music is reflection of his spirit...
he's a legend... cool perspective as well
Very inspiring! Thanks for sharing.
Al di Meola’s work is absolutely brilliant. No question. His point on focus is spot on!
Thanks again.
Got that Friday night in San album sometime in the 80's. Amazing guitar playing.
Classic, expected to see more love for it here. Passion Grace & Fire is likewise great.
The percusionist playing the peruvian cajon is brilliant.
what's the name of the song at 38.57?
Rui Santos The song is called "Esmeralda".
Thank you! @gumbi Ortiz
Al is an aquired taste, great guitarist !
Al, you won me over with your love for the Beatles! You're great, you speak in a measured manner, and you're a guitar god. I fully agree with your remark about the scarcity of attention we're suffering from today.
Live long and prosper (and please try to hook up with Sylvain Luc, he is the most incredible guitar player)!
Even Yngwie Malmsteen thought highly (and I'm sure still does) of him. When he quoted Al Di Meola (like 40 years ago) I was like "Al who?" and then I looked him up. Al is nothing short of AMAZING - glad he's still creating great music.
At 29:20 a great question an answers about Al's family environment as a kid.
Which led Al to a very metaphysical and personal moment....
Then the interviewer cuts off the moment abruptly with "a question about machine learning" !!!!!!!
Seriously Google!!!!
Inglis Academy it is a shame...
so good, so good, saw him once in chicago, uptown theater, 1978
I must have been around 17 years old when I listened the record "Friday night in San Francisco" the first time. These tunes have really opened my mind to accustical music. Yesterday I bought tickets for his concert that will be in 2 days in Palma de Mallorca. I am really looking forward to this event! I think Al is right, when he states that the people "lost their focus"....due to distraction by mobile phones, computers etc.
So awesome. Saw him with return to forever at universal amphitheatre. An evening I'll never forget
Nice to see Al still using the Roland VG-88. I've had mine since they came out and I'll probably never part with it. I also use it as a 'regular' multi FX unit, only adding an Xotic BB Preamp in front of it for the 'angrier' sounds.
Wonderful!!!
There are a few New Jersey accents. I don't recognize which ones they are when i hear them, but I do recognize that they are New Jersey accents! Al has one I find pleasant. Very smooth speaker as well. Too bad the interviewer felt it his duty to cut him off and speak over Al most of the time. Al was very gracious. What a great musician and person.
Fantastic interview!!
Do more of this: we need it!!
his first 5 albums are pretty much the very best of instrumental guitar music in history......
WOW.. what a fantastic interview..!! The people of Google in Mountain View are so lucky. Al is right.!!. there are very few interesting new bands today. Most of the pop music is lazy crap. When I come home, instead of turning on the "Stereo" I turn on youtube and watch videos like this or music. My stereo is connected to my computer and it sounds great..!!
I got the feeling that Al’s answer while mentioning Kanye West and making some politically incorrect statements was censored. Google and other tech companies do censor views they don’t like.
Absolutely love him!!
Larry David talks about two groups of people who wear sunglasses indoors.
Those are his prescription glasses, same frames seen in several photo shoots without tint. Likely transition lenses... have you seen how bright those lights are on him?
Larry Coryell cleaned up in the eighties, and continued to play until his death, earlier this year. He spoke fondly of you, Al, and was proud to have had any influence on your style and playing.I recommend Seven Secrets, the last CD by LC and the 11th House!
Al Di Meola ,As great & technically sound he is. He seems to have a dried personality or a slight air of arrogance, that seems to reflect in his music, i.e. kinda like robotic, or too perfect as I listened over the years, trying to seek out inspiration, but I might be wrong, when I Listen to Paco De Lucia or John McLaughlin I feel automatically inspired, especially Paco...
he might be a clone, now that you mention it ! don't laugh! science is pretty advanced! haha!
Yeah, unfortunately a lot of our gifted musicians can seem arrogant. The only thing I would say in their defense is that they have and still work very hard to keep their chops going and growing. A lot is expected from them. A bad review of a project they really poured themselves into can bring it out too. I remember reading one tough criticism of a Di Meola recording. Al responded by writing in and calling the reviewer a jerk off or something equally descriptive. I still smile when I think of Pat Methany getting pissed in an interview and saying that he'd wrap his guitar around Kenny G's head if he was there. One of life's big ironies is how the people who can't play are the biggest critics of those who can. Miserable fuckers.
Al was never quite at the level of John and Paco, as a guitarist or as a person. I've met Al and John (several times). John McLaughlin has no discernible ego whatsoever. He is completely at peace with himself. All is all ego and no peace.
99% of Google employees have no idea what a Al Di Meola is.
thanks very interesting video.
Master guitar player,he´s so right about music nowadays..
Fascinating!!
Man.. People that work at Google really look like aliens.
Ha talked for about a minute about Return to Forever. Would have been fun to hear some more...
Love Al's comment on focus, I believe it truly makes the difference, not just in music. Google shows again what a great company is.
The complacent google guy.......glad you put in your pennyworth, sir :)
An immense guitar player and (seems to be) an interesting and charismatic character! I loved him when he mentioned K. West for the shitty kind of music he produces and that tasteless people buy today!
Greatttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt... rhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Di Meolaaaaa ♪♫♪♫
"Watch Clapton - he only uses his first and third finger."
"And he's called the God of guitar!"
"Well... 'back then' he was."
#pwnd
haha...
never been a clapton fan, but no one owns that stratocaster sound better than james west-oram, of the fixx! love that sound!
Man, his evil face afterwards was so great. I felt like he was staring right into Clapton's soul, HAHA 8:58
@Batphink Reynolds oh man! the fixx is still the greatest!
@@lazarus6983 hoho! hoohoo!
No my Friend Aldi meola ....
Is far from Clapton, aldi meola is very high level, if you want to know, play guitare of thé both style
Alvin Lee for exemple is better then clapton.
M'y favorite is Georges Benson
23:45 AWKIES! i bet google was like we ain invitin ALS ASS back here no mo. way to go al!
Google drones with the glassy evil eye when Al mentions a sacred cow disparagingly in their presence. 21:22
This is the best thing about Google.
I like it......
On a classical guitar; amazing!!!
Robt Downy Jr plays guitar? lol JUST KIDDING AL! Great video and such talent!
Al(alfonso, Alberto...) Di ('Italian for 'of') Meola (noun). US made with imported DNA: that anyone can see...or just hear.
The man also has a great voice and easy communication skills for a speaker or voiceover.
As the usual Bible quote would say: the good grain of seed fell on the right spot, the fertile NY of that times.
Great points from Al at about 24:00 about focus.
Land of the Midnight Sun !!!!!
why did you cut the moment where he was talki,g about the music industry and kanye west?
"I'm not going to read his bio" proceeds to read his bio for 10 minutes...
Thanks
Monster composer.
Bitches Brew was a mind blower. That bass clarinet playing of Bennie Maupin was even more haunting than Miles' horn.
Did you censor him too like you do everyone else?
Him mention Eric Clapton made me wanna watch a Clapton video
yes
The percussionist is playing samba the whole time, just with the ease of a Brazilian.
Like ya know, every Al Di Meola interview I've ever heard, ya know, Al says "like" and "ya know" like every second sentence, ya know? It's like ya know, if Al had like a dollar ya know for every time he said ya know, ya know he'd be like a billionaire, ya know?
Chumley Shaver id almost say joe bonamassa is even worse at that.... like ya know?
Actually, Al is incorrect about Fusion. Fusion is blending at least 2 genres of music. there has been other forms of music dating further back to Barry Miles. There were latin jazz bands decades before jazz/rock fusion. But I believe the Mahavishu Orchestra actually blended more genres of music than any other band before or afterwards since they infused classical, Classical Indian, blues, jazz, rock, funk, etc. etc. and it was done seamlessly where you can't really pick out one dominate genre.
xtc and the boys did it right! they fused so much stuff that it's still not sorted out! so did al, no doubt!
Can anyone tell me please what effect he's using?
Being spanish nylon strings played with a pick sound really alien to me
Most importantly he played Flamenco on steel string acoustic
@23:35 TRUTH!!! REAL!!! PAY ATTENTION FELLOW MUSICIANS!!
I bet he saw the famous Lil Wayne guitar solo :D
13 people bumped their head
how is the song at 38.57 called?
Hell yeah al has a edge hes from Jersey!. Lol.
can someone tell me the name of the song on 14:20
“You know who wears sunglasses inside? Blind people and assholes.” Larry David.
there are also spotlights 😎
So I assume that unfunny POS David is one of the indoor users and he 'aint blind...
TRY TO COUNT how many times Al says "y'know". OMG.
I didn't quite catch - so Al Di finished Berkley University/College or not? If not how he can read and write notes on charts and how can he be fluent in all the modes, scales improvisations. I would ask 2 questions to him: 1) his favourite mode (e.g. for Steve Vais is Lydian) 2nd: how it is possible to play jazz even using pentatonic (I always thought that the specific sound/melody of jazzy is due to special jazz mode/scale until I've heard jazz solo using pentatonic, so my hypothesis colapsed) - to mention several (beside rythm) defference between roch and jazz solo improvisation, assuming the same virtuoso level of guitarists. What give sthe flavour, what factors that the sam solo in even pentatonic sounds jazzy not rocky? Is any mode/scale especially predilected to jazz improvisations? I noticed that in jazz they prefere such more "exotic" chords like 7,9, e.g. G7, G9 etc.
I consider your 2nd question. I used to think like that until I realized that a lot of jazz player actually using Pentatonic scale often. I meant, you cannot underestimate the power of pentatonic. It's very useful not only for rock,blues or metal but it also can be used for playing jazz. But, still they combined it with other modes such as dorian,chromatic etc.
ps : sorry for my bad english
Frederik Stephano Thank you for your reply, btw: your English is very good :) It's important reply for me because if even 2 persons, may be from 2 different countries, have the same idea/hypothesis concerning special jazz mode, it's more than accidental situation. In other words, there is something in jazz, such very specific that we think, it can't be e.g. pentatonic. Yes, now I know the power of pentatonic. 1 of its important feature is being subset of sounds in most (may be ALL) other modes. So playing solo using pentatonic we will used in any other music without effect of "false" notes. Of course on he condition of playing in the same key. I mean if any team plays using C-dur we have to play in C pentatonic key, and all will be correct, with e.g. G pentatonic there will be effect of counterfeiting.
Di Meola permanently dropped out of Berklee College of Music in order to join Chick Corea's band, Return to Forever.
roguenation I didn't know it. Thank you.
Piotr Hobbysta
As a youngster, Di Meola began taking lessons from a local guitarist named Robert Aslanian who instructed him in music theory and reading/writing sheet music.
23:40 in Al NAILS IT !
Al Di Meola est incomparable avec un autre guitariste tant son niveau est élevé , le seul à mon avis qui pourrait peut-être le concurrencer serait peut-être Johnny Hiland de par sa technique mais je pense que Al Di Meola est un guitariste plus complet capable de jouer dans tous les styles , c'est le seul qui est dans ce cas !
He said "Your sister" like Darth Vader?
The Nigan of the guitar
32:17 what is that italian word?
Want to hear another master, invite Nguyen Le.
@Soviet vape King **who** ?
check out steve stevens! that guy can out-play anybody, o my frack!
y'know who's great was that andy mckee kid! where'd he go!
Enjoy newest interview on Al!
downbeat.com/news/detail/qa-with-al-di-meola-landing-in-a-good-place
41:40 Orient Blue!
you know
Wayyyy Bad Cat!!!!
Men, Russel Crowe is a f*king great guitar player....
I'm a guitarist - yet - what the hell is that huge "paper clip" thing on the headstock of Al's git?
It is probably a headstock tuner.
It's a tuner. I'm surprised you did not know, do you always tune by ear?
Wekicksome... good points and sorry to sustain your surprise but yes I tune by ear and have had little trouble...as an example in 2015 I was at a session at pajama studios in Oakland with jazz musicians who have demanding tuning requirements and seem to do just fine... but you're right I should stay on top of this kind of stuff...take care
+Allan Cerf Ohh, that's very cool. It would benefit me as a student of guitar if I only tune by ear but for me it takes some time to get it right. Practice makes perfect, I suppose.
It can help you tune the guitar but it wont tuna fish
The interviewer has a habit of overtalking the guest.
Richy Rich ditto, found it real irritating and obnoxious.
Is the interviewer was a musician, he get slapped by Al for over talking and acting smart
according to Alan Turing paper the imitation game artificial intelligence will not happen
You know
Bit of a rant. It's nice to see that great musicians like Al are being admired by googlers but here's an idea. How about a real proof of admiration and respect towards arts and a lifetime of hardwork that "makes" artist. There's currently many many Al Di Meola videos on your RUclips thing some of them scoring millions of views. And I'm sure he's not getting a penny out of it. Well maybe few pennies. The whole setting of him being intervied by google seems a bit ironic. The reality to embrace is that youtube is a huge disruptor of the careers of many great established musicans. Al is rightly very pessimistic about being a career musician today, he's on the spot with the lack of focus - technology as not only disruption but a constant distraction. But, maybe out of politeness he doesn't mention the elephant in the room. Internet detached music from physical locations and physical media, both easily monetized and brought the new thing that is almost impossible to monetize (if you are touring, working artists and don't really have time to be a full time youtuber). And not only that - the abundance and sheer quantity created devaluates the best art out there and burries in under tons of craps - most people are equally happy listening to some guy in his bedroom playing Al Di Meola cover and they don't really care who wrote the tune or that I could be played million times better by the man himself. Rant over. Thanks for organizing this event it was a pleasure to watch.
people should do their own thing! thank you for reminding me! you can't out-al al! you can only do *you* like nobody's business!
You know, I'm out of here at four minutes in. You know?
32:35
If I respected him before i FUCKING worship him just for that.
38:59
Did google filmed this at some garage ? Have some class , put some nicer chairs or something , al di is worth better;))
I would wear shades in doors f I had some