It sounds corny, but I really think you should do a spotify "Rick's Top 20", or 50, or whatever, of what you're listening to the most of that month or new music that you like. It's a decent amount of time to do something like that, but I think people would get a lot of enjoyment out of it and discover music from genres they don't typically listen to.

@picksalot1

2 жыл бұрын

I don't think it sounds corny at all. I'm all for "Rick Radio, a Top 10 of what Rick thinks is actually worth listening to, instead of what may be popular. I've posted a number of comments on Rick's Channel suggesting this.

@juanretuerto8203

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, great idea! Rick, I would very much enjoy listening to a Spotify curated by you.

@nevets0910

2 жыл бұрын

This is an awesome idea!

@chadyonfire7878

2 жыл бұрын

Great idea

@Axolotl12345

2 жыл бұрын

Not corny. Can’t wait!

The “guitar hero generation” is such a real thing. When my dad discovered I was listening to the Scorpions because “rock you like a hurricane” was my favorite song in the game, he showed me Van Halen. Then it was GAME OVER for me:)

@SzopTuptus

2 жыл бұрын

2008 high school times , best home parties for metal head. All of a sudden ppl drinking rocking out instead of "put it ing their s's in the air

@TheChadPad

2 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah! Guitar Hero made me a guitarist! And showed me my favorite band, In Flames

@Jock-mj4zd

Жыл бұрын

@@TheChadPad Ah, In Flames, a band that my friends and I dubbed "On Flob" and then "And Michael". I won't bore you with the story of how they got that name, we just liked non-sequiturs.

For me, the future is 80's inspired band *Fire* *Tiger* .. Once they get a major label deal, they will change the world.

@timstonroads4866

2 жыл бұрын

🤘

@austinnmarkus

2 жыл бұрын

A major label could ruin their sound though, you don't want a bunch of goobers in control.

@Chase_Jones

2 жыл бұрын

@420 rgb Fire Tiger has influences from every top band I can think of, from Queen to Heart, Van Halen, even the Beatles in some songs. They're all over the place, in a good way.

I’m dying to hear Rick give advice to bands that write all their own stuff but are 35+ and not realistically going to tour or pretend to be pop stars . There’s more and more of us, probably boomers too

@Pulse2AM

2 жыл бұрын

Don't quit your day job is my advice. Just make what you want musically, put it out there and if you believe in it promote the hell out of it and you might get a following if it touches a group of people. People are tribal they want to like what others like, maybe your music will find a tribe maybe not but it for sure won't if you don't get it out there. My 2 cents.

@gansosmansos

2 жыл бұрын

That would be a cool conference to attend

@songOmatic

2 жыл бұрын

that's so me lol

@fernandoreynaaguilar1438

2 жыл бұрын

you see, a band with a profile like that does not do pop. They are garage, Punk, hard rock, hard blues rock etc, so the strategy is different. Concentrate in writing good songs and create a persona. The rest will/should follow.

@dodgedandle8311

2 жыл бұрын

I’ve been thinking about this: I think for people who are really into making music and are what some might say over the hill , get on with it because the whole situation has changed. No one is over the hill anymore, Think how easy it is now to get some like minded musician souls together write something record a live performance of it and just put it out there great music is great music regardless of age, just don’t expect to make much out of it, and then maybe you will, who knows .⭐️

I've been increasingly listening to digital formats for nearly 20 years now. In that time the name of the artist and even the song has become more and more difficult for me to recall than when I owned physical copies of the music. To not have that physical media (not to mention the process of obtaining it) seems to be taking away a certain amount of personal investment and disconnecting me further from the artist.

@Chris-MusicTheoryAndFretboard

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe you're just getting old?

@marsdexter9852

2 жыл бұрын

@@Spo-Dee-O-Dee if you have to chase it it ain't worth it. Plenty of fish in the sea...

@alexandershugayev

2 жыл бұрын

@@Chris-MusicTheoryAndFretboard I'm getting old myself yet I absolutely embrace the concept of digital access and not owning a piece of plastic for every music or movie item I want to get back to every now and then - same way as I don't feel disconnected from Rembrandt due to not having his painting in my living room (not that I'd mind it for a completely different reason).

@Murry_in_Arizona

2 жыл бұрын

A problem across the board with digital media. I noticed it first with with digital books turns out physically holding a book and turning the pages helps you retain the content in memory. That's why the new digital readers have you touch the screen and swipe to turn pages instead of just pushing a button.

@Trnsprnt_music

2 жыл бұрын

Agree with every word u say . But we have to adapt to new process.

Guitar Hero is what got me into music and made me want to play guitar. 13 years later and I have a degree in Audio Engineering, have played in various bands, and still play and love music. :)

@xanderallen5687

2 жыл бұрын

That’s so awesome man!

Vulfpeck is a web phenomenon. They built their own label, arranged their own record production, and became huge enough to sell out Madison Square Garden. New artists like Billie Eilish take full advantage of KZread. I have big respect for artists that find paths to success that don't involve selling their souls to big labels.

@2gobeond

2 жыл бұрын

Great band, totally discovered them via KZread.

@Slickmickyoyo97

2 жыл бұрын

Competent but utterly derivative funk pop, songs they perform with a singer sound like a 20 year old Backstreet Boys song. Sorry, next!

@DJGodaryD86

2 жыл бұрын

@@Slickmickyoyo97 Even the idiotic name "vulfpeck" screams edgy tryhard hipster junk, plus Billie Eilish in the same sentence combines into a huge HARD PASS AND NEXT PLS for any normal person.

@lisalegato0109

2 жыл бұрын

I actually like Billie. I have a soft spot for me. Her song Happier Than Ever made me tear up (song, not album).

@vibratoryuniverse308

2 жыл бұрын

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I’m Rick’s age and I’m so happy that my son has become a complete “vinyl-head.” He was going through my album collection a few days ago and the joy he exuded when he’d say “Dad! This is an ORIGINAL Highway 61 Revisited!” Or his “OMG! This is an original Zep 4 with the 2.75 cent sticker still on it!” Then he found my DAD’S records in there: Freak Out, Absolutely Free, and We’re Only in it For the Money, Weasels Ripped My Flesh, along with every Beatles, Floyd (with poster still inside-DSOTM I think) Coltrane, Miles Davis, Monk, Moby Grape, Bryd, Mingus, and every album they produced. Then he found the rest of my stuff, purchased new, like The Allman’s live at the Filmore, Zoot Allures, Apostrophe, Joe’s Garage, Weather Report, Little Feat, Bright Sized Life, and on add infinitum. It gave me hope for the world of music the way he acted like he just found gold at Sutter’s Mill. Yes son-these were musicians. 👍❤️

@kindredrivers4008

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like he has a great dad!

@gogpoydi

2 жыл бұрын

There's nothing better than a dad with great music tasyw

@gogpoydi

2 жыл бұрын

Taste*

@km-hi9wj

2 жыл бұрын

ok boomer

@gregusmc2868

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, my dad, who passed away on May 17th, didn’t leave me much but he left me a taste for every genre of music there has been. To me, that was better than a trust fund or a 59 Ferrari.

I predict you'll eventually click 'play' on a BAND-MAID video, and absolutely LOVE the band (and kick yourself for not having played them earlier).

@RickBeato

2 жыл бұрын

I’ve been listening to them for months

@stonefaction

2 жыл бұрын

@@RickBeato That suggests you at least like them then - which I'm pleased to hear. :-) Will we be getting a WMTSG? for "Domination" (live) (or pretty much anything by them)?

@RevStickleback

2 жыл бұрын

@@RickBeato I was about to mention Band-Maid...I guess I now don't have to. I'll look forward to the piece about Japanese bands if/when you do it.

@gngrblls2thwall

2 жыл бұрын

Amazarashi, Wagakki Band, Aimer. There’s lots of good new music being made. Just not here.

@adityairawan1843

2 жыл бұрын

Sennzai's album _Todestrieb_ isn't that old yet (it's released in 2019), and Shimotsuki Haruka - Nakae Mitsuki collab album _Cross Bouquet_ is still fairly fresh as well. Japanese do make interesting stuff. Siti Nurhaliza's album _Permata Irama_ is also a really nice album, although it's a bit old (released around 2008). Then there's Soimah Pancawati with her song _Jagad Anyar Kang Dumadi._ Rita Sugiarto's new single _Tulang Rusuk_ is relatively popular as well. Malayan Archipelago is just as interesting, I'd say. Also, language barrier? What the heck is that?

As long as there are at least some musicians playing and creating from the heart there is bound to be great music to come in the future. Every era has trash and treasure.

@Trnsprnt_music

2 жыл бұрын

Totally Agree

@EddieLeeFunn

2 жыл бұрын

I concur...

@FrankyPi

2 жыл бұрын

The Warning is a great example of that. I discovered them about a month ago and I've been hooked since, they are three talented, hardworking sisters from Monterrey, Mexico that have been playing together since they were little kids. Their story is amazing, their music is incredible considering their age and great in general, I love all of their original work and covers. They revitalized my love for rock and its future.

@Slickmickyoyo97

2 жыл бұрын

Not really. We've unfortunately reached a point where so much has been done it's almost impossible for anything to be great. Good?. Sure, but anything great needs to be fresh, new and exciting. There is NOTHING fresh new and exciting about any of today's music, and attempts to be different (eg, mumble rap, or Billie Eilish's slick, over produced prattling) are just artistically horrendous.

@FabDino

2 жыл бұрын

@@Slickmickyoyo97 when u put it like that ..

I'm predicting that once most of the 60s artists pass on, there will be both a resurgence in 60s music as well as in 70s/80s music (especially since those artists will become the "senior statesmen" of music in the position that the 60s artists now currently occupy).

Love your videos. My son is taking, intro to music this semester. I shared with him your channel, especially the one on the best 2 minutes of music with Kieth Jarrett. You're great!

A german comedian had a crazy theory about this: he assumed that studios will figure out if a melody is more marketable than another. Because of that music will be more specific in terms of pitch, tempo etc. At one day two different studios will produce the exact song :D it sounds funny but could this be possible?

@icouce

2 жыл бұрын

AI will produce all consumer products, music being one, based on individual needs and tastes.

@gdstef1

2 жыл бұрын

lol got a link?

@daz4627

2 жыл бұрын

There's a German comedian?

@josephstalin188

2 жыл бұрын

@@icouce I seriously doubt the music side of things

@daz4627

2 жыл бұрын

@@peterl0815 My ex is German... she really struggled with British humour... I played The Goons and Monty Python to our son when he was only a little kid and he was in hysterics so it looks as if German Humour Appreciation is a recessive gene ;-)

I’ll still be stuck in the 70’s. 🤷🏼‍♀️ It will NEVER get better than that.

@beeemm2578

2 жыл бұрын

Yep. The bands/musicians from the 70s just won't be topped. Golden era.

@marsdexter9852

2 жыл бұрын

@@beeemm2578 sort of agree but others from the UK in 80s and 90s are as good or better. 70s represent an era of a certain style, which for the most part, was full of gods that quite frankly are copied over and over. I never only listen to US bands, gotta add artists that in some ways surpass that era. Even Todd Rundgen roles with the changes. Fast ain't class!

@adamJKpunk

2 жыл бұрын

You pronounced “the 90s” incorrectly.. lol. Just kidding but fun fact: You don’t need to use an apostrophe when you abbreviating a decade or series of years.

@marsdexter9852

2 жыл бұрын

@@adamJKpunk grammar police!

@grahamkey8496

2 жыл бұрын

There are albums from the past 20 years that I play more than any of my 70s albums. But I'll probably keep coming back to the 70s decade the most. Still haven't found a great album this decade yet.

Just got the book. Thank you for all your help.

I got a prediction as well, even though it's kinda related to point 3: I think it's going to be tougher to have a long-lasting huge career in music (like an Ed Sheeran, Elton John, etc.) as of the sheer mass of new artists appearing in the upcoming age of independent music. Which basically leads to more one-hit-wonders, that's why I think it reflects your point 3 very well.

@JoeMama-vl8xs

2 жыл бұрын

Only way to combat this as an artist will be albums and bodies of work. Singles artists is what you are describing.

5.58 Peleton and music. Never used it but I have loved real road fast cycling to The Who and Blondie for 40 years. Blondie drumming rooted in Keith Moon style. Both work with the separate but linked rhythms of tires on road, chain through derailleur, cranks turning, breathing, and occasional irregular vibrations on damaged strips of tarmac.

I teach middle school music. 75% of my students (of about 200 kids) know Patrice Rushen's Forget Me Nots because it's trending as a sound on TikTok. I play Julia grooves version as they enter and they dance and sing along. These moments give me hope for the future. If only our educational systems could support their interests.

@patricksnail6468

2 жыл бұрын

Why not introduce them to all music? You are a teacher of music.

@mrtyreus0

2 жыл бұрын

@@patricksnail6468 such silly assumptions you make. Where did I say that I don't? Maybe you could give me your idea of a 70 minute lesson plan for a group of fourth graders..

Best quote: "Do something interesting (in the song) within the first minute! Please!" I so agree!

Love ya Rick! You bring back so many memories of the music biz..

Queen’s music is timeless and it fits in SO well with modern pop culture. Also there is a surprising amount of teen Queen superfans

Interesting topic to discuss. I definitely think that more kids will pick up instruments, especially as the barriers to learning are so much lower than they used to be. There are endless tutorials on the internet to help you get started. Even geography doesn't limit you when it comes to a real-time lesson since everyone's a lot more familiar and comfortable with programs like Zoom. Second-hand instruments are abundant and affordable online. If you do get into discussing Japanese music, some good ones would be L'arc-en-Ciel, X Japan, Buck Tick. The list goes on, but those are some very influential J-rock bands. It would be a dream to hear you do a breakdown of any L'Arc-en-Ciel song. Been following them for over a decade and discovering them took my music interest to a whole new level.

@RogerERodriguez1k

2 жыл бұрын

Larc en ciel is my everything 😍😍😍

@Chrysaetos3

2 жыл бұрын

@@RogerERodriguez1k Nice to see a fellow fan here. They're my favourite. I was lucky enough to see them live on the world tour and they were incredible! Kinda frustrated how we haven't had a new album in nearly a decade.

Awesome video so much of this had already came true since you made it

greetings from Hobart Tasmania- Rick ,,,what an amazing person you are thank goodness for Rick Beato

Number 2 is true since at least past 20 years. The amount of great music I’ve discovered through GTA and NfS game series is immense.

Nothing will ever compare to the live experience of a group of musicians turned on by what they are playing and sharing that excitement with their audience

@mazetoeden9334

2 жыл бұрын

yep, it's sad to think about the generation that is now in their teens... they've been spending so much time in lockdown and haven't gotten the chance to experience live music

Hey, great channel! Congratulations! About number 3 prediction, I think it happens since forever. What you said about A Whiter Shade of Pale here in Brazil, it happens with Have You Ever Seen the Rain or any Creedence song.

My prediction is that music lovers will finally catch on to the amazing rock and metal scene happening in Japan. Especially with the all-women bands like Band-Maid, Lovebites, Hanabie, Nemophila, Gacharic Spin, and so on and so on.

@Green-tj5xd

2 жыл бұрын

I just so totally agree with you…..

@realdocloco

2 жыл бұрын

Amen. It would be about time! All of those bands have the skills, the energy, dare to mix genres without second thinking, play even better live than in the studio and simply kicks ass.

@adityairawan1843

2 жыл бұрын

Really, some people mocked me for listening to Japanese songs and yet it's usually Japanese who make interesting stuff. Well, unfortunately I'm not into metal, so Band Maid is not really my thing. Even so, there's still a lot of options to pick when it comes to Japanese music. Japanese fantasy musicians like Morrigan, Lily, Erum Nagi, Shimotsuki Haruka, and Nakae Mitsuki are the way to go for me. Quite a number of orchestral stuff are available in this part of Japanese music.

@realdocloco

2 жыл бұрын

@@adityairawan1843 Band-Maid is not really metal, more every rock style with an edge. I would add artists like Hitsuji Bungaku, Aina The End, Sokoninaru, Tricot ... the list is endless.

@fanbladeinstruments

2 жыл бұрын

Band Maid. Based on the name alone I already love them. Heading over to spotify first thing after Rick finishes up.

I love those first silent 5 seconds and the persons look in every stream, video call, etc. that say like "Ok, did I click the correct button? - Ok, I did. Is it working? - Great, let's go!"

The Beatles paly count is going to go way up in November when the Disney Beatles movie goes live. Queen has been in the limelight with their movie and the Bohemian Rhapsody movie. being present in all media is critical to the success of anything today.

@mbrady2329

2 жыл бұрын

That's critical, but being successful already also helps considerably!

@Bootrosgali

2 жыл бұрын

BR was a billion dollar earning 4 Oscar winning *MOVIE* whose big scene was one of the greatest live performances of all time,,. It was a cultural phenomenon within a cultural phenomenon, being the movie itself... The song of the same name also goes to No.1 every decade.. and Freddie Mercury is the greatest beloved Front Man performer of all time who died of a horrible disease that was in itself in a bad way. a cultural phenomenon. The main thing I look forward anything Beatles i want to see shift , is the perception of McCartney and the poor guy gets hi post Beatles stuff appreciated more.

@felautumn9534

2 жыл бұрын

But that depends on entirely what you define as success. Success doesn't have to always be selling tons of records and becoming big. Success could be that it fulfils you and makes you enough income to live. Half the artists I listen to have under a mil video views on their top songs and they are still successful, as they enjoy what they do and it provides them a way to live freely and make music.

Hi Rick! Been a fan of your channel for a long time now. It would be interesting if you could talk about jrock/visual kei bands and artists like L'arc~En~Ciel, Gazette, Versailles, Solo Artists like Hyde, Kamijo, Ringo Sheena. There are a lot of artists in japan who still does guitar solos too. interesting chord patterns and unique singing voice partnered with the effort of imagery of a rockstar not commonly seen in today's artists/music. Can't wait to hear your thoughts about japanese artists. Best regards!

You mentioned getting people to discover new music through mediums like Guitar Hero. That's exactly what I'm doing with my channel. I'm really excited for there to be new avenues to make the music discovery process less intimidating.

Hey Rick, I found a channel on KZread called PPF and this guy recreates music from video games. I think it’s something a lot of people that watch your channel could relate to. The guy does some really great work by artists like Koji Kondo, David Weis and others. He even replicates some of the strange crafted instruments like blocks with sandpaper on them, dice, metal sheets, Buckets, soprano melodica, acoustic basses and all types of other stuff these video game music composers had to use to get unique sounds back in the 80s and 90s. I’d really love it if you did a video on this guy such as an interview or just reviewing some of the music he plays. I think it would connect with a large portion of your crowd aged 35 and under and in many cases even the demographic of your channel that’s older. Thank you for considering this.

@cooldebt

2 жыл бұрын

That's a great recommendation. I am a bit younger than Rick but I got into VGM after my kids showed me a cover of KK Cruisin'. We follow The Consouls who don't recreate the VGM but 'expand' it from 8-bit/16-bit to full jazz quartet/quintet/sextet arrangements (they sometimes have guests). Rick looking at that music might be interesting also. VGM is underappreciated until you actually analyse it because it was created with such constraints and yet you never get sick of that little loop of music.

@MG-hx3ym

2 жыл бұрын

@@cooldebt EXACTLY! You hit it right on. Very good Video Game Music makers know just what to do to make a loop sound fresh every time. I have recently been analyzing music from Megaman X and it is very intricate, interesting, and complex. Listen to “Spark Mandrill” from Megaman X (1993) and any of the other music and themes from Megaman

I saw the Frank Zappa hologram. His 80’s band played live and it was amazing!

Bought the Beato Book 4 Bundle with discount code. Thank you so much Rick👍🎵🎶🥰

Im just glad im a gen x. We got to hear alot of great music be born and got to listen to our parents music which was the best!!!

@Slickmickyoyo97

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I listen to what's considered the cream of the crop of today's music and it just plain sucks. I know I'm old and crusty but seriously, even the best music today is at best OK, and more often than not rancid steaming garbage.

I hope it doesn't involve autotune.

@EolosMusic

2 жыл бұрын

That's so boomer lol

@mikerinehart

2 жыл бұрын

@@EolosMusic get off my lawn :P I’m actually Gen X but I still appreciate the sentiment.

Something I predict is that algorithmic music platforms make it much more difficult to find music that is genuinely new to you or something you haven't experienced yet. This at least for most people who don't go out of their way to explore music. I think platforms like spotify are ruining the natural process of exploration that used to occur from thumbing through and sampling physical sources of music, where your own aesthetic sense would guide you, and not an algorithm built to show you only similar things to what you've heard.

@mbrady2329

2 жыл бұрын

That's not a prediction - it's already happening. And it's a large part of why unsigned artists are finding it harder than ever to break through to a mass audience.

@Nightrelic

2 жыл бұрын

I agree with this, but it has always been a small portion of music listeners who went out of their way to find new music. It’s a lot harder to do now, but we still do it. Back in the 80’s there was a whole infrastructure for us, but by the 90’s when Clear Channel took over a lot of radio stations and alt rock folded into regular rock that pretty much disappeared. I actually think it may be easier to attract attention than it was back in the early 2000’s because of all the social media options.

@Chris-cf2kp

2 жыл бұрын

@@mbrady2329 Yes, it was an assessment and prediction too. I think algorithmic based platforms will have exponentially negative effects long term on general listeners that they don't even notice

@Chris-cf2kp

2 жыл бұрын

@@Nightrelic I do agree, there is a vast spectrum of opportunity for distribution and exposure and discovery with the internet and social media, which is on the flip-side of the coin as a benefit. Music platforms make people zero their attention in on that space and ignore the surroundings, and then those platforms mold their listeners, which is I guess what is most concerning to me. True, those who want to seek out more music will do so regardless.

@TjMoon91

2 жыл бұрын

If you’re not the type of person to go ‘out of your way’ to find new music with the help of the internet, then you definitely weren’t going hunting for new music in record shops.

Classic Mr. Rick….the Rainman of music, dissecting every nuance of chord progressions and yet, like a mate in your home chatting away candidly, accurately. Hats off Sir, I’ve just subscribed, to support you in order for you to support everyone else, as you readily do. Btw, Your daughter, Layla and my daughter, Roxanne should not yet watch Squid Games ! We love your work 👍👍 Interview with Sting and Dominic was just fabulous…..your questions, your plan , you’re the boss 😁

Good morning/afternoon. Rick

There will always be a huge place for gifted and talented musos, players, lyricists and writers in modern music, always. And always plenty of room for great songs that will go down in history as music classics. Technology has greatly enhanced the scope of the artist to embellish their work and enable experimentation with new sounds, effects and percussive elements that otherwise would not have entered the mindset of the creator. There is still so much scope to produce and create amazing songs and sounds that people will love.

@shelbyowens4763

2 жыл бұрын

A Computer is not a Instrument A lot of Today musician Suck bad

@mtadams2009

6 ай бұрын

@@shelbyowens4763Yeah I am wondering what this person is smoking. The golden age of being a ripping player is long gone. I guess if you love rap or pop music things are great. The Garry Clark’s are rare. To me most newer music is garbage. Sadly I never even imagined how bad it would get.

Someone needs to get this man hooked up with bandcamp so he can actually see what's going on in music scenes!

@wendym2544

Жыл бұрын

in a nutshell, what is going on in the music scenes?

You're exactly right on the one minute thing.

Good stuff rick. You always keep relevant while promoting influential legacy artists and music. It would be cool if spotify started a mtv style video platform i love yt but having it consolidated would be cool. I love spotify for music and podcasts maybe one day they will rwalize music started them.

Gifted and talented players will always be respected and have some place where they can be heard. Everything else is just business bullshit.

@mbrady2329

2 жыл бұрын

"[S]ome place where they can be heard" might be a room in a friend's home or out in the park with an acoustic instrument though, which isn't very helpful if one wishes to make some kind of living out of music.

@dirtymirrors9394

2 жыл бұрын

Sadly my friend you are wrong.

One big thing that is killing music. Unproven artists owe the labels if they are unable to repay money advanced to them. I believe a novelist just has to put out the book. They do not pay back if it is a failure. Directors and producers don't owe the company money if the film is a failure. It seems the musician is the only one on the hook.

@joco2826

2 жыл бұрын

Musicians don’t repay any debts 🤡

interesting discussion as always Rick

Been playing for years sometimes in DADGAD and stuff but just realised normal tuning is sort of open tuning if you like 6ths and 9ths. It's shon a whole new light on it for me.

Jim Morrison foretold the future of music. It happened. One person with a computer will be the new thing. Limitless.

@jeffhoward162

2 жыл бұрын

To a point, I suppose. But that can be good or bad, depending on many factors. I'm just one guy with a computer, plus 2 guitars, a flute, a clarinet, and I've got my eye on a bass. The computer lets me compose full songs, even though I live in an apartment, can't afford drums, and lack the sociality and network to know many other musicians. It can be a mind numbingly banal, corporate engineered sonic travesty, but it can also be a door for musicians and composers to explore and create.

@patricksnail6468

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. You know of Tash Sultana? However, flipside, .., the more artists, the higher percentage to innovate. So, 50/50.

@foto21

2 жыл бұрын

Haven't heard this quote.

@UnremarkableMarx

2 жыл бұрын

Many limits

@foto21

2 жыл бұрын

Kind of a contradiction, since Jim Morrison without the rest of the Doors would've been a good undiscovered poet who probably didn't write what he did because he had to get a job.

I'm not good at English language because I'm a non-English speaker (Japanese🗾). I heard that Mr. Beato mentioned Japanese rock band Band-Maid. Where did he talk about Band-Maid? And what did he talk about them?

@showgee

2 жыл бұрын

stonefactionさんの「バンドメイドの動画Playを観て、なんでもっと早く反応しなかったのかきっと貴方は後悔しているだろうと予言します。。。」ってなコメントに対して氏は「もう何ヶ月も聴いてるよ」って返信しています。その事ですかね。６０位スクロール(午前一時時点で)すると見つかります。 それかコメの最後までスクロールして「maid」で頁検索すると１０個位引っかかります。一個は Iron Maidenですが😂 ビデオの最後の方のマーティーさんとのコラボはポップっておっしゃってますが、バンメも含まれるとファンとしては楽しいですよね。

@Hatto0467

2 жыл бұрын

@@showgee ありがとうございます。stonefactionさんへの返信を探したら見つかりました！

@showgee

2 жыл бұрын

@@Hatto0467 徐々にBand-Maidが世界の「大立者」に見つかって、小鳩嬢の『世界征服』が現実味を帯びて来ているのを実感できてとても嬉しく思います。リアルお給仕が待ち遠しいです。

29:00 +1 for the suggestion of talking with Marty Friedman. i had a chance to talk with him a little bit when he toured the US back in 2015 and enjoyed the chat. fascinating career trajectory for sure.

I read Ted's book 'Music: A Subversive History' after watching this video. Everyone should read it, especially if you want to gripe "There's no more good music being made." Sadly, the old axiom -FOLLOW THE MONEY- has always been a part of music and the history of what's been passed down. The part on the Middle Ages was tough to get through but if you love music, you WILL learn some very interesting ideas to consider that are still relevant today. Greed screws everything up...but I have high hopes for new music! Just need to find it...

I predict I will still be listening to the same 60's-90's music I always have and rarely listening to anything new. I know, I'm boring.

@piedmutant

2 жыл бұрын

Me too! But i go back to the 50's

@namelessgames1608

2 жыл бұрын

suppose Im boring as well

@felixstalkaboutmusic6419

2 жыл бұрын

No, that dosen't mean we are boring because we listend to that. It's just that we have sharp ears

@grandadneal8114

2 жыл бұрын

Is eating steak and lobster boring? Is driving a new car boring? Is having overseas holidays boring? Or would you rather eat junk food, drive a lemon and stay in a backpackers? That's the difference between the people today v people of my generation. I like you guys have worked hard to get where I am and only want the best in my remaining years, including my music. Everything music today is fast food throwaway rubbish. As Daltrey said, long live rock

@JG-nx3jg

2 жыл бұрын

@@grandadneal8114 absolute nonsense, you just got old and called it quits. You're simply dwelling in nostalgia. Someone with such a blinkered approach to music is not qualified to comment on what is and isn't worth listening to.

The more things change... It has always been the case that the majority of artists create for the sake of creation and marketers and collectors of various kinds provide minimal support to extract maximum profits. From cave walls to world wide streams, the wealthy investors get the gold mine, the creatives get the shaft.

would love to see a reaction video from you on the old midnight oil songs - I would recommend the "Place without a postcard" album. I personally love: 'Basement flat' and 'If Ned Kelly was king'

Good stuff!

That's how it was in the 1920s and into the '30s. Organized by dance styles and song names. The artist hardly ever came up. A lot of them were covers. Not really covers. Five groups would buy the music, do their own arrangements, and make a record. But some were better at that than others and so folks wanted to know who was making those better records. That was record stores. Radio was a different deal, they tell you who was playing. That got the buying public focused and there we have the radio station/record company/artist relationship that has persisted for decades. Interesting that new technologies takes us back to song-centric purchasing rather than artist-centric. Terms of music quality that could go either way. I think in the long run it may tend to give us better music since the branding won't be based on the face/personality but on the music itself.

@fernandoescalona7089

2 жыл бұрын

Great analysis 👍🏽

1.Songs writen by artificial intelligence in the next 150 years🤣 2. New records sung by dead artists😱

Rick, love your channel and content. I think we are in a great place in the music world, new bands like Sleep Token, Jinjer, Spiritbox, Imminence and others are putting out great original music! I’d love to see you do a What Makes This Song Great with Sleep Token, amazing band!

@suzramuse

2 жыл бұрын

While we wait for Rick to come up with some playlists, I'll be checking out your recommendations! thankx

Warm cheers.. 😊

I believe the future of music will be musician focused. The 80’s metal scene didn’t get a chance to progress and was somewhat killed by alternative music. There are great metal bands out there just not very popular. The band Accept has great songs that I really never heard of before. I am rediscovering “older” music that I missed growing up. Huge Iron Maiden fan and the style will continue. Thank goodness I have a music subscription and can listen to all genres and artists. Very optimistic about the future of music.

Judging from your "Top 10 on Spotify" videos, the future of music is this: The same song is released in five different almost indistinguishable versions, always as a collaboration of least 3 or 4 different people, using words like "featuring" or "with" between the names. And these 3 or 4 come from a pool of about 10 to 15 people (max) for every song, which is released.

@taped8594

2 жыл бұрын

Nah

45 by Shinedown is such a great song I had no idea you worked on that record. That’s so cool.

24:59 Best comment ever!!! We've taken care of everything The words you read The songs you sing The pictures that give pleasure to your eye.. RUSH /2112

Band-maid is the only band that matters.

@VladimirChupin

2 жыл бұрын

agree 🤘

@VladimirChupin

2 жыл бұрын

Well, in all justice, I should also mention ASTERISM 💪

These are NOT "predictions." They are observations of existing trends. Rick has talked about most of these topics on multiple occasions.

@justaguy2365

2 жыл бұрын

Well that is what you use to make predictions.

@Boudica234

2 жыл бұрын

@@justaguy2365 I disagree. Predictions anticipate things that haven't happened. Observing current trends and projecting them into the future isn't a prediction.

@canismajoris6733

2 жыл бұрын

@@Boudica234 that's a type of prediction.

@Boudica234

2 жыл бұрын

@@canismajoris6733 I think it's a semantic argument. Maybe folks have different definitions of what a prediction is. I'll say this. None of the predictions discussed by Rick in this video are anything new or novel. I've heard them all before over the last 5 years.

@Goldenbaba430

2 жыл бұрын

to declare or indicate in advance

It was really common in the '70s to hear new music on the radio or from a passing car, and love the song and/or band but not actually know who they were for many months or more.

Nice perspective

I am convinced that if you played accordion every day for 30 days, you would amaze everyone with you talent.

@theoo5657

2 жыл бұрын

why so specific😂

@hacunamatata6802

2 жыл бұрын

The best accordion and tuba players are Mexican.

@rudyharley7329

2 жыл бұрын

Anecito Molena is a great Cumbia player. Everyone knows about Flaco also. They both play diatonic accordions. Alexander Hrustevich is a master of chromatic button accordions. Nick Ariondo is a master of piano keyboard accordion jazz style. Jovenil Santos is a master of Brazillian forro music played on piano keyboard accordions.

@rudyharley7329

2 жыл бұрын

Alex Meixner is perhaps the undisputed king of polka music these days. He plays both piano keyboard accordions and diatonic button accordions. He knows all about various regional polka styles, including master players from the past in the Cleveland area.

@rudyharley7329

2 жыл бұрын

I played acoustic guitars for 40 years, (Leo Kottke style). Now, I am studying accordion. Videos can be seen on KZread under my name Rudy Harley.

All dreamers out there keep going this is temporary situation it will pass your success will come be patient never give up just keep moving forward no matter what ✊ 💪

hey rick, great vid! I have a suggestion for a what makes this song great! Song In My Head, Madison Cunningham. I don’t know exactly what’s happening, but I know it changes keys a few times, she has an angelic voice, and a ripping guitar solo.

I'm waiting for the day when gatefold albums come back (if ever). I used to love buying an album, looking at all the fold-out artwork, liner notes, lyrics, pictures and specs of the instruments used (Steve Howe did this on one album). Just the specialness of owning an album like this and playing it end to end. I wondered if record companies could secretly slide a golden ticket into one or two copies of these records, randomly, good for a meet and greet with the band or something. Another reason to buy a hardcopy album.

Rick with Adele's new hit and all the covers made within the past week alone. WE are getting off this meaningless detour and heading rock back home where she belongs - in the hearts of everyone. There will be more artists and hits coming soon . John

Rick! Would love to know your thoughts on Emerson, Lake & Palmer. Haven’t seen it in your videos. Love what your doing👍✌️

One of the main ways I find new music is subscribe to channels that do all the findings and post it on KZread.

The fantastic thing happening today is ability to be able to search out new sounds through KZread, Spotify & Shazam. Shazam comes in so handy when I am out & about & I hear a song/tune I don't know but would love to know, and providing it is in their library you can then attain knowledge of music that you never knew before. Music is like food, so I tend to change my diet often. This serves two major purposes - opens up genres that I might not have known & broadens my horizons to learning about so many musicians. When I first heard Santana playing 'Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen' (Peter Green) in my teens I was opened up to what became Latin-Rock. This is just one example. Osibisa opened up to Afro-Rock. Then there is a spectrum of jazz & blues etc. Talented musicians & composers will continue to expand our journeys. I love the the past, now & future of music. This doesn't mean I like all music. Thank you again Rick 👍👍😎😎

@TheSoundofU

2 жыл бұрын

@@toby9999 I agree Toby, I used to listen to several radio stations during the evening as a teen, and it was like I was at my favorite smorgasbord trying out different delicacies. Jumping from classical, to rock, Motown to Reggae as I got older & it kept coming. There is so much great music out there, even being created today....it is just finding it. I still listen to all of my favorites & that can be from Dylan, Credence, Zep through to MOR. The searching part is a hunger in me to try to frontiers...and I don't get disappointed. I worked in the music indusctry for 22 years & spent 7 years of that on radio, but felt very limited to what I was allowed to play on air. I spend quite a bit of my retirement now making videos to share, both old & modern. cheers 👍😎🎸

The conversation about Japanese pop with Marty sounds cool!

I missed you live by minutes.

I am 20 years old and a true music-lover. I never got into this streaming-thing where people listen to pre-made playlists. Instead I on the other hand, would spend months creating the „perfect playlist“ for my best friend and then burned it on a CD for them. So I am used to getting into the music very deep and expanding my knowledge on bands and song-names. I find it shocking to see other music-lovers like me, who use streaming, getting into this culture where they can‘t name what they are even listening to. I think that‘s so sad.

I can't tell you how many times I've heard songs in ads and loved them but had no clue who the artist was. I guess that's one of the reasons they invented Shazam.

Three letters: NFT

Don’t know where else to ask this or make a suggestion. Is there any significant challenge Rick in learning and singing back the song You Will Leave a Mark by a Silent Film? I love this song. It is one of the alt masterpieces that the more it goes unnoticed the more I like. But try as I might it represents the most challenging ear playing and sing along I’ve every attempted.

re: music from outside LA/New York, etc … I’m a DJ and ordinarily play a 50/50 mix of familiar/unfamiliar music at my gigs. The “unfamiliar” songs include artists from the USA of course, but also come from places like Indonesia, Kenya, Brasil, France, Japan, South Africa, Georgia, Colombia, and England. There are hip sounds all over the place and I’m determined to find as many as possible! (I’m 65 by the way.)

Even though I'm not really big on modern pop music, I'm still optimistic for the future. Hopefully people will get tired of the same stupid musical trends and start craving music with more character. I see a rock revival happening somewhere in the next decade. That genre has been in a bad state in recent years, but rock and roll never dies -- it just evolves...

@NigelCopy

2 жыл бұрын

I hope you're right

@houseboat1101

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah the dooming and glooming is exhausting. We have actually got some very well produced well written pop hits in the last 10 years as well. Blank space, Levitating, Rain on me and many others are examples of this.

@juliannewarren5466

2 жыл бұрын

Rock has been evolving this whole time. It's just not on the surface and the audience have to fish for it. It takes time and efford, but boy, it is worth every second.

I think somewhere down the line, music will be created by machine learning software. The thing is, I think it will be based off all the previously human created music. Recorded music will serve as the raw data for what music is and the software will use that as building blocks to make new music. I expect there will be people who are especially skilled at using this software and those people will be the future equivalents to musicians and DJs. Since this music is generated by software processing data far larger in scale than any human composer has, it will be able to create completely new forms of music which humans could never even imagine possible. The day will come when older people complain about new music saying "I liked it better when humans made music".

@ricardocastro1135

2 жыл бұрын

I agree with you that at some point, music and other arts will be able to be created by machine learning software. However, as long as we continue to teach music and appreciating the great classics, I don't see how machine learning can compete with real musicians. And here's why: 1 - as an art, music has so many genres, and is constantly influenced by culture and technology influenced, thus influenced over time. Machine learning would really struggle to create something that is supposed to be influenced from several sources and ultimately identify and touch the listeners. 2 - As mentioned by Beato several times, there is a clear difference when a song is created by a real musician and when it is created more artificially: using auto-tune, no real instruments, etc. In the end of the day, machine learning won't be able to create something unique yet in line with what the several fanbases are enjoying/may enjoy or replicate: a voice like Andrea Bocelli; Freddy Mercury; Adele or Al Greene; guitar solos like David Gilmour, Richie Blackmore, etc...because they were innovative in a way that machine learning probably won't be.

@stricknine8623

2 жыл бұрын

You are probably right. However, for those that get extreme enjoyment and fulfillment from playing an instrument,..they will continue to play, even if this crowd are all consisted of 100% musical hobbyists.

@stricknine8623

2 жыл бұрын

@Rodney McMinge And I dont think that scenario will happen. For the reasons that you described and I had already touched upon. Also, look at the number of musicians or even just guitarists alone that we can see here just on YT from all age groups.

@flibber123

2 жыл бұрын

@Rodney McMinge Keep in mind that machine learning is not even in its infancy right now, it's in the embryo stage. It's going to get much, much more powerful. If people are judging what's possible with machine learning by today's technology they are way off. Also consider that tastes change. If people are judging whether machine generated music will be 'good' but they are using today's tastes to make that judgment, they are way off. There will one day be whole generations of people who've never heard anything other than machine generated music. How popular are black and white silent movies with today's movie audiences? Human made music will be like that one day, a quaint relic of a bygone era, with a small niche of fans who still get enjoyment from it even though everyone else has moved on.

@stricknine8623

2 жыл бұрын

@Rodney McMinge Yes, I can't help but share some of your concerns. I think that technology will obviously continue to grow but I also believe that some things are not only best left alone, but are more enjoyable left alone. And you have to have a market demand for something in order for it to become the new norm. Otherwise, it will fizz out or never take off and have any prevalence. The way music is produced and heard will certainly change but I dont believe that instruments will go away unless musicians go away killing demand. And its too enjoyable for MANY for that to happen I think. Conversely, professional musicians will likely go away and that is sad.

Is amazing!

Influencers like Rick will be very important now and in the future to discover and promote new music. Taking the roll music companies used to have; the bars and joints where bands played have become the internet, guys like Rick the talent hunters and promoters.

Looking at the comments and live chat moreso than Rick's video, I always find it absurd when people say music sucks now and it's in the toilet just because popular music has gotten worse. If you can't find a few dozen albums every year that you enjoy out of the constant output being uploaded all over the globe, my hunch is you're not looking. People just like complaining for the most part and rather than actively seeking out music they might like, they judge it by mainstream playlists or viral songs and say "music is X" as a whole. And the truly hilarious thing about it is, that for everyone that complains, there's still a ton of older music that they've never heard before that they could spend their entire lives seeking. Just like when I was a kid I'd use Napster to dive into hundreds of artists' catalog from all different genres and eras. Don't like today's music? Find more obscure and rare albums from the 60s-90s, because I guarantee there's over a thousand albums you'll enjoy that are critically acclaimed and popular amongst musicians that you haven't heard.

@tullfan2560

2 жыл бұрын

Agree. When I was younger I had an ear for music but not much money to buy albums so I listened mostly to the radio. Amongst all the wannabes and popular ephemera there'd be some great songs and bands that showed through, which I mainly focussed on. When I was reaching retirement, I went back and explored all the bands and albums I'd missed. There were heaps! So, if you look, there's plenty out there. And a lot of good stuff, too.

@tullfan2560

2 жыл бұрын

@@Spo-Dee-O-Dee And lazy listenership leads to things like autotune and muzak, or it could be the other way around.

@spiderpig541

2 жыл бұрын

Hard agree. People who complain aren't looking/giving today's work a fair chance. IMO music is just as good as ever, it just isn't charting. Which who really cares about the charts anymore?

@spiderpig541

2 жыл бұрын

@@Spo-Dee-O-Dee Still in those cases not all the popular stuff floats to the top of history. Im optimistic in this case that the good pop stuff will float to the top because there's more than enough to define an era

@spiderpig541

2 жыл бұрын

@@Spo-Dee-O-Dee that being said I feel this era won't strictly be defined by what's radio popular, and the DIY stuff that's still popular will also play a big role in defining the era (which is also great)

These arent predictions at all, if anything it is observations of what has been happening in the musicindustry for the past 20 years up to today. You obviously know that Rick, but that Ted guy doesnt. This is in no way meant as negativity towards you Rick, You talking about them was entertaining 🙂👍 I was hoping this was a video of you ”rambling” about your personal predictions!

Would be interesting to think about the future of live music.

wow! a jpop episode! please include aiko yanai, she is one of the great singer/songwriters still active in Japan currently. A lot of audience will relate to her. Can you please feature her in your episode?

WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU DO A FEATURE ON TOMMY EMMANUEL.

The future of the music business will be a silent revolution independent of the record labels. As Gil Scott Heron once said "the revolution will not be televised". I personally love old music from every decade, but would say that some of the best produced, most original, beautiful music I've ever heard has come out in the last few years, from a very diverse range of genres. Punk, psychedlic, metal, hip hop, drum and bass, house, etc etc are all flourishing and you don't need to look far, but you have to accept that music made for the masses/pop will always be watered down to appeal to the greatest range of people possible. This isn't a bad thing, it's just catering to its audience, and it does it extremely well, possibly better than ever before. As for what the "next big thing" will be, I'd say belgian techno fusing with old school r&b with a twist of psychedelic and 80s rock solos. Or not, I dunno. Anyway, Rick you should do a what makes this song great about SAULT - Wildfires, and Lady Wray - Storms. Also why not branch out and talk to someone like Angel Olsen about how she approaches songwriting, or a drum and bass artist about how they approach beatmaking?

@ZemarRed

2 жыл бұрын

"independent of record lablels"?? what year is this? Record labels haven't been relevant for at least a decade lol It's the giant streaming giants that render music a worthless commodity that will be the next to disappear. They are the new labels, and will be the next to be made obsolete.

@ RickBeato. Hi Rick, Santana recently recorded Whiter Shade with Steve Winwood. It's wonderful. Best wishes, John

You should do a video on Spiritbox and their new album, it's incredible! Or at least a song from the album. They're gaining a lot of notoriety in metal overall but metalcore specifically.

So, I watched this video and your 10 Classic Albums video over on your other channel this morning and I just finished watching The Analogues doing a Beatles set and it spurred me on to write this... :-) So, my question/discussion is this... In the era of Auto Tune and 20 writers to write a single song to be sung by a different artist do you think or believe that the world will ever see a time again where there are or is a band/artist that can and does it all for themselves (obviously with the exception of the actual engineering of the album) that will be as influential and produce such amazing works of art/music as bands/artists like the Beatles or Clapton or the Eagles or The Who or the Tragically Hip? I could go on with this list but the point is do you think that 50 years from now, (yes, I'm a Boomer) that artists like, well any of the popular artists of today, - insert name here - will be as revered or have their albums as respected and still be as popular as such bands as The Rolling Stones or Led Zeppelin or Bob Dylan or Boston or.... Will those bands/artists still be in the demand that those that I've listed are still today?

@taped8594

2 жыл бұрын

Billie Eilish writes all of her music along with her brother and she’s one of the biggest artists around. It’s hard to say what her legacy will be in 50 years as she’s still so young but I think people will still be interested as she has a unique vision and sound that will most likely stand the test of time.

Regarding the dead musicians resurrection through technology, I’m gonna quote Dr. Malcolm from Jurassic Park: “Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should”.

Moody Blues "Nights in white satin" is often confused with Procol Harum's "Whiter Shade of Pale" - I used to do that.

Ted Gioia’s great. Great interlocutor with Tyler Cowen.

Future of music: 1 chord, 4 notes.

@dungeon-wn4gw

2 жыл бұрын

That'll certainly be pop music, however we mustn't forget that often times the least popular trends in any current time will be commonplace in the future. There is really good experimental music now, its just not mainstream. Things like Death Grips has already made an impact on hip hop that is only going to become larger.

@daveharris3437

2 жыл бұрын

Pretty much the charts now

@khbgkh

2 жыл бұрын

Oh no! Not minimalism!

@frankgradus9474

2 жыл бұрын

The 18th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition, second prize-winners' concert, 22.10.2021, LIVE NOW. Chopin Institute, KZread. Dig it.

@tiktokisthescumoftheearth1530

2 жыл бұрын

No you can't be that negative or pessimistic about it if this many people are realizing that music now is a problem it will change and get better