Please come out with a shirt that says Bend It Like A Boomer.

@stricknine8623

2 жыл бұрын

Lol,..That shirt would take my money.

@aaz7206

2 жыл бұрын

Love it

@ftlpope

2 жыл бұрын

Me too

@willimitus

2 жыл бұрын

I instantly thought of you Robert. Love your style

@joseplanaurua579

2 жыл бұрын

I need it

It's cause your film lights are daylight temperature and rest of studio is warm tone. So there's a visual separation due to the depth of the room.

@MFKitten

2 жыл бұрын

This is precisely it. The room is too big for the light sets to affect eachother.

@cyrildia

2 жыл бұрын

He could put gels over his lights, or maybe they're LEDs where you can directly change the light temperature. Not a big deal. :)

@RobertDouglasLW

2 жыл бұрын

Neutral density filter perhaps???

@godboy159

2 жыл бұрын

@@RobertDouglasLW Neutral density cuts light. It typically doesn't shift light color, or it shouldn't at least. You use ND's to bring the light coming into the camera so you can set your f stop to taste while keeping your shutter speed 180 degrees.

@boimesa8190

2 жыл бұрын

@@ChainsawChristmas SHFU

8:00 is the bane of my existence as a media/library composer. Then @ 8:56 Rick hits it on the nail for me. I haven't been able to complete a "song" in 30 years. Then again, if I had the playing skills of Rick I would probably have never gotten into media work :)

@RobertDouglasLW

2 жыл бұрын

I used to edit video in the newsroom of an ABC affiliate. Among the many hats I was required to wear was promos editor. I used to lay music beds under the video sequences I would cut always wondering who was writing them. Not the most musically stimulating gig, huh?

@KeyOfGeebz

2 жыл бұрын

@@RobertDouglasLW yep, I'm that guy. Without a doubt, the thousands of tracks that I've written for music libraries over the course of my career overall numbed My overall creativity.

@Swaderz9

2 жыл бұрын

What's up Geebz! Love the channel

@pricc-om

2 жыл бұрын

AWWWWRIGHT a geebz comment on a beato vid! lovin thiz boomer brotherhood im zeein

The reason for the "green screen illusion" is the lighting temperature mixture. Your key light is daylight ( over 5000 kelvin) while your practical lights are very warm. It's common and not that big of a deal. I am a videographer and do not find it distracting. I can help you blend the lighting in a more balanced way if you desire, but if I was you, I wouldn't worry about it. You are an inspiration for your passion and insight for music, not your skills with a camera. And that is okay!!!

@weareallbeingwatched4602

2 жыл бұрын

+1000. LED can be horrible in terms of colour output, as can compact fluorescent, and it's a bad idea to use mismatched lighting fixtures. For bumping up a subject on location, just use a tungsten-halogen GU10 desk lamp. Or since you lot are from Hollywood, just get some old tungsten spotlight.

@DanielHatchman

2 жыл бұрын

I think it's a cool aesthetic. Background is a vibe and the foreground is very true to life. Love it.

@c0veredinash

2 жыл бұрын

i just think it needs a little more foreground/background separation

@bossman-jk9tl

2 жыл бұрын

@@c0veredinash It literally looks completely fine

@godboy159

2 жыл бұрын

Studio lights are typically 5500k. I typically throw a 1/4 CTO gel on to balance with 3200k. But you are right, seems fine to me.

The ability to bend notes is one reason, along with vibrato, I like playing guitar more than piano. It adds a whole dimension of expressivity, and the "in-between" notes it creates have been a part of music of many cultures for thousands of years.

@andrewkramer4021

2 жыл бұрын

Or aftertouch

@cajonaconaquetebotou

2 жыл бұрын

chord glissandos, strum and dead notes too to me.

@coyotepeyote

2 жыл бұрын

I know a very good pianist who told me something similar, she basically said there are like 10 ways to play any given note on guitar, but the options on piano are basically limited to how hard you hit any note.

@justinbowen1183

2 жыл бұрын

Completely agree. Bends and vibratos add extra spice to your playing. It took me 15 years to get my vibrato the way I want but now I'm extremely happy with it. It's also has to do with your pickups. The Seymour Duncan invader on my schecter omen 6 sounds amazing with bends it's extremely bold and solid. The custom pickup on my synyster gates custom ironically doesn't sound as solid and I spent over $1,300 on it.

@enimapodofficial6618

2 жыл бұрын

I play both keyboard and guitar, and agree pretty much on that front. However, if ya' dig bending notes, and want to screw around with keyboard-style instruments with the ability to bend notes without manual tuning, I suggest getting a synthesizer keyboard with a pitch wheel. Recently, I got an old (1990's) Yamaha PSR-48 preset keyboard from some dude off of Craigslist, which I got it specifically for the pitch wheel, and I miss not being able to use a pitch wheel whenever I screw around with my PSR-36 preset-synthesizer. Using a pitch-wheel also gives a bunch of other options for experimenting and messing around. Whenever I improvise solos with my Yamaha PSR-48 for instance, I often use the pitch wheel for everything from simple blue note bends, to aggressive whammy-bar style flailing, to experimenting with moving the pitch-wheel between normally tuned notes and playing brief flurries of microtonal melodic playing alongside my more normal, but still often chromatic lines. TLDR: Oldschool pitch-wheels are f'in rad.

Saw a documentary with an Egyptologist showing a tablet they’d found. Translating the hieroglyphs discovered it was a complaint letter to the Government in Egypt 4000 years ago saying: ”Things are all wrong, things were better in the olden days”.

@m7alan7johnson7

2 жыл бұрын

😂🤣😂🤣 If this is true, IT's GREAT!

@themodernshoe2466

2 жыл бұрын

The very first boomer

@mechmat12345

2 жыл бұрын

lol

As a Gen-Xer, I'm old enough to remember the post-punk years when "bending" basically meant you were playing "metal"

@ProfessorKitchen

2 жыл бұрын

As a fellow Gen-Xer, I agree. I remember that well.

I hope that Tim takes this as a challenge and his next album is full of trap beats, boomer bends, and cow bell.

@thelostcause278

Жыл бұрын

More cow bell!😂

@frodobaggins1505

Жыл бұрын

Yes, cowbell...

@viviolet7

8 ай бұрын

my favourite thing about Remember That You Will Die is how they never bend a single note on ego death, and then just about every note in steve vai's part is bent

It looks like a green screen because of the cold lighting you shine on yourselves. It contrasts harshly with the warm lighting in the background and gives an odd impression. Plus it's an expensive stack of equipment most just dream of, it's borderline unbelievable.

@Zerobob26

2 жыл бұрын

Haha, imagine if his "studio" has been a green screen the whole time.

@BradReid

2 жыл бұрын

The deep focus figures into it too. It’s not a natural way of seeing.

Hello Rick: Rhett is completely correct when he said that if music is good people will still connect with it. A few weeks ago, I got Frank Sinatra's cd "In the Wee Small Hours", and it's incredibly good.

@ursula3438

2 жыл бұрын

The records Sinatra and Nelson Riddle made for Capitol in the 50s are still absolute benchmarks and among the best albums ever made.

@tonyanderton3521

2 жыл бұрын

I agree, Ian. In the Wee Small Hours is excellent, along with a lot of the other Sinatra albums of the '50s. Just great jazz standards performed superbly.

@tonyanderton3521

2 жыл бұрын

@@ursula3438 Yes, you're right, Ursula.

@BOWLINGCTUSA

2 жыл бұрын

It's even better on vinyl

@ianwynne764

2 жыл бұрын

@@ursula3438 Hello Ursula: Listening to Sinatra sing, I'm reminded of Fred Astaire's famous saying, "If you look like you are working hard, then you are not working hard enough." Sinatra makes it sound so effortless, when you know that it's incredibly hard to sing like that.

I can't truly express how much I LOVE the WMTSG series!!! I know that they are not ad-friendly, but they really help bring to light all the minute details that normally just go under the radar or are overlooked. Cheers!!!!

I love your deep dives, but I also love those top 10, contemporary music lists for the exact reason you listed. You’re going into the trenches for me, and I really appreciate it! I’ve actually found a few new artists that I now follow from those videos, so thank you.

People think its a green screen only because your studio is SO well lit. Like look how well your shirt is lit, its...its...its beautiful

@Geezer-yf8hv

2 жыл бұрын

It’s true, he has been a music producer for so long, and he has mastered video production as well. ALWAYS great lighting, great sound quality, etc…Like any good recording, nothing ever gets lost in the mix!!

@Chris-MusicTheoryAndFretboard

2 жыл бұрын

True it is well lit but I wonder if it could be better balanced somehow. Not that Rick should change anything - it's fine. But if the constant questions are annoying then I suppose I would recommend a change in the color of the lighting perhaps?

@Geezer-yf8hv

2 жыл бұрын

@@Chris-MusicTheoryAndFretboard Nah!!!! You can’t guide your life by other people’s questions! You can’t please everyone, so you gotta please yourself, (Ricky Nelson).

@Chris-MusicTheoryAndFretboard

2 жыл бұрын

@@Geezer-yf8hv I agree. But sometimes it's good to be open to feedback. There's nothing wrong with changing something that's just aesthetic and small without giving up your core values.

@Jesus0nSteroids

2 жыл бұрын

It's because the lighting in the background is warm and the key lighting on their faces is cooler, closer to daylight. Both being well-lit creates a stark separation between foreground and background. Using a wider aperture or longer lens on the camera would help separate it.

"Boomer Bends" will be the name of my new Prog-Rockabilly band

@camwinston5248

2 жыл бұрын

...thats a good one..hiliarious😁..but it sounds like something you would take "pepto bismal" .for.

@rodrigodepierola

2 жыл бұрын

@@camwinston5248 That's it, you're not getting signed copy of our first album

@treborretlaw

2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking of calling my act "Bob Boomer and the Mild Guys"

@stevelucero9047

2 жыл бұрын

Prog-abilly... sounds explosive....

@TranscendentBen

2 жыл бұрын

"Hayseed Dixie covers Yes, ELP and Renaissance" That'l be one big Hoedown.

Your What Makes This Song Great series is amazing. Listening to parts in isolation and in context is incredibly instructive, like a masterclass.

I really appreciate you Rick. You're an amazing person, musician, and teacher. You're an inspiration. I thank God that you're out here with a brain, a heart and a soul.

Andy Partridge called the blues lick where you bend a B string and pluck the corresponding fretted (high) E the "Ernie" sound. As in ERR-NIE, ERR-NIE, ERR-NIE..

@jasonlieberman4606

2 жыл бұрын

He still around?

@corvus00

2 жыл бұрын

@@jasonlieberman4606 Yes, Andy Partridge is still around

@theHumanBryno

2 жыл бұрын

@@jasonlieberman4606 He put out a short EP this year that's really good.

@DavidRamos-nz4bh

2 жыл бұрын

I love hearing Andy talk. …

@dylanarcher827

2 жыл бұрын

Just tried this, it really does sound like that lol!

I’m Gen X, but boomer bends hit a little too close to my A minor pentatonic home for comfort. I’ll fire back by saying I’m all set with these tiktok guitarists and their “headache arpeggios.” I kid, it’s all good. As Frank Zappa said, “Bestow Peace Upon One Another and Play Yer Guitar.”

Keep doing videos with Dave and Rhett! I can't get together with my friends right now to bullshit about guitar and music so this is the next best thing. Keep it up!

The background lights in your videos is a major part of what makes them so relaxing to watch, please never change it.

Hello Rick: Thank you very much for mentioning Rory Gallagher. I saw him play in the mid-1970's and it was one of the best concerts I have ever been to. Keep up the good work.

Speaking of multi tracks, It's neat how hearing old multi tracks recorded with so much noise, hum, sloppy playing, abrupt cuts make up our favorite songs. like Space Oddity, with the stylophone and guitar on one track, it sounds so primitive, but the mix is incredible.

@tonybates7870

2 жыл бұрын

Years ago musicians' imaginations outstripped the technology; now the technology outstrips the musicians' imaginations.

@lucasimmons075

2 жыл бұрын

Really makes you think how much we overthink every small thing like slight fret buzzes or bass rattles when playing with headphones and how they wouldn't even be noticeable in a mix

@CAGED1702

2 жыл бұрын

@@maplesyrup4881 🙄 Sure...like Bach, Mozart, Gershwin or Donald Fagan, Charlie Parker, Quincy Jones...

Metal Dad is amazing. I follow him since some years 😊 The continuity of dad leaning in his chair is timeless.

He’s right about people today having an advantage when it comes to access of information but that can also be the most overwhelming and discouraging part of trying to learn when all you see is how much you still have to learn and many people have already done it so much incredibly well

I appreciate what y'all do and these conversations and lessons. I've been learning guitar for 3 yrs and I'm over 40.

Rick, I've liked almost all of your videos, and I've watched a boatload of them now, but I very rarely laughed out loud through the whole thing. Until today. I really enjoy watching the 3 of you interact, and I appreciate the knowledge base that each of you brings to the table. Thank you for making this one.

@theray1319

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed

One of my favourite things is to see a number of rock covers bands we have around where I live. There are rock covers bands everywhere, of course, and they are invariably great fun to hear, watch, sing and dance to. One of the really great things about them is that they are playing a lot of ‘old’ music (as in, not brand new) and there are always loads of young people really enjoying it! Live music speaks to everyone. ‘Rock’ is the best, obviously, but it’s all rock and roll to me 🤘

10:19 - that melodic minor line followed by the harmonic sounded like the last chords of a progression, and it was beautiful.

Just imagine that 18 yr old country guy thinking he was about to go viral….and…….no. Rhett forgot his name.

@denverguitarhero

2 жыл бұрын

Lmao you have a creative brain

As a 38 year-old millennial, I am a proud boomer-bender 😁

Love listening to Rick's stories. Am same age, lived in Rochester, took a similar road of travel to find a home and professional accomplishment.

That was a sensational video boys, really enjoyable. Thank you 😊 ❤ I love Boomer Bends, yay! Lol. Got me thinking of Radiohead's album The Bends actually lol. I think the songs off that are classics that will stand the test of time as well. I can't wait for stuff played on 'popular' radio stations to be of a much better quality again. But to write a really good song it requires imagination and talent. I would love to see a return of that. And as for people having a shorter attention span, I think we can blame ads for that. How many decades has it been now that have we had our attention constantly interrupted by more & more ads. It's no wonder people can't focus and concentrate on something anymore - even if they wanted to. Thank God for some streaming with no ads now!

great video. I've always felt that if someone says "there's no good music made today" that they are just lazy or not that interested in finding new music.

Suggestion: Please add links to Dave & Rhett’s channels when they are guests

@julezdacoolz5955

2 жыл бұрын

yep

Lol Rick I just enjoyed watching this nice ,open conversation , that just made me smile, felt like I'm right there with you guys hehe Keep doing what you do, pure fun!

As you said, great to have these guys back on your channel. Loved it.

If you get jeans without holes, how are you supposed to get your legs in them?

@jamescaldwell2357

2 жыл бұрын

Ancient Chinese wisdom!

@rw6616

2 жыл бұрын

@@jamescaldwell2357 Calgon is the ancient Chinese secret.

@moritzk.5198

2 жыл бұрын

Preach

@toploadtele

2 жыл бұрын

LMAO!

@GeekyGami

2 жыл бұрын

Well how many holes do jeans actually have? Is it 3, is it 2, is it a single hole? Does it even qualify as a hole?

Something so refreshing about Rick cracking one open with the boys.

Rick I had listened to Ramble On so many times from radio on my walkman on my ipod. But I have to say your channel and in particular your What makes this song great of that song and many other songs has made me hear that song and all the other songs you've covered in a truly different way. Thank you so very much.

Since it came up I have to say that this room is beautiful. The floor, the lighting and of course the gear. I'm not a boomer but I love the old school wood aesthetic. I also think those rooms sound better.

Another cool thing: all of these lessons are on record for posterity. Long after we're all gone these videos will be teaching kids how to jam. This stuff is foundational, man. Ya'll are doing the good work.

@ArturdeSousaRocha

2 жыл бұрын

Severely underrated comment.

I've been in the visual FX industry for nearly 30 years. That's the best damn blue screen I've even seen.

Love these videos on guitar. Helps me sharpen things up a bit and keep the inspiration.

I love these videos! The only bad thing about them is they're too short. My favorite KZread channel!.

Took me years to have my son interested in the ''boomer bends'' and the likes (Trower,Knopfler,Gilmour,Beck etc..).He is a tech death metal lead guitarist.He gets it.

Rick’s guitar is so beautiful. As A Perfect Circle once said “ turning blue such a lovely color for you”

9:26 might be the first 1-minute clip of yours I've ever seen, and it was gorgeous. You could intro an actual song with that solo! Now I wanna watch it again! 😂🍿

I really like these sit down videos with guests, really good content!

It's funny, whenever I'm writing music now a little voice will pop into my head telling me that Rick Beato wouldn't find that chord progression interesting!

That's crazy Rick, that you have such amazing editing skills that you could CG that whole studio in and make it look like you can interact with it. Impressive.

I am so glad you walked back into the room, that has settled a long debate in my head.

All good points on the accessibility of new stuff. Being a Dad and full time nurse, I do miss the days of rock radio. We had folks whose job was to find the good stuff for me and they promoted bands the thought were cool. That’s a time saver for me and my free time is precious. Don’t hear this point very often. I’m a gen Xer and I miss the days of going to the record store to pick up The Smashing Pumkins’ Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. Call me old fashioned but the Streaming Services require me to be my own personal DJ. Back in the day folks got paid to do that for me and it costs me the price of a radio.

I really like the three of you together. Always such a good show.

"Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love"...2 chords, beast song

Thank you Mr Beato for bringing this string bender out of the woodwork, never ever even heard of him. This amazing talent can bend strings any way he wants, as far as i'm concerned.

23 year old here who's played guitar since 2015, relatively new. Its a super steep learning curve at first but things seem to catalyze and come together the more I practice and play. It's like a language I find. The more I express, the more I can build on those expressions into more complex and nuanced expressions, as if I'm expanding upon a grand vocabulary. I find the more I play the more I'm able to get a better feel, more clarity and more muscle memory and it just becomes easier.

Literally laughed out loud at Rhett's perfectly timed "excruciating" quip. Actually I laughed quite a lot during this particular video. Thank you gentlemen.

@bossfan49

2 жыл бұрын

He's right, though. I mean..who's supposed to pay attention for a WHOLE MINUTE??!! =D

*_When Rich actually walked back to his chair and sat down, it suddenly looked like they were all sitting in front of a green screen. I can’t unsee it now. 😂_*

@bengonzalez5215

2 жыл бұрын

I couldn't see it until you said it

@milkcarton6654

2 жыл бұрын

same! I never thought it looked like a green screen until i started looking at it this way just now

@Paulnap

2 жыл бұрын

I dont know why but I started seeing "RB in a green screen" just 1 minute before this video ends.

I love it. The kids an anarchist. Its exactly that sort of thing that keeps rock and roll fresh. And we *sorely* need that.

I have to say that I knew every one of the 1971 Top Ten songs. When I say "knew them" I mean that with just the title I knew the melodies, the beat, the harmonies and the way they felt to me back then. Also, I played at least half of them in bands that I was in.

i’d love to hear Rick talk about the band Brainiac once. they’re like a lost gem, inspiration for Mars Volta and the Breeders, but they used such weird chords.

@BobKissinger

2 жыл бұрын

It would be awesome to hear Rick's take on really weird/awesome guitar bands like US Maple, Don Caballero, Polvo etc

@Jeff_____

2 жыл бұрын

@@BobKissinger all amazing bands. I was pretty shocked to hear Rick mention Superchunk in a video the other day. He's got a vast knowledge of all music.

@Newgrassrock

2 жыл бұрын

@@BobKissinger YES

Not gonna lie, still feeling blue-balled about the “lost mode” upload that quickly went private. WHAT IS THE LOST MODE, FATHER? TEACH ME THE UNNATURAL WAYS OF THE SITH

@backpaincure

2 жыл бұрын

I think he said mixolydian flat 6.

@ExplodingPsyche

2 жыл бұрын

Okay, glad I wasn't hallucinating. What happened to that video?

@FriendlyChorf

2 жыл бұрын

If anyone knows what the forgotten mode is, it’s Rick

@mickeyaugrec7560

2 жыл бұрын

@@backpaincure Seriously? Huh...lost to me. Might try it. Will look for that video.

@billbeckley1474

2 жыл бұрын

Now that's fucking funny! LOL

15:02 agreed, some of my friends never heard rock before but they just go WOW when it's played to them

I do a ton of licensing music myself, and you're so right. When you're used to tight constraints it's very difficult to let an idea develop in a much longer song. A fantastic example of a modern long form song is bury the light by Casey edwards and Victor Borba.

@orlock20

2 жыл бұрын

Am I The One by Beth Hart at Paradiso is a wild ride that lasts 11 minutes. She wrote that song when she was 15 in 15 minutes. She first performed the song as a singing contestant in 1993 and it's still being sung by TV singing contestants.

"Boomer bends" were invented by pre-boomer blues guitarists as an imitation of blues singers. Some great post-boomer guitarists, like Chris Buck, have rejuvenated and developed boomer bends - and other classic riffs and techniques - to enhance and humanize their playing. Just another technique which can be used or abused depending on the musicality of the player.

@shreyashshrestha6085

2 жыл бұрын

I dont understand what the fuck a boomer bend is

@NeilBolandGuitaristWriter

2 жыл бұрын

I think you missed the joke/point. It's the kind of bend a player will do that misses the mark for the note they are aiming for. It's usually painful to listen to. I think some 'alternative' guitarists of the 90s brought them back in a deliberate 'ironic' or deliberately dissonant kind of way; I think that's different from the 'boomer bend', a humourous way of identifying folks who are trying to play like those who *can* bend (usually the Claptons etc of the Boomer era), but haven't put in the work to 'get there' in tune.

@shreyashshrestha6085

2 жыл бұрын

@Tyler Harshbarger Ohh i see. ACDC Angus Young does that a lot. But if done right it always sounds badass.

@ridgerunner4943

2 жыл бұрын

Joe Walsh is my favorite Bender.

@vinq8621

2 жыл бұрын

@@NeilBolandGuitaristWriter it’s a bend that highlights a major chord

Boomer Bend- the slow groaning movement an elder gentleman makes while lifting himself from a Lazyboy chair after a nap. :-)

@wirenut3020

2 жыл бұрын

😂

@isaiahmarquez9717

2 жыл бұрын

🤣 I feel attacked

I can't believe how you did that @9:42 I've been trying so hard to grasp music theory after years and years of playing, and it's been a serious challenge

You guys talking about the length of the songs about the 8:20 mark made me think of radio going back to the 50's up to maybe late 60's when music had to fit in a window for radio; before the FM format, college radio or whatever it was that changed music where more experimental or longer songs were introduced. Weird how the more that things change ; the more they remain the same. Just saying its coming full circle and hopefully it keeps going until it gets better again!

A boomer, a gen x and a millenial walk into a recording studio, you're in for and interesting 20 minutes. Really enjoy these Beato talks!

@dmnddst

2 жыл бұрын

dont forget the zoomer with a polyphia hoodie on

I love how nonchalantly Tim said “Boomer Sound” to everyone in the room with no awareness, that’s genuinely amusing

@DavidHBurkart

2 жыл бұрын

...it makes you wonder whether or not he understands where "boomer-bends" come from or if he was just that unaware of who is around him. There is always the possibility that he just didn't care 🤷‍♂️😂

@EVEROSFP1

2 жыл бұрын

Many Guitar personas in the past used to make statements in the style " i represent the new and I don't give a dime for the rest". It's nothing new...the tradition continues . Guitarists are simply people that happens to know guitar. Some of them are gentle guys some are not...

@DavidHBurkart

2 жыл бұрын

@@EVEROSFP1 Yep... nothing truly new under the sun

@EclecticHillbilly

2 жыл бұрын

@@DavidHBurkart Like younger generations throughout history, they think everything started new with them............they'll learn eventually, if they live long enough.

@denglish5275

2 жыл бұрын

You can't really deny the ubiquitous nature bends played in the guitar zeitgeist in that "boomer" era. It was iconic of the time. What he is saying by boomer bends, imo, is not that they are bad but more that they feel cliche in the modern era because of how common they used to be. This happens in all forms of art that spans generations. You see transitions away from certain styles and toward new ones.

What I love about it is that weirdly Rick looks like he is on green screen when he comes and sits down. It’s just the lighting doing that I think. It made me chuckle.

Quite a pleasant conversation overall. Yes, there's definitely lots of great music out there by young musicians, but you have to scratch the surface a bit to get to it.

I've been recording music for 20 years. I know how a song is put together, albeit, poorly...(but at least I know how to use a multiband comp) That being said. What I really enjoy about WMTSG is how enthusiastic Rick is about great parts, great playing/singing, and great mixing.... I love hearing (usually, sometimes seeing) him LIGHT UP. It's part validation part appreciation for me. Rick.... you should really get in touch with Pat Finnerty. I bet you two would have a blast.

@tombushell1276

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, Pat Finnety would be a a great interview … search “ what makes this song suck?“ if you aren’t familiar with him

As a boomer who isn't yet qualified to bend yet I'm particularly grateful for having access to the best and most diverse teachers around the world who can all come into my home via the internet and inform and instruct my playing. When I was in high school and thought about learning guitar there was the one teacher in the area that all my friends went to and inadvertently created a whole bunch of clones - thankfully for the area he was pretty good but as a 58 year old learning finally to play - I'm loving the diversity and tapping into the best of the world.

@privateislandice

2 жыл бұрын

I say that all the time. When I was a kid I couldn't find the resources to learn properly and gave it up after a few years in my teens. Decades later I picked it back up during quarantine, and with the help of KZread teachers and backing tracks, I've progressed much farther in the last year, than five years of my youth. Plus, between Harley Benton, Monoprice, Donner, etc., decent guitars and gear have never been cheaper.

I picked up guitar for the first time last year to give me something to do during Covid. Probably the best thing I did in the past year and a half.

Perspective. This is why I love your channel. What is viral today is what I used call pop or pap in my day. It will always be there but it always has a limited shelf life.

Well, my favorite guitarist is David Gilmour!! So yeah, I’m ALL into Bending like a Boomer!!

Rick, it’s the white hair….and how your hair is brightly lit, against the darkly lit background. That’s what makes you stand out so much from the background that it looks like a blue screen. At least I’m glad to finally know the background is real… :)

@jcomm120

2 жыл бұрын

The background is coherent and smooth, never any confusion for me.

Rhett touched on this but what I think is so great about being a musician right now is the fact that I get access to so many people to learn from. Instead of having one book, or one music teacher to take lessons from I get to gain perspective about all things music from so many different wonderfully talented people with a click on a mouse or tap of a phone. I might see a video on the minor scales from one person one day, then a couple days later I see a similar video from Rick with a slightly different way of presenting it that makes everything click. And it's not that one was necessarily better than the other but that slightly different presentation or one little additional word might be the final puzzle piece that my brain needed for it all to finally make sense. We are simply spoiled with the amount of readily available resources today. If you want to learn to play an instrument or music in general right now there is absolutely no excuse not to.

I've tried more than ounce to try and read music ,when i started playing on My Yes TG& Y purchased guitar and amp package at age 13 .My cousin had one and i had to have one at the hefty price of $50. Put it on layaway and after a few months of delivering news papers, I got it. I was making chords that i didn't even know what they were till a friend gave me a chord chart .I did learn to tune to a pitch pipe. I'm 67 now still don't know how to read ,but i have a good ear and can tell when something is way off. Santana was one of my favorite bands at that time.

Always great seeing you three together. You're a fun bunch. A Boomer Bender Bunch.

Dave’s licks at 11:17 were the best part of this video

I just went through that top 100 list. Brought floods of memories back, even though I was only 10.

Professional videographer here (about the beginning and people's claims of green screening lol) I don't know if it was intentional or not but what makes it look so good is that that ceiling light above your head is situated juuuust behind your head so it's actually creating an ever so slight rimlighting on your head, separating you from the background. (This is common in photography and videography - I do it all the time for band shoots). Well done!

Yeah, as much as I love Tim Henson’s sound I’ll never get over the bends! Or… “boomer sound”

@denglish5275

2 жыл бұрын

I don't think there's any hate for the bends. Just an interesting transition between generations. I'm sure the next gen of guitarists will make jokes about how all the old guys are obsessed with harmonics while they shred their fretless guitars and so on. I love bends but it really is indicative if an era at this point. And feels a bit stale and derivative in the guitar world today. It's good to have transitions in the culture like such.

@juanvaldez5422

2 жыл бұрын

Instead of bending , do an ultra non-musical annoying tapping lick instead

@chrisssbrooks

2 жыл бұрын

@@juanvaldez5422 exactly

@MrGren-hq8yw

2 жыл бұрын

@@juanvaldez5422 how are Tim Henson's tapping licks not musical?

@Shuffit

2 жыл бұрын

Nah, I could listen to David Gilmour’s bendy solos all day.

The thing is people dont really hear those viral songs as songs, they`re associated to a trend or dance and that`s how they become popular

@qwertyasdf66

2 жыл бұрын

Good point. It's called a viral video, not a viral song. If the screen was just blank they wouldn't be viral at all.

@orlock20

2 жыл бұрын

Also they only hear 10 seconds of the song. Many songs become better if on only hears 8 to 10 seconds of it.

KZread and the internet in general have changed everything for everyone- I don't think anyone would argue with that. It's not just guitar playing or ppl who play music- it changed many aspects of my life. I learned to work leather and make knives via KZread- began collecting knives- met ppl in the community- and eventually started making knives and doing leather work for a living. Then I picked up bass fishing- learned everything I know off KZread- and ended up fishing tournaments. It's become a huge part of my life. Then I found all the guitar resources and picked my guitar back up- now I'm learning theory and technique instead of just learning songs to play. I figure if I can get to where I've already have just playing by ear and not knowing any theory or the first scale- just think of what I can do if I learn this stuff properly. KZread has changed my life drastically. If I had of had a resource like this growing up- man, there's no telling what I would've gotten into. You can find anything you want on here- everything from how to work on my truck to how to play guitar to how to train a dog. And they're all taught by ppl who are truly passionate about the subject matter.

I played guitar for about 7 years as a kid. I played in bands that actually earned money on stage. I was very mediocre and didn't really know how to improve. I put the guitar down after uni and it stayed in its case for nearly 20 years. Lockdown came and I popped it out of its case. Then I discovered the modern DAW, the power of digital pedal platforms like helix and a plethora of AMAZING content on youtube to show you every aspect of everything you could ever need and more (Adam Neely, Signals Studio, Rick Beato, Paul Davids and more). Even being able to watch a hi-def camera shot of how an expert holds their hand/pick is an underrated opportunity. There has NEVER been a better time for someone with a desire and the dedication to become an expert musician.

That old school les Paul Rhett has in his lap is absolutely ridiculously gorgeous. Also I agree with everything being said in this video. Killin it always.

@Hardiarm

2 жыл бұрын

Ha, ha, That's Rick Beato's signature guitar - yet to be commercially released!

@ryang3225

2 жыл бұрын

@@Hardiarm no wayyyy lmfao that guitar is gorgeous

@ryanevans371

2 жыл бұрын

It's an SG, not a Les Paul. But it IS gorgeous.

@gt-37guy6

2 жыл бұрын

@@ryanevans371 SG? Look again, no curved pointy horns...No body contours on surface...Dude it is a Double Cut Les Paul like the old school Les Paul Special 1959 ish.

@ryanevans371

2 жыл бұрын

@@gt-37guy6 Excuse me, you're right. Saw the double cut, and didn't look any closer. Also, today I learned a double-cutaway Les Paul existed. Had to look it up.

Boomer Bends I’m 27 and love rock and metal (70-90’s) I really wanna see a resurgence of those sounds in the mainstream

@3badthebad

2 жыл бұрын

there already is, you’re just not searching enough

@Tony78432

2 жыл бұрын

@@3badthebad do enlighten me friend lol

@Tony78432

2 жыл бұрын

@@3badthebad note I also said “in the mainstream”

@khoroshoorange

2 жыл бұрын

me too man!

It’s the key light that separates you from the background. It’s actually cool how it looks

I agree with Rhett about social media giving exposure to many new/unknown guitarists. I've discovered many (and other instrumentalists) on KZread etc.

rick taking his phone and just ignoring rhett while he was talking is the most non-boomer/gen-z thing ever 😅

@pfzt

2 жыл бұрын

haha, true :)

@vajrasattva1

2 жыл бұрын

I kinda thought he was looking for the Tic Toc that Rhett was talking about.

@progfox

2 жыл бұрын

@@yinoveryang4246 bruh its literally the boomer of the group doing that? man yall hags are dense

Other than some regional hits, I have pretty good recall of the stuff that was played on AM radio (as sweeping generalization) back in the 70's into the 80's - it's probably occupying more gray cells than I can truly afford to devote to music, but I guess (short of a focused lobotomy), it's my burden to carry...

@reginald7214

2 жыл бұрын

😆 🤣

@glennhecker4422

2 жыл бұрын

Nice "problem" to have, though.

The three musketeers!!!!! I love listening to you three talking about well.... Anything...

As for that 1971 list: I remember, and can still recite the lyrics, from every single one. I can't remember my kids or grandkids birthdates, but I remember those songs...And many, many, many more...

Your key light (+ fill light?) is a cooler temperature than your room lighting, which is why you stand out from the background and people think it's a green-screen.

The whole green screen thing is hilarious. No one understands focal values and lighting these days.

Really interesting discussion again lads, top job👍

I am 49 years of age. When I was in elementary school and even into High School the other kids used to make fun of me for my tastes in music, and even a couple of the music teachers even made fun of me for my taste in music! Why? Because no one could understand why I liked pretty much anything and everything from Classical Music including Opera, Big Band/Swing Jazz, Jazz Blues, Rhythm and Blues/R&B, Country, County & Western, Western Swing Oldies, Classic Rock, Folk, Disco, Metal, 1980's Punk, Funk, 1980's Rap, music from around the world and yes even Polka! LOL Heck I corrected my one music teacher when he said: " Elvis Presley NEVER used an Electric guitar!" Yeah Right! The previous night I saw the one TV special Elvis did called "One Night With You - Live in 1968" What made so memorable to me was at one moment during the one song while Elvis was singing and playing guitar all of a sudden his guitar got unplugged! He stopped singing and says: "Okay, Who unplugged my guitar?" and that is when a lady in the audience must have said that she had tripped over the cord and said she was sorry. He laughed and asked for someone to plug back in the guitar and then continued right where he left off in the song. LOL The guys in the "band" and the whole audience even laughed. That is how I knew Elvis used an Electric guitar! lol Everyone made fun of me for liking Elvis Presley, including the music teacher. People still think I am crazy for liking the older Country/Western and Country artists such as: Tex Ritter, Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, Roy Clark, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, The Statler Brothers, Oakridge Boys, Loretta Lynn, and many many others.