Chuck D. Bones
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They cover a myriad of topics, including Gilmour's pedals. He talks about the Big Muff, Butler Tube Driver and compressors.
Rick Beato interviews David Gilmour
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They cover a myriad of topics, including Gilmour's pedals. He talks about the Big Muff, Butler Tube Driver and compressors.
tegendemuur
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That Boomer is A-OK! I enjoyed his Brian May interview as well.
BrainDrain
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It’s interesting how he got this interview after posting a video where he seemed genuinely sad about how some guys just can’t be reached lol. Gotta love Beato. 
giovanni
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He definitely loves a bit of drama. He’s alright though. I really liked his Keith Jarrett and his Julian Lage interviews.It’s interesting how he got this interview after posting a video where he seemed genuinely sad about how some guys just can’t be reached lol. Gotta love Beato.
nooneknows
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Well, actually I've never heard Gilmour talking for an hour and a half, that's a good point in Beato's interviews, the guests actually feel very comfortable
jessenator
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It's like Rick actually likes to focus on music instead of trying to beat the drama count of an episode of VH1's Behind The Music
I was actually concerned about the first one , that maybe Gilmour's agent said "don't talk about the Floyd,"
No matter what you think of him, I think he's been rather up front that what he cares about is recording these people's thoughts, talents , techniques, etc. so that people can have the interviews for reference for music history sake.
I was actually concerned about the first one , that maybe Gilmour's agent said "don't talk about the Floyd,"
No matter what you think of him, I think he's been rather up front that what he cares about is recording these people's thoughts, talents , techniques, etc. so that people can have the interviews for reference for music history sake.
falco_femoralis
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I can't stand beatoff. He asks the same obvious questions everyone else has already asked like it's the first time anyone's ever had those thoughts.
I was on the fence about him until I saw his video on I-9. They were a super talented original up and coming band, yet to be signed, and he approached them and signed onto his label. He had the opportunity to be a guiding force for the group, yet when a bigger producer fish came along he stepped aside, knowing full well what usually happens to bands in the industry - they get broken up before they get to recording, other people come in to play the parts, and every producer and studio exec has to tack their name onto the band's songs so they get a writing credit. And Rick likely did this so as not to make waves in the industry. No backbone and no originality. Complete tool.
His music theory courses are a joke as well. The way he "explains" stuff isn't thorough or comprehensive and requires double checking with other sources anyway. And half the time you have to hear him go on about how he was a guitar prodigy when he was still in the womb.
This is a much more interesting interview with a much better interviewer
I was on the fence about him until I saw his video on I-9. They were a super talented original up and coming band, yet to be signed, and he approached them and signed onto his label. He had the opportunity to be a guiding force for the group, yet when a bigger producer fish came along he stepped aside, knowing full well what usually happens to bands in the industry - they get broken up before they get to recording, other people come in to play the parts, and every producer and studio exec has to tack their name onto the band's songs so they get a writing credit. And Rick likely did this so as not to make waves in the industry. No backbone and no originality. Complete tool.
His music theory courses are a joke as well. The way he "explains" stuff isn't thorough or comprehensive and requires double checking with other sources anyway. And half the time you have to hear him go on about how he was a guitar prodigy when he was still in the womb.
This is a much more interesting interview with a much better interviewer
I think there are plenty worse than Beato. He can be annoying sometimes but you can say the same about anyone really. Some episodes are better than others. I get tired of hearing about the same bunch of bands over and over from other youtubers. I really don't need to hear any more about Led Zep, Pink Floyd, Jeff Beck or Eric Clapton. I'd rather hear about T-Bone Waker, Otis Rush, Nick Curran, Peter Hayes, Geordie, Johnny Marr, Robin Guthrie, Brad Shepherd, Joey Santiago, James Honeyman Scott...
jimilee
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Blasphemy!
jessenator
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I'll admit, I have to watch them in pieces. He's ...he's a talented musician, but he's not the greatest interviewer in the world, but I absolutely love it when he does talk less and just lets guests do their thing and the fountain of musicality can come out. I think a couple that I watched from start to finish in one session were Bernard Purdie and Al di Meola. Tells you how long ago I was paying close attention.
andare
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Gilmour had him in his studio for the second interview, Di Meola and Keith Jarret had him in their home, Lee Sklar made a follow up video on his channel saying how cool Beato was, etc. My guess is he's not that bad but I get it, some of you don't like Beato. Now can we focus on the genius musicians he interviews? You guys ain't doing it so Beato is the best we've got.
I like it when the musician goes into the actual music. Beato can hold his own and will talk about it at length. Some note worthy ones Nuno Bettencourt and jazz pianist Keith Jarrett and many others. What I like is it's not a *buy my new POS* fake interview. I'm not interested in the TikTok popularity piddling contest of politics of band and brands.
I bought beato's music online music book. It's not beginner course (it covers those in a session with one sentence in some parts), it's probably intermediate+. However spending a weekend educating myself on the basics (using the UK BBC's music theory, and a couple of others) to peace together a basic understanding. I now understand more about the theory from his course.
I bought beato's music online music book. It's not beginner course (it covers those in a session with one sentence in some parts), it's probably intermediate+. However spending a weekend educating myself on the basics (using the UK BBC's music theory, and a couple of others) to peace together a basic understanding. I now understand more about the theory from his course.
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Mentaltossflycoon
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The face I made while deleting the comment I was brewing up to pile on Beato.
All I'll say is that western music theory has changed very little in recent years and used books are very cheap.
Static books are dry, with the added explanation and examples it works better for me. It helps link the aural and logical text together. His song analysis also then builds on this and helps reinforce. One of the issues we face in this world of digital verbal diarrhoea is structured approach to learning and that's where there's a distinction on online courses.
Every time I listen to the first Pretenders album I am amazed at how good Jimmy Scott was. What a loss. If he had lived who knows how good he might have become? I love that first album and the guitars sounds take me back to 1979, being very much a beginner guitarist trying to work out how everything worked. That '79 Marshall JMP sound has stuck with me as unpretty as it was - it's the sound I heard when learning basic guitar. The pubs around me were full of that sound even though I wasn't supposed to be in there!
I'd love to know more about his playing etc but there isn't much around. The sounds on the second Pretenders album were fantastic - listen to Message of Love for example. But still we seem to hear mostly about Page, Beck, Clapton and Hendrix. Maybe Van Halen and Satriani too. There are so many other great players who were influential - possibly moreso. When I click onto a Rhett Schull video and he's playing a Hendrix tune I just groan and flick over to something else. There have been others you know!
