This Week In Guitar

Welcome to episode 3 of 'This Week In Guitar', the podcast where we round up and discuss the latest and greatest guitar videos on the net from the past week! A playlist of all the videos discussed in this podcast can be found here: https://guitarapp.com/topics/this-wee... In this episode, Mary Spender's video on the history of explicit lyric stickers on CDs reminds us just how awesome Dee Snider and Frank Zappa are. We chat about how they stood up to congress and fought for the rights of artists in the 80s. Rage Against The Machine are to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. We question whether or not we should care. We chat about Burl's Art's latest video where he makes a lapsteel guitar out of RadioShack silver dollars and reveal the hidden metric that shows just how successful the channel really is. Berklee College professor Tomo Fujita chats with his former student about guitar industry burnout and whether or not guitar players are getting better in the digital age. We discuss the changing of the guard at Gibson and in the Steve Vai band. Steve Vai has a new sideman after 30 years with Dave Weiner and Gibson have a new CEO. Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 0:45 - Mary Spender's video on the battle to censor music in the 80s 1:03 - The filthy 15 2:30 - The senate hearings 3:03 - Parental advisory sticker nostalgia 3:51 - Dee Snyder's spic speech 5:24 - The censorship battle continues (RATM) 5:41 - Fear of the unknown 7:02 - Rage Against The Machine to be inducted to Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 8:59 - Burls Art 10:11 - The pencil guitar and the hidden Burls Art metric 10:56 - Why the creator community loves Burls Art 11:45 - Dan's Discovery Channel addiction 12:27 - Tomo Fujita 13:07 - Guitar industry burnout 14:02 - Do you really want your dream job? 14:22 - Steve Albini doing it his way 15:32 - Are guitar players better now with all these resources? 16:16 - Stumbling in the dark - a trial and error approach to learning 18:18 - Dan's take on stumbling in the dark 19:38 - The two types of guitar players 20:11 - New Gibson CEO 21:18 - New Steve Vai sideman, Dante Frisiello This Podcast is brought to you by GuitarApp.com

Welcome to episode 2 of 'This Week In Guitar', the podcast where we round up and discuss the latest and greatest guitar videos on the net from the past week! A playlist of all the videos discussed in this podcast can be found here: https://guitarapp.com/topics/this-week-in-guitar In this episode, Paul Davids' simple riff breaks our brains and gets us chatting about Tommy Emmanuel's approach to complex guitar parts, Konnakol and Dan's beef with complex time signatures. Next up, we explore JHS's video on cheap overdrive pedals, the Bad Monkey-gate fallout and delve into the pitfalls of tone-chasing and why limitations are good for creativity. Rhett Shull's video on what separates pro guitarists from the rest sets us off on the importance of good time-feel, AC/DC, clapping on the 2 & 4, and metronome tricks. Jens Larsen's 5 easy songs to teach you jazz gives Dan hope of breaking into jazz 25 years into his guitar-playing career. Extreme are back with 2 new singles! We react to Banshee, #Rebel and explore why they sound so refreshing, what makes Nuno Bettencourt so good and why tonal harmony may have arisen in Europe of all places.. Peter Gabriel's open letter about A.I. sparks a discussion about sampling, Grimes and David Bowie. Bryan tries to make sense of Polyphia's success after Dan watches Tim Henson POV video. Rick Beato's video on Ed Sheeran vs. Marvin Gaye sparks a discussion on the state of music copyright. 🎸 Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 0:40 - Paul Davids' simple riff that broke our brain 1:19 - Tommy Emmanuel's approach to complex guitar parts 2:04 - Konnakol 3:28 - Using Konnakol to understand Paul Davids syncopated riff 3:53 - Modern musicians using Konnakol (Andre Antunes, Mattias IA Eklundh & Mohini Dey) 5:11 - Notation using shapes 6:27 - Dan's beef with complex time signatures 7:35 - Pink Floyd - Money's use of time signatures 8:24 - Frank Zappa teaching time signatures on stage 9:11 - Josh from JHS brings awareness to more cheap overdrive pedals 9:50 - Bad Monkey drama backstory 12:24 - 4 cheap overdrives (Lumberjack, Rust Driver, Tubulator & JDS50) 12:49 - Dan's thoughts on the pitfalls of tone-chasing 13:11 - Tom Morello is done with tone-chasing 13:44 - Get the most from the gear at hand 14:13 - The benefits of limitations for creativity 14:55 - Early hardware limitations lead to more creative video game music (Donkey Kong Country) 16:00 - What separates pro guitarists from the rest - Rhett Shull 16:15 - The importance of great time-feel (Phil Rudd of AC/DC) 17:12 - Using a metronome on the 2 and 4 17:50 - What to do when the audience claps on the 1 and 3 18:35 - Metronome tricks (the disappearing metronome) 20:08 - Jens Larsen's 5 easy songs to teach you jazz 22:22 - Bryan's done with Autumn Leaves 23:10 - Extreme are back! Reaction to the 2 new singles, Banshee & #Rebel 23:50 - Why Nuno Bettencourt is the best 24:23 - Extreme's use of blue notes 24:47 - Origins of the blue notes (African and western music combined) 25:47 - Why tonal harmony arose in Europe 26:44 - More reaction to the 2 new Extreme singles, Banshee & #Rebel 28:21 - A.I. & music 28:45 - Peter Gabriel 29:10 - Peter Gabriel pioneering sampling on Security 29:43 - Peter Gabriel's open letter about A.I. 30:38 - David Bowie predicting the impact of internet 31:10 - Tim Henson from Polyphia's POV vid. Lessons coming soon? 31:58 - Bryan tries to make sense of Polyphia's success 32:46 - Polyphia live 33:46 - Rick Beato's vid Ed Sheeran vs. Marvin Gaye 34:02 - Ed Sheeran's multiple copyright battles 34:58 - Can you copyright the blues? 35:24 - Ed Sheeran standing up for songwritng 36:01 - John Williams story 36:47 - Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery 37:21 - More thoughts on Ed Sheeran vs. Marvin Gaye 38:18 - Why Ed Sheeran is right 38:51 - Grimes on copyright This Podcast is brought to you by GuitarApp.com

Welcome to episode 1 of 'This Week In Guitar', the podcast where we round up and discuss the latest and greatest guitar videos on the net from the past week! In this episode, we'll be discussing Rick Beato's recent adventure in England, where he visited the legendary Abbey Road and hung out with the folks from That Pedal Show and Andertons. We'll also be talking about Rotem Sivan extracting wisdom from guitar royalty at NAMM. Casino Guitars' recent video on guitar scams reminds Dan of the time he was scammed out of a Zakk Wylde replica guitar. Wampler sheds some light on the future of amp modeling. Kirk Hammett and Bradley Hall exchange thoughts on what makes a great guitar solo. This and plenty more! This Podcast is brought to you by GuitarApp.com A playlist of all the videos discussed in this podcast can be found here: https://guitarapp.com/topics/this-week-in-guitar