Has youtube made you realise you suck?

[Matheau]

I was quite surprised to see how many people think "I Love Rock 'N' Roll" is played with open chords.

[Horsecalledwar]

Youtube has been the best thing that has happened to me as a guitar player. I've never had the aspiration to play in a band at anytime in my life. I don't have time for the drama, the pain and for the schedule. I like to jam with friends once in awhile.

I don't have time for lessons either. I've always been self taught, or taught by some friends who were better players. Youtube opened up a whole world of possibilities. I can get a lesson on speed picking from six guys, learn Koto techniques from Eric Johnson and watch someone explain how to play Blackbird - all in a half an hour - with guitar in hand.

It helped me realize how much more I should have been practicing - but I didn't have the knowledge - and the time barrier has always been too large for me to overcome. so, I guess in a way, it helped me see I "suck" but gave me the solutions at the same time.

Also, youtube has helped me understand gear so much better. you can many times find people with the exact gear you are interested in playing on a similar guitar or exact guitar you have. very cool.

[brianxtr]

no,i like to see some great interesting/creative things.i dont like the showoff movies.thats only for guitarist,not for music lovers.those people dont like that at all.(thats my experience)i love youtube to hear music i cant find on old records of want to know what music it is.you can find everything.its great

[the]

hly crap, there are more newbs on youtube than in the maternity wing

[AbeFreshwater]

Originally Posted by CaptainD00M

If YOuTube has made me realise anything, its that there are WAY to many Bedroom Shredders out there who shouldnt have Youtube accounts, and who should pay attention to TIMING!

32nd notes are not to be played over some blues groove!

I highly disagree with you. If people want to play 32nds over blues, I say let 'em

[Homebake]

i've learnt sooooooooooooooo much from youtube! if i didn't have youtube i would be 1/3rd the player i am.

studying everything from paul gilbert and ygnwies picking technique to watching hendrix rip it up in the 60s...it's too good man.

[skins345669]

It's six of one, half dozen of the other.

There are guys on there who are so bad it just make me think, 'Why? Why would you do that?'.

But then there are those bedroom shredders who can play a million notes a second. That's cool for them and everything but, I always wonder, do they actually understand what they're playing? That's what's most important to me, feeling it.

(Yes, I am, up to a certain point, a theory nerd, as opposed to a shredder. But there are still people on there who know more about music than I could dream of.)

All in all, I suck at shredding, but that's not what I do.
When it comes to writing and playing decent music...

I still suck


But not too much.

[nato101010]

I suck, but I understand how to play with a band. Many, many people on YouTube have said "No" when I've asked if they've got a band. Quite unfortunate. When or if they do... usually it's not a nice sight.

But they're fast as hell, which is fun to the player and sometimes the blowing of the mind of the viewer.

[Petie]

YouTube has made me realise that while I may not be as technically shredderiffic as some dudes out there who can play Jason Becker licks behind their head, my phrasing makes up for it.

[Magical Muffin]

The pros of youtube are pretty obvious, free lessons (even if most of them are crap) and you can go from not knowing a famous artist's name to knowing everything about him in less than five minutes, plus what everyone else has said.


The cons are people like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccEbu...eature=channel
(Oh my god I want to take an axe to my speakers when I hear it.)


And I hate it when people sweep and it looks and sounds like a really sloppy string skipping excersize