I guess I will sell all my guitars now. Wish I had received the memo earlier. I suppose the piano, violin, and French horn are dead too
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Baby boom hippies and rockers weren't exactly famous for their relentless hard work.It's a Millennial thing... Playing guitar takes effort, man.
As for Taylor Swift, she's a much better player than Dylan ever was.
Yet, Dylan helped selling MILLIONS of guitars.
Billy Crudup had Pete Frampton & Nancy Wilson giving him lessons on the set of Almost Famous.
The envy runs deep!
I think this Summer I might set my guitar on fire.
The envy runs deep!
I think this Summer I might set my guitar on fire.
Yeah. I believe he was the A&R "expert" from Decca back then.
What an expert...
My parents forced me to take accordion lessons when I was a kid back in the 60s. Some guy went door to door with an accordion trying to get people to sign their kids up for his music school and talked my parents into it. I didn't last very long. It was probably the cool instrument in their day but not to me!
I would have loved to see Hendrix burn an accordion at Monterey!
This whole thing makes me look at my mortality. I remember reading biographies of Miles Davis and Malcolm X, and I thought how my Mother and Aunt talked about doing the dances they described. It sounded so lively, and the I remembered they are all dead now. I saw a video of young, skinny Frank Sinatra driving Bobby Socks girls wild, and I wonder how many of them are alive. I even listen to the Sirius Groove Channel, and I realize how many funk stars of my teenage and twenties years are deceased.
I don't how big the electric guitar or bass will be in the future, but I know all things pass on sooner or later.
I don't how big the electric guitar or bass will be in the future, but I know all things pass on sooner or later.
This whole thing makes me look at my mortality. I remember reading biographies of Miles Davis and Malcolm X, and I thought how my Mother and Aunt talked about doing the dances they described. It sounded so lively, and the I remembered they are all dead now. I saw a video of young, skinny Frank Sinatra driving Bobby Socks girls wild, and I wonder how many of them are alive. I even listen to the Sirius Groove Channel, and I realize how many funk stars of my teenage and twenties years are deceased.
I don't how big the electric guitar or bass will be in the future, but I know all things pass on sooner or later.
I don't how big the electric guitar or bass will be in the future, but I know all things pass on sooner or later.
The thing that gives me hope is to see young musicians like Thundercat and Bubby Lewis, tons of Gospel cats whose names I don't know. Seeing those guys play, and play at such a high level lets me know that at some level, the instrument I live will be making music that has meaning to people, whether it is spiritual or just some good ole booty shaking, I do have faith that the electric bass and guitar will continue.
lol...im not.....start from page 1 and read ALL of my responses before just taking one out of context...to reiterate: the guitar is making a slow but steady transition from mainstream stalwart to the 'niche' market.....exactly like cello, trombone, and many other "flavor-of-their-time" instruments
How do guitar companies choose those they support? Mainstream fame doesn't seem to be it.
Joe Bonnamassa has a few tribute guitars over the years. I know who he is and like him well enough without being a real fan of his. Take him or leave him to some extent.
I don't see him as being a big star in 'the mainstream' though.
Joe Bonnamassa has a few tribute guitars over the years. I know who he is and like him well enough without being a real fan of his. Take him or leave him to some extent.
I don't see him as being a big star in 'the mainstream' though.
There seems to be 2 paths when it comes to endorsement : credibility or popularity.
One helps developing advanced and innovative products, the other sells a lot of instruments.
Brands often play both cards to get a wider spectrum.
One helps developing advanced and innovative products, the other sells a lot of instruments.
Brands often play both cards to get a wider spectrum.
He's a modern guitar hero and is nearing 3mm followers on FB. He posts almost daily. He's yours solo and with BCC.....
That, or the CIA is planning of bugging guitars and basses with listening devices. Future generations of bass players will know with certainty that no matter how inattentive the room is, someone is definitely listening to the bass solo.
+1
hes just as active on Twitter....he posts all the time.....personally, i get a little annoyed with his posts as he is quite the collector/gear nazi and picks up pieces all the time and/or shows off current gear. each time i see posts like this, i feel like my peasant poor azz that cant afford not even one of these things is getting my nose rubbed in it....but, hey, more power to him
why would i go out to see you if you're on YouTube?
if YouTube just provided little snippets it would at least entice people to buy the records and go to shows. our album was posted on YouTube in its entirety. it has around 35,000 views in 2 months. we can attribute 1 or 2 record sales directly to the youtube video. why spend money when YT has it streaming for free whenever you want?
while more people than ever have heard our music the benefit to us as a band is basically nothing.
Ya know, you could provide your own snippets....
Just as a note, you can't really assume what any YouTubers CPM (add revenue per thousand views) is. Best bet is go to social blade to check their estimates, and even there you can see their estimated income varies wildly inside huge ranges. And beyond that, lots of YouTubers are now also doing direct sponsorships with companies, which net them significantly more money than what they can get through YouTube.
This is part of a much larger conversation about streaming music though. There are plenty of cases of large artists who don't allow their music to stream, as it's very clearly not a good way to make money. Like I said though, that's another conversation for another thread, and I'd bet that conversation has already been had here on TB, multiple times.
