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@thorny3218 Жыл бұрын
Billy is a personal favorite. I’ve always considered him a guitar player’s guitar player.
@user-tz2zz5ij1s Жыл бұрын
For sure. He doesn’t get the credit he deserves. I think it’s because he/and the band stopped trying to be big and have been playing small towns for years with the occasional “big” tour here and there. Growing up in Texas, I’ve seen them live so many times. From small clubs to larger venues, and back and fourth. Rev Billy really is about just playing out. No reinvention, ZZ Top is what they are.
@hiimawasteoftime8678 Жыл бұрын
Jimi Hendrix's favourite guitar player
@DanFernandesBenficaSaint Жыл бұрын
Copying other guitarists is a guitar players player?! Listen to Woodstock Boogie by Canned Heat and then La Grange. That should get the ball rolling for you.
@user-tz2zz5ij1s Жыл бұрын
@@DanFernandesBenficaSaint it all goes back to the blues anyways. Go cry and be miserable somewhere else. No one cares
@robwalsh9843 Жыл бұрын
@@DanFernandesBenficaSaint I'm past the point of being shocked by 60's and 70's blues rock guitarists ripping each other off. You could also say that Cheap Sunglasses rips of Edgar Winter's Frankenstein. Billy is still one of the best guitarists of his era.
@joew717 Жыл бұрын
I've always felt that way about David Gilmour. He doesn't shred but makes his guitar SING tasty melodic solos with his signature sound. One of my favorite Gilmour solos is the intro to Coming Back to Life. So simple yet emotional you can sing it as a standalone song
@stevetomlinson3894 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely! The pulse concert version of the intro is to me the most beautiful sound ever created.
@jschnatter123 Жыл бұрын
Maybe q bait will create another Hollywood production and delve deep Into its Mysteries
@joew717 Жыл бұрын
@@stevetomlinson3894 agreed!!
@howardp.lovecraft4499 Жыл бұрын
@@stevetomlinson3894 Couldn't agree more!
@ganderstein3426 Жыл бұрын
So many people act as if it's always a race to play as many notes as you can cram into a bar. Billy taught me that pace and taste wins the race. A tight groove is impossible to beat.
@robdixson196 Жыл бұрын
Bands like ZZ Top and AC-DC are masters of this sort of thing. There is a lot more wrapped up in their apparently simple songs than meets the ear.
@josephfemoyer7218 Жыл бұрын
That is the genius of angus young,Brian Johnson AC/DC,ZZ Top,Kiss,Aerosmith,Rolling Stones,Tom Petty,etc
@tonylocke1214 Жыл бұрын
Billy’s father was an arranger for amongst other things, Hollywood orchestral soundtracks. So he had a great education in music, and this clearly allowed his natural talents to shine. I’ve been a fan since I was 13 (50 years), and it’s the musicality of his soloing that has always kept me coming back for more. Great video, as always.
@flatsixx 8 ай бұрын
I didn’t know that. It seems like the most successful people among us have these hidden ecosystems of support. Plus good friends. It helps to have supportive peers.
@Old_Sailor85 5 ай бұрын
Cedric Gibbons was the Art Director for MGM back in the days of Classic Hollywood.
@mooseymoose Жыл бұрын
They call “phrasing”for a reason . Billy is a master.
@TheCanadianBubba Жыл бұрын
Setting the instrument down so you don't do the thing you always do is genius 👍
@NealVio 2 ай бұрын
Billy is awesome. His style has never been duplicated, so unique, yet everything he does sounds so great.
@markrobinson8410 Жыл бұрын
Billy gibbons is the reason zz top is still A LIST ROCK BAND, A LEGEND
@rogergeoffrion3723 Жыл бұрын
Although I have been playing for many years and consider myself to be creative in solos, you open my eyes up to approaches I have not tried. Thank you David and God bless you.
@robbysguitars8223 Жыл бұрын
Dude! You've done it. You went very deep to one of the fundamental cores of what being a musician is. Well done.
@jschnatter123 Жыл бұрын
Douche Nozzle loser:
@stevenmonte7397 Жыл бұрын
I've seen them a few times, but didn't appreciate Billy until now that I'm just starting the guitar. Just what you said - His riffs, solos and tone... He's so good!!!
@denmar355 Жыл бұрын
This may be one of the most potentially influential lesson snippets you’ve ever done. Simple concepts, no fluff, relies on musical ideas rather than memorized guitar licks. Well done! Thanks!
@jschnatter123 Жыл бұрын
Oh this is for asbergers people.. Sorry… Lol… Carry on
@jschnatter123 Жыл бұрын
Dude you are dangerous to human race. Thank god you have a guitar and not a gun!
@joedolenza7944 Жыл бұрын
David. I don't think that YOU even realize how brilliant your breakdown of this is thank you.
@sixslinger9951 Жыл бұрын
very good tip. I don't do this enough. I try and noodle around until something pops up, but like you said, I just go back to the same old licks. This opens everything up when you hum or sing it out. Just tried it and came up with a killer melodic melody. thanks for reminder.
@JerryTheVeganRockstar Жыл бұрын
I love this series. Thank you. I always listened to Ritchie Blackmore solos this way.
@Peteripattaya Жыл бұрын
This is Rocknroll, Yngwie! A lot to learn here!
@fisherohvf-men623 Жыл бұрын
One of your finest lessons Doc!
@raiderjohnthemadbomber8666 Жыл бұрын
That CD changed your life. Great lesson, sir!
@RexAWells Жыл бұрын
There was a few guitar legends that said Billy was their favrrate player for just what was said .awesome approach and a memorable lesson.
@m.e.1297 Жыл бұрын
Including Jimi Hendrix.
@therealdoug1000 3 ай бұрын
This is just so true! Singing a lead before playing it is transformational.
@liamhemmings9039 Ай бұрын
You are really a very good teacher.
@zacherymitchell2211 Жыл бұрын
I can’t wait to try this! I’ve always wondered how people write these amazing singable melodies on guitar and idk why it never occurred to me to do this!
@mysticmusic6045 3 ай бұрын
This is great advice for improving guitarists, and a great reminder for long time players too. Shredding not needed. Well done.
@seller559 Жыл бұрын
I’m 55. ZZ Top is one of a kind. Got huge in the 80’s
@patalbor3507 3 ай бұрын
You illuminate how we tend to focus on playing mechanics without developing our "musicality". It aint always what play, its how you play it. Mozart even said it. Passion over performance. Authenticity. There is sound and then there is music. Thank you so much for this.
@TwelveSticks Жыл бұрын
I've been taking part in a weekly improvisation challenge recently. My approach isn't really improvisation, but what I do is similar to what David always promotes - I sing or whistle the licks first and build the solo that way, then approximatley replicate it on the guitar. I usually even record the whistles and hums to help me. Works a treat.
@markchristopher420 Жыл бұрын
I'm not a guitarist, but I think like one! I'm an experienced drummer who writes in the old noggin and sings or whistles the parts to my producer, a Berklee grad with a great ear and a background in theory. He's blown away by my riffs and how much sense they make at the same time as being completely different & unconventional, unlike anything he's heard before -- but oddly familiar and evocative 😎
@brianjones4026 Жыл бұрын
makes sense totally....
@johnsulistyo9856 Жыл бұрын
I do the same way
@johnsagsveen8238 Жыл бұрын
I have used this method and will attest to how well it works. This guy is spot on.
@christopherstorrier5560 Жыл бұрын
Rock/Blues guitar at it's best....first time i heard 'Tres Hombres' i was blown away with his playing...luckily got to work & see/hear them at 1 of their gig's in my hometown many years ago...
@terryminator4208 Жыл бұрын
I saw ZZ Top back in 1973. I was just 17 years old. I picked up the guitar soon after.
@SENORxMUERTO Жыл бұрын
DUDE! Holy shit, I've written many strenuous solos, i tried this method, mouthing off a solo and , wow, wrote some great riffs and none of them were too similar, i'm going to use this all the time, great vid man thanks
@Jasonalanlarsen Жыл бұрын
Great concept man, I’m going to try it. Seems like this will be awesome to help break out of the rut of familiar riffs/phrases we get stuck in
@juancarlosnunezf96 Жыл бұрын
"Find the musical idea from within"!! That's gold right there brotha!!
@84homey Жыл бұрын
You know what, I was highly skeptical coming into this, but I have to hand it to you; this was a really useful lesson for me, in fact I'd go so far as to say it was an eye opener. I owe you a "thank you very much".
@basskeeperofthegroove884 Жыл бұрын
Good call. You don't disturb your creativity with looking at the neck and focus on your melody. Thanks.
@JamiSun Жыл бұрын
Such a great lesson and reminder Thank you ☀️
@nannettefreeman7331 Жыл бұрын
Billy Gibbons is not only a great guitarist. He's a great human being. I first met him when I was working at KERRANG! in the late 1980s. Malcolm Dome introduced us. Our paths crossed again through a mutual friend, Don, a guitar company rep, & AGAIN through Carol Burnett's daughter Carrie, to whom he was an NA sponsor. I'm deeply saddened that both Malcolm & Carrie are no longer with us (I hope Don's OK!). I haven't spoken to Billy in over 25 years, but I'll never forget what a genuinely nice & completely down-to-Earth guy he is, eager to throw his support & encouragement to anyone who needs or wants it.
@Squintintaratino Жыл бұрын
I'm still not a great guitarist but when I first started playing we wrote an original song and I needed to play something over the rhythm but couldn't come up with anything. I drove around for a few days listening to the track just humming over it until I came up with something I loved. When I went back and picked up my guitar to record... it came to me easily even with my lack of experience.
@gmb858 Ай бұрын
The respect for Eric Clapton was based on the same subtle techniques as Billy Gibbons used. Tom Dowd, producer of Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs said it best, "Eric always takes off on his solos but he always comes back to finish the song on the correct measure. And, he always completes his musical idea simultaneously at the solo break or finish of the song."
@josephfemoyer7218 Жыл бұрын
Leslie West told a audience at a guitar show at a NYC church in the early 1990’s,solos tell A musical story,they have a beginning,a middle and an end.you should be able to hum,whistle to it like the solo in “Missippi Queen”.this makes the solo memorable
@jschnatter123 Жыл бұрын
Wow..I think I saw the statue dedicated to this moment outside the venue. Oh wait no I saw the KZfaq video. Bleh
@williamweiss3620 3 ай бұрын
Very cool concept!!! Thank you so much.
@bryana297 Жыл бұрын
the 2 cheap sunglasses solos are my exhibit A for what he just said. Gibbons is so memorable. you can stop playing the song and finish his solos in your head
@voyxu143 Жыл бұрын
Good lesson. This type of idea can help someone get unstuck from playing the same thing they have been playing for years.
@acdg7431 Жыл бұрын
Awesome thanks so much for this brilliant insight!
@kbroomall 7 ай бұрын
Thanks so much for breaking this down. I love Billy G. and regard him highly! I feel like I learned how to play blues from the Rev!
@mrgrogfather 3 ай бұрын
It's not what you put in, it's what you leave out!
@d.mcdave8880 3 ай бұрын
Well said.
@matthewsolina4920 Жыл бұрын
I like the idea of putting the instrument down and then brainstorming.
@whiskeyrocknrolla4033 Жыл бұрын
Wow thank you this is so helpful
@Hesohi Жыл бұрын
Awesome Video!!!
@tfajsh 11 ай бұрын
Great video. Great tip for soloing
@SH-th4wy 2 ай бұрын
Cool coaching. Gonna do it now.
@Billy_bSLAYER Жыл бұрын
Been doing this for years, but using this verbal technique we usually make the sound of "oink" but in various pitches to mimick the different notes on the guitar.
@onemintjulep 6 ай бұрын
Cool ass concept . never thought of it this way but the rev sure does tell a story and im going to explore it
@johnwade3476 Жыл бұрын
It's true sing any words to a rythm you'll end up playing it I guarantee it , all the great jazz guys used to do it , think about it you're just singing with your guitar or what ever instrument
@chrisangiolillo9144 6 ай бұрын
DUDE the 90s shot with parker is insane fucking hilarious
@MrGuitars8 2 ай бұрын
HE IS A FAVORITE !!!!!
@licksnkicks1166 Жыл бұрын
Great lesson. I never put my guitar down and figured out an improv riff or riffs. Great idea! Food for thought! Thank you so much!
@davidkenneth3983 Жыл бұрын
Loved music!
@ColonelAngus2023 29 күн бұрын
.007 and .008 gauge strings is what Billy uses. After hearing him say, "Anything heavier and you're working too hard" For the hell of it, I put some .008's on my Telecaster Thinline and it is so much easier to play and sounds great.
@Tomtoms-tomtoms Жыл бұрын
Hey, i’m new to the channel and stuck in a guitar rutt.. I appreciate all your tips and tricks 🙏… and love your re-enactments 😂😂 cheers ☘️☘️☘️
@That70sGuitarist Жыл бұрын
I spent many years as a working lead guitarist/vocalist, and Rev. Willy G was always one of my biggest influences because his chops and phrases are just *so* tasty! I have performed dozens of ZZ Top songs onstage, and delivered exact, note-for-note solos every single time, all just from listening to, appreciating and understanding what he does, and how he does it. At practices with the various bands I was in over the years, I would always hum the solo through a couple of times before I picked up my guitar. It really does help!😉
@That70sGuitarist Жыл бұрын
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@shaunoleary8740 3 ай бұрын
Cool concept! Great video!
@justaguy2365 9 ай бұрын
Everyone had that best of CD!!
@terrywyatt8304 2 ай бұрын
Expression its all about the expression.
@ericesquivel1287 Ай бұрын
Dude. Very interesting approach.
@MrFlathead45 2 ай бұрын
The brilliance of Billy, is the notes he DOESNT play. You hear them in your head, because you know the note is sposta be there, but he waits and plays the next note. Slow and methodical.
@mrzedlyt 2 ай бұрын
great advice
@Christopher_Bachm Жыл бұрын
Excellent advice!
@nickrich56 Жыл бұрын
I'll try it!👍
@johnskerlec9663 Жыл бұрын
This is awesome David. I've done this sort of thing to flesh out my lyrical melodies. I might have words, to match to a chord progression or riff, and will vocalize until I find something to develop. Most times, the early experiments contain the magic because they are random.
@guitartim2128 Жыл бұрын
ZZ Top is my favorite band bar none,with Billy G being my favorite guitarist . The man is a musical genius 👍👍👍
@scottkane3776 Жыл бұрын
Saw them in New Haven CT on their tour in the 70s great show Three Boys from Texas 🎸🇺🇸🦅😎
@WMSFLL 7 ай бұрын
I was learning the two guitar solos for Tube Snake Boogie the past week and I just literally had the same realization about his phrasing. Each phrase is kind of a stand-alone lick that's either 1 or 2 bars long, and they're all strung together. Memorizing the solo is much easier when you know this. Actually if you memorized all of the licks correctly you could mix and match your own set together and most people probably wouldn't know the difference.
@giulioluzzardi7632 Жыл бұрын
I was taught by a jazz drummer to use nursery rhymes to help remember melodies. This drummer would sometimes just repeat the words "Mamma/pappa" and alternate them withvhis sticks...mamma pappa pappa pappa mamma etc.
@DrErickLopez 3 ай бұрын
Genius in its simplicity
@JoabMichaelK Жыл бұрын
Angus young is similar in that way, we call this rhythmic soloing, there is rhythmic soloing and a-rhythmic soloing, Paul Gilbert explains about this.
@nibel13 2 ай бұрын
Great tips! I'll check your workshop :)
@lizardhunt96 2 ай бұрын
Billy’s best solos were performed on the Les Paul. Three songs stand out more than the others and they are: Just got paid, Down Brownie, and Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers. He often sprinkles a short lead in some songs but his rhythm is just as good as his leads.
@sweethands4328 Жыл бұрын
A solo as a song within a song? WAIT till you hear Gilmour! 😎 👍 Billy's a badass too...
@0013619511 2 ай бұрын
Have you ever noticed how the sound of a slide changes when you use a quarter for a pick and a medal slide ?
@markchristopher420 Жыл бұрын
Van Halen used to cover ZZ Top in the 70s before they got signed... Billy Gibbons is a master craftsman and just a brilliant dude who knows what's going on! Thanks for a great video, brother! Very helpful indeed 👍
@jupitermoongauge4055 Жыл бұрын
Yeah Eddie never did get how to play ZZ Top numbers properly
@DT-dz1jc 2 ай бұрын
Works for every instrument
@thisdyingsoul76 3 ай бұрын
Yes, almost like a call and response thing, except it is just Billy on guitar instead of two guitarists playing off each other or switching between a vocal part and guitar part. I do this sometimes. I have a few solos from one of my old bands, it's been 25 years since that band was together and I can still sing/hum/play some of those solos, because I played musical statements rather than just a flurry of kicks.
@colemaneuclid Жыл бұрын
I actually used to have to do this back when i was in an original metal band. I couldn't play what I wanted to on the fly so I'd sing where I thought it should go into my conputer then learn that on guitar 🤘
@darrylmockridge Жыл бұрын
The key begins at 4:53, and it is pure insight! Thank you. I have been playing blues on a baritone ukulele for about 47 years and went about as far as I could go--maybe 27 years ago--until YOU turned on the light (five minutes ago). Now, I have broken out of the cage I built for myself and am ready to take flight. THANK YOU, young man. Thank you.
@Owen_plays_music1049 Жыл бұрын
I been playing guitar for 10 to 12 years and i never thought of learning ZZ Top songs. I think i will learn Waiting For The Bus and La Grange :D
@maxmax6493 Жыл бұрын
Great video!
@paulosicne8498 10 ай бұрын
Guitar is a God-given talent.
@-Atmos1 Жыл бұрын
Billy Gibbons is one of the best guitar players on Earth
@36742650885 Жыл бұрын
I read an article in a guitar magazine years ago about David Gilmore where he started that this was how he wrote his solos.. he’d scat/sing idea’s into a tape recorder, pick out the tastiest parts and THEN.. pick them out on the guitar and make it sing them.. very useful trick. Cause we all can be prone to playing learned runs where we’re limited to the scales techniques we already know
@erhman2004 3 ай бұрын
I like the cordless phone at the 2 minute mark. Pretty hight tech!
@Old_Sailor85 Жыл бұрын
Lots of of folks pick Clapton, Page, Vai, Malmsteen, Johnson, etc., but Billy Gibbons is my biggest influence. True old-school blues-based rock! Especially their early stuff.
@pskully57 2 ай бұрын
My first experience with ZZ Top was Tres Hombres, it changed me.
@billsny9243 3 ай бұрын
When i improvise a solo im singing songs in my head that make no sense to other people. It helps keep things changinging up
@demonrouge3338 Жыл бұрын
Very interesting. Smart.
@mccloysong 3 ай бұрын
For me, it's SO important to break solos down into a simple melody, repeat it with a variation, expand it into phrases, then sentences, then the whole paragraph with a conclusion. When you're done you have said something and taken the audience with you.
@hugomartinho2555 Жыл бұрын
What a great concept! Specially because without the guitar in your hands, instead of just going to the same old licks... you actually will come out with something different from the same old bag of tricks. Nice! Cheers. HM
@zendragonmindtuner6207 3 ай бұрын
That makes so much sense. If I can’t sing the solo I very rarely am about to remember it. There are so many great solos that always blew my mind when I hear them but if I were to try and duplicate them with my mouth, it would sound stupid
@mjh5437 Жыл бұрын
I remember reading Jimi Hendrix say in an interview Billy Gibbons was his favourite guitarist.
@brianmclaughlin4419 2 ай бұрын
Or Terry Kath, depending on which interview. First I ever heard of Gibbons was in '73 or 4, Hendrix died in '70. Hmmm ?
@znighthawk8342 2 ай бұрын
I have heard this as well. Not sure what the time lines are... but I'd like to believe it.
@JasonLumbatis Ай бұрын
I saw this on a documentary or interview or something… but Jimi mentioned him as an up and coming guitarist when he was with a band called The Moving Sidewalks
@brianmclaughlin4419 Ай бұрын
@@JasonLumbatis Moving Sidewalks opened for Hendrix Early in his Experience days.
@JasonLumbatis Ай бұрын
@@brianmclaughlin4419 I remember seeing Jimi say something like he’s really impressed with this guitarist Billy Gibbons. Might have been on VH1 way back idk… anyhow he was so good back then that he made an impression on Hendrix… just speaking to the part of this thread that was “never heard of him until ‘73 or 4…. DUH 🙄
@acdover Жыл бұрын
I don't remember where, but when I was kid learning to play I heard that the key to improvisation, was question & answer. Basically, carry on a conversation but with notes. Once i got that in my head, things flowed so much better. That was 40+ years ago.
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