Very well put. Classical guitar and classical music has become very rigid with tons of rules. I think it takes the enjoyment out of playing music

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right, the same here and the pieces can be technical. so it is a challenge and at this time not a performance, and i am happy with that.

Thank you.

jgrossma The morals and values slumped bad in America.Classical does not represent sex and violence and racism..Classical represents class composure. .

Sounds awesome. I ended up recording an ambient rock album, which was a great change of pace.

nice....I like the sentiment! You just needed something like, "A moat of fishes tears of indifference guards the entrance"...lol how is that?!

I am reminded of the constant stream of stuff I see from my band director friends (who I have lots of) declaring how music will make kids better at math, etc. etc. which is to acknowledge that the product isn't desired enough on its own to make it important in many places.

Yes I see what you mean it can be very boring and If you’re serious about playing classical guitar, for example it can take up to an hour sometimes to prepare your nails each day alone.

So true. Non-players have no idea how much work goes into masterinq technique, and learning and preparing a piece to performance level.

I'll still me making guitar and music content, especially once my hearing is more restored. I will, for now, not be playing live classical guitar.

Thank you very much for the positive thoughts. I very much appreciate it. Happy playing.

+Neil Adamson thanks so much for watching and have fun with the next challenge!

Thanks so much for watching! I'm finding my experience quite common. I do have lots of classical guitar technique videos, by the way.

You should have sold it and bought actual crack.

David Stewart HAhahahaahhahAhaaa!

You can't second-guess every decision. Regret is mostly a signal to course-correct, and just to put things in perspective, Christopher Lee started recording Metal albums in his 90s. And I actually saw Rush do a reggae version of their own song - working man. It was pretty cool.

I prefer my classical guitars too. I definitely prefer the tone, and feel like I have much more control over the tone as well.

Just the opposite for me. I feel at home with my steel stringer. I think it's because I didn't play nylon till much later in life, and the classical guitar still feels foreign to me after many years.

I actually started on steel string but went to Nylon early on. The amount of time I've spent on the classical exponentially greater, so my comfort level is just much higher with that machine.

BTW, a pick used on a nylon string guitar sounds amazing. It's not common, but if used, as one would expect, you get a much brighter, louder sound. It helps when playing songs originally played by a steel string guitar and trying to make it sound similar.

I feel the opposite, I feel like my classique guitar is boring, like just relaxing, and I am more like an active person, who has more energy to spend. So I prefer the electric guitar because is more fight!! It gives you power!

+leonardoboy2 thanks for sharing your story. Live long and prosper.

Thanks! Glad you are doing what you enjoy.

Thank you!

That is why I try to make "a living" or money (in this society) at web development/design, but try to make fun at music. As I tell my clients I'm a nerd by day and a musician by night. If someone gives me some money/value in trade for my "art", I'll take it. But I won't rely on it or expect a certain amount.

That is so true but only for a few. Most people tend to want the adulations, approval, and admiration of others. Why do some want to be just another French horn in the brass section while others are more Ted Nugenty [adjective]? Some people want to just play to the birds in the yard from their front porch while others need an audience.

Thank you for joining me on the journey!

There's multiple issues with uploading my old recordings due to the US's IP law, youtube's content ID system, etc (Even Villa-Lobos I can't legally publish royalty-free until the 2030s). I could go back and record 19th century music, but I'm not that keen on it (having played it all way too much) and there is little point considering the huge amount of good recordings there are out there of it. I kind of skirted things back in the day as it was. You can check out this video if you like, which I did as a quick one-off to demonstrate a pickup system. I haven't gotten a strike for it (yet) -kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mpZ7lad_sprVpGg.html. Here's a recent short composition of mine for solo guitar - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/l5hog5CIrc-2oac.html Besides, I'd rather look forward than backward. I might put up some older compositions of mine at some point, but I really don't want to interact with standard rep anymore as a player. But who knows - I might get bored at some point.

I would recommend looking into a recording interface before a keyboard, simply because most metal is guitar based and that is the instrument that should take your focus early on. You don't need keyboard skills to learn composition, but a keyboard has a very simple layout for understanding the relationships between pitches. It's quite possible to learn music theory without a keyboard, as long as you can efficiently read music. Of all the things you might study in a formal course of study, theory will be the most useful for any sort of composition. Keyboards are also useful for programming drums, btw. A decent MIDI controller is probably something you will want eventually, but trust me when I say you don't have to break the bank to get one. If you are using recording software that uses VSTs and supports MIDI (pretty much all of the big ones do), all you really need is a cheap MIDI keyboard and the willingness to search for VST plug-ins to provide the desired patch you want to use. I've used Ableton for all of my recent songs (which you can hear on this channel or on my soundcloud) because it's MIDI programming is really good and really suits me. The lite version of the software comes with many recording interfaces. Reaper is another one that I use for multi-mic recordings, and you can get the full version for 60 bucks! As far as programming drums, it's probably a necessary skill at this point, since its much easier to find collaborators AFTER you have some sort of product to show for it. I have the advantage of having spent my entire life around music, including drum set, and though I'm not a very good drummer, I know the patterns well enough to program what I want to and have it actually sound like the appropriate style. You're going to have to spend some time analyzing drummers, watching Mike Portnoy videos, etc. to get a grasp on what you should program. It's a good skill to have, though. This comment is getting rather long, so maybe I'll try to do a video on all this, but there are a huge variety of free(!!!) amp modelers out there for your computer or your recording software to get a very close sound to a real amp. I barely use my dual rectifier any more. It's never been a better time to step into this thing when it comes to startup costs.

David Stewart Thanks for the in depth advice, I'll definitely look into the gear/software you recommend. Much appreciated.

I'll do a top 20 metal albums video here soon. Those will be good places to start. It's hard for me to do recommendations based on Korn because I don't really like Nu Metal.

There will be other musical projects reaching fruition this year :) As far as video game soundtracks, I've never done one, so I don't really know what to expect from doing one.

150 is not a lot of dislikes for me

Thanks for watching and for sharing. I have some flamenco videos on the channel, by the way. Right now my focus is on composing, and I've had more fun with it in the last 6 months than the last 6 years, just shifting toward doing what I want and not what I think the market wants.

Do they do power metal covers?

Thanks! Have fun with your pursuits.

MissRandomwriter He became burned out after 10+ years of it, and while he had been playing guitar since he was a teenager, his original intent was to focus on playing Metal. However, he was unable to find collaborators that allowed him to play metal, as the technology for self production wasn’t quite there or available for him to pursue playing Metal without getting other live instrumentalists, and that’s why he got into Classical Guitar to begin with- because he could play it on his own (also without having to split the check). However, he didn’t feel that there was a lot of room for composing while being a classical guitarist, and he wanted to draw from his own creativity instead of playing the same sets year after year. So, mainly because it wasn’t exactly what he had always wanted to do all his life, he decided to focus more on writing- which had also been a passion of his since he was a teen, and that was something he could do that allowed him to be creative.

It's all over my newest record. I Like to have improvisational elements in music.

I will actually have a classical/ambient album coming out this year (weird, I know). Metal right now is further back in the queue as I have several fantasy novels to put out first.

Yeah I feel you. Can't tell you how many times I've had people hear me play Rodrigo and approach me asking if I know Hotel California.

Lol, yes my father... "ok, great, ...now play dust in the wind" :)) anyway I understand him.. he likes it once i argue with him.. later i thought.. that is bullshit.. if somebody has this wish to you .. why not. dont be closed minded.

I have a lot of experience with Baroque styles including improv, both on the baroque guitar and the baroque lute. My composition teacher also had expertise in that area. I actually started a channel that is all improvisation (not baroque) - www.youtube.com/@Zulonline Kind of fun starting from zero again.

I recommend starting with whatever guitar goes with the style you are actually interested in playing. If that is classical, then start on a classical. If that is jazz, start with an electric guitar.

Then i reckon i'll continue learning on this Classical guitar and transition at a later stage once i'm actually more skilled. I like blues riffs n stuff so i'll probably wanna go that direction. Thanks David, your vids are great!

Absolutely. Playing classical guitar has done wonders to how I naturally write and improvise "simpler" music. After learning so many classical pieces your brain starts to come up with chord progressions a lot differently without even realizing it.

Thanks for watching, I really appreciate it!

Love Ritchie Blackmore, and Dio had the same feelings and approach. He never cared to change what he felt like doing and had continual success. There are more artists, like Ulver, which continue to change their sound. There's Ihsahn (another Norwegian and the vocalist for Emperor) who works as a school teacher during the year and plays live in the summer so he can do what wants to creatively. The guys from Darkthrone (damn these Norwegians) have day jobs (one of them at the post) because they don't like to tour and play live at all; they just like to record the music they are passionate about, and it comes out in their records. I know when I pick up a new record by any of these guys it's going to be something cool and unique and full of passion, even if it's not the record I really want to listen to at that moment.

David Stewart Yes!! It's the inspiration of the musician that makes the music great.

I lived there from late 1995 to 2008

@@DVSPress I remember you from the Fresno Guitar competition! I participated in the competition and I was ranked 5th 😒. We talked briefly at Gabriel’s house. It is good to hear your channel on KZfaq!

My hearing loss is primarily disease, not exposure. I have some mild hearing loss in my left ear due to noise exposure (more from marching band than metal, actually).

I used to have a free jazz group that was incredible fun. We even got paid a time or two. And the struggle is real. I'm finding it's much more fulfilling to sell my time outside of music and focus my artistic endeavors on what is joyful and satisfying to myself.

To become a high end player in any style takes so much time, commitment and passion and when you can't get paid properly for it, it can become very frustrating and disheartening. We do, of course, carry on as it's our passion but to keep practicing between 5 and 10 hours a day is not feasible when you have to go and do a day job. You can get a degree in law in a matter of years and get paid £50,000 a year but a lifetime's worth of work on an instrument to get paid £50 per night is totally insulting. Don't forget that fuel and equipment costs have to come out of that. As for his so called attitude, there isn't one it's just life kicking you in the nuts.