No offense to the great Johnny Otis, but a Greek man did not invent rhythm and blues music and it was not invented in California. That’s just ridiculous.

This is awesome!!! Wow!!! ❤❤❤

LONG. LIVE. ANALOG.

About 7:00 - it's funny that I write music almost 100% in the box, and I go out of my way to "un-quantize" or "un-beat-detective" my drums, so they don't sound perfectly in the grid and I can get more groove and rhythm out of them. Edit: I'm not even trying to make them sound "real", it' just that rhythms get much more interesting with microrhythms added in.

Not "starting". It sounds the same for almost ten years. At least the rubbish on the radio. You have to look elsewhere to get good, unpromoted music.

You are completely right, cause you love music. And that´s the point.

Music is based on harmonic relationships of sound, and rhythmic relationships. I think our ability to perceive music is a product of our brain's need to decipher the world around it, specifically to detect patterns (tone and rhythm both reflect patterns), so we can decipher the wind in the trees from an animal in the brush, the movement of the day and the seasons, to navigate a complex world with paths and landmarks, etc. Music is a high order processing in our brain, engaging so many areas, and thus not surprising our capacity to hear and create music varies wildly. This is why music exposure and education in children from birth is so essential. It develops their brains in magical ways.

@lisciel Tinha que ver isso!

Now I understand why the kids are how they are. Not a spark amonnst them and depressing to listen to

Strawberry letter was my jam 🙏🏽

thank you, thank you, thank you school these fools a 39 year old, who absolutely hates his cooking job... descendant of two lefty grandfather musicians, whose uncle's played for the townspeople on Saturday nights and were the social media of everything everyone knew... I just wanted to thank you, finally a man who gets it, I'm halfway through your video of why all songs sound the same, teary eyed and tipsy on my day off... bring back the glorious mistakes, the slightly out of tune, the just a little bit sharp that makes it human -the one who hasn't been to church in decades because he can't bear hearing all the out of tune singers around him will finish your video, then return to my Bach, Mozart, Debussy.. then write 20 more songs nobody listens to, then stare at my harp, knowing the power of it's standing soundwaves, but too depressed to play it, because these idiots prefer autotune I empathize with your inability to understand what has happened to music thank you for reminding me there are still true listeners

What an awesome treatise on the individual's hearing and musical perception!! (animals, too!?) And the parts of the brain that are orchestraing music, rhythm, pleasure..visual colors and scenes ~ geometric shapes, etc. (especially for musicians / artistes!) Hope I still have Oliver Sacks' book!? Synaesthesia! And I'm now, like the rapdly moving magentic north, tuned to and prefer A=444hz! I also compose and record music! (~.~)Thank you, I really enjoyed this and subscribed! : )

So basically, analogue is better because of the challenges! Also, the Edison effect. Light bulbs had their life expectancy cut short, but records, tapes, and the equipment were allowed to have long lives.

You just brought “Out of the box” full circle The term “out of the box” originated as a metaphorical expression, but its exact origins are somewhat debated. Here are the key points about its history: 1. Early Usage (1900s): The phrase likely evolved from the idea of thinking beyond established boundaries or conventional frameworks. By the mid-20th century, the term was commonly used in problem-solving contexts to mean thinking creatively or unconventionally. 2. “Nine-Dot Puzzle”: The concept of “thinking outside the box” gained traction with the famous nine-dot puzzle, a brainteaser popularized in management and creativity workshops during the 1960s and 1970s. Solving the puzzle requires connecting nine dots in a square grid with four straight lines without lifting the pen-forcing participants to extend their thinking beyond the “box” of the grid. 3. Tech Industry Usage (1980s-1990s): In the computing world, “out of the box” came to describe products that were ready to use immediately after purchase, without needing extensive setup or customization. This usage reinforced the idea of simplicity and usability. 4. Broader Popularity: Over time, the term became a catch-all phrase for innovative thinking or pre-configured, ready-to-use solutions in various industries. Its enduring appeal lies in its simplicity and versatility, making it a common metaphor for creativity and practicality.

Well i know for sure this i where Suge knight got the name cause he look just like him in high school

Inspiration Information!!!!!!!

Nice job, i agree 100 per cent

I think my ears must be reversed because at work when I listen to podcasts and I only have one in I have to put the ear buds in my left ear because I have a hard time focusing on words if it's in my right ear.

Having a 16 track tape machine is my ultimate dream

No, it's about the sound. You say it isn't about the sound, because you always lose on the sound.

I didn't know this existed before I thought I read all the credentials on album Brojohnsons

Dude, I admire all that old stuff. I still have a Fostex 8-Track 1/4" with the correct mixer and cable remote. The remote I had to buy twice because of the cable… I love rtr, next to the Fostex I have an Akai with the glass heads- I always look for Akai GX things. That glass layer on the heads made them so much more durable. I was lucky with my Fostex, the heads are still okay- belts & stuff is findable but good heads… There used to be head lapping, heads could be reshaped 2-3 times. Thank God I have the space to keep all my stuff. I hate to sell, I often have bad remorse… That´s why I comment: You are so lucky to still have all that gear in good condition. Keep it. Teach Your kids how to use and honor it.

Great video! As a musician I've messed up my hearing a bit (before I've lerned to use hearing protection 😅). I've got nice tinnitus and cannot hear damn thing above 12-13k but my productions and mixes are getting better with time and practice. I'm pretty sure that I can hear more even I hear less with age. 😁 How high can you can hear after all these years working with audio? Cheers!

Really enjoying these videos lately, if you ever need a studio slave I’m your guy.

Yup. Only is isn't just more the same. It sounds like crap. AI lyrics, AI voices, auto tune, loop tracks, rhythm machines, drum machines... the no-talent morons that put this junk together aren't creating music, it's a product. A bad product at that. I'd like to hear bands live and unplugged. No electronics involved.

I used to listen to strawberry letter 22 all the time. Didn't know it went much deeper than that

Thanks for referencing Musicophilia. It's a wonderful book that opened up my mind to just how complex the brain needs to be to process music. I need to reread that.

Kinda funky! Me like

Awesome video dude

wow never thought Outkast song was him

This is a great biopic!

If you were to use a 2” tape would you use it before the audio interface or after the audio interface

Awesome video, especially the part about refusing to fit the mold, I like to mix a lot of different genres and crossing boundaries, this is helpful advice

Hi Billy. Really enjoying your sharing of knowledge and loving the creative way you put things together. Cheers from the UK

What do you mean we never heard of him?

I can here more range of frequencea than normal persons. And I know all chords, lots of music theory. So lots of music is just boring, because t use jusr a few chords.

This is a great comprehensive video that touches on many issues. I look forward to other videos about music. As a millennial, I should be used to music that fell victim to the loudness wars/volume, but I can't get over it. I was raised on mostly classic rock/heavy metal, 80' and 90' rock and metal, 60'-90' pop and period era music. The difference between loudness in older songs and the recent ones is staggering. I only hear current top hitparade songs in videos like Rick Beato's top pop videos. It got so much worse and just sounds unpleasant to the point where I'm surprised why both music interprets and producers would do this level of brick walling. Then there is the ever-present pitch correction, turning vocals into cyborg sounds and zero effort making their own samples. Things like bridges that I took for granted are gone. The result is something that is not enjoyable. I still listen to more recent music, but it's not found in the top charts. When I look back at the top charts from my parents' time or even older, it was night and day.

Great story!

On second thought, I think I'll stick to programming.

My favorite artist is Prince . Guitar is my fav . Never heard of this young man , but very impressed. I will be looking out for the band and his music on line . Thank you for sharing a wonderful music history lesson.

"By the time I get it right, it has lost all its soul and energy." I feel that so much. It dies a little bit, doesn't it?

This is a great one! I like this approach with the cameras just rollin'. What vocal chain is that? I read the reverb is just the PT stock, wich actually sounded great here! But how about the rest of that vocal chain? Thnx

Yoi know when you did the note and the out of tune together that sounded beautifully harmonic to me. And when you did that country singer's voice at the beginning he sounded terrible and the version you did in his headphones sounded horrendously worse to me.

Great video.

I am left handed. When listening to foreign languages translated they tend to put the translation in the right ear and the original on the left. This does my head in as I need to hear the translation on the left, not the right. So I don't know where you got the information from but it seems to have assumed too much. Good video though

Yeah, be in the moment and just play. Flow state it out baby. I have been saying this for years dude. Good shit.

Oh man that happens to me in restaurants too, now I know why maybe, thanks dude, stay cool

With love, thank you for keeping your hairstyle since 1978 -- I'm jealous of your locks. This is a great video. I really appreciate your history and insight ~ ☮ and 💌

Those "interpolations" have me shooketh!!!! Does Shuggie get some coin from those?, what's the story?

It just works and its involved giving pleasure more than just the sound. Yes its art