How to play SHOEGAZE guitar like My Bloody Valentine with

[@andycrowley]

Thanks to Adrian ‎@acpg for being an absolute star 🌟 Check out part 2 of our Shoegaze collab ft Ride and slowdive on his channel here! kzbin.info/www/bejne/epO3goyefpmsebcsi=_K_dgT5JuSQMvynJ

[@andycrowley]

This was fun, let's do it again - what video should we do next?

[@bonnieknight7424]

@@andycrowley Johnny marr next please he's awesome o ya 👏😄

[@thpass]

Great stuff here! An important distinction regarding the whammy (vibrato) was Kevin Shields only used it to bend up to intended pitch (there was a fender interview where he describes this}- not warble back and forth which was the psychedelic sound Andy is referring to. Some great playing and convo in this. Keep up the excellent content!

[@nealpike6611]

would love a rock one Adrian doesn’t do much rock on his channel also a surf one would be fun

[@jamessilver2748]

​@@andycrowleySpellbound by S & T Banshees

[@acpg]

Great to make this video with you Andy! Thanks for having me on your channel.

[@alexcoldrick-ford3921]

I seem to remember Kevin Shields saying his fingers weren't strong enough to play unison bends, so he's actually playing the same note on 2 stings tuned the same, and as he's constantly moving the vibrato arm, you get the drift in pitch.

[@seanlowe6092]

Andy helped me massively when I got back into guitar maybe a decade ago. And Adrian is hands down the coolest teacher , best taste in music anywhere: so for the 2 coming together to tackle MBV, extraordinary. I’ve been scared off MBV,recreating/ being able to play along almost impossible and could never get the band to play it. loveless the greatest ‘sound’ album of all time, I was 18 at the time and got into music with these bands, RIDE with ‘Nowhere’ but before that the raw excitement of those opening bars of Chelsea girl… all that time, Reading 1990, Slough festival in 91, these bands were beautiful in every way. And still producing now as Adrian says. Anyway, rare to comment, but this provoked it. BTW, also nice to see Adrian relaxed. Well done!!!

[@TerribleUsernameAmirite]

Adrian taught me more songs than any other person so I’m over the moon for this.

[@andycrowley]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@ShlomirBareket]

'shoegaze' was fundamentally English bands being influence by Sonic Youth, Birthday Party and 80s New York noise bands like Live Skull, and of course the Velvet and Paisley Underground. Their stance was more avante-garde/experimental than every other English band influenced by the Beatles and the Smiths. That Add9 trick was a J Mascis special, re 'yr living all over me' album

[@Indiekev]

Great collaboration guys, and it’s great to see some shoegaze

[@stevesheldon2342]

Great video guys. I totally agree with your view point regarding the “shoegaze” style and sound. Thanks for the tips on getting the correct sound and the petals that can be used to achieve that style.

[@olihill123]

great vid - RIDE are my favourite shoegaze band

[@jackcrook4435]

Kevin Shields has a room full of jazzmasters in all different tunings that he tuned to by following his ear, in which each guitar (expensive original jazzmasters mind you) represents one song's unique tuning that he uses live. So its no wonder all the tunings are hard to map out!

[@danieli.9252]

I have never seen Adrian laugh out loud before! Great stuff, you two.

[@andycrowley]

@danieli.9252 US youtubers rarely laugh when filming alone, but we're often trying to stop laughing when filming a collab. It's just more fun!

[@michelleneeds4165]

​​@@andycrowleyThat's a fun little behind the scenes insight mate. Good video too. Thanks.

[@jhfrudd]

Great stuff, guys. Loved this collab

[@beargonefission6160]

No synths on Loveless. Samplers, yes, synths no. The synth-ish things are sampled guitar sounds that, yeah, the triggering makes it come off like a synth, but that’s still guitar stuff. (The apex of this sort of thing are two lovesliescrushing records that Scott built just out of voice samples, Chorus +3 and CRWTH (Chorus Redux).) (MBV had also been sampling Colm and some percussion, in part because of an injury, and in part because sampling was just interesting to them at the time.)

[@acpg]

It's such a mystery how some of those sounds and textures were created but this is great info, thank-you!

[@MrTimdriver]

Just awesome. Love these guys.

[@jderic5747]

Nice seeing you guys together

[@ScottCov]

Two of my favorite guitar teachers

[@theplacemats]

Looking forward to the country course on your site! Also a little bit unexpected instructor for that course. I know Adrian has country video or two on his KZbin but didn’t expect him to be so into it.

[@nealpike6611]

he’s a very good country player

[@PetefromSouthOz]

Nice work, Andy and Adrian.

[@leegosling]

Great stuff, Adrian. Now get Andy playing surf. ;-)

[@andycrowley]

Done one video at least here! 🏄‍♂️ kzbin.info/www/bejne/gX7EXqJ4ZZmCo6ssi=De8d3pwCsmZ8Ba9P

[@lordoftranceaa]

Exactly what I need!

[@andycrowley]

Great stuff!

[@Indiekev]

Can I add spiritualized into this genre along with spacemen 3

[@8369378]

I think Spiritualized are their own beautuful thing tbh. Massive long time fan.

[@Indiekev]

@@8369378 I think you are right, they are sublime. ladies and gentlemen is probably my favourite album of all time

[@MrTarral]

Great to see you together 👍👌

[@MMAFIGHTS365]

Please can you make a tutorial on sunburn - fuel, my favourite song and been wanting to learn it forever. Best guitar teacher on YT, keep it up!

[@brysimm404]

Shoegaze was not about being a rock star or even a “performer”; it was about creating an atmosphere and soundscape experience, both on record and on stage. Obviously this coincided with being the first generation of Indie musicians to fully embrace / exploit guitar pedals and effects processors.

[@billydelacruz1500]

Great videos boys!!

[@Boghog1136]

That was fun!

[@paulwintermute1495]

Try these chords with a heavy reverse delay and it goes FULL shoegaze fast!

[@jasonboud7]

Vapour Trail lesson please 👍😁

[@Broncosgt9805]

Could you make a tutorial for near town by the amazing broken man? Love your videos!

[@michaelhurst354]

You interrupted Adrian so much he never did get to the reverse reverb lol - I still enjoyed it though...

[@andycrowley]

@michaelhurst354 it's my worst trait, very rude of me. It's been a year since I last filmed a collab, so I can only guess I was out of practice. I do remember us filming the reverse reverb demo, pethaps it was in thr part 2 on Adrians channel? Anyway, apologies to Adrian. So obvious when watching it back, I'll do better next time 🙏

[@michaelhurst354]

@@andycrowley I think it worked well - you seem to have opposite personalities so you both add something good... I first found Adrian because of his superb tutorial on Pixies' Debaser which unlike every other tutorial actually sounded like the track. Top guy and I look forward to seeing your future collaborations

[@pauljmcmillan]

That dude has the best Joy Division lessons on YT

[@andycrowley]

@@pauljmcmillan Adrian is legendary for late 70s and 80s alternative for sure, I've learned so much from him