Can Guitar Hero make me better at guitar?

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00:00 - what happened to guitar hero?
03:16 - why I suck at guitar
07:46 - beginning my journey
09:16 - giveaway/ad
10:40 - my journey continues
19:49 - beating the devil
22:44 - a song for lou
23:38 - the dumbest thing I've ever done on this channel
some clone hero songs I've charted if you wanna try them out yourself: drive.google.com/drive/folder...
they're a little janky because I don't really know what I'm doing
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[@scabillis]

i wish guitar hero made you a better youtuber

[@choerryerim]

wym drew is so good-en at KZbin????

[@wasteland.baby.]

congrats on pin dude

[@rje1293]

Fake

[@youtubedottcom]

congrats on the pin!

[@Meowple]

banger so real

[@jackkoscak8501]

Drew, you are the guitar villain.

[@smokejc]

pinned comment material

[@jackkoscak8501]

@@smokejcso close…

[@sh4rkss]

@@jackkoscak8501gotta be quicker than that 😞

[@LuckyGhoul]

Maybe the guitar villain was inside us all along

[@trippingthelight]

ngl "guitar villain" sounds like a fun game

[@ohno3593]

The thought of Amanda coming home from her day job to her husband who has been playing guitar hero for 11 hours straight makes me laugh

[@GhostRider-on6bz]

That's actually tragic when put like that.

[@DoodleZoo]

@@GhostRider-on6bznot really

[@BrendanishLeo]

@@GhostRider-on6bz only for the rest of us lol, if she really wants to, she can probably just stop working at the drop of a hat. They're living the good life, happy for them

[@LexaTerrestrialx]

& the thought that he probably somehow makes more money for it makes me cry.

[@moatrboat]

i think she's used to stuff like that by now

[@Burritopizzasauce7]

I love him accidentally learning scales without realizing it by learning solos first and working backwards.

[@bethanybosworth]

I know, I play piano but that made me giggle. "A solo tends to use all the notes that work in whatever key the song is in, so once you know those you can kinda just play whatever you want" Gee, Drew... what else uses all the notes in a key?

[@9box906]

this is how I learned scales on my guitar

[@vesperfromtheinternet5588]

your left hand rant is SO real. i played viola for seven years and NOTHING makes you more conscious of how not left-handed you are than playing a string instrument

[@nomoretwitterhandles]

I never understood why they don't just... make the instruments but backwards lol. When I first played Guitar Hero I just flipped the guitar and played backwards. It was a lot easier than struggling to move my left fingers lol

[@teleguy5699]

I'm left handed and all the people that try to tell me to play a right handed guitar your left is your dominant hand, I'm like; If that is the way to go, why don't right handers play lefty guitars? 🤔

[@frameturtle]

as a cellist and left hander, nothing makes me more conscious how not right handed I am than playing the cello lol. Bowing can be difficult and takes a some strength on cellos (working against gravity + thicker strings) So it goes both ways

[@sofastuffing]

@@nomoretwitterhandles left-handed instruments exist but are rarer so lefties often learn to play right-handed regardless

[@halatiny6537]

@@nomoretwitterhandlesit’s easier to coordinate your fingers on your non dominant hand than to move your whole arm correctly to play the instrument with your non dominant hand. Trust.

[@tasukovalskia6049]

Kurtis: learned magic Danny: “learned” speedrunning minecraft Drew: learned guitar hero

[@Anna_Coelhinha]

Danny learned how to commit fraud (in a fun way!)

[@tasukovalskia6049]

@@Anna_Coelhinha so fun!

[@abigailrockhill5]

Eddy: eating at the same restaurant for weeks

[@ddmaycare]

theres always that ONE person in the trio 😡😡 /joke

[@AverageAmerican08]

They are expanding!!

[@TimeBucks]

Drew seems like the most left-handed person ever.

[@adijatbello]

Wow this is absolutely amazing

[@Feverm00n]

Hahah it’s true

[@wordlespoems]

why is this so accurate omg

[@juliappoki]

As a left-handed person, I wholeheartedly agree.

[@wordlespoems]

@@4tado Maybe it's because there's a social belief that left-handedness tend to struggle more in life due to every tool being designed for right-handed use. But I also think it's because it's a very easy thing to imagine someone being left handed

[@chrissy_athumum]

My dad has played guitar in a band for years, and my mom who's never played in her life schooled him at guitar hero.

[@ediblelipscrubs9466]

Cyute

[@chrish4439]

I could always beat my cousin who played real guitar but that's probably mainly cus he didn't start playing until guitar hero 2 and my friends and I were already obsessed with the first 1 and could play expert before 2 even came out lol

[@havenprice]

My husband is an amazing guitarist, pianist and composer. The only thing in music i can win him is every music game lol

[@nicholaswood3250]

One hilarious thing about Guitar Hero and Rock Band is that the music industry was so desperate to cash in on it that there are a significant number of songs that you can get isolated tracks for now because someone ripped it out of one of these games. This is how Neil Cicierega made all his mashup albums.

[@Wabajak13]

I love this fact. I was about to mention the Neil C connection but you nailed it

[@asphyxia9786]

I'm convinced that everything in this world somehow connects to Neil Cicierega 😭

[@InsertNameHere911]

@@asphyxia9786 yes

[@adenoidbird4689]

It always come back to Neil Cicierega

[@Demiglitch]

Guitar Hero was responsible for Metallica having an album mixed well in some form.

[@patallene]

Have you considered hiring a guitar hero expert and having him sit off camera and doing it for you?

[@hida99ash]

"I understand that reference"

[@LunaC...]

💀

[@kaylakrey]

Smh he should've considered that

[@Swift_Lemon]

Oof

[@sarapowers8827]

He wouldn't since he already did that with minecraft

[@marchingham]

Listening to Drew explain music theory without knowing he's explaining music theory might be my favorite thing ever.

[@NateTheMeh]

He’s really like “I don’t know scales, I just know all the notes that work over a particular key”

[@marchingham]

@@NateTheMeh hahaha exactly. I was dying 😆

[@tannerfarnsworth3618]

He’s probably better off knowing what he already does then actually knowing the pentatonic scale 😂

[@GregBonks]

That's the best way.

[@kityfayaofficial]

Straight up though, this is hilarious to watch someone sit there and not realize they were explaining music theory just by doing 👏

[@tayloranderson2601]

For those like me who wanted to know the songs at the beginning they are: “Dead Messages” by Hail the Sun “Safer in the Forest/Love Song for Poor Michigan” by La Dispute “Weird Fishes/Arpeggi” by Radiohead “Life is Simple in the Moonlight” by The Strokes

[@livingalie6912]

Thanks :)

[@karmajester6504]

Omg was looking for this comment

[@vee898]

dead messages omg..

[@not2mportant.797]

HTS IS FUCKING DOPE!

[@bung3111]

THANK YOU I was listening to radiohead and went “wait where have I heard this before,” so your confirmation means a lot 🙏🙏

[@rololopez1505]

Drew understanding how Slayer songs are played in real life (aka hitting random notes in random order) through Guitar Hero is cathartic af

[@setoGabes]

i like how you went from being the guy that would drive to a closed Wendy's at 4am because he was too shy to do a silly vine joke in public, to the guy that would show up to an open mic night just to play guitar hero in front of actual bands

[@setoGabes]

oh and btw, you should try rocksmith! its like guitar hero but uglier and using an actual guitar as the controller

[@sleeping_beauty_kpop]

character development

[@rachel5399]

Inspirational, honestly.

[@emily_is_fine]

Drew seems like the most left-handed person ever. To learn that he is not is a total shock to my system

[@timbobaggins2155]

I was thinking the same thing

[@kingayy9267]

His watch is on the left arm.

[@hnichole]

As a left-handed person I don't know how to describe why he gives off left-handed energy but omg yes I completely agree haha.

[@somes3cretcat]

As a lefty I agree with this statement

[@Spumoni23]

@@kingayy9267 There is a non-zero chance that he buys all of his t-shirts as mirror images, and just flips the video so we can't tell he's truly sinister.

[@_Kinetic]

Your "why I suck at guitar" portion of the video also rings true to myself as well. I spent most of 14-19yrs just learning how to play new songs via tabs, eventually peaking at Blackbird by The Beatles. Eventually got to a point where I would rarely pick it up, and if I do, was just to try and re-memorize songs... as I slowly began to forget how to play them and just stop altogether. 10ish years later I've decided I'll be taking a new approach to learning (but no via Guitar Hero), by just learning music theory, scales, triads, etc. Hopefully this guitar journey becomes more fulfilling to me this time around!

[@seisage]

I'm under no impression that Drew will ever see this, but I want to thank him for getting me into Intervals (the concept of a sax solo in a guitar piece was intriguing, ok?). Like him, I don't think I'd say they're really one of my _favorite_ bands, but their albums The Shape of Colour and The Way Forward are just really nice to listen to. Fantastic for early morning commutes tbh. Definitely gonna check out Hail the Sun and Sea in the Sky!

[@ayeshaaamer6861]

sameeeeee gunna listen to fantastic by intervals when i go to college in the mornings

[@jordanc2844]

I would highly recommend Intervals, amazing band

[@nomoretwitterhandles]

Drew is actually the reason I ever checked out Hail The Sun (never heard of them before his channel); I remember he posted a video talking about how he thought he wrote his own guitar riff, but it was actually similar to a Hail The Sun song (Jane Doe, it's really good). I'm a bit ashamed to say I enjoy metal music and anything similar, yet I've never really sought it out haha. The only place I get music from is the channel MrSuic*deSheep (censored in case KZbin automod flags my comment), and he posts all sorts of music, but it's rarely anything instrumental or acoustic. He mostly posts a lot of chill, EDM, electronic, etc., which I do enjoy a lot. If there was a similar channel but for metal/rock/orchestral (good lord I love some symphonic metal), then I'd probably have better access to that kind of music. So for now, Drew's recommendations are kind of all I have to go off of haha. If you're looking for more guitar pieces, I recommend "Let's Go" by Stuck in the Sound (the music video is hauntingly beautiful), "G.O.A.T." by Polyphia, "Little Cream Soda" by The White Stripes, "Sabotage" by Unlike Pluto (he actually makes a lot of guitar pieces as well as chill and pop, highly recommend him!), "Goddess" by Cepheid (I think Ceph's featured singers aren't very good but the instrumentals are nice), "Mikazuki" by Sayuri (I THINK she does music for some anime studios? regardless she is by far one of the best), "Self-Destruct" by Origami Angel (or literally anything by them, I have been really into their music lately), and "Satellites" by Periphery. You might enjoy some of these songs, or maybe not. I tried to include some variety in style and language so I hope you can find more artists you like. Cheers :)

[@seisage]

@@nomoretwitterhandles Wow, thanks for the recommendations! I'll have to check them out. I do know "Let's Go" as well as other songs by Stuck in the Sound. They're great!

[@danieldeem791]

⁠​⁠@@nomoretwitterhandlesdude don’t be ashamed to like metal embrace it. I mean I am a bit biased because really all I listen to is metal. I think to many people think that liking metal is just a phase or you’ll grow out of it. It’s just good to see another metal enjoyer. Also if you want recommendations for metal bands to listen to I think nik nocturnal is a good channel.

[@surefire7775]

You’re kidding me, I have to hear this guys voice for the SECOND time in two weeks?

[@drewgolden_real]

Damn, you got runner-up

[@myoth2580]

Dammit, I wanted to comment this

[@petra._]

it’s so tiring 😔

[@cami8934]

Yes 👏

[@jazzy-sl4ey]

i love how drew was like "i never learned scales, thats too difficult" and then proceeded to explain how he memorized the notes in the keys of certain songs.

[@henryaugust98]

you can memorize scales visually on the neck without really understanding how they work/the notes in relation to each other

[@tlangeeful1747]

@@henryaugust98 ^^ what this person said. it's like looking at a piano and visually being able to memorize what keys to play with no relation to scales or further music theory

[@gcfournier3386]

He's describing pretty much my experience as a guitarist, only I've been playing for a lot longer. That's not to say that I'm a better guitarist than him, rather that, like him, I never learned my scales nor how to read music beyond tablature. As a result, I too became great at memorizing and playing by ear, without actually seeing how the notes on the fretboard connect. It's really hard to solo or improvise when you have those gaps in your music education, because you get locked into these little regions on the fretboard, unable to freely leap from place up-and-down the fretboard in a musical way. I'm still a decent musician, and I've Co-written albums I'm really proud of and that people respond well to, but I would be a better guitarist if I knew the Scales and all that foundational stuff.

[@thepoonhound3003]

@@gcfournier3386 i think the dude is more refering to what drew said at 4:36 about being able to intuitively improvise stuff for whatever song hes playing once he's learned the song, not about drew just learning the tabs of a song

[@gcfournier3386]

@@thepoonhound3003 I also wasn't just talking about learning the tab. I was continuing what others were saying in reply to the original commenter.

[@tglaz1]

Finally beating Raining Blood and the devil duel on expert was a highlight of my childhood.. If only I could have that level of dedication in my adult life.

[@clairerilett9332]

I still can't beat raining blood on expert! The only song that has stumped me in my childhood and now.

[@user-bx9nh6gr2l]

I’m a music education student and the way drew talked abt never properly learning the basics like scales and basic music theory, and how that really held him back as a performer, just made me happy to know that he can atleast admit to himself that proper education in music is so so crucial to being a good player. I’m not saying he isn’t, but he could probably be phenomenally better if he just sat down and learnt the basics-they’re boring, I get it. But if you have the right fundamentals you’ll be set if you ever want to learn to write out music, learn a new instrument, improve on your own, etc etc.

[@mintberrycrunch23]

8 years ago i worked at a taco shop and the song "in the meantime" came on the radio. i told my coworker "hey i can play this song on expert on guitar hero" and he said to me without missing a beat "wow i didn't know i was working with a loser"

[@mintberrycrunch23]

that shit was so funny. i ain’t never been roasted so thoroughly and so quickly. i was literally speechless lmao

[@maddieb.4282]

This made me burst out laughing, what an amazing coworker lol

[@iib.mp3]

Honestly, I would have either started hysterically laughing or just started sobbing from that

[@drabdadster0790]

The Helmet song? What taco shop did you work at damn

[@mintberrycrunch23]

@@drabdadster0790 taco john's. i’m from the midwest & i only said taco shop bc i've talked to non midwesterner's about taco john's before, and they're like "who is john 😭 why" like man idk. it kinda doesn't make sense.

[@SeaInTheSky]

Bless you for slapping the new tunes into clone hero. 🤘🏻Can’t wait to force our guitarists to fail playing their own parts.

[@iIliterati]

Bet you this was Drew's actual end goal for making this video, to get a comment from you.

[@BodomsScythe]

Your handle kinda reads like "Seal 'n' the sky" and I'm not mad at that.

[@sasariwtf]

PLEEEAAASE upload a video of that, it would be si fun to watch even if they nail it!

[@xTechDeath]

I didn’t even know your new EP had dropped, been waiting on something new from you guys !

[@Panda_SMM]

it was so awesome to hear something from you guys show up into a drew video, it's so weird when those 2 worlds clash

[@HeyItsNovalee]

Drew forgot about the guitar and just joined the club of rhythm game appreciators lmfao Once that rhythm addiction gets you you can’t stop. I’ve been here 15 years

[@GummyBear556677]

Drew’s style as a guitarist is so unique I love it

[@Dimas5]

Drew: "I'm not good at guitar" Drew: * plays guitar very good *

[@manic_cosmic_artist]

*plays beautiful guitar song* “Idk how to play guitar :(“

[@Berryations]

Right

[@bened22]

This is the mindset of people that develop skills: "I'm not good ENOUGH!" Sadly that means that you never really enjoy what you've accomplished.

[@man4437]

Maybe I'm being too negative, but to be fair he's like pretty decent based on what I saw. As a fairly decent guitarist myself, most people can't tell the difference between a competent guitarist and literally Eddie van Halen. Not trying to be condescending, just thought it was interesting.

[@agoddamneddisappointment6829]

you could say he plays guitar… very gooden

[@brutalmoose]

i'm pretty sure watching this video taught me how to play the guitar. thanks drew.

[@cypher237]

Nice to see you here moose! ❤

[@Cheyslaaa.]

You should do a guitar hero video too!!!!

[@THICCTHICCTHICC]

Thanks Moose

[@holly1817]

Ian Brutalmoose?

[@SandyWhams]

@@RepentandbelieveinJesusChristshut up

[@RAWRzooted]

drew is genuinely so good at the guitar tho, i really like how he plays

[@yarshmellow2323]

This is the kind of stuff that brings you down the rhythm game rabbit hole.

[@synnibear03]

As someone who was awful at rhythm games as a child, guitar hero was the perfect anxiety simulator.

[@Mel-nw2ko]

I agree

[@sporkzzz]

Yo I watched Ur video about goths like 2 days ago 😎

[@Azurethewolf168]

Oh god it’s a twitter user run

[@eggo5643]

i just thought it was too cool for me

[@nosferattusx2]

​@@Azurethewolf168coward.

[@jadenwhitford7245]

The biggest achievement in this video was having an anxiety issue and still bringing yourself to do music in front of a live audience. That’s something I can’t do so much respect

[@TWHowl]

You couldn’t walk until you practiced and fell again and again. Same shit. No one’s gonna live your life for you.

[@Zenaitha]

@@TWHowllol weird response

[@6potsofgold877]

drew just casually dropping the La Dispute in there, mad props, insanely good band

[@Rrusso92]

I am fully one of the teenagers from the 2000s who got guitar hero for his birthday and it became my identity. I got so good at that game, I got second place in a contest at my local video store and 1st in my youth group lock in lol. I did eventually get a real guitar and dabble in it from time to time. Edit: I love this video and feel like it was tailor made just for me! I will be looking into Clone Hero and how I can okay that lol

[@hannahheather2004]

The fact that he went to an open mic to play guitar hero. The commitment to the bit is insane.

[@yehawitsackerman7829]

Danny Gonzalez has so much dedication to his channel☺️❤️

[@truints]

It's a south park joke

[@Cattus_Maximus]

@@truints First thing that came to mind lmao. Such a great episode. (season 11 episode 13 if anyone is wondering.}

[@spineofthesaurus]

I was playing guitar hero on expert at the age of nine, so my parents enrolled me in guitar lessons, thinking I'd be some kind of prodigy. I SUCKED at real guitar and still do 😃

[@EmyN]

This comment needs to be upped lol

[@spineofthesaurus]

@@EmyN it would almost be a funny story if my parents hadn't also spent money on two guitars and an amp 😭

[@EmyN]

@@spineofthesaurus Oh yeah 😭 you never picked it up? Just for funsies

[@Sticknub]

@@spineofthesaurus everybody sucks at guitar at first, you just have to pick it up an mess around for like 30 minutes a day and you will be guaranteed to get better

[@Sticknub]

dont let that money go to waste man

[@vaduur]

Props to inserting Hail The Sun, especially their first EP, such an underrated band and EP

[@NightOfTheRevolution]

Drew! From someone who was in your position for a while-- learn scales. Seriously. Pentatonics and the blues scale are both amazing scales to practice. Use it to increase your speed as well. I started learning scales and my songwriting has absolutely transformed. Its amazing what some simple music theory can do for you

[@gavinshawn1106]

I loved the part when Drew went to every single guitar hero in America and guitared over 10,000 miles to do it.

[@thebackrooms9524]

and canada

[@hastyscorpion]

Drew, there is a game called Rocksmith that is modeled after guitar hero but has you play a real guitar instead of a controller. So if you really wanted to you could get a Guitar game to give you points for how well you play the actual guitar.

[@Enerjy]

Just what I was thinking

[@AYVYN]

If the forums are still active, you can download any song you want and live your wildest dreams. You can even show up drunk like Jimmy Page and leave early.

[@kaylastarr7863]

I used it for bass! It's annoying getting it to work depending on hardware lol but it is fun

[@AshiwiZuni]

Yeah thats what I thought of too. I remember seeing those dumb promos for that shit everywhere.

[@CassEris]

This game is great

[@DiamondWisps]

That first time you discover the online rhythm game community and a bunch of new custom songs is always fucking golden

[@8BitVex]

This video actually made me think about music in a whole way. With a new outlook comes newfound motivation. Thanks for this and stay great 😊

[@PurpleFoxy87]

Fun fact! There was actually a Pro Guitar made for Rock Band 3, where every button was mapped like a real guitar.

[@linzbridge4495]

Don't tell drew!!😂

[@lylukk]

theres also rocksmith which is a rhythm game like guitar hero but you use a real guitar and it's meant to help you learn how to play

[@genderender]

they even sold a guitar with strings that worked with this mode

[@gaganbhullar6137]

@@lylukklol I used to love rocksmith

[@kajutm9735]

but real guitars dont have buttons...

[@ProdbyOPG]

i’ve been playing guitar hero like crazy this year and haven’t played guitar more than once or twice this year. when i went back to playing guitar about a month ago i noticed massive improvements without ever practicing on a guitar since last time

[@haydinwebkinz]

You have no idea how big of a smile I got hearing Safer in the Forest/Love Song for Poor Michigan

[@colettecavazos7343]

it is refreshing that someone who looks like drew isn't already obsessed with jazz

[@aidanmaccuish2266]

Not obsessed yet

[@that.neurodivergent]

😂 I mean he’s into math rock, it was truly only a matter of time

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

Just give it some time. Jazz always wins.

[@lazylegolars]

Just let Adam Neely enter the chat. :D

[@jarvis]

that gh3 box is the most beautiful thing i've ever seen

[@lucinda_null]

Hello Jarvis

[@saranlinx9301]

woah the real jarvis woah!!!! wow!!!

[@Motherhammy]

Remember hearing y’all talk about this on the pod!!

[@joem13yearsago73]

Thanks men. Made me take so long to get that. Mom was going off and neevr evem liked it that lol. Bit hey. What are you gonna do? Can't live without em or with em . Ya know. Who me

[@tannert.2296]

best wrapped present shape ever

[@tegantalks9612]

9:30 that person standing behind me is my husband, drew, and he would love $10000.

[@Wallfrog_]

Drew has a such a great taste in music. He introduced me to covet, the contortionist, stage kids and many more absolutely amazing bands

[@dannaaa330]

"Whenever you can't play something, just play whatever you want and no one will notice" works perfectly fine in real life, as long as you're the bass player

[@kiillabytez]

Bass guitar is the easiest of the stringed instruments. 4 strings and you only have to play the root note of any chord of the song once per chord, and it sounds fine. You don't even need to play more than one string for an entire song.

[@dannaaa330]

@@kiillabytez it's really, really not. It's the second easiest to me mediocre at, after the ukulele, but once you get past the ultra beginner stages it's just as hard if not harder than guitar

[@neil2451]

​@kiillabytez playing something at a baseline doesn't translate to how difficult it can be. Bass is massive and unwieldy, as a guitar player I always had trouble managing the bass. Sure you can hit half notes in the right key and it'll work but you can also just hit the bass drum on rhythm as a drummer, so I figured you'd say drums are incredibly easy too?

[@roerose4449]

at my youth group, our bass player doesn't know how to play the base, he just has a vague sense of rhythm

[@xyrissavage4983]

works great for any instrument if you just know the songs chords

[@NendoNow]

That final performance really embodied the feeling of going to a friends house and watching him play video games, but he wouldn't share and you just stood there watching bored to death. Ah, nostalgia. Thank you Drew.

[@mayomonke9606]

Sry :(

[@livingalie6912]

Wearing a slayer shirt and slayer necklace while hearing drew mock the song at 15:24 is what gives me life.

[@based00701]

Don't know if you will see this but the issue with the whammy not working can be easily fixed by pressing the pause button a lot. It's a pretty common problem on PC Guitar Hero.

[@randl7423]

Drew: "... and I *certainly* never learned music theory!" Also Drew: "I figured out that guitar solos basically use all the notes that work in that song, so if you learn those, you can't go wrong." Me, a music teacher: I have bad news for you, Drew. You learned some music theory. 😅

[@kerenk]

drew learning about key signatures this way is possibly the funniest way to do it

[@ang3lics_]

pretty much how i learned to solo in jazz band not gonna lie

[@ScorchedEclipse]

you're telling me by skipping everything else in the song but learning parts of the solo meant i learned music theory? D:

[@kerenk]

@@ScorchedEclipse by learning the notes used in the song and using those to pick and choose from during a solo, youve just learned what a key signature is! thats music theory, babaaaaaaay

[@ScorchedEclipse]

@@kerenk oh no, what have i done D:

[@eggyolkify]

As a music major, this video was a joy to watch. Some things I noticed: 1. You actually know a lot more music theory than you think! Being able to improvise riffs to existing songs require some beginning sense of a dictation skill (being able to write down/play what you hear out loud or in your brain), which requires an understanding of the notes in the scale and how they fit with each chord. 2. Playing riffs with your right and left hand is extremely cool imo. Sure, it's not the "proper" way to do things, but if we never challenged and changed how we made music then we would have never developed things like rock and jazz or even classical music in the first place. 3. Even at the beginning of the video, I could already think of a slew of ways Guitar Hero could help you with real guitar. Some things you mentioned, like dexterity in the left hand and a sense of rhythm, but also things like sightreading a notation system (being able to look at the notes and the play them as they come at you without having seen the notes ahead of time). Drew, your determination to get better at both Guitar Hero and the actual guitar is refreshing, and I will definitely think back on this video to motivate my own practice throughout the year. I hope you can continue this passion of yours and write even more amazing songs! And to anyone else who wants to learn to sing or play an instrument, don't be afraid to do so. Even if you think you don't have a single talented bone in your body, making music is a skill that everyone can learn, and you'll be surprised at how well you can do!

[@eggnogalcoholic]

What a thoughtful comment to leave!! I hope he sees it ☺️

[@yawn8967]

this is so sweet

[@Ginsufe]

As someone who became incredibly good at guitar hero before playing real guitar, I can confirm Guitar Hero does in fact... not help in any of those fields you listed outside having better rhythm, which isn't the most helpful aspect for learning guitar. Even if you have good dexterity with your hands, that'll quickly go away the moment you pick up a guitar for the first time. The sightreading one got a chuckle from me. It'd be nice if that were the case, but GH isn't helping no one on that front. Sightreading is about instrument mastery and understanding the format the music is being present, which is typically sheet music. It's a specific skill that takes time and GH doesn't help with either front.

[@iimmannii]

This comment was so nice it legit made me emotional lol

[@kafyg5599]

This is so sweet

[@MrFinch-vx2kb]

"Despite being dead and buried for the better part of a decade" Flashback to me and my friends holding a funeral/burial for my buddy's GH3 disc that broke. RIP. I will never forget how hard we used to shred together ❤

[@pokeythescowlingcat6221]

3:12- 3:15 this cemented my opinion that this is one of the greatest videos of all time

[@Prizzlesticks]

ok that open mic shenanigans is actually a huge feat. I would die of embarrassment before I managed something that ballsy, nice job.

[@SpecialInterestShow]

I feel like I'd have lost my shit in the audience at the sheet absurdity

[@sonvan6714]

ok

[@philosophy_bot4171]

Beep bop... I'm the Philosophy Bot. Here, have a quote: "I know of only one duty, and that is to love" ~ Albert Camus

[@izambie6251]

I played guitar hero one time in a Chuck-E-Cheese when I was 8 and the 2 girls I didn’t know behind me kept laughing at how bad I was. Never again. I’m a guitar hero-cel now.

[@yoyohayli]

Guitar Her-NO

[@august6604]

based guitar sigma leaves acoustichuds seething

[@squid8420]

based

[@tangytim6699]

Deserved

[@jacksonbaldwin3463]

god i love all of your song choices in the background. Stage Kids and math rock is my favorite genre, and its so cool to see you shout them out a bit

[@clairedrux]

hi drew! super late comment but i’ve rewatched this video a lot and it might be my favorite of yours. i can tell u really liked this topic and ALSO i found my new favorite song from this video haha i’ve never been so obsessed with the strokes before ! great job it’s really amazing

[@mattnarwhal5488]

Unfortunately we CANT ignore that he’s actually pretty good at playing guitar

[@samu-chan]

He’s ass

[@fromthebackseat4865]

It’s like a skateboarder who can land a varial heelflip but can barely Ollie or ride without falling off. Sure, they’re good at landing varial heelflips, but are they really a good skateboarder? Nonetheless being able to play like him definitely shows some decent skills and he could definitely be a great guitars if he worked more on the fundamentals(chords, scales)

[@mynameisaudie752]

@@fromthebackseat4865😐dude

[@AshChiCupcak]

The fact that you chose to play guitar hero in front of an audience that was watching ppl play actual instruments, is just awesome. I would have been so excited if i were there.

[@eddiestonem7879]

Pretty cool video, it was inspiring since I've had the same experience with learning and playing guitar across the years. Thanks Drew! Also I definitely have to play Clone Hero now

[@ansigatico63]

the live performance was so sweet, knowing Drew is an anxious dude its double as sweet, i hadnt watched the video in full before

[@Plyfrkllgd]

At this point I wouldn’t label drew as a commentary KZbinr but more of a guy who trys what he wants and is good at it😂

[@Sunniboy15]

The 4th try guy if you will

[@ayellowpapercrown6750]

kind of a jenna marbles-esque era? "i’ll do whatever i want and you’ll watch it because you love me" vibes and he’d be so right

[@The-wz6qy]

His “nobody’s gonna watch this” videos are my favorite videos from him

[@Chilloutlilbro]

I would label Drew as a commentary youtuber

[@noface2382]

I'll always be so appreciative of Drew having captions immedietly with his videoes. It's a thing so many videoes don't have, but it makes a world of difference

[@ready2cry]

agreed!!!

[@lemonadebi]

yes!

[@Yolkgurt]

Yes!!!

[@myoo333]

i didn't even realize my brain is so used to them

[@youcantescapethegarf5744]

Ii don’t understand what this is saying i might be having a stroke or something

[@blackmoonroze9336]

I love your guitar playing so much, it sounds almost like a harp!!

[@doug_man_x]

Thank you Drew for giving me good content to watch while changing my guitar strings

[@lilywebber5668]

I'm a music student (aka nerd) and the part about music theory cracked me up! "If you play the notes in the key that the song is in, it usually sounds good." You figured it out, Drew!! Way to go!!

[@user-rs3co6xz2t]

Really, I have been lied to

[@TheBransom]

"Conservatories hate him!"

[@dylpickled]

We NEED more of the sincere goof acts at open mics. I’m too intimidated to perform at open mics, I refuse to go up unless it’s like after a clown or something (yes there’s a local clown that used to perform at open mic). You playing guitar hero there wasn’t just a cute sing-a-long moment, it’s possible you cut the tension and lightened up the mood enough for someone else to also take the initiative and perform despite their fears.

[@sarah.1230]

this is a really sweet way of looking at it🥹

[@matt.fromtheinternet]

I remember I frequented an open mic in my city before the pandemic and this little old 75 year old lady decided to get up and do stand up and fucking crushed it

[@D44RK_Iced_Yogs]

It’s quite literally Drew doing his once a year Gooden thing.

[@Shannaanemo]

Omg you sweet soul what a wonderful perspective ಥ⁠‿⁠ಥ

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

It makes the mic even more open.

[@EmOgirlGuilbert]

This is my favorite video at the moment. I love all of your content, however I have hyper focused on this specific video. It’s so well made Edit: a month later, still is my fav. Edit 2: 2 months later??? still addicted

[@toastyvibes4874]

I'm really glad this video made it into the good ones playlist, this is the funniest video he's made in a long while

[@bloozbyblueballs5908]

For me Rocksmith has been really helpful. It's basically Guitar Hero but it uses your actual guitar. There's also an online community that uploads songs but it isn't quite as big as Clone Hero's community.

[@nox1839]

Is this a thing for drums? I legit loved playing the drums on rock band and I would honestly like to learn like that.

[@amara560]

I was so surprised to not see him use this tool to track his progress

[@bloozbyblueballs5908]

@@nox1839 speaking as someone who's main instrument is the drums, Rock Band works just fine already tbh, it's how I picked it up in the first place.

[@emilyjones5010]

Where's the online community? My family plays Rocksmith pretty frequently but I had no idea there were Rocksmith spaces online

[@OBecs]

My friend was in the very first advert for Rocksmith many years ago - it was such a weird shoot we were convinced the game wouldn't come out. I'm so pleased it's still sporting a community!

[@anthonyfalteisek688]

As a former touring musician, I applaud the balls you have to do that at a jam/open mic night. Legendary!

[@jackarnioritsnotaphasemomi7190]

I love when drew plays the guitar in his vids it's like a reward

[@Ryguypie17]

17:34 I love Sea In The Sky! I saw them live in 2016ish in SF, I think opening up for Haken with Thank You Scientist and they were awesome! Awesome to see you give them a shoutout :)

[@bitnewt]

My sister got so good at Guitar Hero that she needed a new challenge, picked up the real guitar and now she's a professional musician so it kind of worked

[@laurynnnsmith]

as a musician, I think I would have loved seeing someone go up and rock out to a classic song on guitar hero at an open mic

[@themusicaljunkie37]

South Park did it.

[@yonatanchapal7800]

You’re tapping technique is actually really cool tbh

[@rockfordkaine]

This is honestly my favorite video on Drew’s channel

[@winddancer613]

For those curious, here are the songs/ bands Drew mentions or plays in this video: 04:11 Dead Messages- Hail The Sun Safer in the Forest/ A Love Song for Poor Michigan- La Dispute 04:18 Weird Fishes/ Arpeggi- Radiohead Life is Simple in the Moonlight- The Strokes 4:54 (???) 8:23 Welcome To The Jungle- Guns n Roses 8:25 Slow Ride- Foghat 8:52 Hit Me With Your Best Shot-Pat Benatar 11:23 Slow Ride- Foghat 11:31 Hit Me With Your Best Shot- Pat Benetar 12:03 The Metal- Tenacious D 12:51 Welcome to the Black Parade- My Chemical Romance 12:58 Eleven- Last Dinosaurs 12:58 No Longer- Makari 12:59 Never Meant- American Football 13:00 All the Rage- Funeral for a Friend 13:01 Of Moons, Birds and Men- MGMT 13:02 No Nuture- A Lot Like Birds 13:09 Besitos- Pierce the Veil 13:20 Hail the Sun 13:24 Within Walls- Save Us from the Archon 13:29 Life is a Highway- Rascal Flatts 13:35 ?? 13:39 Thank You for the Venom- My Chemical Romance 13:47 The Contortionist 13:48 Covet 13:49 Last Dinosaurs 13:49 Lady Gaga 13:54 Poker Face- Lady Gaga 14:08 ?? 14:28 The Metal- Tenacious D 15:26 The Metal- Tenacious D 15:31 Raining Blood- Slayer 15:34 Raining Blood- Slayer 17:37 Sea in the Sky 18:04 Sea in the Sky 18:12 Explosions in the Sky 18:15 Last Known Surroundings- Explosions in the Sky 18:15 It’s Natural to be Afraid- Explosions in the Sky 18:43 Fable- Intervals 19:24 Ocean Avenue- Yellowcard 19:56 Guitar Battle vs Lou (The Devil Went Down to Georgia- The Charlie Daniels Band) 21:18 When You Were Young- The Killers 21:26 Radio Song- Superbus 21:37 Warthog Run Song- Halo 3 21:48 F.C.P.R.E.M.I.X- Fall of Troy 22:51 A Song for Lou- Drew Gooden 23:49 Life is a Highway- Rascal Flatts This took me like 45 minutes and I’ve had no sleep I regret nothing

[@evie3189]

the strokes song is "life is simple in the moonlight" :)

[@birdieboy27]

The La Dispute song is actually Safer in the Forest/Love Song for Poor Michigan!

[@meowzeers]

4:11 dead messages - hail the sun

[@placeholderdoe]

Hero

[@xletragedyx]

This should be the pinned message!

[@twosidedmirror3026]

Drew single handedly cured my short-form dopamine hits by tempering my patience with his horrible upload schedule

[@NobodyNobodytrustNobody]

Prouda ya

[@twosidedmirror3026]

@@NobodyNobodytrustNobody it was hard but I managed now I gotta get off meth

[@lilybeejones]

I learned guitar and guitar hero around the same time, and it did help me get into the songs, know the rhythm, and hear the guitar track more clearly. It was great, I would not be the musician I am without guitar hero or rock band.

[@jeremywaygay]

Ive been meaning to finally learn guitar and have also started playing guitar hero too, this was actually super motivating

[@AbbersM2]

Drew Gooden just low-key explaining jazz without even knowing it is just delightful.

[@Enerjy]

Yeah when he explained that you can take a solo and just play those notes however you like, THAT’S JAZZ

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

Genuinely hope he continues to get more into music with this perspective.

[@hopoffmydick9574]

YES I love this comment!!!! Making stuff up and still managing to sound good is a talent!!!! entire genres are built around that!!!!! It's so endearingly frustrating how drew accidentally stumbled into having a great capability for jazz music, and just doesn't realize it!!!!!

[@mrbanana6464]

@@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721You can’t ignore the important of music theory and reproducibility though

[@wormisjunkd]

@@mrbanana6464may be true but you’re not gonna get very far into the theory without passion, and that comes firstly from having fun

[@13StJimmy]

Drew, every guitar player knows that when you get stumped and don’t feel like you’re progressing you just buy another guitar/amp/ or pedal!

[@Troggie42]

When all else fails: buy a metal zone

[@jeffreysandone]

So true

[@drewisgooden]

I've spent an ungodly amount of money on pedals, and I only regularly use like 4 of them lol

[@13StJimmy]

@@drewisgooden start your Shoegaze band!

[@systemfailure1129]

A lot of what you described is why I play a right handed guitar as a left handed person. It was a good idea (thank you again guitar center sales guy) but now I'm thinking the guitar was actually designed backwards.

[@baconeater4133]

I relate to the left hand thing a lot. I played bass for years, but ultimately gave it up because my left hand was so gibbled, slow and weak that I couldn't play properly, and felt I'd never improve. I still have a bass, but it mostly just serves as a reminder of my failure

[@acai28]

i'll help you beat the devil bro for real this video is excellent, extremely positive on the game while still talking about the whole "play a real guitar" conversation. I cannot wait to see more people get their hands on Clone Hero because of this. And if you ever wanted to try this again but with a singing approach, I'd recommend YARG!

[@pomtubes1205]

Brown alec spotted (knew you'd be here)

[@Cheesemongle]

acai drew gooden collab when

[@dannyrivera2525]

omg acai haiii - I knew a clone hero enthusiast would comment on here 😈

[@bukkiki4041]

I was waiting for you to show up!

[@pepman423]

yoooooooo alec

[@themikereda]

"This game really makes you feel like you're playing saxophone on a plastic guitar" this is why Drew is the best in the game

[@Sirdeezthedirty]

The little slide bar during the ad was a nice touch.

[@joa1232]

Reminds me a bit of myself when I was learning the guitar. My guitar teacher recommended powertab (free version of guitar pro) to me, where you can see tabs and notes, edit them, automatically let them play and add different instruments. I spent a lot of time looking and listening to tabs, but as soon as I found out how to write my own tabs it was over. I spent hours and hours at the old pc of my dad writing the most ridiculous guitar riffs one can think of. I had thousand of files called 'dumda', 'cool song', 'lol' etc. Some of them where even full songs over three minutes long and I have written every single note into the program by myself. Most of them I have never even played on guitar. At some point I stopped, practiced guitar and learned how to sing, played in different bands and Im still writing my own songs and producing them at home and I think their actually pretty cool now. What a great time to be alive.

[@DanButOnline]

The cut to Drew playing Guitar Hero in front of a live audience was exquisite.

[@jbca]

I’m having a panic attack just watching

[@dogmgee3206]

I’m half convinced drew made this video to show off his awesome guitar skills

[@insertnamehere7228]

I’m quarter convinced drew made this video to show off his awesome guitar skills

[@europa2174]

i’m nickel convinced drew made this video to show off his awesome guitar skills

[@morbidsearch]

I'm penny convinced drew made this video to show off his awesome guitar skills

[@skylarhoney2775]

idk im not convinced

[@iambored678]

Oh for sure

[@TheGrandOptimst1]

Hail the Sun is dope 🔥 it still amazes me how Donovan is able to play the drums while screaming at the same time. Also I just love that you haven’t lost your emo roots, I feel like I’ve lost that part of me as I mainly listens to Rap/Hip-Hop now.

[@th3s4lm0n]

It just made me really happy to hear somebody casually mention Intervals cause Circadian is one of the main reasons I started playing guitar. i absolutely regret tho cause i spent 600 bucks on a schecter omen 8 string to realize i suck at guitar but now i gotta go listen to explosions in the sky cause this reminded me theyre good

[@KamendereCZ]

Okay, as a shy person, I can't believe you had the balls to actually perform a guitar hero song at an open mic!

[@jeezbegeezman]

My sister used to get so mad that me, a person with no knowledge of how to play the guitar at all, was so much better that guitar hero then her, a grade 6 bassist. Always made me laugh

[@jetsnova]

Going to use this as my inspiration learning bass the next year or two (If i dont give up, even though it's unlikely since my music teacher is the goat) so Thanks Drew

[@gyspstaco]

Lmao, the strat for slayer just being "mash buttons" is a perfect metaphor for how Kerry King writes solos