FIRED instantly for this MISTAKE!?

[@McRocklin]

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[@liquid7315]

Thx man, I bought that on some more.

[@mikeangelo1836]

the next level after advanced.... GOD !

[@jasons.3921]

I saw you and the guys play Foundations Forum in 92 in L.A. I thought you were pretty amazing back then. I felt lucky enough to get ya to take a photo with me. Thank you for taking time to do that. You have become an amazing guitarist and continue to inspire me. Cheers from Texas.

[@McRocklin]

Thank you so much Jason! 💜

[@chrislancaster7162]

‘There’s Something About Mary’ nod was LOL 😂

[@addisonbjork]

Engineer was 24/7 Sacked

[@McRocklin]

Mate. That is absolutely outstanding!! 🤣

[@benjaminromanello3157]

How about an "Audiemce is Listening" video shoot story, or one on the formation of Bad4Good.

[@McRocklin]

I like it

[@careerminorleaguer]

I worked for a long time as a studio engineer. You learn pretty quick; NEVER delete anything and never undo a record! Luckily these days with playlists you can just keep going until your hard drive is full

[@christianboddum8783]

The universe is full of great solos that didn't get recorded, I hope one day by some miraculous technique they can be reheard ;-)

[@zarlodious1]

God recorded them all

[@pavelg.5788]

Hey Thomas! Got the course, and it is awesome! Really like it. Thank you and Hutch.

[@interplanetarymusic7929]

Wonder if this engineer went onto work with Erasure?! 🤣👍

[@PointPanic]

Yikes. What a brutal moment for everyone

[@ddinfant679]

I hear there was a second Bad 4 Good record. I'd love to hear it... I'm sure it's better than most stuff out now... The bar was so high back in the early 90s that I'm sure it'd b gold today

[@thefreyfactor]

You had me at sadistic.

[@terrypussypower]

Yeah, Thomas! Thanks for the proper pronunciation of Jimmy Iovine’s surname! The amount of videos on YT where they call him “Lovine” is unreal. Now I’ll be able to send them to 3:02 for a lesson in the proper pronunciation of the legend’s name!

[@McRocklin]

Haha cheers!

[@SkybassX]

Now I know why you have been working out so much. Bringing back 24/7 Sexy back!!! 😂

[@McRocklin]

Ffs lmao

[@jessetyson6345]

Thats intense!! Love hearing that story.

[@jimshomestudio4669]

Would be nice to hear how you and your Dad are doing now. Thanks for sharing with us. 👍😊 ❤️🎶

[@kilhattrick]

Good day Thomas. Can we hear some stories about Danny Cooksey (like using your Jem on Salute your shorts), Wackerman, and Young? Thank you sir.

[@McRocklin]

Will try cheers!

[@jonasl3683]

I also took the chance to buy your two courses. I always enjoy your playing soo much and your stories too, imo you deserve waaay more followers.♥️ Greetings from Germany.

[@McRocklin]

Thank you! : )

[@kilhattrick]

Having been a fan since Bad 4 Good, I really appreciate your stories. Thanks for sharing sir.

[@McRocklin]

Thanks for watching! : )

[@jonbooker1050]

I love these stories man. Keep them coming!

[@madubatuwangala1646]

A really awesome episode from your life!

[@McRocklin]

👊🏻

[@TheArrangment]

He’s lying bro.

[@CaptiveReefSystems]

Headless guitars are sacrilege! 😞

[@Dastardly_X]

I kinda agree, But they do grow on you over time.

[@McRocklin]

Try one and everything changes lol

[@terrypussypower]

If they’re good enough for Allan Holdsworth and Steve Hillage, their good enough for me!

[@pnsmith2001]

Bad 4 good fan here. Hell ya bro....

[@eyesofnight]

Damn..now I want to hear that song tbh. I love trash

[@McRocklin]

Hehe

[@MrOllieg100]

Amazing!

[@ChrisHopkinsBass]

Def Leppard called - they want that 24/7 Sexy riff back

[@McRocklin]

Haha they can have it!

[@TheMetalMag]

Always cool to hear you play and your stories

[@spungeegoodness1144]

Fired for a song that didnt get released anyway. Do you think your immaculate conception solo he recorded over would of saved the track?

[@RokDAWG1]

Ouch

[@XChristianNoirX]

Great story! More!

[@TheNothing6]

Love the Bad4Good stories! Nothin' Great About A Heartache was on Refugee. Also, you never said who was the mean guitarist at the Jason Becker show? It was Vivian Campbell wasn't it?

[@guskalogeros9021]

I wondered who it was too

[@TheNothing6]

@@guskalogeros9021 Haha! I know. Thomas left us hanging.

[@MrMojabo]

Great story. Hell I could have screwed it up also. For 50 bucks.

[@VikingPoodle]

I swear I don't go from Instagram to YT this quick for any other content creator. Your stories are fantastic. Also - your shred interludes inspire the hell outta me.

[@McRocklin]

Thank you so much mate!!! Really appreciate it

[@supersonicnomad8437]

New sub! Love the stories, love the playing, love the guitars!!! Please keep them coming! Rite on and rock on from NW Indiana! \m/

[@kingfisher7960]

The movie and music industry USED to be full of slime balls. Dont know now but I used to do stage hand work and have run across every type of jerkoff you can imagine. I have been fired on the spot a couple times myself for doing nothing.

[@GreenMeanie101]

Lets hear a redo of 24/7 sexy a modern version lol.

[@Jonty1155]

The typical Du Ka (kick drum, snare drum) half time type beat is what sells. So what's boring to play for a muso, usually sounds spacey and fat. I'm not saying I agree with "the popular" formulas to writing "big" songs. But i wouldn't be surprised they would want to select a track for huge music industry giants to want to be part of. The end of this video hurt me. Lol. Fired!

[@jbal3406]

Wow your courses are amazing...90% off are you crazy ? its worth full price any time of the day...thanks for the super low price Mcrock

[@McRocklin]

😆 Thank you! : )

[@GarethElwell]

Oh man! I wonder what choice of words he went for…

[@McRocklin]

🤭

[@jfo3000]

Thomas, please keep telling us the great stories!

[@NoneMcNobody]

disturbingly energetic, overly dramatic complex body movements, was he excessively sweating? talking unusually loud? I can just picture this recording engineer's inner monlogue: "Fuuuk yeah, my favorite Shakespeare play is McMeth!"

[@sensiblynumb]

You had 20 takes, engineer gets one bad take, fired

[@Fugettaboutit]

Could totally see where this was heading, but I thought there'd be more of a twist to it. But yeah that sucks....and everyone fears being that guy.

[@philfrank5601]

Wonder what he said...

[@atgred]

Aahh! But we still love the sound of tape, right?!? I once worked on a project on a 3348 (Sony digital tape), and were doing some gtr leads on different parts of the song, we get to finish them just to the point where the artist is satisfied and asks me to overdub him on certain part where one of those guitar leads was, I forgot to disarm the track and arm the next and recorded over one of the leads!! Oopps!! By then Pro tools was a standard in the studio so a "flew" one of the leads into pro tools and then synced it to the tape and "pasted" it in the place I had recorded over, on a different track of course, and "saved the day". Know everybody records in DAWs and those "nightmares" are in the past!!

[@McRocklin]

Haha absolutely. Good story.

[@billzakill1257]

Never heard Thomas swear so much it’s quite funny😂😂

[@Dastardly_X]

His discord site is all ages, It really hits me funny when he does, Seems rare.

[@irondarwin2483]

"Lets get right into it" Proceeds to noodle around and advertise his online classes.

[@matthewmp111]

Thomas, can you (or anyone else reading this) recommend some good shredwave music? Through McRocklin and Hutch I am just discovering this genre and I'm really enjoying it. So please turn me on to some other similar acts especially those that lean more towards the guitar than the synth perhaps? Cheers and God bless!

[@McRocklin]

Have you heard the latest PYLOT attack ft. McRocklin?? That’s pretty cool ; )

[@matthewmp111]

@@McRocklin I’m on it! I love your playing, Thomas. If you think of anything else let me know.

[@ehsanaiman9934]

Do more stories

[@TristanRiversMusic]

And to think in this day in age an error that cost a man his job can be solved by simply pressing the keys Ctrl+z lol

[@McRocklin]

I know right 😬

[@rcjward]

Somehow I knew where you were going with this. Been there.

[@doleshwarraj]

why so rude??! doesn't really matter right!!

[@susancorgi]

Omg what a great story! 😂 i had been in a situations like that once but the engineer didn’t get fired tho 😄

[@WilliamTanaka]

Just CTRL + Z , right ? right?

[@McRocklin]

Not on 2” tape lol

[@dodjiegarcia2320]

Time stone = ctrl+Z

[@colinstewart1432]

Anyone who's been in a band has definitely got a nightmare riff or song that you hope remains decently forgotten. 🙈

[@martinopinto6323]

Why you didn't press CTRL+Z? :l

[@McRocklin]

That doesn’t work on 2” tape lol.

[@martinopinto6323]

@@McRocklin do you really record on analog tapes? Wow!

[@McRocklin]

You do you in the 90’s mate.

[@mikeangelo1836]

if it was after napster the nail was already in the coffin bro no matter how many "big guns" were there.

[@leroyjenkins4811]

If you’re a recording engineer, you’d better keep track of where you’re placing your recordings. If you don’t and you end up recording over a magical recording that will probably never be captured again, you’re gone. In today’s digital world with modern computerized recording equipment, it should be easy to record multiple takes without recording over something else. What a bonehead maneuver. I feel for the guy but this is something that could have been easily avoided.

[@stevenbazan9681]

im surpised nothing was broken, done that before

[@adisolar]

I hope the guy who fired the engineer ends up on the street one day, homeless and hungry. Can only happen in America. Why stop there? Why didn't he make him sell his house to pay reparations for the divine take that got recorded over by mistake or call up some goons to beat him into a pulp? Huh? I don't care how many gestures he made while recording and how hyped up and excited he was. ANYONE could have made that mistake because we're all human. I cannot believe the cruelty of that guy. To leave a man without work because of that? No wonder they're all drunk on power and self importance over there.

[@ZenRigs]

Love it!!

[@1000poundsguitar]

You kick ass Thomas!!

[@McRocklin]

You do!! 🙌🏻

[@lueysixty-six7300]

How do you know he was fired and not just sent home for the day...?

[@adisolar]

Because he said "...never to be seen or heard from again".

[@liquid7315]

Oh no!!!!!.that sucked. 😹

[@robinbressani]

first mistake... last mistake

[@axeg]

nice story but horrible ending, someone should have stepped in and say something, there is no amount of "virtuoso" that is worth a man's job, and if the only way to replicate a solo is to wail around and hoping it sounds good the next take then perhaps the whole recording session was a mistake, i would expect a musician to come prepared with their sections already learned and practiced

[@BillLarkinmusic]

Damn what an experience! Great story thanks!

[@McRocklin]

👍🏻

[@drpastormartinosempa8930]

Expecting someone to be a perfect robot who never makes any mistakes or you take their livelihood away, is pretty soulless....The douchyness of people in the industry never ceases to amaze.. After all, it's just music and it was "truly, a shit song" too... :~D

[@jordansimms3168]

Ctrl Z ???

[@McRocklin]

2” tape 😎

[@jordansimms3168]

@@McRocklin oof gonna need a time machine for that ☹️

[@joebrooks3638]

24/7 Sexy sounds like me 😜

[@hellfinger6842]

So what. Play it again, Sam..

[@christianboddum8783]

Not always so easy.... some have the training and mindset to do it though. But to control the Zone is not something you can do.

[@rockstarjazzcat]

😬

[@vaiisgod8]

Obviously he can play, name dropping all the time and egotistical however trumps the skill for my personally

[@zendakk]

Name dropping is not what you seem to think it is. Be a little less insecure and come back later when you've figured it out :)