Guitar Students Before Smart Phones Existed (Late 90's era)

[@millenialfilms_5674]

Before the internet it seemed like life moved a lot slower. As someone who was born in the internet age, I sincerely wish i could experience the pace of life that these kids experienced it at.

[@TheArtofGuitar]

You can. Put away your phone and avoid computers. :) you’ll change.

[@WarofThoughts]

@@TheArtofGuitar Boom

[@dontlizten]

When you get that feeling that you should do something productive but then tell yourself I'll do it later, go do it now. Modern media is just a distraction. People seemed more down to earth because they were taking part in life, not watching an led representation of it

[@freddyferrillo9704]

@@TheArtofGuitar Hi Mike! Long time subscriber to your channel. It's one of the best! But I just wanna acknowledge, that it's so dope to see that you browse on other creators guitar channels! Peace.

[@daniellancorai]

Peace of life? Woodstock '99 it's the perfect example of what a generation that had no other means of letting off steam is violent, and shameless

[@HarptoHeart69]

I was the skateboarding guy with stickers all over my guitars. So happy I was able to grow up in the 90's! Cheers and much love from NC. 🤘🏼🇺🇸🤘🏼

[@organizedmessoffical3838]

damn dude thats so cool, you found yourself years later on youtube, when i got sent to rehab i had my guitar like yours i was known as the punker kid. Still play/ into punk/ska ? I dropped guitar for drumming lately. miss it a lot though

[@nephilimritual-band]

that’s absolutely awesome

[@jacobleetaylor]

Hope you still rocking buddy (have you still got the ax?)

[@marthajacobs4910]

This is beautiful

[@eqx7168]

I just lost my guitar teacher to cancer. I took lessons from 2007-2010 when I was a teen. I found out a few weeks ago he was gone. I didn't have any contact with him save for a few Facebook messages since my final lesson. I will never forget my time with him. I hope the kids learning now will still seek in person teachers. It's clear that you can learn basically everything via KZbin. However, a good teacher will instill more than just techniques. Mine had stories from many years of playing and general life conversations about being a guitarist. RIP Scott. You were the man.

[@Goldfish81]

I was also searching my guitar teacher after some years and found out he had go to sleep to not wake up I dont want to sound corny but i now how it feels like GUITAR TEACHERS ARE A GIFT. R.I.P Peter Bregar Vlaardingen the Netherlands

[@joeygfrombrooklyn]

I had two in person guitar teachers in my life. Both had a profound effect on me. Sadly, one of them passed away shortly after I paused my lessons with him. It’s true, in person lessons are like nothing else. I will always think about them fondly.

[@powergrindnoisecrustfunkfo3566]

Rip Scott. He sounds like the man

[@whiskeytangofoxtrot85]

Rip

[@danielhiggs177]

Man I remember being a guitar student in the early-mid 90s and this is perfect! I really wish we could put the technology genie back in the bottle sometimes..

[@BooshyBrows]

I think just the smartphones would do a great deal alone

[@superniceunofficial]

A great way would maybe be to buy an apple watch, with cellular function, so you don’t need your phone anymore to be available. I will do the same:)

[@kaisawheel6286]

Everything was different before all of this technology. I miss it, honestly.

[@thefenrisianssweatshop]

You and me both ….

[@cansueceklc7745]

I was born in 00s and even I miss it. 😂

[@hmpz36911]

Double edged sword, it's been.

[@aflodesigns]

technology doomed us all, we have no idea how fucked we were

[@josh18230]

It's easy to be nostalgic about, but man I can remember so much boredom that I could not escape. I also remember wondering when we would have TV that we could watch when we wanted, with no commercials. At least they cut down the commercials.

[@TheArtofGuitar]

I remember getting into video production way back in the day having only a Sony Hi8 handycam and a really slow Mac running Final Cut 5 I think. I made these videos as a way to show each student’s progress but over time it turned more into a time capsule for the time period before tech took over, before smart phones. Back then only a handful of people got to see the finished video, today we almost got 100,000 views in less than a week. Such a different world today.

[@namethatiuse2677]

I'm crying bro tusm.

[@smacdsmaccers]

Youve done the world a great service

[@zimplifyz]

Crazy ain’t it!

[@RD24LFG]

@@namethatiuse2677 how do Josiah pass? I understand if you don't want to share. Just heartbreaking.

[@oldaccount5217]

I got George Harrison on my wall too you crazy mofo! I heard he wrote Wonderwall lol

[@jwhite3389]

So many nirvana riffs lol. It really was so different back then. Growing up in the 90's I got a huge wave of nostalgia watching this. The clothes, the hair styles, and the music. Sometimes I wish I could go back and experience it all over again.

[@mephistopheles7545]

You’re lucky to even experience it

[@BestKCL]

@@mephistopheles7545 As someone born in 2004, these 90's videos strike me as being from some kind of utopia where people are actually human.

[@huns9911]

@@BestKCL Same here, I wish I could experience it.

[@BBPalmer420]

Just Don’t miss the present moment, it’s all we have

[@Newshustle]

@@BestKCL the 90s and early 2000s people were human. There is a big difference in how people act now compared to back then

[@BuenoReviews]

This is so cool. You’re such a good teacher. Only someone who genuinely gives a shit would record your students like this. You deserve all the success in the world, man. Thanks for sharing your teaching gift with all of us. 🙏🙏

[@TheArtofGuitar]

I have to thank my grandma for getting me into video recording and editing at a young age. I think I used Final Cut 1.0 for this. hehe

[@oldaccount5217]

Pokémon kid Reminds me of myself in 1st grade

[@Reeldrivenoutdoors]

As someone who was born in 1990 I can confirm this era was the best years of my life everything felt real and true and honest, the world truly changed around 2006-2008 and hasn’t felt the same since

[@Thatmusicdude91]

2010 everything changed

[@brucebogtrotter9200]

2001 changed everything

[@hitsonacousticguitar]

2006-2008 was when you had changed to an adult.

[@BestKCL]

About a million different world-changing factors emerged from 2001-2008

[@garryiglesias4074]

Of course when you're a kid, it supposed to be "the best years" of life... Of course when you start to become a adult things changes: "The child is grown, the dream is gone" wrote one Bleeding Heart...

[@pyroseed13]

Love the kid at the end listing all the Pokemon interspersed with him singing Backstreet Boys lol. It's like the perfect time capsule of that year.

[@deadreckoning4132]

Everybody was my friend. I got to observe that change take place. People are a lot more self-absorbed now and think they're a lot more significant than they really are. People back in the '90s had fun because they didn't have a social media platform to throw themselves out there then have to put on a false narrative to try to impress the world.

[@Matthew_Klepadlo]

It’s why I say it’s not phones, computers or even the internet entirely that is the problem: it’s social media.

[@CamRebires]

There's this video of a girl loudly live-streaming in an open-air bar with this random old guy telling her that she's really not that interesting. I think about that one every once in a while, healthy habit

[@Newshustle]

people are super fake now

[@Xinbaset]

This needs to be seen by everybody. There is a deeper feeling and message just by being what it is. Beautiful, really beautiful

[@briancoyne6700]

Look at all the lives you have improved by teaching guitar through the years. Thank you!!

[@dman3316]

Not gonna lie - if my guitar teacher started filming me I'd be pretty terrified ha. You seem like a great tutor though

[@MackDaddyVic]

This also just shows how real and down to earth kids and people in general used to be. Man, I was probably like 5 years old when this video was recorded. I wish I was a teenager in the 90’s. Best decade for music and life.

[@silvermediastudio]

I was there. It was.

[@ElevatedLevetator]

I would say 80s was better for music but thats me

[@rowanshreds]

I wish kids were still that way. I feel like we're becoming too mature too soon

[@gergoretvari6373]

it's the world's fault

[@dontlizten]

Not getting any wiser though 😶☝️

[@penclaw]

@@gergoretvari6373 what do you mean wordl's fault? nowadays smartphone is a teacher and the integrity between parent and child is disappearing, there's always a choice, if parent has more patience and really loved his kid he would spend more time with him.

[@hectorg362]

Wait I thought it was like this a long?

[@0mn1prism59]

They are becoming more mature, but having less experiences. My dad was married and owned a house at 20.

[@marcusvetrano6455]

As a guitar teacher that just started teaching last year, I found this video to be immensely informative, entertaining and also beautiful. You captured everyone's unique personality so well its like im seeing my own class of students with all their quirks and funny conversations. I kinda wish I was teaching back then as well, a world without technological distractions and just pure love for music. This was awesome man

[@PerryCodes]

This is freakin' gold Mike. I absolutely love the kid at the end that names off a TON of Pokémon after being asked which one he likes the most! Or... you know that a kid thinks you're really old when they ask questions like "Do you know anything about skate boarding?" =) This video goes really well with another one I just watched where you talk about maintaining a beginner's mindset. Seeing people in that first year or two of learning the guitar not allowing themselves to get bent out of shape when they aren't perfectly nailing every single note... Playing the guitar because it brings you happiness and it's something you enjoy doing. Great post!

[@OnlyAson]

Love that guy with the pickup selector labeled for Ska/Punk!

[@Usgmusteret]

RIP Josiah! This video makes me very sad and happy at the same time... thanks for that! what a beautiful time capsule

[@madmartigan1634]

Takes me back to the days of hair gel, Ibanez/skate punk, love it

[@THEEtylerhan91]

This hits me deep as a kid in 2003 (right before the smart phone era) I have cerebral palsy and my right hand lacks the motor skills due to a stroke in the womb so I have undeveloped nerves and guitar playing was a way to get me to use my right hand as a picking hand since I was always a lefty in school due to the disability so my parents kinda forced me to do something with my right hand I mean it was bad but I connected with guitar playing and my tutors were all individually different and helped me in certain ways to broaden my scope musically I’ll always be thankful for those guitar lessons at 13 years old i wish I could go back and relive those days after school going to my lessons and hanging with my teacher picking their brains lol 😂 good times your students remind me of me at that time half talking half playing half making excuses lol 😂

[@WarofThoughts]

I bet you could play a mean slap bass

[@gxtmfa]

Holy shit- me too but in my left hand! I learned guitar to help!

[@nostringsattachedmusic]

I do like that nowadays I can look up any song on youtube and we can play along, slow it down, and usually even find a version that's been tuned up if its a half step down or whatever. I also like the huge variety of bands students seem to be exposed to. Everything else is kinda worse though, harder to pay attention to one thing for a long time, harder to remember the names of what bands/songs you like (!), and just an overall attitude amongst people that music is sort of a lower value, background sort of thing that comes out of your phone when you're at the gym, instead of this holy quest for art that is was for me growing up.

[@shiptj01]

Well said. That is how it was and that's how it is today.

[@ia5662]

I was totally those kids just 2-3 years earlier. It really was a great time to learn and get lessons - I quickly got what I needed with chord identification, transitions and some easy leads/pentatonic and I was ready to rule the world! Once I started picking stuff up on my own, I stopped lessons, but they were so informative to my growth and knowledge as a player. The best part was jamming to CDs of my favorite bands on my stereo and curating MY OWN taste, not what some algorithm told me. I honestly hate Spotify and what it has done to music listeners in general.

[@LieLikesMusic]

This reminds me of myself when i first picked up the guitar as a teenager. Thanks for sharing this :)

[@mokshmeditation]

Being a 90s kid I can proudly confirm that we used to value things way better than today's kids, despite our limitations. We used to listen to one particular artist/album for weeks, just saying 🙂

[@zaidianfa11s69]

I’ve been listening to the same artist for 2 consecutive months so that def still happens lol. Probably not as often as back in your day

[@chrisray1567]

I grew up in the 80s and 90s too. We’re not special. The difference is the environment, not the people. If kids today grew up in our time, they would be like us, and if we were kids now, we’d act just like them.

[@ilemraz]

ive been listening to the same 2 artists for months, just saying

[@AZ-kr6ff]

I started guitar lessons in 1986 at age 14 from a Berkeley grad. He moved to Texas to teach at a music school down there, but we continued weekly lessons by sending a tape back and forth through the US mail. He had me buy a good quality blank cassette tape and mail it to him, then he returned it a few days later with him talking to me and playing what he wanted me to practice, along with a few folded up sheets of the scale patterns and whatnot. I'd listen and rewind, playing back anything that was difficult until I was able to play it all (like we all did with anything we were trying to learn back then), then I would practice the lesson for a few days and finally record myself playing what I'd learned using the microphone attachment on my cassette/ record player stereo that I got from my oldest sister when she moved out and got married. After that, I'd rip by the post office on my bike on the way to school and send it back to Texas. I practiced what he had taught me until a few days later when the tape would arrive back in our mailbox in northern Maine with feedback on my playing, a new lesson, and some friendly words from this awesome guy, and great guitar player. I looked forward to that tape arriving every week! He eventually moved back to Maine after a few months (he said Texas was "too brown and flat" haha), and we resumed our regular lessons. I forgot all about this until a few years ago when thinking about how amazing the young players are these days, and how great a resource they have through KZbin and social media. You young people really, really blow my mind with how well so many of you play. I sometimes say to people that I'd be willing to bet that if you were to pick a decent size highschool at random and find the best guitar player in that school, that kid could hold his own cutting heads with any of the 60's/70's/80's guitar gods. Ok, maybe not with Steve Vai. 👽 vs 🥵 haha Keep practicing, young Jedi ! The guitar gods of the future are gonna blow the roof off!! Anyway, thanks for reading my long story. It's a good memory. 🤘

[@KTUBE1770]

Great story! Thanks for sharing

[@microsoftpain]

Mike does not age. He's looked the same for two decades. Please tell us your secrets. Awesome video.

[@paulyguitary7651]

He is an immortal sent here to teach us all about the love of guitar.

[@stepans2167]

Timestamp?

[@ITZMORPHINTIME]

this is GOLD

[@TheArtofGuitar]

I’m very grateful I got into recording and editing video back then. Priceless footage for me.

[@jaykay0401]

Wow… this brings happy tears to my eyes. You impacted a ton of these kids lives. I’m a private instructor myself. This is why I do it!

[@herculesrockefeller8969]

"Do you know anything about skateboarding?" 😆 Like you were 92 years old! Thanks, Mike for this look at your students, I wonder how many went on to excell at guitar, or are even still playing. I'd forgotten that I was at their stage at one time, and that I have progressed, in spite of my harsh assessments of myself. You must have seemed like a god to them! Happy Halloween, and long live THE TOOPER!

[@4carhur1more]

The kid playing teen spirt who was asked "anything else you wanna play?" and responded "I don't think so" cracked me up because I have a student now that will sneak in a riff from that song every lesson.

[@ubiratanguimaraes6996]

I felt the vibe of me and my friends trying to learn guitar in the 90's, there were only magazines and musical teachers at that time and people were more instinctive and calm on the things they were doing.

[@sebastian_meier]

"Maybe broke my finger" - goes on to play anyway like a champ

[@kristopherkrahl1597]

The kid with the Godin playing Incubus Drive was killing it!

[@kevinkaol3681]

Thanks !!!!! Was going crazy trying to remember the name of that riff

[@Factory_Muff]

I would have been around Josiah’s age. Started playing in 1992 at the age of 12 and am 42 now. Grew up in NYC. This is so nostalgic for me. We grew up on Guitar World tab . I even remember when Josiah’s Parker Fly guitar came out, it got so much hype in the guitar magazines. I think even Dave Navarro pushes it. I always thought they were horrible looking and saw one in Sam Ash on Queens Boulevard the year they came out. I was like 15 or 16 and just in there to play guitars and steal some pics and leave. I picked up the display/floor model Parker Fly and plugged it into a Fender combo and sat on the stool in front of the amp, played it for like 30 seconds and hung it back up on the wall hook. It was up on the third horizontal row up from the floor and about three or four guitars to my right from where I was sitting. I then picked up an Epiphone Les Paul and started playing that for several minutes. The store was busy, sales guys were busy, not watching me at all, and all of a sudden, the Parker Fly slips off the hook, hits the guitar underneath it and does a 180 head dive into the floor. It cracked the headstock and the crack extended down the entire neck about 3/4 of the way. I was sitting there clutching whatever I was playing and put on my poker face hoping that no one saw that I was the last person to touch it. At some point a chubby middle aged manager picked it up furiously and yelled at the other floor guys, “this is why we shouldn’t let people try out everything on the wall without our assistance “, or something to that effect. No one knew it was me. That shit was bonkers. I got the fuck out of there in a jiffy without being too obvious.😅

[@ali_s93]

You just cost that store 3k and bailed 😭😭

[@Rusli1659LPSoldier]

I like how these students did their own progression of guitar way before the internet. some of them learn by ear, Some of them learning reading the tabs or sheet music. For me, I'm a self taught learning guitar of my own by learning songs in a slow tempo before the normal tempo. It's fun to have these progress all the years. To all of these guitar students are in the video, Don't give up. You can do it by your own skills. I'm proud by your progress and your talent skills are eventually improved.

[@rawkinj6609]

2:23 that kid is the cutest man! I tought guitar for a coupla years when i was in my late teens. Remind me my students and those good old days ! Great that you captured these priceless moments in time ! It brings me so much joy to watch !

[@Kriegter]

This makes guitarists of the time even more impressive. They got no google to help them, only by ear, or tab book, or real life lesson.

[@viceroy_raygun]

As a guitar teacher, I loved seeing this so much! I'm reminded of so many of my own students.

[@JayDillDrums]

This is absolutely almost nostalgic to watch. This is how I learned all the instruments I play. Starting the bass. Then I got really serious with guitar and this is just how I learned. Now I'm finally rested on my final instrument the drums. Turns out i was a drummer all along.. and a mediocre guitarist and bassist. This is absolutely lovely to see though it brings such joy to my heart

[@tiitsaul9036]

That’s cool. You should get them front of camera again. Would be interesting to see how they doing now.

[@--TOM--]

This honestly makes me want to take guitar lessons. I've been self taught for several years and never had any formal lessons on guitar, although I took 6 years of orchestra in jr high and high school. I guess I just really miss that teacher-student bond that I had with my orchestra teachers back then. I know guitar lessons can be expensive but music is my passion and I know there's still a lot I can learn especially from more experienced musicians.

[@Aaron-eb7fe]

this really brings me back 😪. I was only 6 or 7 and my mom had bought me my first guitar for my birthday and lessons at Schmidt music with Mike. I was scared at first but then grew on him, later him being a mentor to me in a way. I was such a happy kid... 2:25

[@luisownerbr]

Late 90s and early 2000s were something else, things were simple, slow paced, communities were strong and it was easy to enjoy life and be happy. I wish the internet never happened, we would be doing fine.

[@HannahCope88]

Love this! Congrats on 757k Subscribers! This was such a joy to watch, makes me laugh and cry just a little bit at how much all the students look to be enjoying their lessons/ playing. Watching this makes me wish so much that I'd been given the opportunity to learn as a kid, before smart phones/ internet, I know it would've been way different and super hard, but I just know it would been good for me, as an aspiring player and just personal development, like my mindset etc.

[@shiptj01]

The nostalgia is strong in this one. I took drum lessons during the late 90s, but I can still relate to a lot of this.

[@B4NDllKOOT_]

They should make one for drum students learning in the 90s

[@shiptj01]

@@B4NDllKOOT_ That would be amazing.

[@jonjones3958]

I was born in '84 and grew up during this era, this brings back a lot of memories

[@Shervin84]

I was born in 1984, how quickly time passes, it seems like it was just yesterday bro

[@danbosch-]

The RIP Josiah broke my heart. Much love to you.

[@johnc1963]

This is a time capsule, thank you for uploading it man!

[@brianaaland5263]

This video reminded me of what it was like learning our instruments back then. There were garbage tabs and lessons once and a while and the rest was just trying to piece things together by ear. Late 90's to mid 00's were so much fun to learn things and hang out with friends. I remember when you got your first phone meant you could play snake and you had very limited calls and texts.

[@ExaFH]

This is why I feel like the early metal and punk rock era was so interesting because this time wasn’t like nowadays where every single person that exists either is on TikTok all day or only listens to pop. So much personality these kids have. Love the video, keep it up!

[@Newshustle]

nowadays unique personalities are punished

[@professorbonghair3111]

I started playing in 1991. It was very difficult to learn an entire song. Mistakes were rampant. Luckily I had a good ear and an even better acid connection. Good times, bro.

[@shesacutedoll]

wowww seeing how young they were back then and how they played really motivates me !

[@cdprince768]

I can't imagine a kid today noticing the year on a coin.

[@jeffoneto278xd]

Hey! I do that >:[

[@LorneVignettes]

This put a huge smile on my face. I took drum lessons when I was 14 years old. Good times. That would have been in 1998-1999. The good Ol' days.

[@baroqueguitarist5673]

It's hard to describe but becoming a guitarist during the 90s was a great time to learn music. Back then people didn't have alot of places to learn. You had to go to a school or pay 50 bucks for a hot licks tape. It usually cost you a bunch of money so you had to save up for things a while and then travel some distance to get it. So you valued it much more. But at the same time we had much more opportunities/ways to learn than previous generations. So it was a good balance in a way. Today everything you could ever want to learn is free online and I must admit I got spoiled and lazy from that myself. Same with music in general. When I had to save up and take two buses for the new album of a band I really liked I would listen to it until I started going nuts from the repetition. Now every song I could ever want is free online and I barely take advantage of that. It's strange how that happens

[@adamtbabel]

the way I could tell this was suburban MN without it ever explicitly mentioned...

[@agtronic]

Man, I didn't realize you were old enough to have footage like this. I'm guessing you're probably somewhere near my age (43), probably younger, but very, very cool that you have this. I agree 100% that there is something significantly different about our culture before and after smart phones, and probably the internet, really. We only heard about bands through our friends lending/borrowing cassettes. We had so many questions and we filled in the blanks with our best guesses and our imaginations. Oh man, to go back to the days of first hearing Nirvana on a 4th generation cassette, or hearing Cream on dad's record player ... I will never forget when I heard Cowboys from Hell on my Sony CFS710 for the first time after trekking the tape across the entire city on 3 different busses. I'll also never forget walking to my friend's house in a winter storm listening to Countdown to Extinction my walkman, hoping the batteries would survive in the cold, only to get there and learn some terrible news about his father. I don't seem to have any of these memories from the internet age. Strange.

[@LuisJ967]

Maybe he's 46 or 47 years old, I say this because in this channel he posted a video titled "relearning a solo i wrote when i was only 16" when he played guitar with his band.

[@Newshustle]

it wasn't really the internet that did this. It was mostly the smartphones giving every idiot easy access to the internet. And these idiots popularized the big social media apps and centralized/ruined what the internet used to be more than ever before

[@chrisbarnette7137]

This takes me back.. I remember my friend would come over and we would show each other the licks we had learned and would trade licks. I'll never forget when he learned the Sublime solo to Santaria ( hope I spelled that right) He passed away last year.. need to learn that solo in his honor ... Rest easy David.. thanks for the video and old times down memory lane.

[@chadbrochills]

This is awesome. I was born in ‘80 and started playing guitar in the early ‘90s (I still suck lol) and this video brings back a ton of memories from my first lessons. The small room, dimly lit room and tab books. 😂 As others have, I wish I could go back.

[@darickmendes969]

You seemed such a chill and patient teacher haha I admire how you let kids be kids and just let them have fun with playing the guitar while still goofing around haha

[@SevenGC89]

My guitar teacher is actually a pretty widely known blues guitarist/singer now. Mick Hayes (Band) taught me from 10-14 years old and taught me everything I know. I think my parents thought I would take to guitar how I took to learning in school which was zero effort don't care attitude lol but Mick actually went up to my Mom after one of my lessons and told her that he has never had a student soak in information as well as me. I had so much fun learning guitar. It was funny because my first lesson I came in with a terrible guitar, it was a Synsonics "portable" guitar, it was like 3/4 scale and had a TERRIBLE built in amp with only a volume knob, Vol 1-3 clean 4-6 were an attempt at crunchy blues and anything past 6 sounded like the sound your amp makes when you have it up loud and you're plugging in a cable, that scratchy horrible rip your ears off sound. I did 30 min lessons and the first 20 of my first lesson was him getting the guitar in "playable" condition. I got that guitar for Xmas and started lessons the next week and by my birthday Feb 27th I had improved enough where it was actually annoying to play at home because at least at lessons I was able to plug into a good amp so it didn't sound AS bad. I got one of those starter Strat knock offs beginner packs that came with the guitar and a very small amp and yeah it was crappy but for me it was like someone just handed me a Gibson Custom and Marhall fullstack lmao! Than what completed my rig was a few months later I saw in Guitar One mag they were advertizing the Digitech RP200 multi effects pedal, I saved up for like 6 months to afford it and was blown away. As I'm sure most of you know a good effects pedal can make a shitty amp sound really good. That was the setup I used for almost 6 years until I got my first job and was able to start saving. Awesome video dude, just showing old lesson footage like this through my brain into nostagia mode haha!

[@DomBowdery]

This is great, love the dude's SKA/PUNK pickup selector

[@Mr.H0LLYW00D]

Some of these kids probably got kids of their own and probably taught them a little bit of what they remember you teaching them. Would be cool, like passing the torch 🙌

[@punkrockdad86]

Wow what an amazing video and time capsule for a guy born in 86 who played guitar around this time! Thank you for sharing.

[@shadowedge729]

i wish i had an actual teacher sometimes. i’d love to have memories like these one day

[@woolyfuzzy]

I was a guitar teacher through all of the nineties. This brings back good memories :) thanks

[@Selfmxdetm]

Such a heart warming video. Such great vibes. These kids are amazing

[@chloexsoliel]

this was an awesome video, so cool to see this slice of 90s nostalgia RIP Josiah

[@untitled1464]

Holy shit did i just hear Incubus’s Drive at the 1:36 mark???? Put a smile on my face.

[@rproctor83]

It's amazing truly how advanced peoples technique and skill have become with the advent of the internet and even more with KZbin, it's like the ultimate tool.

[@monkeymusic3318]

I have taught guitar since the late 80's, and it is a better time than ever to teach guitar. Students come in with a smart phone full of tabs they want to learn, and the resources are all there without a need to search, shop, or listen to the song to figure it out. There are so many resources to refer them to (such as your channel). If I do not know the song, I watch a how-to video a few times and have it down well enough to teach it. For a while it was a drag because all the new music sucked, but young folks are listening more and more to the classics, and the better material from over the years has surfaced and become more popular among students. They also have incredible taste in music, generally being more open to variety and experimentation than in the past, where guitar players were more polarized towards certain styles and genres. It's probably all the resources, but they seem to progress faster than ever, and generally stick to the practice routine more. I also have had many older students who tried to learn when they were younger, but they struggled and gave up until technology made it easier and more accessible. You are too young to become jaded, embrace the present!

[@MikeysGeetar]

Too bad 1 out of every 1000 kids doesn’t care for the guitar because they can press a button on their phone and play a million notes. So is it really Better man? Id strongly disagree. The world is falling apart stop trying to make it seem better because your lesson is a little “easier” to get around. Called laziness

[@SeraphSlaughter]

@@MikeysGeetar who hurt you man

[@diamondsprince]

​@@SeraphSlaughter the .... internet ... apparently?

[@willwillwill333]

@@MikeysGeetar sorry bro you're just sad and mad, doesn't make you right

[@willwillwill333]

That final message is something we all need. Thanks for this level headed and positive view on how things have progressed since back then

[@dakotarussell8116]

The whole video could have been that kid naming Pokemon and singing Backstreet Boys lol Amazing content! Truly a beautiful time capsule. I respect you so much for all that you've done and everything you continue to do.

[@J1mbo69]

I was born in 2008, and watching videos from 90's or 80's. Everyone looks so happy and positive. Nowadays life seems so depressing lol

[@electromancer2645]

Radicalized lefts and rights kinda ruined it for everyone.

[@iceWaterProductions1]

We were born and raised before the soul eroding internet and even worse smart phones ruined the world.

[@nonsense2369]

I think (not an original thought) that the stupid internet has not even been acclimated to. People make excuses for it like people with drug addictions do. When I tell people I don’t do social media it’s the same tweaker energy as someone offering me coke and I decline…or an alcoholic not understanding why people don’t want to drink. It doesn’t make sense and they automatically start talking about all the good aspects of it and how they’re so confused. And I get it! There are good aspects. But from what I can tell it’s being abused by pretty much everyone I know and myself as well. I’m just willing to be real with myself and admit it’s a real problem. The skill learning, strict communication (not over communication) and business aspects make sense. And there is some good entertainment as well. But that’s also where no real boundaries have been made and it gets completely out of control. It’s abused in the entertainment aspect and nearly everything in life starts to reduce and be merged into that. Simple entertainment. People become desensitized due to an over abundance and over saturation of many negative things and they cope with it by making it into humor or talking about it nonchalantly. People pretend to “care” about things now that are impossible to care about because if you don’t you’re labeled as either out of the loop (which rolls over ever faster. 24 hr news abs all) or as a heartless moron. And it’s all perpetuated by a hive mind, herd like mentality by the internet and who is getting the most views/likes or whatever. We don’t really know just how addicted we are as a species and I don’t think many people even care. They like to share these ideas when I bring them up but only as an entertaining talking point. Not many folks really sit with their own thoughts about others thought. Or think about how and why they think in certain ways. They need constant stimulation and entertainment. It’s scary to think where this is all headed because it trends more negative than positive as far as I can tell.

[@AllofJudea]

You are correct. That being said, you guys can make the world you want. It's probably going to get worse before it gets better, but it will be worth it.

[@marthamryglod291]

We looked up and noticed people more back then. We made plans to meet places and had to trust that friends would show up. But, grunge had a bit of a downer vibe to the scene. Teenagers always find solace in sad music

[@tyruslawhorn]

Awesome video. I could watch entire days worth of stuff like this

[@horstborscht7401]

This feels strangely nostalgic, because I was roughly the same age as many kids in the clip at roughly the same time (I think I even had the same shirt like the boy at 2:23!). Apart from Justin, did anyone end up in bands that made it later? Not talking about mega-fame here, but on the level of actual releases and gigs.

[@Mr.H0LLYW00D]

At 6:08 it says one of his students got signed to Sony and toured

[@douchecraft3113]

what a dope time capsule

[@MeAgainstY0u]

RIP Josiah. He seemed like a really cool dude. Is there any of his music online? would like to hear it.

[@supersapphire]

beautiful video, I was born in 90 and miss that decade dearly

[@hmpz36911]

Time flies! Back then I was a teenager trying to recapture what Megadeth and Metallica were doing earlier on, but my band sounded more like a drunken D.R.I. falling down a flight of steps 😆

[@mrreddog]

I was 16 in 85 & couldn't wait for the next Guitar magazine to come out every month for the tab. Its alot easier learning guitar these days with internet. Nice video..

[@a_new_hourbandofficial9121]

Life seemed so much more fun and simple back then, and definitely way more connected on a human to human type of way…… very good watch Mike! ❤️ 🎸 🎶

[@adammaples6390]

This made me smile the whole time. Awesome!

[@MashaT22]

This is awesome footage! How did you know your future self would need these vids for KZbin?! 😂😉 Would be cool if you could get some of these students to play the same songs now to see if they can still play them -- and interview them about whether they still play guitar, what they remember as students, reflect on what they wish they (and you) had done well/differently, etc. I know you put a few former students on camera recently, but it would be fun to do more of a comparison style "then and now" type video. It's fun for us to see, and I'd argue it's good advertising for you as a teacher to show where these students are all these years later -- even if they don't play anymore, I'm sure learning guitar back then impacted them positively. Please do this!

[@nugglord420]

This, this!!!

[@High9ine]

Omg this video was absolutely amazing, it brings me back to the good old days!! Love it!!

[@azraelfirstofhisname8695]

1:34 Sounds like Incubus

[@niksriga]

It's "drive" dude 😄

[@shadowedge729]

lol it’s drive

[@preston2636]

How did you come to that revaluation nostrodomus?

[@dana.9377]

The guy playing Dee by Mr. Randy Rhoads made me smile man. So good, thanks for posting. I had to learn that one too when I started lol.

[@azraelfirstofhisname8695]

Glad to know there were weird insufferable kids in the 90s…makes me feel a bit better

[@brendanokeefemusic-]

Love this! I started teaching in 2001 and this is spot on! The pic of the CD! The guitars too lol.

[@skottmuncey1529]

Started playing in about 1986. Tab books were about half right. If I would have had the internet. I would have been dangerous!😆 What took my son a year took me 4/5. 😂 Everyone plays now due to Guitar Hero. Makes me kinda wish I would have kept playing drums like my father. Randy Rhoads changed that for me. When I heard Crazy Train when it first came out. Yes I’m old.😂 Good luck dude.

[@spindriftdrinker]

Started playing guitar in 1972. I had a Spanish guitar. I found the sheet music for a Beatles song in a garage sale. It had some chord diagrams. So I learned the chords that existed on that sheet.

[@bonusducks1113]

As a 17 year old who's only been playing for 4 years, I didn't get into guitar until my dad played the blizzard of ozz vinyl. I try to learn most things by ear, and I never really got into all of these guitar games. I've loved to listen to music and play what I hear. From what my students tell me, that's not very common!

[@lt_johnmcclane]

Dude there’s kids around today that have never played or even heard of guitar hero. That game hasn’t been relevant in like a decade

[@PerryCodes]

There are a few of us here in that age range 😉. I grew up with Guitar for the Practicing Musician being my favorite mag because 1) the tab was always better than Guitar World and 2) they didn’t feature “old” guys that played “old people” music like Guitar Player. You know... those people I had no clue about like Alan Holdsworth, Al Di Meola, or Adrian Belew. (Little did I know just how much I was missing!) But when you go back to those first couple years of GFTPM (before Wolf Marshall and Andy Aledort) it really sucked! The very first song was Judas Priest “Hellbent for Leather” with a tapped solo that’s notated as being picked!!! (Mike has a GREAT Bad Tab episode on this). One tab book that I still have to this day is the Ozzy/RR Tribute. Thought they did a good job with that one.

[@zacharron]

This is a very cool video. I'm 47 but didn't start teaching guitar until 2005. On the one hand, lessons have changed a lot with modern technology and attention spans, but I still have students like these! :-) Thanks for the memories.

[@Mr_Woodchuck]

This is great. I started playing in 1996 and can just relate to all of it. I still play Incubus Drive to this day and loved the Creed What If in there.

[@giulioluzzardi7632]

Thanks for making us remember that making Music is within everyones reach(or should be).

[@licensetoshred]

This is a great litttle time capsule, evoked some pretty strong emotions and I can't even really pinpoint why. Thanks for sharing man!

[@computernerd8157]

Dont really miss the 90s. I am glade tech has moved forward. I learned guitar so much faster with technology then I could if I started as a kid. Great video!

[@pocolrs]

Thanks for this valuable video. I was born in 1970,and I'm still growing up.

[@ShreddingFinn]

In the 90s we had guitar magazines and REH videos, it was fun learning back then

[@robertcooney1938]

I love when my students practice. That's the hardest part of teaching instruments, getting the parents to get the students to practice the material that i give them to practice. I had students couldn't play a F note on the high E string for weeks.