GUITAR with Friends is AWFUL

[@HopUpOutDaBed]

i once tried to jam with my friend (we both play guitar) and it just turned into him showing off all the songs he knows and me sitting there doing nothing. I was like "maybe we could play the same song but different parts?" and he was like "what do you mean? I can play all the parts" and then he played wonderwall

[@levicoffman5146]

Save yourself the trouble and just buy a looper and a drum machine. Or use youtube backing tracks. People suck.

[@abominationdesolation8322]

LOL

[@nokia-gm8gv]

fr

[@StarshipTrooper2050]

@hopupout….he played Wonderwall? I would have sent him home….find another friend…

[@Ilikewomen43]

WUSKAKAKAKA

[@IamNewbo]

This seems fun! Now all I need are friends

[@RedlightBlue]

Just draw them like I do

[@IamNewbo]

@@RedlightBlue That is genius 😮

[@weswheel4834]

tbf, that's a plus. When meeting new friends you can check what instrument they play beforehand and so avoid this problem.

[@NolenBennett]

No it’s awful

[@levicoffman5146]

Save yourself the trouble and just buy a looper and a drum machine. Or use youtube backing tracks. People suck.

[@triledink]

Nah, everyone should be playing electric guitar with heavy distortion while one guy sweep picks while the others just shreds their plectrums trem picking like they're playing black metal. Its music to my ears. Record it all, not with your phone, but with a second hand tape player with built in microphone and you'll probably earn a bunch of money for being original.

[@JS_Guitar09]

It's not complete without either one friend videoing with a phone, without any camera stability at all, or a phone propped up so you can only see one of the guitar players, and then it falls down partway through, so he stops playing to prop it back up

[@BirnieMac1]

I dont think it matter if you record with aa high end microphone or 2000s nokia You’re still getting nothing but mud when it comes to the wall of noise genres

[@phoebea]

You're friends with Paul McCartney and the Monopoly guy!? Sweet!

[@RedlightBlue]

Yeah it’s a weird club

[@Zack-bl2gg]

Damn here I was thinking it was the pringles guy

[@omniphore4913]

Yes and Clinton

[@mrskelington]

I wanna do this but I don’t understand what you’re talking about. I guess I need to learn guitar first. And then get friends. And then get my friends to learn guitar. Man this is gonna be hard work.

[@Nuss-j4s]

You can look out for guys learning guitar and try to befriend them, try a music school for example to find those people.

[@magicalwafflez5395]

It's possible, I managed to pull it off at work, I managed to convince 3 of my coworkers pick up guitar. Joke's on them, I play keys.

[@TheDollarKing]

he doesnt know what hes talking about either, hes the type to only know a few easy songs and and only basic chord shapes

[@deejay_iso]

Just don’t bother, it’s easier

[@paulgordon6949]

That's kinda what I've been trying to do for the last couple of years

[@12ryudragon]

I had this exact experience a lot of times with my friends when we were kids. Everyone had an electric guitar, so we would get together and try to do something. But we didn't even know what a jam was! So we played the most basic riffs any guitar player knew like smoke on the water, paranoid, iron man, whole lotta love, sweet child o mine....that sort of stuff. It was horrible and we didn't get to anywhere! but I'm quite fond of those memories...

[@NolenBennett]

Cool

[@timmiller1]

Next time remember to have everyone play the same song at the same time

[@USHARDY]

Wow I never Fred Durst and Paul McCartney sitting on the coach together like that, great video yo!

[@TomaszKalusMusic]

It's also interesting for two guitar players to play with the same strumming pattern and the same chors, but in different positions - one on the open positions, one with the capo. That way they are layered like acoustic guitars in the studio recordings often are.

[@ViltrumiteIsRite99]

Based video. You all can’t play the same instrument, and if you do, you gotta fill up different spaces. Fantastic insight, as I’ve been jamming here and there.

[@leonardoeloi67]

Nice. Now I just need some friends who know how to play.

[@riccardovacca6707]

I’ve jammed many times with beginners and with pros. Just put a capo somewhere so the chords are the same but the feel is different boom done. If no capo either you learn all the possible positions of chords or barre chords the root note and you should be just good. Right hand is the important one so as long as somebody can feel even a bit of rhythm you should be able to guide him/ them. I played Circles by Post Malone at Ostello Bello many times with people who never touched a guitar and after 5 minutes they got the feel of the bass line and we played it good.

[@LuiDeca]

great job explaining guitar arranging for non-musicians.

[@Kurage_P]

My first time jamming with a friend was my worst experience ever. It was like “hey, do you what key do you wanna play in?” *friend starts aggressively playing Sweet Child Of Mine*

[@Ciansaunders201]

Wow, I can’t believe you’re friends with Paul McCartney

[@thegreatboppilini9006]

As you get older you learn to appreciate watching your bro play for you like he’s 10 on guitar hero.

[@Mynoah16]

Wish I was your friend and made songs on a couch with ya. Sounded fun!

[@RedlightBlue]

We’re basically friends at this point. We still have to figure out the couch songs

[@Mynoah16]

@@RedlightBlue My couch sucks, terrible for writing bangers

[@JoeGooseman]

Just like in a real band, its always hard to find the guy who wants to be on percussion! Great vid as always man

[@BitwiseMobile]

Yeah, that's called being in a band :). It's hard. Many think it's easy. People who are good at things make complex things look easy because they are skilled.

[@GuitarSlayer136]

We used to just have everyone who played choose an octave and we'd all play the 4 chords chord progression. there would be a few people who don't play, but once we got going, the game would be to jump in and sing whatever song popped into your head that fit. It sounds daunting, but once a few start singing the entire room joins in. Some of my best memories are being in college dorms with 12 roommates jamming out like this.

[@tobiassantos4847]

Reality: You ask them the key and they say “What’s a key?” so you just sit in the corner playing percussion

[@rotunda_]

I love drumstrumming with the lads

[@G-L-O-R-I-A]

But you have famous friends, like the Monopoly man. He's a much better musician than my friends.

[@ianrickey208]

I'm 59 years old and I love this channel hahah

[@michaellewis483]

Now that you've got 3 other guitar playing friends you can finally play Freebird!

[@whatishandle]

i love ur animation

[@RedlightBlue]

I love u

[@Felix-q9d]

I love you to

[@felipehenricoomaiorfadevid2715]

Thanks for the tips, Fred Durst

[@elihyland4781]

this video will save friendships and maybe be responsible for cool songs. hell yeah

[@notmanatee2445]

0:51 it actually gives the song depth,but also groove! I gave you a better definition and purpose for bass,hope that helps.

[@pxeldxd]

less go, vid dropped right as i opened yt

[@dj_longinus]

The Niibori Method of Guitar ensemble is this concept, but with classical guitars and classical music. There are different guitars with different ranges (such as the Contrabass, being like a 6-string bass guitar tuned an octave lower than the regular guitar)

[@Gigatless]

Bro got Paul McCartney as his friend and has a nerve to teach us guitar

[@JaredDaws]

These are useful and fun tips for jamming with buddies when you've got one too many guitarists in the group lol

[@GabzitoMusic]

Fred Durst, Paul McCartney, Bill Clinton and the Pringles man is the supergroup we all needed

[@addressapocalypse5968]

The hardest part is finding friends who actually play guitar

[@concerninghobbits5536]

The hardest part of that is finding friends

[@AzuriteCoast]

Lovely video

[@theconfounded5269]

Now all I need is some guitar friends!

[@DeadpoolX9]

Play along no matter what

[@funwithphobias]

Great video. Brief and effective

[@taylorschomer8022]

We've all been stuck in the neverending socially awkward jam loop. We all know that's not where we want to be

[@canineTM]

bruh i just scrolled through youtube and was like " there is nothing to watch" Oh Redlight blue video, let's click. *sees* "1 minute ago", god sent me here damn

[@RedlightBlue]

It’s meant to be

[@wingsoficarus1139]

The hardest part is getting the guitar players to show up

[@ChaseEdits_0916]

Wish I could meet you in real life ur videos are funny and they help a lot thx man

[@TheHappyLeperBeaver]

Another cool thing is play the "Conductor" which can be done by a friend that doesn't even play music. At first, everyone plays, then the conductor points, say 2 of the players, and that means everyone has to shut up and now it's a duet. But say, they feel like just being two seems to put too much pressure on them and the music doesnt go anywhere, and it's embarassing. Then, boom : conductor points again at both of them + a third person, that way, it's more comfortable. Every situation can arise, like, there's this one dude that won't shut up ? Just point him alone. You wanted to shine ? Now's your time bud. Entertain us. Maybe the person will actually have interesting things to say, maybe they will understand that the worth of their music is as good as the context everyone happily provided for him even when he was on his ego trip. In that case, why not bring everyone back one by one so that they can gradually express themselves differently. Anything is possible. Picking weird instruments pairs. If there's only guitars, telling people 'play like a bass" or "play like a sitar" or whatever to keep things interesting when you point them. < I really have fantastic memories of workshop in my jazz university about that, especially because it was "improvised music" workshops. I didn't say "jazz" or even "free jazz", I said improvised music. Noise turned into coherence without thinking about chords, melodies or rythm. Extremely freeing individually and can create marvelous collective sounds, even with the people that barely play an instrument. It's not about technique, it's about intention, and technique is a mere catalyst for your intention, not the other way around.

[@Billkwando]

Joe Satriani's first EP was made entirely on guitar. Just like this, but one guy. Check out Dreaming #11 (the song) or Banana Mango. They're all on disc 1 of Time Machine. And on here, of course.

[@philipschlaepfer9866]

I suggest you check out Friday night in San Francisco with John McLaughlin, Paco de Lucia and Al Di Meola, probably the greatest guitar trio in history

[@cleangoblin2021]

If you have Paul Mccartney like there, you wont have to worry about anything. You'll come up with a global hit on a random Tuesday tea party

[@garyt3hsna1l82]

I lost all my friends trying to do this, after learning learning that I was surrounded by people with no rhythm, no musical knowedge of key signatures or chords , didn't possess the dexterity or even the patience to practice I got a blutooth speaker and now I go to parties uninvited and sit alone while people stand around and gawk at the nerd playing hair metal by himself.

[@skate19706]

we all got that one percussion friend

[@SuperFacecloth]

The big problem is that most people only learn to copy other people's musical expressions and they never learn how to make music.

[@ben-or9yv]

nah we just gonna play wonderwall and karma police fr

[@zalex9407]

If only guitarists could learn the same thing, but for EQ. Yeah the lead guitar's got all the highs and lows and sound so full, but he's also clogging all frequencies and make everything sound muddy.

[@Tomy_Yon]

The video is definitely not awful. 😊

[@FrenchEclairYall]

thank you so much! I have a question: could you make a video explaining power chords? a lot of videos that I come across only confuse me more.

[@RedlightBlue]

That’s a good idea

[@mattclarke884]

@@RedlightBlue I've watched a few of your videos. You're definitely not a shredder. When are you going to upgrade to Electric?

[@NickHobart]

Paul's playing bass right-handed this time eh? :)

[@RedlightBlue]

Oh man

[@brycemclaren2949]

I might be wrong but the song yall sang sounded like Stop Crying Your Heart Out by Oasis

[@ethanisbest2]

acutally very helpful

[@unknown2190]

Play gipsy jazz, its meant to be played with multiple guitars, one or two people play the rythm part (la pompe) one plays the solo

[@marindjurkovic155]

..i love you man!

[@RedlightBlue]

😳

[@theseverelyprofoundguitari866]

Great video

[@danielwetzel7777]

It can be pretty terrible. I suggest learning another instrument so they can do whatever they are used to

[@duvan-solis]

I mean... yeah, it works. Bit it doesn't seem like a very interesting or challeging time.

[@thatguyoversea]

hi bassist here wondering if i can attend the function; related question, any spray bottles?

[@JRam998]

One of my best friends is a guitar player, so i was like you wanna jam? So we did. His guitar was never in tune and he didnt seem to know much theory so it was just me coming up with something cool and then him just playing out of tune notes in the completely wrong key

[@mikester9er]

guitar player....playing out of tune notes in the completely wrong key.

[@TomMilleyMusic]

I'd also add if there's a bunch of you and you're taking turns soloing...for the love of god back off on your volume when playing rhythm. Even if it's just two people, back off. THIS is actually my biggest pet peeve when it comes to jamming. Your goal with rhythm isn't to stand out, it's to support...stop strumming as hard as humanly possible.

[@bmint]

Me and my pals learn from each other.. My bros play everything.. just like me.. 😂

[@priitriisman5381]

But you didn't have to cuuuuut me oooofff!

[@wh8597]

My wife and I have two cats, but when I tell other people, I refer to them as her cats.

[@IvancySushi]

you sound like a younger trunks from dragon ball z gg guitar trunks you got my like

[@itsdavefrommarketing5935]

Guitar 1 lead Guitar 2 rhythm Guitar 3 bass Guitar 4 Sings while drumming

[@nokia-gm8gv]

nice

[@Comrade173]

What if you have 5 or, bear with me, even 6 friends?

[@RedlightBlue]

More instruments

[@slipy955]

That was some alex g shi. Also, thanks for mentioning piano

[@fins6191]

a good guitarist can jam with another good guitarist, they back and forth and share little looks at eachother so they know when a solo is coming or whos turn it is. one guy plays the basic open or bar chords and the other plays harmonic variations. i played with a dude who knew like all of the top 20 solos flawlessly but couldnt keep up with 3 chord campfire songs, had absolutely no concept of volume and how the group sounded as a whole. technically he was the "best guitarist there" but he was trash, put all of his skill points into flashy nonsense and now cant improvise or even follow basic chord changes.

[@guitarandotherthings6090]

But if your friends insist on playing yet only know cowboy chords or a minor pentatonic, its gonna be annoying.

[@marshallr2001]

When is Redlight Blue going to tell us the mystic secrets of how to write progressive metal like Haken and Dream Theater!!!

[@jeanines_channel3246]

Yes, I would love to have Adele as my vocals 😂 Also, I want to sit next to Paul.

[@skipelen]

(Ignore this if you play anything else than Cvu rock and country or just any Cvu genre)

[@kobiimac5131]

The only other person who I met around my age who plays guitar is the kid in my basic instrumental class who I have genuinely thought about slapping in the face because he says this same exact thing every day how does it feel to not be able to play any songs twitch I respond that he has little to no technical knowledge nor skill and all he does is fancy mimicry I said kid also constantly asked me what the notes on the sheet music we read is every single day

[@roycowes]

aight

[@TheDeadKingsRaven]

Does cats and a loop pedal count as friends?

[@RedlightBlue]

I sure hope so

[@icecreamget]

aye, what about the friend who cant count to 4 and wont stop noodling?

[@Seriousbear]

Acoustic guitar sucks, I have an electric guitar and a bass at home so it's more fun to play with someone

[@yoosh9034]

Acoustic guitar sucks 🚫 You suck at acoustic guitar 🥳

[@caelanholder3765]

I usually just play rhythm

[@Felix-q9d]

Nice Video Very Funny. It Is Good. I Like It. P.s I live in Canada and i play guitar. P.s.s I can speak french. P.s.s.s My favorite song is Despacito.

[@aloysiusdevadander19]

Try this instead: PS , PPS, PPPS. Because PS literally means "postscript" as in a script following the original script.

[@stephens4016]

i need friends

[@Sotang10]

And if i want to muse ?

[@RedlightBlue]

Then friends are distracting

[@bmint]

1:11 don’t clash with the guitarist.. 😂

[@bmint]

I’m the guitarist though 😂

[@uh-ohstinky3581]

Just improv? thats like the main thing about guitar jamming.

[@connor56347]

I don't know what I'm doing

[@RedlightBlue]

You can do percussion

[@Jimi_hendrix1]

Damm I'm alone

[@syn351]

Take turns soloing, have a good ass time

[@memeboi6801]

so... weezer?

[@marduk69420]

well that really isn't how you do it...

[@Shewjei]

This is kinda cool, 100th comment

[@soup_pigeon]

ur overcomplicating it brother just jam

[@stefanmladenovic5583]

It's hard to just jam, when you're a beginner musician. You're just gonna play some wrong key mess. I think this video explains it nice for people who are learning

[@zagg8687]

Being the most experienced of my friends makes it difficult. Like I want to play how I do when I'm by myself but I don't wanna show anyone up or feel like I'm showing off. I just wish they'd be at the same level as I am 😢

[@OdaKa]

weird flex

[@zagg8687]

@@OdaKa can't help that I put the time in to be a good player 😢

[@OdaKa]

@@zagg8687 While the need to play with musicians at your skill level is totally valid and it's magical to have it fulfilled, it's just weird the way you're talking about yourself and your friends. Gives the ick. But you're young, I'm sure. You've got plenty room to grow. I hope you find musicians you can jam with properly.

[@zagg8687]

@@OdaKa they'd agree with me lol. I don't need an ego boost id Gladly jam with em anytime bc they bring valuable ideas to the table, they just aren't quite a guitar freak like me and that's ok. Not looking down on anyone.

[@OdaKa]

@@zagg8687 Lol that's great. I got the wrong impression, my bad

[@crazycool1128]

Why two people have real face and two have stick man face?

[@jbrown2751]

Funny of you to assume I have friends

[@kevin_kevinson]

Just buy a drum set and a bass tell the 2 worst players to use them. Easy

[@matchalennon]

You’re friends with an 82 year old man??