Like Vultures

[@OisinOhare]

The realist and most informative guitar man on all the internet. Thank you for sharing your wisdom 🙏

[@realmz]

I come to your videos and leave with a good guitar tip, insights, stories on life and plenty of humor. Its like hanging out with a buddy instead of the usual guitar videos here on youtube. Thanks for sharing Bruno.

[@kennywilkinson9270]

I feel so fortunate to be able to casually get such valuable lessons from one of the greats! Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I love your playing, your Philly attitude, and your love to share your knowledge of music with us all. Stay well Jimmy! You’re a fuckin blessing!

[@BuckJoFiden]

Vultures.. that’s what I found too. Longtime friends backbiting and getting shitty, trying to steal gigs… fun times!! How do you get a guitarist off your print porch? Pay him for the pizza! A musician : someone who puts a $10 000 instrument into a $500 car to drive 50 miles to make $40

[@Condor268]

I've played Trumpet all of my Life.I sustained an injury in 2020 forcing me to quit playing the Horn.To fill the void,I adopted the Guitar.I bought the Guitar and it just sat idle for a year because I did not know what or how to approach this new Instrument of choice.Im glad I found this Outstanding Instructor.Its time to 'Play Ball' now after finding what I've been looking for- A REAL TEACHER.I'm staying right here for Guidance.Les

[@jarredbahr1714]

I am beyond grateful for all these opportunities to hear you on here. The best of health and times to you. Thanks.

[@Tomkarshner]

At 78 I don’t know why I listen to you more for education on guitar or your honesty. Your outlook on life is terrific.

[@jesusislukeskywalker4294]

you got a great sense of humour , thanks for sharing 👍 have a great day 🙏

[@hyrulesurfer1]

You're awesome. You're the best teacher I've ever seen on KZbin. I just discovered your channel, and I'm really enjoying it. Thanks

[@carguy3460]

"I'm not thinking of nothin' I like the way it sounds!".......why aren't more people saying this?? Uncle Jimmy....so wise!

[@Bria67ns]

Love when he says shit like that. Reminds me to shut up and play.

[@G_Demolished]

That part had me lose some beverage. “Were you thinking melodic minor there?” “Dafuq outta here! I like the way it sounds!” 😂 Dude is Joe Pass meets Joe Pesci, and it’s great.

[@moebloggs7219]

Jimmy! You are so talented and inspirational to "trying" jazz guitar players. The world is not so bad... keep doing what you do sir!

[@TaboraMusic]

I grew up in Honduras, speaking spanish, and there we called gigs "bones" (huesos). One time I asked one of the teachers at the conservatory why we call them "bones," and he said because we musicians are like a pack of hungry dogs, and they throw us a bone every once in a while...

[@stringsnare]

Just keep uploading Jimmy!!! Jazz Guitar Humour...hilarious

[@stevepirtle588]

I have love the even tone of that guitar!

[@davemassie3726]

Thinking is the enemy of flow! Thanks again for all the laughs and truth telling.

[@jega157]

Dude..... you got it! And I love the chord guidance you show us.

[@Bond-dy6cb]

The vultures would be a great band name! Great stuff as always Jimmy!

[@Spock_Rogers]

I enjoy listening to you, Jimmy. 😎

[@jimdep6542]

One of the best compliments I can give you Jimmy is that you are no phony. I'm sick of phonies. YOU are the real deal.

[@Deliquescentinsight]

Yes! We arrive at musical outcomes because of the way they sound, not because they correspond to theoretical patterns.

[@A.I.N.A.C..]

I come here for the real speak, brutal truth, i am a very basic guitar player singer, I busk and will be doing a few tunes whilst riding my uni cycle, puts smiles on peoples faces in this dark world

[@aaronlarsen7447]

This is gold.

Statue: An insurance agent went to a museum and he accidentally hit a statue. Museum Administrator: “That’s a 500-year-old statue you’ve broken!” Insurance agent: “Thank God! I thought it was a new one.”

[@guitarcoyote]

Minor-major arpeggio… “like the way it sounds”. Harlem Nocturne and Nica’s Dream…like Jimmy says, “just flat the third in the pitch collection”. Jimmy also says, “know the names of the notes or you’re fucked, guitar is hard…practice” you’re the greatest Mr. Bruno!

[@j.p.7708]

I love the heater on the cigarette 🚬 👌👌

[@JohnGriffith-w2w]

Mr. Bruno a $75 gig beats whatever the vultures currently making. I almost fell off my bar stool a decade ago when I was listening to Mike Stern trio playing the 55 Bar for $60 for all three of them! 8:30 Pm- 1:00 AM and they were AMAZING! 😎🎸

[@jeffauen]

Back when I was playing full time we constantly ran into players working for $75 plus tips. They’d been playing for years! They always told us, “ya gotta pay your dues.” Bullshit. We were packing the house on Mondays and Tuesdays. We were due! And we got paid or we walked…with our crowd.

[@TonyHislop]

I’m just glad you’re not bitter.

[@dcjway]

Thanks again Jimmy, unfortunately the world is full of vultures it’s not exclusive to musicians.

[@axeman2638]

I'm just old enough to remember a time when musicians unions kept standards up and ensured venues couldn't so easily exploit musicians and drive pay down.

[@mrfomiatti5515]

Guitar sounds good.🎸

[@richprincipe749]

Love it!!

[@seanquinlan6887]

I watched your "Guitar Imposters" one. Some Stunning chops Jimmy Always articulate and musical. I think you were referring to Andreas in your comments about the "collab"? There are more than enough "vultures"here in Brisbane

[@pallhe]

Cool stuff in here

[@whowahska]

I like what you said about some musicians. They like hearing they've been touched by God, but they gotta have their money. Took some lessons from a guy gigging, a good player, so when he said he needed some work done on his house (because he was too lazy), I turned him on to my home repair buddy, who he then screwed out of $1000. I quit taking his useless lessons and quit following his gigs. Some really are money "vultures." That is very true.

[@countvlad8845]

Hi Jimi, I have your Hot Licks jazz video from the 80s. I'm not really a jazz player but was looking to learn more about the form. I liked your speed and presentation. I'm two years younger than you and got into rock music, whereas you kept your focus on jazz. I understand that you had hard times with vultures -- there is a lot of competition in music, apart from the phony musicians that are constantly saying “I love you.” So the love spiel wears thin and is just generally BS. Sad, but musicians are powerless... last to get paid, etc.... and yet it all comes from them. So I respect your spirit and soul. Keep fighting the good fight.

[@seanquinlan6887]

I agree on the bridge. Ive put roller tunamatic bridges using heavy chromes. More articulate a better harmonic range. Treble And Bass. So better chunk and in a sense warmer.

[@UncleDickeysRandomLife]

Beautiful Soundscape Youre Painting here Leonardo

[@J-kn1or]

The best!

[@cliffberger910]

Thanks again Jimmy. Another video packed with information. Do you think a bridge change would work as well on the Sadowsky?

[@alankeish6420]

This guy is the best ever , teacher ,player and a good guy thanks Jimmy.

[@richardschley4110]

👍✌❤😎

[@michaelzinna6536]

Ah those 75 buck 2/12 hours gigs. Luckily they places where people tipped good and management let us sample the Guinness. Alas all are closed now. Now I play with a looping pedal to make sure I don’t start deteriorating faster than the wall paper

[@GlazedNut42069]

What’s your favorite smoke Jimmy?

[@leechild4655]

2:18 lmao! 🐅

[@alexandram9477]

guy i play with at a restaurant tries to keep it secret, gets mad at you if tell a musician friend to stop by, lol.

[@Epiphoneplayah]

These are old reposts if anyone else notices. Not sure what happened to recent Bruno ramblings online. He might have gotten shot and killed in Philly.

[@garycrooks6935]

Hahaha I know exactly what you mean about “music vultures.” I am always hesitant to post about gigs at new venues for that same reasn😅

[@kenster3554]

It becomes a race to the bottom with these “vultures”. I used to make on average, $120-$140 a gig back in 1980! The AF of M would fine you if they caught you working under scale and/or with non-union cats. Today I would rather play at a friend’s house for free than play at a public venue for $75. The public venue makes money selling food and drinks. The musicians are being exploited.

[@frankdiscussion2069]

Yes, I have been playing for almost 50 years and these bars/clubs/venues are still paying the same shitty money they did 40 years ago around here. A fucking DJ gets more money than a live band with real musicians. Meanwhile the club makes 5k and pays the band $200. It's a joke.

[@kenster3554]

@@frankdiscussion2069 I am with you 100%. You know what’s even worse than a DJ? Guys that go in and play “solo” along with sequenced tracks and loops. Non caring patrons see one guy up there and hear what sounds like a nine piece band. I wonder if the Blue Note will let me show up and play along with a Jamie Aebersold CD. 🤣

[@DonFonzarelli-uq9yx]

@kenster3554 i used to do that, not as a 1 man, but as a duo and a 4 piece. Bass and drums were programed. I have watched several 1 mand bands as well. At the end of the day, doing it that was is just easier, usually more profitable. Less people to deal with.

[@UncleDickeysRandomLife]

Oh yeah I hate those callers.

[@stringsnare]

The more i watch you the more i think i dont need more theory just more transcribing. I was considering to go back to school to study "jazz guitar" in my late 30s but im worried about gdtting taught stuff like melodic minor 😂😂😂

[@brunoonlineschool7527]

you don't need to write it down but be able to play it by ear

[@stringsnare]

@@brunoonlineschool7527 thank you for reply always an honour

[@alanwebbguitar]

Is that what you’re thinking? All about two fives and what note changes… what is dominant or minor?

[@jamesdana1273]

Really enjoyed your "everything you wanted to know about jazz guitar" video, but the comments were turned off. Just had to let you know, so I came here.

[@Mojokiss]

you remind me of my guitar teacher the late Frank Mullen. You would have enjoyed him.

[@flyingtoupee]

He looks like a building super

[@jazzhead335]

I quit playing guitar/gigs and got an entry level sales job. Unfortunately at my age getting into a high paying career is impossible. I wish someone would have warned me when I was young.

[@stringsnare]

You can always back to school. What about computers? Analytical thinking like music and you don't need a degree.

[@jazzhead335]

@@stringsnare I taught myself HTML and CSS, no luck yet

[@stringsnare]

@@jazzhead335 if you are good at jazz, why not start a yt channel...

[@jazzhead335]

@@stringsnare it's all in vain

[@jazzhead335]

@@stringsnare I prefer diatonic harmony when soloing over standards so no one would ever say I'm good

[@mikesmallwood8299]

ALL the chords are a cake walk to play, it's tying them in with the notes that eludes my capacity. And the damn names, I can't remember all that! I can only name the basic chords and the open strings... Beyond that, it's just remembering a multitude of chord shapes. Now, the playing is giving me golfers elbow because of the damn statins. Speaking of which... Hey, Why are you smoking again? Stop! Those damn things were causing soft fatty plaque to plug up my internal carotid arteries! My right one had a 99% blockage till they sliced open my neck and scooped the crap out via carotid edartectomy. Left side is still under 50% blocked. Dump those damn artery clogging choke sticks. 😅 I used the timer method and Copenhagen chew to fill in when I just had to have smoke. That chew is nasty stuff but it helped me kick all the nicotine.

[@TheRealRoch108]

🤣🤣🤣

[@seemsfamiliar]

are you in nyc

[@thebuffalo2263]

Philly

[@andyg1245]

6:02 fu2

[@grantgre]

and then there's these bar owners or restaurant owners that say you can play for one set and I'll see if they like you to pay you at all. Real scenario I'm back in the day. New Or how about the restaurant bar guy says OK I'm gonna pay this much money but I'll increase it later. Guess what that's not gonna happen don't fall for it. Bruno is that a Eastman guitar sounds pretty damn good acoustically ?

[@Panjaz]

Hey Jimmy, are you still refusing to teach a blind guy? Thank you. 10:08 😢😢

[@hoffy1003]

Off topic: You look like you lost some weight. I hope you're doin' good. That aside, Great video. Thank You for takin' the time.

[@JK.Fraser]

$75? I'll do an hour for that if I only have to drive 10 minutes or less. And I'm just a hack.

[@Oxmyx01]

Jimmy, did you ever hang out with fellow Philly guitarist Robert Conti?

[@grantgre]

no the worst thing is if a guy gets a $75 gig and then he comes up and tells you I live owner doesn't think you're bringing enough people in and offers the owner $50 a man! What a loser. So it's guys like that that are lowering the wages for the other musicians. Because the owner is going to fire you or keep you depending if he likes you or not and it don't matter how much is paying you because it ain't that much anyway hello

[@frankdiscussion2069]

Yep I know a bass player who spent 10-15 years in music school and the university of Miami jazz program and got his PhD in music and is an adjunct professor at a local university...he'll steal a $50 gig....LMAO What's sad is that these clubs and venues still get away with paying such shitty money after all these years and meanwhile they rake in $1000's every night in booze sales.

[@freddymclain]

it's tough being totally irrelevant, eh?

[@mikesmallwood8299]

D flat schmee flat 426 g minor 3 rd make them all dominants? WTF does all that mean? I just play by ear, to hell with all that fancy music talk. LOL. I don't have the patience to remember all that fancy music talk stuff, that's probably why I'm just a musically illiterate chord scratching slob.