Musical Habits That Changed My Life

[@DiMono]

I love that your example of a "guitarists having real success online" is Davie504, a bass player. That's a level of subtle shade I can only aspire to.

[@discoparrot8342]

2:39 that song is called Bossa for Noa and is one of my favorite underground jazz recordings ever!! I was honestly shocked when I heard it in The background 😂😂

[@coryman125]

That self confidence thing is very true. I had a revelation near the end of last year about it, and so my new years resolution for 2023 was to just... basically trick myself into believing that I'm actually really cool and confident and capable. Because eventually, it just becomes the truth! Though, as you said- confidence is believing you're just as good as anyone else, not believing you're BETTER than everyone else. Gotta get that balance.

[@bradleyard4195]

I think something that's overlooked far too often is the fear of trying something new. Don't be afraid to step out of your comfort zone and try something completely different. Try playing a genre you're uncomfortable with, pick up an instrument you're unfamiliar with and learn it, anything like that. The change in perspective will only help you improve as a guitarist. For instance, I started drumming again a few months ago after only playing guitar for over 20 years. My sense of rhythm and timing has already changed noticeably for the better. I'm listening instead of just playing.

[@le_th_]

You seem like a very cool, balanced, decent human being. I can't believe I'm just now finding your channel this week. smh It absolutely mystifies me that I watch so much guitar content on YT, and have for the last 3 years, and your videos have never popped up in my feed. I suppose better late than never. You put out great content (as you already know). I'm buying a Guitar Samurai t-shirt to support your channel. Keep up the great work! There are people out there in the world, especially musicians, who've never had an adult who cared enough about them to give them the advice you offer here in this video. Thank you for being a source of goodness in the world. Merry Christmas (if you're celebrating) and many warm wishes for a fulfilling and healthy 2024~

[@adancein]

8:03 holy sh that gave me vertigo, I almost jumped out of my seat Thanks for your insights, I think the seeking balance part is very important - not just in music, just, generally.

[@TheBluesGuitarGuy]

2:02 love the cameo from the Treeman there

[@DantesGrill]

I think one of the biggest steps I took when playing is when I learned that solos aren't scary. One of the things I always tell people too when I notice them just shrugging it of as a "it's a solo, I can't play it". Even some hard sounding solos are easy so no reason not to try it out, you'll always get better from it anyway.

[@yobrethren]

I think it's because actually composing a fitting and somewhat iconic solo can be difficult, and people project that on themselves. Like wow, it's gonna be scary trying to keep up with that iconic and awesome solo, but then you actually play through the entire Californication or whatever music/solo you wanted to play and it clicks. A fact that sometimes gives comfort to me is that a lot of those solos aren't their best from the artist (not always the case, but still). As Sammy G said, just snowball it, it's not hard

[@jordanwav]

Wonderful video!

[@mikeshvedov6981]

This mindset exactly got me through the self-producing 2 albums; yes, I am not a super-star, but anyway - hey, I have 2 albums of my songs + working on 3rd one. Have you done that?

[@ArtemorbidMusician]

These are great ideas and can be applied to many other things not just guitar. Awesome upload.

[@TheAlexCruz]

All good points, Sammy G. For me as a father of 3, finding the balance (ie time) to do the other 8 things has been the most difficult especially since I'm coming at the guitar from the opposite direction that you did (had kids 1st...picked up the guitar 2nd).

[@samuraiguitarist]

Man can I relate, we have two kids 1 and 3 and time has become the most valuable resource over here

[@xMElpx]

@@samuraiguitarist Hey, do you use Telegram? If not, someone is pretending to be you and tried to add me.

[@ZeeEm1991Gr]

@@xMElpx He doesn't, all those supposed KZbinr Telegram accounts are just bots trying to scam people out of their money. This has been going on for the past year or two, and KZbin doesn't seem to be doing anything about them...

[@joshuaperez-rios7452]

@@xMElpxit’s a bot

[@xMElpx]

@@joshuaperez-rios7452 I thought so. Thank you anyway

[@JackBLOB]

The random stock videos just cracked me up. XD great video, I hope it inspires more than just myself. :)

[@JohnsonJohnsonJohnson-j6r]

Amazing advice man

[@michaelvanness353]

This was super helpful man thank you for the advice!

[@royghosn18]

Keep up the great vids Sammy, btw Im about to but that shirt your wearing a lil birthday gift to myself 😉

[@TheAlrightMusician]

Great video love your content

[@vipinsharma1984]

Thanks! So many great ideas.

[@celmore11]

Motivational as always! Thanks Sammy G!

[@JackTaylorGuitars]

I've been enjoying your videos for a long time dude but this one really resonates in a different way. Thanks man!

[@MossMighty]

I’ll make sure to start applying these things to my practice and lifestyle. That is, once my guitar and everything else I own is out of the moving van currently traveling through Canada, across America, and stopping in Oklahoma. Then I need to get to Oklahoma as well

[@composerdave68]

Good on ya Sammy G!

[@RRebooted]

i love ur videos so much 🥺

[@dbern939]

#1 is how I got past so many walls in my guitar journey, most recently with the solo from "Nobody" from avenged sevenfold.

[@seohoo451]

Love your channel

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

0:45 You had a full beard at 13?

[@robertusmaximus1911]

Awesome! Bought everything half off!

[@pistolpete_307]

All really good habits to keep up with!

[@samuraisaint2360]

Been practicing Pantera - Cemetery gates an Floods Solo for almost two years now.. I can almost crush it

[@mateuszcielas3362]

1:33 how to fake it and how not to be too cocky to the point people stop liking you?

[@chrisrosencrans]

I'm packing up my bear necessities(pun intended) and moving across the country next month. I'm terrified but I've been telling myself "You ARE doing this". This video just helped cement that mentality.

[@hazelisaacs2201]

Please please is there any way to mute the backing track of jangly random-notes piano? it's horribly distracting. I just want to hear your voice, not a backing track while you are talking. In the end I had to mute everything and watch with just the captions on.

[@johnpeace971]

What I want to know is: after putting all that time and work into becoming a well rounded musician how does it feel to know that your guitar playing isn't really the primary focus of what makes you money? I mean, you sometimes play guitar on here, but mostly you talk about music. The guitar playing isn't really essential to the channel. Does that bother you?

[@Turtlpwr]

Still wearing your merch with pride, sammyg

[@martinjavalera1897]

Play some corridos bro

[@agingmillennialmainer]

Huge kudos to your engineer dad for laying the groundwork for you to pursue art, and generate metacontent (as opposed to content, like Damian Bacci)

[@ZTRCTGuy]

To point #1, that's the point... If you could fake the mentality, you don't have confidence issues in the first place. In order to fake something, you need to know how something works in theory, and if you have confidence issues, you simply don't. How do people ''fake'' a mentality? Mentality cannot be faked, ngl chief I don't think that's how it works. At least not for everyone.

[@scottyyay]

you fake something even if you know its completely impossible thats kind of where the "fake" part comes from. try it :)

[@colten2524]

yes i am!!!

[@VT-GamingChannel]

Sam.. Please do some "Dangdut Koplo" Genre .. it'll be interesting.. I recommend "Denny Caknan" for some research.. Love From Indonesia 🇮🇩❤️🔥🔥

[@DonPasquale_]

Love how the Bruce Lee quote is quoted by you lmao

[@cladladd]

Sammy why is the algorithm fuckin up up so much

[@moonboogien8908]

So, if I should "fake it till I make it"... Why do I need to buy online guitar courses?

[@ConsciousStick]

Teach me the first one please😂

[@ConsciousStick]

Scammy G?

[@aliensweathands]

👽

[@seanmiller7187]

🤟

[@DustinStockMusic]

You had a beard at 13?!

[@mark.guitar]

How about "9 things I didn't like when I first encountered them", 'ol Sammy G?...

[@xMElpx]

4:03 - Talking about guitarists and showing Davie...oof. Dont let him see this.

[@ryla22]

Trying to be a professional musician is like playing the lottery. Your chances of making it big are definitely higher if you put more into it, but you probably wont win in the end. So at least enjoy the ride

[@astrofreq]

The tips are great, but I would have enjoyed it more without so many unnecessary cutaways.

[@richardhamilton9936]

On #8 - Find out why people like ABBA and you don't.

[@t3hgir]

Dancing Queen... if you don't like it, I can't help you.

[@richardhamilton9936]

@@t3hgir I'm a big ABBA fan. Sammy had made an off the cuff comment that seemed to diss them on a previous video.

[@t3hgir]

@@richardhamilton9936 ah lol I didnt see that and also misread your comment... basically I'm a trainwreck

[@ynonzohar4199]

Bro 13 yo Sammy g could easy buy cigarettes

[@Tigermaster1986]

10. Announcing a Guitar Summit, then pretending you never did after it falls apart. Seriously, man, I like you, but... What happened with that?

[@PrestonMier]

Give me free fart pedal or reap the consequences

[@Jerry_Fried]

Please forgive a little word of unsolicited advice. You seem to have succumbed to the dismal editing trend of interspersing little random clips throughout your talk that are intended to hilariously underscore the point you're making. They're not hilarious and the points are solid enough not to need underscoring. To go back to your point number 1, if you have enough confidence in the points you're making and in their presentation, you wouldn't need artificial sweeteners, especially trite ones like the intercutting of "funny" clips.

[@thomasdequincey5811]

Is this a lifestyle channel? I keep waiting for you to give weight loss tips and advice on "what to expect when you're expecting".

[@lueysixty-six7300]

Sammy G: "I believe I can sell even MORE of these Music Course Subs with another schmultzy "List" video about "Believing in yourself!", and other flowery, self help bμ||sh¡† one-liners..!" 😃👍

[@jamesonpace726]

Oh joy, life advice from a 24 year old....

[@t3hgir]

Sammy is like 40 years old