Robert At Home - March 2023

Robert considers five primary forms of practising, receives a late-arriving Valentine gift from Sweetlips Willcox, addresses the calisthenics of two finger combinations, gets excited by a proper wind machine, files old fan letters in Mr. Johnson's trunk, puts out two Valentine cards in the attic office, and Danny of Roadrunner Records sends three Slipknot vinyl albums and one by Gojira.

[@mononoaware1960]

Robert Fripp himself sharing his personal life and giving you guitar lessons for classic Crimson songs via the internet, what a time to be alive. Thank you sir for taking the time to do these. Discovering your music completely changed my views on what music could be.

[@timothywebber7404]

Love & Admiration to Fripp & King Crimson

[@zb_ych]

You age beautifully!

[@docsketchy]

I've struggled with picking technique for, literally, 50 years. However, watching this video at the 7:00 mark, I noticed that Mr. Fripp keeps his wrist pretty rigid and picks more or less from the elbow. Intuitively, this would seem to be difficult to control. However, I tried it a couple of days ago, and just the opposite is true. I would say that my picking technique has improved about 100% just by trying to emulate what I see in this video. I'm cross-picking with ease, finding any string confidently and at will, and picking scales and arpeggios faster and more accurately than ever before. Thank you, Robert Fripp!

[@albertaddad364]

I Saw you on stage in Lyon, with David cross and wetton and bill bruford ( lark's tongue ) thé best concert i ever heard ,m'y girl Friend was sittin on m'y knees i didnt feel it

[@thepaulmacfarlane]

A rare gift to witness a life so well-lived.

[@RocketKirchner]

The thing about Fripp is in all the crazy time with Lovey Toyah and his eccentricities , when it comes down to the guitar he is all business !

[@randyclere2330]

Deepest respect and love to you sir!!!

[@crimlarksSteve]

God bless you and your wife, Robert.

[@baballus5217]

... Hola desde Barcelona.... 😊😊 .. Un placer verle tan activo🎉❤😊..... Disfrute muchísimo con su música... ❤❤ .. Solo quería darle las gracias.... ❤❤❤😊😊... Mis mejores deseos❤❤ fortísimo abrazo😊😊

[@markwinter5326]

Great to see a top player extolling the virtues of practice AND making clear that he makes mistakes…. Ohhh Bollocks ! 😎

[@nobody-x7g]

Thanks Robert. Have been listening you for many years now and ihave been inspired to play more imaginatively.

[@howardsherwood8834]

Autodidact meets mystic. That blank stare that Mr Fripp adopts when practicing reminds me of the look that dogs have when emptying their bowels, leaving the result for all and sundry to admire!

[@ronaldchives2486]

I met you in 1981 when your band was called Discipline. I never forgot watching your left hand technique while you were talking to me and advising me to move to London. I never did, but have put out quite a bit of music since then, you have been a good teacher, thank you, keep well, xxx

[@ronaldchives2486]

@@michael1 Sorry about the dinner🙂

[@ryanwelch1357]

bob you're a riot!

[@ELECTROxigeno76.]

It is an honor to see you Robert fripp, I am so glad that you are well, Thank you for your great musical career that has simply changed my life for the better, your music is simply a reason for advancement for your Server, thank you Robert fripp, thank you King Crimson, 🎩

[@ikkenhisatsu7170]

His love for Toya is admirable. Just admirable. We should all love like this. And shred like Fripp does.

[@Tommydat1952]

Truly a professionals professional! Always enjoy Mr. Fripps instruction....Good day Sir

[@londonztoa6359]

Ah, lovely. Thank you Sifu.

[@gianlucapolitano3228]

Just thinking every notes Mr Fripp plays , even the technical exercises, Is a true musical experience. God bless you Maestro!

[@pascaljeanne8002]

magic ! what a great musician !

[@princebuster93]

Marriage has been good for you Dear Robert, you are a lovely man, who shows love and kindness to his wife, which is a precious quality in a sinking world, God bless you and Toyah. Jesus Christ loves you both ❤

[@williamgeorgefraser]

Love how Robert remains true to his roots. Bollix is bollix. Greatest arpeggio player of modern times.

[@rayerscarpensael2300]

Lol

[@cv507]

äFterr my stär-€x yä -.-??

[@TrevorDennis100]

I had to smile when he said that.

[@saldada6928]

keep improvising...keep it fun!!

[@raoulduke-k9d]

Best wishes for you. Regards from Minsk

[@smedleyx]

Thank you Robert for the excellent exercise - going to work on that one for a while. cheers

[@rob8482]

What a special treat, thanks for the post. Robert has great taste in neckties!

[@almirantenelson1469]

Always so methodic.🖒

[@charlesvachon5838]

I'm here for the guitar ... thank you!

[@islandsedition]

Now this was a series of educational experiences I was not expecting to receive today.

[@baatkarlo]

I’m starting to practice again, after a long pause. Thank you for the instructions that inspire in a timeless manner.

[@primateinterfacetechnologi6220]

I have you to thank, Mr. Fripp, for so many elements of my guitar playing... And so I will- Thank you so very much. I rely daily upon things I've learned from your playing, and things you've said over the years. Peace and love to you and yours.

[@MichelGusse]

Thank you Robert , you are a great inspiration for me. I am an old fan from 1969 .Thank you for you generosity, for sharing your strange , original music which brings us to "dangerous curves" but very interesting curves. Thank you, for your funny sketches with your talented beautiful , and funny wife la TOYAH . friendly yours your faithful fan from France Paris. Gusse , not goose

[@thedustofages]

This reminds me and brings rememberance of being an 'earnest, bearded young man' at the Greyhound in 1980, standing in front of Bob Fripp with the League of Gentlemen, while his fingers danced and he exhorted us to do likewise, as they were a dance band. 🕺💃

[@oscarverrico2063]

Thanks great master

[@alessiograziani6355]

I really love this videos!!! Thanks Robert

[@markdraskovics1962]

HEY,.. ROBERT Really enjoy your guitar videos Showing us the practice side of how get it right when playing

[@reghunt2487]

Thank you for sharing so much from your life and from your guitar/artistic insights.

[@fierceperedur]

Thank you for sharing your time and methods with us. And the house.

[@MB-uw6eh]

A good British established life is seen along with guitar lessons. Discipline is a philosophy which brings rewards and Robert is the embodiment of that philosophy. A great inspiration and wise counsel to young musicians and his fans and it goes without saying that a man is better for the wife who loves him.

[@Mr.S369]

I still have fond memories of the lecture you gave at Althouse College in London Ontario, Canada, circa 1981.

[@arensel84]

Thank you for doing these tutoring videos, Robert. I really do appreciate them and know they will live on for players to discover long into the future.

[@popogast]

What a noble freak. He's got a completly different mindset than other guitarists.

[@Hastur876]

I'd love to watch him in a band playing "Peaches En Regalia" or "Cortez the Killer" just to find out what he would sound playing Frank Zappa or Neil Young.

[@davidcarlin3850]

Hello from Philadelphia Robert. We love you. !

[@maureyrca]

Awesome!

[@rmelono]

The structure and flow of this video resembles king crimson music. Well done 👍🏾

[@AECJ1]

I hope things are going well for you and yours. Happy St. Patrick's Day to you 🎉

[@teresathomley3703]

What a delightfully eccentric man.

[@merlin5476]

Also..... what a beautiful house too.

[@emilyoshiro]

Thank You Robert

[@modelleg]

Love what you did with the Roches.

[@alas8estrenamos]

Tanks, Robert!!!

[@Jenjenilou]

Never realised before what a West Country twang Robert has!! I see he was born in Wimborne Minster, Dorset which would explain the accent. You live and learn!

[@johnc2475]

One classy English gentleman styling and profiling. Thanks for the lesson.

[@ouchcubic]

very lovely episode all around. cheers

[@PrinceWesterburg]

Wow, at 54 I have a new role model! Thank you sir, please keep this up :o)

[@The4over]

Thank you Robert and Toyah for all the fun ❤️

[@lukedavey7693]

I feel so much calmer with these openings into the Fripp world

[@shanenichols1052]

Interesting what you say about left hand weakness. This is the bane of drummers too. At 70 i have taken up drumming. I work quite a bit on hand strength. Recently i was delighted to discover the benefits of stick twirling- it’s great for limbering up your hands and arms and building stength. So be a show off in your own practice space and see if this works. Also, I loved your opal cuff links.

[@randlerobbertson8792]

As a lifelong Yes fan, I also happily salute King Crimson for their own massive contribution to popular recorded music. I bet listening to Robert and Steve Howe and Steve Hackett chatting over lunch would be enormously interesting.

[@alapajoan7915]

Robert Fripp autor de la música más creativa del rock, todavía escucho a King Crimson con admiración. Uno de los grandes.👍👑

[@beatlebarb64]

Always teaching us new stuff! thank you!

[@mikewoolie5153]

Thankyou Robert. I know this will be a good practice combination for me and many others.

[@aikijb]

thanX

[@gustavohernandezgutierrez8812]

MASTER!!

[@kleberveridianogoncalvesde6293]

Thank you!

[@jmtschanz]

The exercice in this video has exciting harmonic variations and could well make for part of a moto perpetuo !

[@anthonysallis]

Always a pleasure.

[@jean-marieboucherit4518]

Bravo.Très bien.

[@brianhewitson5236]

Hi Robert i can tell your having so much fun when your playing by the smile on your face its your trademark.

[@Clearanceman2]

I follow Adrian Belew also and wow, is he active. It's amazing, considering the difference in presentation, that these two did so well together in the same band. I suspect it's mostly because Adrian can play with anyone. But I have liked both guitarists for decades.

[@zeebollox]

Hey Robert, thanks for saying hello to me at the beginning of your great video, yours sincerely, Zee Bollox

[@merrittkwarner8475]

Always so well dressed

[@briteness]

The frippery of the Fripp.

[@neilomac]

Robert Dripp

[@slimhanson5792]

Thanks Robert you have improved my playing alot.

Wonderful show, ı love it.

[@lillone0]

we love so much you Robert, so much you can't imagine

[@frizzlefry5904]

A rare 70's roadie still going strong ... awesome

[@Foghat1961]

'Slave To The Rhythm' - Thanks Robert... saved me a bit of time tabbing there!

[@HashPipes]

Lovely rehab exercises for a previously broken wrist.

[@gregoryg3256]

🌠 Frippy !!! Good Stuff Man..Lookin Forward 2 Sunday Lunch..(song)

[@TheBigMidweek1889]

Still give my crackly old NO PUSSYFOOTING & EVENING STAR albums a spin now and then. They get better with age. EVENSONG still blows me away.

[@davidturner7192]

The five primary forms for practicing: 1. Calisthenics. Strength training in left and right hands and learning how they work together. 2. Fingerboard knowledge. 3. Repertoire. The music you are going to play onstage. 4. Ear training, and finally (many a musician forget this) 5. Play. Have fun. Extemporize. Improvise.

[@robpriest9031]

When Robert says bollocks, 99% of us would not have noticed a mistake. Love your work Mr Fripp.

[@winstonschwarz1636]

Bollocks! Love it.

[@Darkfatheroftheuniverse]

Jedesmal, wenn ich Starless höre, läuft es mir eiskalt vor Ehrfurcht den Rücken herunter

[@perprerp]

The video is edited in a pattern much like the guitar lines, with particular strengths and weaknesses to different video segment combinations. A peek into the inner workings of the mind of Robert Fripp?

[@peterdixon7734]

It was claimed, back in the day, that 21st Century Schizoid Man "cleared the dance floor", but it was danced to in the darkness by many a headphones wearer.

[@ircreg8639]

The discussion of the new fan for the STAGE is very encouraging! I won't say more :)

[@georgewaters8592]

....am I missing something here, meaning is there a tour in the works that I am unaware of ?? If I have missed out, may I please be forgiven as no I have not crawled out from a rock but I have just put down my newly acquired Obation 1867 and I've been experimenting with the NST but with a twist, having the E tuned at a third, not a fifth and having the G tuned a fifth above the previous string, so the fingering is a little different on the thinist two strings. This I can assure you is temporary, until my proper string set gauges arrive. So, this.... your book Guitar Craft, what a way to begin year 58 on March 18th !! Thank you Robert for providing me the insight to really learn to properly appreciate music both as a listener and performer.

[@randallbargar348]

A big cheery hello Mr. Fripp and Toyah

[@jeffsimon9594]

Cameo appearance by Manny from Black Books! Nice.

[@snapfinger1]

A plucked violin attack like no other. The kind of cuff links Sir Thomas Beecham would wear.

[@manmars1581]

Been listening these days again after plenty of years first four albums and rediscovered that Robert used so much acoustic guitars on these four. Played incredibly well as usual these guitars sounds amazingly beautiful within a song arrangements. What a pitty that after that period Robert have'nt used them any more .... .

[@Emlizardo]

Maybe not in Crimson, but you might enjoy his records with the League of Crafty Guitarists, all acoustic.

[@manmars1581]

Thanks for you answer, I don't like so much his work in eighties, in League of crafty guitaarist he plays mostly tecnical exercises for guitar of wich I am not entusiast.

[@renatoporcu3097]

Dalla nostra generazione ❤️

[@martinsimpson5883]

Great guy ,he always makes me laugh 😂

[@gergesgeorgesmalin2042]

Vous êtes très bien habillé , cela nous change des Rappeurs . 👍🇫🇷😉

[@ВойтылаДынкин]

просто очень холодно без российского газа

[@gergesgeorgesmalin2042]

@@ВойтылаДынкин traduction .... 🤔

[@kendallevans4079]

Every Fripp/King Crimson fan I've ever know had one thing in common...WEED/POT...as in everyday, and I DO NOT mean that as a compliment!

[@anthonycardott3541]

man what's Fripp gonna do with all those Slipknot records, ha ha ha! I bet he digs the Gojira one though. Crazy to think you can just type something on yt and a musician you've admired yer whole life might just read it. health and happiness, yall

[@candymintz]

riffingly fab

[@Lichfeldian--Suttonian]

3:35 - “Johnson 1763”. That would be Dr. Samuel would it? If so, it’s magnificent to have _that_ in your home. The historical significance! 😮

[@johnbarnas879]

Bob, hold on - it will start warming up soon.