The Creation of Big House

[@richardgeisler9927]

Commenting during the Social Distancing Era of 2020. I'm revisiting some songs from my childhood that I could never figure out without the help of KZbin. This video completely demystifies a guitar part that seemed impossible as a kid. My how the requirements of guitarists for Christian music have simplified in recent decades!! Thank you for the tutorial, explaining the writing process, and for coming up with a really cool lead part for a song that was a big part of my life back in the day.

[@BarryBlairGuitarist]

Thanks, Richard!

[@dylanfisher6362]

This is so cool to see! Audio A was a big influence for me when I was learning guitar (attempting) to play along with these tunes. Thank you for sharing.

[@slayathan]

Definitely keep doing these videos, they're fantastic!

[@JAKEob3]

Thanks for making this Barry! Audio Adrenaline was the sound of my childhood and one of the main reasons I became a musician. Please keep these coming! God bless you man!

[@jjjo8835]

This is like a early Christmas gift...... I have played this song in church with my kids and what a blessing all your guitar riffs have been to me in my life and my kids. Thanks so very very much for all that you have done with the guitar. And thanks for the great story!! :)

[@BarryBlairGuitarist]

Thanks a lot, jj jo!! It means a lot to hear that.

[@Luschan]

Love the rundown, you did a really excellent job explaining the writing process. I always liked the song, and your guitar is a big part of what makes it great.

[@nathanelder5285]

That was AWESOME!!! Great guitar work and a classic song!

[@underdog6771]

Thanks for sharing Barry you were a big influence in my guitar playing. Bloom for me is the best christian rock guitar album of all time. So glad to see you in youtube! Greetings from the Philippines!

[@BarryBlairGuitarist]

Thanks underdog.

[@josuebenjaminpat7386]

Thanks for sharing Watching this video on 2019

[@MrAOdom1966]

Memorable riffs .. love this video

[@cliff2891]

I’m so thankful for this video! I’ve wanted to learn to play this song since I first heard it in my teens…but it always seemed too difficult to figure out! Thank you for inspiring me to give it an educated crack 25+ years later 💪

[@drewdog365]

Thanks for sharing Barry! Love this. You were a big influence in my young musical days.

[@BarryBlairGuitarist]

Thanks Andrew.

[@ultrajazz5335]

Big House changed my guitar playing. I use either my 85 Gibson Lab Series or a Marshall amp and after watching this I’m now going to have to invest in a Peavy amp. I’ve always loved your guitar playing and I’m so glad I got to meet you in the early 90’s.

[@purplecowideal]

Thank you. Fantastic song and fantastic riff.

[@nicolasg3014]

Remembering about you with this new movie on Netflix! I’m from Ecuador and was my first experience knowing Jesus (here in Ecuador those years you can’t get youth music) so my cousin came for vacations from Arizona end she introduce me Audio Adrenaline, Dc talk, news boys and jars of clay! What a days, I ask for music to replace what I use to hear! I was 12! Now I’m 43 and become a Pastor! So I get my father’s house! Thanks

[@BarryBlairGuitarist]

Incredible! God bless you, Nicolas!

[@richstrobel]

Thanks. I thought it was a regular A chord; one finger covering the second fret on the D and G. Then the hammer on on the third and fourth fret of the A string. I'm going to save this and play along some time.

[@Musicman4Christ]

You made your Gibson sound like that Strat on the record! Thank you for sharing this story--hope other musicians in the CCM community start doing this, too!

[@richiesykes3298]

I just listened to this song the other day

[@chrismarchand3570]

This is awesome. Thanks for sharing it!

[@bassfunkmaster85]

Had no idea rain Wilson was audio adrenaline’s guitar player! Sweet

[@BarryBlairGuitarist]

I was picturing Dwight Shrute, but now that I've seen a more recent picture of him, I kind of get it!

[@bassfunkmaster85]

@@BarryBlairGuitarist Yup, it’s the beard. By the way, I was a toddler when this song came out and it was my favorite as a kid. Now that I’m 30 and became a semi-pro musician, i appreciate the intricacies in the song more. Thanks for responding!

[@caleblewis488]

hey mate love your music do you think you could do some tutorials on how to play some songs

[@brett8132]

Would love to hear all this without so much dirt. Love your cleaner tones

[@kaitlynmercer5630]

Barry I was always fascinated with that nightgown and in my mind will always be your signature. I bought an epiphone version back in the day but it just didnt work for me, but I'd can u expound a little on your backstory with that guitar and how it affected your music plz. Thanks bro

[@demosvalera]

Greetings from Pucallpa; Peru

[@philipbrister]

We played this song at my father in laws funeral. He loved it that much.

[@BarryBlairGuitarist]

Incredible. Thanks for sharing.

[@guitarmanvt]

Yay! I went looking for how to play this and nobody had decent tabs. But this beats tabs! I did figure out the intro by listening carefully (at 0.25x speed on KZbin), but it was great to hear how you came up with it. Also, now I have a shot at learning the rest. Awesome!

[@BarryBlairGuitarist]

Thanks, John!

[@evancornett6569]

Awesome. So many answered questions. The only one I still have is: when can we see the VHS???

[@másmelé]

Awesome BB. Hope all is well.

[@benpinsem4806]

Hey Barry can you do one of these videos for good people?

[@freddycolunga7262]

Hi Barry, I love the guitar parts you wrote for this song. I've been trying to learn for a while now, but can't seem to get the sound. Any chance you'll be posting tutorials?

[@BarryBlairGuitarist]

Hey Freddy, I used a Fender Stratocaster from the 90s with "lace sensor" pickups. I honestly don't remember what pickup was used. To my ears, it doesn't sound like bridge. It could be middle pickup or the combo of middle and neck. The guitar was run straight into a Peavey Classis50 412 combo. No pedals were used. I distinctly remember that the clean channel was used on the amp, but cranked up enough to get a decent amount of grit and breakup.

[@freddycolunga7262]

Barry Blair - Guitarist Awesome! Thanks for replying. I'll try this out. I think I should've worded my question better, but I was also wondering what notes/chords you played in the intro. I'm a big fan of your work and I'm a fairly new guitar player but Audio A inspired me to be a better musician

[@donaldschumacher3683]

Im so glad you were able to get that neck fixed

[@lockebrady8005]

This is fantastic! I’d love to hear about the production and recording of Bloom.

[@BarryBlairGuitarist]

Stay tuned!

[@B3ARCAT]

Is that a Gibson Nighthawk? I had the same one at one point, in this sunburst finish. Cool riff.

[@BarryBlairGuitarist]

@B3ARCAT, it is a 1993 Nighthawk Standard. I got it new in Jan 1994 and used it on tour with dcTalk and on the Bloom album.

[@SterlingTate]

I was your 70 th like bro. Didn’t want anyone to stumble on that other #...

[@miltonchavez1262]

Barry is there a pdf for the bass line?

[@BarryBlairGuitarist]

I'm not sure. There was a songbook, but I think it was just guitar tab. No bass.

[@xynainternet8606]

Walk on water guitar pls! Godbless U

[@Songwritersbehindthecurtain]

Hey Barry quick question 🙋‍♂️ that I wanna ask you who’s the backing vocals for audio adrenaline only in recording studio?

[@BarryBlairGuitarist]

Hey Luke, most of the time Mark sang the background vocals in the studio. I remember a couple of parts that we all went in and sang together as a group.

[@Songwritersbehindthecurtain]

@@BarryBlairGuitarist no wonder that you only do backing vocals live not in the recording studio I think jason dunn from hawk Nelson he does backing vocals only recording studio and I even didn’t knowtice that Mark Stuart does backing vocals on audio adrenaline album 💿 in my opinion now that’s awesome 😎 thank you for replying back on KZbin I think 🤔 if you have any old footage of audio adrenaline from that day that you were on the final days with them now that would definitely be really awesome 😎 on ben Cissel channel I only saw Stephen Curtis chapmen signs of life tour that’s it.

[@Xhoven]

At 0:24 you say Will sings the song? Doesn't Mark sing it?

[@BarryBlairGuitarist]

I say "written by Mark and some by Will."

[@Xhoven]

@@BarryBlairGuitarist Gotcha. 👍

[@jeffbecky1]

Barry, is Peyton Manning the butler in the original music video?

[@robynlansford]

I broke the subscriber curse lol

[@BarryBlairGuitarist]

Thanks! Haha

[@kaitlynmercer5630]

The Gibson nighthawk, sorry spell check madness

[@BarryBlairGuitarist]

Hi Kaitlyn, the Nighthawk is a bit of an oddity, and that's why I liked it so much! It isn't a particularly easy player...you kind of fight with it a bit...but I LOVED the tone and it just felt right in my hands. I was always looking for something different than what everyone else was playing. Still love it to this day, but I'm playing my strat from Iconic Guitars more these days.

[@kaitlynmercer5630]

@@BarryBlairGuitaristThat's great . I too love my strat. Any chance we can get walk on water how to play video, I think that was among some of ur best playing. How was touring with dc talk in the mid 90s, any fond stories. How much did the bands get along , just always curious, the barry have a great day

[@BarryBlairGuitarist]

Touring with dcTalk was great! We all got along great and they were always encouraging and supportive and wanted to see us succeed. And we learned a lot from them about how to be professional.