I have been watching a number of interviews w/ Vernon Reid. He strikes me as being much more open and gentle than I had expected. The music is so hard and circuitous, yet he seems so kind and direct. An upstanding gentleman.
@DennisTeti7 жыл бұрын
Burnin' Vernon! Always liked this video. Great playing 🎶🎸
@justinmeditation15 жыл бұрын
words of wisdom... I love this awesome being. "Peace not Pieces" he wrote on my white ESP along with his signature and a beautiful abstract drawing of a guitar!
@DoHoeijmans16 жыл бұрын
Hey Vernon, Cult of personality blew me away and made me learn play the guitar! I am in a succesful band in Holland and You made it happen for me, THANKS!
@fmbighair16 жыл бұрын
well said, the hits LC had are timeless.
@Nightmaroid16 жыл бұрын
He's one of the most humble and honest musicans I ever knew of. Caring only about the music, not the busines, nor the records selling. Altough he might seem a sloppy player, so what? Music, life, is nothing about perfection. At least he doesn't use and abuse on effects to hide his "deffects", like so many Mainstream Guitarrist that are standing on a pedestal and the shouldn't. You can criticize as much as you want the day you can come up with riffs such as "Type" or "Cult..". Till then.. .[s].
@scicofilms80378 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the great info!
@prettynoose849713 жыл бұрын
one of my favourite players, and I agree; sweep picking and tapping are sort of impressive, but that;s about all!
@pedrohgromero113 жыл бұрын
Love when i can feel the blues on fast players licks
@Fuhgawz10216 жыл бұрын
man, vernon is my favorite guitarist of all time....i really wish he could of set up his actual rig for this interview...this tone doesn't serve his unbelievable skills any justice!
@KingTabor16 жыл бұрын
a true artist!
@mysterybat3513 жыл бұрын
@prettynoose8497 I almost agree with you. I think sometimes guitarists say as an excuse because it's something they can't do. YES, overuse of these techniques do a lot of times take away from the artistic and musicality of the guitar but Steve Vai seems to use those techniques without making it overbearing and still puts his soul in his music..
@bromania1315 жыл бұрын
wow he said it so well..about is tapping or sweep picking something you go to naturally or is it more artifical?
@sanblem15 жыл бұрын
Un chitarrista troppo spesso sottovalutato!
@HardAsARock22216 жыл бұрын
i like his style...
@sammys7014 жыл бұрын
Great guitar player.Vernon is one cool cat,and very underrated as a guitar player.
@mixmmick16 жыл бұрын
Great advice, do what comes naturally.
@Chromatype15 жыл бұрын
I saw backstage when I met John Scofield and I didn't get a chance to talk to him...I wish I had now. Seems like a cool guy with some intelligence
@davethebassist1315 жыл бұрын
does anybody know the riffs/improvisions he does are songs that are not listed?
@Soul7416 жыл бұрын
I think the bad tone is masking some interesting phrasing and ideas. 1:50 had some great playing.
@SchlimmShadySmash13 жыл бұрын
hes awesome :D
@Willymoreno200815 жыл бұрын
what brand is that guitar?
@00govan0014 жыл бұрын
the half-step descending at 1:54/1:55 in is super-mean Signature Vernon Stylie taster's choice
@zemzami112 жыл бұрын
NEIL YOUNG YEAH
@Thirdgen8315 жыл бұрын
I like what he said about becoming a better musician and a worse person. Cool guy...
@caseyforever15 жыл бұрын
the songs are listen in the credits but it sounded to me like he was just improvising. maybe that beat was just something he has that loops, to jam over. i'm guessing. otherwise though, it's listed in the credits.
@pau11S8016 жыл бұрын
he rocks! :D
@425126815 жыл бұрын
I don't understand (hear) what he says when talking about sweep picking. He says he can sweep or he can't?
@yoshi52915 жыл бұрын
his comment on two-handed tapping is so spot on. Many players do it for the sake of it and its totally artificial.
@tomdreamevil15 жыл бұрын
Dude you can do it!! I don't like that you say ''my brain just doesnt work like that.'' You could do it, maybe you have the wrong teacher or just don't spend enough time practising it slowly and building speed up over time gradually. Sweeping is just a technique man and can be learned by anyone with enough time and practise. Too right guitar players are humans too lol :) Shall I post a video which may help with learning sweeping for anyone out there who is having trouble? just a thought to help?
@prettynoose849712 жыл бұрын
@Maafa1619 I cannot deny that. Stanley is baddass!
@blakeorig16 жыл бұрын
Playing a Tom Anderson guitar... Where is his cool yellow Hamer?
@prettynoose849713 жыл бұрын
@mysterybat35 And I have never heard anybody do tapping well except for Eddie Van Halen
@Fuhgawz10216 жыл бұрын
The guitarists you named are fast guitarists indeed, but theyre phrasing is not up to par with Vernon, and he plays it just as fast as them
@Xelanderthomas13 жыл бұрын
@KHADRI2 dude, you are so write. Some of these cats commenting might be "players" but they are not "musicians" and certainly not even close to be an "artist".
@justinmeditation15 жыл бұрын
"how is it that a musician can become a better musician and a worse person?" 4.10 - 4.14
@DrKarnivore15 жыл бұрын
A Tom Anderson I think bud....
@jib3616 жыл бұрын
yeah total nice guy undecided on his tone but prefer his amazing rythym chops to his blurred wanking solo's although i like the crazyness of that sometimes too
@staplek16 жыл бұрын
yeah i was thinkin how bad that tone is too. cool guy though
@425126816 жыл бұрын
I don´t like buckethead´s 8 finger tapping it sounds horrible, just random notes.
@mysterybat3513 жыл бұрын
Playing fast is only "intoxicating" when you can decipher all of the notes. When you play so fast that it sounds unartistic and forced/garbled then it's not even music anymore.. I saw Vernon live at the Experience Hendrix tour and I was highly dissapointed. I don't even think Vernon Reid himself has "given himself permission" to draw the line between cognitive tapping and arpreggios & shredding instead of just playing what he feels. He tried to "battle" Steve Vai and may I say -- EPIC FAIL
@koolynoodyano15 жыл бұрын
no he can't
@BlimpyBoy15 жыл бұрын
I didn't like it so much - I mean, everything you do on the guitar feels awkward and "artificial" at first, and then, with time & practice it becomes 2nd nature. Heck, riding a bike might not be something I'd "naturally go to", but these days I hardly *think* about it at all. Hardly... :-p