We Thought We Knew YouTube…We Were Wrong

[@erichargreaves5011]

I'm sure that Tim was being somewhat facetious about staying off the street, but it's criminal that someone who has contributed so much to music for decades has to worry about their financial stability later in life. I can't imagine how much money he's helped other artists make with his creative contributions and composition on songs like Iris that are known the world over. Selfishly it's been an incredible treat and I feel so lucky to have been able to see Tim's content on KZbin and to learn from a living legend, but I hope it's given him the financial freedom he so deserves after giving us so much.

[@auturgicflosculator2183]

In a world with enough money that no one should be on the street unless they want to be, in a world where imaginary debts total four times as much as all money in existence, in a world where the biggest musical hits require approximately zero musical skill, in a world that idolizes the super rich and makes fun of the poor...

[@raherahi]

It's the biz

[@Ed567-ym8fo]

I recall in one of Steve Lukather’s interviews (it may have been Rick’s) where he said his union pension for all his session work on 1,500 albums was around $1,000 a month. That’s $12,000 a year. Obviously Luke has other sources of income with Toto etc. but that compensation is a crime for his contribution to that music.

[@grahamsampson769]

Just Tim's slide on Iris should have been enough. He's amazing.

[@jeremiahlong222]

Beyond criminal the way it all works…..

[@patriciolegett1757]

What I find interesting about this conversation is that the advice you give to content creators is virtually the same as advice given to musicians who are starting out: "be true to yourself and you may or may not succeed, but nobody can take away the satisfaction that doing it gives you". Amen to that.

[@Gamesso1slOo0l]

correction.. if you start and continue and are true to yourself, you have succeeded.

[@willudallmusic]

@@Gamesso1slOo0l nice

[@filminginportland1654]

It’s good advise for most things. I’ve always found that being true to yourself and just doing your own thing is the best route for anything. And when hard work goes into it, there’s immense satisfaction when I’ve succeeded in being able to sing this song or play that song to my own satisfaction. The hard work pays off internally. And eventually, it pays off in more external ways. The confidence I gain from having spent several years taking lessons, for example, and gaining competence musically. My IT career never gave me that level of satisfaction. Then again, I was never trained in IT and it came easy to me from when I was a child. Music was much harder as it’s been learned in my 40s while dealing with health issues. It affects all areas of life when one stays true to themself.

[@benzakonium]

One thing that Rick didn't touch on when he mentioned the niche videos he does on Jazz Fusion or more obscure topics is that the videos are important from an archival perspective. They'll sit on the internet as capsuls of information for future generations. It's important and noble work.

[@BillWagnerMusicianTurnedDev]

You sit there with guitars on your laps the whole time and don’t play a note! Guys! 32:13

[@johnwattdotca]

Can you visualize football size fields of computers underground, secured from the outer environment, saving all these videos? Should Americans attack other countries for their wealth and oil just so vain and self-entitled Americans can save guitar videos forever? One thing you don't touch on is leaving videos behind and playing guitar yourself. That's where it's at all over the world.

[@quailstudios]

Until we get 3 strikes against our channel and we're gone. I just got my first strike 6 days ago and I've been posting music videos since 2012. It's a cover of Desperado that didn't get noticed for two months, then all of a sudden. Bam! Just this morning I got a notification that my video Phillip Phillips - Home - easy guitar lesson is now demonitized for me. It's been uploaded since March of 2013. No strike, but demonitized.

[@potterwalker4823]

Props?!We don’t need no stinking PROPS!We’ll settle for a good jam session!

[@johnwattdotca]

@@quailstudios I think it's futile to try and make money on KZbin and all of the internet, and look what you're talking about, using other content for your own views. That's a very shallow complaint. I made a video for locals, business for me, and a couple of nature videos I like to watch. I never came across being monetized or not. What I don't like about KZbin is their complaint system, saying you have a complaint against you without telling you what you published. I know I don't fit into the American community, so I take these hits without a care.

[@Bob-of-Zoid]

So glad to know Casa Del Tim is still standing!!! Hope the fires keep away!!!

[@brettliebermanmusic]

The rich kid thing is spot on. When I worked full time in studios a lot of the work was rich kids, attractive women that couldn’t sing but had an investor, or bands with one dude that was like lawyer and could pay the bill.

[@FredPriest-ud6cu]

The 3 amigo's of KZbin Guitar ! Love seeing you guys together again.

[@jefflee8133]

Totally agree that Rhett, Rick and Tim are the 3 amigos!! Love all 3 channels. 👍

[@BrianManning-wh6rl]

And they love your views and money. ​@@jefflee8133

[@guitarjonn7103]

Rick, keep making those "unpopular" vids, please. That's a huge reason why I'm a fan.

[@davidtomkins4242]

The bit about ignoring haters or takedown vids is very true. One response video nearly took out a whole guitar company and nearly destroyed the career of an OG youtuber.....

[@triumphthunderbirdrestorat5704]

You never know how far your work reaches people. You’re all in the inspiration business. Thank you.

[@1FastKawboy]

When I was young, late 70s early 80s, I ran around with several local musicians. I even helped them with setting up gigs and give them feedback about their performances, sound and equipment. I even lived in a "Band House". 2 full stacks and someone up 24/7 playing music. Open jams happened all the time. I never really became as good as my friends, but I was always inspired. Now, like many, get married and those kind of days fade, friends die or move away. Now I have nobody to play with or to be mentored by. Good KZbin people help feel that void. Even if it is just talking about music and stores from the road. Thank you.

[@ultragroove1]

Totally relatable sentiments. 👍🎸😊

[@raymondlugo9960]

Maybe you can ask the local music store where is the nearest open mic jam session held in your area.

[@retroman541]

Another way to go is to mentor younger musicians if you feel that you have something to offer them. . . It could be sound, equipment or something else music-related. You might even be inspired to play with younger musicians at a time in their lives when most people aren't very proficient so you don't necessarily need to be a better player. I also like the idea of connecting with other musical people, keeping in mind that you are doing it for the fun of it which doesn't require anyone being a great player. As we grow older people often forget that one of the main freedoms of being young is having "beginner's mind." We are always learning with the main goal being having fun with people we enjoy hanging with. Just my 2 cents from a 70 year old music lover. . . ;)

[@ultragroove1]

@ Great suggestions here. Mentorship and all its reach can be incredibly rewarding. 👍👍

[@hoisin75]

Love each of these gentlemen’s channels and seeing them together is fantastic

[@alicevandenboogaard4278]

I am subscrbed to the KZbin channels of all 3 of you and I am a bass player. I learn something from every video. So, thank you to the 3 off you!

[@seth_1138]

it’s been too long to see these three together. a wonderful surprise for the start of this week!

[@paulmcdonald1258]

They usually hook up at Winter NAMM.

[@JohnFoxBass]

That's 75% of my favorite KZbinRs. (Paul Davids being the other 25%.). Hopefully you each truly, deeply realize the profound positive impact you have on so many hundreds of thousands of people's lives by sharing your honest selves with the world. I feel blessed to have the opportunity to learn from you.

[@danieliving]

These three together are guaranteed fun 🤘🏻

[@balijukka9963]

I add Chris Buck and get 125%. Eat that. :D

[@KikiThaerigen]

Y‘all gonna ignore Mary Spender?

[@JohnFoxBass]

@@KikiThaerigen You know, she's right up there too. I debated whether or not to include her. Totally different style of guitar playing, but extraordinarily talented and also engaging and enlightening as a presenter. I just saw her perform live at NAMM, and her singing is next level, totally amazing. And the fact that she can sing like that while playing is pretty mind-blowing.

[@jrm2fla]

Jens Larsen is awesome, Colin of Guitaristas and Phil McKnight are cool, Josh of JHS is great, Otis Gibbs has GREAT interviews (he’s the Rick Beato of Folk and Country), and RIP Joseph Frank Chambers… his interviews for the Musician's Hall of Fame are excellent. “Joe Chambers (July 27, 1954 - September 28, 2022) was an American musician, songwriter, record producer, A&R executive, musical stores entrepreneur, and co-founder and CEO of the Musician's Hall of Fame and Museum (MHOFM) in Nashville, Tennessee”

[@TRAVIESO_NA]

The videos with those Jazz masters is what I love. That’s how I’ve learned so much. I’d never would had heard of Mike Stern if it wasn’t for one of your videos where he gets brought up.

[@breft3416]

Great stuff! Rick and Tim- it was a privilege to be in the NAMM audience for your talk along with Mateus. I took many notes!

[@TbonePlummer]

Started watching all of you guys when ur channels were still quite small and watched you work your butts off building them with great, interesting and informative content. I love to learn about music, guitar and art! Please never stop! Beyond grateful for your desire to share your knowledge and experience!

[@tomkehoe6392]

The irony is that we didn't have KZbin in the 80s and now here you are! We all had to share our "best practices" or watch late night music shows to figure things out (kind of guitar, pickups, amps, finger positions, etc.). You guys are providing amazing info across the whole spectrum. God Bless!

[@liamfahey7836]

Great chat guys. The 3 of you are actually my most frequently viewed channels. I enjoy each one of you and your content for different reasons and learning different things from each channel. While not everything suits me I am regular surprises at new content that I didn't think would interest me and this is due to your deliverance among other things. Keep it up. Love it. Really love these get togethers too. 🎸🎸🇦🇺

[@evanAmazing]

I love the little bits of class analysis in this video. It would be amazing to hear a full discussion just on that topic in relation to the music industry.

[@craig.martin]

I appreciate all 3 of you, I learn so much. Honestly, your collective smile-to-watch ratio for your videos is through the roof. Keep on rockin'.

[@BGsea]

I appreciate that I can go to one of you guys channels and become informed on any topic that I am needing edification. The channels that I subscribe to offer a trove of priceless knowledge. You're the atlases of the art of music. The next renaissance in music will probably owe it's beginnings to that pricelessness.

[@007fredh]

I really like seeing Rick‘s videos when he’s got his buddies sitting next to him.

[@bedroomrockstudios408]

Power trio of You Tube, you guys are all great and in your own way. I hope to get to Namm next year as I build my channel, and meet you 'all. There are so many of us out here that appreciate you guys and what you do for the music/guitar community, thank you guys!

[@bleedingkansan]

I re-discovered my love of modular synths (dormant since around 1984) because of Brett’s video about using modular for guitar effects. The videos have huge impacts on many, many people’s lives, and that is astounding.

[@scotthime6928]

I bought a pair of bluetooth headphones, and got an app that made my phone look like an Ipod. I caught myself listening to part of a song, and then clicking to hear the next one. And I realized that, as much as I love music, my attention span had been attenuated. I've been concentrating on listening to whole songs, and whatever song comes on next. Strangely, I have found that I am a lot happier. I mean overall happier.

[@rickyhils]

Exactly. In the 1960s we would not buy our favorite album only to listen to the first 45 seconds before cuing up the next track. We'd let the entire 25 minute side play.

[@willudallmusic]

The trick is to try and write a song that people want to listen to all the way through ;) Maybe the music you listen to doesn't make you do that?

[@tisbonus]

Rhett, I believe the reasons you were so able to make progress while watching Tim's vids is because you could really play. You already had a strong musical foundation to begin with. Schooled or not. Tim makes some difficult stuff seem consumable and not impossible. Then you've had Rick in your life. That shizzy rubs off brutha. Damn fine content Rick. Always a pleasure!

[@RealEstateChris56]

I have tremendous respect for professional musicians and even more for the pros who share their knowledge like Rhett, Rick and Tim. IT's a tough, tough industry to break into and even harder to remain relevant and top tier. Kudos to these guys and all the other pros sharing their knowledge on social media.

[@jimmygillard]

Glad I discovered guitar youtube just as I started taking playing seriously in my 40s. What a recourse, especially your channel Rick! Love Tim's channel too. Great stories and tips.

[@JohnFoxBass]

[@Riverdeepnwide]

Every time Rhett says: "No ... ".

[@christopherwoycke1959]

I just watched three guys holding guitars for 30 minutes.......and no-one played a single note.

[@Shovel-om7kn]

That’s because there isn’t an acoustic. 😊arr, arr

[@willywayne5299]

Dude the fiddled around with Stairway to heaven in the middle,you missed it😂

[@BROOKCLAMAN]

You guys are great. It's a small world. We just sold our family home to the creator and co-founder of KZbin. Genius kid, he coded it and uploaded the very first video. Changed the world forever.

[@Gormit]

Me at the Zoo? That’s awesome !

[@BROOKCLAMAN]

@@Gormit yes! When I was learning guitar in 1979 if only we had KZbin, what a magnificent teaching resource!

[@tonybenjamin2140]

Rick, I’d love to see a series on different chord progressions in different eras of rock. You’re the only one that can do it.

[@rjsieder]

Funny, I just had a conversation about the awkwardness of speaking on camera and/or radio today, and you brought up how strange it felt the first time(s) you did it. For me it was college radio, and I found it much harder to speak to that invisible audience on the other side of the wires than to speak to real people, even an auditorium full of them, because I could not gauge their reaction. Later in life, that experience helped me in a huge way to feel comfortable doing presentations before large audiences without stage fright. As much as you three intersect, it is amazing you have never done a video together before! Another thought...I think the COVID lockdown had a lot do to with the "maturing" of KZbin. Suddenly we were stuck at home. I found myself going down the YT rabbit hole more than once, discovering good channels, going back to their beginnings and watching them from the start to today. I'm sure that, without that phenomenon, the YT/IG/TT world would look different today. Great episode!

[@moochasas]

Then imagine how back in the day Hendrix, Led Zep and the stones influenced so many people without social media........ love you guys, stay safe and keep doing what you love which is keeping us entertained..... greetings from down under.

[@dongoodrich918]

Tim's done it right. I watched so many of his free videos I eventually signed up for the Masterclass even though I thought it was way outside my abilities because I wanted to give him something back.. I did learn stuff immediately that helped me improve - a double win!

[@boatbeard7767]

I personally have advanced my knowledge and understanding of music remarkably in the last decade - all three of you are a big part of that. Tim describing his experience with Toy Parade a highlight, Rick getting the most extraordinary interviews a highlight, Rhett just being extraordinary - and all of you like chatting with a mate in the shed. So I'm one of the faceless thousands, to me you are important - I look for your work and as a consumer I too have to work around an algorithm that increasingly wants to separate my attention from you. The world has changed, not always for the better - I used to build gear for bands, and service things like amps and cabinets, those days are very much gone along with the gigs. But I got to grow up listening to Bowie, Freddie Mercury, Phil Collins, a host of Oz bands some of which I saw in the 70's as they refined their work into hugely influential status - and now you guys. Been pretty amazing so far. Cheers from Oz.

[@jimwright5529]

My 3 favourite guitar 'tubers. Interesting discussion gents. Always learning something from each one of you - you should not just consider yourselves "You Tubers" but rather music educators through a modern medium. Always enjoy all your content gentlemen.

[@lawrencesears7255]

Love to watch you guys hash out the reality of what you do. I watch all three of your channels religiously. I love the content the three of you deliver.

[@balisaani]

Great sitdown with the three of you guys, and interesting conversation about social media, algorithms, and talking alone to the camera.

[@tacobreather]

I enjoy all three of your channels. Keep up the great work.

[@Bob-q6h]

I'm an old guy . You guys got me to play again. I love it and I've learned so much.

[@pulpdoc02]

I can’t tell you how much I enjoyed this video. I sub to all three of your channels and I have learned so much from all of you. Keep it going please.

[@mototakahe836]

This was an absolute delight to see 3 of my favourite people from you tube music world having a chat, about their lives in such an open way. Thank you people.

[@polyrytm]

I love to here you guys talk whithout a script. You go everywhere, which is really cool. Thank you, all of you.

[@diggersouth]

Really enjoyable watching the 3 of you hang out.

[@josephgarland6649]

Guys love your videos. Of course most are way over my head as a guitarist who started playing later in life but hey I’m actually in a band now at the age of 62! Bless you all!!!

[@johnsmith-yk8by]

the kid here rhett really insightful points about current important stuff well balanced & well articulated. and you can all hear bcos the vets are tuning in to every word suspending judgment knowing hes got this n he'll get it right listening to every word he says. you old dudes are no scruffs either dropping gems.look all of you have payed your dues now you are doing ok tho just for now bcos every musician knows audiences are fickle af. meanwhile i love and have so much benefited the smarts you all have from experience & the knowledge you share:) ty srsly ty all alot. "Information is not knowledge. Knowledge is not wisdom. Wisdom is not truth. Truth is not beauty. Beauty is not love. Love is not music. Music is THE BEST." no need for attribute you all know. what im saying is we need people like you

[@Ibaneddie76]

I wish nothing but more success to all 3 of your channels, all 3 channels are really cool and highly entertaining! Not to mention the invaluable music theory, gear reviews and killer artist interviews! Keep up the great work!

[@nine9whitepony526]

I always appreciate the stuff the Rhett says. I watch his channel a lot and I really like how he articulates his points, and he usually makes great points. Almost philosophical.

[@baimun]

So glad to get to meet Tim this year at the Boutique Builder discussion at NAMM, hear Tim and Rick discuss content creation, and meet Rhett last year. Your content is so appreciated by all of us out here in your audience! ☮❤🎶

[@BrianKlobyGuitar]

Cool hang... interesting and informative..Keep The Mojo Rockin'☕🎸

[@Payne2view]

It was fun just to watch the three of you hang out.

[@pierreschnehage8152]

Fantastic! I always find myself agreeing and responding vocally to you... like I'm in the room. This is how it should be.

[@ScooterMcNoodle]

Thank you gentlemen. The content that you and many others provide is probably the only thing that keeps my playing moving forward. Keep up the good work.

[@ashberrychapman7117]

Love this thank you all. It's a soul thing!

[@RenfrewPrume]

As a classically trained musician (cello), briefly professional teaching students and playing gigs in a quartet and trio, I greatly appreciate your niche videos, especially the classical ones. I’ve also enjoyed your technical and commercial subjects, such as this one and the one about the disappearance of bands. I’m looking forward to exploring your jazz videos, as I am a fan of traditional jazz due to my late father, who had an exhaustive knowledge of pop music from ragtime through the big-band era.

[@ScottyCycles]

Rick I love the "niche" interviews. I learn about people I either had never heard of or new of but didn't no anything about them. After the interview I have a new artist to go down the rabbit hole. So thank you and keep it up!

[@danieliving]

My three favorite and accurate nowadays music philosophers of the century! Add funny and goofy! You guys rock! Watching you three together is always delightful 🤘🏻

[@gbarge4]

Rick, your channel is so big and the comments are so many. I figure no one will ever read this. But I bought your course, have been in Tim's Master Class since the beginning and just bought Rhett's course with Adam Levy. And have never actually taken the time to get into them. So why? Very simply, because you're all good guys and I just want to support you. I actually met Tim at Norm's a few years ago. We discovered we're five days apart in age and therefore experienced world events unfolding at the same age. (it started with that old question, "When did you graduate?") Keep going; I like it when nice guys finish first.

[@wildbill5698]

Yes, all 3 of you have connected with me on different things. I just want to say thank you

[@gregkoelling615]

Thank you Rick, Tim and Rhett for sharing your experiences and opinions. It puts a new perspective into watching what you all post on your channels.

[@iadorasjourney]

I find what Rhett says about the music career and the KZbin career true. See it for myself, while I want to built a solid and consistent carnet of videos and YT content, I still have to figure out how to sustain myself economically which forces me to spend hours on things which don't serve at all music practice and video recording... Tim is right when he says that there's the generational wealth... What parents build and earned or invested in is giving sustain to kids or people who can refine their skills, but there's a whole lot of eager aspiring musicians and YTers who maybe are even exceptional but can not profit about gen wealth and don't know how to get into the business... I wish I could have experienced the LA of the early 80s... That would have been A-MA-ZING!

[@alguitarchristie]

I don't see the point of instagram! It's for people with a short attention span! Tim's channel is great. And you have all the best interviews, with all the great players.

[@martinheath5947]

This is a slice of history which should be archived for posterity. Amazing to imagine an audience watching this video a hundred years from now! Thank you guys for all your inspiring work and what you are doing 🙏

[@hoffaloff]

All my favorite guitar dudes on KZbin together, finally! Great chemistry as always, good talk. Love ya'll, all the best

[@brucelittle3958]

You guys are the best! I follow you all and enjoy your content! Hope you have fun in your new studio when you return home, Rhett! So were you going to play something? 😁

[@kevincothron5089]

He probably loves your "More Than a Feeling" video Rick. That was the first video I watched of yours. It brought me into your channel as a subscriber. I drove to Atlanta with my wife to see you live. It was a great video. 👍

[@tinman5322]

A wonderfully insightful chat about levels of success I don't even dream about, and I learned that a guitar can be a cool prop whether I play it or not.

[@bigstorm57]

Three grown men with guitars in their lap for 32 minutes without playing a lick. And they still sound great!

[@jim.mcintosh]

Second comment, I love that you all share your network. I watch all RS's because of you, Rick. I loved Tim's but it got better when I saw you were connected. Same for 5 Watt

[@JeffSeale]

The person behind view 59,573 appreciates all 3 of you guys and what you do.

[@remembernoahtheflood]

It happened again. I tell myself I'm only going to watch a few minutes of Rick. All of a sudden 45 minutes go by or I get to the end of the video. Thank you Rick! Such a great amount of music history that I lived through. Remembering the birth of MIDI with gear I still own.

[@fabriceseignan6287]

always brilliant, your discussions and opinions are a joy, well done to the three of you from France

[@oicsaywhat]

I watch all of you guys on KZbin all the time and I’ve learned so much from all of you, keep it up you guys are awesome

[@thebsfactory]

Damn how I wish you three guys had made videos on KZbin back in the 70s and 80s, when I was a young and aspiring teenager entering the mysterious and wonderful world of the guitar....! ✌😎🤘

[@maconpatton]

Well I’m a vicariously happy guitar player (in other words I can’t play a lick) but I know good playing & all 3 of you are just plain fun to listen to and watch

[@CodyAlushin]

Great insight. I started a music series on my KZbin channel a few months ago, discussing and covering songs that inspire me. I also play acoustic shows around my area, trying my hardest to have gigs pay my bills while I work full time on my KZbin. I have been very blessed with a career in graphic design before this and now it's time to focus on being a full time musician, which I have dreamed of since I was 5. The results aren't massive with my channel, but the intention is to create discussion around the power of music and I'm certain if I keep the ship straight, the community will follow.

[@mccloysong]

I love all three of you and your content. But what I love is like Rick 22:45 doing clips that he wants to do regardless of how it'll be received. Audiences want to be led, not followed. Watching the joy you all have in doing what you believe in is attractive.

[@MattyK-USA]

Just a great conversation. It was a big disappointment to miss NAMM this year due to the Winter Storm (plus late flights out of ATL), and to miss seeing you all.

[@dhosquet]

I remember stumbling upon Marty Shwartz whilst trying to learn songs. I thought I found a diamond in the rough. Its surreal to hear his name in the circles these guys are in. LOVE Marty!

[@SOKOOLJ]

Wish I could give this comment a hundred likes

[@mojodojo5533]

Marty is the OG. Rick needs to interview him. Even if its a quick short form.

[@SOKOOLJ]

Aloha! Great seeing you all together. Each of you have great content that I enjoy and respect. Cheers!

[@mattpynnpedalsteel]

this video is AMAZING! You guys have a really great handle on whats happening right now. I love to hear it. Im a session musician in LA and what your saying rings true 100%. Im laughing my ass off about Universal Music Uniport.... Jesus... I still have not been paid for an Elton John record I played on because that system is impossible to negotiate.. Well done gents!

[@McJimmie]

3 great guys, 3 awesome guitarists, 3 amazing guitars they held for over 30 mins and didn’t play a single note.

[@69spook]

Rick was doing some subtle finger tapping....😂

[@pietersmidt8593]

The ability to learn from the greats and the wealth of knowledge that is passed along on KZbin is amazing. I remember regularly standing outside a local pub door during Saturday afternoon Jams at 15 years old hoping to see someone play something new on guitar , at 17 years old the bouncers used to let me and my band in the side door of the bar so we could watch the live bands play and learn our craft. All my Clapton, Hendrix and Page, records were destroyed from playing sections over and over at at 16 RPM, and Burt Sugarman's midnight special was one of the few places you could watch a live band perform . I did end up making my living as musician until my early 30's but always wished I had grown up in a larger city where I could have found a mentor to help me with my guitar obsession. At the end of the day I just wasn't good enough and found a new career in my early 30's . Now retired and in my early 60's I have again become obsessed with guitar. The amount of information available online is overwhelming, and I often wonder what kind of player and song writer I could have been , if only this had been available when I was younger and my brain was a sponge and able to accept and retain vast amounts of new information . Then I realize that my tenacity and drive to learn despite the obstacles and scarcity of information, is what made me different from many other players at the time, and allowed me to have a career playing music for all those years. Now that the information is easily available to everyone , being technically better offers limited advantages, and has limited monetary value in the music world. So in short I may have been a much better player technically , but not sure that my career path would have seen any positive changes. Now that I am playing music only for myself, with no visions of grandeur in the future, there is not a better time to be learning to play guitar again.

[@RandalTurnerMKULTRA]

4.75m subs! the channel is doing good Rick! I bet you are glad I stopped the charging of gear and gave you that advice now 🙂

[@Jkuz]

Really good show today Rick. You guys hit on so many interesting points about how this business has changed. Thank you!

[@krisorendorff]

I only have 52 subs, in 12 years on KZbin. Yet, I appreciate, each and every one of Them...

[@Maddy29]

Great seeing you guys together!!

[@nofatebutwhatwemake9880]

At 15:32 or so, Rhett said, “…. less people,” but the correct English is “… fewer people.” The distinction is that “less” is used for non-count nouns (that is, the noun is generally not pluralized, such as “information, honesty, patience, etc.”) Example: “There is less information in your essay than in mine.” (Not “less informations” and not “fewer information”) “people” is technically a plural noun, even though there is no s at the end. Example: “Fewer people live in Washington, DC than in NYC.” (Not “less people.”) Just FYI.

[@watto59]

schools in

[@meanmr.mustard]

Nice seeing you guys together again 👍.

[@1banjrpkr]

I think all 3 of y’all (all y’all) 😂 are just great! Im 61, and only wish that I could spend the rest of my life doing SOMETHING beneficial and productive in the music business. To help young ones grow and love the beauty of music in their lives.

[@evanmiller2579]

Great video. So nice seeing you guys together.

[@daveydacusguitars9033]

Spot on about these things I work a full time job, I'm a shift supervisor so sometimes over time is required, 12 hour shift and I'm there an hour before to get things ready for the guys, half hour after to do meetings with day shift. Yeah, I'm a night shift supervisor. I teach guitar 2 days a week, 4pm to 6pm. I make videos about guitar mods or repairs when I can. I love making guitars. I have some friends around north GA i try to sit in on some bar gigs some as well. When I teach and work the same days, it's a 17-hour day for me. I sleep from like 9:30 am to 3 pm. Get up. Teach 4 to 6 pm. Clock for my 13 and a half hour shift. 7pm to about 8:30am. Hopefully asleep by 9:30am. The positive of my schedule is that it's a 3 day work week unless i have to work overtime. So yeah. Full time job Teaching lessons Repair work when I can, fret work etc Film some. Find time to edit. I think I was able to get out like 15 or 16 videos last year. Music when I can. And im married, and I do attempt to smell at least a few roses here and there. And still, I believe I could do more. I know why my channel isn't bigger, but... I have a mortgage, so... yeah. Is what it is for now. But yeah. Finaly seeing a SMALL amount of return on the effort into youtube. When someone says they dont have time to do this or that...I always think of the quote "busy people are always the ones that find the time" so i just find time... But you have to smell roses at some point, gotta find a balance.

[@kkjhn41]

Talk of needing rich parents to support a budding music career makes me think of 1963 when a basically teenage Jimi Hendrix got out of the Army. All he had was a guitar and he and his Army buddy Billy Cox began their musical journey. They went from Fort Campbell in Kentucky to Nashville where they put together a band and lived above the bar they had a gig at. After a while Jimi went out on his own working pick up gigs across the south, into California and back again. He had no permanent home and was often so broke that he would have to pawn his guitar to buy food or pay for a place to stay temporarily until he got the next job which often began with him asking for an advance to get his guitar out of hock. He worked the Chittlin" circuit doing package tours with all kinds of R&B acts, some big and some small but never made enough money to insure where his next meal was coming from. He often depended on the women he met and romanced to feed, clothe and shelter him. When he joined the Isley Brothers not only did they buy him his first Fender guitar but for a time he lived at their mother's house where their kid brother Ernie would spend his time watching Hendrix practice 24/7. He later said that Jimi always had the guitar in his hands, even in the bath. He would play riffs over and over, then play them backwards, break them into sections that he would change the order of and just keep it up all day long when he wasn't playing with the band. He was starving, living like a nomad but he never thought about quitting and doing something else. Music was everything to him and nothing else mattered. He was living in Harlem where he was considered a weirdo with his long hair and Bob Dylan records when he started hanging out in the Village where he felt at home. he walked into the Cafe Wah one day and auditioned just by himself. He was offered a spot right then and there so he quickly put together a band and named it Jimmy James and the Blue Flames. Linda Keith a model and the girlfriend of Keith Richards was staying in NYC while the Stones were on tour and happened to be at the Cafe Wah while Jimi was playing. She was amazed by what she saw and heard and immediately befriended Jimi and worked to get him out of anonymity. She brought the Stones manager to see him but Jimi was in a mood, the show was bad and Jimi ended up busting up the white Strat she had given him (which belonged to Keith) and the manger took a pass on Hendri. Still determined to do something she brought Chas Chandler to the club. Chas was the bass player for the Animals who had just broken up and was trying to get into management. He was looking for an act and was thinking about a song he'd heard called Hey Joe that he thought would be a good cover tune for his client whoever that turned out to be. not only was Chas floored by Jimi's playing and stage presence but Hendrix played Hey Joe, something he had just added to the bands set list. Chas could not believe his luck nor could he believe that Hendrix was available, that apparently no one else saw what he and Linda Keith saw in Jimi. In a week Chas and Jimi were on a plane to England. For awhile it was just like his life in the States. He had no guitar, no clothes and he and Chas shared an apartment while Chas worked to get his career going. Once the band was together they worked a punishing schedule of gigs that didn't let up for the next 4 years. Jimi's time at the top was just 3 years long but he changed music forever in that brief span. But what seemed like a short career to those on the outside was a lifetime commitment to living and breathing music, a road that few people are willing to travel.

[@finalsecretofchrono1339]

Cost of living isn't the same. 2 guys sharing a 1BR in a music town is still 1K+ a month not including utilities and everything else. One has to spend many hours waiting tables per month just to make it.

[@Riverdeepnwide]

Wow this is great, thank you Ken. Where did Curtis Knight fit in around the Jimmy James & the Blue Flames time? And Chas Chandler made quite a career for several musicians, as time goes by I hear more and more about his influence. Sure did love him with The Animals!

[@fourthtunz]

Thank you for the mini bio on Jimmy excellent! Can you imagine being a black musician playing in the south back in the 60s? Hard to believe segregation was ever a thing and that it existed in my lifetime. I wish racism was over but we’re getting there.!!

[@RagggedTrouseredPhilanthropist]

​@@Riverdeepnwide I was taken to a New Years Eve party when I was about 11 in Newcastle, England (my mum's friends lived there). I have no idea why, but Chas Chandler was there. He got wind that I played guitar and loved Hendrix, and he sat with me for a couple of hours telling rock n roll stories and showing me bits and pieces on the guitar. He sneaked me a few beers as well, an absolute gentleman!

[@JBDebtFree]

Love this! Great seeing all you guys together! Very cool.

[@billvandusenmusic]

I appreciate you guys sharing your knowledge. I just started getting serious about my channel and this really helps. Knowledge is power!

[@Ramiroocampo]

Ufff....you guys spilled some hard truths here.

[@CWZGuitar]

Took me 8 years and 2,000+ videos to get 100k subs. Definitely a grind, but very grateful this platform exists!

[@terroreichofficial]

Thats a lot of subs 100 000 people love youre stuff :) That must be awesome !!

[@Churro_Flaminguez]

KZbin still has a lot of problems but this is precisely one reason why it's also great

[@jesusislukeskywalker4294]

​@@Churro_Flaminguez10 years on here for 800 subscribers 😳 we shall persist ☝️

[@4vr_KTG]

Your blvd. Night’s lesson is the reason i learned to barre chord a year ago idk why it just clicked

[@danytalksmusic]

Damn that is truly a grind. 5 videos a week for 8 years is not easy to keep up

[@KerryKugelman]

I love this "Three Caballeros" thing where you all have your guitars and didn't play a note. You guys are great.