Why Guitar Players HATE Instagram

[@guitarsarebest6565]

The day you give up guitar you can begin your voice over career. What speaking tone and timbre!

[@duanekogut757]

Tay Zonday 2.0

[@martinwilliams1308]

The man has timber

[@masonf.7355]

Personally prefer your longer form content, as an intermediate player lacking some music theory knowledge I learn a lot!

[@BlueJayWaters]

Because of the massive influence that was the pandemic, I don't think a singular genre will be the defining instagram model like neo-soul was. I'm pretty sure since all these musicians who were itching to play live have shifted over to constantly releasing something on social media, we're going to hear more "rough edges" songs being worked on through stories. We're going to see massive, super complex guitar work from artists who've had nothing but free time to hone a composition and chronicle it. We may see an influx of up and comers who picked up guitar to pass the time locked away and jump start a movement of simple genre songs that catapult to hidden gem artists exploding out with polished works over a short period of time. In short, we're about to see a guitar renaissance

[@Sonicshadow8989]

It'll happen and not only that a lot of people are picking up a guitar and I've seen more new bands getting recognition and praise

[@dj011392]

Congrats on 100K subs Mike! Your videos are awesome and I can’t wait to see what comes next. Here’s to another 100K!

[@JFrit67]

Thanks!

[@mikecole4489]

Thank you so much man it means a lot that you'd watch!

[@JFrit67]

@@mikecole4489 Great videos, Mike. Love that you keep it fun.

[@alrangelal]

The first I saw someone play the guitar on the internet was Canon Rock by bluekeys. It was around the time I started playing the guitar and almost made me quit because it was extremely hard. Good times.

[@kanyelberg]

My first memory is: "Canon Played by funtwo". I was so impressed by this kid.

[@Satyr000]

It can be like any other Social Media site, at times the social aspect of it is can worst part. Things like new guitarists being trashed for not being good enough and gate keeping being turned up to 11 in every aspect or people trend chasing and going after anyone that isn't. So it can seem like at times that you are in a dysfunctional relationship with Insta rather then a dysfunctional girl friend. But it can lead to some good things too. Like showing up to play bass with a insta guitarists and them wanting to learn Primus. Because you have a fuzz and wah pedal for your bass.

[@phlorian]

Congrats on the 100k Mike! You definetly deserve it! :D

[@kalorakalora]

Great stuff man - I agree. Its super exciting to see what the next gen is coming up with. Nothing is fully original to one person - we learn from each other and after it becomes part of our own repertoire we personalize it and it contributes to our unique sound. So exciting to see all these amazing shredders gravitating towards new sounds

[@fabrizioanavitarte]

Hey Mike! Thanks for breaking down Instagram, and talking about this topic. Congrats on making your channel grow up to this point.

[@Christian-yr2jp]

The worst part about guitar in social media is the fact that people get a wrong impression of what it takes to play guitar. They get spammed with 30 second videos of a guy playing complicated parts to the point where people get numb and unmotivated. Firstly they don't see how much practise goes into playing this stuff. Secondly people miss the context - I mean it's just a small part of a song - so they don't see how a song builds up and how a solo or certain part fits in. To conclude: I hate music on social media and would much rather prefer people to be inspired by songs / full records again.

[@JoshGUITARofolo]

100K baby!!!!! 🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations my man.

[@joshuathomas7345]

100k lesgo Mike!!! Love ur videos man, learnt a lot from u

[@figueroa661]

I'm hopeful that the next wave will abandon overly-technical, virtuosic playing in favor of raw, unrehearsed, expressive music. Kind of how grunge was a response to the technical leanings of 80s rock.

[@tzelegend9783]

i hope it doesn’t the virtuous guitar playing really pushes the boundaries of the instrument and gives great contrast to the simple pop coming that comes out everyday the technicality has a sense of feel that is completely different than the feel you get from classic rock not saying one is better but they’re both very expressive in different ways

[@nawafalnaji2070]

neo-soul is already that though

[@hpvsavage3608]

Congrats on 100k, I remember win your channel had 1500 just like a year ago, your growing fast!

[@mendozosa]

You should listen to Toe, they have a gorgeous albums since the 2009, there's a lo of music from past years, some of them I didn't know that existed because they are not mainstream, I think that always is going to be in that way, but there's always someone that its going to listen if you have something valuable to add

[@arianamastersofficial]

I'm not a guitar player (yet?) and I'm barely on instagram... yet you made this video so interesting that I watched the entire video. Your editing and overall video quality is very very good. GREAT WORK :)

[@storyfrantzen7904]

Been watching you since your first skit vids, I love your composure and wit and charm; it’s genuine and refreshing, and thank you for so much good content so far! 😊

[@katiukulele]

How do you feel that collaborations between multi instruments are progressing? Not just guitarists, but maybe a guitar player and vocalist, a guitar player and ukulele, a guitar player and tin whistle?

[@indigokid24]

Congrats on 100K bro! Keep it going

[@bwakeman]

This is the first long-form video I've seen of yours - well done! You have a really unique spin on guitar social media content that I don't see anywhere else. Kudos for finding your niche! I will say I do enjoy seeing your shorts on YT and elsewhere when the come up :) That's how I first found you, and I suspect many others have the same story. Keep up the good work!

[@mesadrums375]

Look towards the progressive metal scene and the Jazz scene for an idea of what might be next. Tim from Polyphia is definitely inspired by Tosin Abasi from Animals As Leaders, but Tosin is too complicated for most mainstream outlets. Plini is a top contender for someone out of that space next to shine, Cory Wong has been getting a lot of attention as well. It’s hard to say but this melding of styles has been a beautiful thing to watch over the years

[@Haunteed]

Congrats on 100k Also loving these HATE videos haha

[@captaindanger10]

Just seeing your longer form less memey videos and theyre great, love both formats!

[@toddsteele72]

Congrats Mike on the 100K subs.

[@ghoullyman]

I actually believe there are a ton of new age musicians in that “ math rock “ category. Like polyphia, thundercat , jd beck etc . You don’t hear any blues licks or the things we’re used to .

[@solstice1337]

congrats on 100k i love the content man

[@stephok7762]

the "hate" title keeps getting me, each and everytime! great job on the video mike!!

[@cameronball3998]

The first 100k is the hardest-the next are easy :) you have a great personality for these videos

[@andycasile]

Honest question: Is there much of a link between Instagram guitar playing and playing with other guitar players in the real world? In my experience, the people I play with are not generally playing the things that are popular on Instagram - and I'd likely be fired if I did.

[@luigidgp9491]

Same, also when you play something really simple but cool to a party and everyone are like “omg you are really good at playing, how can you do these things on guitar”

[@bene7174]

congrats on 100k Mike!!!! been here since day 1 🙌

[@kennyroffoguitar]

Mike, you rock. Rock on, brother 🤘

[@nanadotwa9488]

Congrats on hitting 100K Mike.

[@ceesdirks9507]

love your stuff man all your vids are great

[@Addahasan]

Literally watching instagram guitarists made me feel like a noob guitar player. Amazed and depressed with my own progress. But when I play my own stuff, I literally forget Instagram and get the vibe i wanna have while playing it.

[@consciousshift2590]

Yeah man, I feel the same way. Music regardless of technique, the sound and emotions we feel are the experience that is what matters.

[@tkaeu]

Are you kidding me?!! I'm committed to watching EVERY LAST ONE OF YOUR VIDEOS! It'll be a first for me on any KZbin channel .

[@xtrafe5953]

The first video I watched was that Canon Rock. I was blown away.

[@mrskullman40]

Great videos man, keep up the good work!

[@luigidgp9491]

Congrats on the 100K subs!

[@AngelPerez-lm8uj]

How do I get started on social media? Just start posting math rock, blues, jazz, country licks ?

[@jacquelinevalenti3456]

Damn. This was actually a really good video. Logged in to my girlfriends account just to say that. Your getting better at this.

[@thenormie]

Midwest jazz country would be awesome

[@Perrocko]

i remember when youtube was kinda the first "social media" to share videos.. i watched funtwo canon rock.. i was barely learning guitar.. lovely times.. nowadays its kinda anoying even though THERE IS talent around.. i dont know.. sometimes it just feels gringy

[@sunnys.k.cheung6591]

I guess the next best thing is someone's own voice, own compositions as a whole song, doesn't matter what genres they are but it relevants to the people's life and ecohes people's heart and soul, even your audience doesn't even need to know a thing or two about music. like Nirvana did in the 90's.

[@isaachaynes6935]

I’m so looking forward to that midwestern jazz country.

[@JonasCraftUltimate]

Chris Buck is who you need to know about now. Look up his paul davids appearences

[@kahoa_]

congrats on 100k!

[@FactumImFactio]

What's coming next for guitar, I don't know. But, you through some word soup out there: Midwestern Country Jazz. Dude, take it, and make an EP of that, cause I think that could sound actually pretty good :)

[@gappylevine6136]

Hey Mike! Please do tutorials and tips too

[@fmascarin]

greeeeeaaaat content, mate

[@isaacsmusic88]

great channel!

[@Pranav9977]

In my humble opinion it would be something simpler & why i say that is because as a successor to glam/thrash/speed metal/hardrock came grunge in the 90s which was rather simple then came alt rock in 2000s even simpler....maybe i dont know...

[@bradenrigling7745]

I like your more serious content

[@cederickforsberg5840]

I hate vertical videos. I just refuse to kneel before the vertical tyranny of Instagram.

[@miguelmouro230]

can someone tell me who is the guy playing at 2:58 pls?

[@gtrriffs]

Great video .💯

[@ignacioernesto]

funtwo - canon rock

[@jeremiegalan007]

What about a Semi Hollow opinion? 🙂

[@minuandtoyo]

I assume history will repeat itself in a way: the same way grunge came after the 80's maniacal (in a good way) shredding popularity, the next great thing might not be about virtuosity but it may be something completely opposite and novel. But who knows, we are all here enjoying the ride.

[@marktanner8695]

On my iPhone 4 I accidentally got a picture of a lightning bolt and was like “ Well I guess I’ll join instagram “

[@DomDaBom420]

Can you please do a guitar collection video

[@guillaumeledique3401]

Consider me a subscriber--great content, nice pacing, keep it up! As for your question, my answer would have to be "no clue..." What I can comment is that I wish I could go back in time, take the internet with me, and have the resources which are available today to the more analog era in which I was growing up. It might have pushed my guitar playing a little more... or not ;-)

[@jadenprom9215]

You should make a video breaking down Mateus asato !!

[@theharozomber5201]

Please can you talk about Jonny Greenwood, Radiohead guitarists

[@robjornayvaz8178]

You are the freaking best

[@StrawDogsPu]

Midwest jazz country is on the up and up these days

[@TheMidnightModder]

I just don't follow trends. I listen To Elvis, Johnny Cash, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Cody Jinks, and I'm never coming to this weird new music.

[@johnoconnor2527]

I mentioned Thedooo in a previous video and I would love to have this but I don’t want to annoy the hell out of you or anyone in the comments in general. It would be so cool for Thedooo fan base to see that other people on KZbin are looking for artists to break down and getting to know their music that way. Im very sorry if this was a lot. Thank you if you do read this. And as you can tell I’m very apologetic and Canadian 😂.

[@Fortnite87463]

Instagram on paper, for guitar players is great. However the good tutorial and honest jam videos are hidden in a jungle of mind numbing rubbish. Too many bot pages reposting random junk and those cringe videos of people who are too good to the point where its kind of boring. I need to have a human like understanding of what I am seeing and alot of instagram stuff is far from reality. Its that high consumption of junk that ruins it

[@BNA_Est.1988]

Neo Soul/Metal/Djent ISSUES - “Here’s to you” NIGHTLIFE- “Fallback” DAYSEEKER- “Burial Plot”

[@ShawnRandallWolfe]

Awesome video

[@simonfauquembergue3987]

I love those talk videos

[@unlmitdbeastmode]

My mans just said Playing God is intermediate. I guess I just suck and I'll be a forever beginner.

[@Symphonixz]

the title always gets me but cool

[@joemabry9643]

Oh my. Johnny b. Good. Thank you.

[@mdg7214]

When I first saw a youtuber using a digital amp, I was sad and terrified

[@JarnoDamWichers]

1st guitar video I can remember….. Canon Rock from Jerry C

[@JohnLloydDavis]

If the trend continues it could be either Jazz or Grunge. My opinion is that bands like Polyphia, Animals as leaders and the like are really jazzers. This will either lead to an acceptance of jazz as the new cool or a Grunge/Punk anti theory and technique trend will come around again. Looks like a cycle we see regularly in popular music since the 50's.

[@MrRoybob]

Congrats on 100K. I HATE for you!

[@dethsyndrome]

I've been on insta since the beginning, fuck that site! 13 years of what am I doing? Ah, never again.

[@thepedalreview]

I’m surprised you didn’t mention how many takes a lot of these Instagram guitarists need to do before posting something. It also comes across as being phony and fake in a way. Then again the music industry kind of sucks as a whole now. It’s not really how it was in the 60s - 90s imo when bands would get noticed by going out and playing shows. They get noticed now by having a social media presence. I could be wrong and I probably am a little bit wrong about that but that’s at least what I see now.

[@sevenchambers]

No you’re right

[@milanperera7037]

Didn't know comedy shorts gamer played guitar🤣.... It's just a joke BTW I'm a subscriber😄.

[@Mikehoncho191]

I dislike Instagram because I play bass and Instagram makes it seem like unless you slap you don’t know how to play bads

[@shayleetreadaway7175]

Yeah, it's because Instagram is full of morons.

[@innovert99]

It's actually not that hard. There are some good bass slap drills and exercises to do everyday for your muscle memory and then after that you won't even think about it and apply it to your pentatonic licks

[@warpiex]

Polish Disco Polo is the next big thing

[@danielradosa]

i think it all started with the song instagram from Dean

[@dreamspheree]

I don't even like john Mayer :P, he is all right. but i do LIKE your content i find it entertaining yet some how educational lol . its kinda insane i think i started following you when you were about 12~ k or even less not that long ago or time flys ? anyway dude that's great news awesome content awesome comedy. love from Israel from a novice middle aged millennial that picked up guitar 2 years ago

[@tayniloalves7089]

The next thing is going to be... QuantumNeuro Rock!

[@Comradedad933]

How dare you bring up my midwest nu-outlaw country genre

[@mmartinisgreat]

I think metal has a new resurgence

[@szymondudzinski6661]

You don't know Math Rock until you listen to American Football! They're the most important band of this genre and it's a very important rite of passge for guitarists

[@crowing3886]

One reason I didn't like Instagram is this denial of black influence of neosoul. I can't tell you how people really think these Instagram guitarists have legit created these licks an genre that were being play back in the 90s an early 2000's rnb an hip hop. Same with math rock. So you have people praising polyphia an ichika for this innovation that isn't new. Not saying they aren't amazing players but come on.

[@programmedforfailure4256]

Teach me how to play :(

[@kaiselkamish9904]

The thing about the classic styles, is that you can go and jam with whoever you want, but to play "Math Rock" you need 40 pedals and 2 people that know how to improvise inside that framework without just playing a song inside it. Not even the guitar player from Polyphia is very flashy with no pedals, saw him on NAMM, and i was totally dissapointed how he couldnt play other song that isnt GOAT cuz no effects or sustain. Not taking away from them, but there's something that is just "passing" on this style, to me in 1 year it will be literally irrelevant for most of the community, and the guys who like it will stay on it, just like Metal. You can go to every guitar discord server and there will be a guy with gain on 11, noone cares about Metal, but is still being kept alive by its own community until you mature and see that playing fifths isnt very musical as it is fun. I'm actually kinda excited by your friends question "what's next" probably something inside Guthries bag, i've seen a lot of grow on interest from people to know about him, since theres a few videos of him from today and the one of him playing in a bar a few months ago blew the internet on how good he is. Great video, keep it up man.

[@josephvictor1747]

it was tobuscus playing classical gas.

[@joshmastiff1128]

The only thing I know for sure is that prog metal is here to stay🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@Sonicshadow8989]

Also the entire rock genre since there's a huge market for it and dozens are still listening to the genre and subgenres and finding new stuff on the daily

[@TheMrMRsmoke]

The amount of google research goes into making this is adequate

[@Gornflyin]

next up: Death Blues Kpop....it could happen :D

[@Swede-js9jq]

I actually prefer your long form videos.

[@reubenrozeyt5716]

I honestly thought it was Charlie in the thumbnail