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You’re absolutely on point bro. I’ve been lucky enough to find a circuit where live music is still important, but the profit margins are really thin and the temptation to use tracks, loops etc looms large. I’m from the old school and believe live music is live music and people come out to see a band more than hear a band. I still haul around tube amps and give people their money’s worth, if only that I’m too stubborn to do otherwise.

I think you nailed it by describing most of the music today as being garbage. The only time I listen to the radio is when I am driving. And when I do, it's only the classic stuff from the 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's and some 90's. More and more, I find myself just enjoying the silence, turning the tunes on only to stay awake. If I were to listen to the music of today, I would risk driving through the gaurd rails of a tall bridge just to get away from the assault on my ears.

Another great video. Thank you you are so right that kids today will never get what we did we lived in the best time. Thank you Brad

I agree with everything you said, especially about ticket prices. It makes me feel old, but I like to remind younger people i saw Bob Dylan for less than $20. He will be still be a legend for and relevant for a long long time yet, Taylor Swift not so much.

How much are they?

Sounds good brother

That bird look like Chuck Berry doing his Duck-walk. lol

They are Still Around,maybe not in Your Neighborhood!😮😃😎❣

Glass Tiger, a deep cut band-wise.

Look at that guitar collection wow

Yessir, I learn, something i listened to to this morning living in the woods , Lady luck,and Great White Buffalo from tooth,fang,and claw by Ted and the dukes,then bottomless hole from handsome family. Thanks for uplifting.

Hi Brad. I can relate to everything that you've said here. I'm from that same era and age group with decades of gigs. Top 40 band gigs. It was a wonderful time. Back then there weren't as many digital distractions and you had to pay for music which made you value and appreciate it much more. The thing is, up here in WI there are tons of top 40 bands and gigs, though not as many as there once were. I remain hopeful, through all the weirdness. What's REAL will be sought out when folks are done with the novelty of AI music. It has no soul. Love watching your videos and take on things. All the best for 2025 man, cheers!

You did well by all appearances, badbrad. I don't know if such a thing is feasible but, if I were an aging Nashville musician I might use any connections I made, and try to move into songwriting exclusively, because age wouldn't matter so much. One would need to stick to ageless or universal topics, to avoid the embarrassing task of writing lyrics for 20-year-olds when one is decades past that age--nothing could be more musically undignified.

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I have taught and played music for 35 years. I have done my part paying it forward. I have also played a million gigs over the years. I just posted an ad on Craigslist 'looking to jam' yesterday. We will see what happens. All I know is music. Music has been very good to me. And, it still rewards me daily. I have recorded nearly two hundred songs that are on all of the platforms. Streaming is the death of the industry. Long tail marketing is the culprit. We all get world weary with age. We have done it all and seen it all. We are in the fourth quarter of the game. Then, it's over.

Good one. (I am an old geezer) (I have a TH-cam channel) (I am a retired bus driver) (I play guitar) (I have never played a gig) (I occasionally play with a group in a basement) What am I?

Thanks again for another great video. There's a lot of fakery and good gigs are further and father in between. But there's also a lot of good music being produced today. It's just not the same Rock music and you have to dig further into the huge volume of music currently being created to find it. The world keeps changing, and so does music. Even much of Country music has changed. Top 40 sales aren't the way to judge success in the era of electronic pop music, TikTok, and streaming media. What is endangered is the era of Rock music as "old timers" knew it and the era of Rock guitar gods.

Almost all of my gigs in the past year or 2 were duo acoustic gigs. I look at the silver lining though. I've made damn good extra money and have used the revenue to purchase gear and guitars. I own 14 guitars now and that makes me happy 😁 😆

I did see Van Halen in 79 in NY at the Palidium, Ed was Superman back then. You ears couldn’t believe your eyes. Great subject!

I did see Van Halen in 79 in NY at the Palidium, Ed was Superman back then. You ears couldn’t believe your eyes. Great subject!

All this machinery making modern music, can still be open hearted....Maybe.

I much prefer playing live and have played live since the age of 16. On TH-cam I post guitar videos, yet I've been writing songs for 18 years and it is that I mainly want to focus on. It has been hard finding band members to play together with longterm. Every band I formed so far has broke apart.

when I was growing up I went to skyriver rock festival, there were bands playing in a park somewhere pretty much every weekend for tips, and the big names would come thru town and you could afford to see them, now you have to hunt to find any live Music , and its so much different , Rick Beato did a show on modern music being produced, one song had one singer, there were 3 words in the song that had 18 writers and 15 producers im guessing on those numbers but they arnt far off

aerosmith is the only decent band that america ever produced, weak considering that america is a country of 340 mil people

I’m commenting midway through the video in case this gets mentioned later. Stop allowing Spotify, Apple Music, etc. from playing artist’s music. Put them out of business. Make people go back to buying albums. Musicians need to band together and drive Live Nation out of business. Everyone is out to make their own buck. But, how do you blame a talented artist from creating their own music and put it out there themselves when everyone else in the business is stealing from them? How many excellent musicians would never have a chance because some producers didn’t like/find them?

I have to say that I'm in the geezer category, but we grew up on live music. Whether from touring bands, or cover bands, there was someplace to see live music from Thurs to Sundays, and and you didn't have to go that far.

I'm retired now, and have been building a recording studio in my garage building. Whether I use it for just refining older ideas I had or recording a new album by an old dude (me). The statement that we still have a fire in us to continue making music some way or the other, is so true. The urge never leaves us. My Grandmother played violin and even in her 80's she would still call all of her many grandkids to play happy birthday over the phone for us. It was all the more touching when you could hear her struggle to play all the notes cleanly. Will never forget it. Thanks Grandma...See you soon!

Great memories True test of a musician in front of an audience so true

yeah Brad, we're entering another era. We have a low power FM radio station up here. We put a lot of local music on. I wanted to ask if we could make an MP3 of your soliloquy about the state of life music put it on our radio station. We do that kind of stuff from time to timehave BMI and ascap

Agree completely. I played those 6 night a week gigs in the 90's. After 40 years of slugging it out as a sideman, on the road and playing regionally, I retired from it last New Years Eve. Played every gig. Learned every song. Was on time and my gear was ready to go. I do not miss it truthfully. We ARE a dying breed. Not everyone got to do what we got to do. To those of you still out there, I get it. Rock on. Thank you for these videos Brad, you are speaking the truth.

Sad commentary, but true!

I play drums and have since 1981. Professional, touring bands, Vegas shows, chump bar gigs, you name it. Live in Florida now and have started my own show here. The problem is most “guitar/band members” around here are retired job workers who Ad little chance to play gigs in their early years and now want to be rock stars in later years but have no experience and little talent to pull it of to any degree. Dig your channel bro. Let jam sometime!😊

Hey Brad check out Greta Van Fleet. There keeping rock alive and getting very popular. Keeping Rock alive.

Brad, dude...said it here before. Current situation here in Grand Rapids, MI is good. A decent band can play 5 nights a week. It's not all glamorous venues, but a few are. Mix it in with the club halls, suburb bars, corporate gigs, and summer festivals and the calander gets full. Youngsters on the dance floor every night too. The pendulum will swing our way. Come on up bud, we got a spot for ya!

The computer age has changed everything, and its barely begun. From Napster to AI look how far we've come in 20 years.

Duuuuuuuuude! Nice!

Back then there were no computer distractions at home, so people would go out to see live bands for something to do. I remember when the MC-5 would set up outside in a park to play a free concert in Ann Arbor, MI. in 1968. And other bands too every weekend.

I'm not giving up on real music. I still play it, still listen to it, still gig, still work on it. Staying close to friends who connect the same way. Thank you Brad for keeping it real and building our community!

"It ain't over 'til it's over", thanks as always.

Well I just played my first gig with my band last night. I believe a wave of authenticity is coming

Leon Russell's main goal was to write a standard. A song covered more than once, maybe several times. A song everybody knows. I don't even think that is possible now without top 30 that covers a lot of ground and everybody listens to for the most part. I think we are done with somebody being able to do that.

The problem is, that the younger generation has never been educated or heard real rock genius by listening to HUMBLE PIE- ROCKIN THE FILMORE album.

"Everything dies baby, that's a fact. But maybe everything that dies, someday comes back." - Atlantic City by The Band/Bruce Springsteen

I miss seeing those cranes in Florida

Far to many Americans are faking themselves to Hell inn 🏨! We witnessed most every resort, hotel, motel, restaurants , venues covered all of America 🇺🇸 with real live music and if any of these type places didn’t have real live music no one went there or stayed at a place like that!

As rural as I live, and as reclusive as I’ve grown, it seemed a local problem until you woke me up to the national state of the music scene. The entrepreneurial musician is going to have to save the day here. We will need to be as creative with the presentation and gigs as we are with the music. We will have to create a renaissance if we want one. Btw, it warmed up to 5 degrees here in the sun, so I don’t want to hear about cold😂

Mine will be here Monday.

I thank you so much for bringing the facts of the matter! Thank you for telling the honest truth! TH-cam using my wife Nedra Wesley my words are Bobby Wesley!

Watching bands was once 1 of 4 things people did for recreation. Now it's 1 of 20 things people do for recreation. Add social media and gaming and you get people that feel they have better things to do.

Just turned the big 70 last week. My band, Patton Road is close to releasing our 3rd album. I’m also doing a solo project re-recording old demos from 30 + yrs ago with some very talented young musicians. I feel humbled and grateful for these opportunities, and just want to say “Ditto” to your message Brad. Keep up the great work! 😎