I read your comment first and I thought this will turn out to be an ad for some online guitar course, or worse, some motivational course dodgy website... That would have sucked. In the end, it was just a mention of a particular brand of acoustic guitar, but the story behind it can actually be applied to different live situations as well, so in this case I don't mind that the guitar brand was mentioned.
Number three - I don't play guitar. I've never played guitar. I have no intention of playing guitar. I just watch everything Rudy posts to help the algorithm.
@@gijonny78 thats exactly what i mean, some people need to have portable guitars to play whenever they want to, ive seen people play strandbergs in parks and stuff too so yeah
Thanks for sharing this. I’m not a musician; I’m a writer, but the same problems plague me: where is my notebook, where is my laptop, can I find a quiet spot, can I find a café, etc. etc. So I now record in the moment by putting ideas onto my phone. I’ve become very good at getting the ideas out in the moment rather than waiting for the “ perfect moment” which never happens. It’s made a world of difference.
i had similar effect buggin me years when i wanted to start play guitar. i waited and waited for the perfect inspiration which never came. then i just started to pick the guitar up daily no matter if i felt like it or not. after playing a bit i noticed, there it is the inspiration. now i've picked the guitar daily and are making major progress for the first time. so cool!
You address a common problem for many creative people- not just musicians. Everyone has their own approach to it. Some people just plow through with the idea until it's done. Other people start ideas then put them aside and come back to them later. Sometimes, you start out with one idea, and you combine it with another idea you put aside a while ago. Whatever your method is, however, keep working every day on something. A little bit of something every day is better than a whole lot something every now and then.
This reminds me of a documentary about the acoustic guitar and a lot of famous artists said they wrote some of their top electric songs on their acoustic first
bro this is like the most effective marketting video ever. it does not just make the case for the product but it made the case for us of _why_ we need the guitar. I'm getting an orangewood asap
Man as a fellow adhd that struggles with that cyclt, thank you for this video. I stoped playing for like 10 years and now in my 30s with big boy money I wanted to start again and bought a new electric, an interface, cables, a pedal, etc. And although I like to jam in my electric not even plugged in, I see myself wasting hours upon hours trying to make something "consistent" with my little knowledge on daws and sound ingeneering. And from all the things I've been playing and jamming, the one that I really want to transform into a song is a old chrod progression with some basic arpegios that I used to play in highschool. I love that I "rediscovered" it, and I will continue pursuing this kind of flow, just start playing and see what feels nice. Add some dumb lyrics (I have a ton of drafts but I wanted them to be perfect and whatever), and be happy and done with the song
I love Rudy's self-analysis. That is the most unlaziest thing anyone can ever do with their mind. (This video resonated even though I don't use guitars in my work. Coz it wasn't really about a guitar. That's the beauty of this message. Rudy decoupled the what from the how.) Also, brilliant storytelling and editing! I always appreciate those stories in the background as you speak, like the time lapses, and Larry, and sum-ups on the board. Your content is so refreshing habibi ❤
I think it is about something else and once you will read me you will totally agree with me. I think you started with music when you were a little adolescent or something close to an adolescent and you kind of had this huge dream of music and becoming a musician deep down inside of you; the way you pictured it back then now it did happen, the way your studio looks like, the way is organized, the way you touch and move around, it shows to me that this was your biggest dream ever and you achieved all this with so much effort; maybe you weren't picturing becoming a big star but you did have that vision of a home-based studio and you are free to create whenever you feel like on your own terms! all that is now real 1. Now you find yourself a bit exhausted and also too satisfied but the goal is 100 achieved. 2. the true part of what I THINK it has to do with this so-called 'laziness' is about another part of you, a part that is very stubborn and hardly can accept this truth. That part has to do with the practical part of you. If you analyze yourself you are always somehow serious even if you have really good subtle jokes inside and always act as focused as you can even when everyone is floating a bit, why? why do you think it is so? It is so maybe because you have a practical part of you that cuts things differently? I have seen this way of being in many of those who are coming from other parts of the world, not so fortunate or where the reality was inserted by all types of terrifying possibilities, either heard or seen or felt. 3. You are also extremely aware of the things happening in the world, you do care about bills and taxes and politics and mass media, you somehow try to understand as much as you can about the life you are living and you feel deep down inside that, for example, providing food comes first and it might be more important than music, or let's say living for inspiration is a bit spoiled life. This is your survival thinking that swifts automatically. That can change if for example from tomorrow you start to produce enough money from music to cover your needs for the next 2-3 years and you can in that extension of time flow carelessly and risky. Because your concept is built on the long term, otherwise you could have been the other type of artist who takes all in in one shot and goes as far as it holds him. Maybe you are not just an artist but also somehow who can hold and discover an another artist. This practical, lucid necessity of the mind state happens mostly to those who are in the back as producers for example. 4. That is not something you should wanna change about yourself, in my humble suggestion but you should just observe it, maybe the way life has built you is for a reason and I am sure I can easily even erase that maybe from this phrase. No, you are not a lazy person. If you were to be a lazy person, you would have not done anything of what you did and that again could be for other reasons (I'm thinking of people really unfortunate who don't have water and toilet in the house, food or jobs, those who lack such important resources will have their brain malnourished, frog vision, no complex concept to analyze, the capability for a basic talk or walk neither in a certain amount of time; I had to adjust this thinking that it is important to see life from this perspective as much from the perspective of some of us who had is all from parents and easy but somehow they had never wanted to grow but there is again another situation that has little to do with laziness ). 5. 'He was lazy" this is the characterization of Hitler, some documents have found and reformulate again that actually Hitler was an amazing artist but he was lazy! Even giving the actual facts of him not having a home, a house, a family, or not even a pencil to draw down there in the streets in the rain! No, he was not, he was hungry, sleeping on the streets, and too mature not to understand that there are bigger problems in this world and he must act as an adult. (This does not mean I agree with his ULTERIOR ACTIONS -when the hurt of a matured human who is not understood at the right time, helped but used, and blamed can become what he is known for now; this part of history should have taught us that even to the most fragile one can happen to bleed that will never stop) 6. I am not saying that art is not for adults but it requires a bit of a childish attitude. If you look at yourself and your studio, everything is in the right place, and all clean, an artist who flows has a bit of a spoiled attitude because he can travel and will not count days, but you do count days and at the same time you like two types of time traveling through music, you like to wake up fresh at 6 as much as you like to not sleep at all and do random things. It's never about laziness it s never about anything negative actually, if laziness can be seen as something negative or something that brings us a minus on the place, but there is an analogy way much deeper because CLOSER AND CLOSER WE GET TO OURSELF WE REALIZE THERE IS NOTHING ABOUT US ON MINUS but different internal strategies that have TO DO WITH THE FUTURE YOU! .................................................................................................................................... One more thing, and why I wrote you all this so much is because I did take some time to feel you and understand you and now I have an opinion about this issue. No, I am not an obsessed kind of fan or something I just feel people, I can feel their internal struggle easily but mostly I am writing you this because I've analyzed myself recently exactly the same issue. I am currently called one of the biggest painters in the world of this time, behind the doors, my paintings are valued....a lot...like very much a lot; some critiques have met and taken my life up and down analyzing on and on what to do with me and how much can I still provide if they start investing in me if they open my door or it would be better if I just suddenly go, you understand and more money could be done much easily, because well an artist can be much profitable if he is not eating too... Knowing this facto ultimatum facto bs I started to be as good as I could in other areas and cover myself all around, let's just say that I have used all my tools possible, and impossible to keep myself still breathing, eating, and painting. Oh well, hello wild world and wild me! So they've started to analyze the way I work if is really my work if I don't cheat, lie, fake, make pictures God knows... and all that because I am somehow shy or not even if I just want no disturbance when I create so I am not such a big fan of live Instagram and tiktok, etc. I find it sacred af! So, they've heard some things about my life and some things that I do with my day and some have concluded exactly the same: THAT I AM LAZY! Yes maybe sometimes my life has got me tired, at 15 I left my mom's house and went to work...it matters, not to mention that those practices we do through art, music, painting, and writing, which by the way I do them all plus dancing and sport...and cooking (and what else?!), all at my very best with my own unique touch..., have a certain eco inside and outside! Because you play with energy and vibration I could write you an entire essay and scientifically explain to you how difficult and exciting for our bodies to have those creating moments. I've cried many many nights hearing what those extremely rich people were having to say about me at their extremely expensive dinners....and trying to understand how can you forget what means to not have what to eat and who cares about not eating but not having with what to buy a brush unless you were never that poor to start a career so that can't make you not even a critic of life! I struggle and I don't complain! I went even in the garbage to find whatever I could paint just to have other investors complaining that I sold myself too cheap and that only on the underground I could find myself a place... So, no, nobody is really lazy in this world, sometimes we just need a pause, a new life, a new wall color, a kiss, a hug, a new hobby, good news, some good rest, a hand, or a very good self-analysis that doesn't betrayal ourselves. ps: by the way I think you should repaint your studio
This make sense especially when you are a home musician and I felt the same when stopped playing in a band. When you are playing in a band it is much different because when you go to the rehearsal room there are not so many things that can distract you and the band can help to stay motivated. When you are a home musician even such small things can break the inspiration like that the gear is not assembled or if your home gear is a computer and it needs to be booted, programs started etc. Having an acoustic at hand can help but with electrics the solution can be a good bedroom-amp which you just have to switch on without fiddling with software or anything.
Every form of creativity needs a place to quickly prototype ideas so the inspiration can grow while it's fresh. Artists have sketchbooks, businesspeople have napkins, engineers have Excel, and musicians have acoustic instruments and voice memos.
Awe ya Rudy I had the same problem when trying to make music on my piano, I used an acoustic to create the chord progression then went back to the piano and had a better base. Worked like a charm
I was really surprised he had never owned an acoustic until I realized that as an acoustic player myself, I've never owned an electric... Though in my defense, acoustics are so easy to get into bc you just pick them up and play. Like the message in this video, you don't get bogged down with all the (expensive) gear in between. That, and my inspiration for playing the guitar was Jack Johnson so yeah, go acoustic guitars!
I had stopped playing the guitar for like 5 years, but that didn't take the guitar out of me. Recently picked it up again, funnily it was the acoustic guitar lying in my room that got me inspired, through its beautiful sound and simplicity, to pick up my electric again. Simplicity can be awesome. Amazing video.
This is super relatable and expresses a feeling I've had but didn't know how to express tbh. Picking up the acoustic and jamming away always feels easier and more conductive to expressing the moment's inspiration and creativity to me too.
So true! Plus nowadays you can get acoustics in many different body shapes and even thiner, smaller or even rounded necs, lower action, so the left hand grip kind of stays almost same as when you're playing your favorite electric and there's something in that guitar body pressing on your belly when your on the couch and feeling those vibes viscerally and if you're also singing... It's vibes over vibes all over you, inside you and around you!
i had a trumpet teacher in high school that told me to keep my trumpet out on its stand at home instead of storing it in the case. that made me more likely to actually pick it up and start playing it easily. if i had to open the case, take out the trumpet, put in the mouthpiece, it's more barriers to overcome and more likely just to keep it put away instead of practice.
That's why some (far from all) producers/engineers are unsung heroes. To spend days or weeks in a studio, recording the same goddamn things in so many takes, it's boring. But you have the producer/engineer there, to push you. Finding like-minded people is difficult, but to be at least two while recording or polishing an idea resolves the issue of losing interest. At least to me. Make out of it what you will.
I technically don't play guitar anymore. I don't really pick up one of my guitars just to play it for fun anymore, as sad as it sounds. I still write and record music though, and that involves playing guitar. I'm in a spot where I've been releasing original music for 14 years, and I have the concept of new music I want to make, but I haven't been able to get the ideas out. Since this project is going to be heavily lead by vocals, maybe I need to start with a melody first, and the rhythm and harmonies second, which is weird because I've never written that way before. I did a little test with a melody and ended up writing a chord progression that I hadn't thought of, and it was kinda cool. I don't think I'll keep that melody, but at least I know it works and I might get what I'm looking for. As far as acoustic guitars go, mine sits in it's case because I don't like playing acoustic guitar. 😂
it’s so simple but true, i started with electric and for years my playing stagnated and i was super vocal about my distaste for acoustics. then one day an aunt gifted me a nice Dean that my cousin never used and the inspiration difference was night and day. i still thank her for it every time i see her as i wouldn’t be half the player i am today without the switch
I've found this to be very true. Sometimes, I take a few weeks off and when I go back, I find I play better and make better choices and seem to know my way around the fretboard better. For me, I think there's two stages to progress. There's the plateau and the transition. The plateau that I'm referring to is when you are playing well and making good choices, and the transition I'm referring to is when you start getting better and making choices that you're still to grow into. I find that when I reach the transition stage, if I take a few weeks off and go back, I've had time to process that transition and can play well again, albeit slightly better than I was previously.
I started playing on my moms 1966 classical guitar when I was 10, I played everything on that thing. Some 20 guitars later, only 3 was electric, and my go to through the years has allways been an acoustic. I play electric once a year or so, but hours each day on my Farida D-55, best guitar ever!❤
Relatable. Get an idea, think of all the steps between you and the idea, and feel creativity melt away as you think of everything you need to do before you're able to "play" with it...
I think this is applicable to any and all artists - not just guitar players or musicians. Writing is the same. What is stopping us from creating or getting something interesting or original or even total shit down on the page? Are there too many moving parts? Probably. Others will have said the same thing, but I like that Rudy makes vids that help us think about ourselves. Or maybe, just help us think. Period.
spanish guitars are also a world of their own. the thick neck makes you consider your choices in another way, and if theyre built decently they sound beautiful. warmth, punch, dynamics. Coming back to the electric then changes your mindset
You have a creative mind and the speed of your ideas come fast to you in a very spontaneous and organic/natural way. Your frustration is that the delivery process and materialization of your creation is not matching the speed of the execution of your ideas. Keeping less steps to organize the formation and materialization of your songs will help and encourage you to stay focus! Good luck and flow !
After all these years I've condensed my guitar collection down to three, a strat, a jazzbox and the one that I reach for the most often, the accoustic. Practicing and also comping on it just feels like the most natural thing.
This is exactly what happened with me. Slowed down on guitar because there was just something that I felt wasn't there, and so I bought a Taylor GS Mini Mahogany, and the sound of the guitar and the convenience of just sitting down and playing just lit a fire under me again. And then, fun fact, after a while, I fatigued on the acoustic and than my electric lit the fire again... So it's like a cycle honestly lol
(im a new guitar player) i just pick up my electric guitar and start jamming, thats why i dont put it in the case or anything its right next to my desk and so is my amp, all i gotta do is pick it up and start playing pretty simple and fun, just make your guitars easily accessible (like dont put it in cases/hang them up) and dont pressure yourself to release music, just have fun thats the most important part!
There are many types of guitars. Some sound fantastic but require your full attention toi play; some are workhorses that are primarily easy to play. And then there are those that don't sound that good but are perfect for writing songs. I had one of these -- an early 70s Yamaha acoustic, and I let it go. Big mistake. I learned a lesson that day. Guitars that inspire you to write are rare and tap into your musical soul. Never let them go. I still think about that guitar and the songs I wrote with it. Yes, I've written other songs with other guitars. But somehow that Yamaha with a cheap, undefined sound, didn't demand I play her correctly, but instead encouraged me to find and explore the unbirthed songs.
basically happened to me 5 years ago or so. I've been running Linux as a main os for last 15 years, and unfortunately, linux kinda sucks for music production (not that I do any, though), so whenever I wanted to play, i had to reboot to Windows, wait til it's operational, fight with constant updates (because I reboot rarely, updates pile up, and automatically pending for installation (thanks, windows 10)) then start up a DAW, set up some plugins, ampsims, yada yada, and by that time I already lost any motivation. Unlike you, however, I quit guitar for ~5 years, and only recently I had a feeling that I should play again. So I got a new guitar, got a small yamaha amp modeler from the old thr series, and it eliminated all the unnecessary fuss. Now I just plug, turn the switch, and play. The sound quality isn't great, but I don't really care, it just works.
This is so relatable: I have 3 guitars and bass, I play acoustic guitar way more for this exact reason, you just pick it up and play, no tangling yourself in cables, warming up tube amp or any other bullshit
I used to play acoustic guitar almost exclusively for years, and also have been writing metal songs with it, which kinda worked. But I have to say that my progress got stuck for years, and I also never really learnt to play the electric guitar or to write music that makes use of the possibilities which you have with it (e.g. guitar solos are way more difficult on acoustic, you don't have sound effects, no palm muting, ...). In total, I wasn't very motivated to pick up my guitar often. For the last 1-2 years, however, I've been practicing way more on electric guitar - which started with me buying a Line 6 Helix (this probably could also have been a Kemper or any other decent gear). Before this, I was always struggling with my sound/equipment. But if your sound is sh*t, it's diffuclt to keep your motivation. Now that I've found my setup and sound, I just need to pluck in my guitar & push a switch and can start practicing or writing music, without any bumbling about beforehand. And I practically only play on one guitar, so easy choice here, too. So I guess for me it's kind of similar regarding musical equipment, but I've gone the other way round (from acoustic to electric).
everyone has that one instrument that makes it easy to write and inspires them. For me, its my 7 string electric. I don't care about plugging it in because, to me, I know an idea is truly worth expanding on if it makes me get off my ass and plug my guitar in and open up my daw. I have tons of ideas, but very few ones actually stick. But this process makes me sure that the ones that do stick are worth it, at least to me. I guess its a matter of patience.
I make music like a schizophrenic maniac. I start the ideas then work on other ideas I had before, come back to that idea later, I’m all over the place but I enjoy it. I only don’t come back to my ideas if I genuinely didn’t like them to begin with This is the best acoustic guitar ad I’ve ever seen though so much truth
I have a 90 dollar nylon string guitar that I got on amazon for a classical guitar class, despite only writing songs for my electric, I come up with most of my ideas on that piece of garbage that is basically a toy. If it can sound good on a nylon and I actually enjoy playing it without cranking my amp or changing settings endlessly, it probably is actually good music and worth bringing to my electric for finishing touches
dude yes, YES!!!!!!!!!!!! I went through THE EXACT SAME THING. I started out on the electric guitars, and played them for years, one day I decided that i want to start playing acoustic just to see how it feels, and i honestly gell in love! It's as simple as pick it up - play - be happy. There is no, plug it in, get the settings, oh they aren't quite right, do i need reverb? maybe a bit more delay, this overtdrive doesn't sound quite right................ The acoustic guitar is simplicity at it's best, and since getting an acoustic i've been playing more, and started enjoying guitar WAY more. It made me a better electric player as well!
That's actually something that happened to me with the acoustic. With the electric guitar I even had everything plugged in and ready to go - All I needed was to just literally press one button and plug in my guitar to play - yet it created friction in my schedule. I get inspired more with an acoustic and as a result I actually play daily and do it out of habit as there is literally nothing in between my guitar and me playing it.. Glad to see that I'm not the only one in this situation haha
Hahahaha!! I love that song! But seriously, I've been there too, this is a great video. I am this way with painting. I just love to sit and get it done, if I have to work on it a long time, I get too tied up in the results and end up usually either abandoning it or throwing it away. I've learned that sometimes I just have to put things away for a bit and do something else, and not feel guilty. Thanks Rudy 🙂
Very similar in Archery … at times it’s just needed to remove all the stuff attached to the bow like stabilizer and sights and shoot bare bow on a blank target in close distance. Just to refocus on the shot sequence and how it feels and sounds.
That’s kinda the opposite problem of what I had. I pretty much changed from electric to acoustic pretty fast at the beginning, wich was 2008 . BC my electric at the time was shit and not build to play upper frets, wich sucked while learning. So I Play for 7 years acoustic only and had a blast doin all that with it. Have a dope Cort acoustic wich is dope till this day. And: you only need the guitar. For a teenager it was not imaginable to get all this gear just for being further in that e guitar world 🤷♂️🤷♂️ But there was a time I started always to play the same 5 songs and my own few. Wich at some point killed my motivation and inspiration for music. Needed to go back to the stuff why I play guitar in the first place, wich was metal-ish stuff. So I needed to go back to electric with all its whistles and bells and am happier I could imagine when I was barely playing and fighting with stop playing
For me it was the other way around. I get inspired at night, and when I had an acoustic, it was too loud to play at 2am. With an electric I can put headphones on or play it unplugged, and it never gets loud enough to wake up the neighbors.
Great insight on how rig simplicity can remove a lot of backgroud mental noise from creative process. Another tip that helped me a lot was actually playing and jamming with other people in a band. I would no longer stop recording guitars in middle of inspiration burst to program some drums in DAW because something did not click; I would receive an immediate feedback and nudges in the right direction, I could be inspired by ping ponging the ideas and working off others inputs. So yeah, even if you are just noodling on your couch try to do it with some backing drum track and/or a friend, it can really help.
I agree with everything. I feel exactly the same way. Getting everything set up just right and to bring your ideas out is very difficult. I also had a point where I just started playing acoustic mostly for it's simplicity.
My main issue is I’ll keep working and trying to perfect a song until I hate it and scrap it . After 23 years of playing I’ve yet to release a single song online . I’ve had a handful of completed songs with bands that we’d play but never recorded. And yea in this age of guitar plugins you can get thousands of tones and presets . You can spend all day just “trying to find the perfect tone “.
Had the same realization after being producer first for a while. Too many moving parts. Now I just want to make songs with my acoustic guitar and record them from start to finish in one take.
Fully agree with all points in this video. Being able to pick up a guitar, and being able to just play it without being stared by multiple knobs on your amp and pedals really helps with just getting ideas out.
Rudy! You are not lazy, you are a superhero. My husband is the same way. He accomplishes stuff. I read about and study HOW to accomplish stuff, but I don't DO. Glad you found a new path for your superhero life. Enjoy!
I was broadly agreeing and then you got to "I couldn't find the sound I want" and I was like yeah this MF spittin, he's speaking DIRECTLY to me. I've opened Cubase to record an idea so many times only to spend ages fucking with my tone and lost the idea
Please don’t stop. I watch your guitar playing every day over and over every night before I go to sleep . Good fun with all of the seres . Thank you! God bless you.❤✌🏽😘🤗
As someone with ADHD, although I can't speak for you, I do think that's a big part of why you like to get your ideas out as fast as you can. You know yourself well enough to know that if that idea sits for too long, the novelty is gone, and it will never see the light of day. It's also probably part of why you have so many crazy-but-cool ideas, and it's great to see you harnessing that energy to your benefit (and ours!). I have found myself in the same cycle with electric guitar, which is a shame, because I love dialing in the perfect tone. But I can't deny the purity and simplicity of just picking up the acoustic and playing whatever I feel like playing.
This is why my father made me play acoustic guitar in the beginning...I still have not picked up a electronic guitar...I am always working with my patients to play anymore
The biggest hurdle to overcome is honestly when you get an idea but now you have to spend 5hours searching, comping and looking for the drum sample, the serum patch, the whatever VST to give the right effect. By the time you have all the pieces the idea is gone and you just feel empty. The only way that reliably works for me to overcome this is working with someone else, just by having someone else in the room to bounce ideas off of the whole finding the whatever becomes secondary because you're just riffing ideas back and forth WHILE looking. But we're musicians, we don't have friends. Why the fuck would we do something to help ourselves.
Creative people have this ethereal need to express themselves (monetary or not) and this often occurs through the media they enjoy the most. Being inspired leads to spontaneous ideas, often too many to get realized, or completely realized based on how self-critical/lazy you are. Ideas are fun and hard work "isn't fun". This behaviour can lead some to enter a loop that is devoid of results. To break it you first need to realize that it's ultimately self-serving and futile. Then you need to analyze your process where "idea should become reality". This is always a compromise, but my best recommendation would be to pin-point what makes your ideas good, your personal creative voice, then apply a strict framework around that. Limit yourself to the best of your capabilities based on why you think it's worth expressing.
Dude. Wtf. I just went through something like this. I hadnt picked up a guitar in months and months. I bought an acoustic and was completely reinspired to play. Someone asked me what it is about a new instrument that is so amazing. My answer was... I dunno, I just didn't feel like plugging it in.
In cinema, there was the Dogme 95 movement, in which film-makers were tasked with making films within an incredibly strict set sof criteria. Dogme 95 specified the exact film format, how sound should operate in the film, and so on. I've often thought there should be a Dogme 95 for music: you are allowed to use this very short list of easily-available plugins, this very limited set of instruments, one of these two common microphones, a maximum number of tracks, etc. I think it would be helpful, because it would force you to just stop caring about a lot of the bullshit that gets in the way.
Honestly dude, yeah. Ill write metal riffs on acoustic until I like it. Then I'll switch to electric and itll be so fucking satisfying with all the distortion behind it
Dude, I was the same. I kinda stopped playing guitar until I bought myself a classical guitar. Now I love playing guitar again and I discovered a whole new instrument. The funny thing is I listen to more electric than classical guitar music, but playing it just doesn't compare for me.
I click on everything you post because I like to hear what you have to say. I did already listen to your new music you released. Love the melody. I love the sound I wish I was a horse too. I just love the way you play guitar.
I gave my acoustic guitar to my youngest. I stopped playing when my eldest was too big for me to stretch around to play. I used to carry that guitar everywhere
Dear Rudy, go somewhere only with your acoustic guitar, where you can hear only nature... and you'll find plenty of inspiration without 'distorsions'... Listen to the basic sounds...
I was the same except with keys instead of an acoustic guitar. It was so much easier for me to visualise and get complex ideas down on keys instead of guitar and being interested in Jazz, having an easy way to deal with complex ideas and concepts is really important
What you described as your cycle is what happened to me 5 years ago. And I never really returned to writing music. I tried different ways of working on new songs but I never got it working. I think I'll try your idea of using an acoustic guit- wait "I wish I was a horse" resulted from that? No thank you, I'll rather stay without music in my life than write stuff like that.
Even though this is a video with a sponsorship twist, I really dig your message. It helped me thinking, that I have to get it out to an extent I am happy with, because I can always rerecord it in the future with better gear, vetter producers etc. I am obsessed with this inspired moments. And acoustic guitar helped me to
This same thing happened to me and it wasn’t even playing guitar that was the problem or writing, I have lots of song Ideas in my head and they come and go. The hard part is just recording itself, you pretty much have to master a bunch of softwares before you can even start playing the guitar for a recording. I don’t want to just throw out easy recordings I want to build songs. I’m still learning but haven’t made that perfect album I’ve always dreamed of yet
I'm a visual artist. I love drawing, tattoo design, painting, so on. Some time last year, I realized that I was forcing myself to work on my artwork. During my lunch hour or breaks, I'd draw and sketch, but after a while I felt pressured if I didn't have something to work on, if I felt no inspiration. I took a break. Now I find it's so hard to get back into it. When I get home, I play videogames or I watch movies. TL;DR - I'm lazy, too.
I just watched two 15 second ads just to watch a 6:30 ad, thanks Rudy
Set up a PiHole, Habibi.
I read your comment first and I thought this will turn out to be an ad for some online guitar course, or worse, some motivational course dodgy website...
That would have sucked.
In the end, it was just a mention of a particular brand of acoustic guitar, but the story behind it can actually be applied to different live situations as well, so in this case I don't mind that the guitar brand was mentioned.
@@GSBarlevI've never been able to block youtube ads with a pihole. uBlock is easier.
@@panda4247 yea I agree
I just bought a guitar and I don't even play guitar. It just looks so nice. It's a Japanese made in 1974.
I wish I was a horse is one of my favorite songs period. Also Orangewood guitars are the shit.
I just now listened to I Wish I Was A Horse. Dude! I love it! Thanks 😊
Your the bomb, Anthony. 🤟
I can't believe it.. I must believe it..
it's kinda funny how "shit" and "the shit" have like totally opposite meaning
You suck bro. I hate your damn stupid songs. Gtfo
number 3: I also stopped playing guitar and need validation
There is no validation other than you’re a loser
Yep
@@bolillo5013 nope, shut yo ass up
When I saw this comment I immediately thought you were making the emoticon ":3" and thought you made a spelling mistake
@@WhatANiceMonth :3 but with an underbite
Number three - I don't play guitar. I've never played guitar. I have no intention of playing guitar. I just watch everything Rudy posts to help the algorithm.
Lol
Help the algorithm get worse?
Tbh, buying a guitar with no headstock is really the beginning of the end when it comes to guitarists.
Why? I know people that the headless was the part that wasnt moving and when they buy the headless it moves again
Just bought one, to play at work in a small space.
@@gijonny78 thats exactly what i mean, some people need to have portable guitars to play whenever they want to, ive seen people play strandbergs in parks and stuff too so yeah
@@juankraks8754 for the record they feel a bit odd if I'm playing in a larger space
False, half the headstock designs look like crap anyway.
Habibi why are you clickbaiting?
This kind of introspection is vital. Easing the creative process is a blessing
Thanks for sharing this. I’m not a musician; I’m a writer, but the same problems plague me: where is my notebook, where is my laptop, can I find a quiet spot, can I find a café, etc. etc. So I now record in the moment by putting ideas onto my phone. I’ve become very good at getting the ideas out in the moment rather than waiting for the “ perfect moment” which never happens. It’s made a world of difference.
i had similar effect buggin me years when i wanted to start play guitar. i waited and waited for the perfect inspiration which never came. then i just started to pick the guitar up daily no matter if i felt like it or not. after playing a bit i noticed, there it is the inspiration. now i've picked the guitar daily and are making major progress for the first time. so cool!
OOO yes!! I write too and I've found voice notes to be the most efficient.☺️
love this David, thanks for your thoughts I'm in the same realm right now
did not ask
(chill tf out, i am kidding)
@@TCG-Monkbecause he did not ask
he's kidding@@TCG-Monk
Ill delete the video, sorry
Please delete it faster you are ruining my life @@RudyAyoub
@@RudyAyoub😂😂😂 love your sense of humor, even when you make a more educational video…
Rudy coming out under the desk is a sight i needed to see before i die
😂
You address a common problem for many creative people- not just musicians. Everyone has their own approach to it. Some people just plow through with the idea until it's done. Other people start ideas then put them aside and come back to them later. Sometimes, you start out with one idea, and you combine it with another idea you put aside a while ago. Whatever your method is, however, keep working every day on something. A little bit of something every day is better than a whole lot something every now and then.
This can be applied to more than just guitar playing. Thanks for the story it was pretty relatable.
I agree. Make the creative process as simple and direct as possible.
I'm not a musician on any level. I can still relate to what you're talking about. What you're saying makes alot of sense. Thank you
This reminds me of a documentary about the acoustic guitar and a lot of famous artists said they wrote some of their top electric songs on their acoustic first
Yeah, I’ve heard of that a lot over many years of reading music magazines and interviews. It’s either that or piano. Never on electrics.
bro this is like the most effective marketting video ever. it does not just make the case for the product but it made the case for us of _why_ we need the guitar. I'm getting an orangewood asap
Man as a fellow adhd that struggles with that cyclt, thank you for this video. I stoped playing for like 10 years and now in my 30s with big boy money I wanted to start again and bought a new electric, an interface, cables, a pedal, etc. And although I like to jam in my electric not even plugged in, I see myself wasting hours upon hours trying to make something "consistent" with my little knowledge on daws and sound ingeneering. And from all the things I've been playing and jamming, the one that I really want to transform into a song is a old chrod progression with some basic arpegios that I used to play in highschool. I love that I "rediscovered" it, and I will continue pursuing this kind of flow, just start playing and see what feels nice. Add some dumb lyrics (I have a ton of drafts but I wanted them to be perfect and whatever), and be happy and done with the song
I love Rudy's self-analysis. That is the most unlaziest thing anyone can ever do with their mind.
(This video resonated even though I don't use guitars in my work. Coz it wasn't really about a guitar. That's the beauty of this message. Rudy decoupled the what from the how.)
Also, brilliant storytelling and editing! I always appreciate those stories in the background as you speak, like the time lapses, and Larry, and sum-ups on the board.
Your content is so refreshing habibi ❤
you should make a documentry man the quality is good, story telling is great.
Damnit! A masterclass in advertising. Great job man!
I think it is about something else and once you will read me you will totally agree with me. I think you started with music when you were a little adolescent or something close to an adolescent and you kind of had this huge dream of music and becoming a musician deep down inside of you; the way you pictured it back then now it did happen, the way your studio looks like, the way is organized, the way you touch and move around, it shows to me that this was your biggest dream ever and you achieved all this with so much effort; maybe you weren't picturing becoming a big star but you did have that vision of a home-based studio and you are free to create whenever you feel like on your own terms! all that is now real
1. Now you find yourself a bit exhausted and also too satisfied but the goal is 100 achieved.
2. the true part of what I THINK it has to do with this so-called 'laziness' is about another part of you, a part that is very stubborn and hardly can accept this truth. That part has to do with the practical part of you. If you analyze yourself you are always somehow serious even if you have really good subtle jokes inside and always act as focused as you can even when everyone is floating a bit, why? why do you think it is so? It is so maybe because you have a practical part of you that cuts things differently? I have seen this way of being in many of those who are coming from other parts of the world, not so fortunate or where the reality was inserted by all types of terrifying possibilities, either heard or seen or felt.
3. You are also extremely aware of the things happening in the world, you do care about bills and taxes and politics and mass media, you somehow try to understand as much as you can about the life you are living and you feel deep down inside that, for example, providing food comes first and it might be more important than music, or let's say living for inspiration is a bit spoiled life. This is your survival thinking that swifts automatically. That can change if for example from tomorrow you start to produce enough money from music to cover your needs for the next 2-3 years and you can in that extension of time flow carelessly and risky. Because your concept is built on the long term, otherwise you could have been the other type of artist who takes all in in one shot and goes as far as it holds him. Maybe you are not just an artist but also somehow who can hold and discover an another artist. This practical, lucid necessity of the mind state happens mostly to those who are in the back as producers for example.
4. That is not something you should wanna change about yourself, in my humble suggestion but you should just observe it, maybe the way life has built you is for a reason and I am sure I can easily even erase that maybe from this phrase. No, you are not a lazy person. If you were to be a lazy person, you would have not done anything of what you did and that again could be for other reasons (I'm thinking of people really unfortunate who don't have water and toilet in the house, food or jobs, those who lack such important resources will have their brain malnourished, frog vision, no complex concept to analyze, the capability for a basic talk or walk neither in a certain amount of time; I had to adjust this thinking that it is important to see life from this perspective as much from the perspective of some of us who had is all from parents and easy but somehow they had never wanted to grow but there is again another situation that has little to do with laziness ).
5. 'He was lazy" this is the characterization of Hitler, some documents have found and reformulate again that actually Hitler was an amazing artist but he was lazy! Even giving the actual facts of him not having a home, a house, a family, or not even a pencil to draw down there in the streets in the rain! No, he was not, he was hungry, sleeping on the streets, and too mature not to understand that there are bigger problems in this world and he must act as an adult. (This does not mean I agree with his ULTERIOR ACTIONS -when the hurt of a matured human who is not understood at the right time, helped but used, and blamed can become what he is known for now; this part of history should have taught us that even to the most fragile one can happen to bleed that will never stop)
6. I am not saying that art is not for adults but it requires a bit of a childish attitude. If you look at yourself and your studio, everything is in the right place, and all clean, an artist who flows has a bit of a spoiled attitude because he can travel and will not count days, but you do count days and at the same time you like two types of time traveling through music, you like to wake up fresh at 6 as much as you like to not sleep at all and do random things. It's never about laziness it s never about anything negative actually, if laziness can be seen as something negative or something that brings us a minus on the place, but there is an analogy way much deeper because CLOSER AND CLOSER WE GET TO OURSELF WE REALIZE THERE IS NOTHING ABOUT US ON MINUS but different internal strategies that have TO DO WITH THE FUTURE YOU!
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One more thing, and why I wrote you all this so much is because I did take some time to feel you and understand you and now I have an opinion about this issue. No, I am not an obsessed kind of fan or something I just feel people, I can feel their internal struggle easily but mostly I am writing you this because I've analyzed myself recently exactly the same issue. I am currently called one of the biggest painters in the world of this time, behind the doors, my paintings are valued....a lot...like very much a lot; some critiques have met and taken my life up and down analyzing on and on what to do with me and how much can I still provide if they start investing in me if they open my door or it would be better if I just suddenly go, you understand and more money could be done much easily, because well an artist can be much profitable if he is not eating too... Knowing this facto ultimatum facto bs I started to be as good as I could in other areas and cover myself all around, let's just say that I have used all my tools possible, and impossible to keep myself still breathing, eating, and painting. Oh well, hello wild world and wild me!
So they've started to analyze the way I work if is really my work if I don't cheat, lie, fake, make pictures God knows... and all that because I am somehow shy or not even if I just want no disturbance when I create so I am not such a big fan of live Instagram and tiktok, etc. I find it sacred af!
So, they've heard some things about my life and some things that I do with my day and some have concluded exactly the same: THAT I AM LAZY! Yes maybe sometimes my life has got me tired, at 15 I left my mom's house and went to work...it matters, not to mention that those practices we do through art, music, painting, and writing, which by the way I do them all plus dancing and sport...and cooking (and what else?!), all at my very best with my own unique touch..., have a certain eco inside and outside! Because you play with energy and vibration I could write you an entire essay and scientifically explain to you how difficult and exciting for our bodies to have those creating moments. I've cried many many nights hearing what those extremely rich people were having to say about me at their extremely expensive dinners....and trying to understand how can you forget what means to not have what to eat and who cares about not eating but not having with what to buy a brush unless you were never that poor to start a career so that can't make you not even a critic of life! I struggle and I don't complain! I went even in the garbage to find whatever I could paint just to have other investors complaining that I sold myself too cheap and that only on the underground I could find myself a place...
So, no, nobody is really lazy in this world, sometimes we just need a pause, a new life, a new wall color, a kiss, a hug, a new hobby, good news, some good rest, a hand, or a very good self-analysis that doesn't betrayal ourselves.
ps: by the way I think you should repaint your studio
This make sense especially when you are a home musician and I felt the same when stopped playing in a band.
When you are playing in a band it is much different because when you go to the rehearsal room there are not so many things that can distract you and the band can help to stay motivated.
When you are a home musician even such small things can break the inspiration like that the gear is not assembled or if your home gear is a computer and it needs to be booted, programs started etc.
Having an acoustic at hand can help but with electrics the solution can be a good bedroom-amp which you just have to switch on without fiddling with software or anything.
You forgot the third reason: I'm just watching every video of a creater I like
Every form of creativity needs a place to quickly prototype ideas so the inspiration can grow while it's fresh. Artists have sketchbooks, businesspeople have napkins, engineers have Excel, and musicians have acoustic instruments and voice memos.
Just hopping in to say, your video quality is amazing. Perfect pacing, subtle jokes, production is top notch. I wish Hollywood had people like you.
Awe ya Rudy I had the same problem when trying to make music on my piano, I used an acoustic to create the chord progression then went back to the piano and had a better base.
Worked like a charm
Dude completely agree. There's something charming about acoustic where nothing can get in your way.
damn wallah rudy you convinced me I'm going to go out and buy 100 orangewood acoustic guitars to become the ultimate musician
Yeah, I tend to not even start recording until I have a really solid progression, and a melody I'm humming along with in my head.
I was really surprised he had never owned an acoustic until I realized that as an acoustic player myself, I've never owned an electric...
Though in my defense, acoustics are so easy to get into bc you just pick them up and play. Like the message in this video, you don't get bogged down with all the (expensive) gear in between. That, and my inspiration for playing the guitar was Jack Johnson so yeah, go acoustic guitars!
I had stopped playing the guitar for like 5 years, but that didn't take the guitar out of me. Recently picked it up again, funnily it was the acoustic guitar lying in my room that got me inspired, through its beautiful sound and simplicity, to pick up my electric again. Simplicity can be awesome. Amazing video.
Thank dude! Your advice actually applies not only to music, but to many other fields. Good luck!
This is super relatable and expresses a feeling I've had but didn't know how to express tbh. Picking up the acoustic and jamming away always feels easier and more conductive to expressing the moment's inspiration and creativity to me too.
So true! Plus nowadays you can get acoustics in many different body shapes and even thiner, smaller or even rounded necs, lower action, so the left hand grip kind of stays almost same as when you're playing your favorite electric and there's something in that guitar body pressing on your belly when your on the couch and feeling those vibes viscerally and if you're also singing... It's vibes over vibes all over you, inside you and around you!
Not a guitarist, but this video made a lot more sense then I thought it would. Super helpful man, thanks!
i had a trumpet teacher in high school that told me to keep my trumpet out on its stand at home instead of storing it in the case. that made me more likely to actually pick it up and start playing it easily. if i had to open the case, take out the trumpet, put in the mouthpiece, it's more barriers to overcome and more likely just to keep it put away instead of practice.
That's why some (far from all) producers/engineers are unsung heroes. To spend days or weeks in a studio, recording the same goddamn things in so many takes, it's boring. But you have the producer/engineer there, to push you. Finding like-minded people is difficult, but to be at least two while recording or polishing an idea resolves the issue of losing interest. At least to me. Make out of it what you will.
I technically don't play guitar anymore. I don't really pick up one of my guitars just to play it for fun anymore, as sad as it sounds. I still write and record music though, and that involves playing guitar.
I'm in a spot where I've been releasing original music for 14 years, and I have the concept of new music I want to make, but I haven't been able to get the ideas out. Since this project is going to be heavily lead by vocals, maybe I need to start with a melody first, and the rhythm and harmonies second, which is weird because I've never written that way before. I did a little test with a melody and ended up writing a chord progression that I hadn't thought of, and it was kinda cool. I don't think I'll keep that melody, but at least I know it works and I might get what I'm looking for.
As far as acoustic guitars go, mine sits in it's case because I don't like playing acoustic guitar. 😂
it’s so simple but true, i started with electric and for years my playing stagnated and i was super vocal about my distaste for acoustics. then one day an aunt gifted me a nice Dean that my cousin never used and the inspiration difference was night and day. i still thank her for it every time i see her as i wouldn’t be half the player i am today without the switch
I've found this to be very true. Sometimes, I take a few weeks off and when I go back, I find I play better and make better choices and seem to know my way around the fretboard better.
For me, I think there's two stages to progress. There's the plateau and the transition.
The plateau that I'm referring to is when you are playing well and making good choices, and the transition I'm referring to is when you start getting better and making choices that you're still to grow into.
I find that when I reach the transition stage, if I take a few weeks off and go back, I've had time to process that transition and can play well again, albeit slightly better than I was previously.
I started playing on my moms 1966 classical guitar when I was 10, I played everything on that thing. Some 20 guitars later, only 3 was electric, and my go to through the years has allways been an acoustic. I play electric once a year or so, but hours each day on my Farida D-55, best guitar ever!❤
rudy! awesome! thank you so much, you go girl!
Relatable. Get an idea, think of all the steps between you and the idea, and feel creativity melt away as you think of everything you need to do before you're able to "play" with it...
You’re hilarious. New to your channel. Been enjoying it. It helps take the edge off my work day 😜 Also, I stopped playing guitar years ago
I think this is applicable to any and all artists - not just guitar players or musicians. Writing is the same. What is stopping us from creating or getting something interesting or original or even total shit down on the page? Are there too many moving parts? Probably. Others will have said the same thing, but I like that Rudy makes vids that help us think about ourselves. Or maybe, just help us think. Period.
spanish guitars are also a world of their own. the thick neck makes you consider your choices in another way, and if theyre built decently they sound beautiful. warmth, punch, dynamics. Coming back to the electric then changes your mindset
You have a creative mind and the speed of your ideas come fast to you in a very spontaneous and organic/natural way.
Your frustration is that the delivery process and materialization of your creation is not matching the speed of the execution of your ideas.
Keeping less steps to organize the formation and materialization of your songs will help and encourage you to stay focus!
Good luck and flow !
After all these years I've condensed my guitar collection down to three, a strat, a jazzbox and the one that I reach for the most often, the accoustic. Practicing and also comping on it just feels like the most natural thing.
This is exactly what happened with me.
Slowed down on guitar because there was just something that I felt wasn't there, and so I bought a Taylor GS Mini Mahogany, and the sound of the guitar and the convenience of just sitting down and playing just lit a fire under me again.
And then, fun fact, after a while, I fatigued on the acoustic and than my electric lit the fire again... So it's like a cycle honestly lol
I felt the same with digital art vs traditional art like drawing with pencil on paper. Thank you for sharing these thoughts
When you go into the cinema frightened you're going to see a horror movie and then you find it's actually a romantic comedy.
(im a new guitar player) i just pick up my electric guitar and start jamming, thats why i dont put it in the case or anything its right next to my desk and so is my amp, all i gotta do is pick it up and start playing pretty simple and fun, just make your guitars easily accessible (like dont put it in cases/hang them up) and dont pressure yourself to release music, just have fun thats the most important part!
I went minimalist in my sound, limiting myself to guitar, bass, a simple beat, and electric piano, and I really churn out ideas like this.
There are many types of guitars. Some sound fantastic but require your full attention toi play; some are workhorses that are primarily easy to play. And then there are those that don't sound that good but are perfect for writing songs. I had one of these -- an early 70s Yamaha acoustic, and I let it go. Big mistake. I learned a lesson that day. Guitars that inspire you to write are rare and tap into your musical soul. Never let them go. I still think about that guitar and the songs I wrote with it. Yes, I've written other songs with other guitars. But somehow that Yamaha with a cheap, undefined sound, didn't demand I play her correctly, but instead encouraged me to find and explore the unbirthed songs.
basically happened to me 5 years ago or so. I've been running Linux as a main os for last 15 years, and unfortunately, linux kinda sucks for music production (not that I do any, though), so whenever I wanted to play, i had to reboot to Windows, wait til it's operational, fight with constant updates (because I reboot rarely, updates pile up, and automatically pending for installation (thanks, windows 10)) then start up a DAW, set up some plugins, ampsims, yada yada, and by that time I already lost any motivation. Unlike you, however, I quit guitar for ~5 years, and only recently I had a feeling that I should play again. So I got a new guitar, got a small yamaha amp modeler from the old thr series, and it eliminated all the unnecessary fuss. Now I just plug, turn the switch, and play. The sound quality isn't great, but I don't really care, it just works.
This is so relatable: I have 3 guitars and bass, I play acoustic guitar way more for this exact reason, you just pick it up and play, no tangling yourself in cables, warming up tube amp or any other bullshit
I used to play acoustic guitar almost exclusively for years, and also have been writing metal songs with it, which kinda worked. But I have to say that my progress got stuck for years, and I also never really learnt to play the electric guitar or to write music that makes use of the possibilities which you have with it (e.g. guitar solos are way more difficult on acoustic, you don't have sound effects, no palm muting, ...). In total, I wasn't very motivated to pick up my guitar often.
For the last 1-2 years, however, I've been practicing way more on electric guitar - which started with me buying a Line 6 Helix (this probably could also have been a Kemper or any other decent gear). Before this, I was always struggling with my sound/equipment. But if your sound is sh*t, it's diffuclt to keep your motivation.
Now that I've found my setup and sound, I just need to pluck in my guitar & push a switch and can start practicing or writing music, without any bumbling about beforehand.
And I practically only play on one guitar, so easy choice here, too.
So I guess for me it's kind of similar regarding musical equipment, but I've gone the other way round (from acoustic to electric).
everyone has that one instrument that makes it easy to write and inspires them. For me, its my 7 string electric. I don't care about plugging it in because, to me, I know an idea is truly worth expanding on if it makes me get off my ass and plug my guitar in and open up my daw. I have tons of ideas, but very few ones actually stick. But this process makes me sure that the ones that do stick are worth it, at least to me. I guess its a matter of patience.
I make music like a schizophrenic maniac. I start the ideas then work on other ideas I had before, come back to that idea later, I’m all over the place but I enjoy it. I only don’t come back to my ideas if I genuinely didn’t like them to begin with
This is the best acoustic guitar ad I’ve ever seen though so much truth
I have a 90 dollar nylon string guitar that I got on amazon for a classical guitar class, despite only writing songs for my electric, I come up with most of my ideas on that piece of garbage that is basically a toy. If it can sound good on a nylon and I actually enjoy playing it without cranking my amp or changing settings endlessly, it probably is actually good music and worth bringing to my electric for finishing touches
dude yes, YES!!!!!!!!!!!! I went through THE EXACT SAME THING. I started out on the electric guitars, and played them for years, one day I decided that i want to start playing acoustic just to see how it feels, and i honestly gell in love! It's as simple as pick it up - play - be happy. There is no, plug it in, get the settings, oh they aren't quite right, do i need reverb? maybe a bit more delay, this overtdrive doesn't sound quite right................ The acoustic guitar is simplicity at it's best, and since getting an acoustic i've been playing more, and started enjoying guitar WAY more. It made me a better electric player as well!
That's actually something that happened to me with the acoustic. With the electric guitar I even had everything plugged in and ready to go - All I needed was to just literally press one button and plug in my guitar to play - yet it created friction in my schedule. I get inspired more with an acoustic and as a result I actually play daily and do it out of habit as there is literally nothing in between my guitar and me playing it.. Glad to see that I'm not the only one in this situation haha
Hahahaha!! I love that song! But seriously, I've been there too, this is a great video. I am this way with painting. I just love to sit and get it done, if I have to work on it a long time, I get too tied up in the results and end up usually either abandoning it or throwing it away. I've learned that sometimes I just have to put things away for a bit and do something else, and not feel guilty. Thanks Rudy 🙂
Very similar in Archery … at times it’s just needed to remove all the stuff attached to the bow like stabilizer and sights and shoot bare bow on a blank target in close distance. Just to refocus on the shot sequence and how it feels and sounds.
That’s kinda the opposite problem of what I had. I pretty much changed from electric to acoustic pretty fast at the beginning, wich was 2008 . BC my electric at the time was shit and not build to play upper frets, wich sucked while learning.
So I Play for 7 years acoustic only and had a blast doin all that with it. Have a dope Cort acoustic wich is dope till this day. And: you only need the guitar. For a teenager it was not imaginable to get all this gear just for being further in that e guitar world 🤷♂️🤷♂️
But there was a time I started always to play the same 5 songs and my own few. Wich at some point killed my motivation and inspiration for music.
Needed to go back to the stuff why I play guitar in the first place, wich was metal-ish stuff. So I needed to go back to electric with all its whistles and bells and am happier I could imagine when I was barely playing and fighting with stop playing
For me it was the other way around. I get inspired at night, and when I had an acoustic, it was too loud to play at 2am. With an electric I can put headphones on or play it unplugged, and it never gets loud enough to wake up the neighbors.
That's why I now record electric directly and not through a microphone.
Great insight on how rig simplicity can remove a lot of backgroud mental noise from creative process. Another tip that helped me a lot was actually playing and jamming with other people in a band. I would no longer stop recording guitars in middle of inspiration burst to program some drums in DAW because something did not click; I would receive an immediate feedback and nudges in the right direction, I could be inspired by ping ponging the ideas and working off others inputs. So yeah, even if you are just noodling on your couch try to do it with some backing drum track and/or a friend, it can really help.
I agree with everything. I feel exactly the same way. Getting everything set up just right and to bring your ideas out is very difficult. I also had a point where I just started playing acoustic mostly for it's simplicity.
My main issue is I’ll keep working and trying to perfect a song until I hate it and scrap it . After 23 years of playing I’ve yet to release a single song online . I’ve had a handful of completed songs with bands that we’d play but never recorded. And yea in this age of guitar plugins you can get thousands of tones and presets . You can spend all day just “trying to find the perfect tone “.
Had the same realization after being producer first for a while. Too many moving parts. Now I just want to make songs with my acoustic guitar and record them from start to finish in one take.
Fully agree with all points in this video. Being able to pick up a guitar, and being able to just play it without being stared by multiple knobs on your amp and pedals really helps with just getting ideas out.
Rudy! You are not lazy, you are a superhero. My husband is the same way. He accomplishes stuff. I read about and study HOW to accomplish stuff, but I don't DO. Glad you found a new path for your superhero life. Enjoy!
I was broadly agreeing and then you got to "I couldn't find the sound I want" and I was like yeah this MF spittin, he's speaking DIRECTLY to me. I've opened Cubase to record an idea so many times only to spend ages fucking with my tone and lost the idea
Please don’t stop. I watch your guitar playing every day over and over every night before I go to sleep . Good fun with all of the seres . Thank you! God bless you.❤✌🏽😘🤗
As someone with ADHD, although I can't speak for you, I do think that's a big part of why you like to get your ideas out as fast as you can. You know yourself well enough to know that if that idea sits for too long, the novelty is gone, and it will never see the light of day. It's also probably part of why you have so many crazy-but-cool ideas, and it's great to see you harnessing that energy to your benefit (and ours!).
I have found myself in the same cycle with electric guitar, which is a shame, because I love dialing in the perfect tone. But I can't deny the purity and simplicity of just picking up the acoustic and playing whatever I feel like playing.
This is why my father made me play acoustic guitar in the beginning...I still have not picked up a electronic guitar...I am always working with my patients to play anymore
The biggest hurdle to overcome is honestly when you get an idea but now you have to spend 5hours searching, comping and looking for the drum sample, the serum patch, the whatever VST to give the right effect. By the time you have all the pieces the idea is gone and you just feel empty. The only way that reliably works for me to overcome this is working with someone else, just by having someone else in the room to bounce ideas off of the whole finding the whatever becomes secondary because you're just riffing ideas back and forth WHILE looking.
But we're musicians, we don't have friends. Why the fuck would we do something to help ourselves.
That was helpful and I don't even play guitar thank you Rudy. also you are insanely talented
Creative people have this ethereal need to express themselves (monetary or not) and this often occurs through the media they enjoy the most. Being inspired leads to spontaneous ideas, often too many to get realized, or completely realized based on how self-critical/lazy you are. Ideas are fun and hard work "isn't fun". This behaviour can lead some to enter a loop that is devoid of results. To break it you first need to realize that it's ultimately self-serving and futile. Then you need to analyze your process where "idea should become reality". This is always a compromise, but my best recommendation would be to pin-point what makes your ideas good, your personal creative voice, then apply a strict framework around that. Limit yourself to the best of your capabilities based on why you think it's worth expressing.
I have one of those acoustics with Reverb, delay and chorus without plug-in. It's game changer lol
Dude. Wtf. I just went through something like this. I hadnt picked up a guitar in months and months. I bought an acoustic and was completely reinspired to play. Someone asked me what it is about a new instrument that is so amazing. My answer was... I dunno, I just didn't feel like plugging it in.
In cinema, there was the Dogme 95 movement, in which film-makers were tasked with making films within an incredibly strict set sof criteria. Dogme 95 specified the exact film format, how sound should operate in the film, and so on.
I've often thought there should be a Dogme 95 for music: you are allowed to use this very short list of easily-available plugins, this very limited set of instruments, one of these two common microphones, a maximum number of tracks, etc. I think it would be helpful, because it would force you to just stop caring about a lot of the bullshit that gets in the way.
Watching u after several months, and you made valid points.
Honestly dude, yeah. Ill write metal riffs on acoustic until I like it. Then I'll switch to electric and itll be so fucking satisfying with all the distortion behind it
Brilliant infomercial while also including valuable insight. Namaste. 🙏
This is legit! I mainly just use the same tones all the time. Don’t spend all day tweaking. Just write or just play!
Dude, I was the same. I kinda stopped playing guitar until I bought myself a classical guitar. Now I love playing guitar again and I discovered a whole new instrument.
The funny thing is I listen to more electric than classical guitar music, but playing it just doesn't compare for me.
ADHD unite! Can't let things linger. We gotta tackle what is in our minds to do immediately or it just won't get done
This was such a clever way of doing the acoustic review
I click on everything you post because I like to hear what you have to say. I did already listen to your new music you released. Love the melody. I love the sound I wish I was a horse too. I just love the way you play guitar.
I gave my acoustic guitar to my youngest.
I stopped playing when my eldest was too big for me to stretch around to play.
I used to carry that guitar everywhere
Dear Rudy, go somewhere only with your acoustic guitar, where you can hear only nature... and you'll find plenty of inspiration without 'distorsions'... Listen to the basic sounds...
good job Rudy, I completely agree and I am glad it clicked for you - keep on creating!
I was the same except with keys instead of an acoustic guitar. It was so much easier for me to visualise and get complex ideas down on keys instead of guitar and being interested in Jazz, having an easy way to deal with complex ideas and concepts is really important
I’m not a musician but I’m going to use the “get rid of shitty little steps” in everything I do from now on. Thanks!
What you described as your cycle is what happened to me 5 years ago. And I never really returned to writing music. I tried different ways of working on new songs but I never got it working. I think I'll try your idea of using an acoustic guit- wait "I wish I was a horse" resulted from that? No thank you, I'll rather stay without music in my life than write stuff like that.
Even though this is a video with a sponsorship twist, I really dig your message. It helped me thinking, that I have to get it out to an extent I am happy with, because I can always rerecord it in the future with better gear, vetter producers etc. I am obsessed with this inspired moments. And acoustic guitar helped me to
I have been beatboxing since a young age, has actually come in clutch when I got ideas in random places
This same thing happened to me and it wasn’t even playing guitar that was the problem or writing, I have lots of song Ideas in my head and they come and go. The hard part is just recording itself, you pretty much have to master a bunch of softwares before you can even start playing the guitar for a recording. I don’t want to just throw out easy recordings I want to build songs. I’m still learning but haven’t made that perfect album I’ve always dreamed of yet
I'm a visual artist. I love drawing, tattoo design, painting, so on. Some time last year, I realized that I was forcing myself to work on my artwork. During my lunch hour or breaks, I'd draw and sketch, but after a while I felt pressured if I didn't have something to work on, if I felt no inspiration. I took a break. Now I find it's so hard to get back into it. When I get home, I play videogames or I watch movies. TL;DR - I'm lazy, too.
As a classical guitar player, I’m not surprised 🙂
Rudy, the role model. Thanks for the message dude.