Giving Country Stars Advice They Didn't Ask For
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 มิ.ย. 2024
- Let's try out a new kinda of video that I'm calling Unsolicited Advice! This is where we can offer some of our armchair expertise to country music artists. Let me know what you think of the format!
00:00 - Introduction
01:42 - Florida Georgia Line
04:21 - Chris Young
06:23 - Lauren Alaina
08:09 - Zac Brown
10:56 - Jon Pardi
12:35 - Miranda Lambert
13:59 - Random Mentions
14:27 - Luke Combs
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I hope y'all like this format! I think it's pretty fun!
Please listen to Charley Crockett, he has stuff id love to hear your thoughts on, I want him to be more main stream
I stopped listening to regular county because all the Bro stuff and headed to Blue Grass. Stumbled onto your channel and it has made me open to listening to it again. Listened to the new Jon Pardi album last week per your suggestion. Really loved it. Thanks for covering the lesser known artists.
Do another dip into subgenres, I loved that vid man
This is a great video, thank you Grady. 💚
How was Jake Owen’s song Senorita a failure? I personally loved it
Advice for Grady Smith he didn’t ask for:
Don’t ever stop doing what you’re doing.
Amen to that
Amen
Advice for Maddie and Tae: keep making songs that feature strong harmonies. It’s a market that has disappeared from country music but is what helped build the genre.
I definitely agree. If there's a niche that's being left unfilled and you're filling it, take advantage of that. :)
If Miranda's "Tequila Does" and a stark ballad from Lauren Alaina get released to radio, I would absolutely break down and cry happy tears.
Tequila Does is such a jam! It needs on the radio
I wish Miranda put the steel guitar in Tequila Does like her band uses in the live performances. But forreal they need to release that song to radio
I am related to the writer
Luke is my favorite artist but I've been saying for a while that he needs more fiddle in some songs. A good fiddle intro in a Luke Combs song would smash
Beautiful Crazy
100%
Absolutely. More Zac Brownesque instrumentation.
Or mandolin , the mandolin in Even Though I’m Leaving is so pretty
He also needs more varied, flavorful production in his music after this era.
I don't mean Jay Joyce-esque fare. But if he keeps doubling down on the innocuous, neotraditional-extract flavored middle-of-the-road approach, he'll still have a sizable audience for sure but they'll get less passionate each passing era and rather pile in on the next hungry up-and-comer.
Unwanted tip and advice for Grady smith lol:
You should do a post or video or something asking independent artist to send you the best song that they have written, and do a contest of sorts...sort through them and post about your favorites that no one has ever heard...I think that what has made you so popular is the fact you introduce people to so many new artist they would never know and you have the potential to change people’s lives with your platform you’ve created...doing all this mainstream stuff is fun and gets views but I think part of what’s made you so interesting is the fact that mainstream wasn’t what your were super into but introducing people to artist they would have never heard of is your best trait...maybe it’s just me but every video I watch I hope for some crazy new discovery I didn’t know was out there...still, love the channel man always will
Advice for Midland: don't change a thing! Let It Roll is such a great album
All Chris Young has to do is look at Randy Houser. Like Young, solid early stuff and then a change to pop country bro trend chasing, and then an album like Magnolia which was one of the best of last year.
Chris Young's early stuff were sure shot number 1 on country radio. His Drowning song failed to crack the top 30. He sells better if he go back to his early works.
Chris sold out. He was my favorite. Perfect country voice and so down-to-earth. I am shocked he went down a different road. I like him because he was more old school.
Idk if it's just my Texas roots or what, but that idea for Jon Pardi is epic! Tequila Little Time remix needs to happen now!
@Ian Hernandez I'm from San Antonio as well! I agree there's just something about it that screams Texas and I know the bars and dance halls would run with it!
Southern California is pretty in tune with northwestern Mexico. Grady just talks about Jon Pardi’s Bakersfield roots bc that’s unique to have a rising star come from that area today
Yeees, that would be amazing. It sounds like perfect summer song.
I’m from PA, but I must have a bit of Texas blood in me, cause I too would love for Tequila Little Time remix to happen
Agreed! Midland released a version of Drinkin Problem with Jay de la Cueva and I loved it. Jon Pardi could definitely do something similar. I hope that becomes more popular within country.
I really wish Dustin Lynch would go back to songs like cowboys and angels instead of the r&b sounds he uses now.
Nothing Dustin puts out feels like it’s genuine or has anything to connect to. Always bland. 😫
I think he’s just paying homage to his black roots.
Every artist has to evolve
Veronique Ramirez not for the worse
I sooo agree! I fell in LOVE WITH him when he first came out. And now it all feels so fake.... it truly breaks my heart.
I feel like Carrie Underwood has gone a little more towards spring breaky sounding songs I wish she would release more songs like Jesus take the wheel, little toy guns, and something in the water
An artist's music has to evolve with the times. They can't always make music like they did in the beginning. 🤷🏼♀️
Can't argue there. Or releace more fun songs like Last Name. Heck, Cupid's Got A Shotgun should've been a single. I could imagine that song going to or near #1 on a country chart.
@@courtney.22 normally they don't grow into singing spring break songs lol. Normal the other way around
I haven’t been loving as much of her music since Storyteller album but I still love her voice regardless of what she sings
I think she should do less produced song's, i come to hear her voice not the band. I love listening to her song writing sessions for that reason.
I agree 100% with what everyone was saying about Chris Young. His voice is too good to be wasted on poppy radio friendly songs. How older music was awesome.
And he needs to ditch Corey Crowder and work with some other producer who can do his voice justice and allow it to anchor the songs.
He needs a break. His deep voice isn’t really existent right now. He was straining so bad at the concert I saw him in January and just didn’t sound great unfortunately.
Tanner Long He’s not singing the right songs
Ann Berlin I agree with that too but just do a quick TH-cam search of any of his concerts earlier this year and his voice doesn’t sound good right now.
If he would go more the George Strait route instead of the same ballads over and over and over.
First off, Zac Brown needs to get a hat that fits him.
🤣
😂
Bring the beanie back!
lmao
@@PenaltyKillah Yes!
When I first listened through wildcard I thought gosh I would LOVE to see to Tequila Does go to radio. Still one of my favs on the album and I'm thrilled to see miranda getting back into some solid radio play with bluebird!
This is not advice, but to say that I'm very proud of Sara Evans and how she has taken control of her career. She split from her recording company and started her own. And went on to write, record and produce great albums on her own terms. Yes, she's had to forfeit possible radio airplay, etc, but at least she's being her own boss. I say BRAVO to that.
Right and her music is still good because of it. Well, I honestly haven’t listened to her recently, but she’s never disappointed. I’ve never listened to a Sara Evans and not liked it. She’s one of the few that stayed consistent.
@@virgie4715 Sara Evans is a very great singer. Yes, I liked Suds in the Bucket, but her voice goes way beyond that, too: just listen to A Little Bit Stronger. Props to her!
Idk that!!! Good for her!!
But her first albums were better.
When talking about ZBB and the lack of substance in newer music, all I can think about is the disaster that was The Band Perry. Such talent and I think pop could have worked for them but they spent so much time flipping and flopping genres and then being dodgy when people asked them, it didn't help them at all.
Also have to second "Tequila Does" as the next single. The tempo shifts threw me off the first few times, but man it's a jam.
As much as I love Garth Brooks, I think it’s time to give in to the streaming services like Spotify and iTunes. I understand how it’s important to have control over your catalog, and Garth probably has more control over his intellectual property than any other country singer. But I think if he made his music more accessible, he would find a huge surge in popularity. There’s an entire generation of country fans that probably don’t fully comprehend how good his pre-retirement catalog is.
Thisssssssss. All I want is to be able to buy the studio recording of Friends In Low Places on iTunes. I grew up on Garth, like a lot of us who were kids in the 90’s did, and it’s sad to see the knowledge of one of the biggest-selling artists of all time vanish as the kids who grew up on streaming can’t access his classics easily
Matthew Bustos It also makes him seem like a *tremendous* douchebag, too.
Garth has never been good. Ok Thunder rolls was good
Definitely. I feel like the ego is coming out and just... 😷
jpippinator he’s one of the highest-selling artists in history. You don’t have to like him, but it is wild that someone so successful’s back catalogue is virtually inaccessible
What I’m getting from this video is that you have a interesting fixation with songs referencing tequila. Interesting 😂
If I'm gonna drink liquor, I am always gonna go for tequila first. Really, anything but gin. I hate gin.
Love that you brought up "Tequila Does" by Miranda Lambert and "Three" by Lauren Alaina They are such spectacular songs!
Chris Young's Voices was the reason that I fell in love with Country all those years ago. I can't even listen to his newer stuff.
I grew up a DIE HARD McGraw fan. (Born in 93) his first handful of albums were full of really really solid songs. It seems like since the mid 2000's hes been just trying to stay "hip" with the music industry. And I can understand wanting to stay popular and trendy but the man is richer than most folks will ever dream of being. I wish he would focus less on national popularity and go back to what he did to grow his fan base in the first place. Using his incredible southern voice and sing more honkeytonk style down home songs. The proof is how good he sounds in "I called mama" not trying to be cool or hip, just using his talent to make a good written song even better
Tim McGraw is crazy talented. However his later music is NOTHING compared to his early music. He’s been riding on his legend for decades and hasn’t come out with a competent song in years. But when you’re as famous as he is he doesn’t need hits.
Yes!!! Tequilla Does has been on my repeat for the past couple days... Love the tempo shifts!!!
Lee Brice: Please stray away from One of Them Girls type songs that are pretty meh and boring. Let your voice and instrumentation belt on songs like Boy, I Drive Your Truck, Songs in the Kitchen, Love Like Crazy and so many more. They make you unique and make you my favorite artist at the moment
I was 8 years old when “Gettin’ You Home” was released. I would watch the countdown show on CMT and wait for that video. I miss the cowboy hat wearing Chris.
I agree with you about Chris. It seems when he took off the hat his music went down. I listen a lot to his beginning music and cannot stomach his newer music
I wish Carrie Underwood would stop relying on co-writers so much. I know she’s more of a vocalist than a songwriter, but I think it would be cool to see her write a song solo, or maybe with just one co-writer. Maybe something more traditional, ‘cause when she does do more traditional stuff she absolutely nails it.
Great video! I’d love a follow up.
David Birdsall I do agree. She’s co-written some of her greatest hits. Some fresh blood in her songs would be awesome.
Agree but I don’t think it’s necessarily a bad thing for her to be more of a vocalist. For most of this century, country artists don’t usually sing or write their own songs
Love your take on many of these. Lauren Alainas Painting pillows is a crazy good album cut, she can serve a ballad for sure.
I’d love to see Chris Stapleton reunite with his old Jompson Brothers bandmates and do another EP or something. Their southern rock stuff is so good and I need more.
Love the topic! Agree with most suggestions. Especially you thoughts on Lauren Alaina. So much talent that isn’t adequately represented in the be-boppy singles she’s released.
I agree with most of the thoughts for Chris Young. He was my favorite almost a decade ago and then I forgot about him until “Raised on Country” came out. I thought that was a great song, but it seemed to be the only one. I want him to have a renaissance that focuses on his voice because no instrumentation is going to be better than what he can do with his voice.
you should do a video on the texas country scene specifically! like randy rogers, Aaron watson, pat green, etc etc
I would give advice to my favorite Brad Paisley...but he doesn't need any. He's perfect.
Yes Chris put the hat back on I just miss the hat
This channel is awesome. Great video idea. Not something I’ve ever seen before
This is a great video! You have really developed from being upset/angry to just discussing your thoughts and opinions. Keep up the good work man, you have introduced me to a lot of quality artists and songs. Thanks man
I've noticed that Zac Brown is playing the victim when he really isn't. When he gets rid of that mentality, I'd love to see how his mental health improving would change his music. Just an opinion.
I agree!!! He could take his pain and make some killer “cold weather” type music, doesn’t have to be country but it needs to be *good*
You are spot on the whole video. I sooo want Chris Young to appreciate the gift he has an make some legendary music with it. And I love the idea for a Jon Pardi and Christian Nodal collaboration! Make it happen people!!
New to you and your channel and found myself agreeing with you over and over again by loudly proclaiming “YES! “ thanks for your input
Great video Grady! Nice to know I'm not alone with some of these takes
This new series is amazing! I hope you do more videos like this
The idea for the video is super creative! I love it!
Love this format!! Please do more like this!!
Love it Grady! The different videos like this are fun to watch and very entertaining!
I'm here early so. To Grady, I love the channel, videos and your point of view on country music. This is a cool idea
Lauren should do a duet with Scotty Mccreery
Yes! Would love that!
Would like to see some advice for Billy Currington
Start making music again
Zach Pardue how bout that 🤔😂
Such a great video idea, would love a part 2!
Love this video idea, Grady!
All I want is a new Chris Stapleton album.
GREAT NEWS! HIS NEW ALBUM IS COMING 11/13/2020. I CAN HARDLY WAIT! HOW ABOUT YOU?
Good video, good topic. Makes fans of “real” country music feel like there’s a platform to share thoughts rather than just saying “that sucks” or “that ain’t country”. Consider keeping this series going.
Zac Brown's career changing sound was due to the fact that he wanted to do Pop songs. When his side project Sir Roosevelt tanked, he did that with the ZB Band and that's when it went off the rails for them.
You can tell Grady was proud when he made that line of “speaking of tequila”
My biggest advice for you Grady, keep being yourself! Love the channel
I wish Gary Allan, Collin raye, and Alan Jackson would make more music
I agree. Let's hear some real country. They all need to take lessons from George Strait and Alan Jackson!!!
Im glad George Strait is still making music! And I cant believe Willie Nelson releases mutliple albums a year even in his late 80s... what a legend
I do like this format. You should definitely do more. Good luck with the move to the new place.
There's a guitar riff in "Tequila Does" that reminds me of another country song and I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT IT IS!!! It's driving me CRAZY!!
Love this video! Would love another one!
Yes!!! I love this idea. Please make it a series. 😊
Loved the format, enjoy all your vids, I just dont follow country close enough to have anything useful to suggest. But your content keeps me in to loop, and that works for me.
Tequila Does is already a hit in my heart. Play the heck out of that
Love this format. Would like to see more.
Good video Grady. It’s cool I feel like I know you from watching your videos. This one definitely gives a good look into how you think. Well done
I love Stick That In Your Country Song. It’s my new favorite and it’s done in such well taste. The Chicks’ new song, (my favorite group) leaves a lot to be desired. Love the video Grady!!
Never thought that Cristian Nodal would be mentioned on this channel and I am all for it!
Definitely a great idea for a video !
I really liked this and hope you do more of them.
Really like this video concept!!!
Thanks. I would like to see more of these. It was great!
Love “Tequila Does” hope it is a single so more of my friends know it! Great video!
So funny you mentioned tequila does. It came on randomly and it made me laugh! Downloaded it immediately
Love this concept! MORE PLEASE! 🤗
Also, I second the advice for Lauren Alaina and Jon Pardi. 🙌
This is great stuff!
This was a fun video and a unique idea, would definitely watch a part 2
Love this one! More please!! 🙌🏼
Yaye, nice to see a picture from C2C. I wish we were seeing him this weekend.
I’d say Kenny Chesney is someone who I’d add to this list. His older stuff is pre big revival is super solid. Feel like recently he’s trying to hang on to it. I think he should do more colabs with newer artists like in the song “half of my hometown”
You hit the nail on the head with college students starting to listen to country music after cruise was released. That’s how all of my friends and I got into country 8-9 years ago
really enjoyed this video concept
About the Luke Combs releasing music early thing, I feel like he releases acoustic and rough cuts of his music so often because he has so many songs ready to go that he just can. Think about how artists used to release music 50-60 years ago. Some country artist would have a new album/ep come out almost every year, Luke Combs is basically bringing back that tradition and I love it. The way I look at it is, if an artist has a song they've crafted and want to put it out there they should go for it.
Though I will say I really don't get why Luke released The Prequel and then proceeded to have those five songs be the first five songs on What You See Is What You Get. He should've at least done stripped down versions or something.
Y'know if I'm being honest, he's put out so many songs early that were so much better than the produced versions. Like every little bit helps was SO good on the live version, it felt like the final product wasn't quite the same. Same for beer never broke my heart and a bunch of others. I think my unsolicited advice would be to strip the production down a little bit on new songs
Lobby 91 I 100% agree. I never like how his songs ultimately sound because they are just so overproduced.
Hanna A Couldn’t agree more, we need more songs that are produced like some of his REAL early stuff. Like I know she ain’t ready and Used to you are produced super well. That’s the harm that comes from fame, a lot of production. But I think he’s doing great work for the genre
bringemcrow Totally. I think the Can I Get An Outlaw EP was some of his best work. It makes me sad to compare the song She Got the Best Of Me on that EP versus when it was re-released on the deluxe version of This One’s for You Too four years later. Really shows you the death of a good thing to make it more palatable for wide spread consumption.
You’ve got to give Buddy Brown a listen
Love his stuff
Underrated comment.
I love his and creed fishers stuff there amazing!
Hunter Halsey I’ll check out creed fisher. Never heard of him.
I loved this! i think some artists think too artistically and some artists think too business like, theres definitely a happy medium but to me its always better to err on the side of artistic. Great video once again grady!
Chris Young: "It didn't sell as well as the radio stuff."
Me: "So, you sacrifice artistry and integrity for radio success. Got it."
Yes, I am a huge fan and its disappointing to hear that.
i’d like to hear advice for brad paisley. he’s my favorite artist! however, his recent singles haven’t quite been the best and i’m curious if anyone has anyone has input regarding what should come next for him.
Yes! I love him and he's put out a lot of hits over the years, but lately it feels like he's trying to be sooo commercial 😕 like everything he puts out is supposed to be for the radio but also for like some marketing scheme
I could give this 1000 thumbs up
Totally agree with you on all of them
More please!!
I would be interested in a follow up video Grady!
Love this! More of these would be awesome!
Get Nodal and Pardi together now! As a Mexican American I’ve always said Ranchera and country are the same thing separated by a language barrier. I always say it when people say “ you’re Mexican, how can you like country”
I would love another video like this!!
Good points in this video for sure. Good job Grady 🤘🏻
Great segment.
I dig this video. Keep em coming!
Granger Smith! I love him. I am super pumped for him to drop his new album next month. I think its brilliant what he is doing using short clips in his TH-cam videos to get his true fanbase worked up!
Tequila does got me hooked at the very first note.🍹
“Jesus and my mama” is also my favorite from Gabby Barrett’s new album!
I kinda wish that Dark Bars becomes the next single, that's my favorite, although I can understand that Tequila Does is the more appealing song
I’m hoping for a “Tequila Does” summer single, and then a “Dark Bars” Fall/Winter single. That’d be perfect.
I agree w Grady. I, too, think Tequila should be the next single. Something upbeat after such a beautiful introspective song like Bluebird. Then hit Dark Bars out in late fall or winter for the gloomy time of year.
Yes more of this please!!
Couldn’t agree more about Zac Brown Band. I think there’s a fine line they can walk where they’re doing what they love while also making music that we love. Jekyll and Hyde was my second favorite album they ever released, Uncaged is my favorite. Both albums have songs that take chances, both have songs that are right down the middle, but almost all of it has substance. I hope they find a place between Uncaged and J&H and stick there. The new song is great, hopefully a sign of things to come.
Your shirt was the first thing I noticed and boy I didn't expect that but it made me laugh.
You're completely right bout FGL. They got me into country and I'll they'll always be my favourite but the is a clear difference between them back in the early 2010's and now. The songs now I feel like they're just speaking at you about something when the songs they used to sing had good storylines to them. Like Dirt, Confession, even May We All just felt like they were talking about something of importance and it makes the song better. Even if you go back to their original EP with a song like Black Tears it's a story that's completely different from what people usually sing about but it's interesting and it makes the people listening actually listen to the words. Overall great video! I've been a fan of this channel for a while now and even though my channel only has 1.15k subs and we talk about sports I'd love to do a collab sometime and talk bout country music.
Chris Young’s voice is like velvet. He could sing the phonebook (do they still make those) and I’d still go weak in the knees. 🥰
what do you think of Dougie Pool? Also i love your channel and you've really given me an acute, positive perspective on contemporary country and I'm really thankful for that. Love you Grady Smith!