Loved this show as a kid. Didn’t patronise it’s audience, featured incredible guests and was genuinely educational. They’d never make it now! Thankfully we have Rick Beato et all to carry the mantle
I’ve never seen a video like this with current day artists. This was a pleasure to watch. My wife was talking to me while I was watching this and I completely ignored her.
I'll ignore the spousal abuse, and focus on the first section :-) 2018 had Sky TV in the UK make a programme fronted by Steve White (Paul Weller's drummer, called The Art of Drumming. Four episodes of some of the most amazing and diverse drummers in the world talking gear, technique, styles, inspiration etc. As someone who's never struck a drum themselves, I say it's a fantastic watch.
Put this on DVD and take my money! This entire series had a huge impact on me. To this day I still reference cassette recordings I'd made back in the day.
I've always taken listening to music for granted but I never realised how technical and complicated playing an instrument could be. It really makes me admire these musicians, especially those who sing at the same time!
Some kind soul uploaded a lot of Rockschool to TH-cam a few years ago and I learned a lot from it. Please BBC upload the series and help the next generation learn from the masters.
The great John Entwistle... died of a heart attack caused by consuming a massive amount of cocaine, after spending the night with a stripper. And he was known as "the quiet one" in The Who...
It’s crazy, but I’ve always remembered the segment about bass strings, including the graphics! So cool to see it again - and realise how accurate my memory is - after a 40 year hiatus! Great series.
I'd like it if the BBC brought back a series like this but aimed at older people. We young people are sick to death of all TV programmes being aimed at us. Give the oldies a chance. Combine advice about drum head tension with a feature comparing equity release schemes or walk-in baths. It's all very well filling the old people's heads with chorus pedals, whammy bars, jumpsuits and hair gel, but what about commodes and stair-lifts? Come on BBC! Give the oldies a chance. It was in the studio audience for episode three of Rockschool that John Lennon first met Paul McCartney. They had each brought along a Deirdre Cartwright album to get signed and these two young crop-tops from Liverpool recognised they shared a musical taste. The rest is history even if this bit was made up.
*_ROCKSCHOOL_* This was one of my favorite shows when I was a kid. It was shown on PBS in the States, where I watched it. I even bought the accompanying textbook that was available at the time...
A lot of gauges info to absorb from each musician in this series, and a later joined by a keyboard player in the next series (I remember the MIDI controller episode most from a technical viewpoint). Wilco’s point was well made, I think of John Martyn’s preference for lowered tunings and thicker strings that many wouldn’t even get a note out never mind create beautiful music. Volume and emulation techniques can now compensate for that heavy, boomy, natural acoustic sound and allow those with differing hand size/strengths to access their techniques without the same gauge strings. Ian Paice, as a premier drummer, showing mastery of the volume dynamics through simply reversing the stick, although his playing is more about rudiment mastery and use of supreme swing and syncopation. Karl Palmer’s point along with Geoff’s about how to quickly quality-check a stick on the lower end of the market is of good economic sense and probably saved some wasted time on mis-hits or breakages during performance.
They toured the TV show at live venues in the eighties. I met all three of them after they played at the Lead mill in Sheffield. Henry was a bit intense but chatty , Deidre was slightly aloof and Geoff had clearly had a few sherbets. All of them were cracking musos.
What Wilko Johnson says about heavier strings may be true if you mostly play with a clean or clean-ish sound, allthough the difference may not be as huge as some would have you believe. If, on the other hand, you're a hard rock/classic metal player and use lots of distortion, heavy gauge strings would muddy the sound up quite a bit. 9s are common, even 8s have been used (yes, I know that there are forms of metal which has a different approach, but... you know...). Just ask people like Jimmy Page and Billy Gibbons... Plus... not everybody has bear-claw hands like Stevie Ray Vaughan... I went back to 9s myself after starting to get problems with my left hand and arm, and it saved my ability to play. And, quite frankly, it's easier to get a good sound, in my opinion.
Every musician has their preference and that's really all that matters. For tone, I'd recommend the videos Rick Beato and Rhett Shull did on string gauge, it's quite surprising to hear the difference
Given all the crap music out there where everybody thinks they are producers and create 'beats', I think the BBC should recreate this show, give kids a chance to get excited by actually learning to play an instrument. I used to be obsessed by Rockschool and now I'm close to 60 and still play bass in bands.
@@matlerat1642 afraid not. 80% of modern musicians cant read music. Youre trying to be authoritative and disapproving about something you know nothing about yourself.
@@scottishwildcat I was right, if you look at the schedule on this clip, however surprisingly Rockschool was aired on BBC1 late on a Saturday night (late being 11pm). th-cam.com/video/PMkvVZGvzY4/w-d-xo.html
I watched it during the daytime when it was originally broadcast, it was made for kids and teenagers so it wouldn't have been on late at night during its first airing.
Middle class kids need shows like this after their parents have bought them expensive equipment, but working class kids pick up the cheapest, crapiest stuff and just effing do it
Loved this show as a kid. Didn’t patronise it’s audience, featured incredible guests and was genuinely educational. They’d never make it now! Thankfully we have Rick Beato et all to carry the mantle
I’ve never seen a video like this with current day artists. This was a pleasure to watch. My wife was talking to me while I was watching this and I completely ignored her.
Funny, I was talking to my wife while I watched it and she completely ignored me.
I'll ignore the spousal abuse, and focus on the first section :-)
2018 had Sky TV in the UK make a programme fronted by Steve White (Paul Weller's drummer, called The Art of Drumming. Four episodes of some of the most amazing and diverse drummers in the world talking gear, technique, styles, inspiration etc.
As someone who's never struck a drum themselves, I say it's a fantastic watch.
1:57 👀
0:00 The Ox
1:38 Wilko
3:45 Neil Murray
4:06 Bootsy Bubble Baby
4:29 Bernard
5:59 Paicey
7:13 Paicey (slight return)
7:44 Carl Palmer (prog overlord)
8:17 Lowell Filmore Sly Dunbar (heavy manners)
Any chance the series could be put as a playlist? They’re very useful as a reference, even now…
Good idea!
th-cam.com/play/PL2F56203EF27733A6.html
Definitely! It was cool when it came out 👍
Is there a series?
Put this on DVD and take my money! This entire series had a huge impact on me. To this day I still reference cassette recordings I'd made back in the day.
I've always taken listening to music for granted but I never realised how technical and complicated playing an instrument could be. It really makes me admire these musicians, especially those who sing at the same time!
Same here. I'm no musician but love this tech stuff. Check out a guy called Rick Beato you will enjoy his channel!
Said no prog fan ever
Some kind soul uploaded a lot of Rockschool to TH-cam a few years ago and I learned a lot from it. Please BBC upload the series and help the next generation learn from the masters.
This is incredible. All amazing players and some wonderful footage of Bernard Edwards.
This is amazing PLEASE upload the full series better than anything on tv today
The great John Entwistle... died of a heart attack caused by consuming a massive amount of cocaine, after spending the night with a stripper. And he was known as "the quiet one" in The Who...
Cool! I used to watch Rockschool in the states in the 80's! It's nice to see it again!
A BBC production worth watching, a rare occurrence these days sadly.
"King Thumb" what a legend!
Finally some real Musicians 😁
Thank you BBC 😎👍🏻
I watched this first time round, the presenters all look so young!!!
It’s crazy, but I’ve always remembered the segment about bass strings, including the graphics! So cool to see it again - and realise how accurate my memory is - after a 40 year hiatus! Great series.
It's an honestly excellent video, TV shows about that talks about the technical aspect of music are quite rare, and I am positively impressed.
Nostalgia, as a programme I enjoyed in my youth, and informative, as I'm learning to play the guitar at the moment.
Still a fab series. I remember watching it when I was saving up to buy a guitar!
If only I had paid as much attention at school as I did to this programme.
Carl Palmer, drummer of ELP, input on drumstick is quite revelatory
Ian Paice - genius Spinal Tap'isms. Love 'im.
I'd like it if the BBC brought back a series like this but aimed at older people. We young people are sick to death of all TV programmes being aimed at us. Give the oldies a chance. Combine advice about drum head tension with a feature comparing equity release schemes or walk-in baths. It's all very well filling the old people's heads with chorus pedals, whammy bars, jumpsuits and hair gel, but what about commodes and stair-lifts? Come on BBC! Give the oldies a chance.
It was in the studio audience for episode three of Rockschool that John Lennon first met Paul McCartney. They had each brought along a Deirdre Cartwright album to get signed and these two young crop-tops from Liverpool recognised they shared a musical taste. The rest is history even if this bit was made up.
*_ROCKSCHOOL_*
This was one of my favorite shows when I was a kid. It was shown on PBS in the States, where I watched it. I even bought the accompanying textbook that was available at the time...
This was great, wanted to watch more!!!
A cool show!
Really needed a keyboard player from the very start, not just later :)
ah. I remember watching this back in the day as a young musician and aspiring band mate.
A lot of gauges info to absorb from each musician in this series, and a later joined by a keyboard player in the next series (I remember the MIDI controller episode most from a technical viewpoint). Wilco’s point was well made, I think of John Martyn’s preference for lowered tunings and thicker strings that many wouldn’t even get a note out never mind create beautiful music. Volume and emulation techniques can now compensate for that heavy, boomy, natural acoustic sound and allow those with differing hand size/strengths to access their techniques without the same gauge strings.
Ian Paice, as a premier drummer, showing mastery of the volume dynamics through simply reversing the stick, although his playing is more about rudiment mastery and use of supreme swing and syncopation. Karl Palmer’s point along with Geoff’s about how to quickly quality-check a stick on the lower end of the market is of good economic sense and probably saved some wasted time on mis-hits or breakages during performance.
Neil Murray sounds almost exactly like Matt Berry
I watched every single episode in the 80s before forming my school band - they should do a new one for this generation :)
Sly Dunbar!
Well that was clear as mud, Sly.
0:35 - typical drummer; "tuning is a problem we all have to face!"😂
That was great
Next week Liam Gallagher tunes a tambourine
Bez tunes some maracas !
This was a great series. A lesbian, a white guy and a black guy, but the show was about the music, not the presenters' backgrounds.
They toured the TV show at live venues in the eighties. I met all three of them after they played at the Lead mill in Sheffield. Henry was a bit intense but chatty , Deidre was slightly aloof and Geoff had clearly had a few sherbets. All of them were cracking musos.
Sounds like a Bernard Manning joke.
What Wilko Johnson says about heavier strings may be true if you mostly play with a clean or clean-ish sound, allthough the difference may not be as huge as some would have you believe. If, on the other hand, you're a hard rock/classic metal player and use lots of distortion, heavy gauge strings would muddy the sound up quite a bit. 9s are common, even 8s have been used (yes, I know that there are forms of metal which has a different approach, but... you know...). Just ask people like Jimmy Page and Billy Gibbons...
Plus... not everybody has bear-claw hands like Stevie Ray Vaughan... I went back to 9s myself after starting to get problems with my left hand and arm, and it saved my ability to play. And, quite frankly, it's easier to get a good sound, in my opinion.
Very interesting, thanks (-I'm taking notes)
Every musician has their preference and that's really all that matters. For tone, I'd recommend the videos Rick Beato and Rhett Shull did on string gauge, it's quite surprising to hear the difference
@@amtreble I've seen those, and they are indeed on point.
as hard as they tried, Rockschool couldn't save music as we knew it
Interviewing musicians about music?? Who could imagine..
"I don't care about drum sticks. As long as they're the right length. And width. And weight..."
I used to play with 9s but now I mostly use 10s Rotosound of coarse just like Jimmy Hendrix did.
Given all the crap music out there where everybody thinks they are producers and create 'beats', I think the BBC should recreate this show, give kids a chance to get excited by actually learning to play an instrument. I used to be obsessed by Rockschool and now I'm close to 60 and still play bass in bands.
1:36 - Ser Ilyn Payne from Game Of Thrones!!
If this kind of stuff was still broadcast on tv, we wouldn't have random people who can't read music for musicians these days.
Jimi Hendrix and the Beatles couldnt read music....
@@Ukraineaissance2014 genius is an exception
@@matlerat1642 afraid not. 80% of modern musicians cant read music. Youre trying to be authoritative and disapproving about something you know nothing about yourself.
@@Ukraineaissance2014 modern music is absolute trash, you prove my point. Good day sir
Are you sure this isn't an episode of Look Around You?
Why I like this video > 1:36
1:57 👀
This was on BBC2 really late at night ? or am I dreaming ?
Think that was the repeat, but was originally shown in the daytime as I recall.
@@scottishwildcat I was right, if you look at the schedule on this clip, however surprisingly Rockschool was aired on BBC1 late on a Saturday night (late being 11pm).
th-cam.com/video/PMkvVZGvzY4/w-d-xo.html
I watched it during the daytime when it was originally broadcast, it was made for kids and teenagers so it wouldn't have been on late at night during its first airing.
I seem to remember this being in a 6pm ish time slot.
The heavier string/better tone hypothesis is well debunked now. Yngwie and Billy GIbbons use .08s and. 07s respectively and both have amazing tones.
Most the time I don't bother tuning my guitar
Guitars are set up for specific strings. Don't just go and put the wrong ones on.
The BBC clearly couldn't find any rock stars from the 80s.
Knew theyd get a black guy for the bass. No messing about.
Middle class kids need shows like this after their parents have bought them expensive equipment, but working class kids pick up the cheapest, crapiest stuff and just effing do it
A.May.Zing.
"... the vital components for tuning a guitar are the strings..." 🤣🤣🤣🤣
sorry for making this 667 likes
All black people can play bass. South Park was right.
Who are all the black people in the thumbnail???
Musicians featured in the clip. Relax, they won’t hurt you.
Haha ian paice was talkin shite tho lol
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