Thanks guys! The advice my Dad gave me (which I forgot to get around to sharing) was “Timmy why don’t you play a song I can recognize and play it all the way thru! “ Wisdom from a mostly non musical man Kenneth Lerch.
Ha! Thats brilliant. Reminds me of something Tommy Emmanuel said by way of Chet Atkins, paraphrasing of course, “keep the melody true.” Sometimes we can get lost in the fun of Re harmonizing and extending the voicings but its all only as “good” as the top and bottom: the melody and groove. Even if you just playing the melody, with good feel and soul, single notes, itll be compelling
You have an amazing skill and depth of knowledge. When Rick Beato says this is what’s missing from modern music you are that thing sadly passing away generationally over time. Haha what a gift this interview was.
I shared a house with Tim for about 3 yrs. and played music with him on and off for 20. No one like Tim as he is a kind and gentle man. A wonderful friend.
Yeah - I have to say, I've watched this video several times and what Tim has to say is priceless! I've got a Masters Degree in music so I kinda know what I'm talking about (generally) and the way he explains the voice-leading and the blurred lines between melody and harmony - the importance of following the voices on a single string.. and then across strings - is perfect. Only one thing to add... when Mick asks what Diatonic music/scales are... Tim doesn't explain that well... he's correct to some extent but doesn't explain the fundamental concept: A scale or musical scheme/structure is called Diatonic when it is based around traditional (western harmony) scales which use 2 intervals - the "whole tone" and the "semi-tone"... Two tonal intervals... Diatonic. Simples! Great video... inspiring! Thanks Tim, Mick and Dan!!!
I don't know how he did it, but Tim just left me completely disheartened and utterly inspired at the same time here 😅 I also love how Mick asks a question at 38:00 trying to bring it back to us mere mortals and Tim follows it up with another masterclass that just leaves me going "wut?"
This is the most profound guitar interview I've ever listened to. Provacative questions, fascinating answers, and the interviewers gave the space for it all to happen. Thank you!
"The biggest mental obstacle to learning guitar is wanting too much, to biggest obstacle to practicing guitar is wanting too soon, and the biggest obstacle to playing guitar is wanting anything." - Tim Lerch, everyones new favorite dude.
A week ago I had never heard of Tim Lerch until I listened to a post on Chase Maddox’s channel where several excellent guitar players did their take on Autumn Leafs. I fell in love with his playing. It is so melodic and comprehensible. He seems to have followed the advice his dad gave him very well. Very inspiring.
I love Tim's "candle" methaphor about teaching-- that's the way I've always approached it. He & i are from the same generation and have the same approach to life and music.... I LOVE finding someone like that, i wish we could pal around together for a couple days, at least. Time well spent!
Great episode, with many great moments. One of my favorites was when Tim mentioned he went off the grid for like 13 years, without picking up a guitar, and Mick’s expression gets wider and wider until it clearly said “dear God, Tim is Obi-Wan Kenobi”.
I feel like Tim did the first time he saw Ted Greene. I'm the happiest moron on TH-cam today. I am in awe of Tim Lerch's talent and loving, humble character. Thank you all for a fantastic episode.
Forget Clapton, Page, Blackmore etc.... Tim Lerch is a true 'guitar god'. And a wonderful, humble and deeply inspirational guitarist! Thanks so much for having him on your show... (from Brisbane, Oz)
It’s hard to articulate in a TH-cam comment just how brilliant this episode was. Utterly inspirational stuff. I suspect this is one of those which I’ll come back to over and over. I wasn’t familiar with Tim, but I feel like I’ve just been led down the first couple of feet of a very long rabbit hole!
Wow, talk about timing! Just this morning I went to my daughter's classroom at a HS for the preforming arts. She teaches JR High age autistic people aged 11-14. I stated piano lesson at 11 and bought myself a guitar at 14. I had practiced nearly every day the previous week but only on pieces which had stuck with me. I wanted the to hear why I still play (at 5-6 times their age). I was not there to teach them to play but to show them they can teach themselves by listening and doing. Because I am my audience and my teacher I have only need for an instrument to continue enjoying that relationship of cooperation. I needed them to see the passion at work as I explained how what I play is the result of what I did with what I heard. I did not touch on my physical issues related to playing because neither I nor they should focus on limitations. At times I am still instructed in playing by simply watching as my hands did things I had not planned. Creative musicians don't sit staring at a blank page willing it to be filled in so they can play. The play and them remember and then record and them edit the also change the way they play a piece (even of their own) over time.
TIM , with one comment about minimalism and demo helped me understand where I want to go with my ( in many ways) limited playing: Jazzy tones and with one note at a time, THANK YOU Tim, I still love noodling with my strats...
I can’t stress enough how important a service you guys have provided with this interview. Too long jazz and rock guitar players have existed in relatively segregated communities. Rock guitarist supposedly know nothing about music, and jazz guitarists supposedly know nothing about tone. Both stereotypes are false, and so it’s important that interviews like this demonstrate that bridges can be built and divides narrowed. If only we stop to listen.
As a guy younger than Tim's generation, it is so completely priceless for him to pass on his experience with Ted Greene with honesty and intent. Dan said it well; when you experience Ted's playing it affects you. Tim's humility shows when apologizes for making that part of the story too long when it was in fact probably too short. Sincerely, let me say thank you for including that. Also, it was cathartic to hear other guitar players love that music but like me could not get through the book! Tim's Truefire lessons are definitely on the list!
Oh I'm glad to know more about him, and felt very identified with his 13 years kink, because I have been like that for the last 8 years, but guitar lifts me up every single time.
Been loving Dan & Mick for a while now…but I stumbled across this one, and just a few minutes in I thought, “This is the Best Thing I’ve Seen On TH-cam!” I’m an old geezer, and the thought of watching 2 grown men fanboy grates. BUT, watching D & M watch, learn, and talk with Tim Lerch was GLORIOUS! Doesn’t matter if you don’t play jazz. The concepts will open your mind & make you a better player, composer, arranger - no matter what you play. Bravo Dan, Mick, and Tim Lerch!
35 mins in - this chord melody stuff is incredible. Mick is spot on, Tim's demo of moving up the scale over a set of changes is the clearest demonstration I've ever seen of how you begin to move on from just playing a set of shapes you've learned. What a great teacher Tim is.
When That Pedal Show don’t post a video about pedals but what they did post BLOWS MY MIND!!!!!!!!! It clicked! Woah, Thank you. Gonna be watching this beauty a few times over.
When people say tone is all in the fingers… Tim literally and technically explains how and why in this video. I’ve been waiting for something like this for a long time!
I live in Seattle as Tim does, I've attended multiple workshops, live performances, got an in-person lesson with him, I can tell you - he is as amazing as he seems - deeply knowledgeable, smart and articulate, and a mensch besides
As far as I can remember, Tim and Rick Beato are the ONLY guests that ever talk about amp levels!!! GOOD LORD!! I love this man, Tim. Tim even brings up proper nail sounds, cutting and sanding.
That bottom of the index finger thing he talks about - I do that too, thank God someone else does that, I felt so validated hahah ! Ive never seen anyone talk about that before !
49:44 i call these lines "flavor," "emotion," "mood" lines... Tim, i know exactly of what you speak. This is how i always listen to music. I love the exercises you demo-ed earlier, i enjoy doing that when u practice sometimes, but in my case, i have NO CLUE what chords I'm playing, or the key, lol. I just follow the sound. I like to play an acending melody with descending baseline (or vice versa), but again, i often have no idea the name of the chord or the key. But I'm learning! As my theory improves....
It is fun to see Mick going the exact opposite way as me. I used to be a semi pro jazz piano player, transferred that to guitar and only now am I learning how to play rock. I can tell you all about chord extensions, rootless voicings and blue notes, but i’m in awe for people who can rock a steady groove AC/DC style…
Tim is a remarkable example of discipline and devotion. He’s honest about the necessity of returning to teaching which I’ve heard him share about before, and now we have this gift of his teaching. Plus this remarkable amount of footage with you two legends. Between this and Beatos interview with Lanois, it’s been a perfect week on the Tube.
This was a great presentation/. So informative, so much to assimilate and nearly all made so understandable. I love watching the presenter's faces --in awe much of the time, as many of us were. Thank you so much for this.
What a refreshing, informative and just wonderful video. So much of the content in the guitar community has turned into either just rigs, workflow, or how to be a "working player". To hear a conversation about music is just so welcomed. Don't get me wrong, I love gear and this channel in particular, you gents are an unbelievable and coveted source of helpful information and entertainment. But wow man, just such a breath of fresh air. Thank you.
so many answers here. I have only been aware of you, Tim for a couple of months, but the waving of the guitar looked very familiar--Ted Greene. I also took a lesson from Ted in the mid 1980 at his parents' house. He is my age, but he looked like a teen ager at the time (he was about 40.) He gave me so much information, I couldn't absorb it. I bought one of his books a few years back hoping that maybe I had grown into some of the knowledge--nope. I have bought your chord dictionary, and started working with it. Finally the third try might just work. Thank you for your videos, your insight and your method of explaining. Things make sense now and I can use the concepts. and because of this video, I feel OK going back to finger style after only using a pick for years.
I found Tim with that very first video “why should piano players have all the fun” and been a follower since then. Loved all the early gear reviews. Always knew there was some special in the fingers.
I love when a person can reveal new dimensions to something that you've been looking at for years - and then all of a sudden, they shed light on an entire world of perspective that you just couldn't see a moment before they showed you where to look. Thank you Tim and that pedal show crew!
Mick you're right. Listening to Tim's eloquence in explaining concepts is wonderful. What a great teacher. Thanks for having him on your show! :D That comment "Harmony is nothing but melody swimming together..." What a remarkable concept and philosophy! Thanks Tim.
Wow! How has this gentleman never been on my radar??? I’m going to need to watch this one a couple times because all the knowledge and all his thought behind it…I want to make sure I get it all. What a great episode guys! Thank you! Also I totally just went and ordered his chord dictionary book!
Super important lesson for a 59yo kid who studied jazz and theory in my younger years and found after all those years of playing chord melody, that I REALLY only had memorized grips and melody by ear. This is a fantastic blueprint for me to now understand wtf I’m doing. Thanks, Gents!
i found Tim from his youtube videos about that CC pickup. I was amazed by his tone and purchased those expensive pickups myself. It’s awesome to know that I wasn’t the only one who noticed how incredible Tim is.
Tim is such a joy to see play live - a fine, fine musician. But it is plain that his real calling in life is to teach. Thanks for this wonderful episode.
One of the nicest, passionate, humble and masterful artist right now. Tim is a jewel as a human being and as an artist. So good! Best wishes from Mexico City guys, big fan!
Had the opportunity to take some lessons from Tim and he completely changed my perspective on jazz guitar and really opened up the instrument for me. What an incredible guy.
That was the most most amazing and enjoyable educational fun video that I have ever watched. "Most of the notes are right there." Will we ever be the same again.Thank you so much.
What a great episode. Tim's a Seattle legend. I was lucky enough to have a handful of lessons with him a few years back, and while he taught me some good right hand technique, the thing I loved the most was our discussion of the old Blues masters, ones he loved and liked and particular old Blues songs . He turned me on to some great stuff.
This episode offered an uncountable amount of motivation to play and learn and also helped me understand much better the why of playing and practicing- thanks Dan and Mick!
Love this! Tim’s Chord Dictionary is a game changer for those of us learning chord melody - the search function on the PDF version is so helpful. Thank you for highlighting Mr Lerch’s vast wisdoms ❤
I have zero knowledge about jazz music and jazz guitar and, if I'm honest, very little interest in it.....BUT....that was one of the most interesting videos TPS has ever done. Fascinating. Thank you Yoda-Tim for opening that door.
Tim is a freaking legend, I have followed him since the early years of TH-cam. His warm and comforting voice combined with his exquisite playing always gave me the ‘feeling like home’. Thank you!
Easily in the top 5 TPS episodes of all-time. Crazy inspired playing, teaching, mentoring, and musicality. Thanks to all, esp Mick and Dan's insightful questions and giving the space for the information to be so wonderfully shared.
One of my favorite episodes. Took me a while to finally get around to watching it but one of the best. Tim is one of the best. I'm a subscriber to Tim's channel as well. Melodic genius and a kind man. Thanks TPS!
This is my first ever youtube comment and I just had to say that this was a truly fantastic video. I’ve been watching TPS for years and this is one of the best episodes you guys have ever done! Had not heard of Tim before, but will absolutely be checking him out after this. Great, very natural interview with such insightful and refreshing discussion of such interesting topics! TPS is doing such awesome work ❤
I’ve been playing guitar for about 30 years. Never took a lesson in my life. I recently started with a Truefire course from Tim. I’m struggling so hard with some of the stuff he does effortlessly, and I love it. Totally sparked my excitement for the guitar again. Thanks Tim! 🙏
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Thanks guys! The advice my Dad gave me (which I forgot to get around to sharing) was “Timmy why don’t you play a song I can recognize and play it all the way thru! “ Wisdom from a mostly non musical man Kenneth Lerch.
Been trying to get my son to learn a song all the way through, not just the “cool parts”, lol
Ha! Thats brilliant. Reminds me of something Tommy Emmanuel said by way of Chet Atkins, paraphrasing of course, “keep the melody true.” Sometimes we can get lost in the fun of Re harmonizing and extending the voicings but its all only as “good” as the top and bottom: the melody and groove. Even if you just playing the melody, with good feel and soul, single notes, itll be compelling
You have an amazing skill and depth of knowledge. When Rick Beato says this is what’s missing from modern music you are that thing sadly passing away generationally over time. Haha what a gift this interview was.
yup!
hey tim
mick woulda been fascinated by your time “away” 😉
Tim is one of my favorite players and one of my favorite humans. Thanks for the shout out all.
"My contribution to zen literature was to abstain from writing a book."
I LOVE IT!
Reminds me of Tomo Fujita's "don't expect too fast".
I shared a house with Tim for about 3 yrs. and played music with him on and off for 20. No one like Tim as he is a kind and gentle man. A wonderful friend.
Yeah - I have to say, I've watched this video several times and what Tim has to say is priceless! I've got a Masters Degree in music so I kinda know what I'm talking about (generally) and the way he explains the voice-leading and the blurred lines between melody and harmony - the importance of following the voices on a single string.. and then across strings - is perfect. Only one thing to add... when Mick asks what Diatonic music/scales are... Tim doesn't explain that well... he's correct to some extent but doesn't explain the fundamental concept: A scale or musical scheme/structure is called Diatonic when it is based around traditional (western harmony) scales which use 2 intervals - the "whole tone" and the "semi-tone"... Two tonal intervals... Diatonic. Simples! Great video... inspiring! Thanks Tim, Mick and Dan!!!
I don't know how he did it, but Tim just left me completely disheartened and utterly inspired at the same time here 😅
I also love how Mick asks a question at 38:00 trying to bring it back to us mere mortals and Tim follows it up with another masterclass that just leaves me going "wut?"
This is the most profound guitar interview I've ever listened to. Provacative questions, fascinating answers, and the interviewers gave the space for it all to happen. Thank you!
"The biggest mental obstacle to learning guitar is wanting too much, to biggest obstacle to practicing guitar is wanting too soon, and the biggest obstacle to playing guitar is wanting anything." - Tim Lerch, everyones new favorite dude.
I just discovered him and he is an amazing player.
Tim Lerch is the Bob Ross of guitar instruction. I'm both more skilled AND more relaxed after listening to him. Absolutely terrific episode, gents.
A good teacher knows the material well, a great teacher has enthusiasm about the topic. Enthusiasm is contagious and makes a student want to learn.
This is how you discover playing guitar is not only about playing guitar.
Beautifully said!
A week ago I had never heard of Tim Lerch until I listened to a post on Chase Maddox’s channel where several excellent guitar players did their take on Autumn Leafs. I fell in love with his playing. It is so melodic and comprehensible. He seems to have followed the advice his dad gave him very well. Very inspiring.
I love Tim's "candle" methaphor about teaching-- that's the way I've always approached it. He & i are from the same generation and have the same approach to life and music....
I LOVE finding someone like that, i wish we could pal around together for a couple days, at least. Time well spent!
Great episode, with many great moments. One of my favorites was when Tim mentioned he went off the grid for like 13 years, without picking up a guitar, and Mick’s expression gets wider and wider until it clearly said “dear God, Tim is Obi-Wan Kenobi”.
I feel like Tim did the first time he saw Ted Greene. I'm the happiest moron on TH-cam today. I am in awe of Tim Lerch's talent and loving, humble character. Thank you all for a fantastic episode.
One of the best TPS episodes ever guys. I love hearing Tim play and educate so much, and you guys really engaged him on topics that were interesting.
Forget Clapton, Page, Blackmore etc.... Tim Lerch is a true 'guitar god'. And a wonderful, humble and deeply inspirational guitarist! Thanks so much for having him on your show... (from Brisbane, Oz)
It’s hard to articulate in a TH-cam comment just how brilliant this episode was. Utterly inspirational stuff. I suspect this is one of those which I’ll come back to over and over.
I wasn’t familiar with Tim, but I feel like I’ve just been led down the first couple of feet of a very long rabbit hole!
So great to hear from Tim Lerch. His TrueFire courses have been great fun, and his overall approach is inspiring.
Wow, talk about timing! Just this morning I went to my daughter's classroom at a HS for the preforming arts. She teaches JR High age autistic people aged 11-14. I stated piano lesson at 11 and bought myself a guitar at 14. I had practiced nearly every day the previous week but only on pieces which had stuck with me. I wanted the to hear why I still play (at 5-6 times their age). I was not there to teach them to play but to show them they can teach themselves by listening and doing. Because I am my audience and my teacher I have only need for an instrument to continue enjoying that relationship of cooperation. I needed them to see the passion at work as I explained how what I play is the result of what I did with what I heard. I did not touch on my physical issues related to playing because neither I nor they should focus on limitations. At times I am still instructed in playing by simply watching as my hands did things I had not planned. Creative musicians don't sit staring at a blank page willing it to be filled in so they can play. The play and them remember and then record and them edit the also change the way they play a piece (even of their own) over time.
Tim Lerch has been a friend to the show, and you've done him justice by documenting this...thank you!
TIM , with one comment about minimalism and demo helped me understand where I want to go with my ( in many ways) limited playing: Jazzy tones and with one note at a time, THANK YOU Tim, I still love noodling with my strats...
I can’t stress enough how important a service you guys have provided with this interview. Too long jazz and rock guitar players have existed in relatively segregated communities. Rock guitarist supposedly know nothing about music, and jazz guitarists supposedly know nothing about tone. Both stereotypes are false, and so it’s important that interviews like this demonstrate that bridges can be built and divides narrowed. If only we stop to listen.
I’m glad that you promoted his book! After hearing Tim play, I purchased it immediately as a Father’s Day gift for pops
Dan and Mick's faces during this are amazing. Some disbelief, amazement and all around mind blown looks. Love it. Tim Lerch is a GOAT.
As a guy younger than Tim's generation, it is so completely priceless for him to pass on his experience with Ted Greene with honesty and intent. Dan said it well; when you experience Ted's playing it affects you. Tim's humility shows when apologizes for making that part of the story too long when it was in fact probably too short. Sincerely, let me say thank you for including that. Also, it was cathartic to hear other guitar players love that music but like me could not get through the book! Tim's Truefire lessons are definitely on the list!
12:56 - the smile on Mick’s face sums up everything. Picture perfect.
What an absolute beast Tim is, not to mention the fact he seems like one of the nicest people on the planet. One of my favorite TPS episodes yet..
Tim Lerch is The Dude
That’s just like, your opinion, man.
I absolutely love that your videos are not peppered with annoying ads all over the place.
Those annoying ads are how most TH-camrs keep doing what they’re doing. We sell merch as our main source of funding. Cheers.
Oh I'm glad to know more about him, and felt very identified with his 13 years kink, because I have been like that for the last 8 years, but guitar lifts me up every single time.
watching this again Tim is mesmerising .
Tim Lerch is a phenomenon in is own right what a great person musician ... feels like home
Big thank you @ Pedal show
Been loving Dan & Mick for a while now…but I stumbled across this one, and just a few minutes in I thought, “This is the Best Thing I’ve Seen On TH-cam!”
I’m an old geezer, and the thought of watching 2 grown men fanboy grates. BUT, watching D & M watch, learn, and talk with Tim Lerch was GLORIOUS!
Doesn’t matter if you don’t play jazz. The concepts will open your mind & make you a better player, composer, arranger - no matter what you play. Bravo Dan, Mick, and Tim Lerch!
Excellent interview! Outstanding playing!
35 mins in - this chord melody stuff is incredible. Mick is spot on, Tim's demo of moving up the scale over a set of changes is the clearest demonstration I've ever seen of how you begin to move on from just playing a set of shapes you've learned. What a great teacher Tim is.
I hear a lot of Ted Greene in Maestro Lerch’s playing. This is a great way to approach chord-melody from a different perspective. Thank you!
Amen on the Nelson Riddle take! His arrangements were amazing!
When That Pedal Show don’t post a video about pedals but what they did post BLOWS MY MIND!!!!!!!!! It clicked! Woah, Thank you. Gonna be watching this beauty a few times over.
"I want it to sound like the guitar player knows the song" is really an important observation. Thanks Tim!
Tim is a true Gem. Amazing depth. He's the real real deal.
Wow. He speaks in a way my brain understands.
1h40min??? Wow!! More of these, please
When people say tone is all in the fingers… Tim literally and technically explains how and why in this video. I’ve been waiting for something like this for a long time!
I live in Seattle as Tim does, I've attended multiple workshops, live performances, got an in-person lesson with him, I can tell you - he is as amazing as he seems - deeply knowledgeable, smart and articulate, and a mensch besides
As far as I can remember, Tim and Rick Beato are the ONLY guests that ever talk about amp levels!!! GOOD LORD!! I love this man, Tim. Tim even brings up proper nail sounds, cutting and sanding.
'There should be more beauty in this world'...such a lovely mantra.
That bottom of the index finger thing he talks about - I do that too, thank God someone else does that, I felt so validated hahah ! Ive never seen anyone talk about that before !
49:44 i call these lines "flavor," "emotion," "mood" lines... Tim, i know exactly of what you speak. This is how i always listen to music.
I love the exercises you demo-ed earlier, i enjoy doing that when u practice sometimes, but in my case, i have NO CLUE what chords I'm playing, or the key, lol. I just follow the sound. I like to play an acending melody with descending baseline (or vice versa), but again, i often have no idea the name of the chord or the key.
But I'm learning! As my theory improves....
It is fun to see Mick going the exact opposite way as me. I used to be a semi pro jazz piano player, transferred that to guitar and only now am I learning how to play rock. I can tell you all about chord extensions, rootless voicings and blue notes, but i’m in awe for people who can rock a steady groove AC/DC style…
Tim is a remarkable example of discipline and devotion. He’s honest about the necessity of returning to teaching which I’ve heard him share about before, and now we have this gift of his teaching. Plus this remarkable amount of footage with you two legends. Between this and Beatos interview with Lanois, it’s been a perfect week on the Tube.
I builded my telecaster because of Tim. He is an absolute legend!!
Me too!
I’ve got 4 Teles, one with a neck Charlie Christian pickup that requires assembly.
If I choose a cc neck pickup?
What about the bridge pickup?
I'm semi beginner
This was a great presentation/. So informative, so much to assimilate and nearly all made so understandable. I love watching the presenter's faces --in awe much of the time, as many of us were. Thank you so much for this.
What a refreshing, informative and just wonderful video. So much of the content in the guitar community has turned into either just rigs, workflow, or how to be a "working player". To hear a conversation about music is just so welcomed. Don't get me wrong, I love gear and this channel in particular, you gents are an unbelievable and coveted source of helpful information and entertainment. But wow man, just such a breath of fresh air. Thank you.
On the day 2 : you are still a musician. Love that. Learning is great , until the end of life.
so many answers here. I have only been aware of you, Tim for a couple of months, but the waving of the guitar looked very familiar--Ted Greene. I also took a lesson from Ted in the mid 1980 at his parents' house. He is my age, but he looked like a teen ager at the time (he was about 40.) He gave me so much information, I couldn't absorb it. I bought one of his books a few years back hoping that maybe I had grown into some of the knowledge--nope. I have bought your chord dictionary, and started working with it. Finally the third try might just work. Thank you for your videos, your insight and your method of explaining. Things make sense now and I can use the concepts. and because of this video, I feel OK going back to finger style after only using a pick for years.
this is like a holy document, a record of a guru's teachings. such devotion to pure, simple beauty that i could honestly weep. thank you for sharing
Thanks!
Thank you 🙏
I found Tim with that very first video “why should piano players have all the fun” and been a follower since then. Loved all the early gear reviews. Always knew there was some special in the fingers.
Oh my god! You got Tim on!!!!! His book is a game changer. Love you all!❤
My Man. Tim is a sweetheart. I reached out to him when he just started his channel and he has been so helpful.
Tim is the Bob Ross of guitar. Calming and gentle.
I love when a person can reveal new dimensions to something that you've been looking at for years - and then all of a sudden, they shed light on an entire world of perspective that you just couldn't see a moment before they showed you where to look. Thank you Tim and that pedal show crew!
Watched it again, what a gem of an episode.
Mick you're right. Listening to Tim's eloquence in explaining concepts is wonderful. What a great teacher. Thanks for having him on your show! :D That comment "Harmony is nothing but melody swimming together..." What a remarkable concept and philosophy! Thanks Tim.
Wow! How has this gentleman never been on my radar??? I’m going to need to watch this one a couple times because all the knowledge and all his thought behind it…I want to make sure I get it all. What a great episode guys! Thank you! Also I totally just went and ordered his chord dictionary book!
Super important lesson for a 59yo kid who studied jazz and theory in my younger years and found after all those years of playing chord melody, that I REALLY only had memorized grips and melody by ear. This is a fantastic blueprint for me to now understand wtf I’m doing. Thanks, Gents!
Tim, you video on hand health with Dr. Yule was fantastic. Thank you all. Great stuff!
YOU ROCK!!!!!! Thank you for having an absolute favorite on the show. Tim Lerch is amazing!
thank you very much to all of you 3 for this wonderful conversation!
Tim and Keith are my mental homebase.
i found Tim from his youtube videos about that CC pickup. I was amazed by his tone and purchased those expensive pickups myself. It’s awesome to know that I wasn’t the only one who noticed how incredible Tim is.
The stuff from "Tim's Right Hand" around 1:20:03 is a gold-mine! Great stuff!
Tim is such a joy to see play live - a fine, fine musician. But it is plain that his real calling in life is to teach. Thanks for this wonderful episode.
What a lovely conversation. Such a great way to learn how to practice and play more beautifully. Thank you all!
One of the nicest, passionate, humble and masterful artist right now. Tim is a jewel as a human being and as an artist. So good! Best wishes from Mexico City guys, big fan!
Amazing interview and generous sharing from Tim! Thanks so much for hosting. I was nodding my head in agreement and understanding all the way thru ..
Had the opportunity to take some lessons from Tim and he completely changed my perspective on jazz guitar and really opened up the instrument for me. What an incredible guy.
this guy is an absolute gangsta. legend. lovely playing and knowledge
So great to see you guys host Tim. Such an awesome guy!!
That was the most most amazing and enjoyable educational fun video that I have ever watched. "Most of the notes are right there." Will we ever be the same again.Thank you so much.
Thank you for this. I've been feeling really down today, world seems like a scary place, and this is just pure joy finding beauty in music.
so happy to see Tim here he's such a talented player and educator
What a great episode. Tim's a Seattle legend.
I was lucky enough to have a handful of lessons with him a few years back, and while he taught me some good right hand technique, the thing I loved the most was our discussion of the old Blues masters, ones he loved and liked and particular old Blues songs . He turned me on to some great stuff.
This episode offered an uncountable amount of motivation to play and learn and also helped me understand much better the why of playing and practicing- thanks Dan and Mick!
Love this! Tim’s Chord Dictionary is a game changer for those of us learning chord melody - the search function on the PDF version is so helpful. Thank you for highlighting Mr Lerch’s vast wisdoms ❤
I’ve been following Tim’s work for a while and love it. Even my 7 year old daughter loves it and he inspired her to play. Thank you Tim
I have zero knowledge about jazz music and jazz guitar and, if I'm honest, very little interest in it.....BUT....that was one of the most interesting videos TPS has ever done. Fascinating. Thank you Yoda-Tim for opening that door.
Got the chord dictionary last year. Found it via Levi Clay’s recommendation
this is amazing! great detail: Dan wearing a fuzz shirt.
Best guitar lesson Ever. Thank you.
Never would have expected Tim on TPS! He's youtube's best guitar dad :)
This will be watched multiple times by me this weekend and in the future.
Wow… I’ve genuinely lost count of how many nuggets of gold I’ve just heard! I’ve not even got to the end of the video yet! 🤯 ♥️
Tim is a freaking legend, I have followed him since the early years of TH-cam. His warm and comforting voice combined with his exquisite playing always gave me the ‘feeling like home’. Thank you!
Easily in the top 5 TPS episodes of all-time. Crazy inspired playing, teaching, mentoring, and musicality. Thanks to all, esp Mick and Dan's insightful questions and giving the space for the information to be so wonderfully shared.
One of my favorite episodes. Took me a while to finally get around to watching it but one of the best. Tim is one of the best. I'm a subscriber to Tim's channel as well. Melodic genius and a kind man. Thanks TPS!
This is my first ever youtube comment and I just had to say that this was a truly fantastic video. I’ve been watching TPS for years and this is one of the best episodes you guys have ever done!
Had not heard of Tim before, but will absolutely be checking him out after this.
Great, very natural interview with such insightful and refreshing discussion of such interesting topics!
TPS is doing such awesome work ❤
Thank you kindly for the feedback. We’re huge fans of Tim too - he’s an awesome human!
Again here : "the best playing over the whole youtube with Jack Ruch . Crazy feeling" Thanks Tim for the inspiration
I’ve been playing guitar for about 30 years. Never took a lesson in my life. I recently started with a Truefire course from Tim. I’m struggling so hard with some of the stuff he does effortlessly, and I love it. Totally sparked my excitement for the guitar again. Thanks Tim! 🙏