This was way more insightful than I thought it would be! Maybe I’ve just been conditioned by all the mindless video essays out there that just read off Wikipedia pages and make broad statements like “this Beatles album was influential.” Subscribed
Wow - thanks so much for this very kind comment! Glad you liked my video. As you say, I do try to do more than just read a bunch of wikipedia facts, and always at least *try* to add something substantive to the topic. Definitely check out my other videos! Thanks!
I feel the idea of having a unique voice in music does seem to be the most important thing regardless of how narrow or broad your focus is. I don't really know what Guthrie Govan sounds like when he's not role playing as other guitarists and mashing them together. But I could probably hear some Stevie Ray Vaughan solo and just know it's Stevie Ray Vaughan...or someone trying hard to sound like him.
Interesting thought experiment.. maybe he’s a generalist (referring to McCa here) in the art world. He’s a painter, writer (books, poetry and such as well), and I believe did his own drawing in that squirrel kids books (fact check me on that). Point is dude does stuff in the art world for sure beyond music
Thanks for watching, and thanks for the comment! I think this is where things get very subjective - for me, Macca *does* do that other stuff, but I don't think his skill is in anyway noteworthy at those things. They seem to me classic examples of a celebrity in one area doing something different, and succeeding (to whatever degree) off the back of their name and fame rather than skill. Some may disagree, of course, and that's fair - but that's my position
This was way more insightful than I thought it would be! Maybe I’ve just been conditioned by all the mindless video essays out there that just read off Wikipedia pages and make broad statements like “this Beatles album was influential.” Subscribed
Wow - thanks so much for this very kind comment! Glad you liked my video. As you say, I do try to do more than just read a bunch of wikipedia facts, and always at least *try* to add something substantive to the topic.
Definitely check out my other videos! Thanks!
Paul did push the boundaries of the bass
I feel the idea of having a unique voice in music does seem to be the most important thing regardless of how narrow or broad your focus is.
I don't really know what Guthrie Govan sounds like when he's not role playing as other guitarists and mashing them together. But I could probably hear some Stevie Ray Vaughan solo and just know it's Stevie Ray Vaughan...or someone trying hard to sound like him.
Interesting thought experiment.. maybe he’s a generalist (referring to McCa here) in the art world. He’s a painter, writer (books, poetry and such as well), and I believe did his own drawing in that squirrel kids books (fact check me on that). Point is dude does stuff in the art world for sure beyond music
Thanks for watching, and thanks for the comment!
I think this is where things get very subjective - for me, Macca *does* do that other stuff, but I don't think his skill is in anyway noteworthy at those things. They seem to me classic examples of a celebrity in one area doing something different, and succeeding (to whatever degree) off the back of their name and fame rather than skill.
Some may disagree, of course, and that's fair - but that's my position
Thank God for the mind boggling musical versatility of Paul McCartney !
What if your a specialist, but play only as well as a generalist? Worst of both worlds?
Well, now you're just describing me 😭