@@SausageFingers420 I thought I found it a couple of times but then after a few days of messing around with the tone, it starts to sound like shit again :D
Believe it or not, I actually auditioned for the Graham Dongle Band back in the day, but I could never get the solo to "Granddad Island" quite right. Then one day I stumbled upon your lesson on TH-cam that broke the thing down note for note. It was brilliant. While watching it, I thought to myself, "Wow, this guy has it all figured out, HE should be playing for the Graham Dongle Band!". Fast-forward just 4 months or so, and you've actually been invited by Graham Dongle himself, to shred with the Graham Dongle Band! So happy for your success man!
I switched careers to something radically different at 32 years old and am succeeding better than I expected. There is no 'would have' unless you allow it
I picked up my first guitar in 2003 it was a fender strat. I played she hates me by puddle of Mudd, well my version of it with single notes then I discovered power chords and that's when it clicked for me I was hooked. Well done Mr. Hall
Being a flute player for many years, I was always fascinated with the guitar. I once dated a guy who went to school and had many guitars. I simply asked him if he could teach me the basics like chords I didn’t quite understand. He whipped out a notebook and started writing music theory and told me first you need to learn mixolydian chord progression 🤣
Me at 14: decided on a career as an electrician. Me at 15: discovers the electric guitar and decides that becoming a rock star is a much better career choice.
Love the quote from Albert Lee’s signature tune “Country Boy” Did you hear about the time he jammed with Eddie Van Halen? Even Eddie couldn’t keep up and graciously conceded 😮
Mate. You manage to combine relatable (kinda musical) comedy with amazing playing. You are a legend and I hope that you keep it up so we can all draw inspiration from your cringe/epic content. Never change
Picked up my dad's PRS, have it for two weeks. Couldn't be able to give a damn chord right. Send it back. Bought my first Bass two months later and still jamming with it for five years now. I guess I'm stucked in the bass phase for ever.
I started playing seriously back in May, haven't learned a solo and haven't done anything with my band but I've been in my tone chasing phase for months
I'm currently playing in your first band phase. I'm trying to start a band with my friends but one of them only likes rap music. Plus they're both too special to know how to write a song. Also I love you Bradley your the best youtuber to ever exist!
insteracting with camera is so true, i used to do it as kid , i would talk to my audiance even i had none, and i would say , you are about to wittness a greatist guitarist of all time :D i was like 10 years old :D
I'm in the "oh, searing pain in my left arm while playing guitar isn't normal, I guess I'm throwing away 10 years and relearning as a lefty to play around my injury" phase
Big brain move here: skipped the music school phase, and just got immediately stuck in a rut, then lost my marbles with a 5 year long country bluegrass phase that I'm only now slightly getting out of.
I'm in the middle of being in a rut for several years (literally went through all previous phases as described in the video) so I hope big break is coming soon
So all along, Bradley was actually recording the happenings of Rowan Atkinson's bedroom… no wonder he has that big a collection. I received a couple of videos.
"Losing the plot..." Phase! 🤣 Hilarious. I'm happy to say that I have had a few losses of plot since I started playing in 1979, but NEVER dove into Country music to find my way. :)
I'm in the "realizing I've been playing for 20 years composed largely of tone chasing, assuming all I need is power chords while trying to write long, boring, meandering songs and never finishing anything and should probably actually sit down and practice some scales and other chord shapes so my Prestige Ibanez and American Fender aren't ashamed of me anymore and maybe I can write something actually interesting" phase 🥲
Im on the chasing tone phase everytime im recording a new cover or writing a song. Its like 'man i can made It sound better or different' every single day.
@@daredevil2724 that’s part of the problem tbh is I was a huge sports fan most of my life so there’s that mentality that 40 is basically dead 😂 but also it is true that most great bands/artists break through around 16/18-21 and it’s harder when you’re older. Definitely not gunna stop me though
Even if you are late bloomer, being good at playing guitar is just a good confidence boost. It makes you think, oh, I'm so glad I didn't give up practicing the guitar and waste 1000 hours of time playing games and being distracted.
It’s so funny. After 27 years of hearing metal I start to learn guitar and after now some weeks of learning finger techniques and standards I wanted to have a sense of achievement down load the tabs from iron man and played. And it sounds originally like yours 😂. Now I am scared for the next steps…
Wow! 0:34 I'm still at the technique grinding phase and this video is accurate af to the level where I'm also following John Petrucci's: Rock Discipline 😂
I’m at a stage where I have a few riffs down and my greatest achievement is cowboys from hell solo. Although I need to be a lil faster. I don’t like the idea of learning a ton of different stuff at once. When I learn something I try to make it to where I will remember how to play it, and 9/10 times it sounds good. And I don’t have enough money to get a tone
I went from all of the first phases to the acoustic-phase, to buying a telecaster and swearing off metal-phass, to the bass phase a few years later to absolutely nothing for 10 years and now to the 'I bought an Ibanez Gio to try and pick it back up-phase'
I've been at the first solo phase for 15 years and I expect to stay there for many more!
hahahahahh my thoughts exactly
Ha actually knew this was my first solo
Kudos on the consistency. Good for you!
Yo también
15 years first solo phase gang unite! 🙌
Been playing for 10 years but still chasing THE tone
It's neat when you actually find it. Took me 15 years.
@@SausageFingers420 I thought I found it a couple of times but then after a few days of messing around with the tone, it starts to sound like shit again :D
Spent years chasing tone until I got decent enough to realise I was the tone all along
The tone was really just the friends we made along the way
Tone is stored in the balls
I'm at the "uses a compressor once and acts like a music producer " phase
Believe it or not, I actually auditioned for the Graham Dongle Band back in the day, but I could never get the solo to "Granddad Island" quite right.
Then one day I stumbled upon your lesson on TH-cam that broke the thing down note for note. It was brilliant.
While watching it, I thought to myself, "Wow, this guy has it all figured out, HE should be playing for the Graham Dongle Band!".
Fast-forward just 4 months or so, and you've actually been invited by Graham Dongle himself, to shred with the Graham Dongle Band!
So happy for your success man!
The endless, relentless sweeps on "A Basket Full of Bunnies" is what stumped me. Meanwhile Brad here could do it double time no sweat.
I'm in the "wondering what would have happened if I haven't gave up learning guitar at the age of 10" phase when I'm 37 already.
I'm in the "wondering what great things I could have achieved if I gave up learning guitar when I still had the chance" phase.
This hits close to home. I played until I was 18. Even had Rusty Cooley as a guitar teacher. I'm 36 now wondering the same thing
You'd have less money and less space in your house/apartment/dumpster.
I switched careers to something radically different at 32 years old and am succeeding better than I expected. There is no 'would have' unless you allow it
We love your videos, keep working hard
I picked up my first guitar in 2003 it was a fender strat. I played she hates me by puddle of Mudd, well my version of it with single notes then I discovered power chords and that's when it clicked for me I was hooked. Well done Mr. Hall
Being a flute player for many years, I was always fascinated with the guitar. I once dated a guy who went to school and had many guitars. I simply asked him if he could teach me the basics like chords I didn’t quite understand. He whipped out a notebook and started writing music theory and told me first you need to learn mixolydian chord progression 🤣
Haha great story.
i mean yeah that's how it is
Me at 14: decided on a career as an electrician. Me at 15: discovers the electric guitar and decides that becoming a rock star is a much better career choice.
The "only downpicked" solo was the most accurate thing that I have ever seen.
I’m in the “stuck in a rut for several years” phase… thanks for opening my eyes to that! *sobs quietly*
Still learning my first solo.
After 25 years of playing.
Hey, some people are Kirk, some people are James.
Yeah, hate learning solos, just learn scales and impovise instead)
Love the quote from Albert Lee’s signature tune “Country Boy”
Did you hear about the time he jammed with Eddie Van Halen? Even Eddie couldn’t keep up and graciously conceded 😮
Dude its scary how accurate all these phases are. As a guitarist who started at 11 years old, I deem this worthy.
holy shit how is the tone chasing phase so accurate? 😂
1:23 Nickel Back
The best part of this was the TH-cam video of Rock Discipline playing in the background lol. Petrucci probably taught many guitarrists with that.
What a roller coaster
Bro i can't believe you got to play for Dongle. Saw them in 06' and they melted my face.
1906 ? same they were spectacular and blew their contemporaries away
@@sadjj saw them in 1890 when their original drummer was still in the band
@thesnesman5235 so jealous
I sort of skipped the band and solo parts and went right to getting my first decent guitar
You sir, are a lovely madman who makes genuinely funny and talented videos, thanks for all you do my dudes!
0:37 This is the weirdest Black Sabbath cover I've ever heard.
😭😭😭😭
The tone chase phase touched me on a spiritual level
Mate. You manage to combine relatable (kinda musical) comedy with amazing playing. You are a legend and I hope that you keep it up so we can all draw inspiration from your cringe/epic content. Never change
If this guy can get this many subscribers the world is doomed
That first bit cut DEEP in my soul.
Love the "Rock Discipline" reference.
omg this is SO TRUE, all the phases made me roll on the floor
LOL the music school part was hilarious, by which I mean both the funny walk and the comment when leaving music school 😆 Great video Bradley!
I went through a big break... Dreams breaking, that is... Whatever, I just left everything behind.
The john petrucci guitar vid is so accurate 😂
Had my first guitar 28 years ago and still at the 'Learning Your First Solo' phase.
“Getting stuck in a rut” is how I look and feel when I fail trying to record a song cover for the hundredth time.
Picked up my dad's PRS, have it for two weeks. Couldn't be able to give a damn chord right. Send it back. Bought my first Bass two months later and still jamming with it for five years now. I guess I'm stucked in the bass phase for ever.
I started playing seriously back in May, haven't learned a solo and haven't done anything with my band but I've been in my tone chasing phase for months
I saw Petrucci on your television...
Dude if you see me, what do you think of his method, Rock Discipline ?
I'm currently playing in your first band phase. I'm trying to start a band with my friends but one of them only likes rap music. Plus they're both too special to know how to write a song. Also I love you Bradley your the best youtuber to ever exist!
Nothing like a long day and some Bradley Hall to sweeten the day.
insteracting with camera is so true, i used to do it as kid , i would talk to my audiance even i had none, and i would say , you are about to wittness a greatist guitarist of all time :D i was like 10 years old :D
I'm legit stuck between the "technique-grinding" and "bass" phases, lmao. Scary how accurate your parody vids always are 😅.
OMG, this is way to true.
I'm in the tone-chasing phase yet, starting the technique-grinding phase.
The unregistered hypercam made the first band section way funnier than it has any right to be 😂
The phrase "bean porn" holds so much pure horror in itself... I can barely sharpen my strings now
just out of the post music school disappointment hiatus, now moving into the i need every type of guitar zone
Bro, that went from zero to one thousand just like that. He had us in the first half!
shit went from 0 to 100 real fckn quick
I've just went from tone chasing phase to technique grinding phase tgese psst few weeks lmao
Freshly new out of a 13-14 year rut and back at the leaning stages of playing the guitar
Dropping the guitar for the video..that’s commitment
Currently re-entering the technique-grinding phase after just recently coming out of the rut phase
The guitar strap failure 🤣😂
Person: How many times did you watch this?
Me: Yes.
I gave up on the tone chasing phase and jumped right into acoustic life. Things are much simpler here.
I'm in the "oh, searing pain in my left arm while playing guitar isn't normal, I guess I'm throwing away 10 years and relearning as a lefty to play around my injury" phase
Big brain move here: skipped the music school phase, and just got immediately stuck in a rut, then lost my marbles with a 5 year long country bluegrass phase that I'm only now slightly getting out of.
Nice to finally discover your brand of strings. Pick gauge reveal next?
I'm in the middle of being in a rut for several years (literally went through all previous phases as described in the video) so I hope big break is coming soon
So all along, Bradley was actually recording the happenings of Rowan Atkinson's bedroom… no wonder he has that big a collection.
I received a couple of videos.
that first solo was actually my first solo WOW
no way, this is too f..... accurate.
Accurate. Even the falling asleep with guitar and jp rock discipline
"Losing the plot..." Phase! 🤣
Hilarious.
I'm happy to say that I have had a few losses of plot since I started playing in 1979, but NEVER dove into Country music to find my way. :)
I stopped at the tone chasing phase, started playing classicalal guitar instead and never looked back since.
It hurts how accurate this is.
Omg this so accurate it hurts (apart from the big break and selling out part, never got that far)
I'm in the "realizing I've been playing for 20 years composed largely of tone chasing, assuming all I need is power chords while trying to write long, boring, meandering songs and never finishing anything and should probably actually sit down and practice some scales and other chord shapes so my Prestige Ibanez and American Fender aren't ashamed of me anymore and maybe I can write something actually interesting" phase 🥲
Relatable.
I still haven't got my first guitar but am deep in the "play every solo in D-bluesyish scale" in my saxophone journey
Man. My first song was iron man by black sabbath. I feel so attacked
I haven't managed to learn Tornado Of Souls solo since i was 17 YO and now i'm 27 :c
You literally portrayed me with my actual band lmao
That fart at the end still gives me the fear.
Bro, Master of Puppets JH's solo was actually my very first solo, this is accurate as hell
Im on the chasing tone phase everytime im recording a new cover or writing a song. Its like 'man i can made It sound better or different' every single day.
Pretty accurate. Not at the big break yet, though. Still in my pretty ok sometimes stage.
IDK why but the Bean Porn thing got me rolling
THIS IS SO ACCURATE! MY FIRST SONG WAS IRON MAN AND MY FIRST SOLO WAS MASTER OF PUPPETS
this is SO fckng accurate
lmao man you make my day most times with your content thanks brother
That clip from About A Boy really threw me off lol. Been awhile since I've seen it, true classic
john petrucci's rock discipline is like my bible
god i love hearing brad swear
Technique grind phase at the very end of my third year as of today. Somebody needs to explain how sweeping without ringing strings is possible lmfao
Bro I fucking died when he put on the top hat to play country
It’s been 7 years, still waiting for a decent guitar 🤙🤙
I've completed the few years in a rut phase and I'm in a crossover grinding theory/endless tone search phase.
Forever on that technique grinding phase
I’m the “picked up a guitar at 28 and thinks he’s gunna make it big at 30 chasing a dream he should have started 10 years earlier” guitarist
You can make it. I'm 36 and still hoping this only I haven't picked up a guitar in 18 years
Luckily music isn't like sports so just keep grinding a lot of metal bands are in their 40's still doing great
@@daredevil2724 that’s part of the problem tbh is I was a huge sports fan most of my life so there’s that mentality that 40 is basically dead 😂 but also it is true that most great bands/artists break through around 16/18-21 and it’s harder when you’re older. Definitely not gunna stop me though
@@LightsaberGoBrrrrrr thats only partly true, if you make good music the fans will come
Even if you are late bloomer, being good at playing guitar is just a good confidence boost. It makes you think, oh, I'm so glad I didn't give up practicing the guitar and waste 1000 hours of time playing games and being distracted.
It’s so funny. After 27 years of hearing metal I start to learn guitar and after now some weeks of learning finger techniques and standards I wanted to have a sense of achievement down load the tabs from iron man and played. And it sounds originally like yours 😂. Now I am scared for the next steps…
You forgot the downtuning and "how much distortion can I possibly add?" phases.
I'm a year late but just wanted you to know. That chicken picken country solo was really tasty. I dare say you would make the great Albert Lee proud
You 're a genius!
Nailed it. 😆
Nowhere, I play bass
I'm in my Bass phase. Shout out to Clay Gober from Polyphia for inspiring me.
You should have known that beans would haunt you in the end.
Wow! 0:34 I'm still at the technique grinding phase and this video is accurate af to the level where I'm also following John Petrucci's: Rock Discipline 😂
i am forever in the extended range guitars phase
I’m at a stage where I have a few riffs down and my greatest achievement is cowboys from hell solo. Although I need to be a lil faster. I don’t like the idea of learning a ton of different stuff at once. When I learn something I try to make it to where I will remember how to play it, and 9/10 times it sounds good. And I don’t have enough money to get a tone
I went from all of the first phases to the acoustic-phase, to buying a telecaster and swearing off metal-phass, to the bass phase a few years later to absolutely nothing for 10 years and now to the 'I bought an Ibanez Gio to try and pick it back up-phase'
My last 20 years, more or less.