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  • Tim Simmons
    Tim Simmons Posts: 9,496
    brianlux said:
    The thing to remember is, it's easy to be and armchair critic like most of us are.

    And this is probably my own personal jumping off point for my position. Over the past few years, I got tired of criticizing or noting what I didn't like and now I just say, 'eh, its not for me'. The reasons why are never important. If someone was bold enough to expose their art to the world and if it finds an audience of 1 or 1,000,000,000, thats awesome and I have no grounds to shit on it or dismiss it. It just doesn't land for me. 

  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,655
    Tim Simmons said:
    brianlux said:
    The thing to remember is, it's easy to be and armchair critic like most of us are.

    And this is probably my own personal jumping off point for my position. Over the past few years, I got tired of criticizing or noting what I didn't like and now I just say, 'eh, its not for me'. The reasons why are never important. If someone was bold enough to expose their art to the world and if it finds an audience of 1 or 1,000,000,000, thats awesome and I have no grounds to shit on it or dismiss it. It just doesn't land for me. 


    I so totally agree, Tim.  Well said! 
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
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  • Edved82
    Edved82 Ireland Posts: 1,279
    I like Rick. I strongly disagree with his comments on Neil Young's guitar abilities but I really like his interviewing style. His interview with Mike Mills from REM recently was excellent.
    "...though my problems are meaningless....that don't make them go away...."
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,655
    Edved82 said:
    I like Rick. I strongly disagree with his comments on Neil Young's guitar abilities but I really like his interviewing style. His interview with Mike Mills from REM recently was excellent.

    Beato is a big fan of virtuoso musicianship, especially regarding guitar players.  I respect that, and I enjoy listening to him explain the nuances of such playing and all that, and I like a lot of the music itself.  But it could probably be seen as a bit ironic that I am a Beato fan.  It's not really, because my tastes in music run from the rather refined to the rather crude.  I think of someone like Pat Metheny as an amazing highly accomplished player and like his music, but on the other end of the spectrum I'm a big fan of Dead Moon and Fred Cole's very primitive guitar style.  And Neil Young is one of my very favorite guitar players.  For my tastes, what Neil lacks in refined chops, he more than makes up for in the emotion, soul, energy, melodic qualities, vibe, and the tone of his playing.  For my ears, guitar playing seldom gets better than Neil's best work.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni











  • marjen
    marjen CT Posts: 808
    seen seen a few videos of his, not a big fan. When he did the Taylor swift video and tried to insinuate she has nothing to do with writing her own songs and only writes over click tracks I was like wow, do your research man. He is not all that older than me, but he can’t seem to find much good to say about newer music. 
  • Edved82
    Edved82 Ireland Posts: 1,279
    brianlux said:
    Edved82 said:
    I like Rick. I strongly disagree with his comments on Neil Young's guitar abilities but I really like his interviewing style. His interview with Mike Mills from REM recently was excellent.

    Beato is a big fan of virtuoso musicianship, especially regarding guitar players.  I respect that, and I enjoy listening to him explain the nuances of such playing and all that, and I like a lot of the music itself.  But it could probably be seen as a bit ironic that I am a Beato fan.  It's not really, because my tastes in music run from the rather refined to the rather crude.  I think of someone like Pat Metheny as an amazing highly accomplished player and like his music, but on the other end of the spectrum I'm a big fan of Dead Moon and Fred Cole's very primitive guitar style.  And Neil Young is one of my very favorite guitar players.  For my tastes, what Neil lacks in refined chops, he more than makes up for in the emotion, soul, energy, melodic qualities, vibe, and the tone of his playing.  For my ears, guitar playing seldom gets better than Neil's best work.

    Yeah I admire virtuoso guitar players but emotionally they do nothing for me. The rawness of Neil's guitar playing is more than deserving of a place on greatest guitarist lists. Not everyone has to play like Yngwie Malmsteen - David Gilmour is another example of a guy that doesn't need speed or technical chops to be an awesome guitarist.
    "...though my problems are meaningless....that don't make them go away...."
  • GB281198
    GB281198 Virginia Posts: 630
    I like the interviews he does but haven't watched much of the list type videos. The biggest problem with online content is it's viewer or click driven. The more views the more money they make. His Mike Mills interview has roughly 500k views and the Wtf Happened to music video has 2.3 million. Sensational or hot takes makes more money unfortunately.
  • Tim Simmons
    Tim Simmons Posts: 9,496
    You just described 95% of modern media.

  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,336
    marjen said:
    seen seen a few videos of his, not a big fan. When he did the Taylor swift video and tried to insinuate she has nothing to do with writing her own songs and only writes over click tracks I was like wow, do your research man. He is not all that older than me, but he can’t seem to find much good to say about newer music. 
    Did he really?  Interesting.
  • ZoSoTim
    ZoSoTim Posts: 1,278
    The Robert DeLeo interview was fantastic. Brendan O’Brien was really good but long AF. At times he gets way too technical for non-musicians and the first video I ever saw of his he was kind of downplaying John Bonham, which absolutely rubbed me the wrong way. 
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,655
    ZoSoTim said:
    The Robert DeLeo interview was fantastic. Brendan O’Brien was really good but long AF. At times he gets way too technical for non-musicians and the first video I ever saw of his he was kind of downplaying John Bonham, which absolutely rubbed me the wrong way. 

    Ah oh!  I will not pass this info on to my drummer buddy Andy.  That would instantly make him hate Beato!  
    As for me, I'm OK with disagreeing with the guy at times... as long as I don't have to argue the fine points of music theory with him.  :lol:
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni











  • Merkin Baller
    Merkin Baller Posts: 12,753
    edited July 2024
    ZoSoTim said:
    The Robert DeLeo interview was fantastic. Brendan O’Brien was really good but long AF. At times he gets way too technical for non-musicians and the first video I ever saw of his he was kind of downplaying John Bonham, which absolutely rubbed me the wrong way. 
    The Robert DeLeo interview was the first I ever heard of Beato, and agreed… it was fantastic.
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,655
    Merkin Baller said:
    ZoSoTim said:
    The Robert DeLeo interview was fantastic. Brendan O’Brien was really good but long AF. At times he gets way too technical for non-musicians and the first video I ever saw of his he was kind of downplaying John Bonham, which absolutely rubbed me the wrong way. 
    The Robert DeLeo interview was the first I ever heard of Beato, and agreed… it was fantastic.

    I missed that one.  I'll have to check it out.  Thanks guys!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni











  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,655
    Beato's latest FB post:
    The difference of 20 years is pretty incredible. It’s hard to believe that I once looked like that time waits for no one. I appreciate you all more than you know

    May be a black-and-white image of 1 person beard and guitar


    Cool!

    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni











  • brewdog123
    brewdog123 ATL Posts: 685
    edited July 2024
    i like phish and i think Beato's video are pretty damn good.  here is an interesting snipit from Trey Anastasio working with Beato on his solo album Shine. This was the album trey put out right after Phish broke up in 2004.  This is also the time period that Trey was at his absolute worse in regards to drugs, so the relationship between these two may have been difficult. if you like phish this was an awesome podcast

    https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-2-mr-completely/id1570656129?i=1000526376643
    relevant Beato portion starts at 43:51  

    https://www.instagram.com/rickbeato1/p/CGgUYmWnIaP/
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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,336
    brewdog123 said:
    i like phish and i think Beato's video are pretty damn good.  here is an interesting snipit from Trey Anastasio working with Beato on his solo album Shine. This was the album trey put out right after Phish broke up in 2004.  This is also the time period that Trey was at his absolute worse in regards to drugs, so the relationship between these two may have been difficult. if you like phish this was an awesome podcast

    https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-2-mr-completely/id1570656129?i=1000526376643
    relevant Beato portion starts at 43:51  

    https://www.instagram.com/rickbeato1/p/CGgUYmWnIaP/
    Trey doesn't throw him under the bus at all.  He apologizes for possibly being difficult too, lol.
  • brewdog123
    brewdog123 ATL Posts: 685
    i dont think he threw him under the bus so to speak, but to quit and/or fired after a year of working on an album must have made the two frustrated at each other. look at that IG link, and look at Beatos face, trey going a million miles a minute, going back in forth on elements of songs, making changes after changes. kind of funny now, good thing trey is in a better place now.
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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,336
    brewdog123 said:
    i dont think he threw him under the bus so to speak, but to quit and/or fired after a year of working on an album must have made the two frustrated at each other. look at that IG link, and look at Beatos face, trey going a million miles a minute, going back in forth on elements of songs, making changes after changes. kind of funny now, good thing trey is in a better place now.
    Oh no doubt.  Trey kept chasing the songs and Neato must have let him.  I don't think the two were a good fit at all.  I still think Bob Rock doing ANY Metallica album was a travesty.
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,655
    Really glad to hear this guy is doing OK!
    From FB:
    Thank you to the entire team at Cleveland Clinic! I underwent heart surgery this past Monday to repair my mitral valve and feel fantastic. In the week prior to the surgery, I was walking the streets of Cleveland and enjoying some of its amazing museums. A huge thank you to all the doctors and nurses involved in my care!

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  • Attaway77
    Attaway77 Posts: 3,703
    edited February 6
    Such a phenomenal album...Thought this was pretty cool. Start it around 4:12 if you want to skip the interview

    https://youtu.be/PuZFyTvMPLk?si=rxpS5GWolOwsW6H_


    https://youtu.be/-WDPvwu-kaE?si=i_PPi9cDQN6IMZ00


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