Jimi Hendrix Wouldn’t Be Famous Today
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- Опубліковано 29 тра 2022
- In this episode we discuss why we know the musicians of the 70's and 80's, but not today's.
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I appreciate that this wasn’t a “musicians today aren’t as good as they used to be” commentary but instead calling out the music industry for not respecting today’s musicians. Thank you.
Musicians are just as great today and Rick knows it. The problem is that the labels don't promote real artists anymore, they push whatever simple crap follows their "top seller" formula, ignoring creativity because it isn't a guaranteed sell.
@@chronicalcultivation I afraid the fault spreads well beyond the labels and the industry... Yes they pursue "whatever sells" - but I don't know that has ever been much different. It's our society at large that decides what sells.... what interests us... and I'm afraid after having accommodated many new and different distractions - videos, computers, gaming, social media - music just doesn't occupy the same space it used for the vast majority of people... I hope the changes, of course. I hope we can recover what's been lost as a society - but I just don't know...
Musicians today are just as good if not better. It's the musical industry and landscape that has changed caters to a "different" type of sound.
@@lordjaraxxus663 I COMPLETELY and respectfully disagree. I was there... and enthusiast as you say WERE people on the streets! They bought the records, they went to the concerts, they listen to the radio, and many of them played music themselves as a hobby. In other words, most people were enthusiast… Not just a handful. And I understand your argument, I just don’t agree with it. It sounds like appoint made by a younger person no offense intended. If you’re older, then OK… But it doesn’t sound like a comment that would be made from someone who actually experienced the music of the 1970s.
@@lordjaraxxus663 Baloney. I listened to music morning, noon and night every day in the 60s and 70s. I even turned off the sound of announcers for sports games on TV to listen to music instead and not waste time listening to announcers instead of music. Radio, turntables and amps, concerts and festivals were just as ubiquitous as streaming now. There was always a way to listen to music all day long. Transistor radios were ear plug capable even back in the day. The notion that music today is better and more available than in the 60s is specious sophistry.
The loss of free-form FM radio plays a major role here. In the late 60's, 70's, and even into the 80's, FM had DJs who could basically play whatever they wanted. This allowed numerous artists to break through. Corporate radio with its strict playlists and format have killed the public's access to any great music that might be out there.
Don't forget the fracturing of media as well, everyone can stream absolutely whatever they want, and people can carve out small audiences, but that's where they stay. Niche. Pretty sad.
True that. Radio for the past 20 years at least has been like this unfourtantly. I'm big into bands like rush and zeppelin where all their albums have pretty good material. However, corporate radio just pretty much rehashes the best known songs.
@@nicholasnorris4393 To a point where the songs got dirty from commercial misuse. 'We are the champions' comes to mind. Great song, hurts the ears these days because it is played to death on every event where 'we are champions' (which completly contradict the original song IMHO).
Also, these days its 'money first, music second' while back in the days it was the opposite (yes, everyone still wanted to get paid, but the music was the art, not the moneymaking).
Don’t get it twisted payola was a major contributor to what got played.
@@BG-pg5tu but doesn't the niche mean more people can make a living than the few who were mega stars back then?
When you play an instrument, it makes you apprecciate great musicianship even more.
this is true. I began piano lessons when I was 9. Eventually I heard Elton John and Billy Joel and I dreamed of playing the way they did. Rick Wakeman. OMG. Keith Emerson. I wanted to play like they did.
Hendrix was/is a force of nature. Zappa a genius. Ya can't stop those trains. 🎸🎼
Yeah you can, it's called an entire generation that neither cares nor wants to care about jimi.
Two of my top guitarists/musicians/composers of all time. 😎
@@TheRoadhammer379 or good music today's generation short attention span
@@TheRoadhammer379people today also pay to go to 3 day festivals to see an “artist” hit play on a laptop and call themselves a DJ.
The reason I say that musicians of the past that were great, wouldn’t be popular today, is that the young musicians today that are great at what they do are not popular (mainstream). Back when I was young, the big festivals like Woodstock, Atlanta pop festival, Isle of Wight, were headlined by Jimi Hendrix, The Who, and so forth. I asked my son if these festivals were held today, who would headline? Answer, Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish. Music has changed! This is where we are. I like the old stuff, and any new stuff where musicianship rules.
Consider this also: more and more concert-goers are more interested in recording the gig, and posting it online, than truly enjoying the experience. One could conclude (obviously), that people are more interested and invested in their own celebrity than that of any musician, band or artist.
It's actually weird watching old concerts (15 years and more) and everybody is just standing there seeing the show. All the memories people have now will be of a four inch screen
To add to your theory. Young people record and post shows of artists, nit because of the music, but in case they capture some kind of reality TV moment. Rapper Little Yacht is more famous for fighting before and or after his show than for his music. His squables make him famous when they captured by fans and posted on tictok.
I mean, there's also the angle of wanting to have it for posterity. I'm really glad people recorded, say, the Jeff Beck performances at Jazz Fest I attended, because now I can go relive some of those moments.
I guess music, and playing music was more fun back then, because of less distructions from social media drug
THAT is so true and SO annoying! You go to a LIVE concert and half of the audience is watching the LIVE concert through a display 🤦🏼♂️ It‘s ridiculous!
I really appreciate that Rick jumps straight into his videos! No intro, no ads, no BS, he goes straight into it. I love it!
If Axis Bold as Love and Electric Lady Land came out today people would be
blown away! It would be better then sliced bread! And they would be saying how this new Hendrix dude is ahead of his time and rock music would be reborn!!
Most people today don’t know what it was like to grow up in the 1970s and buy all those great albums with much anticipation. You would put the album on and have the cover to stare at, often with lyrics and a poster.
this is my jam. what I used to do all the time when I was a kid. I still get that thrill today when I go record shopping. absolutely kills me when someone buys a new record and never opens it and hangs it on their wall. I see reddit posts, "Should I open it?" I just scream.
Record labels have entirely abandoned the signing and promotion of new rock bands and artists in this new, corporate profit dictates all day we now live in. Hendrix would be lucky to get 1 thousand subscribers on his UA-cam channel if he debuted in these times, would be ignored and buried by the music steaming platforms, and would receive no promotion nor distribution throughout the cultural zeitgeist
Jimi was a guitar virtuoso, but he was also a brilliant songwriter, I think he would have done great today
According to Carlos Santana, besides his guitar playing, the thing that set him apart was that he was a visionary
Of course he would have been known today. Other musicians would spread the word. We don't need rick to name drop, all about nothing
Nope. He didn't write anything resembling pop, rap or anything else that's popular. You don't become famous for writing a pop singers songs.
Noone cares about songs anymore. Besides, he actually didn't write many great "songs". The reason he wouldn't be famous today is very simple: he made it because he was an electric guitar innovator and had a fresh image. None of those things would be new today.
@@lukehunnableHow many brilliant songwriters are doing great today?
I was a garage drummer in the 70's. All the guitar players loved Hendrix, Clapton , Page. They had riffs and solos that carried the bands. The school band guys could read music and excelled. Drums and piano went hand and hand. There's something lost today.
The experience as a band was tight as hell too.
Exactly true. If you can't play a blues solo, you lose 33% of all music.
Hendrix, Garcia, will live forever in the hearts and souls of young and old who appreciate genius. I meet so many young Deadheads,it's encouraging. ❤❤❤❤❤
If Hendrix would be still around of course there would be great influence. It is the spirit of love and peace.
This reminds me of a comment I read some years ago that went like this "Boomers can't complain about today's music being worse since they are the ones that cut music programs from schools."
I think there might be some truth to that statement.
100% accurate. Centralization of power is always the death of creativity, independence and the individual.
Exactly.
Well said.
Bit late on this, but here goes. I DO think Hendrix would be famous today. It requires a small leap of logic, but here goes. In order to imagine him arriving on todays scene, one must first erase him from history. His shadow was one of the biggest cast by any singular musician/guitarist. He influenced virtually every player of his time including many you mentioned here & in turn every player that came after: Zappa, Clapton, Townsend, Page, Beck, May, Prince, Vai, Govan & many from the jazz world too. It's well known Miles Davis wanted to work with him before his untimely death. Therefore if he hadn't existed until now, would guitarists sound as they do now? It's possible but by no means certain. So I'd say he would make a huge impact today, not only in his playing but also his charisma, stage craft & songs. Imagine a Hendrix with all of todays toys/FX at his disposal, performing at the physical level he did - the mind boggles 😳 In todays sadly mostly insipid musical environment, for me his appearance would be a breath of fresh air & surely get noticed by all. That's my theory anyway....
I totally agree...
I disagree - today the music industry is all about formula and profit. Creativity is risky, most labels just don't want to take the chance. It's hard to be influential when you get no exposure - he'd probably be successful enough to have a career, but I highly doubt he'd be in the billboard hot 100 like he was in the 60's. I would agree however that perhaps he'd be influential in the sense that some artists, authors, scientists, philosophers, they aren't well known until long after they die.
Just remember, Jimi Hendrix played Backup for many Soul and R&B Acts before going Solo. A Guitarist has to Know Rhythm; Chords, Different Time Signatures and Inverted Chords to Function in these Genres. Jim would get bored and play Scorching Lead Solos over Chord Changes, it resulted in James Brown Punching Hendrix, He was traded to Otis Redding for a couple Horn Players. Billy Cox stated Some Soul and R&B Acts weren't prepared for Jimi stepping out of bounds and adding Lead Solos when he was supposed to play strictly Rhythm. Some of these Bands would leave Jimi Stranded in the Middle of Nowhere. Jimi played Backup for King Curtis; Jackie Wilson, James Brown, Otis Redding, Curtis Knight, The Marvellettes, Ike & Tina Turner, John Hammond Jr, Little Richard, Joey Dee & the Starliters, Marvin Gaye, BB King, Sam Cooke and The Isley Brothers. Jimi Hendrix loved Jazz; Classical, Folk, Rock, Blues, R&B, Soul, Gospel, Country & Funk. Jimi Hendrix considered Bob Dylan a Master Lyricist and studied his Compositions. Jimi jammed with Miles Davis, Larry Young, Roland Kirk, Stanley Clarke, Wayne Shorter, Les Paul, John Mclaughlin and Other Jazz Musicians Producer Alan Douglas could Line him up With. Guitar Greats that love Jimi Hendrix Joe Satriani; Stevie Vai, John Mclaughlin, George Benson, Les Paul, Kenny Burrell, Slash, Ritchie Blackmore, Yngwei Malmsteen, SRV, Carlos Santana, Eric Johnson, Edward Van Halen, Tony Iommi, Jake E Lee, and Countless Others. Music Universitys and Jazz Musicians regard Jimi Hendrix and Miles Davis as 2 of the most Innovative Musicians of the 20th Century. His Position in Modern Music is Unmovable. Period. Rest in Peace Jimi Hendrix.
A few years ago my mother and her friend would have afternoon teaand I would join them. They were in their eighties. One afternoon we were talking about music and I mentioned Jimi Hendrix.
"He was such a lovely boy," my mums friend said.
"Did you know him?" I asked her.
She had met him after befriending his girlfriend. He had told her that sometimes he felt lonely here in the UK, so she invited them to her house for afternoon tea and sandwiches. It became a regular thing for them. She said she had no idea who he was other then he was an extremely polite, lonely American who played music for a living. Apparently her called her his English mom.
Cool story bro.
Great story.👍
What a story
Wow
And Al Capone lived with my great grandma (Mamma Uch) in the Bronx before he went to Chicago.
Jimi came up in the perfect era for the type of artist he was. One in a million.
Yes but if he lit his guitar on fire and no one was there to see it and no one filmed it and no director made the movie we wouldn't remember it 50 years later.
Hype.
One in four billion at the time. A flash in the pan, same with Joplin and Morrison. They were unique talents at just the right time.
@@frederickglasser5617 Bullshit. Jimi was way more than that, and he spent the last year of his life trying to get away from the theatrics.
I've always said Hendrix became famous at just the right time. If he had been 5 or 10 years younger, he would have been a very notable R&B artist. The technology just wasn't there in the 50's to do what he was able to do, the psychedelic movement, plus the influence of Bob Dylan on his lyrics wouldn't have been there.
I rarely write long comments to YT videos, but I can't not comment on this. Jimi was uniquely innovative. At any time, he would have risen to the top - his musical and lyrical inventiveness would have assured that. I am a few years older than you Rick, and I remember the impact Jimi had on people around me, and eventually me, when he arrived. Sure, he borrowed heavily from Muddy Waters and T Bone Walker among others, but his uniqueness in playing style, his wonderfully complex use of pentatonic scales and augmented chords, a beautifully expressive and extraordinary technique and fearless experimentalism meant he took blues (with the incorporation of jazz, folk and just about everything else) and guitar music to a new level. He was influenced by, and successfully quilted such diverse influences as Dylan, Myles Davis, early British rock, the Isleys and Little Richard, into something unique. Rarely mentioned in critiques of Jimi is his gorgeous soulfulness and R'n’B core flavour that he drizzled across all his work - to say nothing of his stone dead timing and stunning and perfect sense of rhythm. Personally, no other guitarist I know (and I am open to correction) has ever innovated to that extent. In fact, no other guitarist - in covering his material - has ever been able to match his level of soulful bluesiness, or swing/groove. And I think that is probably something they would all admit to. That isn’t to say that Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Eddie van Halen, Allan Holdsworth, Stevie Ray Vaughan or Joe Satriani aren’t in the same league - but Jimi got there first, and did it best. I hear young people say - on hearing Jimi play for the first time - that they have heard it all before. They have, but Jimi did it first. Jimi was, and is a one off, and he would stride this world as a musical prince no matter when he lived.
He was a mystic. Musical mystic?
Jimi would have been famous today because he was great + black. If white, no. I mean John McLaughlin is a better all round musician than Hendrix (also, more inventive), but he wouldn't have a chance today if he wasn't already famous. Just does not belong to any group that needs to be promoted by the elites, such as blacks or homosexuals of both sexes.
"That they have heard it all before "
if they think that then they have no idea what they have heard.
A person MAY be able to duplicate jimi's playing note for note but that's not what hendrix was about .,it was HOW he played the notes . there were multiple dimensions to many of his notes.
Many times we would hear overtones and unusual sounds occurring during and after the note was played , like some eerie distortion from another dimension .
No the young people today have NOT heard it all and cannot compare hendrix to anyone playing 'speed' leads and or repetitious scales .
The problem is, there is no top to rise to these days. Rock music is dead, in an act of pre-meditated murder by corporate capital.
@@earlpipe9713you partly have motley crue and guns n roses to thank for that 😁 and Metallica. But we all know its the executives
Most bands in the 60's and 70's had signature style and for the most part one band could not be confused with another, same with a few bands in the 80's and fewer in the 90's and so on, none today, so sad.
I’ve said this for an eternity. I truly agree. So many artists then are mere UA-camrs today. Neil Young said similarly he’d have no chance today because he didn’t look the part and didn’t fit into MTV’s mold.
mtv is not today old timer lol
@@noahleach7690 I assumed Neil said that in the 80s or 90s because MTV is non existent now it seems
@@noahleach7690 what he means is that “similarly, back in the day, Neil Young had commented on the historical equivalent of that time- MTV”
True.
Teen aged girls had posters of David Gilmour and Jimmy Page on their walls not because they were cute but because they were great guitar players and everybody from high school kids to grandparents had favorite musicians. A favorite guitar player or favorite drummer etc...From the early jazz age up thru the rock era and in to the nineties musicianship was valued by the general public. Then something happened. Ask a kid today who their favorite guitar player is. Can they even name a guitar player? Or any musician for that matter?
Hendrix wasn’t just a guitar player. He came in and did something that wasn’t done before. If he was in present time, he would certainly come up with something innovative that would bubble him to the top of Instagram.
True, but isn‘t somebody like Tim Henson with his „glitch“ guitar parts, or Tosin Abasi with his amazing technique doing this as well - coming up with something that has not been done before? Up to now, they are only known to guitarists, I guess. It does not reach the public attention somehow. Jesus, I want my MTV back and share records and CD‘s with friends.
If he was alive today, John Mayer would still be playing acoustic!
@@7Boots those guess are great guitarist however Jimi had all that plus the showmanship theatrics and style that few artists have. Can you imagine him on the festival Circuit right now? Nobody would want to go on after him! Plus he was a master at the recording studio. He would be able to be able to do so much more now because he wouldn’t have worry about spending money at expensive recording studios. He would shine because he would be big on Instagram, touring, and on the radio.
@@TempleGuitars He is still alive...
@@7Boots The Problem I think with this type of players is, that they don't play Pop music. They play very "artsy" technical complex songs, that don't cater to a brighter audience. Alle the amazing bands and players that Rick mentioned, play or played in popular bands that made popular music.
I think a man like Hendrix would be relevant to whatever time period he was born in…he is one of the few people who are incredibly more gifted than the average person.
Not to mention he revolutionized a whole sound. I often wonder what would happen with his style of playing if he never would've died early.
He's only remembered the way he is because he died at 27. Don't get me wrong, he's a great guitarist, but innovative? Hardly. People just repeat this without truly thinking about it.
@@nickhartman6372 WOW, really now. Jimi wasn't innovated???. I would say you know nothing about music. But it is clear as day that you are just wanting to try and get a rise out of people. There is a BIG reason why Hendrix is regarded as the greatest guitarist of all time. This comes from all the guitarist that knew him. They knew he was better than they were. They were professionals and they changed the way they played because of him. There is so much more to playing a guitar than putting your fingers to the strings and frets. Writing music is over half the battle. No one did it better than Hendrix. Im pretty sure you will throw up SRV. Which SRV could play. Man he could play. But 2 things he did not do well. Write music (which Hendrix blew him away in that department) and change the history of music. This goes back to innovative. I do not really like all the bands i am about to say. But these are the bands/people that changed rock history. Elvis gave it the push to get it started and mainstream. Chuck Berry gave it the lead guitar like no other. Jimi Hendrix. Hendrix took rock and turned it upside down and shook it all about and came out with something totally new. Black Sabbath. Sabbath started a hole new genre of music. Van Halen. EVH took the guitar and they started a new trend that many top bands today play after. (i say all this and Van Halen is not a band i like that well) Michael Jackson. Michael changed pop music forever. Was never a fan of his at all. I did not like his music. But he changed music.
@@nickhartman6372 how on earth was Jimi not innovative??
@@nickhartman6372 jimi hendrix was an insanely talented guitar player, just diddling around with his fingers created some of the most iconic sounds in the history of music. his influence is literally everywhere and it transcends genres or anything like that
Anyone can learn from lessons. Neil Peart was considered one of the greatest drummers of all time when he went to train with Freddie Gruber who asked why he played so hard. When Neil returned to the band Alex and Geddy said they didn’t see a difference. Neil was very happy with that because that was his intent. Even though he had learned easier and lighter ways to play (circles and ellipses!) it wasn’t apparent to the people who would have noticed. Now UA-cam has become the teacher. I would’ve benefited greatly from such a resource.
Actually Hendrix had trouble making it in the U.S, that's why he went to the U.K. He was a great songwriter and extremely creative. The dude was quiet but definately had charisma too. So IMO Jimi was a total package, not just a great player!
I think, Hendrix is one of the few exceptions who could actually make it today, but not because of his McCartney/Stevie Wonder/Prince like genius, but because he also looked like the coolest cat around. And in today's music business looks are sadly everything.
@@ursula3438 I would respectfully disagree on your point about looks. Ed Sheehan ain’t pretty, but he sure sells a lot of records. A single of his is almost guaranteed #1. I would also argue hendrixs’ genius is just as stellar as any of the fore mentioned musicians you named, perhaps even more so
@@bluesenthused7244 Sry, I think I worded that wrong. I'm a huge Jimi fan and wanted to actually say that to me he's in the same league as Macca, Stevie and Prince.
@@bluesenthused7244 Maybe it's not solely about looks but it's definitely about image, wouldn't you agree?
Back in the day, white Americans had a difficult time of accepting a black man as a star. Well that seems to be every decade. So, of course Hendrix had to do it in England and when Americans saw that the Brits loved him, then they wanted to own Hendrix as their own. For example, Americans, especially the lighter-toned folks, have to follow the leader, hence you have trump and 30% of the population committing crime like storming the Capitol.
When Rick said “ I know, I remember, I was there”, I got watery eyes. I’ll be 68 in a few days. I remember also.
And as I watch these guys pass on, it makes me sad and I think about my own mortality.
Rick forgot to mention Leon Russel, who sang “How many days has it been since I was born? How many days ‘till I die?”
Leon was involved in so many other artists, producing, singing, playing keys, guitar, bass.
He helped make the Bangla Desh concert happen for George Harrison, bailed Joe Cocker out of his visa problems with the “Mad Dogs and Englishmen” tour.
Yep, these guys were star’s because of their musicianship. Great post, Rick.
I'm 58 in November. I DO remember hearing Van Halen for the first time.
50 for me in Feb. I'm sad that time is flying by so quickly.
@@RyanStone143 it flies ever faster. Believe me
Yea, me too, 68 in September n I'm not too happy about it either but I also was " There " where concerts were always $4 for three famous major acts!
Leon Russell was one of THE BEST SHOWS I ever saw (for example I saw ELP play at the same venue a month later, doing Tarkus, just out). FANTASTIC, his voice gave out at the end and he still did 3 songs that rocked the place. The place was on it's feet. I had a short guy I went with on my shoulders (all he could see was shoulders) for some of the show. Perhaps in the top ten or most under rated acts of that time. You may not know him but you've HEARD HIM. Find the documentary movie The Wrecking Crew.
Hendrix sales more records today than he did when he was alive. His work was utter genius. He’s going to sale more records next year than he did this year. Everyone who picks up a guitar knows who Hendrix was. He’s still the most popular singer, songwriter, guitarist we know of in his time or in this time. Hendrix never claimed to be better than anyone, but one thing’s for sure, he’s my favorite.
SELLS, SELLS, SELLS... why is this so difficult. I see so many people use sale instead of sell.
He's far too overrated.
Creed has outsold Hendrix. It's a fact unfortunately
Agreed 👍... that's coz he's Hendrix..I with my man it'd be hard there's too much shite to see the good..
@@TheRoadhammer379 Explain why Jimi Hendrix, is overated?
I was a professional guitarist in the 60s and knew every note played by those that you mentioned. IMO, the demise of creativity in the music industry coincided with the introduction of big money control of the content. Musical talent had a better chance to rise to the top when the entertainment industry was run by musicians. Today it no longer is.
It doesn’t surprise me that if the music industry is run by musicians, great musicians are going to get a lot of recognition. As a guitarist, I know how I feel whenever I sit in a jamming session with somebody that has a real amazing talent. You can’t shut up about it to your friends. This is especially the case with her musician friends. Before that kid knows it, other people are coming up to them and wanting to play some music with them. I imagine that in an industry wide type setting it’s no wonder things wound up the way they did.
It's also true with film. Let's not pretend that both music and film were run by studios early on. Something happened in the 60s and 70s (stretched into the 80s) that produced both great music and film. Whatever happened waned as each decade passed. I can't think of a song I am truly moved by since the early 2000s. In that same period, I can't think of a film ("TV" series excluded) that caught my fancy either. Am I just old and shouting at clouds?
@@ThenISaidHey the only band of this age that comes to mind would be the Foo Fighters (songs like Everlong, Rope, My Hero, are fairly moving. There are a few others but they dont seem to be popular. Nowadays a few tv programs are still amazing, but they often get dragged out too long
The internet killed the music industry dead. Managers, labels, bands come and go. Trends come and go but the internet turned the industry on its head. Big money can be good or bad. It's a tool. Bands today no longer have someone shaping the bands aesthetic, their clothes, how they are billed and advertised or a producer that spends months or a year or two working with then. The money is gone all but for a few chosen ones that are also likely to be created from scratch by a producer under orders from corporate media executives.
Billy Shehan said in an interview that the difference between “the good ol’ days” and today is that the number of local clubs and venues have dropped and today’s up and coming players don’t get a chance to develop like groups in 50’s through the 70’s. Between DJ’s and karaoke clubs, there aren’t many live gig situations. Heck, by the time the Beatles were “discovered”, they were polished musicians with thousands and thousands of live gigs behind them! So many of the names you mentioned were polished before anyone knew about them and then they blew people away! Eddie Van Halen was ready for his shot when he got his chance because he’d done his homework and knew what he wanted to achieve. The same for all the rest on your list!
Nowadays it seems that more than most bars just want a DJ or karaoke. Live music bars are very few and far between here in Toronto at least. It also seems to me that most audiences don't want bands where the players are flashy. The we get into all of the tribute bands. Heck, we have at least 4 AC/DC copy bands but I don't know how they mange to get enough work to survive. In the 70s, I was playing in bands and we pretty much gigged 6 nights a week for months on end. I don't know of a single venue that has live music any night other than a Friday or Saturday. It's really sad.
Yeap, nowadays being in a band and getting somewhere is so fucking hard, to find people that have the drive to do it, then to see that local music barely gets any support even when talented, places to play just keep closing and no new open, it's rough to start a band when the avenues that existed back then have substantially disappeared
Speaking to Billy Sheehan's comment, John Scofield eloquently said in his interview with Rick, "There aren't enough crappy gigs around anymore."
I totally agree.
Jimi was the whole package. It was metal, lead, R&B, blues, rock, even country at times. Jimi loved country. His amazing, unique rhythm in general, his beautiful voice, the lyrics/story (so much of which came from such a broken childhood), the authenticity, the groundbreaking, paradigm shifting feedback and lead tones from Machine Gun and so many other tracks. Jimi was the WHOLE package. Both Jimi and Eddie changed form and function of electric guitar and modern music. Today, we call an Ed Sheeran a great songwriter, or a Taylor Swift. The bar Jimi set has not been reached, in my opinion. Exhibit A is Little WIng. Simple chord progression, UNFORGETTABLE song. So many others... Nobody holds a candle to Jimi. Eddie was just as influential and important, just different. He was the whole package, too! He sang, wrote piano parts, knew drums, so did Jimi! But without Jimi there would be no Ed Sheeran or Taylor Swift or pop star. Jimi was a rockstar and a visionary artist, but what the machine ultimately turned the most attention drawing thing into, at the time, was "pop." Jimi's grandmother spoke about things he said to her, about how he felt he was being used and abused for money, and was even in fear for his life. I have read a dozen books from different accounts and angles on Jimi from others and studied his life for years.
Jimi predated the mechanized music industry, though back then it was basically ruled by a different mechanized financing which shall not be disclosed, despite the evidence (sure, drowning in wine isn't an old Mob trick...). Jimi had it all, went through it all, spoke his truth about his life authentically through music. Jimi was like a rising phoenix in music, born from ashes; "...cause the life that lived, is dead." "Fall on trees, just don't fall on me. Point on, mister businessman, you can't dress like me." "I'm the one who's got to die when it's time for me to die, so let me live my life the way I want to." Love you, Jimi. Thank you for everything!
This reminded me of a interview with Satchel of Steel Panther. He said something along the lines of "I was dedicated to my guitar and became very good at it and then on my first day of music college I meet a couple hundred players that are every bit as good as me." There are a million amazing guitar players these days so who knows how Hendrix would be perceived. Right time, right place. Maybe. Still a legend, innovator, and inspiration no matter what.
We were totally immersed in music in the 70s. We learned all the lyrics, read music mags cover to cover and everyone was in a band.
Very true. That was the "it" thing back then. Music and albums coming out. Now it's the latest Netflix show or whatever TV show is out. People are really not all that publically interested in music anymore. Not on the grand scheme that everyone would be anticipating a certain album to come out. No one talks about music like that anymore. Everyone keeps to themselves about it and it doesn't feel like much of a shared experience anymore.
@@CGMiller
Beato recently did a great vid on just that aspect, check it out.
Frank Zappa explained it the best when he said the old time cigar chomping executives gave the artist free will and when the young college kid executives took over they ruined music because they interjected themselves way too much.
Exactamundo.
@@samrapheal1828 Yes! In Zappa's excellent book, "The Real Frank Zappa Book" from 1989 he definitely talks about what you are saying -- how the old cigar-chompers running the record labels would take a flyer on anyone they thought the kids might like and buy. And then the label execs became young folks who wanted to be as cool as the performers and it all kind of caved in.
I have a friend my age (mid-50s...) whose son is an excellent musician but can't get booked anywhere because all the club owners are my age or older and are imposing their own subjective tastes onto how they promote - - not on putting a big variety of musicians out there and letting different markets evolve naturally.
And make no mistake - for every Hendrix and Fripp and Summers and other amazing musician that surfaced, there was also Donnie & Marie, Mousercise (a platinum record), Tiny Tim, and a ton of other crap that was also put out there in the marketplace. Basically the bosses were willing to make a multitude of bets in many different directions - and many kinds of styles (or lack thereof) could become popular in their own ways. IMHO, today music execs think they are arbiters of coolness, and as such pick and promote narrow monocultures --- pushing into markets, rather than letting markets pull from the amazing range of talents that exist.
@@mirllewist3086 Agree, and we are left with a stagnant music industry. Dont get me wrong I do admire many modern artist but nothing has blown me away probably since MGMT's first album (probably 17 years ago now) and I remember constantly being amazed by albums and singles in the 80's and 90's. Albums like Appetite, Epic, Thriller, Bleach and Nevermind and pretty much every Metallica Album from that time period. Too long to list them all. These works caused seismic shifts in our lives and the culture. I also knew many talented bands in the 2000's looking for a break but very few made the littlest of dents. I was into experiential music so I was lucky because I never had any expectations because my music is strange;)
Now this is interesting. When did this transformation happen?
Ballpark?
Sort of like Umpires who think they're part of the "show" in the sports realm.
Great video Rick I really think this applies to all genres. Like great classical guitarists who were around in 70's like Andreas Segovia, Julian Bream, John Williams, Christopher Parkening and Liona Boyd. All stars at the time. I think society has changed in the hating of people with talent and the everyone gets a participation trophy really ruined it.
I always knew it but never realized it. I have to agree. Where are all the musicians? I started playing a musical instrument in 1965, a cornet. By 67 I switch to a Fender P bass. By 1969 I was in a band and had a hundred close friends and most of them played an instrument. There were 7 kids my age that lived on my street and all of us played an instrument and still do today. Of the 90 that are still alive, all but a few still play. In fact I've got a gig with 5 of them in Austin next week. One of my sons played in the school band for 7 years but nothing more than that. You can lead them to the trough but you can't make them drink. My 2yr old grandson has shown an intense interest in my playing and I vow before I die to teach/show him the lifetime of love playing a musical instrument can bring into your life. 2nd to my family playing a musical instrument has given me the most joy everyday of my life for the past 59 years. Damn, I should be famous after playing that long. O'Well, I think I'll go shred a few.
Hendrix was extremely innovative as well as skilled. Todays biggest stars are often marked by their personality. Given how talented and creative Hendrix was it is hard to imagine that he wouldn’t be famous with the platforms, musical tools, and his ability to be an icon, or in todays terms: influencer.
ABSO-LUTELY
Exactly. If hendrix is alive today he'd find a way to merge everything that came before, and he'd have waaaaaaaay more choices of pedals
Unfortunately most young people don’t care about guitar it’s not as popular as it once was lots of the youth enjoy rap music or catchy pop songs
I venture to guess both of those who even entertained that idea haven't climbed Everest.... Hendrix sonically was and is a master, these clowns should invest in playing from the heart. Oh yeah, that's right.... they are the expert, who don't tour, no records just .... talk of an expert. A laugh... bad one at that.
jeff, your brain washed!… hendrix sucks!
There was a lot more to Hendrix than his playing (though that was definitely legendary). He was a powerful writer, striking performer, and evocative vocalist as well. Hendrix 2022 would've been a different artist than Hendrix 1967 - but I suspect he would've still made an impact.
I agree totally.... I also think Jimmy's passion for music, skill, and being in touch with that day's topic ...he still would have been a star
Leon Is Still Alive. Does he use auto tune? Consider the Quest Tion
Yup, he'd be also influenced by different people, music...
Yeah I think if he came out today he'd probably be on the same level as Joe Bonamassa. Not nearly as famous but still a successful artist with a decent following. Or maybe he would go the Pop route and be super famous and have a bunch of Grammy's like John Mayer.
You've got Lil Nas X as today's Hendrix.
If you ever saw Jimi Hendrix live in person you would know that Hendrix was such an extraordinary talent and so original and he was an extraordinary talent as a performer singer song writer arranger and image icon ! Anyone who still reverberates as strongly as Hendrix over 50 years would be a star today !
Hendrix would have broken reality today. He would bring new techniques and compositions to guitar which lightjumped us years ahead.. Hendrix was the OG and still is.
If Jimi Hendrix was young today would be involved in Hip Hop/Rap in some capacity and would have never picked up a guitar.
That is a massive assumption....
There are guitar-players at age 11 that surpass Hendrix at his best, I am not saying that to be a jerk but you are over-praising him.
Notice how you said 11 year olds but didn't say their names. The jimmy Hendrix name is etched into music history all those 11 year olds you talk about probably won't be remembered like Hendrix
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Hendrix was only good because he and everyone else were tripping balls. He really wasn't that good. Honestly he was just making up weird noises and ofc the leftists are always looking for a posterchild for their propaganda.
@@birdsteak9267 That is one of the craziest things I have ever read.
Hendrix CHANGED the music style of the day. Before his entrance to the scene, we were playing the kind of rock, that was very melodic and vocally strong. Jimi brought a WHOLE different style of brutal attack and we had our mouths open, knowing that this would be a a new style of the future to come.
Every solo was lick oriented, and we saw the challenge in learning his style. ( Not mentioned..was the introduction of the unwrapped third string. Suddenly, we were able to bend the 3rd, which led to so many more riffs to learn. The fact that his vocals was the tension in a line, his shadow playing, following the vocal line...was a challenging, but important part.)
Ohhh.. and by the way, I'm 70 years old and was blown away by his ability to create and play the rhythms to "EASY RIDER", "LITTLE WING", "NIGHTBIRD FLYING" with such ease.. His stent with the Isley Brothers, taught him R&B rhythms that furthered his knowledge...
Well enough said. You had to be there, to know and feel the iconic change to the musical of the day.
@WeCanOnlyWish: AMEN!!!!
There was absolutely nothing original about Hendrix. Paul McCartney's fiery & psychedelic guitar bridge on Harrison's "Taxman" (released August 1966) inspired Hendrix with Purple Haze where he used some of the same triplets.. No doubt McCartney was himself inspired by The Yardbirds song "Shapes of Things" (Feb. 1966) and The Byrds "Eight Miles High" (March 1966). Then there is the Paul Butterfield Blues Band with their "East-West" (Aug. 1966).
Then a LOUD THUNDEROUS EPLOSION from Eric Clapton on the Fresh Cream album (Dec. 1966) with his guitar bridge/solo on "Spoonful". First genuine heavy metal example that inspired Jimmy Page, Hendrix and others.
Plus there was distorted fuzz guitar going back to 1959 and numerous other influences and great guitarists like the lead guitarist for Bill Haley and His Comets in the early 1950's (and before).
I guess if you like a steady diet of the pentatonic minor then Hendrix is for you but he proved himself to have plateaued with that horrendous "Band of Gypsies" performance. I still remember how disappointed I was after purchasing the album way back in 1971 (or maybe in was 1972 when I had a bit more money to waste).
The amount of talent that goes unnoticed in today's society is enormous the music industry is a lottery in my opinion..
I'd say it's a reverse talent show, selecting the worse.
I think the “problem” is there are just many more great players. Random search on UA-cam and you can find 13 year olds playing Mr. Crowley note for note.
@@whitedog510 yeah, but the vast majority of those kids won't ever make a solo that will stand the test of time like Mr.Crowely and that's the problem.
Too many great players that play other people's music instead of busting their ass off learning and sculpting their very own sound that isn't just technical wankery and a part of finding your own sound is being in a band. Bedroom Guitarists basically exist in their own echo chambers and they all end up sounding like Vai clones or Patrucci clones.
@@whitedog510 . Yes. But, copying music and creating original music are two totally different things.
@@TallicaMan1986 As Rick (and others) said, the disappearance of music venues is to blame for a large part of that aspect.
I totally agree. Musicianship and talent are going unseen and unappreciated
Jimi was more than a player. He was a creative force.
I’ve always thought Jimi Hendrix was dramatically underestimated as both a songwriter and a lyricist (‘footprints dressed in red…’, 'her fiery green gown sneers at the grassy ground...' ). His musicianship takes centre stage for obvious reasons but his big, loose virtuosity is almost always happening in the context of really superb songs (Crosstown Traffic, Foxy Lady, Bold as Love, etc.)
I have the same feeling about Chet Atkins: a kind of' songwriters virtuoso'. There’s always a hook. Always something compelling-even… commercial-in the rhythm, the melody…
I guess I think that when musicianship is beautifully integrated into compelling musicality in songwriting that’s when it works. So on that logic, there's still a place for a modern day Hendrix (as long as they're not technically good in a way that is remote from compelling musicality).
On the other hand, it feels like the age of the instrument is somehow over. I have a little song I wrote about my wife and I called 'The people we aren' t'. It has some lines in the second verse that I like:
The people we aren't keep reminding me
the 1960s was a long, long time ago
and you can't hitch-hike anymoe--
no you won't get very far
with a hand written poem and an old guitar...
I feel exactly the opposite.
It is easy to write poems
When you have nothing to say
Stringing empty words on patterns
That impress as mere word-play.
@@dariusus9870 Sounds like you're confusing real poetry w/exactly what you're mentioning: "Stringing empty words on patterns...mere word-play" The two are vastly different from each other, and writing true poetry requires great skill. Of course there are many ppl who don't recognize or can't properly interpret true poetry, and therefore conflate the two...
@@persephone1062 help me understand what "true" or "real" poetry is. What is that which makes lyrics to be true poetry? Just because I've used some lyrics to express my opinion on Jimmi' writing doesn't mean that I'm confusing anything. But if you ask me what's real poetry i couldn't say nor do i believe that such ridiculousness exists. There are lyrics that one likes and lyrics that one doesn't like. As I've said in my previous comment " i feel exactly the opposite" it's a feeling, a subjective interpretation. But maybe they's an objective measurement of "realness" that i don't know about. To me, Hendrix's lyrics are nothing more than merely words that sometimes may rhyme.
And just to be sure, are the lyrics that i wrote in my comment true poetry or not?
Jimi was a persona as well as an innovative artist. He demanded to be seen as well as heard. He would’ve been huge on social media, especially a visual platform like Instagram.
He was kind of humble and shy in person from what I've heard over the years so he might not have been vain enough to post pics and selfies on social media like young people do these days. But he definitely had a cool look and persona
Do you really believe that he were alive, he would be in social media??!
Jimmy Hendrix is a household name that transcends the music industry. Name the best guitar player to emerge over the past ten years and ask yourself if the average person would recognize that name in the same way the average person recognizes the name Jimmy Hendrix. Rick is spot on in this video. Hendrix would not have been a world famous musician had he been born in 1995. For better or worse we live in a much different musical culture than what existed in the late 60s through the 70s.
I agree with you, Jimi was very Unique. He was something Special, and types like him can and will make it in any generation.
@@BabyJesus66 That's true although back in the day he was willing to burn his guitar when his manager and a music journalist suggested it as a way of getting media attention.
Rick, I'm 60, this era was mine too. My mom was a studio pianist in the SF Bay Area in the 60s and 70s. I still have about 700 LP's from that era. I grew up going to Bill Grahm presents Day On The Green concerts at the Oakland Colusseum. I'm not really complaining or dumping on the current generation, I want them to have their time too, but I do kinda fear that this special time of monster bands and the monster musicians that supported or led them is fading into never-never land. Keep doing your great work, and keep talking about it. Peace.
Rick
You should do a deep dive on ‘Third Stone from the Sun’
It was years ahead of its time and still sounds incredible today
A jazz rock masterpiece !!
Jimi’s brilliant use of feedback and beautiful octave melody line ala Wes Montgomery
The psychedelic lyrics as if from an Alien in Space ! Wow
Mitch’s amazing jazz drumming
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You've got to remember that if Hendrix came up during this time he wouldn't make the same music he made back in the 60s. He took what people were doing before him and pushed in a way where his influence is still being felt today. He was one of the most creative minds music has ever witnessed and I'm sure he would find ways to innovate today as he did in the 60's. To say that nobody would know who Hendrix was if he came up nowadays is a statement made without factoring in his personality.
Exactly, the cream always finds a way to rise to the top.
Really true! I strongly disagree that Jimmy wouldn't be famous today. He was was way ahead of his time! And to think that sadly he passed away at a tender 27. Imaging what he would have done if he did go on for many years after that!!!!
That he wouldn't be great or innovative or a "top" musician isn't the point guys. Would he be famous?
How many guitar players in their 20s are famous today? Almost none. How many were in 1969? Quite a bit more. That's the point of the video.
@@saytr4 you missed the point of his comment a bit
@@corneliusrawness ..but not the video.
Jimi Hendrix wasn't just a guitar player though. If you'll forgive my pun, he was an experience. He was a songwriter, and a performer with attitude and flare. I can see him being huge on social media if he came along today and people would want to go to his shows to see him live.
you both gentleman seem like English might be your mother tongue, did you mean to say 'flair' instead of 'flare' or am I missing something?
@@tusharjamwal Not native speaker, but they mean it as like "the spark", "the brightness".
@@brunoactis1104 no, they both misspelled "flair". They meant showmanship, not brightness.
I get what Rick is saying but using jimi as the example is a bad choice to get your point across. 100% jimi Hendrix would be massive if he came out in 2022
Jimi Hendrix invented a certain style of playing that changed guitar playing and the music industry. Without him, I wonder if music would be where it is today. If he came out in 2022, I believe he would still be a star since his style of music may not have yet been invented. If I am speaking out of my back-side, listen to what Clapton and McCartney said about Hendrix when he came out.
Jimi beyond being a top#1 player he was also a fashion style star! he has the Force. He will shine and rise in 2023 media way
Without hendrix we wouldn’t have a lot of music today, he changed the hole music industry
Being a former computer programmer, I would have to say that technology (especially smart phones, social media, and video games) along with a total lack of appreciation of history, music, etc., has damaged or has abused our culture. My sister constantly has to tell her two daughters to get off the phone or playing video games.
I recall that John Lennon song "You Don't Know What You Got, Until You Lose It." rings loudly in head regarding this subject. Not having everything at your fingertips makes people not appreciate those good aspects of our culture. Being a 1970s kid, I remember actually being bored. Only having four channels of TV; no VCR's or DVDs; having to wait for several months for that good movie to be released in the theaters; had to use my allowance to buy the latest magazine to find out about the next great movie; having radio, vinyl, or 8 track to hear music; only having PONG or the arcades, which you needed quarters to play.
Being bored, I actually had to GO OUTSIDE or START A HOBBY or WORK ON A CRAFT.
Now I can't down UA-camrs too much. Just to be popular with significant subscribers takes hard work. However for one of content creator like yourself, Rick, there is a thousand plus who make garbage UA-cam videos and get much more subscribers: Playing and recording video games, unboxing videos, girls putting on makeup only, guys doing JACKASS stunts, etc.
It's just too easy to have people with this flood of technology to revert to their base and lazy desires. Instead to trying to perfect the art (music, movies, etc.) people go to the bottom of the barrel. And then there is TikTok.
Yep. Boredom leads to creativity.
Nowadays, even though ppl are bored, they are never truly bored as they are consuming something or other 247.
@@kingsouther they are bored, but apparently busy consuming mindlessly whatever is on the phone
@@rgssaurus930 yeah, they cant create when they constantly consume
Wow I'm so glad I did read this long comment!! 😅👍🏻 It's also something that most people don't do anymore I guess...
I don't think the technology is the problem, older people has been saying "radio shows are going to ruin the youth" "cinema is bad, censor movies " "tv is going to make stupid kids " videogames... I made my point, the problem is now these days everyone is offended, everyone is special, not because you do something better than others or you worked hard to create something, you're special just because you're there ... Breathing and taking selfies making stupid dances on tik tok ... So kids these days they believe they're awesome, great, SPECIALS !well they aren't, mediocrity is the problem, not even trying to do better, not at least take the time to truly master and learn something, again, technology this day could be very helpful, you could learn how to play an instrument just watching UA-cam but ... I don't see that happening at least not in a significant amount
I think that your videos are a good reference to learn about music and musicians . Not only are you teaching music but also its history. These videos will indeed help the next generations to develop good taste for the real music that stands the test of time. Thank you Rick
Huge statement considering Hendrix played guitar upside down. Not to many do that today.
I believe particularly in the career of Hendrix it was also evolving technology.
I vividly remember hearing his Woodstock performance with my buddies when the album was first released.
We were all completely freaked having never heard any other guitar player make those sounds.
I was honestly not even sure it was a guitar.
But at the time I didn’t care I loved it and had to figure out how to do it myself!
Jimi sold a billion strats,Marshalls,wa-was and records.
I’m still trying to figure it out.
Rick, to be known you have to compose something that strikes a chord with people first, then you can take them in an odyssey with your musicianship. I see a lot of players displaying great chops on UA-cam but not much composition that'll stand the test of time.
I agree, chops/technique are a completely different skill set from songwriting, too many players focus only on chops. Those tools are really just there to help articulate the music you hear in your head.
In the age of Aquarius, art is blache
@@TheSteve1037 songwriting is so so so so so important. I cannot stress it enough. Thankfully good songwriting still exists. Maybe not in the immediate mainstream but it’s there
I know one. This is classical, not rock, but there's a young lady who has composed a set of variations on 'Happy Birthday' on piano in the style of 10 great classical composers- starting with Bach and Beethoven and including Chopin and other legends- that will blow your mind. It will still be talked about a thousand years from now. Her channel is 'Nahre Sol', and it is an amazing composition. A great modern-day classical piano composition, not just piecing together modified bits from famous Bach or Beethoven pieces but composing real, original pieces, worthy of a great classical composer, unmistakably in the style of the composers indicated. With real, deep emotion. I know that people on the internet are much more likely to play cover songs, but if someone has original material they will put it up on UA-cam. Anna Graceman did, and UA-cam is still her main vehicle for most of her original compositions I believe. You probably have to look for it, but it's out there!
@@davidannderson9796 I just went and checked out Nahre, hoping to come back here and scoff at you for falling for an easy trick...
I am almost speechless. The women is a genius. And I had to experience more of her music before coming back. She got a subscriber, and you get a hearty thank you!
To me, the big difference is rhythm sections. You mention the many virtuousi, but the loss of human rhythm sections is what guts the music and strips the importance of musicians.
I would have to agree with you on that, a great bassist and drummer can't be replaced with algorithms, without their interplay with the rest of the band, the music is flat and lifeless.
Yeah, I agree that rhythm section is a great indicator of musicianship. I grew up playing guitar, but I regret not playing drums. So these days when I listen to music the rhythm section - both drums AND bass - stand out. That said, as long as those parts are supplied, even on a computer, by a human musician working on something like Garage Band, they can work.
The Black Keys and Tame Impala are the only "huge" modern bands at the top of my head that use unquantized dynamic drums.
@@chinor3999 Oh, my. My friend, you have a lot of listening to do if you think you can narrow down dynamic drums to two bands. Good luck with that.
@@danlaxer514 can you recommend recommend some bands
Thank you for bringing this to light. As a guitarist of 36 years and classically trained, I feel that this is lost in the world.
I love you Rick Beato you show us so much about REAL MUSIC. You are a hero to me!
Let me start by saying, that I love Jimi. I love almost all of the famous classic rock bands. Even born in 94, It's what I grew up on and what made me want to pick up an instrument and study music and perform it. But I think that maybe part of the reason why Jimi Hendrix wouldn't be famous today or really why music like his doesn't top the charts anymore is because people want things to be easy to understand. And more specifically record labels want to sell things as quickly and as easily as possible. I think another key part is that doing drugs and getting drunk at concerts is just as popular if not more popular than it was in the 70s, but unlike the 70s, the average person getting wasted at a concert isn't doing it to expand their consciousness or participate in the "free love" concept. Most people are doing the exact opposite, taking drugs to not think about the stresses of life that come back around on Monday morning. Or maybe that's even over thinking it and they're just trying to go get a quick hook up at a club. In any case, it's not nearly as easy to dance (especially when you're wasted) to Jimi as it is to dance to the same manufactured, very predictable pop music of today. There's also the fact that pop music is just so easy to make and produce from your bedroom and even easier to consume from your phone. We live in a "McDonalds" generation of music where everyone knows how quickly they can get it and exactly what it tastes like.
So thank you for teaching us so much about music and ranting about its current state of production! It's really refreshing! Also, I don't know if I have any right to suggest content for your already amazing channel, but maybe consider getting an interview with those younger, cookie cutter pop, chart toppers. Someone that your kids would know right away and see if you can get the youth on board with your channel. Maybe they might learn something so we can get cooler grammy nominees in the near future.
I was a teenager in the 60s and had the good fortune to see most of the top bands live…often more than once. Those of us who loved Hendrix, Led Zep etc would have been horrified if any of them had singles that charted.Hendrix never had a #1 single in the US/UK. Nor did Led Zep. Hendrix wasn’t just a great and highly original writer, arranger and guitar player, he was also a showman… playing behind his back, with his teeth, setting fire to his guitar, making love to it etc. And, even today, the world loves a showman
It's a sad reflection of the Smartphone generation. Who have the attention of gnats; generally speaking.
Interesting points, I'm hoping Rick does a follow up on why a British artist from the 70s/80s like Kate Bush would not be popular today.
[Pre-top 40] Radio played a huge role during the time you're talking about Rick. You could tune in to a radio station and hear ALL kinds of music from multiple genres and DJ's introduced new bands/music all the time. College radio stations sometimes took it to even greater levels, playing obscure music one wouldn't otherwise ever get to hear. And people bought music, albums mostly, and shared them with friends ~ "You have to hear this new album by...". This was common place. I now stream radio stations looking for something interesting to listen to and occasionaly find a gem or two. There's still great music being made, I'm just not sure if we will ever see the same kind of response we once did on a grand scale. The solo artists you describe might be a thing of the past and only musicians and music lovers who appreciate the new artist with his or her own twist-on-a theme will carry the torch. A friend of mine who taught guitar in Manhattan for many years recently said ~ "Guitar is the new accordion". I laughed. But I also cringed.
Exactly. I did most of my growing up in Moore, Oklahoma, then home of the 50 kW clear channel (not Clear Channel) station KOMA. (We lived a couple of miles from the transmitter, so we didn't pick it up on the water pipes.) Even before we moved there we heard it a lot when traveling at night on the way to visit family. Things were far less specialized then. On KOMA we could hear a wide variety of rock and Motown... but also Henson Cargill's socially conscious country hit "Skip a Rope", Ray Charles's country-flavored "I Can't Stop Loving You", David Houston's "Almost Persuaded"" (*and* Sheb Wooley's parody, "Almost Persuaded #2" recorded under his "Ben Colder" persona)..and even novelty songs like "I Love Onions", "Loving You Has Made Me Bananas", and "Cinderella Rockefeller". A huge variety that you'd never hear on a single station today.
"Playing the hits" goes back to the 30's, but Top 40 really took off as a format in the mid-50's and by the 60's was well-established. Of course, this wasn't rock alone, but whatever tunes were successful. So, you had country, R&B/Motown, jazz, novelties, rock, folk, balladeers and crooners, all vying for listeners and singles sales. But late in the decade it became as you're describing, with college FM stations playing album cuts and most people's attention turning to albums ahead of singles. Radio became divided into AM pop and "serious" FM, and it resulted in a flourishing of artists (even on AM) that didn't tail off until the eighties, when the record companies slowly began to regain the kind of control they'd had in the 50's, the era of "teen idols" (most of whom still had to have talent). Now, music and media platforms are combined, much like other social media, as a place to suck information out of you, and artistry simply doesn't matter as long as the $ rolls in. "Popular" music has become background, and at best a soundtrack, to whatever else people are doing (usually social media). It used to be a part of life, something special, inspirational and engaging, and now it's just a drug to make time pass and chase away the sound of silence.
This is EVERY new song today: *tic tic tic tic tic tic tic tic fake drum with some incoherent mumbling*
Agree that radio really had a lot to do with it. We listened to what was on the radio because we couldn't go out and buy every album (I would only buy albums on which I liked at least 70% of the songs) - there was a lot of reliance on a good radio DJ to play some good music. Unfortinatley, my kids and I cannot listen to the stuff on the radio now so we're on UA-cam and Spotify a lot. Interestingly, our favourite local jazz band The Consouls (we are in the musical backwater of Australia - hardly anyone tours out here) gained a large global audience solely from online presence - especially the last two years. They couldn't have done it by touring - too expensive and they wouldn't have the funds so the only way they get heard is also word of mouth/the share button but they also don't really make physical albums so I think they have to re-define what 'making it' really means in this digital age. Lucky for us we get to see them live but accessibility (not talking about ramps and stuff) of live performance space in the city is another topic for another day!
@@strategery101 💯😂
If people had never heard or seen someone play guitar like that, today? Jimi would be famous all over again. That was the condition when he came about. And that's why he's a legend.
ALL of😮 the musicians you mentioned at the beginning are my heroes!
Just as an example, Alan Holdsworth.. what an incredible guitarist.
(I have the vinyl where he played with Tony Williams)
These guys just blew me away, I was in awe of them.
Frank Zappa often said the same about the industry in the 80’s!! Theres an interview where he talks about how even though executives in the 60s and 70s were out of touch with youth and new music, they still *took the risks* and signed artists who were new and experimental.
But once the *generation* of the 60s and 70s were in power in the industry, their tastes reflected the “music = a commercial product” model, and had they favored sterile and monochromatic, easily marketable pop music over better music.
It's the same corporate trend we see in movies. They dream of a formula that repeats and prints money. It's why they keep making the same super hero movies over and over, and mindlessly remake successful films from the previous generation. Many of the truly great films would never be made today.
Zappa was kind of correct (the execs of the 60s and 70s were mostly older jazz or r&b fans who didn't understand younger acts but realized it and took risks) and incorrect (marketable pop music WAS ALWAYS the priority... $ALE$ are always what matters at the end of the fiscal year). In his own case, Tom Wilson, a black jazz producer who Bob Dylan had picked to produce his records, signed The Mothers to Verve (as he did with The Velvet Underground) by telling the label they were "a white blues rock band... like Butterfield) based on seeing a gig... then when Zappa had free reign in the studio Wilson was on the phone with the label telling them "uh... well... it's more than white blues... just trust me on this one, though... it's important." Wilson had enough cred and clout that the label just trusted him... and enough of an audience bought the records that the bottom line worked out for the bean counters. Zappa was actually a good businessman.
We do have to look at the fact that a major label released Sonic Youth records for 15 years... Shudder To Think put out a couple of brilliant records on a major label that most people might be able to appreciate by the year 2040...
At this point, though, record execs are not people from music backgrounds, they are business school types just using marketing research and business principles to make sure they keep their jobs.
@@shteebo yes, and "premium TV" has become where people who would've made imaginative movies in the past do their work... but that is being taken over by the same forces, becau$e becau$e becau$e...
@@leebarbier5257 Yes,
I think all those great musicians have left a tremendous legacy. I've been playing guitar for 56 years and when I go on You Tube and see these amazing young and very young players belt out a solo from my era and later that I can never hope to compete with I'm truly blown away by their talent. The problem today is modern music for the most part just doesn't feature great guitar work. When I see these kids I'm very hopeful that this youngest generation will somehow prevail and that guitar will return to it's former glory.
And what’s extra cool is how many of them are female. Hal Ca forever!
let's all hope!
One thing is replicate the Mona Lisa another thing is painting it when it doesn't exist
@@InstantKaarma ^ Exactly this. And not to discredit the hours and dedication it takes to learn a difficult piece, but it is a lot easier and costs almost nothing to learn today in a world where so many videos exist online teaching how to do it just "right," all the tabs people put up, etc. Certainly easier than trying to do it all by ear (though I think that's still important).
@@yupihaveone4070hal ca? What's that mean?
The modern day Hendrix would probably be caught up in rap culture, and Zappa would probably be a UA-camr making quirky songs on live streams
Hendrix would certainly be famous today if he was recording and playing live. He was a unique talent and would absolutely be well known. Times have certainly changed and it is more challenging for talent to be recognized, but the best do get their due. The internet helps tremendously in this realm.
Just because you end up seeing talented people finding success it does not mean there aren't way more talented people who don't. It's just confirmation bias speaking. For example, there is just no way to know if there have been guitarists out there with even more talent that Hendrix who just never made it.
I've been listening to Stevie Ray Vaughn the last few weeks. Each album has a short interview (SRV Speaks), in which he answers a question about music. In one he talks about how Jimi Hendrix went places that no one else did. When a great player talks about another great player, it says a lot. I think Jimi would stand out in any era, because he would make his own path, regardless of the musical landscape.
I saw SRV's last concert the week that he died in the helicopter crash. So sad, it broke my heart. I can't believe Rick hasn't done a video of his history yet. So many guys I knew that were snooty "metal heads", LOVED Stevie, he had so much respect.
Nah people on you tube would say he sucks lol. There are so many guitar “experts” now if you aren’t perfect they destroy you. These same experts wouldn’t even be playing if it wasn’t for Hendrix , page , Clapton and the rest from that era. Even the guys in the 80s were playing because of those guys in the 60s. Joe bonamasa is a great player and would be revered in the 70s now the experts rip him. Just too many tools playing now. They would probably quit if they had to learn to play back then , the beginner guitars sucked there were no tuners now it seems parents buy their kids the best equipment and you can learn anything on the computer. Back when I was young I got a guitar from a store like sears a cheap amp and was yelled at to turn it down every day not even a word of encouragement.
Hendrix today would develop in a different musician from what he developed into in his own time, so yeah basically the whole discussion is stupid and worthless.
Couldn’t agree more whicha
@@wallywanker7435 ...seems that we're in the age of the dumbing down of musical literacy -- but so glad you mentioned Joe B.! ...much love and respect for him (also for SRV mentioned above)
Jimi is still famous among musicians. All guitar players aspire to play like Jimi. His music and playing was pure style. What keeps all past musicians famous is media such as ads, movies, etc. I can listen to Hendrix all day and night and needless to say I grew up listening to all the greats. They will never die in my book.
Right that is the other side of it. All the other musicians would have helped make him famous( like they already did in real life) so he still would've been known and famous. Do the formula backwards, other people already said they liked him the best, his performances too would be a big part of that. Get real he would still be known. By word of mouth
@@alanmiller2250 His compositions and how he played them is what made him great. Just as any other composer. Many other musicians of his era were blown away by his form of playing.
If the music wasn't great there wouldn't be ads, movies etc featuring it. Bach and Mozart have been dead for hundreds of years but thier names are known around the globe. They didn't have electricity, radio, light bulbs or horseless carriages when they died. The music was good enough that when they composed it and wrote it on paper it could be performed and recorded by people born hundreds of years later. That is the power of music.
I agree👍🏼👍🏼
But if he showed up tomorrow on AGT, Hendrix would be overlooked. Dylan would be sent home for being nasally and being "not camera friendly."
Hendrix is phenomenal, and part of it is due to WHEN he hit. If he had all of the same songs, but they were released as new songs today, nobody would notice, and that is mind-blowing to consider, because Jimi will always be a king to me.
Rick mostly answered his own question. In the 70's and 80's people were into learning an instrument and also paying attention to the player-ship of other musicians. With the internet there are too many distractions, people pay less attention to instruments themselves, they just want a catchy song now.
In the 70s the US had significantly higher top marginal tax rates which meant schools were well funded enough for music programmes to flourish
Jimi Hendrix, if he was a Millennial, would be famous on social media. He would probably have a very popular You Tube channel at the very least.
Nope. Prolly od or in jail.
@@veganpower7825 *Why stop the generalization there? He'd be shot dead at a traffic stop for being black.*
I couldn't agree more. In those days, fans listened to albums of their favorite groups over and over and got to know them intimately. It seems now, that listeners barely get through a complete song by a group before moving on to another song by another artist. All of those groups you mentioned I remember well, but mainly for their albums rather than just a song.
I grew up at the end of vinyl, and the beginning of the domination of cassettes. The kind of playback media we had totally dictated how we listened to music.
At 42 I'm just as guilty as the new generation of going on Spotify and barely listening to 20 seconds of a song before deciding whether or not I like that artist.
Back then you only had access to what you had access to, so you'd make the most of it.
Is it better or worse now? Can't say, but the sea change in listening is real.
That is so precise - and sad af! "listeners barely get through a complete song by a group before moving on to another artist".
I agree. There was a call-in show a couple of weeks ago, and the topic was to name an album made in the last 20 years that you would suggest to someone that they had to hear. I had an extremely hard time trying to come up with one!
This has always been true
On reddit today I literally saw someone say we're in the "golden age" of music because they can listen to "good music" all day and never even know who the artists are because Spotify algorithm knows their tastes so well that they don't have to pay attention to the artist or anything. It's really disrespectful to artists and very very sad
When I look at Hendrix, it's his unique sound, inventiveness and creative ability. While I'm optimistic by nature, I'd have to believe someone one with THAT much talent and energy would herald success over the walls of the corporate music industry no matter what they said. Some people are THAT GOOD that they just can't be ignored. He was one of them.
But?!!.. if you really examine it according to Linda Keith some of those ignorant record producers turned Jimmie down She astonished 😯 had to ask herself “Are they watching the same thing I am”? She just couldn’t believe these big record executives weren’t hearing the same thing she heard So much so she finally took her case over to Chase Chandler who in turn along lastly with Paull McCartney were instrumental in making Hendrix famous
That's too optimistic.
Michael Hedges, Andy Mckee, Antoine Dufour, Erik Mongrain, Stanley Jordan, etc are all phenomenal players beyond Hendrix’s style. They staid low profile as music industry was shifting and dispersing to other trends. 😕🥲
@@almaguapa-sailboatliveaboa440 None of those guys had a hit song. All had wonderful careers making records and playing live. “Corporate music” (as screwed up as it is) also supported them all.
@@almaguapa-sailboatliveaboa440 they are nowhere near Hendrix level.
You definitely are increasing general awareness of quality musicianship and we thank you!
Most of today's music is producer driven with a lot of studio magic
Have to agree with Rick. I've been saying this for at least a decade now. Modern musicians are known, but only to other musicians. If you ask the people to name someone who is currently making music, most couldn't name very many unless they've been around for a couple decades. People only know performers and singers. Everyone wants to sing, no one wants to write a song.
the Brill is gone
Worse, alot of the popular artist have the same songwriters. Which in turn make the music kinda the same style from a composing standpoint. While this may or may not the same to some extend in the past, today the faces of the songs are merely performers, not musicians in the traditional sense.
@@EbonyPope You took the words right out of my mouth.
@@EbonyPope Yes, and you can't survive just being a good musician if the money doesn't flow in.
I have spent the pandemic listening to the complete catalog of Barbara Keith who has recorded with The Stone Coyotes for the last thirty years and is in a top tier of song writers that few know about. In time her work should follow Robert Johnson’s and will then be appreciated as well.
we have to acknowledge that Hendrix had great charisma. It was his playing + his energy that made him unique. A lot of young folks nowadays lack that! People nowadays just wanna "blend in" !
I agree. Back then and talking just about guitar players, each guy had its own sound. You could always tell who was who. Further still songs were memorable. I wonder if kids nowdays, stiil listen to same songs after a year or two, like we did in the 70s or 80s?
You are 100% right !
Hendrix would not be as famous now for this reason.
Jimi thrived as a guitar playing songwriter, in a guitar centric music industry, but it is not a guitar centric music industry now therefore reducing the potencey of his ability.
More complicated ideas could be that if Jimi would not be famous now, that would suggest that he did not exist in the 1960s, because he is actually still very famous now. Therefore, all the brilliant music that was inspired by Hendrix would not have the essential flavourings of Hendrix and he would simply be a fresh take on 50s and early 60s blues... in the 2020s... 60 years too late.
Megan the Stallion has great charisma, high energy and quite the unique stage show. Young people today use what they have today, which is far more diverse than what Jimi had in the 60s. There's too much to unpack here.
That's more or less what I was going to post. He was an incredible player, but he was also capable of doing some pretty impressive stunts that would likely get him enough attention to get somewhere. I have no idea what sort of music it would sound like, because he would arguably be even further out there today than he was back then. But, I think with his combination of charisma, talent and showmanship that he'd likely make it.
He just likely wouldn't be as well known just because of the way the music industry has fragmented over the interceding decades.
I saw The Jimi Hendrix Experience in concert in 1969. Just Jimi Hendrix the bass player, and the drummer. No special effects, no light shows, big colored smoke. Just the music! The best Rock Concert I ever attended.
Spot on Rick. 1982 MTV had a devastating effect on the music industry, effectively shifting focus from talent to Bikini dancing and nudity, and in the process can’t but blame also musicians citing Carlos Santana who degenerated into a mediocre guitar player once thought would influence the music industry. Great piece Rick.
MTV didn't do this. That kind of sexual appeal was in music ever since the female popstar became a thing, it was just more subdued when compared to how sexual expression has evolved over the decades. It is a shame though how great players are not respected as they should be.
The videos kind of told everyone what to think the song was about , when in fact a good song will have different associations to different people
Do not think for a minute that Jimi would not be the revolutionary force of nature he was! Jimi was amazing, he singlehandedly made every other guitarist of his time re-evaluate their craft and up their game to a new level (Jeff Beck's words). I have not heard that compliment given to any other musician. Jimi would be a force of nature in any era of music. This same phenomenon happened again in the 80s with Stevie. His playing reinvigorated the Blues community and got the roots growing, producing and thriving through many genres of music, he brought Clapton back to the blues. There are certain people who just cannot be ignored and demand our attention. I can't wait for the next music renaissance; may we all be here to welcome it.
I was a teacher at the music school in Leusden Holland, slowly I saw many things change over the years. I know exactly what you're talking about, in the seventies the guitar solo was nearly in every tune, a highlight in a good composition. That changed slowly because of today's mindset which is more about money and materialism than Art and creativity, that's my honest idea, greetings Vic
The fact that the world still reveres Jimi Hendrix fifty 52 after his death tells me he'd be just as relievent/famous today
Without jimi theres no van halen, without van halen theres no joe satriani without joe satriana guitar shred wouldnt be in the insane place it is today. Jimi opened the floodgates i think
Hellz yeah!! 🎸
Thank you Rick for this episode. I watch many of your videos. I have been playing guitar for 30 years, I live in Nashville and was born in Southern California.
I understand what the subject is but Jimi Hendrix is Gold.
That man had Talent. I don't play anywhere near his style but I think he would have a following if he were to play now . But, a "star" , hmmm.
Everything is so fragmented now. It's like "flavor of the month" online more than it was when you played on radio. Jimi had a wow factor that I would hope translated to listeners today but, that's the way the music industry is today.
Hendrix was not only a very good player, he belonged to the kind of musicians who break new ground. He tried outstanding new things on the guitar ( techniques, sounds and songwriting). Many of his songs sound very fresh and modern even after many decades and thats why he was ahead of his time. If a guy like Hendrix started today I am pretty sure he would be as innovative and style-defining as he was back then. Maybe he would use modern multi- effects, electronic sounds, loopers in a novel way on his guitar and usher a new era with an unique style. Who knows? Never underestimate the creativity of such exceptional talents.
Jimi has so much charisma and swagger in stage. Most young people I've seen react to his live performances on UA-cam are blown away. He also had a unique style of dressing that nobody else really had and a swagger. Jimi would get noticed plenty I believe. ✌
Agreed. My son's School of Rock is doing a Hendrix show in a few weeks. The kids are stoked. Hendrix transcends the ages and has become timeless. Rick - I have to respectfully disagree with you on this one. Great video tho as always. You are such a gem to us all. Thank you!
So right Rick:) great vid
Even showing me the hammer ons on the G Major Scale in your beginner video inspired me to pick up my guitar 🎸 again.
I learned from Mark Abrahamian from Starship With Mickey Thomas.
I sing 🎤 now yet you’re presentation and reverence for the music reminds me that we make the offering of music from the soul..which feeds and nourishes us.
As Delbert Bump (A Jazz Teacher from Solono College) said:It’s Conflict/Resolution..
We resolve the note..
Together..
Yes … it was a completely different musical era back in the 60s-70’s-80’s. Vinyl with radio-plays and big-event touring reigned - underpinning musical sensation that travelled by word-of-mouth. The players you mentioned were charismatic too, brimming with confidence and musicianship, live shows unmediated theatre - they sure had style in the best way possible. What a blast!
A thought I've shared with many of my guitar students, when we're learning Jimi Hendrix songs, is that, if Jimi would have stayed in the U.S., and not gone to England with Chas Chandler, he probably would have had limited notoriety as a star in the US. What I point out is that Jimi cut his teeth on the chitlin circuit, he played with Little Richard as a sideman for two years. When he was in New York, trying to work ,and was mostly playing blues and chitlin circuit gigs, his trying to add the folk/rock/and pop sounds into what he did was met with disdain from the scene he was playing in. If he'd have stayed here, and stayed alive, I believe he would've still been a great player, but wouldn't have made the impact he did because of the environment that black musicians called reality in the 1960's U.S. Jimi's moving to England altered the perception of music buying public. To the public, Jimi was an English black musician. To the English, and English musicians in particular, Jimi was an American Blues musician. Jimi had played with the musicians that the English rock stars idolized. Musicians Like Albert, and BB King, Buddy Guy, Muddy Waters, the Isley Brothers, Little Richard, and many more.
Totally agree with you. I also believe that was the reason Hendrix went to the UK - to get noticed and make money, it didn't work for him in the US before that! My opinion
Chandler said that when he first saw him he couldn't believe Hendrix was an unsigned act, "loose", as he put it. Imagine stumbling onto *that* in 1966!
Very well stated!
Jimi *KNEW* he had to follow Chandler. Jimi was a Voodoo Chile.
Chaz Chandler took Jimi's raw talent, put him in the company of elite bands from England, set him in the studio, and jimi started to pen his own compositions. That sparked Jimi's creativity and he rode that rocket to historic heights. The stars that played with laughing sams dice helped too.
You can’t say Hendrix wouldn’t have mattered today because today wouldn’t be today without Hendrix and that’s a fact dude.
If Jimi wrote any of his hits today they'd be hits. I think he'd also have the same level of fame, if not even more, since he was not just a singular talent but a singular stage presence, attitude, voice. Great musicianship still is revered, there's just tens of thousands of great musicians now, in terms of technical skill. They're not writing songs like Little Wing or Wait Til Tomorrow or Purple Haze.
“Tens of thousands of great musicians today”. And how many are household names..10? If that?
'How many diamonds have been overlooked in the pursuit of coal?' That saying pretty much sums up today's music and music industry ( and why Jimi Hendrix wouldn't be famous today ).
You got it all wrong . Jimi would wipe the map with everyone today !!!
@@aldito7586 Too true. I was on good terms with the late Eddie Clarke, former guitarist of Motorhead and he told me no guitarist before or since could match him onstage.
With UA-cam, Jimi would have been global.
Beatles is all wrong Hendrix was a great live improviser. He would be all over internets with his own content, music, Beatos music sucks and depressing he really doesn’t know anything besides regular music theory of the common practice. Beatos is uncreative, same as Berlin, it’s a big mystery for people like them, and all the rest of music teachers that really never had a clue about anything.
Jacob Collier is famous. Snarky Puppy are famous. Not Drake level famous but famous enough. So why wouldn't Jimi 2022 be famous?
We have John Mayer out here being a star. Somehow, we arguing that Hendrix wouldn't be a star? The music industry no longer has a monopoly on who and what everyone listens to. That is what we asked for and now we have it. Everyone upset about the change they asked for 20 years ago. We can complain that it didn't turn out the way we would have liked. Need to just accept people are getting access to things they want easily now. Perhaps, it is low brow in some peoples opinions. I think what we need to realize is we probably wouldn't have ever heard of Abasi or Henson if we didn't have social media access like we do now. All it would have took was one chump in the music industry to shut those guys down. They'd would scoff at Henson for not singing. How does that sell albums? They'd just be in clubs in LA or Nashville with no exposure. Everyone has opportunity now in many ways. Who cares if the music industry isn't driving it. The people are.
I think it's important that we take into consideration his style of playing and that as long as you put your name on the band you're making, people would recognize you better. Hendrix has a very unique style of playing and he goes between rhythm and lead a lot. Making songs like Little Wing , Bold as Love, Voodoo child, he made so many songs and sounds with just a handful of pedals, it's crazy to think about it. I think Hendrix in this era would stand his ground and be famous still, not to mention you don't see many people with his style or even performing so greatly, heck he burned a guitar and entertained people not only in music but in sight, imagine someone playing with their teeth too? Who wouldn't want to see that? Like John Mayer, Stevie Ray Vaughan, BB King you can tell who plays based on their signature sound too and style of playing, Hendrix has that too and his ability to write music was unique too. That's my take on why Hendrix would be big in today's era.
@neal cassady If indeed that would be the case, I think it would speak more to the lack of true musical depth and appreciation on the part of the listening public, than to the artistic offerings of the musicians in question...
Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, Buddy Guy, Beatles, Yardbirds, Jimi, Eric, Frank Zappa, Eddie Van Halen and on and on. All the great guitarist we hear now were influenced by the earlier legends. But guys like Jimi, and EVH took it to another level.
So did jerry garcia
@@MrMick50 Jerry Garcia? Of greatful dead? Hah! Hah! Hah! You gotta be kiddin"!!
@@rikki-tikki-tavi4073 you probably do the haha bs about Jeff Beck too.
Sad.
For me the big difference is creativity! When you are able to create music and that music starts playing in your head you have achieved the goal! It's all about the music... as a guitarist I always ask myself: Of all the great musicians who have passed away, what did they leave behind? The answer is: they left their legacies, their work, that album that you put on and still get goosebumps... that's the big difference... creativity, innovation, creating masterpieces... when it comes to that, that's where we draw a line between instrumentalists and true artists.
Jimi was writing for the human, for the soul and that’s the music that really timeless and stays forever. The rest of the filling from every decade will eventually fade out and only the greats continue to stand.
@@andoletube so, what is the point ? are you sure you know the point ?
I agree. It's not guaranteed he'd be very successful mainstream, but I'm sure his talent would be appreciated.
@@arfboucher3855 The point is, today's music scene is very different from the music scene that Jimi emerged from. His scene allowed him to blossom because it appreciated musicianship. Today's music scene doesn't, at least, not in the extant where a virtuoso can become a star.
I think Hendrix would be big today. He played great guitar but also had great songs. Songs are what stand the test of time.
Hendrix was a legendary live performer. No doubt that he'd be widely known today.
Exactly and other musicians would've helped make him famous, that whole story is made up. Look he got 600k views by saying something we know is not true. All the other guitar players already knew how good he is. What a story line! Total baloney. We can't fall for that line. It's like biden saying the border is secure. Hendrix wouldn't be famous, yeah right. Only if you want thousands of people to complain that's a stupid line
Oh sweet summer child
And just to clarify, I wish that were true but I just dont see it. Just look at the charts...
But now everyone has cloned his techniques and style.
That's true but i think he would've branched out to other instruments, like Prince. I guess Jimi liked bass too. That is so cool. Jimi had such a good vision they can try but they can't totally copy his performances. He was very advanced for the
1960's, recording backwards solos.
In many ways the musicians of the 70’s and 80’s are incredibly famous to this day because they are the first to ever do what they did, they way that they did it. If you look at the staying power of Jimi, Queen, Van Halen, etc; it is so much more than anything that will ever be enjoyed by future generations of musicians.
If anything, music is becoming more and more disposable over time. If things keep going on this trajectory, hit songs might last a week instead of a month and never be heard from again, but people will still be listening to Hey Joe and Panama because of their musical ability but more importantly because of the cultural relevance of a song that was listened to by multiple generations.
I recently thought about this with my wife, who was not interested in the subject. Just 15 years ago (2008), if you wanted to listen to a band or a song multiple times, on demand it wasn’t easy. You had to walk into a music store or a dept store, find the CD that the song was on, determine that the rest of the albums wasn’t total crap, then walk up to the counter and say, hey “this is something that I’m willing to pay $15 for”, and walk out with it. You were basically saying, this is who I am, in some small way.
How many kids today would be willing to pay $15 or more for a whole physical CD of something like Miley Cyrus, Meghan the Stallion, or whatever people find themselves listening to these days? How many would be willing to bet that this artist can produce 10 or more songs that are worth paying for and spending time on? I can guarantee that streaming has created this disconnect with the music that used to always be there.
If you like Nirvana today, it takes almost no effort or money to listen to just about everything that they ever published. On the contrary, if you really liked Nirvana in 1992, you had to go to the store, find the CD, pull it out of the shelf amount 1,000s of other options, walk up to the counter and put $20 bucks of your hard earned money on the counter. That was a big deal and nothing today comes close to that experience except for buying concert tickets.
Hendrix is timeless and a musical genius
wow what a controversial and brave thing to say.
@@ismaill_l That comment was said whilst Jimi was alive.
I personally think that exposure to amazing musicianship has diluted its impact. It’s not that people don’t appreciate a great musicians ability because they don’t recognise that they are great, it’s that there are so many great musicians about that technical ability has stopped being a standout feature. People (some people) got bored of technical ability and so other things replace musicianship as the exciting difference in the music that becomes popular. It is now less likely you will stand out as a guitarist because there are so many less things that people haven’t heard before.
Preach on my brother! You could not be more right. More great players now than ever before, those of which the vast majority are capable of so much more than most of the great players from back in the day.
Interesting viewpoint but incorrect..
That's strange. So many great musicians nowadays, but their music sucks. Maybe their present focus is on playing technically, but creativity is a different thing, and music today totally lacks it.
@@jonmemolo8482 Can you give a few examples of those players (of 2022), and the songs they wrote, of which every serious music fan should know?
@@HarmonyHomeInspectionServices Lets start with Mac Demarco, Ode to Viceroy. Plini Roessler Holgate, Kind. Blake Mills, if I'm Unworthy. I could go on but you should discover for yourself what is quite literally under you nose. Trust that I have a great respect for those who paved the way, However it is heating up! Enjoy and Cheers.
I couldn't agree with you more, fortunately there are still great players out there if we look very very very hard for them. I miss the era of "great players rule" very much also!
I think social media or media in general has had an effect on the diminishment of the "Legendary" status of most musicians too. These days you have access to everything and nothing is a mystery anymore. There's no mystique to it anymore. Back in the day you only heard of how legendary someone played and you could only see them if you bought a ticket to their show to experience them in person. Now you can watch/listen to anyone with the flick of your fingers.
There were also thousands of talented guys back then who we know nothing about. It wasn't just talent then and it's the same way now. Jimi Hendrix, as good as he was, still needed marketing and management.
I believe Jimi was more famous when he was dead. The teens that liked his music put his music into movies, TV shows and on oldies rock stations.
If Jimi was alive today he would be a UA-cam star. The music industry would not know what to do with him... sadly to say.
@@metaltildeth6783 Hendrix was most powerful when he was able to connect with his audience two-way - he exchanged something with his audience that affected his music. You can't do that on UA-cam.
That doesn't make any sense. As a younger person, Jimi Hendrix doesn't seem particularly talented to me. Some guy up there says 'one in a million' I feel both of you didn't watch the full video. There was space for famous instrumentalists. Right now, there is not. Whether Jimi Hendrix was the best of his generation or not is meaningless, and besides the point. It has to do with the many ways in which music changed. I think Rich covered basically all of them. Be it normal people playing musical instruments themselves, the band being the center of the pop music world,. and the way the music industry operated. To be honest, I think music is dead. It is not worth anything. The only thing keeping up the pretext is that there is an even greater need for famous people who are seen as both talented and attractive. And the need for a shared pop culture, be it music or movies or anything. But music is the exception where the music itself has no inherent value at all. It is cheap to make and free to copy.
@@Prometheus4096 bro shut up. jimi hendrix is good and your to musically illiterate to understand that