Sammy, your common sense, empathy, and compassion makes you stand out amongst other guitar UA-camrs. Makes me keep coming back too. Great job buddy. And thank you.
7:40 As you briefly mentioned, RIchard Benson's story is actually tragic. He was indeed a really good guitarist, and a quite quite influent one with his band (Buon Vecchio Charlie) during the italian progressive wave in the 70's, and he was also host of some TV programs about music (see Ottava Nota). What happened next is not clear, as far as I remember he was diagnosed with arthritis, which understandably led him to suffer from a severe form of depression, and then the accident happened. Unfortunately he couldn't play like he did before. He kinda gradually went from great guitarist to trashy internet personality, and as an Italian who grew up during the first 2010's I got to know about him mostly because of that, YTPs and many memes. I heard about the rest only years later. Before he passed he managed to write and publish a song called ''Processione'' with his band. If you get the chance, please listen to that. You'll see what I consider to be his real side.
I love Henry Kaiser solo. How it starts only a little bit weird and then glitches out in every direction, exploring many ideas. It takes a lot of skill in creativity to improvise something like that. In my opinion it sounds great, but I get why some people don't like it. People expect something else from guitar solos, especially with a rhythm section like that.
I get that all music is subjective but perhaps youd prefer atonal music if 😂think this sounds good, maybe just randomly strum an out of tune guitar with rotten old strings and see if sounds good 🤷♂️
I believe that Henry Kaiser is playing that music from a place of deep artistic vision; Art that is motivated by the primal urge to create and nothing else. Our society is hostile to art that doesn't conform to our preconvieved notions of what "good music" should sound like, so very few artists like that survive
By design no, he cannot play, I’ve seen many of his other videos. A kid with a xylophone can play things that I cannot replicate, he’s a true artist, playing whole tone/microtonal scales in odd time metrics. So no, Henry Kaiser just sucks
My brother in christ. You know what you're hearing, your ears arent lying to you. Hey plugged in a bunch of effects which had no familiarity with and began playing as randomly as he could muster in the moment within his familiar scales. It was a demonstration piece, it was never meant to be music in the first place
@@Irkennalpha you're absolutely right, he can't play by your standards, and yet he still plays. He is fulfilled enough in his conception of a musical pursuit that he continues on his path and he even has an audience. Yeah, he probably can't play Autumn Leaves to save his life, but that's not the point for him
Yeah, I completely agree on the Henry Kaiser points. Seems like he's trying to find a very specific sound, and judging by the, like, three seconds of it I heard, I would bet that even he would agree that he hasn't quite found it yet. But there are some really interesting ideas going on in there. EDIT: Please watch the DJ Khaled Hot Ones. It is literally the only additional thing you need to know about that person. lmfao
He has appeared on more than 300 albums since the late seventies, has played with some of the greatest musicians and was even nominated for a Grammy. So whatever he does, he does it by choice. If you don't like it, fine. But don't slag him off as being incompetent. ✌✌
Yes, he was experimenting with new digital effects, that's the purpose of the presentation. The greater tragedy though is that the great amp builder Alexander Dumble was also showcasing his amps in this feature (the only footage of him we have) but the guitar player never bothered to play the amp without the effects so you could hear the quality of the tone, and it's a shame mr. Kaiser overlooked that
If everyone would realize there is no benchmark for best or worst, so many people would have never quit playing and the world wouldn’t have been robbed of some great music. Kurt Cobain didn’t shred and Yngwie Malmsteen couldn’t write a pop song that is loved for decades. So what makes a musician great?
Henry Kaiser's stuff is REALLY polarizing. I've found some of the material that he's done to be interesting....... some to be "out there" but fun... and other stuff I don't need to hear ever again.
Doing Somewhere over the Rainbow, I would personally do with a tempo the same as Moonlight Sonata, 1 second for 3 beats, and do an ascending arpeggio patterns of the chords. Easy and relaxing. Thanks for taking things at face value and giving the benefit of the doubt for everyone in these examples. Shows youre maturing well as a person
The world has decided that DJK has something that I don’t, I’ll never understand, and no one cares that I’m a better guitarist and could eat all the wings!
One of my nieces, at about 5 years old, approached the guitar exactly as DJ(what's his name) - just start strumming and moveing your left had around - it is nonsense for an adult!
Bob Marley, a legend with cultural and musical significance for generations to come. DJ Khaled, a guy who can't even put down ten hot wings or learn a singular chord on the guitar to show some respect to said musical legend. Lame.
@@the-engneer I have no idea who DJ Khaled is. I just can't stand pretentious snobs. I think you may be one, as well as the op. Have a nice day, and don't forget to try for that Darwin award.
saying that this is "Music for the menstally unstable" was incredibly out of pocket for you. You have 1.16 million subscribing and act as if you're reaching 200 people. I have multiple mental issues unfortunately and I've never felt so ditched out on UA-cam. It might not feel like a huge thing for you but this tells me the way you think. Choose your words wisely if you want to reach a broader audence. I'm unsubbed. It doesn't hurt me that much but you never know which people you are the hero of. You need some PR training my dude. The worst of it all is that you mentioned it not even once or twice, but multiple times. One of my fav youtubers going down.
The "worst" performance I have ever seen was Adrian Belew, just bombing on stage (2002?) He was off key, tuned on stage, sat down to play with the effects board. I felt so bad for him at the time. But my brother and I talk about that performance more than almost anything else we have seen. It was memorable for sure. and Steven Seagal is a complete and total joke. He is also bad at guitar.
@@bronsoncarder2491 tfw you find someone who actually falls for DJ Khaled's bait. 😭 Met the dude in Florida, he's actually down to Earth and competent enough to have a serious conversation about art.
@@kxjab I mean, ok, let's say you're right, and he's just so good at pretending to be a douchebag that it's hard for most people to tell the difference. How is that actually different from being a douchebag?
@@bronsoncarder2491 everything you know about the guy is based off what you see online. can we please grow up and not act like because you know popular opinion, that means it's 100% factual? He's not a douchebag bro. You clearly just hate him and refuse to hear any other opinion. Grow up man.
I’m wondering if I’m going to be featured in this?
me, too.
If you haven't seen Chance Wilkins on here then you wave nothing to worry about. No one is worse than that.
@@ladymctavish3299 challenge accepted 🤣🤣🤣
Phew I was safe….this time🤣
Me three 😆
Sammy, your common sense, empathy, and compassion makes you stand out amongst other guitar UA-camrs. Makes me keep coming back too. Great job buddy. And thank you.
7:40
As you briefly mentioned, RIchard Benson's story is actually tragic.
He was indeed a really good guitarist, and a quite quite influent one with his band (Buon Vecchio Charlie) during the italian progressive wave in the 70's, and he was also host of some TV programs about music (see Ottava Nota). What happened next is not clear, as far as I remember he was diagnosed with arthritis, which understandably led him to suffer from a severe form of depression, and then the accident happened. Unfortunately he couldn't play like he did before.
He kinda gradually went from great guitarist to trashy internet personality, and as an Italian who grew up during the first 2010's I got to know about him mostly because of that, YTPs and many memes. I heard about the rest only years later.
Before he passed he managed to write and publish a song called ''Processione'' with his band. If you get the chance, please listen to that. You'll see what I consider to be his real side.
Very cool, he reminds me a little of Adriano Celentano, he started out as a beloved rock n roll guy then became a parody of himself
I love Henry Kaiser solo. How it starts only a little bit weird and then glitches out in every direction, exploring many ideas. It takes a lot of skill in creativity to improvise something like that. In my opinion it sounds great, but I get why some people don't like it. People expect something else from guitar solos, especially with a rhythm section like that.
I get that all music is subjective but perhaps youd prefer atonal music if 😂think this sounds good, maybe just randomly strum an out of tune guitar with rotten old strings and see if sounds good 🤷♂️
I believe that Henry Kaiser is playing that music from a place of deep artistic vision; Art that is motivated by the primal urge to create and nothing else. Our society is hostile to art that doesn't conform to our preconvieved notions of what "good music" should sound like, so very few artists like that survive
Or he just sucks
By design no, he cannot play, I’ve seen many of his other videos.
A kid with a xylophone can play things that I cannot replicate, he’s a true artist, playing whole tone/microtonal scales in odd time metrics. So no, Henry Kaiser just sucks
My brother in christ. You know what you're hearing, your ears arent lying to you. Hey plugged in a bunch of effects which had no familiarity with and began playing as randomly as he could muster in the moment within his familiar scales. It was a demonstration piece, it was never meant to be music in the first place
@@Irkennalpha you're absolutely right, he can't play by your standards, and yet he still plays. He is fulfilled enough in his conception of a musical pursuit that he continues on his path and he even has an audience. Yeah, he probably can't play Autumn Leaves to save his life, but that's not the point for him
Yeah, I completely agree on the Henry Kaiser points. Seems like he's trying to find a very specific sound, and judging by the, like, three seconds of it I heard, I would bet that even he would agree that he hasn't quite found it yet. But there are some really interesting ideas going on in there.
EDIT: Please watch the DJ Khaled Hot Ones. It is literally the only additional thing you need to know about that person. lmfao
He's actually a really good guitarist. You should watch his tutorial video. Insane. Think Primus guitarist. Wild stuff!
He has appeared on more than 300 albums since the late seventies,
has played with some of the greatest musicians
and was even nominated for a Grammy.
So whatever he does, he does it by choice.
If you don't like it, fine.
But don't slag him off as being incompetent.
✌✌
Yes, he was experimenting with new digital effects, that's the purpose of the presentation. The greater tragedy though is that the great amp builder Alexander Dumble was also showcasing his amps in this feature (the only footage of him we have) but the guitar player never bothered to play the amp without the effects so you could hear the quality of the tone, and it's a shame mr. Kaiser overlooked that
Kaiser has collaborated with Richard Thompson. I think that is some kind of seal of approval.
If everyone would realize there is no benchmark for best or worst, so many people would have never quit playing and the world wouldn’t have been robbed of some great music. Kurt Cobain didn’t shred and Yngwie Malmsteen couldn’t write a pop song that is loved for decades.
So what makes a musician great?
Corey Feldman just wiped his brow
DJ Khaled reminds me of my favorite Clint Eastwood quote: “GODDAMNIT, EITHER TUNE THAT THING OR STOP PLAYING IT!!”
The thing with Ornette, is he knew the rules then he broke them. Kaiser is a nepo-baby who bought his way into circles of some very good musicians
Is that true about this Kaiser guy? His playing surely reeks of it lol, honestly curious about your source
Henry Kaiser's stuff is REALLY polarizing. I've found some of the material that he's done to be interesting....... some to be "out there" but fun... and other stuff I don't need to hear ever again.
Henry Kaiser is a legend!!Plz someone make a remix with al of these musical performances. There is a song in there.
Find the Kaiser piece called “Bagpipes” based on a Bartok piece, I think. It’s pretty rad.
DJ Kahled was rocking out. He may not have played with talent, but he played with passion.
Doing Somewhere over the Rainbow, I would personally do with a tempo the same as Moonlight Sonata, 1 second for 3 beats, and do an ascending arpeggio patterns of the chords. Easy and relaxing. Thanks for taking things at face value and giving the benefit of the doubt for everyone in these examples. Shows youre maturing well as a person
I would still love a guitar collection update from good old Sammy G
i know reaction content is rather low brow. but i´d love to see you reacting to some live gig fails and pull some lesson out of it.
More an intermediate "onion" than a wall. Multiple plateau points but I find if I walk away for a week or so and come back I've improved.
After seeing Seagal with an explorer, i suddenly do not want one.
You must do a Corey Feldman guitar solo breakdown
"worst guitarist" Wait -- how'd you get a camera in my basement?!
The world has decided that DJK has something that I don’t, I’ll never understand, and no one cares that I’m a better guitarist and could eat all the wings!
I don't get it either....riding coat tails and being a misogynist gets you pretty far, I guess.
Thanks for turning me on to Henry Kaiser, man
The first one I feel is someone who came for the troll ^^
I guess my own playing hasn't reached enough people for someone to give me shit about how I play or having not great recording equipment etc
Wholesome.
I actually love Henry Kaiser. His Electric Lover Supreme album in fantastic.
Ah yes, a serious version of Stevie T 😉👍
Remember: ugly, as well as beauty, is in the eye of the beholders. Cheers....
One of my nieces, at about 5 years old, approached the guitar exactly as DJ(what's his name) - just start strumming and moveing your left had around - it is nonsense for an adult!
I like the idea that DJ Khaled's first name is DJ. Does this apply to all DJs?
Why can't we just say they suck? We all sucked at some time, but at least a lot of us know it and don't pretend.
Listen to Wild Man Fisher some time.
Seagal Style for the win
To me frankly, it‘s not Henry Kaiser being a bad musician, but the genre is the absolute opposite of what I call music.
Nothin' beats The Shaggs!
Sammy, have you checked out “Hi REN” by REN? I think you may love it, if you give it 3-5 minutes, don’t stop too early..
I'm somewhere in the middle
henry and howard...
No Corey Feldman?
"To farm it" means what exactly?
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If DJ used an open tuning, he would have sounded not bad
you just can't hate richard benson if you know his story he was good guitar player but life can be unfair so he made something from this anyway
No feldawg?
it low key oisses me off that segal has all those amazing guitars.
You forgot someone .. Emanuel
Bob Marley, a legend with cultural and musical significance for generations to come. DJ Khaled, a guy who can't even put down ten hot wings or learn a singular chord on the guitar to show some respect to said musical legend. Lame.
Amen
Get off your high horse. Walk a few miles in someone else's shoes.
@@mcfahkWalk in DJ Khaleds shoes? Are you like taking up for him? Lol
@@the-engneer I have no idea who DJ Khaled is. I just can't stand pretentious snobs. I think you may be one, as well as the op. Have a nice day, and don't forget to try for that Darwin award.
@@mcfahk Bhahaahah sweet sweet irony.
Little Wayne's solo had better be in this video.
JON SUDANO MENTIONED !!!!
lets go golfing
Segal is horrible person that the world should forget all about.
The first video is obviously a fake set up
No it's all bad...sorry you are too nice SG :p
As much as I can't stand Steven Seagal, his cover of Dust My Broom is not bad, at least the guitar part. ua-cam.com/video/73A_HB5k--M/v-deo.html
Underrated Gatorade at 5:24 lol
GATORADE!
Check out Mick Barr. Very talented terrible player
when he gonna add me tho
saying that this is "Music for the menstally unstable" was incredibly out of pocket for you. You have 1.16 million subscribing and act as if you're reaching 200 people. I have multiple mental issues unfortunately and I've never felt so ditched out on UA-cam. It might not feel like a huge thing for you but this tells me the way you think. Choose your words wisely if you want to reach a broader audence. I'm unsubbed. It doesn't hurt me that much but you never know which people you are the hero of. You need some PR training my dude. The worst of it all is that you mentioned it not even once or twice, but multiple times. One of my fav youtubers going down.
I'm glad I didn't make the list 🙂
...For now 🥲
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The "worst" performance I have ever seen was Adrian Belew, just bombing on stage (2002?) He was off key, tuned on stage, sat down to play with the effects board. I felt so bad for him at the time. But my brother and I talk about that performance more than almost anything else we have seen. It was memorable for sure.
and Steven Seagal is a complete and total joke. He is also bad at guitar.
A great name for a band the mentally unstable 🤣😭🤣
Ay 22 min
Three chords and the truth!
So, you can learn something from John Frusciante and Wolfgang Van Halen?
lol
Segal has decent clips too,
1 min gang
The DJ Khaled thing is a huge troll. His whole internet persona is literally just him leaning into all the hate he gets.
That guy isn't self-aware enough to do that. I'm pretty sure you're just giving him too much credit.
@@bronsoncarder2491 tfw you find someone who actually falls for DJ Khaled's bait. 😭
Met the dude in Florida, he's actually down to Earth and competent enough to have a serious conversation about art.
@@kxjab I mean, ok, let's say you're right, and he's just so good at pretending to be a douchebag that it's hard for most people to tell the difference.
How is that actually different from being a douchebag?
@@bronsoncarder2491 everything you know about the guy is based off what you see online. can we please grow up and not act like because you know popular opinion, that means it's 100% factual?
He's not a douchebag bro. You clearly just hate him and refuse to hear any other opinion. Grow up man.
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No there’s someone an hour a head of you
Lazy ass content.
Lazy ass comment.