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You're one of few people who recognizes the value of criticism. You were able to turn that negativity into a tool, which gave you better leverage than ever. Props 👏🤘
I think your biggest asset on youtube is your relatability. Everyone makes mistakes, but not everyone has the fortitude to let it be a learning experience. You seem to get it right a lot more than you get it wrong.
I think you're my favorite guitar teacher on the platform. Not that there's anything wrong with the others, they're all great channels! But I love that you don't just teach songs, but the concepts behind them and the guitar players that wrote those songs. That, along with your honesty and stories that always have great lessons behind them, makes your way of teaching and this channel something special in my opinion.
Joe didn't quit because he was insulted. Joe quit because he found himself responding in kind and he didn't want to turn into another asshole on social media. I truly respect him for it. Even if I'm not so into his playing🤣
This is a good video. All my years playing music in bands you always run across the critic know it alls. It takes a lot of courage and humility to admit when you are wrong. Nobody has it all together including the critics. Usually the hardcore critics are arrogant and when one thinks he knows it that person stops learning and is not capable of growing as a musicianl. I have seen a lot of you tube videos of bad teachers and you are not one of those. I watch your videos as well as others like Ben Eller. Keep up the good work
Everyone is tough behind a keyboard now a days. Ya just gotta remember how small all those people actually are inside. You're an incredibly grounded and humble dude, and you're incredibly honest and forthright. Even though I didn't like how you changed up Metallica's new song, I still had to give you credit in my reaction comment because you gotta have a strong spine and self-confidence in order to do that, it truly takes balls to do something like that. To each there own man, just always remember who you are, because what negative and small people say, truly doesn't matter. Cool video and story man. Take Care.
I am a subscriber and a student. Much respect for you not only doing the original retraction but speaking again of it to explain the worth of doing what is right. I have learned more doing things wrong and then fixing them than I ever have getting lucky enough to do it right the first time. I enjoy your course and will continue as one of your students. You're teaching this old dog new tricks. Thanks
I think anyone could apply this lesson learned to everyday life. Accountability for your actions (large or small) is such an underrated but absolutely important trait as we deal with others as well as with ourselves. Keep up the good work!
Owning up to mistakes goes against human nature due to the mob mentality. Nobody wants to be shunned or outcast. But those who can admit mistakes, generally have more to contribute to society than those who continue to lie. I screwed up, let me make it right, is actually good business practice. And most great businesses succeed from failure. It's rare with an individual. Glad you decided to take the path you did!
Your channel is the best. Your instruction videos is the reason I landed a spot in a band last year. They gave me the set list and I was terrified because I didn’t know how to play half of them. Well I went to RU-vid and low and behold your channel had the entire set list, I was blown away. Thank you for all you do for the music community.
Hope you're feeling better after the cold. I'm looking forward to the huge videos coming up. I remember hearing about that Joe Bonamassa thing. I'm glad that one person commenting on your video included a link in to show James playing it correctly. That at least was helpful and constructive, if people could only think and be considerate to others, there's no need to just be a dink and solely insult someone in a comment, that's just not helpful to anyone. The best thing about video that was being able to admit you were wrong, hold up your hands and say so, and I'm sure everyone appreciated the original video staying up, then watching the retraction video, seeing the whole journey as it were. Congrats on 767k Subscribers! 🤘🏻🎉
Thanks for sharing! When I think about it, I can't find any lasting success from my experience that doesn't rest on hard work, more hard work as well as failure and admitting and accepting failure. And that includes all aspects of life.
I love videos like this, where RU-vidrs bare their souls. Stevie T, Matthew Santoro, Jamel, Alex Hefner, Eduard Todor, Edgy Veg, Super Carlin Brothers, and many more have all made videos where they talk about personal things, and it helps me relate with them. It's refreshing and cathartic to see people be real.
Thats what I love about your channel. The honesty. Like this video, the video about your existential dread as a guitar teacher and the retraction video. I love all your videos no matter how much they suck.
Its funny how life works... I was just talking about playing music with a coworker. They made the comment that they wanted to play guitar but its never been fun for them. I said that it may not be for them if its not fun. I went into a very long winded self serving speech about all the effort that I put into playing and how it seldom feels like work. That if you love what you are doing its never hard to stay on task.... he polity listened to me and then said that all he was saying was that he was struggling with actually playing and sounding good. Now I will be giving him some tips and tools to help him. I will be directing him to your channel also... I was so wrong about him and I really learned more about listening. Keep up the great work!
Also, JH plays the intro in both positions, it depends on how he's feeling in the moment lol. I'd always only ever seen and played it at the 5th, and then I saw footage of him with a Gretsch or something, playing it at the nut (among other times). I think it was recorded at the nut, but as time goes on, you keep things fresh by moving about the fretboard whilst playing the same notes (I know I do), playing the same old songs every effing night after night after night would get a bit groundhoggy pretty damn quick!
You’re awesome dude I’ve been watching you for years and you are one of the coolest smartest and down to earth dudes and tbh my fav person to learn from on RU-vid keep going man! It’s awesome seeing someone who’s mature enough to open about Ab stuff like this
One of the many great things about guitar is you can usually find more than one way to play the right notes. Then it just becomes a matter of what technique works best for you.
I also feel like it makes your videos better as you will be more mindful of the content you present so your channel becomes a higher quality compared to others in the genre.
Dude, your “7 levels of -“ videos are literally a main contributor to me picking up the guitar. It’s so badass that your fuel WAS the negative comments haha
I’ve only started playing guitar for just over a year. I still only play open chords or cowboy chords. But I’ve learned to play stripped down versions of many of my favourite songs. I started a RU-vid channel at the beginning to document my progress. Some of it is very bad. Some of it good. Many people don’t realize that the process is the process. I’ve seen your guitar playing. It’s amazing. And I know I bastardize songs all the time and modify them to suit my level and my playing style. They don’t always sound right… but. They are mine. Learning to play guitar at 50 years old has been possibly the hardest thing I’ve tried to do. But. Also the most satisfying. And art of guitar is the only lessons I’ve used. You break it down and make it as simple as possible to learn guitar. Thanks Mike!
Sometimes peoples comments all over any platform are funny. They'll wait for you/me/anyone to make the slightest little error just so that they can point it out, almost like they want everyone to believe that the person behind those words is special. And a lot of people will just get hung up on the tiniest of semantics. Great video man.
When I learned how to teach, one of the things I'd learned was that the students know they're fallible, and they know you're fallible. What they want (what we all want) is honesty, and an understanding that people (teachers or students) aren't perfect. If you're an expert, you're still capable of being wrong. A true expert recognizes when they're wrong, admits it, and corrects it. After all, you'd never have become an expert without being able to grow from your own mistakes.
The other day I posted a lick that I came up with that I played super clean with a caption like “this hard work is paying off!” and the only comment was someone saying “nope.” Social media sucks sometime lol
Interesting I had that same tab I think that was book was included in the 90s guitar starter kit with a black squier lol I don’t care what position you play a riff or if you play it completely different than the original artist as long as the notes pitch and rhythms are correct very few riffs have to be played in the exact way. All that said if you’re going to say the correct way your left hand better be where the original artist played it. What kills me is everyone is caught up with the left hand doing right, how many of us actually hold our pick with a thumb and two fingers like James in my opinion James’ picking technique is what makes his playing so powerful and precise. People will bust on your left hand technique but in metal rhythm playing its that right hand technique that is more critical. There’s no wrong way to play guitar people. If it sounds good it is good.
Great message! Everyone should take this into their personal, everyday lives, not just online. Also, it’s sometimes ok to be harsh if you also include positive feedback as well.
Mike, yet another inspiring story! You have no idea how much I’ve learned from you. Thank you for everything that you’ve done for us. Do you know what I wish for you musically? If one day Kiko Loureiro decides to leave Megadeth to pursue other musical ventures, I hope Dave Mustaine calls you us and says “ Mike, I know you’re a huge Megadeth fan and you know my songs inside and out. I want you to be my new lead player!” God bless you brother 🤘
Im one of those people who values honesty above all in every person I meet or know. Although I dont know you personally, I have been watching your vids for quite a while and this is the one that made me subscribe......Keep Rockin'!!
Keeping it real is often the right way to go, love your videos. I think my favorite from the recent videos is the Lux Æterna "re-imagining" you did, the solo in that is way better than what kirk played.
Good video, bud. People admire those who admit and own mistakes. It wasn't a bad thing that happened. You got lucky. Because in the end you come out ahead. You get it right, plus you gain more followers and more respect. It's such a good outcome, I'd almost accuse you of planning it this way.
You did what Nintendo did when they canceled Metroid Prime 4 and restarted development from scratch. They apologized and said it wasn't up to their standards, knew everyone would be disappointed, but had to own up to it. It led to a lot of positive responses because people liked how honest and humble they were with its status. People like sincerity and humility. You did it.
I feel that all RU-vidrs can relate to this in some way. For me, it's a little different because I'm a paranormal RU-vidr, so my negative comments are more people calling me a faker, but it's still negativity. Oh, and by the way, I loved Steve Vai's guitar playing. I listened to the songs you recommended for me to try. 👍
One of the best things about your channel is that you're authentic and have a great attitude. Don't worry about the honest mistakes you make. Thanks for all of the great videos and instruction!
I think negative feedback is great, so long as it's tempered and aimed at the action. For example, saying that you s-ck doesn't help anyone, but giving pointers to improve is always welcome in my book. I've got my first 'viral' video taking off, and it's becoming easy, as you say, to separate the chaff from the wheat. That said, a view and a comment are always a good thing, and I won't turn away from either.
If I took all my negative comments I would have quit playing a few days after I started, glad I didn’t. Also Hope you feel better Mike, sickness sucks.
Nice one, Mike, full respect, mate. I've not seen the original video, but I learned the correct way to play Sandman from what must have been your retraction video. Thanks, man
I’m already subscribe to this channel, but if I could, I would re-subscribe, and then re-subscribe again! There is zero accountability in our culture anymore, and to find someone who is willing to put themselves on the line for the sake of accountability, is amazing. Great job love this channel!
You did the right thing. So many times people want to try and circumvent & dance around the fact they were wrong. If I'm wrong I'm usually the firs tto say "I was wrong & I made a mistake." If you say that right off the bat there's not much someone can to that & they will typically respect it (as you are mentioning in this video). Now when is "The Art of Bass Guitar" channel launching?
You actually just described what is probably the most important principle in the universe. Tied for first place anyway. Negative exists and we can't do anything about it - so what is the solution? - turn it into a positive force. To the extent that negative exists, make it make you stronger. There was really only 2 options - confess up to it or just delete it and redo it. It's no big deal, everyone makes mistakes. You took the brave route - you finished what you started so instead of allowing the continued existence of a mistake out of fear, you fixed it. You healed the universe where it needed healing. Also, I think technically speaking, they weren't really negative comments because they were pointing out an actual mistake. They may have been harsh, but that's not the same as when you get someone just being mean for the sake of being mean. They still sting though, I know. The G was too thick sounding to me to be the open G. Plus I have a thing for difficult fingerings so I was like 'aha! - I know what he's doing.' I knew it couldn't be THAT easy - I mean, it's Metallica - they can complicate things a little at least - maybe not as much as their former bandmate Dave but enough to make that riff tricky. But I've messed up more riffs along my way than I can count. First time I tried Crazy Train (before Tab was readily available) I played the verse triads as power chords. I just remembered - I showed a bunch of people how to play Wish You Were Here with just a regular D chord instead of D/F. I'll probably run into one of them one day and they'll be like, dude - it sounds so much better as D/F, how did you not know that?
Admitting you did something wrong, like a small mistake like playing an overplayed (yet fantastic) song is, in my book, the strongest thing someone can do morally, and I respect anyone who has the cojones to do that. Props to you, good Sir.
I’m a big believer in admitting mistakes, it’s tough but it’s the best way forward. In today’s world nobody ever takes responsibility even on someone simple like this .
Stoicism is the answer. It's all about HOW we react to situations. Stepping up and hitting it head on is always the way- as you've discovered. I suspect that you have a strong moral center- keep up the excellent work.
That retraction video is how I found your channel, and I thought your approach was very classy, your attitude was perfect. It takes a lot to admit you made a mistake (a perfectly understandable one btw) Well done.
Now with this video that retraction video will get even more views 😄 Btw. you put out great videos, could you upload the full version of the video that you did with roger fisher as you had said you would. Thanks
My new boss of 6 weeks was undoubtedly unfiltered in her criticism of me. Today starts my first day of semi-retirement. The jokes on her, though; she'll have all my call-outs this holiday season. My guitar playing is going to improve now. 😀
Dude, I was just playin' when I said you were getting "soft". Most you tubers lose muscle mass, gain weight , start to slouch, etc.... kinda the routine. Not many guys are as relatable as you are.
Hmmm, I've heard at least three different versions of the Tribute solo by Randy, heard Rik Emmett play "Blinding Light Show" several different ways, hell, even Jimi rarely played the same song the same twice. You do a good job, or else you wouldn't still be here, so good to know you ain't sweating the small shit anymore.
Voice sounded good. No worries. Great video. More people need to hear it's okay to mess up, say sorry, and admit they were wrong and get better because of it.
This is in line with Jocko Willink’s policy of extreme ownership. When you personally take ownership of the results of anything (especially admitting when you’re wrong), things tend to turn out better than you feared, and people will trust you more.
It's smart to not take everyone's comments seriously. As for your admitted mistake, no biggie, everyone makes them. The bigger issue is might be the Tab Books you were initially relying on... so I'd be questioning that source for playing accuracy, or at least find other sources you can cross-check between. Thanks for your video's. Have a great holiday season.
Shoot, Mike, I plan to make videos and post to my YT channel (Listen Hear), and I have no fear about it. I just need to sound-treat my music space, then set time aside to actually shoot video (notice I didn't write "film," and you might guess why 😉). I suppose it won't hurt to plan out content for the first handful of vids, too 😁
