What makes Paul David's videos so Great? Charm, Joy, and his lovably right-sized love of Music. You're one of my favorite unmet Friends, thank you! xoxo
As a soloist for 60 years it is paramount that you work at complimenting the melody and song. In rare circumstances you are tasked with providing a section of guitar virtuosity, but mostly your job is to continue the journey in the song for the audience. I enjoy the craft and the challenges presented when asked to do that.
Sometimes that is a soloist’s task; most times, not. Depends on what the composer or producer prefers. George Harrison is the best example of complementing the song. There are many others. Wankery can be both a blessing and a curse, and the question is always this: Is it me that’s most important or the music itself?
You have created the unique sound, which is very warm, sweet and not boring the ears! Now it is becoming very rare when you could hear something unique...
I played the Hopin' non stop when I first heard it and have been excited for another solo from you. This scratches that itch so well. I absolutely love the synth like octave slides and the almost vocal like parts.
I feel like the competitive, creative challenge of writing or learning a solo is unparalleled when learning the language of music. Countless lessons and tutorials have taught me technique but learning solos taught me feel.
I feel like that’s an also a main reason as to why there aren’t any solos in mainstream music nowadays. That, and it “isn’t cool” anymore, plus, artist think they have to fit a mold of 3.5 minute songs so that they have radio playability; and I think it’s really sucked the joy out of a lot of music. A side note as well, (and my personal opinion here), everything is starting to be created with a computer, making it hard to get the idea for a solo, because there isn’t someone in the studio who can, then the thought of a solo doesn’t cross the artist’s mind, for the aforementioned reasons.
Man, that is a jam. It’s impossible not to Bob my head, tap my foot, and pat my hand on the chair. The solo absolute completes the song. I added it to my Apple library. Give me and old school vibe with a new school twist, great combo. I definitely heard some Satrianiesque tones which I love. Bluesy, yet hopeful. And the lyrics made me feel like I would’ve wrote them. Awesome man.
Gosh, what a beautiful song and a creative solo that fits it perfectly. The solo takes you up to the summit of the mountain and then a smooth gentle descent back down. Well done!
So crafty! Love it! Making a guitar solo work for a song is so much more difficult than one would think. Not to just throw a bunch of shredding at the song and to actually hear the song. It’s always a challenge! Thanks for sharing. Very inspiring
You never cease to amaze. Such beautiful work. I added it to my Apple Music library, as well as Cumulus and Sugar Coated. The guitar solo work on Sugar is a bit more old-school but truly effective and actually raised the hair on my arms when I first heard it. That’s an A+ for me, LOL. I admire not only your skill, but your true musicianship. Everything else can be learned but THAT, in my humble opinion, is a gift.
Dude, years after years of watching your videos I’m starting to feel deep inside me that you’re one (if not THE one) of the most inspiring guitarist I’ve ever listened. You’re so talented and your guitar playing is always serving the music and sound, not just about being technical and impressively fast. Even though I think your style is probably most impressive than a technical beast machine. Thank you for being so inspiring! Greetings from France 🇫🇷🤘🏼
I am normally suspicious of electric solos ... now a day. Many think just distortion and fast is .... whatever it is... I am genuinely impressed with what you showed and did to build the nice sound sculpture for the solo section ... nice job.
Zwaaar onder de indruk. Het liedje zelf, jouw plan van aanpak, de toelichting van wat je doet en hoe je het interessant maakt (octaves)! Hele unieke solo die ik al heel vaak geluisterd heb de afgelopen 24uur. Legen......... dary ❤️ !!
Man, what a creative guitarist! As a bass player I really appreciate your thought process and how you used a blend of different techniques (that at least to me aren't so commonly used together) without being too extravagant about it!
As an old fogey who grew up with the likes of Zeppelin, Deep Purple and Pink Floyd my take on it is that guitar solos have been squeezed out by producers who don't want anyone else taking credit for creativity. For a while RU-vid force fed me a Masterclass trailer featuring Timberland teaching production and beatmaking. He got so excited about the sounds but seemed to have no concern for melody, groove or harmony. Surrendering the space required to allow a guitarist to create something is almost diametrically opposed to his entire process and I suspect many other producers have a similar attitude. Their egos will not let anyone else in. Also, putting a guitar solo into a pop track means that someone is going to screw with the time alignment and pitch and they are going to have to spend hours "correcting" it. As if anyone would have the nerve to time align and pitch correct Page, Blackmore or Gilmour. instead they label it "old" and claim to have something new and therefore better.
Shredding should be used for flavoring and to create interest. This is includes sweep picking. Sometimes a million notes is fun too. People act like it was 80’s guitarists that invented it. Paganini and a million other classical composers have been shredding for centuries and no one ever accuses them of not have “feeling”.
@@dezertson2011 that is true, I feel like a lot of shredders are more focused on shredding and keep it pentatonic. Not saying it's necessarily a bad thing. Like you said, tasteful. You can I IV V all day and do a lot with it, I just prefer feel over technicality. I mean if you look at bands like the black mages, they shred for sure but it never seems superfluous or out of context. That could be bias too tho. I've heard them described as "space music"
YES, the guitar solo has a place in modern music. I only found this today and heard it about 10 times now. The song is great and so is the guitar solo. I like the attitude that a solo should help the song and the way it is done is surely very well done - a great example for all those shredders out there. And it is nice to hear Paul show what he can do 🙂
I had to listen to it again right away, with my eyes closed. Only later did I notice that the name of the song is "blind." I particularly liked the section where he makes a strat sound like a sarod (Indian fretless stringed instrument with metal fingerboard played with the fingernail against the string.) Truly awesome and David has every reason to be proud.
Hi Paul, this is an AMAZING solo. I enjoyed listening to it over and over again, and over and over ... I'm not sure, but I spotted a Chris Buck style lick in that solo... the bending with the sliding... I love it... This song definetely needed a solo. I hope you bring more work like that! Keep up the good work!
I do love the way you broke down the solo especially how you made the octave parts much more interesting. Lots of tasty techniques! Made me pick up my guitar and practice....
It works. It works perfectly. Not obtrusive or self indulgent at all. It fits. It’s melodic, even lyrical as you say and uplifts the effect of the song as a whole. Love your approach. It shows an uncommonly well balanced ego. Well done.
You have outdone yourself and given another proof of what a brilliant of a guitar player you actually are. I'm completely blown away. Amazing technique and knowledge used exactly in the right place, you just hit the best fitting notes the song needs and yet created an extravagant little solo in a way I never heard it. Definitely gonna take a listen to your new single!
When you hit those harmonics in the solo there were tears in my eyes, this is even better than the hopin’ solo. I haven’t felt so overwhelmed with excitement and satisfaction over a guitar solo like this ever
Truly beautiful and inspiring. The texture achieved with the combination of the playing itself, the multitracking, and the judicious use of effects in that solo is simply breathtaking.
13 in a dozen is my new favorite saying for something played out. You make it look effortless, my friend, but I know this is something you've put a lot of time and thought into. You're a great teacher, thank you!
A: That solo was a perfect match for the song and you did a wonderful job of it! B: The absolute master of what you described here, making a solo add to the song and, in his case, taking it to the point where the solo may become the backbone of the entire song is Dave Gilmore! Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Comfortably Numb, On The Turning Away! Devin Townsend can do most beautiful songs like that, too. Deadhead comes to my mind. Marillion's Steve Rothery has done quite a few wonderful songs in that style, too. Out Off This World is one I listened to only a few days ago where he did another perfect job of that. C: Guitar wanking the soloing for solo's sake is! 😁 Pointlessly up and don the plank with the hand, until the audiences throw up. You are the first one I hear call this out this directly besides me. ☺
Wow. This is so good. The hairs on the back of my neck stood up to give a standing ovation after the sweeping part. Very well done Paul. Your musicality is so inspiring.
I have to agree. Splendid use of sweeping, impressive without showing off and meticulously effortless. Structure, style, innovation and ingenuity. Great example to bounce ideas off of.
Listened to this mesmerizing song several times while drinking coffee with my wife. What a perfect beginning of a Saturday morning. The solo is out of this world.
Wow! If the guitar gods could speak they would sound like this. Truly breathtaking stuff. I weep I could not learn guitar better younger and that I quit so early. I hope to be an old dog learning new tricks and be like you. Thank you for the inspiration and for your absolute impeccable dedication to your craft!
YES YES YES! Holy cow this song is on repeat. I wish the solo would make a comeback in this style in modern music! Such intentionality and selflessly considers the song and message as a whole. I love it!
i think what you nailed in your explanation is that in modern music the mastering of your solos is massively important to incorporate the solo in the song (the panning and stuff)
SPECTACULAR!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 So tastey! You're a world-class 'Craftsman' Paul, giving true purpose for each note. To say 'Well done Paul' is an extreme understatement. Your videos are truly inspirational 💛💚💙
Im a guitarist and i think this solo is the best solo i listen in the modern music i live in italy but i watch your videos every day paul i play this song every day with my guitar and i dream 🌞🌞🌞🌞🏴🏴🏴🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸
i was exploring new music in spotify and I went to yours and parsa's profile and found this song 3 hours ago and LOVED IT ! you guys really should make more music I love that you are working with a persian boy too! love from iran❤
A guitar solo, today more than in the past years, should be a plus for a song and in this case IT IS the song! In the sense that without the solo the song ok is modern, fresh and whatever you want but it is like other million songs, all of them the same since the productions are almost all in the same direction nowadays. This solo is unique and put the song on another level. Great job! As always
Perfectly complimentary to the song all while highliting an extremely talented player...what more could you ask for. Very modern sounding, yet a subtle nod to the greats of yesteryear. Great stuff Paul!
He Paul! thanks so much for the efforts of yourself and your musical compatriots in the composition of your Spotify catalogue. I discovered the catalogue after watching this video, and since then it has provided me hours of relaxing ambience to my studies.
Song writing is a gift and cant be forced.so many talented players are unable to write and so many no so good players can. I am in that category. Appreciate listening to play and your corky personality
To me a guitar solo should only be there if it compliments the song - like John Frusciante’s simpler breaks that offset the machine gun lyrics in chillis - this is what the song needs man! The way it builds and mimics the track is killer and I think the sweep runs are super nice! We probably wouldn’t flinch if we saw someone playing those arpeggio lines on a synth in a track like this,so showcasing this as a guitar technique I think is SUPER important for modern players to realise ❤ thanks for the great video dude, never been able to sweep pick but you’ve inspired me! 🤘
That was brilliant…love your videos! You’ve really inspired to me to branch out of my comfort zone and start exploring sides of the guitar that I’ve always been intimidated to even try! I’ve come so far in the last year, more than I thought possible! Thank you so much!
This is going to be a favourite guitar solo, which I will enjoy hearing and attempting to learn/ learn from .. for a long time. Thanks for this insight into how to play.
beautifully written and flawlessly performed, would love to try it out myself. this here kinda shows guitar solo is like a backbone to the song and it is eternal it can never die even in hundreds of years into the future.
Perfect! Fit so well with the song which is so soothing. Makes me feeling I'm floating in the room.And this last note, you just want to hang with it forever...
Hoi Paul. Wat een heerlijk nummer!! Hij staat hier en inmiddels ook bij mijn beide zoons op repeat. 🙂 Beide zijn met muziek opgegroeid en beide zijn hobby matig actief in de muziek. De 1 is gitarist / bassist de ander schrijft prachtige teksten en rapt. Ze waren beide meteen onder de indruk van deze heerlijke productie. En ja, de gitaar solo is fantastisch. ;-) Groeten uit Drenthe.
Oh wow!!! I was just thinking about you two days ago! My dream has come true!!! I am absorbing as much as possible from your educational videos. I do not play guitar, but I have something like a guitar and listening to music, your videos have given me a much more appreciation and education of what I m hearing. THANK YOU!!! ❤❤❤🌸🤟
Can’t say enough about how great this entire video really is. Paul, you have that “it” factor, both as a guitarist and as a host on RU-vid. You have it going on. Hope to hear you in person some day - coming to Florida anytime soon?
Sir, there are many songs that need solos, the thing is, those solos may be played by you. I've been listening to this song and this solo during the day, and it is simply amazing!
Literally the Bob Ross of music. Everything this man makes is just art, the way he fills that gap and makes these songs so much better. Always provides not only what the songs needs but what we need
Duuude I think this probably is my favourite guitar solo. I'm not actually all that into guitar solos, which is weird considering I play guitar! Not sure what it is, but solos typically just don't get the excitement out of me the way they do some people. But THIS right here is my kind of solo. Just seems like there's a little more behind it than other solos. It helps that the chord structure underneath is my kind of vibe too, but the solo slots on top perfectly and really says something. It's musically meaningful. Great work, sir.
I can't get it out of my head...Great solo Davids...what a great guitarist you are... I just started out this year and I hope to reach your level one day😀
