Rethinking This Channel...Need Your Input 

I don't distinguish between your channels - I see a Rick Beato topic that I'm interested in and I watch it. I don't even notice which channel it is.

I see Rick Beato, I click. No need to overthink it. Not playing too much into marketing bs, musical or otherwise, is one of the many reasons you’re so respected

The channels are fine, stop over thinking it Rick. More what makes this song great is always welcome. I do think you should spend more time pre-interview on what you hope to learn.

Dude - anything you post, I’m watching. 🙂

It's true that a lot of us are not musicians, I'm not one, I'm an artist, but I love music. I grew up in the 70s and 80s, and I listen to a lot of the bands you talk about. I suppose your demographic is older, too. So, It kind of makes sense that your audience watches completely unrelated stuff. The thing about both of your channels that appeals to me is the nostalgia and the passionate way you talk about music. It brings me back, and I absolutely love it.

The channel is a good source of education and enlightenment. It should stay as you are doing a great job.

I am not a musician, but love music and your content even this 2nd channel.

Sounds like you need a “what makes this channel great” series so you can figure it out.

Rick, I love your videos and I never check which channel they are on. I see your face, I hear your voice and I listen to what you have to say. Maybe you are overthinking. You could have ten and then I would subscribe to all of them. But I may be missing one. Why not put them all in one channel. You are the brand, not some random name.

I like the idea of showcasing live new music, feature performances, and collaborations with musical guests.

I like what you're doing. Musicians enjoy talking to you because you know music. If your guest is having fun, everybody's having fun. Having them play for a while is a great idea. Maybe expand on that.

I hope you don't stop posting clips. That's usually my entry (and motivation) to watching a full episode. Other times, I may not have the time or interest in watching the full video, so checking the clips is a nice alternative. Another channel that I subscribe to posts full interviews and has a second channel that is just clips from the interviews.

Rick, you do so many different things with the channel. It’s just nice to know that I can slide in one day and learn the chords of a Nirvana song, or hear about some cool jazz history. I tune into the interviews the most, but this multipurpose thing you’ve got going on is awesome. I don’t know the difference between different channels. I just look at what’s going on and click in

Modify What Makes This Song great by also deconstructing a song or artist to its influences so we can connect it to what came before.

Please, honor David Sanborn. He contributed a lot of great music to many artists throughout the 70s, 80s, and 90s. Not only his own music, but he's also played w/David Bowie, Bruce Springsteen, Sonny Rollins, Bob James,Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sting, Eric Clapton. James Taylor>>"How sweet it is".That's Sanborn playing that famous sax line!

Love your channels Rick. I'd love to see More of what makes this song great

These channels have given so much to us the listener! I think it’s time for Rick to do whatever he finds joy in his life doing!

This is your channel, so the channel should represent you and everything you love, hate and are influenced by in music. Who were/are your influences, hero's. I watch your channel cause I'm an amateur musician, and I love to learn more. It helps me to improve.

Rick, we all know you have your favorites.. U2, Beatles, Journey, Boston, Tool, Alice in Chains, Steely Dan, The Police/Sting, Metallica, Queen, Nirvana... along with your jazz cats and prog-metal bands. Here's a brief list of major bands/artists that have barely (or NEVER) been discussed on your channel. It would be really cool to find a way to feature some of these artists. (I realize some of them may be blockers.) *Alice Cooper, Bad Company, The Band, Blondie, Blues Traveler, Bob Seger, Bruce Springsteen, Bryan Adams, The Clash, The Commodores, CSN&Y, Eddie Money, ELO, Elvis Costello, Foreigner, The Guess Who, Hall & Oates, Heart, Huey Lewis, INXS, Iron Maiden, Jackson Browne, Jefferson Airplane/Starship, Jethro Tull, CCR/John Fogerty, John Mellencamp, Kenny Loggins, Kool & The Gang, Little River Band, The Moody Blues, Pat Benatar, REO Speedwagon, Rod Stewart, Styx, Supertramp, Talking Heads.*

Dang missed it live again. Intro brought back memories rick Yeah man, old school stuff, in depth production , live streams , theory etc

Agree with Kevin. 'Your connection with music and musicians is super special'. OK you have knowledge, skills and wide experience but every time you post you share that part of you that just loves good music wherever it comes from. That is why you are loved by artists and audience alike. Keep doing what you are doing, the way you are doing it. I'll watch it all on whatever channel.

RICK BEATO PRO; I’d like to see the “2” channel geared towards musicians, recording engineers, etc. Not solely working pros, but that part of your audience that are more interested in going into the musical weeds with you.

Honestly one of the best things ever is the Rick Beato show.

I've caught myself watching mainly Rick Beato 2. The interviews are always insightful, emotional and even funny. It's so amazing to get to know the people behind all the fantastic music. What strikes me is their humility and kindness. I see what you are doing on this channel as an invaluable service to mankind. We must preserve the legacy of the musical geniuses amongst us in these times of fleeting fads and short attention spans. Keep up the great work, Rick.

I like your format just the way it is. This is one of the few channels where I can just sit and chill while I watch excellent content.

One amazing topic never discussed on this channel is rehearsing online. It's a huge tool and a working game changing

Appreciate your humble and respectful approach to the people you interview. Its good to see humble people in this day and age. A rare commodity.

I'm not a musician but I love music very much. I also love channels like this because I learn about lots of new artists. Hearing Rick Beato and others like him explain the importance of artists and their creations means so much to me.

I'll watch whatever you post I enjoy the long form interviews let the guest tell their stories 👍🇺🇸

I would start with “ branding” Beato 2 with a different look. Green screen your background showing a different image than your studio shot you use on Beato I. I would incorporate the name of the second channel in the background so each channel is instantly identifiable from each other. Once you have a different immediately identifiable look for each channel, you can hone in on the difference between the channels. Good luck with whichever way you decide to take it! Always a fan!

This would be a good studio-oriented channel. Recording techniques, studio design, engineering interviews, how/why to choose which plugins or outboard gear to use in certain situations, things like how the Beatles' songs sound so different using the same gear year after year. Demos about how great engineers actually set up in the studio, etc. interviews, etc.

I loved the Bill Schnee interview and that seems like the perfect thing for RB2. Maybe RB1 is for the famous, popular stuff, artists, songs, albums, etc. and RB2 is more educational, behind the scenes people, places, music theory, tech talk, such like. "Beato Beyond"?

22:30 ish, this list contains many channels that have been recommended (pushed) at me, because I watch your channel. I've watched some, they're ok, some are very good, but I try to watch everything Beato, because you get it right. You are the best, why would I watch the rest? I'm not a musician, but I'm very interested in music. You have helped me discuss music with musicians. You've helped understand what I love about great songs and why. Your interview short clips have pulled me into full interviews with people I didn't know I'd find interesting. The variety is what makes your channel so good. RB1, RB2, RB anything, What makes..., interviews, Top 10, Studio talk, Rick & Family, Rick & Friends, What Rick done last night, What Rick had for breakfast.... who cares what channel it's on. It'll probably be more interesting than most others. Suggestions: Channel name: Rick Rolled Handy channel addition: You often mention specific related old shows that we should check out. It not easy to do. Maybe add a link in the subject text? Maybe create video 'Playlists' Early days highlights "In the Beginning" "What Makes..." oldest first "Interviews" alphabetical "Music Theory" Etc. ❤

Video doesn't play, but based on title alone, the reason i love your channel is because you just talk about things and interview people you're interested in. I am interested in how you became you, and how you think about music. Thank you Rick.

More “What Makes This Song Great!” Really appreciate your genius!!

Interview Scott Merritt, 7 album EMI deal, lost his albums he had before the deal! and they shelved him. Enlightening Music.

Listen Rick. I just love the interviews with the huge stars and engineers and you going in absolute crazy details about it all even when I don't really undeurstand everything because it's so technical. It makes me go and research what you are talking about and making me more knowledgable about music and the absolute work that goes with it. Don't dumb it down for anyone. Maybe you can put the big interviews on the main channel and keep the music nerd stuff here. Dosen't matter I will watch it all. Call it "Rick Beato Extras" "Rick Beato : In Depth" somethiung like that

Host a large day event, rent out a massive stadium or stage, get all your guitar buddies and musicians together, host a music festival, set up booths where other podcasters you're connected to can host their shows from with you as the "MC" or main host. You'd probably have to find investors, but the return of hosting a live event would be a big potential return for them, especially with all the collaborations going on, the merch you could sell, the people who wanna get their names out there, make them pay for placement, sell tickets, have giveaways, and host it on a day that's special to you and this channel as a big anniversary party. Camera crew, stream it live, I mean a PRODUCTION, man... Would love to be a part of that.

Don't overthink it too much. Really been enjoying the longer interviews lately. Rick has a way of asking better questions to his guests, unlike the typical media interviews.

I would love to hear from bands like Chevelle and Nothing More about the creative process and the business. I have always wanted interviewers to ask artist which songs were their favorite from an album, or which song should have been released as a single or which songs sound better live, etc.

"Disrespectful!" Agreed. Thats why you get the great guests.

Well I was listening to your previous conversation with Ted, and I thought getting a regular "Beato Top 10" would be great. Find some new emerging talent and give them a shout out. Biggest problem for a lot of us is breaking through the noise of everything else is out there. It'd be cool to see the support of the bands that you think are doing great stuff, and give your audience something fresh to check out

Never been much of a fan of second channels unless there is a clear stylistic or content difference. Otherwise I often wonder what the purpose is. I know both channels have some differences but it's never felt big enough to necessarily justify.

Rick, I love that you make both the clips & highlights as well as the full interviews available in separate formats. If you don't release clips & highlights anymore, it would be super if you could index the main video so folks without a lot of time can skip to the juicy bits please.

The music is fab! So beautiful, so mature! Kudos🙏

I would love to see you have a channel dedicated to mixing/engineering/production.

There's that music I always loved in your older intros❣️😊

Main suggestion for you - an easily accessible (possibly on website as RU-vid tries to obscure this sort of access) database of ALL your videos, searchable by date, interviewee, topic, song, clip or Longford. In other words, all the information you must have already. RU-vid does not make it easy to search at this level of resolution. I watch your material for two or three hours most days, so this would really help me and other subscribers. I already have bought your bundle, of course

Another player to interview...Nili Brosh. Excellent

I just watch Rick Beato on You Tube. I don't pay attention to which channel it's on, I just watch the vids that interest me and skip the others.

Rick's Beat could encompasses all aspects of musical interests.

"Rick's Picks" the channel where you pick out any subject, topic, interview you WANT. The audience will show up regardless just to see what it will be and likely love it. Topics we might have never dived into, but glad we did.

I truly enjoy RB2. Trust your instincts Rick. We do! One thought; Maybe change the name to distinguish it from RB1. Rick’s Music Cafe. (Play on Casablanca.) Cheers

Pretty awesome you’re asking the viewers for input. IMHO, you need more composers like Christophe Beck, John Powell, Michael Giacchino, Bryan Tyler and Tyler Bates.👍🏼

Keep on keepin’on. Love it as is!

Interview Howard Levy, Harmonica.

What makes this song great is the best though, and why I subscribed. Love listening to someone breakdown a song that's not my friends, and I. Someone who knows down to the small details.

All your output is Great Rick !!! Everything is interesting. Sub groups of types of focus are cool. But do whatever interests you. Variety is great and keeps it interesting for us also 👍✌️

Rick you’re a solid human being. That is first and foremost and what I recognized after spending time watching hung both channels. And I share your passion and love for Everything Music! So awesome you share that with your children ❤️That’s the best. I also appreciate your introspection, and hustle. You have left your imprint for sure and anything “Behind the Curtain, W Rick” Count me in!!!

I love both your channels. Please don't quit or change anything. Only thing I'd like is to know what band guests are from in the title.

A technical comparison of western music and middle eastern music would be great. Some of the great grooves and vocals in M.E, popular music are really interesting, along with flatted notes we don't use in our scale system.

Beato Backstage would be a perfect name!

Love your channel! I'm a little disappointed how you haven't talked about PJ's latest album. It is some of their best work. They are among the best live bands if not the best. Perhaps you could do a video about what makes a great live band???

I like the idea of interviewing artists that have yet to break and giving them much needed exposure. I also like the idea of reviewing songs by lesser known, indie bands, like was mentioned in the chat.

only thing i can think of, would be perhaps to use this as a means to go over your Beato book contents. its doable for a noob to follow the book, but somewhat painful to follow when all of the info is completely new to an unexperienced person. but love what ya do in any case. just make sure it keeps you sane and makes you happy, whichever road you end up going down. ^^

Rick, I really think Beato B-Sides is a great name for this channel! Cheers from San Diego (it's Tim B.). Hope to catch up with you soon. Cheers!

All the best from Mexico Rick, you are the man!

I’ve never sought out Rick Beato 2 as I assumed it was for clips derived from the main channel. I love the interviews but also get a lot from the educational breakdowns. I do think the channel name should indicate what is shown. You should advertise what’s exclusive to the second channel as you do with your Beato Bundle

Consider the main channel for long form interviews, 2 for gear and song breakdowns and maybe push the clips and shorts over to Instagram. That way, we know what we're getting and know what the time restraints are to decide to tune in or save for later viewing.

I like keeping tabs on just one channel. I follow a LOT of channels, so the more concentrated the better.

All of your stuff is good Rick. I have absorbed a ton of good information and discovered even more new music through your content.

I love the channel, I love to see how you worked as producer, show how you produce bands or similar to that were you got together with some friends and recorded an original. Showing the process and talking us through it.

More Ted Gioia, please! On both channels!

Would love to see more content, from your extensive knowledge of recording. I need help with things like- setting a channel for recording, getting levels, placing mics, recording effects wet/ dry, unique drum mic placements, like setting mics to pan left to right when going around the toms. Anything about basics of recording. Lots of us have DAWs now- but have little knowledge of good studio technique. Appreciate you so much!!

I missed this while I was actually practicing and working on a song idea for another band. I like the "soundstage" channel rebrand idea. A good idea for this or maybe even another channel would be to document some of the production of Billionaire's recording. I was lucky being an early watcher on the original channel when there were major music theory videos, which got me pulled back into music somewhat before it became an intense interest again in 2020. I would not be surprised if I watched all of yours and many other music RU-vidrs' videos during those months from where everything was standing still. Your video with Ted today brought me a little bit of faint hope that there could be a place for me in a future music scene even though I'm not young anymore like that business prefers. I'd really love to be involved in something like artist development and production, and of course, write some really good songs. I have songs that have been stuck in my brain for a few decades now and your channel actually taught me how to name those sounds so that I could just get them on to instruments for later use. I'd really like to now learn the production part of the equation so that I can fully actualize these things that sound like full productions in my head now that I know how they would fit on the instruments I do play. I hope that there are other people who watch these channels that feel as intensely as I do about music now and feel inspired to go out there and make something happen.

I see an ethereal cartoonized version of you as an older man your musical thoughts bursting like an electrical field... Connected to nature, sound , stars and events in time. It's like a picture of your brain, your spirit... Your all. Great music!! If only AI could add to the connection you have with people in a nondestructive way.

Interview Bruce Cockburn.

Myself and my poor musician friends and family have gained so much great knowledge from your efforts. We are creating some amazing original tunes old school with real instruments, good tone and our chops. My bucket list is to record our combined efforts at Leon Russell’s Church Studio in Tulsa. I would love to recruit Rick Beato to produce us so it gets done right. Keep inspiring us

I wish you would talk more about guitar rig set ups ! Love to see how to chain amps or preamping i have heard of preamping but never saw how to do it and not fry my amp

I Love your teaching and interview style.

Have a channel for music appreciation (what makes this song great, song breakdowns, chart breakdowns, theory) and one on music creation (writing, producting, instruments, techniques, theory).

I really think it doesn't it confuses me. Love both channels. I love esoteric content, this is the time to do things that are interesting to musicians, producers and everybody knows that, so that you can have each one of your dream guests delighted, finally in a room with the honest, funny and insightful Rick Beato.

I think that this channel would be a perfect vehicle for mixing and production. You have a ton of knowledge & expertise in that area, and we relatively don't see a lot of that from you.

I’m subscribed to both channels and I love both of them and I can’t play one instrument at all but I really enjoy your videos Rick, do what you want but I’m still following

I'd like to hear a short intro jam, and longer outro jam, where you play along with various mega-hits, your personal favorites, or showing quality backing tracks, perhaps including a gear/guitar brand demo when fitting. They talk is cheap, but yours are priceless. Adding music would be a deep bonus.

Indeed looking forward a more distinct name for the channel would seem the be beneficial.

'In the Control Room: with Rick Beato"

The Dirty Loops interview was top notch! You presented an active contemporary live band in a nice lo-key mood, letting them describe what they do and who they are. Interesting to learn how top quality music can emerge, though far beyond the Billboard lists. Also your co-op with Nahre Sol about scales was interesting, far beside the mainstream genres. And Gowan, Mancuso, Carlton & co, (a looong list). Just go on! Please, just don't fall into the "Microsoft trap" - they sometimes focus on learning from their mistakes, but forget to learn from their successes.

Seems like you're doing great making this a unique thing. Really enjoyed the interview with Tom Holkenborg, though it was pretty short due to how busy he probably is. Would be cool to see a few smaller names in the spot light that have more time for youtube stuff. Daniel James might have some time to spare to really dig into how he uses samples in real time, or Guy Michelmore might be open to having a discussion. There's also Alex Moukala who is doing cool stuff in the Cinematic Trailer space. And of course all the big names who have worked on video game music over the years. Jesper Kyd (Assassin's Creed 2/Brotherhood), Brian Tyler (Assassin's Creed Black Flag), Jeremy Soule (Skyrim) Inon Zur (Fallout 4, Starfield) to name a few.

People born in 1962 should get The Bundle for $62. 😇😇😇😇😇😇

I enjoy your content on both channels. The other people i follow are a more like the Rick Beato 2 side. I do not get the one for the other channel. You can name it what you want. I will watch it.

Would really appreciate you taking on The Killers. Made fantastic songs together with Lou Reed and Bruce Springsteen, to me they are the future of rockn roll with a superb song writing skill.

Channel name suggestions: Rick Beato's World of Music / Beato on Music / Rick Beato's Music Mind / Rick Beato: Music In Depth / Rick Beato Unleashed / Rick Beato: Why Music? / Rick Beato Unscripted / Rick Beato Journeys in Music / Why Music Matters with Rick Beato / Your Brain on Music with Rick Beato / Yelling at Clouds with Rick Beato (joking) / The Musical Mind with Rick Beato / The Musical Life with Rick Beato / Music Future and Past with Rick Beato

I would like to suggest that you feature your thoughts on up-and-coming indie artist. What I mean by Indie is they're not signed to any recording contract. And they write, record and release original music on their own. The 1st band I would like to suggest that you feature is Under the Rug. Their song "Lonesome and Mad" released last year currently has over 12 million streams on Spotify. They have a new single releasing on May 31st plus 27 more songs releasing later this year. I've heard two of those new songs that I know are going to blow-up the internet!

Beato’s Basement would be a cool name for the channel.

Be yourself, your channel and content are excellent for novices such as me. I enjoy your interviews more than anything 😊

Change one to “Rick Beato Talks” or something, and do interviews there. I agree with a delineation between music theory/exploration and the discussions with artists.

Love hearing and discovering current bands/artists that are pretty much unknown but worth listening to.

Rick beato after-hours new channel name kind of sums up what ever you want to cover here , your welcome brother 🤘❤️

I agree. Great channel. U cover all gendres of music and great artists. If it ain’t broke don’t fix it. Great job Rick!