Wise words!

[Eagle]

 

[Chocol8]

He is delivering messages with humor, but in many ways, he is not wrong.

 

[JiveTurkey]

He seems snobby and I don't like his coat

 

[Chocol8]

He seems snobby and I don't like his coat

He is a jazz guitarist. Of course he is snobby and can’t simultaneously dress casually and with any sense of style without a woman or gay friend dressing him every morning. The doesn’t mean he is wrong, it just adds a little extra sting to the message.

 

[JiveTurkey]

He is a jazz guitarist.

Ahh I get it now NTTAWWT

 

[Mikael Dez]

*cough cough* Van Halen

 

[Eagle]

*cough cough* Van Halen

Ed passes the test of relevant . Beat it is a perfect solo.

 

[Eagle]

He’s totally right.

 

[Mikael Dez]

This dude had to peel his head out of his ass sniffing his own farts to record this take

 

[Mikael Dez]

Ed passes the test of relevant . Beat it is a perfect solo.

I don't mean Ed when I knock on the band in general. I respect him for obvious reasons. The MUSIC however - not my thing, for ME it's McDonald's.

 

[newholland]

thers some truth in that.. but by the same token, i think it only speaks to certain types of music. solos and improvisation arent present everywhere.. i dont use solos myself. it doesnt mean i suck at tasteful musical expression- i just dont hear that stuff as part of music i make.

i think hes right though, in that people settle for norms or 'acceptable forms' and it doesnt much feed my soul... i think standards are fine- and in form music theyre the litmus test. but id love MORE genuine weirdness and out of the box and less 'great musicianship'... just genuine music MAKING that feels like its made by genuinely involved humans not trying to turn it into somebody elses indexable genre or career.

 

[PLX]

This guy sounds like he's one broken high E string away from throwing Molotov cocktails in front of a courthouse.

 

[Chocol8]

NTTAWWT

Well, that part is debatable

 

[Chocol8]

*cough cough* Van Halen

EVH solos are a perfect example of fast and “shred” but still very musical, memorable, and meaningful.

 

[Stone]

I don't mean Ed when I knock on the band in general. I respect him for obvious reasons. The MUSIC however - not my thing, for ME it's McDonald's.

Not the true EVH Album Fair Warning

 

[Sidler72]

I’ll occasionally watch a Instagram video to see what’s going on but seriously I’d rather listen to songs. A good song is the cake and a good solo is the icing. Too many people worry about icing any more and nobody gives shit about the cake.

 

[Funk Soul Brother]

Meanwhile, on YouToob...

 

[Eagle]

Meanwhile, on YouToob...

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Get an amp”easy”.

 

[Eagle]

I’ll occasionally watch a Instagram video to see what’s going on but seriously I’d rather listen to songs. A good song is the cake and a good solo is the icing. Too many people worry about icing any more and nobody gives shit about the cake.

He is talking about how to play improvised solos with relevance. Go watch him talk about chord progressions and harmony. He is about giving you the tools to compose intelligent informed music not doing it for you. If the song or the solo is bad it’s still your fault. But there is objective good and bad in music and you liking it is not the deciding factor.
This is the point of the video.

 

[norminal]

But there is objective good and bad in music and you liking it is not the deciding factor.