Lately I've been watching these "What makes this song great" vids by this music theory/instructor guy Rick Beato. I think he has some good connections in the music world because he gets the isolated master tracks which allows him to break down the songs and discusses unique things about the song, chord progressions, etc.
Bump.
Riffing off your music theme, I discovered the "SinaDrums" channel by accident and got hooked immediately. Here's a girl of indeterminate teenage years covering Ringo, Ian Paice, Keith Moon, Bonzo, Charlie Watts and others. I'm typically not one for drum solos (usually pretty boring), but this kid focuses on how the drum parts are integral to the songs - the Ringo episode is great in that way. This kid could become one of the top session drummers ever if she wants. Not sure of her particular individual style at this point, but extremely talented, especially for her years. Bonus - the nursery rhymes videos wherein popular nursery rhymes are played as rock tunes in the style of classic rock bands.
Cesar Zuiderwijk, who's himself an excellent imitator and teacher of styles of popular drummers would be proud of this.
Tens of millions of views and she can't monetize a penny of it . . .
Long tail marketing. Yeah, she has to pay out everything in royalties now, but she'll cash in down the road. Have to admire that level of thinking in a teen. Sure beats channels that feature dumb-ass stunts and other talentless hacks by her contemporaries.
Don't get me wrong I'm not criticizing her. She's not paying royalties, though. If she was she could monetize the videos.
She's also not a teenager anymore, but I think she was 14 when she started posting to YouTube.
Then as she got older she seemed to get into her own kind of music.
Lately I've been watching these "What makes this song great" vids by this music theory/instructor guy Rick Beato. I think he has some good connections in the music world because he gets the isolated master tracks which allows him to break down the songs and discusses unique things about the song, chord progressions, etc.
Even if you don't know much about music theory it's still fascinating and addictive stuff to watch. He's done about 30 of them, covering all kinds of songs from diverse artists such as Bowie, Boston, Nirvana, Police, Rage, Chili Peppers, etc. Something for everyone's music taste. It's great fun hearing things you never noticed in a song before or hearing just the bass line, vocals, etc all by itself.
Here's one to get you started:
Going with the Sophie Turner theme.
August just vomited a little bit.
Somebody clued me in on this in the Game of Thrones thread. These are aweseome! Fake movie pitch scenes that highlight how dumb and incoherent many Hollywood blockbuster scripts are. They have them for a bunch of the Marvel and DC movies, Star Wars, a few other big hits or franchises.