a man of two genres: blues and more complicated blues #guitar #blues #jazz #guitarsolo

[gdawgs]

"Oh so he's just pretentious"

[zan]

Strong "I'm not like other musicians" vibes here.

[livi]

cant wait till im done with music school so I can say "I also went to music school"

[baconpicker]

I would have been fooled if you started playing down tuned caveman riffs.

[JVMC_ZR]

The last guy that flexed on me that he went to Berklee, was working at a Music store 😐

[supernoobsmith]

Literally nobody thinks that. Every style can be played on a good strat. Thick bassy jazz standards, stringy 50 rock and roll, classic rock of all crunch levels, thick blues, and even heavy metal with the right pedal. Quite good for metal actually.

[driftthekaliyuga]

No I got it right when I guessed pretentious and boring. You didn’t fool anybody.

[bryanespino]

In the distance:

"PLAY THUNDERSTRUCK"

[LK-dnms]

did music school teach you anything other than mindless noodling?

[michaelgriseri]

It's the way you put it: "I like the blues, but... I went to music school". It sounds like you're trying to belittle the blues as opposed to more "complex" types of sound (in your perspective).
But first of all, the blues is probably the most important and influencial genre of the last centuries. It was a pradigm shift in all aspects of music: rhythm (with heavy syncopation and swing 8ths), harmony and melody (dominant 7 chords used as the 1 and 4 chords; phrases with a minor 3rd over a major chord; altered 4 or 5 chord for stronger chromatic resolutions to the 1; just to name a few).
Or to put it simply: Without the blues, there's no jazz, no rock, no modern pop.
Second of all, I didn't go to music school and yet I learnt plenty of stuff through books, videos, and other musicans. Jimi Hendrix never went to music school either. He used mostly pentatonic scales and blues vocabulary in his solos and vocal melodies on top of blues-influenced chord progressions and yet, he made some of the best modern music.
I'm sure you know all of this and aren't an actual douche. I mean, I hope so 😅

[ShaneStoneOfficial]

That might be the best clean tone I've ever heard. The harmonics are absolutely gorgeous

[Htchens]

I like the first blues section better 😊

[eddyray]

It's amazing to me how many people that formally studied music judge me for never having done so. The last two people that got high and mighty about it:
1) Worked in a music store.
2) Works in customer service for a software company.

I write contracted music full time and as an added bonus I've never had to write a thesis on obscure 17th century form.

[jacobseraphin]

Stratocasters are one of the most versatile guitars I could think of, it’s good for more than just blues

[lucassims]

Look at me I’m so different! I’m just like every single jazz guy! I’m so unique!!

[ericgardner]

I’ll take the blues over that music school bs any day

[Yoyolyf]

All music after classical is just the blues!

[SpectorEuro]

I remember some as*hole in my local, very small town Guitar Center flexing how he went to a prestigious music school, and I just burst out laughing inside of me when he said “your total is $5, 94 for these guitar strings”😂😂😂

[ryanlee]

That part after the blues licks was great! What is that?

[soondubu.]

Dunno why these comments are so vicious, i think this sounds great. Also, the phrasing combined with using the whammy to sound like a sax is brilliant, where/how’d you pick that up?