Live & Learn ~ Crush 40 (Guitar Cover)

So, I always meant to cover this song once I got a guitar with a floating bridge, and never got around to it. Here it is!

"Live & Learn" was always my favorite Crush 40 song growing up, although I've heard it so much since then that it's kinda slid out of that position for me in favor of songs like "Into the Wind." xD

My rhythm playing didn't turn out quite like I had hoped (I guess I don't play my Torero often enough to be comfortable with those kinds of riffs on it's neck!). The guitar solo went surprisingly well -- all but that first note. xD I hit the wrong fret and I stalled rather than thinking to just bend up a little farther to get the correct pitch. I managed to hit every note in the "shred" section afterwards, so I kept the take in case I couldn't do it again, haha.

You might notice I'm starting the solo on the B string rather than the E string like I typically do. The frets are closer together higher up on the B string, and the notes I have to hit for the fast part line up better there, so I find it easier to start the solo in that position.

I wanted to put chord symbols in the corner for this video, but enough parts were throwing me off that I decided not to for the time being. It's in the key of C# Minor. Some parts are obvious... But others are more riff-based things where it's hard to pin a chord name on it. For example, the intro is C#m7, Aadd9, E, and then what? The guitar plays G#, G, and F# octaves followed by an E5 chord, while the bass goes up from G#, A, A#, B. Would that be G#m, Am7(??), F#, E? Or would it be better to label that as a general "G# riff"? Then there's the chorus, which starts on C#m7 going to Aadd9, followed by what seems like E/G# and F# Major, but I'm not really sure how to name them. I've seen that in scores before, sometimes riffs are written out with each chord name, other times it's better to say it's basically messing around related tones of a single chord... IDK. xD

Anyway, I hope you enjoy this cover! :D

My equipment:
PRS SE Torero
Rocksmith guitar-to-USB cable
Logic Pro X
Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS6 digital camera
iMovie '11

[atelierjoshua]

11 years later… I’ve made a perfect transcription of this song and a tutorial to go with it. :)

[Asteraleyes]

Sonic 3 movie is out, watched it and came back to listen to this masterpiece of a cover. ❤

[RedForever-gwrx]

You’ve inspired me to start the guitar, thank you 🙏

[MrJennety]

This has been unlisted or privated for a while, if I remember.
I understand why, but I'm *really* glad to see it open to the public again.

[darkguardian]

But you can hardly Swallow your fears and lyrics ever

[cameronchoice]

Easily the best cover of this song on YouTube, the tone is abosuletly perfect. Seriously have no idea how matched the sound so closely to Jun's recording.
Glad to have this video back up!!

[valuesrejected]

In genuine awe, you play that descending shreddy bit at 2:42 so perfectly! Jun never plays that section exactly as he does in the recording, so it’s nice to see someone figured out what he plays on the track. Cheers, man!

[meatymuffinman]

BRO THIS IS AMAZING, THIS IS THE CLOSEST I’VE EVER SEEN ANYONE MATCH THE ORIGINAL’S GUITAR INSTRUMENTAL, THIS IS PERFECT. If I may ask though, may you please upload the same thing but only with guitar and not the song in the back? Thank you so much and your guitar skills are very amazing and insperational

[SilverSliverYT]

I'm glad there are still Crush 40 fans in the world.
Also my favorite cover ever!

[Galactic_Opal]

Literally the only guitarist on YouTube to nail the fills on the transitions from bridge to chorus. Everyone else just fakes it. 10/10

[atelierjoshua]

Haha, yeah. xD

3:19 is a combination of sounds. The rhythm guitars are playing the 7th frets of the E and B strings, like I did in this video. The lead guitar plays four staccato notes up around the 19th fret, and so does a 2nd harmony guitar part. The lead guitars have delay and everything is panning. xD

[myronsamuels]

i saw this so many years ago and looked at it again today then looked at some of your newer stuff. seeing you so much older brought tears to my eyes because back then i had just started playing guitar and i used to watch this relentlessly to figure out how to play it. i was so inspired by your playing all those years ago. glad to see your still playing man never stop!

[teodormrdenovic]

The joy I felt when I saw this after searching ‘Live and Learn cover’ on YouTube I can’t explain. Thanks a lot for making this public again sir

[atelierjoshua]

+Roy TheCrab Not sure what you mean. The guitar is in standard tuning, the song is also in its normal pitch. If you're talking about my cover of "I Am... All of Me, " I had to bring my guitar's pitch down digitally because I couldn't tune to C Standard. "Live & Learn" is in E Standard tuning, so I didn't need to change anything.

[eminor]

Immediately came back here after watching the Sonic 3 movie. I'm so thankful for this cover! Did you enjoy the movie as well?

[mokilolo]

Banger. Brings me back to when I was a kid playing Sonic Adventure 2

[RobRadleyMusic]

The best final boss experience of any game EVER! This song made it!! I played it over and over just to hear it

[sonickk]

This cover motivated me to pick up guitar 10 years ago (there's probably a comment somewhere from me). Took me a while to end up actually getting a guitar but I did in 2014, and 10 years later I might not be quite as good as you are here, but I'm getting there :-)

As well as being a really awesome cover, it was super inspirational to me particularly growing up.

[Markylado]

2:40 what i've been waiting for and wants to try in the future. That's so cool it feels like the original.

[raygod]

2:40 for anyone who wants to listen to the guitar solo!