Why Guitar Players HATE Instagram

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[guitarsarebest]

The day you give up guitar you can begin your voice over career. What speaking tone and timbre!

[masonf.]

Personally prefer your longer form content, as an intermediate player lacking some music theory knowledge I learn a lot!

[BlueJayWaters]

Because of the massive influence that was the pandemic, I don't think a singular genre will be the defining instagram model like neo-soul was. I'm pretty sure since all these musicians who were itching to play live have shifted over to constantly releasing something on social media, we're going to hear more "rough edges" songs being worked on through stories. We're going to see massive, super complex guitar work from artists who've had nothing but free time to hone a composition and chronicle it. We may see an influx of up and comers who picked up guitar to pass the time locked away and jump start a movement of simple genre songs that catapult to hidden gem artists exploding out with polished works over a short period of time.

In short, we're about to see a guitar renaissance

[dj]

Congrats on 100K subs Mike! Your videos are awesome and I can’t wait to see what comes next. Here’s to another 100K!

[kalorakalora]

Great stuff man - I agree. Its super exciting to see what the next gen is coming up with. Nothing is fully original to one person - we learn from each other and after it becomes part of our own repertoire we personalize it and it contributes to our unique sound. So exciting to see all these amazing shredders gravitating towards new sounds

[phlorian]

Congrats on the 100k Mike! You definetly deserve it! :D

[fabrizioanavitarte]

Hey Mike! Thanks for breaking down Instagram, and talking about this topic. Congrats on making your channel grow up to this point.

[Christian-yrjp]

The worst part about guitar in social media is the fact that people get a wrong impression of what it takes to play guitar. They get spammed with 30 second videos of a guy playing complicated parts to the point where people get numb and unmotivated. Firstly they don't see how much practise goes into playing this stuff. Secondly people miss the context - I mean it's just a small part of a song - so they don't see how a song builds up and how a solo or certain part fits in. To conclude: I hate music on social media and would much rather prefer people to be inspired by songs / full records again.

[kanyelberg]

My first memory is: "Canon Played by funtwo". I was so impressed by this kid.

[joshuathomas]

100k lesgo Mike!!! Love ur videos man, learnt a lot from u

[Satyr]

It can be like any other Social Media site, at times the social aspect of it is can worst part. Things like new guitarists being trashed for not being good enough and gate keeping being turned up to 11 in every aspect or people trend chasing and going after anyone that isn't. So it can seem like at times that you are in a dysfunctional relationship with Insta rather then a dysfunctional girl friend. But it can lead to some good things too. Like showing up to play bass with a insta guitarists and them wanting to learn Primus. Because you have a fuzz and wah pedal for your bass.

[hpvsavage]

Congrats on 100k, I remember win your channel had 1500 just like a year ago, your growing fast!

[alrangelal]

The first I saw someone play the guitar on the internet was Canon Rock by bluekeys. It was around the time I started playing the guitar and almost made me quit because it was extremely hard.

Good times.

[figueroa]

I'm hopeful that the next wave will abandon overly-technical, virtuosic playing in favor of raw, unrehearsed, expressive music. Kind of how grunge was a response to the technical leanings of 80s rock.

[storyfrantzen]

Been watching you since your first skit vids, I love your composure and wit and charm; it’s genuine and refreshing, and thank you for so much good content so far! 😊

[mendozosa]

You should listen to Toe, they have a gorgeous albums since the 2009, there's a lo of music from past years, some of them I didn't know that existed because they are not mainstream, I think that always is going to be in that way, but there's always someone that its going to listen if you have something valuable to add

[Haunteed]

Congrats on 100k
Also loving these HATE videos haha

[captaindanger]

Just seeing your longer form less memey videos and theyre great, love both formats!

[ghoullyman]

I actually believe there are a ton of new age musicians in that “ math rock “ category. Like polyphia, thundercat, jd beck etc . You don’t hear any blues licks or the things we’re used to .

[arianamastersofficial]

I'm not a guitar player (yet?) and I'm barely on instagram... yet you made this video so interesting that I watched the entire video. Your editing and overall video quality is very very good. GREAT WORK :)