Dominic Miller Wrote The Most Famous Riff Of All Time

In this episode, guitarist Dominic Miller talks about 30 years of collaborating with Sting, including the "Shape of My Heart" riff which has been sampled by everyone from Craig David to Juice WRLD.

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[MrAlans]

This is how you interview a musician. You speak 5% of the time, and let the guest talk and play for the rest. Wonderful.

[infinityminuszero]

I would've watched 10 hours of this. This is not an "interview", this is pure awesomeness...

[jaxxmier]

Amazing. No shredding, No sweeps, no million notes a second. But the most tasteful guitar playing. I hope the young players start doing this too.

[DavidWilliams-xy]

My guess is that you may never see this comment, but if you do so much the better. Thank you and Dominic Miller so much for making my day and also making me cry. I am not very bright and have spent most of my life driving truck's around the U.K. I have spent many years trying to play guitar with out much success. Please keep on doing what you do it's so cool. Dave W

[ForrestKritzer]

It’s crazy how he makes every note sound so clear with such difficult chord fingerings. A true expert at his craft.

[bovisjeaks]

I think Ricks interviews are some of the best things on YouTube. Nothing better than sitting down with a gin or whiskey and listening to these brilliant interviews for an hour or so. Absolute quality.

[bobabreath]

Dominic Miller is a legend....he claims to be not so great but it's so obvious that he's a fantastic guitar player....period. He's amazing. His lack of muted or buzzing notes/his sense of time/his amazing clarity while playing a classical guitar leaves no doubt about his skill and musicianship. Could listen to him play for hours. This interview is sublime. Thank you Mr. Beato, you are also a legend.

[stevenb]

this guy's 'touch' on the guitar is immense. But Rick B is surely the best interviewer of others musicians. Fabulous. Thank you!

[jonathanosborne]

I have never watched an interview where the musician starts playing, and creates a perfect bubble of silence... it's like the rest of your day falls away and all you are left with is pure wonder. Amazing. I think this feels mostly down to what Dominic is "not" playing - he leaves each note in its own space, with its own importance and weight, the right amount of respect for every single brush or pluck or slide... amazing interview, amazing guitarist

[jacksonmade]

This was truthfully some of the most beautiful guitar playing I’ve ever heard

[YarivGurfinkel]

I find it really awesome and kind of Dominic Miller to play the guitar a lot during the interview instead of just talking. Not many do this.

[ValentinoTorresi]

Sting - Shape Of My Heart - 4:57
Elton John - Your Song - 13:17
ABBA - The Winner Takes It All - 15:56
Eric Carmen - All By Myself - 17:52
Sting - Shape Of My Heart (key change) - 23:37
Bach - Wider Shade Of Pale - 52:02
Adele - Easy On Me - 56:36

[petergraham]

What a TOUCH Dom has on the guitar! Nothing rushed, nothing forced, just pure emotion ringing out from his heart to

[deejay]

Rick is one of the few people who can interview legends and not come across as awkward, stiff, or interrupting. He deserves all the success on this channel. Love this interview as much as the others. Great watch and listen!

[kentaur.]

What a touch, what a tone, what a kind person. Absolute gem of an interview! ❤

[jwallaby]

Dominic doesn't know this, but its because of his passionate and tasteful playing that I became a musician. I was growing up in a musician's home so I was destined to pick up an instrument or two, but wasn't moved by the stuff my parents were playing, so I didn't start playing until age 6. At 6 years old, my dad recorded a crummy VHS live recording of ten summoners tales, where sting wore this unforgettable fluorescent gold silk shirt. And off to his left was Dominic and his luxuriant but simple playing coming through on Fields of Gold. It made an everlasting impression on me, a spark of effemeral musical life that Dominic infected me with, and I couldn't be more thankful for it. Thank you to both Sting and Dominic for your fatherly sort of examples in all things music.

[inkyGhosty]

Rick (and guests) just keep rising to new heights every time. This channel is such a treasure; there's nothing else with this level of quality on youtube or TV. Nothing.

[onufrm]

Watch how many times he runs through the main progression of Shape of My Heart throughout the video - every time he plays it with reverence, even if the point is to get to the next part, he doesn't rush through the chords, he plays it all. I love that. This is perhaps the most enjoyable hour I have ever spent on YouTube. Thank you Rick and Dominic!

[BlackNoteStudios]

That moment when it's just 2 guys enjoying the sound of guitar. They could be anywhere, but at the root of it, it's all about the feeling you get when music fills you.
Dom obviously gets it. Rick gets it.
Rick there have been many who have graced your presence, and I don't doubt there will be many more. There are all kinds of interviews out there but it's very rare that the interviewee is mutually excited to sit down and talk shop. Not surface level shop, real nuts and bolts.
thank you.

[trevortamboline]

Arguably your greatest interview yet. What a charming, warm, smart, talented, interesting, humble, wonderful man. And you conducted your interview perfectly, letting Dominic go... letting him teach and recall and PLAY. Thanks for hitting it out of the park yet again, Rick.