“U2! What are you thinking?”
Rick Beato has a few things to say about U2’s current plans.
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How Auto-Tune destroyed music–and how AI is going to make things even worse
This video from Rick Beato on the scourge of Auto-Tune needs no further comment. He also talks about how AI
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Where are all the key changes in modern music?
For years, songwriters used a key change–usually a quick shift up–to add some extra oomph into a song. It can
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Is performing with backing tracks cheating? Discuss.
When Queen started touring in the 70s, there were questions if (a) they could reproduce their studio recordings live and
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Into grunge? Then you need to see this interview with Krist Novoselic, Kim Thayil, and Jack Endino
Rick Beato’s “In the Room” series scored big with this interview. Take a look as he interviews Kirst Novoselic (Nirvana),
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What’s the future of music? It might be kinda…bleak.
Take a look at this discussion with Ted Gioia and Rick Beato on the future of music. Any thoughts on
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Provocative stuff: Will rock music come back?
Rock music hasn’t been the leading form of popular music for a while. Will it ever come back? Let’s have
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Do record labels not believe in new artists? Let’s examine that.
Here’s an interesting take on the recent catalogue sales by heritage artists by Rick Beato.
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Here’s the BIG problem with teaching music online.
How can you teach people about music without playing songs? Here’s the issue with YouTube’s copyright strikes from Rick Beato.
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1990-1999: When guitar rock exploded. Again.
One of the most popular Ongoing History series I’ve ever done was a multi-part examination of the 90s. This video
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Into guitar playing? Check out this interview with Steve Vai
Rick Beato has a great online series that examines all areas of guitar playing. Here is his speaking with Steve
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