Welcome to episode 3 of 'This Week In Guitar', the podcast where we round up and discuss the latest and greatest guitar videos on the net from the past week!
A playlist of all the videos discussed in this podcast can be found here:
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In this episode, Mary Spender's video on the history of explicit lyric stickers on CDs reminds us just how awesome Dee Snider and Frank Zappa are. We chat about how they stood up to congress and fought for the rights of artists in the 80s.
Rage Against The Machine are to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. We question whether or not we should care.
We chat about Burl's Art's latest video where he makes a lapsteel guitar out of RadioShack silver dollars and reveal the hidden metric that shows just how successful the channel really is.
Berklee College professor Tomo Fujita chats with his former student about guitar industry burnout and whether or not guitar players are getting better in the digital age.
We discuss the changing of the guard at Gibson and in the Steve Vai band. Steve Vai has a new sideman after 30 years with Dave Weiner and Gibson have a new CEO.
Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:45 - Mary Spender's video on the battle to censor music in the 80s
1:03 - The filthy 15
2:30 - The senate hearings
3:03 - Parental advisory sticker nostalgia
3:51 - Dee Snyder's spic speech
5:24 - The censorship battle continues (RATM)
5:41 - Fear of the unknown
7:02 - Rage Against The Machine to be inducted to Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
8:59 - Burls Art
10:11 - The pencil guitar and the hidden Burls Art metric
10:56 - Why the creator community loves Burls Art
11:45 - Dan's Discovery Channel addiction
12:27 - Tomo Fujita
13:07 - Guitar industry burnout
14:02 - Do you really want your dream job?
14:22 - Steve Albini doing it his way
15:32 - Are guitar players better now with all these resources?
16:16 - Stumbling in the dark - a trial and error approach to learning
18:18 - Dan's take on stumbling in the dark
19:38 - The two types of guitar players
20:11 - New Gibson CEO
21:18 - New Steve Vai sideman, Dante Frisiello
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