Don't think Mr Beato likes everything…
Don't think Mr Beato likes everything…
...l but also find myself getting more and more irritated with his expressions when playing music on camera...
This is where he loses me. Rick's reactions, air guitar, air drums, and the little gasps when the song gets to a little hook or bit of ear candy that really sends him, these are the things that really annoy me.
Yeah, I hate clever people too.
Clever people are the best - but all the really clever people I know personally (Professors, Doctors, authors, musicians) wear their learning very lightly.
Don’t underestimate Rick Beato! Read some of his CV here on Wikipedia. He’s a respected session musician, producer and music theory university lecturer. One with an astonishingly trained ear and sense of pitch. He’s one of those rare people who can analyse and transcribe what he hears in pretty much real time, and from a multi-instrumentalist perspective. Dig a little deeper into his channel if in any doubt. The only “criticisms” I have are I view him as rather conservative in taste (e.g. where is the free jazz, Krautrock, EDM etc) and I’m not a fan of the sort of stuff he’s produced (polished US post-grunge/rock stuff, just not my thing). None of that takes anything away from him. I’d kill for a single percent of his analytical skill! He deserves to be where he is as he’s got there on knowledge, natural talent and a lot of work. He’s one of the good guys!
This is where he loses me. Rick's reactions, air guitar, air drums, and the little gasps when the song gets to a little hook or bit of ear candy that really sends him, these are the things that really annoy me.
You'd hate his analysis of "More Than a Feeling", then.