Instructional videos/books etc.

[arthurhenry]

Why is it always the musician's musician, highly technically able type players who do these? Why don't you see the Adam Clayton instructional video, Mike Mills instructional video or The kid from Kings of Leon instructional video?
Assuming these players have some individual character and feel in the way they play and assuming learning about this side of playing is important to us too, why don't they make them?

[Fat Rich]

Probably the producers of these videos only approach players with a very high profile in order to sell a reasonable number of videos, and they're probably not selling enough anyway to make huge profits as there isn't the big audience you'd get with say a Hollywood movie.

The thought of an Adam Clayton instructional video is quite amusing though!

Edited February 20, 2011 by Fat Rich

[Oscar South]

There are different ways of learning, some are better suited to teaching than others. The 'muso' method is a very natural method to teach (although lacks as far as teaching the elements of music that can't be easily quantified) whereas 'intuitive' learning is much harder to teach (though some manage it to great success).

[Doddy]

There is a series of DVD's about called 'Behind the Player',which has players like Paul Gray,Duff McKagan and
Robbie Merrill,and all they do is show a couple of their bands songs. Pretty pointless really,other than the
enjoyment of seeing a favourite player on video.
The better DVD's actually give some good information and the players who generally have the knowledge to
pass on are not the players who are in successful bands. For example,the Nathan East DVD 'Business of Bass'
is really good and has some interesting information,whereas Flea's DVD is dreadful. I honestly don't think a
DVD by Adam Clayton or Jarad Followill would be of any use to anyone,because all they can talk about is life
within their respective bands,which is a very narrow field.

[arthurhenry]

[quote name='Doddy' post='1134698' date='Feb 20 2011, 07:37 PM']There is a series of DVD's about called 'Behind the Player',which has players like Paul Gray,Duff McKagan and
Robbie Merrill,and all they do is show a couple of their bands songs. Pretty pointless really,other than the
enjoyment of seeing a favourite player on video.
The better DVD's actually give some good information and the players who generally have the knowledge to
pass on are not the players who are in successful bands. For example,the Nathan East DVD 'Business of Bass'
is really good and has some interesting information,whereas Flea's DVD is dreadful. I honestly don't think a
DVD by Adam Clayton or Jarad Followill would be of any use to anyone,because all they can talk about is life
within their respective bands,which is a very narrow field.[/quote]

In the Followill interview in BP, he just seemed to talk about what a bad player he is. Not sure how this fits in with the mag's remit of helping to make us all better players.

[Doddy]

[quote name='arthurhenry' post='1134731' date='Feb 20 2011, 07:56 PM']In the Followill interview in BP, he just seemed to talk about what a bad player he is. Not sure how this fits in with the mag's remit of helping to make us all better players.[/quote]

I get the feeling that they wanted an interview with him because they are popular,and the management insisted on a cover feature.