Robert Cassard

#guitarlesson #guitarpractice #guitarsecret What skills make a guitarist most valuable in a group setting? The 80-20 Rule is a secret that's been hiding in plain sight for decades — something you can hear on almost every hit of the last 60 years. Find out what it is, and spare yourself spending too much time practicing the wrong things. Robert Cassard shares guitars, gear and tips to make you a better musician. ▶ SUPPORT THE CHANNEL - BECOME A GUITAR DISCOVERER ON PATREON ◀ https://www.patreon.com/robertcassard ▶FOLLOW GUITAR & RECORDING DISCOVERIES ◀ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/guitardiscoveries ▶MY WEBSITES◀ Guitar Discoveries: https://www.guitardiscoveries.com/ Cosmic Spin (Band): https://cosmic-spin.com/ ▶BUY THROUGH MY LINKS PLEASE◀ As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Every little bit helps me keep the channel going. Hi, my name is Robert Cassard. Thank you for watching, liking and subscribing. I am a lifelong guitar player, singer-songwriter, producer, and music fanatic. I create Guitar and Recording Discoveries videos to share the pure joy of music — shortcuts to help you play guitar, sing, record and sound great doing it. I learn the hard way so you don’t have to! Learn more about me, my music and my videos: https://www.guitardiscoveries.com/ Check out my band Cosmic Spin’s website: https://cosmic-spin.com/

#taylorbigbaby #bigbabytaylor #lagunabeach Many people accumulate guitars from gifts and hand-me-downs. How can you know if a guitar is "good," or if it's worth taking time and money to make it even better? While visiting the home of friends in Laguna Beach, CA, Robert discovers three random guitars and tests each one: a Big Baby Taylor, a Spanish-made nylon-string classical, and a private-label dreadnought from a local guitar shop. Watch and listen to see how they play and sound, the effect of environmental conditions, and what improvements they need to play their best. Which do you think is the winner? BUY HERE: ▶ BIG BABY TAYLOR guitar ◀ https://amzn.to/3g9ONO3 ▶ D'Addario Humidipak ◀ https://amzn.to/3CMs02H Robert Cassard shares guitars, gear and tips to make you a better musician. ▶ SUPPORT THE CHANNEL - BECOME A GUITAR DISCOVERER ON PATREON ◀ https://www.patreon.com/robertcassard ▶FOLLOW GUITAR & RECORDING DISCOVERIES ◀ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/guitardiscoveries ▶MY WEBSITES◀ Guitar Discoveries: https://www.guitardiscoveries.com/ Cosmic Spin (Band): https://cosmic-spin.com/ ▶BUY THROUGH MY LINKS PLEASE◀ As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Every little bit helps me keep the channel going. Hi, my name is Robert Cassard. Thank you for watching, liking and subscribing. I am a lifelong guitar player, singer-songwriter, producer, and music fanatic. I create Guitar and Recording Discoveries videos to share the pure joy of music — shortcuts to help you play guitar, sing, record and sound great doing it. I learn the hard way so you don’t have to! Learn more about me, my music and my videos: https://www.guitardiscoveries.com/ Check out my band Cosmic Spin’s website: https://cosmic-spin.com/

#guitararrangement #guitarrecording #lasttraintoclarksville In this video, I explain Guitar Orchestration in detail and share my 4 favorite guitar orchestration techniques. SEE and HEAR how I orchestrated multiple guitar parts for my cover version of Last Train to Clarksville. Orchestrating guitars is my passion. I actually coined a term for it: "Guitorchestration." Every guitar tone and guitar part works together to make the most interesting, rich, vibrant, varied setting or sonic environment for the song to convey its meaning and MOVE listeners. ▶ Great Guitorchestrators Playlist ◀ Guitarists who layer and blend guitars into "orchestral" arrangements that compliment the song and singer. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3lQ4BgxjGpmVWXsAcBzqP1?si=e442521f36d84f4c Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/great-guitorchestrators/pl.u-gxRJtx8EEM Robert Cassard shares guitars, gear and tips to make you a better musician. ▶ SUPPORT THE CHANNEL - BECOME A GUITAR DISCOVERER ON PATREON ◀ https://www.patreon.com/robertcassard ▶FOLLOW GUITAR & RECORDING DISCOVERIES ◀ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/guitardiscoveries ▶MY WEBSITES◀ Guitar Discoveries: https://www.guitardiscoveries.com/ Cosmic Spin (Band): https://cosmic-spin.com/ ▶BUY THROUGH MY LINKS PLEASE◀ As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Every little bit helps me keep the channel going. Hi, my name is Robert Cassard. Thank you for watching, liking and subscribing. I am a lifelong guitar player, singer-songwriter, producer, and music fanatic. I create Guitar and Recording Discoveries videos to share the pure joy of music — shortcuts to help you play guitar, sing, record and sound great doing it. I learn the hard way so you don’t have to! Learn more about me, my music and my videos: https://www.guitardiscoveries.com/ Check out my band Cosmic Spin’s website: https://cosmic-spin.com/

#guitararrangement #guitarrecording #johnlevethal Funky guitar genius Cory Wong's guitar podcast "Wong Notes" features interviews with many guitar masters. Tucked among them is an episode featuring Bruce Hornsby, an accomplished keyboard player who's shared stage and studio with Jerry Garcia, Pat Metheny, Bonnie Raitt, Trey Anastasio, etc. But Hornsby insists on adding a key person to his pantheon of great guitarists: Producer and multi-instrumentalist John Leventhal, who Bruce calls a "guitar orchestrator." Orchestrating guitars is my passion. I actually coined a term for it: "Guitorchestration." Every guitar tone and guitar part works together to make the most interesting, rich, vibrant, varied setting or sonic environment for the song to convey its meaning and MOVE listeners. Watch this video to learn about 9 of my favorite guitar orchestrators and get access to my "Great Guitorchestrators" playlist on Spotify and Apple Music. ▶ Great Guitorchestrators Playlist ◀ Guitarists who layer and blend guitars into "orchestral" arrangements that compliment the song and singer. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3lQ4BgxjGpmVWXsAcBzqP1?si=e442521f36d84f4c Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/great-guitorchestrators/pl.u-gxRJtx8EEM Robert Cassard shares guitars, gear and tips to make you a better musician. ▶ SUPPORT THE CHANNEL - BECOME A GUITAR DISCOVERER ON PATREON ◀ https://www.patreon.com/robertcassard ▶FOLLOW GUITAR & RECORDING DISCOVERIES ◀ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/guitardiscoveries ▶MY WEBSITES◀ Guitar Discoveries: https://www.guitardiscoveries.com/ Cosmic Spin (Band): https://cosmic-spin.com/ ▶BUY THROUGH MY LINKS PLEASE◀ As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Every little bit helps me keep the channel going. Hi, my name is Robert Cassard. Thank you for watching, liking and subscribing. I am a lifelong guitar player, singer-songwriter, producer, and music fanatic. I create Guitar and Recording Discoveries videos to share the pure joy of music — shortcuts to help you play guitar, sing, record and sound great doing it. I learn the hard way so you don’t have to! Learn more about me, my music and my videos: https://www.guitardiscoveries.com/ Check out my band Cosmic Spin’s website: https://cosmic-spin.com/

#blowininthewind #bobdylancover #dadgadtuning Buy a DADGAD Capo here: https://amzn.to/37QiU3y Update of Bob Dylan's 1962 classic, played and sung by Robert Cassard. DADGAD partial capo on a Martin LX1e travel guitar. One of the coolest alternate guitar tunings is DADGAD. When strummed open, it's the sound of a Dsus4 chord, and it has a wonderful Celtic feel. Easy hand positions let you weave a magical spell, even for players with limited experience. Another way to get the sound of DADGAD is to lay a partial capo across the 3rd, 4th and 5th strings at the 2nd fret. Suddenly, standard tuning is DADGAD tuning, raised up a whole step. While on the road again, my DADGAD Partial Capo and Martin LX1e travel guitar inspired me to resurrect Bob Dylan's classic song from 1962. Timeless! ▶ MARTIN LX1e TRAVEL GUITAR ("BABY MARTIN")◀ https://amzn.to/2BYqKtN ▶ NS Artist DADGAD Capo by D'Addario◀ https://amzn.to/3DgniMy Robert Cassard shares guitars, gear and tips to make you a better musician. ▶ SUPPORT THE CHANNEL - BECOME A GUITAR DISCOVERER ON PATREON ◀ https://www.patreon.com/robertcassard ▶FOLLOW GUITAR & RECORDING DISCOVERIES ◀ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/guitardiscoveries ▶MY WEBSITES◀ Guitar Discoveries: https://www.guitardiscoveries.com/ Cosmic Spin (Band): https://cosmic-spin.com/ ▶BUY THROUGH MY LINKS PLEASE◀ As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Every little bit helps me keep the channel going. Hi, my name is Robert Cassard. Thank you for watching, liking and subscribing. I am a lifelong guitar player, singer-songwriter, producer, and music fanatic. I create Guitar and Recording Discoveries videos to share the pure joy of music — shortcuts to help you play guitar, sing, record and sound great doing it. I learn the hard way so you don’t have to! Learn more about me, my music and my videos: https://www.guitardiscoveries.com/ Check out my band Cosmic Spin’s website: https://cosmic-spin.com/

#PartialCapo #DADGADcapo #blowininthewind Buy a DADGAD Partial Capo here: https://amzn.to/37QiU3y Lay a DADGAD capo across the 3rd, 4th and 5th strings at the 2nd fret. Suddenly, standard tuning becomes the magical sound of DADGAD tuning, raised up a whole step. It's an ancient sound with Celtic overtones. While on the road again, my Martin LX1e travel guitar and DADGAD Partial Capo inspired me to resurrect a classic Bob Dylan song from 1962 — 60 YEARS AGO! Timeless. Playing in "real" DADGAD requires tuning down your low E, B and high E strings a whole step. But thanks to the cool D'Addario NS Artist Capo, you can get the DADGAD sound instantly, just by putting this ingenious partial capo across the 3rd, 4th and 5th strings at the 2nd fret. Without retuning, you get the sound of DADGAD, just raised up a step to Esus4, making it even more versatile. Come to Los Angeles with Robert Cassard and check it out! ▶ MARTIN LX1e TRAVEL GUITAR ("BABY MARTIN")◀ https://amzn.to/2BYqKtN ▶ NS Artist DADGAD Capo by D'Addario◀ https://amzn.to/3DgniMy Robert Cassard shares guitars, gear and tips to make you a better musician. ▶ SUPPORT THE CHANNEL - BECOME A GUITAR DISCOVERER ON PATREON ◀ https://www.patreon.com/robertcassard ▶FOLLOW GUITAR & RECORDING DISCOVERIES ◀ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/guitardiscoveries ▶MY WEBSITES◀ Guitar Discoveries: https://www.guitardiscoveries.com/ Cosmic Spin (Band): https://cosmic-spin.com/ ▶BUY THROUGH MY LINKS PLEASE◀ As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Every little bit helps me keep the channel going. Hi, my name is Robert Cassard. Thank you for watching, liking and subscribing. I am a lifelong guitar player, singer-songwriter, producer, and music fanatic. I create Guitar and Recording Discoveries videos to share the pure joy of music — shortcuts to help you play guitar, sing, record and sound great doing it. I learn the hard way so you don’t have to! Learn more about me, my music and my videos: https://www.guitardiscoveries.com/ Check out my band Cosmic Spin’s website: https://cosmic-spin.com/

#lapsteel #lapsteelguitar #harmonyguitar Check out the vintage (mid-60s) Harmony H7 Roy Smeck Console Lap Steel, sporting a classic DeArmond Gold Foil pickup. Playing with a Shark Tooth Crossover Thumb Pick in simple Open E tuning, Robert shows why a Lap Steel Guitar is an essential tool for acoustic guitar and electric guitar players who want to add a wider variety of clean and bluesy sounds and textures into their playing. Watch this video to see how even an inexperienced lap steel ("Hawaiian guitar") player like Robert can KILL a legendary Leo Kottke instrumental like Vaseline Machine Gun. Buy a SharkTooth Crossover Pick on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2nMCiNR Robert Cassard shares guitars, gear and tips to make you a better musician. ▶ BECOME A "GUITAR DISCOVERER" ON PATREON◀ https://www.patreon.com/robertcassard ▶ FOLLOW GUITAR & RECORDING DISCOVERIES ◀ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/guitardiscoveries ▶ MY WEBSITES ◀ Guitar Discoveries: https://www.guitardiscoveries.com/ Cosmic Spin (Band): https://cosmic-spin.com/ Hi, my name is Robert Cassard. I'm a lifelong guitar player, singer-songwriter, producer, and music fanatic. I create Guitar and Recording Discoveries videos with a simple goal: to make YOU a better, happier, more confident musician! In 2018, after more than 40 years as a pro musician, I started sharing my experiences through easy-to-understand YouTube videos — giving you shortcuts to de-mystify playing, singing and recording. My "day job" is as a video writer/producer/director. Often it's hard to balance my need to earn a living with my desire to share the pure joy of music through the YouTube videos I make for free. Your ongoing support means the world to me and encourages me do more of what I love — sharing musical discoveries to help and inspire you! I invite you to become a "Guitar Discoverer” by signing up on Patreon so I can keep providing you the most value I can. https://www.patreon.com/robertcassard Learn more about me, my music and my videos: https://www.guitardiscoveries.com/ Check out my band Cosmic Spin’s website: https://cosmic-spin.com/ ▶PRO MUSICIANS ONLY - MIX MAGAZINE - FREE SUBSCRIPTION◀ Mix Magazine Digital Edition | Professional Audio & Music Production. Stay on top of what's happening in the recording industry. Sign up using this link: https://www.b2bmediaportal.com/dynamicregister/Register.aspx?fid=MIXF&STATUS=NEW&key=MIXPAS203

#stellaguitar #stellaacoustic #harmonyguitar Robert Cassard plays the Ink Spots' World-War-II-time hit "Java Jive" on his 1958 Stella H929, made in the good ol' U S of A by Harmony of Chicago. The solid birch body of this vintage student guitar has a unique bluesy tone just right for old-time music and acoustic blues. Find one before they become too hip and expensive! Another discovery for guitar lovers of every level. Learn more at: www.guitardiscoveries.com More on the Stella H929: Stella H929 models, were made from 1945 to 1970. An inexpensive parlor-sized guitar targeted as a student model and for home playing. Elvis Presley is seen playing one (that he eventually smashes) in "Jailhouse Rock." Solid birch top and body, maple fingerboard stained rosewood, accurately fretted and with painted fret markers. This model has a sunburst vertical faux-flame finish, with a narrow white stripe on the top edge and soundhole. Floating bridge and metal tailpiece. 13.25" wide, 35.75" long, 3.75" body depth, and 24.25" scale length. List price: $23.00 in 1957, $28.50 in 1967 and $31.50 in 1969. An extremely popular model also sold as an Airline 7076, Airline 8286/7026, Alden 9935, Barclay H929, Fender F-1000, Holiday AL9238, Regal R200, Silvertone 605 and SR (Sears & Roebuck) 1294. Robert Cassard shares guitars, gear and tips to make you a better musician. ▶ BECOME A "GUITAR DISCOVERER" ON PATREON◀ https://www.patreon.com/robertcassard ▶ FOLLOW GUITAR & RECORDING DISCOVERIES ◀ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/guitardiscoveries ▶ MY WEBSITES ◀ Guitar Discoveries: https://www.guitardiscoveries.com/ Cosmic Spin (Band): https://cosmic-spin.com/ Hi, my name is Robert Cassard. I'm a lifelong guitar player, singer-songwriter, producer, and music fanatic. I create Guitar and Recording Discoveries videos with a simple goal: to make YOU a better, happier, more confident musician! In 2018, after more than 40 years as a pro musician, I started sharing my experiences through easy-to-understand YouTube videos — giving you shortcuts to de-mystify playing, singing and recording. My "day job" is as a video writer/producer/director. Often it's hard to balance my need to earn a living with my desire to share the pure joy of music through the YouTube videos I make for free. Your ongoing support means the world to me and encourages me do more of what I love — sharing musical discoveries to help and inspire you! I invite you to become a "Guitar Discoverer” by signing up on Patreon so I can keep providing you the most value I can. https://www.patreon.com/robertcassard Learn more about me, my music and my videos: https://www.guitardiscoveries.com/ Check out my band Cosmic Spin’s website: https://cosmic-spin.com/ ▶PRO MUSICIANS ONLY - MIX MAGAZINE - FREE SUBSCRIPTION◀ Mix Magazine Digital Edition | Professional Audio & Music Production. Stay on top of what's happening in the recording industry. Sign up using this link: https://www.b2bmediaportal.com/dynamicregister/Register.aspx?fid=MIXF&STATUS=NEW&key=MIXPAS203

#HarmonyRocket #VintageHarmonyGuitar #HarmonyH59 Robert Cassard demonstrates the sound and playability of a pristine vintage axe — a mint condition 1965 Harmony Rocket, made in Chicago. Also known as the Harmony H59, this thinline hollowbody beauty was at the higher end of Harmony's electric line during most of the 1960s. This model sports a red burst finish, 3 single-coil DeArmond GoldFoil Pickups, and 6 "cupcake" volume and tone knobs. It's the guitar equivalent of a red velvet cake or a cherry pie...or in automotive terms, a '57 DeSoto! Vintage Harmony electrics have become popular with guitar geeks seeking authentic vintage tone, and the DeArmond single-coils deliver in a way that's instantly vintage, but funky, too. Influential artists who've played vintage Harmony guitars live include: Dan Auerbach (The Black Keys), Jack White (White Stripes), Brittany Howard (Alabama Shakes), Jon Foreman (Switchfoot) and Ben Schneider (Lord Huron). What a list! Robert plays and records bluesy licks for a new original called "Cream On Top," using the beefy neck pickup tone in the left channel and a rippin' bridge pickup tone in the right channel. Robert Cassard shares guitars, gear and tips to make you a better musician. ▶ BECOME A "GUITAR DISCOVERER" ON PATREON◀ https://www.patreon.com/robertcassard ▶ FOLLOW GUITAR & RECORDING DISCOVERIES ◀ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/guitardiscoveries ▶ MY WEBSITES ◀ Guitar Discoveries: https://www.guitardiscoveries.com/ Cosmic Spin (Band): https://cosmic-spin.com/ Hi, my name is Robert Cassard. I'm a lifelong guitar player, singer-songwriter, producer, and music fanatic. I create Guitar and Recording Discoveries videos with a simple goal: to make YOU a better, happier, more confident musician! In 2018, after more than 40 years as a pro musician, I started sharing my experiences through easy-to-understand YouTube videos — giving you shortcuts to de-mystify playing, singing and recording. My "day job" is as a video writer/producer/director. Often it's hard to balance my need to earn a living with my desire to share the pure joy of music through the YouTube videos I make for free. Your ongoing support means the world to me and encourages me do more of what I love — sharing musical discoveries to help and inspire you! I invite you to become a "Guitar Discoverer” by signing up on Patreon so I can keep providing you the most value I can. https://www.patreon.com/robertcassard Learn more about me, my music and my videos: https://www.guitardiscoveries.com/ Check out my band Cosmic Spin’s website: https://cosmic-spin.com/ ▶PRO MUSICIANS ONLY - MIX MAGAZINE - FREE SUBSCRIPTION◀ Mix Magazine Digital Edition | Professional Audio & Music Production. Stay on top of what's happening in the recording industry. Sign up using this link: https://www.b2bmediaportal.com/dynamicregister/Register.aspx?fid=MIXF&STATUS=NEW&key=MIXPAS203

#HarmonyRocket #TougherThanTheRest #GuitarDiscoveries Check out Robert's guitar solo on Cosmic Spin's Country-tinged cover of the Bruce Springsteen classic "Tougher Than The Rest." The gorgeously clean and open sonics of voices, guitar, bass, drums and lap steel give way to this blisteringly distorted solo, played on Robert's prized 1965 Harmony Rocket H59 with ALL 3 pickups engaged. Mwa! Robert Cassard shares guitars, gear and tips to make you a better musician. ▶ BECOME A "GUITAR DISCOVERER" ON PATREON◀ https://www.patreon.com/robertcassard ▶ FOLLOW GUITAR & RECORDING DISCOVERIES ◀ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/guitardiscoveries ▶ MY WEBSITES ◀ Guitar Discoveries: https://www.guitardiscoveries.com/ Cosmic Spin (Band): https://cosmic-spin.com/ Hi, my name is Robert Cassard. I'm a lifelong guitar player, singer-songwriter, producer, and music fanatic. I create Guitar and Recording Discoveries videos with a simple goal: to make YOU a better, happier, more confident musician! In 2018, after more than 40 years as a pro musician, I started sharing my experiences through easy-to-understand YouTube videos — giving you shortcuts to de-mystify playing, singing and recording. My "day job" is as a video writer/producer/director. Often it's hard to balance my need to earn a living with my desire to share the pure joy of music through the YouTube videos I make for free. Your ongoing support means the world to me and encourages me do more of what I love — sharing musical discoveries to help and inspire you! I invite you to become a "Guitar Discoverer” by signing up on Patreon so I can keep providing you the most value I can. https://www.patreon.com/robertcassard Learn more about me, my music and my videos: https://www.guitardiscoveries.com/ Check out my band Cosmic Spin’s website: https://cosmic-spin.com/ ▶PRO MUSICIANS ONLY - MIX MAGAZINE - FREE SUBSCRIPTION◀ Mix Magazine Digital Edition | Professional Audio & Music Production. Stay on top of what's happening in the recording industry. Sign up using this link: https://www.b2bmediaportal.com/dynamicregister/Register.aspx?fid=MIXF&STATUS=NEW&key=MIXPAS203

#SunnySkies #James Taylor #MartinTravelGuitar I took my Martin LX1e travel guitar on another trip. This time we hit Michigan and Chi-town, where Bara and I enjoyed a gorgeous summer evening concert featuring First Aid Kit and Lord Huron. All the beautiful sunny weather inspired me to resurrect an old James Taylor nugget from the Sweet Baby James LP: Sunny Skies. See and hear why I bring either the LX1e or my Martin Backpacker every single time I travel. ▶ MARTIN LX1e TRAVEL GUITAR ("BABY MARTIN")◀ https://amzn.to/2BYqKtN ▶ ORDER BLACK MOUNTAIN SPRING-LOADED THUMB PICKS ◀ https://blackmountainpicks.com/ My favorite thumb-pick in medium gauge. Robert Cassard shares guitars, gear and tips to make you a better musician. ▶ SUPPORT THE CHANNEL - BECOME A GUITAR DISCOVERER ON PATREON ◀ https://www.patreon.com/robertcassard ▶FOLLOW GUITAR & RECORDING DISCOVERIES ◀ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/guitardiscoveries ▶MY WEBSITES◀ Guitar Discoveries: https://www.guitardiscoveries.com/ Cosmic Spin (Band): https://cosmic-spin.com/ ▶BUY THROUGH MY LINKS PLEASE◀ As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Every little bit helps me keep the channel going. Hi, my name is Robert Cassard. Thank you for watching, liking and subscribing. I am a lifelong guitar player, singer-songwriter, producer, and music fanatic. I create Guitar and Recording Discoveries videos to share the pure joy of music — shortcuts to help you play guitar, sing, record and sound great doing it. I learn the hard way so you don’t have to! Learn more about me, my music and my videos: https://www.guitardiscoveries.com/ Check out my band Cosmic Spin’s website: https://cosmic-spin.com/

#homerecording #homestudio #homestudiosetup After more than 40 years of recording professionally, I can finally say I own my DREAM recording studio. And yet it's so streamlined, it only has 5 main components! I can take it with me and set it up almost anywhere. Find out how I was able to sell all my tape decks, mixers, outboard compressors, EQs, reverbs, effects, synths and samplers, and still produce world-class sound. ▶MY SOUPED-UP GEAR◀ Apple Macbook Pro 16" M1 Max 64GB RAM (~$3750) https://amzn.to/3zmCrrI Apple Logic Pro ($199) https://www.apple.com/logic-pro/ Universal Audio Apollo x4 Heritage Edition (~$2300 new) https://amzn.to/3PK2twn M-Audio Bx5 ($300/pair) https://amzn.to/3BmSE30 Townsend Labs Sphere L22 ($1499 new) https://amzn.to/3vrpeNo Marantz Professional Sound Shield Compact ($69) https://amzn.to/3ziSQh1 Nektar Impact GX49 Controller Keyboard ($110) https://amzn.to/3zimB1w ▶FRUGAL GEAR OPTIONS◀ Apple Mac Mini — M1 chip with 8‑core CPU, 8‑core GPU 16GB unified memory ($875) https://amzn.to/3OJ9pZi Apple Logic Pro ($199) https://www.apple.com/logic-pro/ MOTU M2 2x2 USB-C Audio Interface ($200) https://amzn.to/3cRZ6od M-Audio Bx5 ($300/pair) https://amzn.to/3BmSE30 Townsend Labs Sphere L22 ($1499 new) https://amzn.to/3vrpeNo Marantz Professional Sound Shield Compact ($69) https://amzn.to/3ziSQh1 Nektar Impact GX49 Controller Keyboard ($110) https://amzn.to/3zimB1w Robert Cassard shares guitars, gear and tips to make you a better musician. ▶ SUPPORT THE CHANNEL - BECOME A GUITAR DISCOVERER ON PATREON ◀ https://www.patreon.com/robertcassard ▶FOLLOW GUITAR & RECORDING DISCOVERIES ◀ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/guitardiscoveries ▶MY WEBSITES◀ Guitar Discoveries: https://www.guitardiscoveries.com/ Cosmic Spin (Band): https://cosmic-spin.com/ ▶BUY THROUGH MY LINKS PLEASE◀ As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Every little bit helps me keep the channel going. Hi, my name is Robert Cassard. Thank you for watching, liking and subscribing. I am a lifelong guitar player, singer-songwriter, producer, and music fanatic. I create Guitar and Recording Discoveries videos to share the pure joy of music — shortcuts to help you play guitar, sing, record and sound great doing it. I learn the hard way so you don’t have to! Learn more about me, my music and my videos: https://www.guitardiscoveries.com/ Check out my band Cosmic Spin’s website: https://cosmic-spin.com/

#logicprox #homerecording #homestudio In this video, I share the BEST $199 I've EVER SPENT on making and recording music — Logic Pro X from Apple. IMHO, it rules! In fact, this all-in-one tool has given me the ability to record my music in my home studio and get 100% professional results. (My home-produced Logic Pro tracks have taken me and my band Cosmic Spin to the top of the UK Alternative Folk charts TWICE.) Logic Pro might be THE key to recording your music and leaving a musical legacy. Once YOU own its MASSIVE power (for under $200!), you'll want someone to show you the basics, the shortcuts and the big secrets. Today you'll meet THE guy who'll help you more than anyone else I've found —Chris Vandeviver from WhyLogicProRules.com. Watch my interview with THE top Logic educator and see if Logic is right for you. ⏰ Timestamps 0:00 - The best $199 I've ever spent 1:14 - Introducing Chris Vandeviver and Why Logic Pro Rules 2:03 - Logic Pro X (Apple's Pro Music software) 4:03 - DAWs used on Top hit albums 4:46 - The $199 recording marvel - Logic Pro features 7:54 - Graduating from Garageband to Logic Pro 11:11- Logic Pro advantages for Electric Guitarists 14:18 - The amazing Logic Pro Drummer 18:14 - Drummer sound sample 19:01 - Electric Guitar presets 20:38 - Logic for Acoustic Guitarists - mic recommendations 23:54 - Logic Pro for Vocalists - features and Flex-Pitch 28:00 - Correcting rhythmic mistakes with Flex-Time 29:54 - Logic Pro X for ANY musician 30:45 - Please leave a comment and visit WhyLogicProRules.com Robert Cassard shares guitars, gear and tips to make you a better musician. ▶ SUPPORT THE CHANNEL - BECOME A GUITAR DISCOVERER ON PATREON ◀ https://www.patreon.com/robertcassard ▶FOLLOW GUITAR & RECORDING DISCOVERIES ◀ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/guitardiscoveries ▶MY WEBSITES◀ Guitar Discoveries: https://www.guitardiscoveries.com/ Cosmic Spin (Band): https://cosmic-spin.com/ ▶BUY THROUGH MY LINKS PLEASE◀ As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Every little bit helps me keep the channel going. Hi, my name is Robert Cassard. Thank you for watching, liking and subscribing. I am a lifelong guitar player, singer-songwriter, producer, and music fanatic. I create Guitar and Recording Discoveries videos to share the pure joy of music — shortcuts to help you play guitar, sing, record and sound great doing it. I learn the hard way so you don’t have to! Learn more about me, my music and my videos: https://www.guitardiscoveries.com/ Check out my band Cosmic Spin’s website: https://cosmic-spin.com/

#jamestaylor #carolinainmymind #babymartin No idea how I lived this long without ever visiting beautiful North Carolina. While staying with our friend Kappi in Wilmington, I couldn't resist breaking out my Martin LX1e travel guitar ("Little Martin" or "Baby Martin") to sing and play two quintessential James Taylor tunes. Hear me attempt "Carolina in My Mind" and "Isn't It Nice to be Home Again," while Kappi and her dog Gigi get an impromptu living room concert. PURCHASE LINKS — USE THESE PLEASE: ▶ MARTIN LX1e TRAVEL GUITAR ("BABY MARTIN")◀ https://amzn.to/2BYqKtN ▶ ORDER BLACK MOUNTAIN SPRING-LOADED THUMB PICKS ◀ https://blackmountainpicks.com/ My favorite thumb-pick in medium gauge. ⏰ Timestamps 0:00 - Carolina in My Mind 4:32 - Isn't It Nice to Be Home Again 5:20 - Wrap-Up — Visit GuitarDiscoveries.com Robert Cassard shares guitars, gear and tips to make you a better musician. ▶ SUPPORT THE CHANNEL - BECOME A GUITAR DISCOVERER ON PATREON ◀ https://www.patreon.com/robertcassard ▶FOLLOW GUITAR & RECORDING DISCOVERIES ◀ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/guitardiscoveries ▶MY WEBSITES◀ Guitar Discoveries: https://www.guitardiscoveries.com/ Cosmic Spin (Band): https://cosmic-spin.com/ ▶BUY THROUGH MY LINKS PLEASE◀ As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Every little bit helps me keep the channel going. Hi, my name is Robert Cassard. Thank you for watching, liking and subscribing. I am a lifelong guitar player, singer-songwriter, producer, and music fanatic. I create Guitar and Recording Discoveries videos to share the pure joy of music — shortcuts to help you play guitar, sing, record and sound great doing it. I learn the hard way so you don’t have to! Learn more about me, my music and my videos: https://www.guitardiscoveries.com/ Check out my band Cosmic Spin’s website: https://cosmic-spin.com/

#namm #namm2022 #nammshow Fender, Gibson and Paul Reed Smith were absent, but there were plenty of other awesome manufacturers and cool products. See what happens when Robert Cassard and his music producer son Elijah hit the show floor. Synchronicity means being "in the zone" — making cool discoveries and having chance encounters with music industry pros that matter most to me. Find out what we discovered and who we ran into! ⏰ Timestamps 0:00 - 2022 NAMM with Elijah Cassard 0:45 - Who was ABSENT? 1:29 - Synchronicity rules 1:50 - NAMM Booth Strategy 3:04 - Day One Connections and Ultimate Ears 6:04 - Taylor Guitars 7:01- Day Two Connections | Why Logic Pro Rules 8:00 - ESP and Takamine guitars 8:58 - Why NAMM is the guitarist's Heaven and Hell 9:30 - Cloud Microphones, Hal Leonard, Artesia Pro (efnote Drums) 10:02 - C.F. Martin & Co. | Paul Davids 11:47 - Eastman/Bourgeois | Tim Pierce 13:25 - Ibanez | Pete Thorn 13:56 - Mule Resophonic | Black Mountain Picks 14:53 - One More Connection | Rhett Shull Robert Cassard shares guitars, gear and tips to make you a better musician. ▶ SUPPORT THE CHANNEL - BECOME A GUITAR DISCOVERER ON PATREON ◀ https://www.patreon.com/robertcassard ▶FOLLOW GUITAR & RECORDING DISCOVERIES ◀ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/guitardiscoveries ▶MY WEBSITES◀ Guitar Discoveries: https://www.guitardiscoveries.com/ Cosmic Spin (Band): https://cosmic-spin.com/ ▶BUY THROUGH MY LINKS PLEASE◀ As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Every little bit helps me keep the channel going. Hi, my name is Robert Cassard. Thank you for watching, liking and subscribing. I am a lifelong guitar player, singer-songwriter, producer, and music fanatic. I create Guitar and Recording Discoveries videos to share the pure joy of music — shortcuts to help you play guitar, sing, record and sound great doing it. I learn the hard way so you don’t have to! Learn more about me, my music and my videos: https://www.guitardiscoveries.com/ Check out my band Cosmic Spin’s website: https://cosmic-spin.com/

#YourStory #OriginStory #MusicInspiration Musical origin stories — I'll share mine if you share yours! I want to know YOUR story, so I'm asking two questions I hope you'll answer and share in the Comments area: 1) What's your first musical memory? 2) What inspired you to start making music? My musical journey started before I can remember. The thumbnail photo shows me as an 18-month-old disc jockey, spinning Little Golden Records. I loved music, and I was also fascinated by the technology to record it and play it back. It's fascinating to me that I remember songs and music from years before I have conscious memories of events. ⏰ Timestamps 0:00 - What's your musical origin story? 0:31 - My story started here 0:54 - What's your first musical memory? 2:13 - My family's record collection 3:01 - My older brothers' influence 3:51- My Strawberry turning point 4:09 - What inspired you to start making music? 4:30 - Too Fat Polka (historical artifact with apologies!) 4:47 - From uke to guitar 5:23 - Grandparents, Carnegie Hall and Cole Porter 6:51 - YOUR turn - answer questions in the comments 7:16 - Join the conversation — GuitarDiscoveries.com Robert Cassard shares guitars, gear and tips to make you a better musician. ▶ SUPPORT THE CHANNEL - BECOME A GUITAR DISCOVERER ON PATREON ◀ https://www.patreon.com/robertcassard ▶FOLLOW GUITAR & RECORDING DISCOVERIES ◀ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/guitardiscoveries ▶MY WEBSITES◀ Guitar Discoveries: https://www.guitardiscoveries.com/ Cosmic Spin (Band): https://cosmic-spin.com/ ▶BUY THROUGH MY LINKS PLEASE◀ As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Every little bit helps me keep the channel going. Hi, my name is Robert Cassard. Thank you for watching, liking and subscribing. I am a lifelong guitar player, singer-songwriter, producer, and music fanatic. I create Guitar and Recording Discoveries videos to share the pure joy of music — shortcuts to help you play guitar, sing, record and sound great doing it. I learn the hard way so you don’t have to! Learn more about me, my music and my videos: https://www.guitardiscoveries.com/ Check out my band Cosmic Spin’s website: https://cosmic-spin.com/

#LesPaulCopy #CheapLesPaul #LesPaulKnockoff Can a $250 Les Paul copy sound any good? If it's a Jay Turser, the answer is probably YES. Legend has it that Jay Turser electric guitars from the 90s and early 2000s were made in Asia under the strict quality control guidelines of a British luthier, perhaps Jay Turser himself. Whether or not the lore is true, I've now played enough Tursers to know that they can be spectacular for the price. I own two of them and they compare to high-end guitars many times their price. In this video I resurrect my son Eli's long-neglected JT-220D, which languished in its case for the past decade largely due to my guilt at having broken its neck in an easily avoidable accident. Watch and listen as I cover Donovan's 1966 hit "Sunshine Superman" and learn to love this abused, underrated and long-neglected axe. Robert Cassard shares guitars, gear and tips to make you a better musician. ▶ SUPPORT THE CHANNEL - BECOME A GUITAR DISCOVERER ON PATREON ◀ https://www.patreon.com/robertcassard ▶FOLLOW GUITAR & RECORDING DISCOVERIES ◀ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/guitardiscoveries ▶MY WEBSITES◀ Guitar Discoveries: https://www.guitardiscoveries.com/ Cosmic Spin (Band): https://cosmic-spin.com/ ▶BUY THROUGH MY LINKS PLEASE◀ As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Every little bit helps me keep the channel going. Hi, my name is Robert Cassard. Thank you for watching, liking and subscribing. I am a lifelong guitar player, singer-songwriter, producer, and music fanatic. I create Guitar and Recording Discoveries videos to share the pure joy of music — shortcuts to help you play guitar, sing, record and sound great doing it. I learn the hard way so you don’t have to! Learn more about me, my music and my videos: https://www.guitardiscoveries.com/ Check out my band Cosmic Spin’s website: https://cosmic-spin.com/

#MartinLX1e #BabyMartin #MartinTravelGuitar I took my Martin LX1e travel guitar out camping, testing its performance under wild temperature and humidity fluctuations. How did it perform? Robert Cassard shares guitars, gear and tips to make you a better musician. ▶ SUPPORT THE CHANNEL - BECOME A GUITAR DISCOVERER ON PATREON ◀ https://www.patreon.com/robertcassard ▶FOLLOW GUITAR & RECORDING DISCOVERIES ◀ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/guitardiscoveries ▶MY WEBSITES◀ Guitar Discoveries: https://www.guitardiscoveries.com/ Cosmic Spin (Band): https://cosmic-spin.com/ ▶BUY THROUGH MY LINKS PLEASE◀ As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Every little bit helps me keep the channel going. Hi, my name is Robert Cassard. Thank you for watching, liking and subscribing. I am a lifelong guitar player, singer-songwriter, producer, and music fanatic. I create Guitar and Recording Discoveries videos to share the pure joy of music — shortcuts to help you play guitar, sing, record and sound great doing it. I learn the hard way so you don’t have to! Learn more about me, my music and my videos: https://www.guitardiscoveries.com/ Check out my band Cosmic Spin’s website: https://cosmic-spin.com/

#guitarbuying #GAS #GuitarAcquisitionSyndrome Are you suffering from G.A.S. (Guitar Acquisition Syndrome)? Do you NEED another electric guitar? I just may have the cure! Watch and listen as I resurrect Donovan's 1966 hit "Sunshine Superman" and learn to love an abused and long-neglected cheap Les Paul copy. MUSIC: Sunshine Superman written by Donovan Leitch (1966) Performed by Robert Cassard Instruments: Finger-picked Rhythm, Strummed Rhythm and Lead Guitar: 2007 Jay Turser JT-220D Bass: '57 Fender P-Bass Reissue (Made in Japan, '94) Percussion — programmed by RC Robert Cassard shares guitars, gear and tips to make you a better musician. ▶ SUPPORT THE CHANNEL - BECOME A GUITAR DISCOVERER ON PATREON ◀ https://www.patreon.com/robertcassard ▶FOLLOW GUITAR & RECORDING DISCOVERIES ◀ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/guitardiscoveries ▶MY WEBSITES◀ Guitar Discoveries: https://www.guitardiscoveries.com/ Cosmic Spin (Band): https://cosmic-spin.com/ ▶BUY THROUGH MY LINKS PLEASE◀ As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Every little bit helps me keep the channel going. Hi, my name is Robert Cassard. Thank you for watching, liking and subscribing. I am a lifelong guitar player, singer-songwriter, producer, and music fanatic. I create Guitar and Recording Discoveries videos to share the pure joy of music — shortcuts to help you play guitar, sing, record and sound great doing it. I learn the hard way so you don’t have to! Learn more about me, my music and my videos: https://www.guitardiscoveries.com/ Check out my band Cosmic Spin’s website: https://cosmic-spin.com/

#GuitarInsurance #GuitarAccessories #GuitarStand NOT a paid endorsement and NOT actual insurance policies. Just a pair of must-have guitar accessories to avoid heartbreak and economic disaster. ▶ BUY A GUITAR REST ◀ https://amzn.to/2Ycl5iK ▶ BUY A GUITAR DOCK ◀ https://amzn.to/2Ycl5iK It helps me if you use these affiliate links to buy. Thank you! SONG: Le Monde est Virtual (Serge Fiori) MUSICIANS & GEAR: Robert Cassard: '88 Takamine N10-12 (12-String Acoustic Dreadnought) '07 Jay Turser JT-22D (Les Paul copy) ⏰ Timestamps 0:00 - Playing my broken-neck Takamine 12 0:44 - High-risk behavior 1:25 - The real cost of a broken neck or headstock 2:10 - Guitar Discoveries Theme 2:22 - My 10-year regret (so far) 3:49 - Today's reality 4:28 - Insurance policy #1: Guitar Rest 5:37 - Insurance policy #2: Guitar Dock 6:52 - Buying advice 7:16 - Leave a comment, subscribe, visit GuitarDiscoveries.com Visit GuitarDiscoveries.com for much much more! Robert Cassard shares guitars, gear and tips to make you a better musician. ▶ SUPPORT THE CHANNEL - BECOME A GUITAR DISCOVERER ON PATREON ◀ https://www.patreon.com/robertcassard ▶FOLLOW GUITAR & RECORDING DISCOVERIES ◀ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/guitardiscoveries ▶MY WEBSITES◀ Guitar Discoveries: https://www.guitardiscoveries.com/ Cosmic Spin (Band): https://cosmic-spin.com/ ▶BUY THROUGH MY LINKS PLEASE◀ As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Every little bit helps me keep the channel going. Hi, my name is Robert Cassard. Thank you for watching, liking and subscribing. I am a lifelong guitar player, singer-songwriter, producer, and music fanatic. I create Guitar and Recording Discoveries videos to share the pure joy of music — shortcuts to help you play guitar, sing, record and sound great doing it. I learn the hard way so you don’t have to! Learn more about me, my music and my videos: https://www.guitardiscoveries.com/ Check out my band Cosmic Spin’s website: https://cosmic-spin.com/

#strawberryfields #thebeatles #johnlennon Watch and listen as I blow away the veneer of the final mix of The Beatles' psychedelic journey down to Strawberry Fields. Hear the isolated tracks and performances of the revolutionary song and recording that influenced countless bands and musicians, including yours truly. Written by John Lennon (despite the public Lennon-McCartney songwriting credit) and brilliantly orchestrated by Beatles producer/arranger George Martin. Released as a double-A-side single (with Penny Lane) in February 1967, and later on the US release of Magical Mystery Tour later that year. Blow Up the Song, Ep.8 ⏰ Timestamps 0:00 - Strawberry Fields Isolated Tracks 1:30 - Guitar Discoveries Theme 1:43 - Blow Up the Song's purpose and asking a favor 2:21 - Strawberry Fields distinctions and the end of #1 hits 4:20 - Magical Mystery Tour in the US 5:06 - The origins of Strawberry Fields Forever 6:03 - Working title and lyrics evolution 8:24 - How I Won the War and back to EMI Studios 9:32 - Visualizing the arrangement 10:05 - George Martin, the 5th Beatle 10:45 - Analyzing Strawberry Fields — music theory 11:34 - Robert plays and sings + rhythmic details 12:50 - Verse breakdown 13:39 - Listening to individual Master Tracks 14:39 - George Martin's orchestration 15:40 - The rhythm track = the glue 16:30 - False fade and Coda 17:15 - The 1967 Mix - a 4-track jigsaw puzzle 18:00 - John's request and how George and Geoff fixed it 19:19 - Final arrangement and edit 20:17 - Indian influence 20:45 - Opening the vaults — Anthology 2 21:30 - The Back-Track Bootlegs 22:55 - How to get the Bootlegs (see Patreon link below) 23:15 - The legacy of Strawberry Fields 23:45 - GuitarDiscoveries.com and wrap-up ▶ GET THE BOOTLEGS - SUPPORT THE CHANNEL ON PATREON ◀ https://www.patreon.com/robertcassard ▶ BUY THE BOOK ◀ The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions by Mark Lewisohn https://amzn.to/3uXs9ML Robert Cassard shares guitars, gear and tips to make you a better musician. ▶ FOLLOW GUITAR & RECORDING DISCOVERIES ◀ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/guitardiscoveries ▶ MY WEBSITES ◀ Guitar Discoveries: https://www.guitardiscoveries.com/ Cosmic Spin (Band): https://cosmic-spin.com/ ▶ BUY THROUGH MY LINKS PLEASE ◀ As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Every little bit helps me keep the channel going. Hi, my name is Robert Cassard. Thank you for watching, liking and subscribing. I am a lifelong guitar player, singer-songwriter, producer, and music fanatic. I create Guitar and Recording Discoveries videos to share the pure joy of music — shortcuts to help you play guitar, sing, record and sound great doing it. I learn the hard way so you don’t have to! Learn more about me, my music and my videos: https://www.guitardiscoveries.com/ Check out my band Cosmic Spin’s website: https://cosmic-spin.com/

#NeilYoungCover #Ohio #CSNYCover Neil Young has been a counter-culture hero for over 50 years. He's waged a one-man social activist war-through-music, singing and speaking out against corporate greed, corruption, governmental overreach and Presidential administrations from Richard Nixon to Donald Trump. More recently, Neil has forgotten the essential value of free speech — the inalienable right that allowed him to protest through music and lyrics his entire career. I believe free speech is sacrosanct and that the pharmaceutical-governmental-industrial complex has no right to silence medical experts who don't parrot their pre-determined talking points and interpretations of "data." Silencing and censoring has become tragically commonplace, with many highly qualified doctors and scientists de-platformed and even fired for simply sharing their knowledge, speaking about their clinical experience, and opening their hearts to minds to unburden their consciences. To silence opposing voices is to work against Science — and it has to stop. So I was inspired to update the lyrics to "Ohio," calling out pharmaceutical greed and influence over governmental agencies, public health authorities, mainstream media narratives and social media censorship. The often-misguided advice and mandates of this self-serving cabal has trampled on the rights of Americans ostensibly guaranteed by our Constitution and its amendments. If it's the function of large corporations to care more about profits than people, then it's our responsibility (we, the people they care less about) to keep the corporations in check. This is my plea to demand our rights back. Big Pharma and Fauci’s comin’ Big money can buy control Keep pushing for record profits Deciding what you can know Gotta get down to it They don’t mind cutting us down Doin’ it from long ago… What if immune systems all lie dead on the ground How will you feel when you know? Why? Why? I want to know. I want to know everything. What? What can I say? Robert Cassard shares guitars, gear and tips to make you a better musician. ▶ SUPPORT THE CHANNEL - BECOME A GUITAR DISCOVERER ON PATREON ◀ https://www.patreon.com/robertcassard ▶FOLLOW GUITAR & RECORDING DISCOVERIES ◀ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/guitardiscoveries ▶MY WEBSITES◀ Guitar Discoveries: https://www.guitardiscoveries.com/ Cosmic Spin (Band): https://cosmic-spin.com/ ▶BUY THROUGH MY LINKS PLEASE◀ As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Every little bit helps me keep the channel going. Hi, my name is Robert Cassard. Thank you for watching, liking and subscribing. I am a lifelong guitar player, singer-songwriter, producer, and music fanatic. I create Guitar and Recording Discoveries videos to share the pure joy of music — shortcuts to help you play guitar, sing, record and sound great doing it. I learn the hard way so you don’t have to! Learn more about me, my music and my videos: https://www.guitardiscoveries.com/ Check out my band Cosmic Spin’s website: https://cosmic-spin.com/

#NeilYoungCover #Ohio #CSNY ▶ GET "RESIST" MERCH FROM MY ZAZZLE STORE ◀ https://www.zazzle.com/s/guitardiscoveries Neil Young has been a counter-culture hero for over 50 years. He's waged a one-man social activist war-through-music, singing and speaking out against corporate greed, corruption, governmental overreach and Presidential administrations from Richard Nixon to Donald Trump. More recently, Neil seems to have forgotten the essential value of free speech — the inalienable right that allowed him to protest through music and lyrics his entire career. I believe free speech is sacrosanct and that the pharmaceutical-governmental-industrial complex has no right to silence medical experts who don't parrot their pre-determined talking points and interpretations of "data." Silencing and censoring has become tragically commonplace, with many highly qualified doctors and scientists de-platformed and even fired for simply sharing their knowledge, speaking about their clinical experience, and opening their hearts to minds to unburden their consciences. To silence opposing voices is to work against Science — and it has to stop. So I was inspired to update the lyrics to "Ohio," calling out pharmaceutical greed and influence over governmental agencies, public health authorities, mainstream media narratives and social media censorship. The often-misguided advice and mandates of this self-serving cabal has trampled on the rights of Americans ostensibly guaranteed by our Constitution and its amendments. If it's the function of large corporations to care more about profits than people, then it's our responsibility (we, the people they care less about) to keep the corporations in check. This is my plea to demand our rights back: Big Pharma and Fauci’s comin’ Big money can buy control Keep pushing for record profits Deciding what you can know Gotta get down to it They don’t mind cutting us down Doin’ it from long ago… What if immune systems all lie dead on the ground How will you feel when you know? Why? Why? I want to know. I want to know everything. What? What can I say? ⏰ Timestamps 0:00 - OHIO — Free Speech Version (Intro) 0:15 - Welcome to my Neil Young RANT follow-up 0:35 - New RESIST (ohm) shirt design [zazzle.com/s/guitardiscoveries] 1:00 - How are you feeling? The duties of public health officials 2:16 - Guitar Discoveries theme and demonetization 2:50 - My own medical history and political stances 3:18 - Lessons in Constitutional rape 5:44 - The power of FEAR and the Big Pharma PUSH 6:47 - What's the danger now? 7:32 - OHIO — Free Speech Version (music: Young '70; lyrics: Cassard '22) Please Like, leave a comment, Subscribe, and visit GuitarDiscoveries.com CREDITS Robert Cassard played and sang all the parts: Electric Bass ('57 Fender Precision Bass — '94 Reissue Made in Japan (MIJ) Tremelo Rhythm Guitar ('91 Heritage H-575) Fender Tweed Rhythm Guitar ('91 Heritage H-575) Lead Guitar (Jay Turser JT-220 GT — Gold Top Les Paul copy) Vocals and Harmonies — all parts were sung through a Shure SM57 with Triton FetHead in-line pre-amp using phantom power Audio Interface — UAD Apollo Twin Mark II Duo DAW — Apple Logic Pro ▶ GET A "RESIST" T-SHIRT ◀ zazzle.com/s/guitardiscoveries ▶ GET A "SECOND OPINION" AT THE BROWNSTONE INSTITUTE ◀ https://www.brownstone.org ▶ DR. RICHARD MOSKOWITZ: "CLIFF NOTES" TO RFK JR's BOOK ◀ From a 53-year veteran of Family Practice Medicine and progressive Democrat: https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/progressive-democrat-review-rfk-jr-the-real-anthony-fauci ▶ SUPPORT THE CHANNEL - BECOME A GUITAR DISCOVERER ON PATREON ◀ https://www.patreon.com/robertcassard ▶ FOLLOW GUITAR & RECORDING DISCOVERIES ◀ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/guitardiscoveries ▶MY WEBSITES◀ Guitar Discoveries: https://www.guitardiscoveries.com/ Cosmic Spin (Band): https://cosmic-spin.com/ ▶BUY THROUGH MY LINKS PLEASE◀ As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Every little bit helps me keep the channel going. Robert Cassard shares guitars, gear and tips to make you a better musician. Hi, my name is Robert Cassard. Thank you for watching, liking and subscribing. I am a lifelong guitar player, singer-songwriter, producer, and music fanatic. I create Guitar and Recording Discoveries videos to share the pure joy of music — shortcuts to help you play guitar, sing, record and sound great doing it. I learn the hard way so you don’t have to! Learn more about me, my music and my videos: https://www.guitardiscoveries.com/ Check out my band Cosmic Spin’s website: https://cosmic-spin.com/

#FreeSpeech #Censorship #ScientificDebate According to Neil Young, we're allowed to keep on ROCKIN' in the free world, but certain doctors and scientists shouldn't be allowed to keep on TALKIN' in the free world. This is my rant about the recent anti-free-speech actions of Neil Young and four of my lifelong musical heroes and social activists. Based on what they taught me in their own protest songs, they've got this issue DEAD WRONG and it may stain their legacies. Watch to find out why I think so, and please leave a comment to tell everyone what YOU think! ⏰ Timestamps 0:00 - Why the RANT? Guitar Discoveries Theme 0:28 - Neil Young, Spotify & Joe Rogan 1:06 - Rogan's controversial guests 2:09 - History of Scientific & Medical progress 2:45 - Suppressive "codewords" and the damage they cause 4:18 - Who decides? and what we've sacrificed 5:40 - Building immunity naturally vs. technologically 6:53 - Neil Young labels a rebel as an enemy 7:20 - Neil Young's history of protest songs 9:32 - Trying to understand Neil's 180 10:11 - Neil reverses his positions (and brings his friends along) 11:13 - Collateral damage and silencing experts 11:49 - My Heroes are DEAD WRONG based on what they taught me! 13:04 - Why label Rogan? The value of uncomfortable questions 14:25 - Adding irony to insult - Neil's deal with the devil 15:23 - It's really about FREE SPEECH 16:03 - Leave a comment, subscribe, visit GuitarDiscoveries.com ▶ GET A "SECOND OPINION" AT THE BROWNSTONE INSTITUTE ◀ https://www.brownstone.org ▶ DR. RICHARD MOSKOWITZ: "CLIFF NOTES" TO RFK JR's BOOK ◀ From a 53-year veteran of Family Practice Medicine and progressive Democrat: https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/progressive-democrat-review-rfk-jr-the-real-anthony-fauci Robert Cassard shares guitars, gear and tips to make you a better musician. ▶ SUPPORT THE CHANNEL - BECOME A GUITAR DISCOVERER ON PATREON ◀ https://www.patreon.com/robertcassard ▶FOLLOW GUITAR & RECORDING DISCOVERIES ◀ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/guitardiscoveries ▶MY WEBSITES◀ Guitar Discoveries: https://www.guitardiscoveries.com/ Cosmic Spin (Band): https://cosmic-spin.com/ ▶BUY THROUGH MY LINKS PLEASE◀ As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Every little bit helps me keep the channel going. Hi, my name is Robert Cassard. Thank you for watching, liking and subscribing. I am a lifelong guitar player, singer-songwriter, producer, and music fanatic. I create Guitar and Recording Discoveries videos to share the pure joy of music — shortcuts to help you play guitar, sing, record and sound great doing it. I learn the hard way so you don’t have to! Learn more about me, my music and my videos: https://www.guitardiscoveries.com/ Check out my band Cosmic Spin’s website: https://cosmic-spin.com/

#GibsonSG #SGSpecial #SGsolo With 10 electric guitars to choose from, when and why do I reach for my 1968 Gibson SG Special? It was my first and only electric guitar for 20 years. I used it on hundreds of Rock and Jazz gigs. It's the make and model made famous by Pete Townshend (The Who), Carlos Santana, and the father of Metal, Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath). In this video: • Learn about the history of the SG, Gibson's best-selling electric of all time. • Find out what makes the SG Special "special." • Hear it clean, with grit, whacked out, and dirty. • Discover the 2 main reasons I reach for it again and again. • Listen and watch me record the dirty lead solo for my original song Half-Life SONGS: Another Sailing Song (Dave Flink) - Unreleased Everybody's Talkin' (Echoes) (Fred Neil) - Nilsson Time of the Season (Rod Argent) - The Zombies Half-Life (Lennon/Cassard) - Robert Cassard (feat. John Lennon) MUSICIANS & EQUIPMENT: John Lennon: Mellotron Mk II Robert Cassard: '68 Gibson SG Special, '58 Stella H929 Parlor Guitar, '57 Reissue Fender P-Bass (MIJ), Drum Programming, Electric and Steinway Pianos, Keyboards, '85 Fender Stratocaster USA Rhythm Guitar, Vocals DAW - Apple Logic Pro + Universal Audio Apollo Twin DUO Mk II Vocal Mics - Yeti Blue, Sennheiser e835, Shure SM57 (with Triton FetHead Preamp) ▶ GET A SHURE SM57 HERE ◀ https://amzn.to/2Ycl5iK ▶ GET A TRITON FETHEAD HERE ◀ https://amzn.to/3kM4GKq It helps me if you use these affiliate links to buy. Thanks! ⏰ Timestamps 0:00 - When and why the SG Special? - Guitar Discoveries Theme 0:44 - History of my SG Special and early gear 1:46 - History of Gibson SG and Models 2:30 - Iconic Guitarists with SG Specials - Townshend, Santana, Iommi 3:29 - The Special's Specs 4:33 - Resurrection: modifying to Townshend specs 5:19 - Reason #1: Tone - P-90s (Clean & Gritty examples) 6:56 - Reason #2 - Easy to Play + High Neck Access 7:21 - Whacked out example - Time of the Season by Cosmic Spin 8:09 - Envisioning a "vertical" lead solo for Half-Life 9:00 - The dirty Half-Life lead solo 9:53 - Leave a comment, subscribe, visit GuitarDiscoveries.com 10:24 - patreon.com/robertcassard and wrap up Visit GuitarDiscoveries.com for much much more! Robert Cassard shares guitars, gear and tips to make you a better musician. ▶ SUPPORT THE CHANNEL - BECOME A GUITAR DISCOVERER ON PATREON ◀ https://www.patreon.com/robertcassard ▶FOLLOW GUITAR & RECORDING DISCOVERIES ◀ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/guitardiscoveries ▶MY WEBSITES◀ Guitar Discoveries: https://www.guitardiscoveries.com/ Cosmic Spin (Band): https://cosmic-spin.com/ ▶BUY THROUGH MY LINKS PLEASE◀ As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Every little bit helps me keep the channel going. Hi, my name is Robert Cassard. Thank you for watching, liking and subscribing. I am a lifelong guitar player, singer-songwriter, producer, and music fanatic. I create Guitar and Recording Discoveries videos to share the pure joy of music — shortcuts to help you play guitar, sing, record and sound great doing it. I learn the hard way so you don’t have to! Learn more about me, my music and my videos: https://www.guitardiscoveries.com/ Check out my band Cosmic Spin’s website: https://cosmic-spin.com/