Welcome to episode 2 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:

https://guitarapp.com/topics/this-week-in-guitar

In this episode, Paul Davids' simple riff breaks our brains and gets us chatting about Tommy Emmanuel's approach to complex guitar parts, Konnakol and Dan's beef with complex time signatures.

Next up, we explore JHS's video on cheap overdrive pedals, the Bad Monkey-gate fallout and delve into the pitfalls of tone-chasing and why limitations are good for creativity.

Rhett Shull's video on what separates pro guitarists from the rest sets us off on the importance of good time-feel, AC/DC, clapping on the 2 & 4, and metronome tricks.

Jens Larsen's 5 easy songs to teach you jazz gives Dan hope of breaking into jazz 25 years into his guitar-playing career.

Extreme are back with 2 new singles! We react to Banshee, #Rebel and explore why they sound so refreshing, what makes Nuno Bettencourt so good and why tonal harmony may have arisen in Europe of all places..

Peter Gabriel's open letter about A.I. sparks a discussion about sampling, Grimes and David Bowie.

Bryan tries to make sense of Polyphia's success after Dan watches Tim Henson POV video.

Rick Beato's video on Ed Sheeran vs. Marvin Gaye sparks a discussion on the state of music copyright.

🎸 Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

0:40 - Paul Davids' simple riff that broke our brain

1:19 - Tommy Emmanuel's approach to complex guitar parts

2:04 - Konnakol

3:28 - Using Konnakol to understand Paul Davids syncopated riff

3:53 - Modern musicians using Konnakol (Andre Antunes, Mattias IA Eklundh & Mohini Dey)

5:11 - Notation using shapes

6:27 - Dan's beef with complex time signatures

7:35 - Pink Floyd - Money's use of time signatures

8:24 - Frank Zappa teaching time signatures on stage

9:11 - Josh from JHS brings awareness to more cheap overdrive pedals

9:50 - Bad Monkey drama backstory

12:24 - 4 cheap overdrives (Lumberjack, Rust Driver, Tubulator & JDS50)

12:49 - Dan's thoughts on the pitfalls of tone-chasing

13:11 - Tom Morello is done with tone-chasing

13:44 - Get the most from the gear at hand

14:13 - The benefits of limitations for creativity

14:55 - Early hardware limitations lead to more creative video game music (Donkey Kong Country)

16:00 - What separates pro guitarists from the rest - Rhett Shull

16:15 - The importance of great time-feel (Phil Rudd of AC/DC)

17:12 - Using a metronome on the 2 and 4

17:50 - What to do when the audience claps on the 1 and 3

18:35 - Metronome tricks (the disappearing metronome)

20:08 - Jens Larsen's 5 easy songs to teach you jazz

22:22 - Bryan's done with Autumn Leaves

23:10 - Extreme are back! Reaction to the 2 new singles, Banshee & #Rebel

23:50 - Why Nuno Bettencourt is the best

24:23 - Extreme's use of blue notes

24:47 - Origins of the blue notes (African and western music combined)

25:47 - Why tonal harmony arose in Europe

26:44 - More reaction to the 2 new Extreme singles, Banshee & #Rebel

28:21 - A.I. & music

28:45 - Peter Gabriel

29:10 - Peter Gabriel pioneering sampling on Security

29:43 - Peter Gabriel's open letter about A.I.

30:38 - David Bowie predicting the impact of internet

31:10 - Tim Henson from Polyphia's POV vid. Lessons coming soon?

31:58 - Bryan tries to make sense of Polyphia's success

32:46 - Polyphia live

33:46 - Rick Beato's vid Ed Sheeran vs. Marvin Gaye

34:02 - Ed Sheeran's multiple copyright battles

34:58 - Can you copyright the blues?

35:24 - Ed Sheeran standing up for songwritng

36:01 - John Williams story

36:47 - Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery

37:21 - More thoughts on Ed Sheeran vs. Marvin Gaye

38:18 - Why Ed Sheeran is right

38:51 - Grimes on copyright

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