I have so many wonderful things to say about Rick Beato and his Rick Beato – Everything Music series on youtube. This guy is everything about why some youtube creators are delivering even more valuable content than most television producers.
He is hitting a real audience. His peers.
Rick is talking about music news, theory, production, business and songwriting in ways that only truly entertaining and engaging professors like Horace Alexander Young can present. Rick was a jazz guitar professor that got swept up in the pop & Rock & Roll world he was ignoring, and decades later he’s a rare beast, I’ll tell you that.
Sometimes History happens, and sign up for it. For Rick, seeing what happened in Seattle in the 1990s changed his life. Why it happened once and hasn’t happened again, is haunting me a bit. But that is another subject, I touched on recently with my hot take on The Showbox being quite possibly torn down.
If you’re a songwriter or producer trying to write great songs, catch up on his series as fast as you can. I am.
These are master classes that are accessable, fun, and free, except for the money we pay these internet barons for equipment and access.
This dude is the Uncle I wish I had. I need to be this Uncle.
Dreams: I hope some day I can get Rick to produce one of my records, or break down what made a song I wrote great, as his series on that subject is aptly named.
…I mean, C’mon. I was trying to write a James Bond theme last year with Scott Rowe, and I am about to really dive in what makes the James Bond theme tick. Game on.
Davin’s new song has been released and has become a global earworm and Caribbean dancehall hit. Listen here on Reggaeville: DAVIN MICHAEL STEDMAN & ANTHONY RED ROSE – FREE YOUR MIND FEAT. SLY & ROBBIE WITH LENKY MARSDEN. The video is now available on Youtube.
– Musician and writer Davin Michael Stedman has many ventures, such as the AMAZING blog, 100milesofmusic.com, and is one of the driving forces behind the Staxx Brothers. This past spring he spent weeks networking in and reporting from Kingston, Jamaica. His single with British band Sherlock Soul is now available as well.
