YOUTUBE needs you…..

This is an article praising the already popular use of YOUTUBE and its many users. Whether it be video-blogging, performing musically, independent film makers or just somebody venting about things they dislike. YOUTUBE has become one of the most successful forms of advertising yourself in the world. Since the internet was first created people have been advertising there businesses and trades for the whole world to see. Now a days whether it be FACEBOOK, YOUTUBE, or some other website that you can use to share your thoughts, the internet has provided an incredibly easy and fast way to advertise yourself and whatever it is that you do. My favorite way to do this, made obvious by this blog is YOUTUBE. Never before has there been so many Kodak moments all gathered in one place. Nor have there ever been so many unsigned and unrecognized talented musicians. The 60s had The old grey whistle test, the 70s had Top of the pops, the 80s had The Tube, and where would the 90s have been without MTV. We have the internet generation and YOUTUBE. Only this time we get to see the ones who are completely self produced and 100 percent dedicated to their music. Like many people my age, growing up with the music on the television became quite dull and boring. Rehashes of music that we had all heard before. Not much was produced with an original style. Which is why youtube needs you. Anybody who knows they can do better, or even just somebody looking for something different. There are millions of musicians on YOUTUBE, but there are not many who are as recognized as the pop or rock stars on the television. This is an injustice. There should be festivals dedicated to the unknown YOUTUBE musician. Albums released by there name. Magazines devoted to the pure unheard of who are sat in there bedrooms working their asses off for just a few more video hits. We should be watching ‘VH1 I remember the great YOUTUBE’rs’ instead of ‘VH1 I remember that pop trash’. It is time for the real music lovers of the world to show the next generation how it is done. Make video-blogs about your favorite artists, write music, show off your skills. And above all, most importantly, do your own thing and don’t let anybody tell you that different is wrong. Click this link and search for anything. Who knows you may just find your next favorite band.

By James Parker

Dr Matt Warnock

If ever you find it hard to afford the money for guitar lessons, then Dr Matt Warnock’s youtube page is definitely for you. Although specializing mainly in jazz, Warnocks expertise spans across many genres explaining how you can use jazz progressions in modern music and become an expert guitar player. I even picked up my guitar and took a few of the video lessons myself. I found them to be very informative, fun and easy to understand. Dr Matt Warnock even shows off his skills in a playlist entitled ‘solo guitar tunes’ in which he plays two compositions. I have included one in this review which is called ‘Stella by Starlight’ and it shows just how haunting and diverse jazz guitar can be. His website includes the notations and tabs for everything that he teaches so whether you learn by ear, tab, or sheet music Warnock accommodates for all. He also travels around teaching in his own classes and provides online lessons as arranged by the student. Truly a master of his craft, I would recommend this man to anyone no matter how advanced a guitarist to improve or learn new skills. I personally am going to continue learning from these videos as I have always found jazz guitar difficult to understand, until I stumbled across Warnock’s youtube page of course. Jazz is highly recognized as one of the most diverse and difficult styles to play on any instrument. Watching Matt Warnock’s videos makes it look so easy and is very well explained in his video tutorials. His style is very reminiscent of jazz players such as Django Reinhardt, Wes Montgomery and Joe Pass. The bio on his official website states that he has been awarded degrees from McGill University in Montreal and Western Michigan University. Warnock proves himself to be a true professional and a very accomplished musician, a very hard thing to become in todays modern music industry with competition being so high. Matt Warnock is living proof that Jazz is very much still alive today as it ever was back when it was new. I look forward to seeing work from his students in the not too distant future as I am sure that with his guidance we have a lot of very talent song writers, guitarists and musicians to look forward to. Click on any of the links or videos provided to see what I mean when I say that Jazz is not dead.

By James Parker