NEAL SCHON interviewed by Rick Beato

[DrewJD82]

these rock legends seem more excited to be on his show than he is interviewing them, its really great. i see people bashing Rick all the time and its really one of the great mysteries i have in life how you could not like his channel from the interviews, tutorials, song breakdowns.. hes great

Every time I’ve tried to dig down on the Beato hate I can’t get an answer on the actual reasoning. I think it’s safe to say it’s 99.5% the 45+ crowd that has an irrational distaste for him. Only one time did someone give me an answer I found legitimate, even if I didn’t agree and it was in the context of his copyright strikes with the person arguing in favor of the labels having released his own music and feels he should be the only one to decide how his music is used.

All the rest of the comments have been “He’s pretentious” or “He thinks he knows everything”, “He thinks he’s more important than he is”…..lots of mind readers out there with an uncanny ability to know someone’s thoughts and feelings from a video.

 

[Findthetone1]

Every time I’ve tried to dig down on the Beato hate I can’t get an answer on the actual reasoning. I think it’s safe to say it’s 99.5% the 45+ crowd that has an irrational distaste for him. Only one time did someone give me an answer I found legitimate, even if I didn’t agree and it was in the context of his copyright strikes with the person arguing in favor of the labels having released his own music and feels he should be the only one to decide how his music is used.

All the rest of the comments have been “He’s pretentious” or “He thinks he knows everything”, “He thinks he’s more important than he is”…..lots of mind readers out there with an uncanny ability to know someone’s thoughts and feelings from a video.

Internet jealousy dude. Plain and simple. I think his videos are some of the best out there and even though he might be a fanboy of some of the people he interviews, his questions are well thought out and answer things we would like to know. I'm in that 45+ age group BTW.

 

[DrewJD82]

Internet jealousy dude. Plain and simple. I think his videos are some of the best out there and even though he might be a fanboy of some of the people he interviews, his questions are well thought out and answer things we would like to know. I'm in that 45+ age group BTW.

Much agreed.

I’d be fanboying the fuck out if I were interviewing Gilmour, too.

“He only puts videos out to sell his course”, as if the videos take zero effort at all while guaranteeing he’ll have people buying the course. There’s so much free information on his channel that I personally DGAF what he’s selling, he’s put a lot of time/effort in making that content that anyone interested can utilize without buying anything and I can’t find shit to bitch about with that.

 

[RaceU4her]

Every time I’ve tried to dig down on the Beato hate I can’t get an answer on the actual reasoning. I think it’s safe to say it’s 99.5% the 45+ crowd that has an irrational distaste for him. Only one time did someone give me an answer I found legitimate, even if I didn’t agree and it was in the context of his copyright strikes with the person arguing in favor of the labels having released his own music and feels he should be the only one to decide how his music is used.

All the rest of the comments have been “He’s pretentious” or “He thinks he knows everything”, “He thinks he’s more important than he is”…..lots of mind readers out there with an uncanny ability to know someone’s thoughts and feelings from a video.

ive been questioning what the reasoning is for the over the top hatred this place has for most all youtubers for years now as it makes no sense to me, and all i can figure is guys just cant take that people are getting paid and becoming internet famous playing gear they got sent for free, and they use things like "they use clickbait titles to lure people in" or a stupid thumbnail picture as some sort of justification not to watch. seems like silly reasons to me to pass up on all the great info and entertainment thats out there, but

 

[RaceU4her]

Much agreed.

I’d be fanboying the fuck out if I were interviewing Gilmour, too.

“He only puts videos out to sell his course”, as if the videos take zero effort at all while guaranteeing he’ll have people buying the course. There’s so much free information on his channel that I personally DGAF what he’s selling, he’s put a lot of time/effort in making that content that anyone interested can utilize without buying anything and I can’t find shit to bitch about with that.

i read comments on his page all the time from guys saying they learn much more from him than they ever did going to their big money recording school, if dudes dont want that for free cause they dont like his haircut or something, i dont know what to tell them

 

[ewill52]

Man I love Beato, i learn a ton from him. He's a very solid musician and gets interviews from people I want to hear about.

 

[Dave L]

I watched that the other day and I did not expect Neal to be such a friendly dude, that was awesome to see. I would have loved to see them go later into the 80s and early 90s, but I suppose that his status as boy wonder of the late 60s and early 70s up to the first albums with Perry is the main bit.

 

[bierbuddy]

I really liked how professional he was about sacrificing his ego for the music, and you could tell he was sincere. No negativity in the slightest. He was well-known for his chops before Perry arrived, and he was honest about how much he had to change the way he played to find how he could "fit in" with the newer direction of ballads, etc. He had to craft solos that were more like melodies, and this from a guy who can shred with the best of them. He admitted it wouldn't have been his preferred style, but no bitching or moaning at all.

 

[skoora]

Much agreed.

I’d be fanboying the fuck out if I were interviewing Gilmour, too.

“He only puts videos out to sell his course”, as if the videos take zero effort at all while guaranteeing he’ll have people buying the course. There’s so much free information on his channel that I personally DGAF what he’s selling, he’s put a lot of time/effort in making that content that anyone interested can utilize without buying anything and I can’t find shit to bitch about with that.

I’ll never understand the hypocrisy in America on capitalism. So Exxon and Amazon get to post record quarter profits while also taking our tax dollars but god forbid an individual actually try and sell something to make some money in a platform that has no subscription cost for a viewer.
The only thing that holds a little water is the sticky argument of you can’t push your course and then complain about copyright where it was the draw of the copywritten material that had someone click on your video where you sell your course. I’m not sure Fair Use will hold up if you offer something for sale along with the critique or analysis.
From a personality standpoint I don’t get the hate. He’s a reasonable guy, who happens to have a wealth of experience and knowledge who speaks of it plainly and with the confidence of being older, where you don’t care about fake humility to appease other’s low self esteem.

 

[Fiesta Red]

Great interview! Especially coming right after that bomb interview of Robin

Robin Trower? What happened there?

 

[Spookylou33]

Great Player for sure.

 

[tonedog]

My take- Maybe Neal has become a nice or nicer guy in his old age but I should tell of my experience and the drummer I played with which were odd encounters at the same NAMM show around 2003. To preface this I was and am a fan of his playing. The first time I saw him was at a free concert in either 1970 or 1971. Before the album Santana III. Santana set up on the lawn at DeAnza College in the Bay Area and nobody knew. Totally unannounced. No stage just flat on the lawn. Neal played a strat and had a headband and Carlos had a lizard green velvet suit. Fucking amazing show. Maybe 50-100 people there. Neal killed and Carlos was in fine form as well. Ripping show. Fast forward to my ride up in the Elevator at NAMM with Neal and Dean Castronovo around 2003. I brought up that story about seeing Santana in 1971on the lawn at a college to Neal and he would not speak to me or even acknowledge that I was telling him a cool story.. So awkward that Dean said "that is a really cool story". My friend ran in to him the next day and said he wanted to introduce his wife to him as they were huge fans. Neal's only comment was "does she give good head?".

I saw him at least 20 times with Journey and the first version without Steve Perry was better for me as they were more fusiony progressive but he always played the shit out of the guitar no doubt. Good to see him be kind of Humble with Rick.

On the other hand hanging out with Stevie Ray Vaughn on a Friday afternoon in 1983 after a soundcheck in Santa Cruz, I realized that you can be a big star and a really nice person at the same time. No ego there at all.

 

[1984_5150]