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Jesus Christ, you're some bitter old fuckers on here.
More power to the young lad if you ask me. He looks like he's enjoying himself, he's developing a style and performance technique of his own, he's reaching a wide audience and he's a fucking good player to boot - I only started at 11 and I'd have killed to be that good even several years later.
There's nothing to suggest this is any of his parents' doing - maybe he came up with the idea, and badgered them incessantly for help with recording or whatever else? If I was that good at that age, I know I would have - I'd probably have used every trick in the book to try and get myself out there. How else is he going to do it at his age? And even if they were pushing him, I'm pretty sure they'd let him stop if he wasn't enjoying it.
Lot of you need to get over yourselves.
Shows how out of touch a lot of people are that the default assumption is pushy parents - there was a large scale survey done recently in which ‘YouTuber’ came out as one of - if not - the most popular dream job amongst schoolkids.
Most parents probably roll their eyes rather than encourage them when they say that!
Yes it is a cynical point of view and maybe we do need to get over ourselves but I don't think anyone is saying: "He's not good enough" just that to become a performer at such a young age could cause problems with development in later life. Nobody is denying this kid is clearly great at what he does but, for me, the "OH, HI...Glad you dropped by." shtick and the staging of the videos detracts from the kids clear talent. It just feels a bit click baitish...
EDIT: Word choice.
My newphew is about the same age and a good little footballer, and he has an Instagram page showing off his football boots and skills - it reads like an adult’s in terms of the language used etc, the ‘brand creation’ type stuff.
I think kids spend so much time watching this sort of content that they become pretty good at mimicking it when it comes their turn.
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he genuinely looks like he's enjoying himself..
I didn't start playing until I was 12...
and I remember never being able to put the guitar down..
just a genuine love and fascination for guitar playing and music in general..
so I totally see where he's at...
that said... I didn't play at all when I was 11, let alone anything like that..
from the age of 12 onwards, that's largely what I did..
the only person pushing was me..
I know quite a few fellas that did the same..
the vid, how it was shot, the quality and his guitar collection is another thing though..
pushy parents?? or a kid that love what he's doing and parents that enjoying helping and encouraging him?
I guess we'll never know..
that Korean vid though is certainly [as already pointed out] a bit creepy..
the playing is amazing considering the age..
the choreography is kinda strange... typical communist national academy style politics behind that maybe?
thing is... to bend an A to a B in Em on the 3rd string at the 14th fret and do it well..
you don't need to have had your wife run off with someone else, done time in the state pen, and spent your life drifting from state to state, destitute..
or sell your soul to the devil.. lol..
when learning to play.. we do so by example..
irrespective of our life experiences..
our initial attempts at playing are simply trying to emulate the music of our heroes..
"standing on the shoulders of giants" if you will..
you learn and develop via repertoire
so yes.. it's mimicry / playing by numbers / copying / emulating..
but that's all part of the learning process.. it's perfectly normal..
classical players learn from scores written by the great composers as they work their way through the grades..
and so it's no different for the blues'er kid learning via tab or by ear..
he's using repertoire to learn and grow
and no doubt, he'll start writing from himself too at some point..
again copying his heroes.. which is also normal..
it takes time to develop your own unique voice..
but playing / performing and composing are very different skills..
I know many amazing players that cannot and do not write..
and others that are 'good enough' players that are like song factories..
a thing to note: listen to early Beethoven or Schubert, it sounds very much like Mozart..
the great master that preceded them..
so... somethings have not changed in centuries..
and it makes perfect sense to me
I love the way the kid drops in a few bum notes, looks up, smiles / laughs and plays right through it..
that's not the sign of someone under any pressure..
in fact, it's a great attribute.. one I remind my students of often..
My Daddy gon’ gimme a paddlin’
I hit a G sharp not a G
I done lost a thousand subscribers
Oh my Daddy gon’ be mad at me
Woke up this mornin'
Mildly worried about my job
Got stuck in traffic on the M60
Don't know what's for dinner later. I might allow for the increase in supernarket food prices of late by having corn on the cob.
Robert Johnson's shitting himself I hear.
The hammy persona really, really grates on me. I think one can tell between a child's natural enthusiasm and something like this, where he's clearly been trained on how someone thinks is the right way to behave in front of a camera. I would generally be really enthusiastic to see a young guy play so well, but somehow the whole thing is deeply offputting. I just can't enjoy it.
There's nothing better than seeing a kid do well, but you can go too far with the flashiness, and this little guy has jumped the shark already with his manner and his ridiculous clothes.
The sooner he develops a personality of his own, rather than being pushed in a certain direction, the better. I refuse to believe he came up with this stuff of his own accord.
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