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So, this video is gonna be a little worse than I originally thought,
but I already watched the entire Masterclass, so
God do it now.
Basically, about a week ago, Miles asked me,
are you gonna watch the Tom Rell Masterclass?
As you know, I remember him back from my days [A] battling him on stage,
and [Am] he was pretty good.
But, as I was looking into it, I came across the Carlos Santana [Dm]
Masterclass.
Woo!
Watch out, world.
For those of you who don't know who Santana is,
he played at Woodstock.
What else did he do?
He played at Woodstock, Rolling Stone rated him as the [Am] 20th best guitarist of all time,
his band's tied with Michael Jackson for the [Dm] most Grammy wins in a single night,
and then in 2002, he collaborated with Chad Krogan.
But no, [Gm] in the 2000s, his career [Am] had a massive resurgence,
[F] where he made a bunch of his biggest hits [Bm] ever.
And [Am] still, to this day, he's got a massive influence [E] over contemporary music.
[G] DJ [G] Khaled!
And it's really interesting, because you kind of get like a glimpse inside his mind.
[Cm] Anyway, so I made a list of the top five things I learned from Carlos Santana's Masterclass.
[C] But before I get into the list, I want to mention a couple honorary mentions
of things I thought were pretty interesting, [N] but, you know, not interesting enough to make the list.
The first thing is, Carlos said that,
If he can't play the blues, you should do another thing.
Which is, you know, kind of harsh, Carlos.
But, I get what he's saying.
As he said, blues is kind of the foundation of Western music.
Most genres we listen to now are derivative of blues.
Even if you don't like want to play blues specifically, because it's not like the 50s,
whatever you do want to play, by learning blues, you'd probably have a better understanding and appreciation for it.
You know, like in psychology, like every entry-level class talks about Sigmund Freud,
even though his theory's, you know.
But yeah, that's not what this video's about.
The second thing he said was that,
You have to know how to breathe.
And a quote he said was that,
If you don't know how to breathe correctly, [D] you will pass out.
I don't know, I thought that was funny.
I guess it holds up.
And also something he said that I liked was that,
Gear makes you [E] great, but first you have to be great.
And, you know, I like that a lot.
I feel like it's pretty [E] common among artists to be like,
It's not about what you [Fm] use, it's about the talent.
So, it's nice to hear Santana acknowledge that gear does make you better.
Okay, onto the list.
Number five is be confident.
[C] So, I've got that down.
Like, in terms of skill, without being like technically better at all,
it's a difference between like,
Oh, sorry.
To confidence.
[N] But Santana actually provided some really good tips on how to become like really confident and comfortable in your playing.
It's all about building your confidence.
And one of those is learn every part of a song.
And what that means is like, take it apart bit by bit.
Like the bass line, the drums and everything.
And by really understanding each element of a song,
you'll be more comfortable in playing the part that you contribute.
Because you own it.
You have it.
You are it.
And another thing that he said was get in character.
And he was like Robert De Niro and someone else is an example.
And he said like,
Sometimes when they're on a specific TV show and if they're not into character,
they almost look like they're lost or bland or something.
But when they get in character, they're like that mob boss or whatever Robert De Niro plays.
That's not a mob boss.
And he's a bad gangster, dude.
You and I need to do the same when playing guitar.
You have to go into character.
Become a rock star or star.
Number four, melody is supreme.
Basically, Santana is obsessed with melody.
I'm fascinated again with melody.
Like he'll say a word and then he'll play a note to accompany it.
And then like he'll turn a sentence into a melody.
Though I'm not saying it in English, that's exactly what I'm saying.
My booty.
Though it's really hot.
Know what I mean?
He's better at it.
He said one way he learned how to do this is he would like look at his favorite poems.
Practice looking at the poem and put notes to it.
I don't know about you, but I don't know that many poems.
But he also said,
Watching TV with the volume off and you, a speed chase, a car chase.
That sounded like fascinating to me.
Then that's why it's number four.
Number three, leading and playing in a band.
He really means that you have to take the time to [E] listen to other people.
Listening is [N] probably the greatest gift you can give anyone.
And he says, appreciate them and like let them know that you appreciate them.
Tell them they're brilliant.
Be like, man, I really liked it when you did this thing.
You did maybe more specific, but I really like your hair.
So, yeah, I was really drinking from your well.
But no, he says compliment them when you like what they do and really listen to it.
It's not all your show.
Number two is finding your sound.
Now, this one's also kind of a take on a pretty famous quote.
Take from one person.
It's called stealing.
Take from many.
That's klepto.
It's called research.
That's research.
And even if not done intentionally, just by like, you know,
finding your heroes and trying to sound like them when it comes to making your own stuff,
you're going to make something unique to you.
Unless you're Greta Van Fleet and I'm Anthony Fantano.
I'm sorry.
But that said, Carlos Santana did say that he would spend days at a time trying to like
perfectly imitate a musician that he liked.
And I play my guitar as close as possible to them, how they're phrasing and how they're feeling.
But it makes sense to be a great.
You have to learn how to play like the greats.
Carlos also said we tend to, as people always look for greatness, always in somebody else rather than yourself.
But you have to remember that there's greatness in you.
You already have it.
You just got to let it out.
You're great.
In hindsight, that probably would have been a pretty good way to end the video.
But number one, practice is a musical offer.
Santana said that he doesn't like the word practice because he feels as though it has like negative connotations.
Like it's hard and it's heavy and he's carrying it up the hill.
And that doesn't sound like fun.
And then throughout the masterclass, he says practice like a hundred times.
If you just like you practice speed or you practice chords or you practice harmony, you practice this.
And Santana thinks that like the guitar is this like amazing instrument.
And it's not practice.
You know, you're just spending time getting to know it better.
And honestly, I was inspired by that.
And it's a really cool perspective to like approach learning anything with.
Like, you know, just becoming the master of something cool.
And the last thing he said that I really liked was the key to wanting to learn something is to wanting to.
Yeah, it's true.
I get that's kind of like an oversimplification.
Like there are times when you want to want to, but the beginning is so [Em] slow and frustrating.
[Am] [E]
[Am] [F] And I feel like this was like a really good lesson for the audience,
which is, you know, I've been listening to a lot of music,
but I feel like I've been listening to a lot of music that's like,
yeah, I'm terrified of the killing parts of it.
And the other lessons I've learned [Eb] from it is just keep on doing it until you get used to it.
Yeah, I listen to a lot of music.
I get that, but I don't really understand the logic of it.
Like the
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So, this video is gonna be a little worse than I originally thought,
but I already watched the entire Masterclass, so_
God do it now.
Basically, about a week ago, Miles asked me,
are you gonna watch the Tom Rell Masterclass?
As you know, I remember him back from my days [A] battling him on stage,
and [Am] he was pretty good.
But, as I was looking into it, I came across the Carlos Santana [Dm]
Masterclass.
Woo!
_ Watch out, world.
For those of you who don't know who Santana is,
he played at Woodstock.
What else did he do?
He played at Woodstock, Rolling Stone rated him as the [Am] 20th best guitarist of all time,
his band's tied with Michael Jackson for the [Dm] most Grammy wins in a single night,
and then in 2002, he collaborated with Chad Krogan.
But no, [Gm] in the 2000s, his career [Am] had a massive resurgence,
[F] where he made a bunch of his biggest hits [Bm] ever.
And [Am] still, to this day, he's got a massive influence [E] over contemporary music.
[G] DJ [G] Khaled!
And it's really interesting, because you kind of get like a glimpse inside his mind.
[Cm] Anyway, so I made a list of the top five things I learned from Carlos Santana's Masterclass.
[C] But before I get into the list, I want to mention a couple honorary mentions
of things I thought were pretty interesting, [N] but, you know, not interesting enough to make the list.
The first thing is, Carlos said that,
If he can't play the blues, you should do another thing.
Which is, you know, kind of harsh, Carlos.
But, I get what he's saying.
As he said, blues is kind of the foundation of Western music.
Most genres we listen to now are derivative of blues.
Even if you don't like want to play blues specifically, because it's not like the 50s,
whatever you do want to play, by learning blues, you'd probably have a better understanding and appreciation for it.
You know, like in psychology, like every entry-level class talks about Sigmund Freud,
even though his theory's, you know.
But yeah, that's not what this video's about.
The second thing he said was that,
You have to know how to breathe.
_ And a quote he said was that,
If you don't know how to breathe correctly, _ [D] you will pass out.
I don't know, I thought that was funny.
I guess it holds up.
And also something he said that I liked was that,
Gear makes you [E] great, but first you have to be great.
And, you know, I like that a lot.
I feel like it's pretty [E] common among artists to be like,
It's not about what you [Fm] use, it's about the talent.
So, it's nice to hear Santana acknowledge that gear does make you better.
Okay, onto the list.
Number five is be confident.
[C] So, I've got that down.
Like, in terms of skill, without being like technically better at all,
it's a difference between like,
_ _ Oh, sorry.
To _ confidence.
_ _ [N] _ But Santana actually provided some really good tips on how to become like really confident and comfortable in your playing.
It's all about building your confidence.
And one of those is learn every part of a song.
And what that means is like, take it apart bit by bit.
Like the bass line, the drums and everything.
And by really understanding each element of a song,
you'll be more comfortable in playing the part that you contribute.
Because you own it.
You have it.
You are it.
And another thing that he said was get in character.
And he was like Robert De Niro and someone else is an example.
And he said like,
Sometimes when they're on a specific TV show and if they're not into character,
they almost look like they're lost or bland or something.
But when they get in character, they're like that mob boss or whatever Robert De Niro plays.
That's not a mob boss.
And he's a bad gangster, dude.
You and I need to do the same when playing guitar.
You have to go into character.
Become a rock star or _ _ star.
Number four, melody is supreme.
Basically, Santana is obsessed with melody.
I'm fascinated again with melody.
Like he'll say a word and then he'll play a note to accompany it.
And then like he'll turn a sentence into a melody.
Though I'm not saying it in English, that's exactly what I'm saying.
My booty.
_ Though it's really hot.
Know what I mean?
He's better at it.
He said one way he learned how to do this is he would like look at his favorite poems.
Practice looking at the poem and _ put notes to it.
I don't know about you, but I don't know that many poems.
But he also said,
Watching TV with the volume off and you, a speed chase, a car chase.
That sounded like fascinating to me.
Then that's why it's number four.
Number three, leading and playing in a band.
He really means that you have to take the time to [E] listen to other people.
Listening is [N] probably the greatest gift you can give anyone.
And he says, appreciate them and like let them know that you appreciate them.
Tell them they're brilliant.
Be like, man, I really liked it when you did this thing.
You did maybe more specific, but I really like your hair.
So, yeah, I was really drinking from your well.
But no, he says compliment them when you like what they do and really listen to it.
It's not all your show.
Number two is finding your sound.
Now, this one's also kind of a take on a pretty famous quote.
Take from one person.
It's called stealing.
Take from many.
That's klepto.
It's called research.
That's research.
And even if not done intentionally, just by like, you know,
finding your heroes and trying to sound like them when it comes to making your own stuff,
you're going to make something unique to you.
Unless you're Greta Van Fleet and I'm Anthony Fantano.
I'm sorry.
But that said, Carlos Santana did say that he would spend days at a time trying to like
perfectly imitate a musician that he liked.
And I play my guitar as close as possible to them, how they're phrasing and how they're feeling.
But it makes sense to be a great.
You have to learn how to play like the greats.
Carlos also said we tend to, as people always look for greatness, always in somebody else rather than yourself.
But you have to remember that there's greatness in you.
You already have it.
You just got to let it out.
You're great.
In hindsight, that probably would have been a pretty good way to end the video.
But number one, practice is a musical offer.
Santana said that he doesn't like the word practice because he feels as though it has like negative connotations.
Like it's hard and it's heavy and he's carrying it up the hill.
And that doesn't sound like fun.
And then throughout the masterclass, he says practice like a hundred times.
If you just like you practice speed or you practice chords or you practice harmony, you practice this.
And Santana thinks that like the guitar is this like amazing instrument.
And it's not practice.
You know, you're just spending time getting to know it better.
And honestly, I was inspired by that.
And it's a really cool perspective to like approach learning anything with.
Like, you know, just becoming the master of something cool.
And the last thing he said that I really liked was the key to wanting to learn something is to wanting to.
Yeah, it's true.
I get that's kind of like an oversimplification.
Like there are times when you want to want to, but the beginning is so [Em] slow and frustrating.
_ [Am] _ _ [E] _
_ _ [Am] _ _ [F] _ _ And I feel like this was like a really good lesson for the audience,
which is, you know, I've been listening to a lot of music,
but I feel like I've been listening to a lot of music that's like,
yeah, I'm terrified of the killing parts of it.
And the other lessons I've learned [Eb] _ from it is just keep on doing it until you get used to it.
_ Yeah, I listen to a lot of music.
I get that, but I don't really understand the logic of it.
Like the

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