What Is Wrong With Everyone?

Rick's entire family are just pranking him at this point lmao

If someone ever accuses me of bending a note out of tune I'll be sure to let them know they simply don't know the song

The realization that the majority of people won't notice if something is slightly out of tune or when mistakes are made is the key to being able it take a stage with confidence. My 13 year old is a vocalist and she's finally learned if she makes a mistake no one will notice, that the beauty about art is that the only one that knows is the artist themselves. So go out there and do your thing.

I got called out on Facebook for telling someone their guitar was awfully out of tune, I stood by it, I'll stand by it.

This video perfectly illustrates the madness of being a musician surrounded by normal people. LOL

So, basically I do not sing out of tune, people just dont know my songs. Great, ty

Just when Rick thought he'd broken every musical topic down to the core, he realized there was yet more to explain.

I just watched Rick explaining the definition of tune, and I've never been more excited, even though I already knew what it means. This man is a gem.

😂😂😂I’m crying. You have to make this a shirt. “How do I know it’s out of tune? I don’t even know the song.“

My daddy was a piano tuner for 60 years. He tuned for Phil Collins, Status Quo, Elkie Brookes among many others. He knew when my guitar was off by half a cent. It was always in tune when dad was around. He passed last year. I miss him so much😔

I noticed this first when I was learning how to play 25 years ago. It really threw me for a loop that I just don't understand how other people hear things. It has always been a huge pet peeve of mine when I hear a poorly tuned guitar, and yet many players themselves cannot even tell without a tuner. Blows my mind how anyone could do music and not hear things that are stunningly obvious to me.

I grew up playing music so I always knew what you meant. My wife was complimenting my singing yesterday and saying she was a bad singer, to which I responded "hey, at least you sing sharp, and not flat." She said "I have no idea what that means."

The moment Rick realizes most of his audience doesn't understand most of his content, but he makes it fascinating anyhow ...

You’re NOT losing it Rick. I think you are really in tune with this topic.

There are some parallels, even outside music; - Like in art, where small differences in composition and colors in certain combinations can be the difference between a absolute masterpiece and a pretentious piece of garbage. - Graphic design suffers from this as well, you can immediately see the difference between something created by an amateur using word and a graphic designer who knows the "rules" and how to break them. Almost every type of creative activity abide by one of the most important facts; you have to know the rules to break them. I think some of the most important testaments of this is of course blues, but even more it's in jazz music. It's simple and complex at the same time, it's behind and ahead but always comes together at the right time. Keep flying that music nerd flag, i love it!

Genuinely cannot understand how someone could not know when a guitar is out of tune with itself!! I feel it, and also made the same assumption.....💜🌶🧠🌶💜

"How would I know? I've never heard the song!" My new answer to everything 😂

This is what Rick does instead of yelling at kids to get off his lawn. Love it.

You're not crazy, Rick. You are simply very, very good at it. I admit that I don't have good musical hearing and I wouldn't spot out of tune string most of the time (unless it's obvious like your C-chord example). But one of the reasons I like watching your videos or those of other music experts like The Charismatic Voice, is because I learn something. I may spot those things only when you point them out and even then it will be only part of what you show, but it is something new to me. And that gives me new appreciation of what the artists are doings - or you confirm my dislike of some, who are just lazy and create things which can hardly be called songs.

Spot on Rick. I am such a stickler for tuning. I’ll tune DURING a song if I go out, or if I don’t have the chance to, I’ll even adjust my fretting pressure or ride the whammy until I get to a stopping point where I can tune. That was a big thing I learned early on. Your instrument might be in tune, or out of tune. But YOU—as a human being—MUST be in tune. Think about Jeff Beck. Of course his Strats were set up immaculately, but inevitably those things drifted out of tune with how much he used the whammy. But it didn’t matter, because Jeff could hear it and compensate in real time. That’s one of the skills he possessed that doesn’t really get talked about.