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Finally, the truth! It’s a rough business, always has been. However, there is another major factor affecting the cost of living in Nashville. Over the last 20 years, the healthcare industry has moved in in a big way and bought up a lot of real estate and moved in a lot of employees Across the country this really drove up local prices for everybody. That’s where the gentrification came from. In many ways, Nashville is “Music city“ in name only these days. She went and got herself diversified!

I’m glad I found your channel sir. I’m new to the industry, but have been playing guitar since I was a teenager. I’m taking the producer route though, but it’s always cool to hear from the ones who’ve already done it.

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I was there the month before for business. We broke out a little early and I walked over to browse the store. Despite the eye candy, i was surprised the prices weren’t at a discounted price I.E. same as Guitar Center, Sweetwater, American Musical, etc. Couldn’t understand why since they’re selling them direct: no transportation costs, no middleman, etc.

Wow cause guitars are the same price as they were in the 70,s

The Kings & Queens! Haha.. spot on. The reality is: if music is what your spirit is, and that's what gives you some sanity - use it just for that. Be content with little so you can have this special escape from the madness...😉

IF your house was on fire, and you could only grab one guitar ; which one would it be. Vid Please. Thank you.

Hey, man. Dig the channel. I'm looking fwd to seeing you scope out the Tampa scene, maybe some vids and opinions, and how you acclimate yourself into the fabric of the Tampa music scene. Good luck. Enjoy the Sunshine State! I'm up here in the rust belt...

Really like listening to your thoughts thank you for sharing them. I think most of the time things like aggression and mean behavior among humans is about primates passing on stress to others. Because this is stress reducing to the one who passes it on and stress still kills today. But it isn't just humans right, you can watch baboons doing it too. I have also found humor to be a good foil against that sort of behavior. Hope your move is going well.

Beautiful playing my friend. For a second here I was feeling Gary Moore. Watched again. If they ever do a movie about him….you should 1000 percent be cast. Lol.

Awesome. Thanks for sharing the video of the jam. The guitar fits the fiery vibe perfectly.

Tickets are so much, i stopped going.

Went to Belmont back in the late eighties. My first apt in (400 sq. Ft.) 1992 was $350 per month and I was able afford it driving delivery. That same complex in Hillsboro Village is over $2000 a month now.

Great song, beautiful guitar and sick hair! One question though, how do you setup your Gretsch action/relief wise? In inches or mm. It kinda buzzes on the lower strings but sounds beautiful and looks very playable

I'm so stoked for you brother. My channel is fully monetized too, but my last run of vids tanked. haha. Guess that's part of this game. As long as we share our love of music, we will find our tribe. I still say we should do some collabs one day. Would be a great learning experience for both of our channels. I lived in FL for 10 years, where abouts are you again? Keep going Brad.

1o hour ride use to have to do that right after a gig to get to next town for sound check rough times good times

Y’all getting paid?!?!?

let us see the surrounding please if you wish

My dreams are shattered!! 😢 zhuess zi should appreciate my tech job! That is just shameful you guys should be paid thousands per show!!

Touring musicians should get together and stop the theft. In 96 I was with a major act and was doing the promotional side of tour manager also. We had multiple top 5 songs and 3 number 1 songs. We were hot. I was pd salary of $750 plus per diem. The rest of the guys received $500 plus per diem. I got on line to get tickets today for my wife to see Lainey Wilson. A decent ticket was $500. Not cool!!! If I named the artist everyone would know him and he would be embarrassed so I won’t. I got out of the industry for this reason. I make way more now and no one knows who I am and I’m ok with that lol.

I came to town about a year after you did and quickly found out I was not a good enough musician to work in Nashville. I love being around the industry and players so I’ve ended up with my own amp building/repair shop. Work from home and sleep in my own bed. Ironically, my 25 year old son is a touring bass player. Go figure. I appreciate your videos and wish you the best in Florida.

I will be here watching how things develop no matter how things go for you.

Shred dawg

We all choose our path. How do you plan on making a decent living in your new location?

DOOOOOOOOOOODDDDDDDDD, classy as Sinatra and sharp as a razor. Love the color of the guitar bro!

If you live near a Walt Disney, they pay at least $1,300.00 per evening.

What do you expect for 3 hours of work per day?

I started playing in the 60's. Gibson was big because they were only real good players. I had a chance to play many of the late 50's Gibson guitars. To be honest they were hit or miss also. I ended playing a 1957 Jr. I put a LP Deluxe pickup in to cut thr feed back, Then in the early 70's Ibanez came out and I quickly changed to one of there V's. Great guitar. The one thing that I just laugh at is the reissues and their high prices. They are only a LP Standard that Gibson uses to charge way to much money for. PRS, Suhr (great necks) And couple custom shop Fenders (EC & EJ) that are alot cheaper and they are worth what I paid You will never be able to tell the Reissue guy's any different. Yes I do have reissue and play my 86 Studio more. Plays great (payed $400 for it). The reissue I got cheap helping a guy who needed some extra cash or I wouldn't have bought it. I have found if I want a good giutar out of the box I buy Suhr. They spend a lot of time on the neck before they send them out. PRS quality is top notch. I was looking for a standard in the Minneaplis area had to do a lot of looking to find a good one.

Hell yeah

I’m 30min outside in the Boro. Enjoy the channel and good luck w the move. Glad you brought up the intermediate feel comment. I brought it up too on Jonathan Cordy channel, citing Page, Eric Johnson, punk stuff all rushing but feeling great for track and energy. I recently doubled a heavy Marshall track w LP and Tele. I know I rushed, it sounded great. Different strokes, different songs. Enjoy your life.

Killer improv.

A tonex in the effects loop of the hx stomp gets pretty much any guitar tone

Great tone

Nice jam. What amp and pedals are you using? It sounds great. I have the same guitar 🎸

I got my short gig with Johnny Jones by auditioning as a Bass player , Johnny said afterwards, let's try Him on Lead guitar, Call William Scruggs to play Bass !

The Musicman must play like buddah...rock on dude. "Gear" = "Musician's Bank Account"

You are right man about gear. Another thing too about "the right gear" is that if you can give yourself the edge of sounding better than other people based simply on your gear thats like a bonus you can give yourself with knowledge and money. For instance, back in 2003 I discovered the Takamine palethetic pickup with Takamine's Cool Tube preamp blended with Takamine's Triax soundhole humbucker....with that system matched to pair with each other to date theres not a better sounding live system for acoustic guitar. I constantly had musicians asking me how my acoustic sounded so good. I tried hard to get endorsed by Takamine for years and they wouldn't do it, I did have a Taylor endorsement for a while though, but for plugged in nothing I have found beats the above mentioned configuration.

Man, when I retired I sold my Bose L1M2 pa system. I did that because I knew if I kept it I might be tempted to return to live shows again. It was a weird experience for me, I didnt want to sell my Bose pa but selling my pa was my way of stopping myself from ever being in the place I was mentally. A few years later I did finally buy another small but great pa system because I knew I was past the urge to torture myself by playing live shows. I have a nice set of powered EV12's and a nice Mackie 12 channel board I bought for home use. I am down to an FSR 2012 American deluxe strat, a Ibanez RG550, and a couple of Takamines.

Nice. I’ve heard brief solos in country songs that made me go “wait, more of that please!” Almost like jazz rock stuff. Holdsworth was such a monster. I delivered a piano to Shawn Lane in Memphis in the 90’s. Had no idea who he was but got a strong yoda vibe. Later I learned that he is the guitar GOAT

Only us older guy's still think having a full stack with a couple hundred watt heads are needed 😂 now all you need is a laptop and a house sound system to plug into 😅

You have the knowledge and experience to turn this channel into a multi - million subscribers. Music scene vlog, stories from the road, gear review, music trends and of course, lessons. Sky's the limit!

wooooah, love it..... that's where it is

Another great vid. Best of luck!

Not to discount what you're saying, it's 100% true, but...this housing problem and the expense associated with it isn't limited to musicians - it affects every occupation. Rents are obscenely high now, even for a small s-hole in a rough section of town, and that's if you can find anything at all. Gee, allowing tens of millions of people to flow unchecked into the country has consequences, and unaffordable rent is one of them...what a surprise. Inflation = too many people chasing too few goods. Applies to house prices and rent too.

Have a safe trip back!

Keep voting Democrat, keep getting the worst economy. Go Trump!

Maybe the lead artists should do away with the gormet hospitality tent and the shrimp and caviar.

A successful musician in Nashville is one that has a wife as a nurse.

Your channel is gonna do really well mate, had no idea you where that good! And your a natural speaker and great to listen too.. hit em hard in florida

Usually people whio get into this lifestyle of music money isnt the goal or at least it shouldn't be...