"Talent" Is B.S.
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 26. 07. 2024
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Hello, Iâm Joe - Iâm a guitar player, singer-songwriter, producer, recording engineer and teacher!
On this channel youâll find my original songs, covers and solo fingerstyle guitar arrangements. My favorite music doesnât fit neatly in a box so you may hear me play folk, blues, jazz, & classic rock - you can call it what you want; I feel honored to speak this timeless language of melody, harmony & rhythm.
I was born on May 25th 1991 in Kempsey, NSW, Australia. Since 2010 I have been based in the US and currently live in the Rocky Mountains of Montana with my wife, Genevieve (who teaches illustration on CZcams!).
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This could be a TED talk. So good! Thanks for sharing!
Hey Joe. My teacher told me talent is basically the desire to work on one's craft. Simple, but kinda deep, eh? You are rockin it, I love seeing you develop.
THIS is what I tried to tell people for years - but never really could express it in a way I was satisfied with. Now I will send everyone to this video. Very well said, my friend!
Thanks Sonke!! It has been awesome watching you grow into an incredible player by doing exactly these things - you really inspire me and so many others. Hard to believe we're both those teenagers who played Borsalino together in Freepsum!
Very well said, Joe, I'm pretty tired of seeing comments on videos of guitarists saying "We will never be able to play like (guitarist name here) because we weren't born with their talent" while also disregarding all the time and effort that particular guitarist has put into mastering their instrument. Hopefully your video can change the way people use this word.
They would say what makes a man get up 4am and play the intrument for 4 hours is talent.;)
Talent is overrated but required. No amount of practice and focus will get me to where Joe is. Or was at 14. Iâm 74. I have loads of flair though and that brings me great joy. I love playing. I love even looking at guitars. I feel nothing for the tuba! Not sure tuba players do.
This is a very interesting point. I am a professor of genetics and one of the big debates has always been how much of who you are depends on your genome and how much comes from your upbringing and your environment. The best answer seems to be that both contribute. I often cite the golfer Tiger Woods as an example. I explain that if we were to rank everyone on the basis of their ability to hit a golf shot Tiger would be very close to the top with the rest of us below him. But I also explain that his father introduced him to golf when he was a toddler. He must have exceptional hand eye coordination. But he could never have become as good as he is without countless hours of practice. Joe most likely has an exceptional sense of pitch. Perfect pitch by the way seems to be genetic. Some people are born with it. And there are some people who lack the ability to differentiate between pitches. These are the extremes though and you can develop your ear if you are willing to devote the time to it. If there is something you want to do you can if you are willing to do the work. Some things will be easier for some people than others. Einstein had a knack for theoretical physics. You may not be able to make the sort of discoveries he did. But you could study physics and obtain a doctorate in it if you were willing to do the work. I think the key is to find the sorts of things that you are uniquely suited to do, the sorts of things that will enable you to use your special talents. But never let anyone tell you that you can't do something.
At 63 I haven't put in enough focus on the guitar... From now on; more positive practice so I can play along side you someday!!! Thanks Joe
I believe that we are all "wired" differently. Our brains and bodies are randomly optimized for particular things, some more dramatically than others. We have certain characteristics that make some things relatively easy for us, and if our interests and desires dovetail with those characteristics we can do extraordinary things. I suppose many would call that talent. In any case if one recognizes, at an early age, those proclivities they can with a ton of work build on them to become truly great at whatever it is they are wired for. The trick is recognizing them, focusing on them, and being enabled by support and positive feedback to explore them. I happened to stumble on Joe Robinson demoing a Gibson ES-175 playing Misty on CZcams. Absolutely amazing. I have some idea of the amount of work it takes to get that good and Joe's explanation of how he did it shouldn't be diminished by attributing it to just talent or wiring. But I do think that most of us could work endlessly to become great guitar players like Joe Robinson, but no amount of work would get us there without us having the "wiring" to start with.
I agree that there are some people who have an innate ability. We see kids who can play sport, guitar or violin or whatever their chosen field is. They can have high IQs etc. What about genetics? Then there's the nature versus nurture factor .Familial also plays a part. What if your family don't support you? What if they don't have the money to buy you a guitar or put you through university? Yes we can rise above this as Joe has shown so comprehensively and brilliantly. We aren't laboratory rats with the same DNA.. There are child prodigies. I know hard work and the rewards . I also know there are the gifted.
the endorphin rush from being able to do something that gives you pleasure is what pushes the desire to practice till you cant get it wrong, then what comes out is your personal input that gets recognised as "talent",but you're absolutely right to feel a bit miffed if people blow it off as "talent that you either have or you don't",you cant be good if you don't use what you have to the N'th degree in a dedicated way.Dedication is what makes talent germinate into something REAL.
you exemplify that dedication, you are using your soul to enjoy the world of great music
You are so right Joe. I remember an interview of Chet Atkins where he was signing autographs after a show with his guitar on a stand beside him and a man says to him " Gee your guitar sounded great tonight" Chet turned and looked at his guitar and said " well it doesn't sound so good now" It's not the guitar. It's how many hours you pour into it. It's like an investment. The more you put in the more you will get in return.
The harder you work, the luckier you will be.
"You become the average of the 5 people you surround yourself with" .. I'll remember that one! This was really inspiring Joe, not to mention pretty damn impressive doing it all in one take and citing from memory as you go ... you're a natural born scholar, free-thinker, story-teller, whatever you want to call it - I really do hope you continue addressing your audience with these type of videos, because you're really engaging and quite clearly a fountain of wisdom. I've followed your videos since I was a teenager and I've always felt like I could relate to you on a spiritual level. Keep on doing what you're doing, and thanks for everything you've done for this online community, you're spreading good vibes! Safe travels brother, come visit England sometime why don't you when corona finally becomes history xxx
Superbly put and excellently articulated...Your focus and dedication is inspiring...For me it's meant sometimes being branded a hermit because I live and breath the guitar and choose to say no to a lot of gatherings and outings. I go to bed at 4AM and set an alarm for 10AM everyday. I am retired so I can create a schedule for myself where I have maximum space and opportunity to play and have enough quiet in order to learn and be creative. That 6 hour sleep charges me up (with a little caffeine) sufficiently to play a couple of hours in the morning, eat breakfast at noon, do the necessary life errands...take a half hour nap in the late afternoon and then be invigorated enough to devote the whole evening to music.
Thanks for this empowering message. I had a flair for guitar since I was 14 until about 19 when I went to college. I "lost" it because of distractions of life.. a girlfriend, friends, parties, and pursuing a "career". I never though of taking it so serious by making more time waking up early morning.. This is so an eye opener!! For me, I would not put the guitar down after school until I went to bed.. also I just enjoyed figuring out the songs more than learning the modes, chords and doing the exercises. It is such a refresing take on music or playing an instrument properly - we need to put in the time to focus ons learning chords, modes and how chords fit instead of just wandering about the guitar playing riffs and melodies very well.. Thanks I only recently came across your channel but you are soo soo inspiring. Keep up your work and I wish you all the best!
Well said, Joe. I have thought this for a long time. When someone comments to me about this I now say, "No, I don't have talent. I have tolerance. My love and desire to play is so high it gives me the tolerance for the hours and hours of reps it takes to get something down." Anything I can do on the guitar came from hard work, not talent.
Regarding teaching, I had given up on that until I met Buster Jones. He encouraged me to try again with this advice, "Don't try to teach guitar tricks. Just explain what you're thinking when you play". I do that now. I can teach a song, but I'd far rather use the song to teach how I learned it. The students who get that idea tend to flourish. The ones who are just trying to build a play list as fast as they can tend to give up.
PS - super excited to see you back on the roster again for Guitar Town Copper Mountain!
Love it Jim, that's a cool quip from Buster! Tolerance is a good word. Look forward to seeing you out in Colorado again soon
Thank you Joe for the good word. There is something about putting hard work and seeing the progress, it's exciting. We might look at a song and say, there's no way I could play this song but I've learned that we just have to sit down and work it out and don't give up! DON'T GIVE UP! Your humbleness is a shine!
Merci d'avoir partagé cela. C'est vraiment intéressant.
Dear Joe, thank you for your inspiration. I have been eating my cereals watching you (like you said in the video). Since two years I am listening to your album "Let me introduce you" every day and you are like a mentor to me. I am learing a lot about arrangement, harmonies, fingerstyle guitar, etc. and have the feeling, that something of your style is notable in the songs that I have been writing since 2018. Thank you very much. Please keep it up! And hopefully I can get to see you play live one day.
Great talk! One of the things I find is that what I lack as a musician is merely from me not learning the language of music, where it is on my instrument and the vocabulary limitation in my playing that has incurred because of it. It's not a lack of talent but more a lack of a willingness to spend the time to be at that level.
The interesting thing is finally accepting that we are all individuals and we all hear and feel music differently and I think it is during the course of trying to play like someone else that we are able to find our own voice from that experience. An example of that is learning a Brent Mason solo note for note and realizing a year later that I had unknowingly altered some of the solo and made it my own.
Learning how to let go of thinking about playing and just feeling it and letting the music just come out. I have experienced on a few occasions where it was almost as if I was standing outside of my body and watching myself play and it was like I could play things that I normally did not have the ability to achieve. It just happened.
Very fascinating subject!
You are so inspiring... Thanks, much love.
Thank you Joe you really inspired me I am a 62-year-old man just want to let you know my focus priorities and determination on being a really good guitar player thanks to you and Tommy Emmanuel And other inspired people that open my eyes youâre right all those names and people that are great Danny gotten and all the other ones Iâve been studying and watching and amazed thank you thank you
Oh Joe, this makes me cry, happy tears for you but also tears of longing, longing to one day get even close to your ability. Your such an inspiration. Most people will never appreciate the amount of work and dedication people like yourselves put in. Love yaâ work! Life is too short and your a wise man, well on your way to cracking that code đâ€ïžđâ
Fan from Kenya, u have been a big inspiration bless you brother
Thanks Joe! Really inspiring! Resonates!
Wow Joe, that was an incredible âtalkâ. Good on you for putting this out there. Full of inspiration for your fans and aspiring musicians. I wish Iâd heard this 60 years ago. Iâd really like to chat with you about this someday. Stay well my friend, canât wait to see you play live again soon.
Thank you Joe for sharing yourself in open honesty. This is the first time I have heard you speak and I am inspired by your passion. Inspiration comes from what connects and drives us on and emotional level. I too am obsessed with music and the guitar and play constantly.. I tend to stay up till all hours instead of up at 4 am.. but never say never. Thanks again.
Love this. This really captures how I've felt with my own pursuit of music. For me, flare, focus, and feedback are dynamic as well. Sometimes I'm regimented and targeted in my practice, but somehow feel uninspired. Sometimes I feel inspired and know what to work on musically, but can't focus (e.g. uncontrollable life situations, school, etc.). In my opinion, the pursuit of excellence not only involves on flare, focus, and feedback, but also one's own awareness of how those factors stand at any point in time and how to deal with the inevitable occasions when one falters. You should also check out the book So Good They Can't Ignore You by Cal Newport. It's another take on the philosophy of flare, focus, and feedback and studies the lives of Steve Jobs and other people who loved their careers.
What a video Joe! Thank you so so much for it - and for everything you are doing. But this is such a jam. It should be "mandatory" listening every morning for inspiration!!!
Thanks again Joe for sharing that video... Very inspiring !
Cheers
very good advice Joe, spot on! good on ya!
You are so inspiring. Thanks ever so much for sharing.
Fantastic!
Wonderful talk! It fills me with gratitude and respect to learn about the insane amount of work you have put into your guitar playing.
It also triggered some general reflections. Analyzes of success often tend to focus on necessary conditions, but less on sufficient conditions. What more to it is it than focus, practicing, and so on? Some years ago there was a scientific study on physical training, proving that some individuals possess a certain genetic profile that puts a limit on oxygen uptake. It could explain why they gave up training. In Sweden we have a saying, freely translated, "you can if you want to" (moral). But the converse is true as well: "you want (more) if you can" (payback). If the practicing efforts don't regularly reward you with progress, you will get stuck where you are. To progress, an individual must respond to training, and that responsiveness is a varying factor in a population. We are not robots! We should also bear in mind that many young athletes, and even musicians, get injured from over-training, and have to quit.
thanks to share your knowledge dude!! you became my mentor since the firt time i saw you playing "it's not easy"!! you are not just an
incredible player but a good person too
Dear Joe, what an wonderful speech. You have seemed to be so emotional. I don't know your motivation to upload that video. But it is an great inspiration.
Hope to see again in Freepsum very soon. All the best for you.
I loved this Joe. I completely agree with you on all levels. I've been lucky enough to attend a few of your concerts and even have a quick chat with you at CAAS years ago. Your passion, dedication, and relentless hardworking attitude towards music is awe-inspiring across the entire spectrum. Thank you for making this incredible video! Now I'm going to get to work!
Much love from The Netherlands
Very inspiring. Thank you
Thanks Joe. Great message from a great musician.
This is priceless. So glad I found your music!
THIS is a video for my children to watch⊠together with their supportive father (me). Repeatedly. I'm sorry you lost your friend.
"Don't just follow your passion; make the effort!"
Love this video Joe! It is really encouraging to know that you got to where you are because of your extreme hard work and not just because you're some "gifted" genius. Gives me hope (and probably a lot of other people too) that if I continue working hard at it, it is something that I can get really good at too. I don't have to just be talented.
I/we agree wholeheartedly. Keep pushing the message out there so others will come onboard with it. đ€Your groupies Lynne & Tony Anderson now Port Macquarie.đ
You sound like Mark Knopfler. He says, âYouâve got to want it. You fall asleep with the guitar in your handsâ. You have a gift. The gift being your desire. Blessed are those with an interest! You are blessed!
Love it
Love it! The ability to focus and prioritize is also a talent. But the love of music had to be there and the feeling that you just have to play the guitar.
Thanks Joe!! very interesting and inspiring!
Thank you Joe, really inspiring videođ
Amazing video Joe! Thanks for sharing the true "clarification" of talent. Great insights to your craft.
Very encouraging and powerful and not just for musicians.
Great content... well said, Joe. As a musician, and a music lover first, I very much needed these reminders. Thank you.
Amazing insight - Thanks Joe!
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inspiring video - thanks!
That was so inspiring Joe, thank you!
You're a really interesting guy Joe. Always appreciate your perspective on deep topics like this.
This is really inspiring Joe... Mentor gives us ability to explore within ourselves the ability to become more expressive in a better way every other day.....thanks Joe... Regards from Nepal..
Thank you for your words of wisdom!
Great advice Joe well done and great adviceđđ
Great video, thanks for sharing those wise words. Best to you man!
Joe, "Thank you so much for sharing this very humble, honest story"!! Very commendable... Best Always, JP
I agree with you on all counts bro. I can tell you have a deep conviction about it bcs you went thru it and are still living by it. Iâm convinced. Thanks bro.
i have been working on the guitar for 50 years now.I still enjoy learning a new riff,chord progression or a new instrumental tune.One piece of advice I give guitar hopefuls is to have a guitar in the corner or up on the wall within easy reach.Don't stick your only guitar in a case all the time
Joe, Iâm absolutely loving your playing and your whole philosophy of talent, music, persistence. Thanks for sharing all of it. You truly are world class man.
I really appreciate it Peter!
@@Joe_Robinson You're welcome Joe. It's just amazing the way you have mastered so many differnt genres. I just love listening to you play. I used to practice my guitar 4 hours every day in high school when I got home. I just didn't have the mindset like you do to continue that as I got older which I really regret. I always said that when I get older I never want to have any regrets. This is one I truly do regret. But, I am thankful that I did learn to play, that I stayed with it my whole life and that I'm more involved with playing my guitar today than ever. I look forward to seeing you play in Nashville one day or in NY if you ever come up this way. Cheers!
Boy, young man you are right on....I think you are one of the very Bestđđđâ€ïž
the best compliment joe is from your people you admire the most your piers
Joe, you're a testament to what the result of hard work can accomplish. Your drive and focus has made you a world class musician. I need to take your advice!
Flair,focus,feedback. Loved it Joe
My man dropping Socrates in the middle of a conversation. Love ya!
Also, John Vervaeke has a great talk where he breaks down the distinction between training language and explaining language you were getting at.
GOAT!! soaking it in!
Really enjoyed this testimony on this topic. Sounds like you have been hangin' with Mr. Vai :)
Joe, your one of my biggest inspiration, as a guitar player, as an artist, like one other guy ; john frusciante. For different reasons.. Thank you for all
Hi Joe. I have always thought this too, and I am a writer, illustrator, computer programmer and more. There is one more facet to this though. That is BELIEF. We only do what we believe we can. Most people are convinced by others that they cannot do stuff and therefore they shouldn't even try. Once we believe that we can, and that whatever we are taking on is worth doing, then it all becomes possible.
Perfectly articulated, Joe...I became aware of your focus & flair when I first met you (I think you were 14!). One of my pet hates: when people knew of my association with TE, I'd often hear: 'that guy - he's a freak!'. That'd make me really mad. As you rightly say, it dismisses all the time, work, & dedication that's been invested.
That means a lot Michael - thankyou mate! I was so inspired hearing you that day at the Port Maquarie 'Guitar Factory' store!! 100% on TE. I think anyone that knows him and sees how dedicated he is feel's the same when hearing those comments.
your dedication and drive to be where you are today is a blessing. Your music gets right to the heart of people. I have learned much just from watching and listening with intent to you. You are incredible because of your dedication! You shine Joe....you truly do!
That means a lot Donald! Thank you!!
@@Joe_Robinson I've been thinking a lot about your take on talent. It's a relief to find someone that shares common ground. I look at it this way Joe.....I truly believe we have all been given a gift to act upon. Many do and many don't....you have and it's evident in the way you shine. It's a narrow road because many are discouraged from the beginning from both family and friends. You have been blessed to have the encouragement from family members as well and friends I'm sure. I think when we act upon the God given gifts we are given, it's then that we rise above our own expectations. In other words we are blessed over and over and over. What is greatness anyway? You I'm sure were considered great 10 or 15 years prior to where you are now. The word great seems to be too final a notion....a person such as yourself rises through greatness and there really is no limit to where you can go. Our imaginations are themselves limited. So, as long as the motion is forward...there is no end. You quite simply took the blessing...recognized it for what it was and then dedicated yourself with all your heart and soul....therefore you can do nothing else but shine! And your strength shows when you are attacked by negativity from others that are jealous or for whatever reason. There is a lot of adversity and evil surrounding us in this universe. Your rising above it shows that you truly are blessed and driven in your life. It's people like you that give the good and reap the rewards. Not hard to see you have reached that place of peace and joy. Your attitude makes this big beautiful ball we call earth keep spinning in a most positive way. Keep on keeping on my friend. So you see your blessings are blessings to others along that journey of yours. I have learned much from all that I have watched and listened from you.....gratitude to you! Don
That was strong .. nice video, Joe.
I went to the college study music (to be a teacher, not study a specific instrument), and, like you, I know that it's not talent.
I don't risk to affirm that "do that and it does happen", we don't know everything about human brain, how we work .. but I know the effort to play an instrument.
Funny that, the first time that I listened to you, then I saw your videos when younger, playing, I thought "this time can't be hard work .. " But I did a search and found about you waking up early and all the things that you do.
Now I use you as an example and a proof that hard work is one of the 'ingredients' of the complete answer (that I don't know) of how the FU!@# you do such great music. hehe
Always good to listen to you, playing or talking about something.
Cheers!
Weâll said. Great perspective and insight. I appreciate your candidness and honesty. Words to live by. Thank you.
Thanks for sharing your journey Joe! You surely are one of the best guitar players in the world and your honest, kind and real too. Did you ever watch Clause Levin or Tobias Rauscher on CZcams?
Thanks Joe, love it!
Thank you for inspiration !
I really enjoyed your point of view, you are an amazing person Joe, thanks for sharing your thoughts!
Thanks Joe, good stuff!
Thank you, Joe, for this open and honest, heartfelt commentary on the work, sacrifice, and dedication it takes to be an artist.
Wow. Thanks for the motivational. We can tend to feel defeated in our efforts when we see so many others who have achieved greatness. I guess we often assume inate talent. Thanks for sharing your hard earned wisdom and how hard you worked. Great motivator. Feeling more positive about where I am going with my time...Thank You.
This was a great video. Young people need to see it. I can't even imagine the countless hours you spent practicing not unlike Michael Jordan with basketball. I'm glad you're here and love your playing which is an inspiration to so many of us in the fingerstyle community. I'm glad to see that fingerstyle is alive and well in you and others around the world although not as popular here in the US. Congratulations and blessings on you and your family. Thanks.
It was easy to remember Smokin' Joe. Hi Joe, hope your doing well.
I would love to see a discussion between you and Tina S, about what it takes/took/cost to you each to be where you are. Or aren't. And why.
The late great Bob Brozman said in an interview when asked about his talent. He said : " It's not about talent, it's about desire. "
It's actually pretty annoying when you know you are working really hard on something and someone refers to your achievements as "God-given".
Don't be annoyed. Just be humble and realize that if it weren't for the talents that God had given us, we wouldn't get anything done, no matter how heard we tried.
Thank you for the advice. This helps
Bit of a different video. Loved it. Anyone that watches your channel would use words like, determined, serious, amazing.... I don't think anyone watching you would simply say he is talented - leave that lazy and easy narrative to journalists or those that really haven't followed you. I love your playing... but equal to that, I love seeing your determination, effort at all levels and all of that comes out at the same time as your planning. You're an exceptional person as well as an exceptional musician.
Inspiring speech, Joe!
you are wonderful man, hands down
This was such an amazing video, I wish more people saw it. Thank you Joe.
Great comments. A book that really focused me was âPeak, Secrets from the New Science of Expertiseâ, by Anders Ericsson. He studied the top performers in many diverse fields, the deliberate practice they put in to get there, and would agree with Joe.
Thank you for this Joe. I totally agree. Its all hard work. A few years ago I was learning guitar out of books but it didnt really got me anywhere. I then discovered Learn and Master Guitar from Steve Krenz and that opened the door for me. I started to really practice everyday and work hard and today I am the main guitarist in our church band.
Indeed! Thanks for sharing your insights, experience and wisdom. Your guitar playing is exceptional indeed and the countless hours you've put into it clearly show.
Itâs not talent itâs passion ! You are so passionate and thatâs what drive your life, everything is related to music
You have so much energy, and is the reason why you are where you are at now.
Any time I think about you, dedication is definitely one of the first things to pop up
It sure does show that you put the time in ! Dedicated and driven !
Hey Joe great talk, did you also put in the hours for singing, or did it come naturally? I really loved your version of Fields of Gold, and would like to hear of singing also came to you with really hard work.
Very honest and inspiring.
There is a saying in genetics. âGenetics loads the gun, environment pulls the trigger.â You could fire a clay bowl from a region where the clay is best suited to the task at hand and the bowl will last a lifetime. Lesser suited clays, although will do the job, wonât become as great or stand the test of time...either way there is a similar amount of work involved in creating the object...guess what Iâm saying is that there will always be a certain genetic propensity towards a task but nothing is achievable without the work either way...for some, more stars (or variables) do align, and obviously those with the genetic propensity will with the right guidance result in goals met with greater efficiency...however it should never discourage others from those goals...as we know life is just as much about the journey as the destination.