When Rock Stars were asked about David Gilmour
The Versed: Masters of Music
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When Musicians were asked about David Gilmour
There are guitarists who play the notes, and then there is David Gilmour, the man who figured out that space, tone, and a single perfectly placed bend can do more than a thousand notes ever could. He never chased speed, never chased trends, and somehow ended up with one of the most instantly recognisable sounds in the history of the electric guitar. The solos on Dark Side of the Moon alone changed the way a generation of players thought about what the instrument was for.
In this video, fellow musicians, collaborators, and people who have recorded with him on a houseboat on the Thames while rowers drifted past the window share what David Gilmour is actually like, the quiet generosity that helped struggling artists get their first proper demo made, the phone call that got written in red on a calendar, and the guitarist who played a solo four times and simply said put them all up.
Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
01:59 - We Didn't Have All That Much in Common
02:27 - My Parents Dragged Me to See Pink Floyd at Six
02:58 - The Greatest Day, Phone Call From Gilmour
03:29 - He Played It Four Times and Said Put Them All Up
03:51 - The Guy That Splits My Heart in Half
04:11 - He Didn't Consider Himself a Singer at First
04:29 - Studying the Way He Bends Changed My Playing
04:57 - I Have Two Things to Say, I'm Stealing Your Drummer
05:17 - A Houseboat Studio With Rowers Going Past
05:33 - Dave Is a Musician, That's It
05:49 - He Put Up the Money for My First Proper Demo
06:24 - More Accessible but Hard for the Mass Market
06:47 - There's a Flow to His Ideas Like Speaking
07:03 - He Is My Favourite Guitar Player
07:20 - He Does a Lot With Less
07:38 - One of the Most Uniquely Recognisable Tones in Music
08:07 - Dave Gilmour Shows Up With a Foot Pedal
08:33 - Dave Changed His Attitude to It at the End
08:51 - Roger Might Say, I Think That Might Be All Right David
09:10 - Switching Syd for Dave Gilmour Probably Worked
09:28 - He Picked Up His Guitar During the Interview
09:52 - Dark Side of the Moon Was Number One for Years
#DavidGilmour #PinkFloyd #GuitarLegend #RockMusic #MusicHistory
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When Rock Stars were asked about David Gilmour
The Versed: Masters of Music
17,992 views
When Musicians were asked about David Gilmour
There are guitarists who play the notes, and then there is David Gilmour, the man who figured out that space, tone, and a single perfectly placed bend can do more than a thousand notes ever could. He never chased speed, never chased trends, and somehow ended up with one of the most instantly recognisable sounds in the history of the electric guitar. The solos on Dark Side of the Moon alone changed the way a generation of players thought about what the instrument was for.
In this video, fellow musicians, collaborators, and people who have recorded with him on a houseboat on the Thames while rowers drifted past the window share what David Gilmour is actually like, the quiet generosity that helped struggling artists get their first proper demo made, the phone call that got written in red on a calendar, and the guitarist who played a solo four times and simply said put them all up.
Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
01:59 - We Didn't Have All That Much in Common
02:27 - My Parents Dragged Me to See Pink Floyd at Six
02:58 - The Greatest Day, Phone Call From Gilmour
03:29 - He Played It Four Times and Said Put Them All Up
03:51 - The Guy That Splits My Heart in Half
04:11 - He Didn't Consider Himself a Singer at First
04:29 - Studying the Way He Bends Changed My Playing
04:57 - I Have Two Things to Say, I'm Stealing Your Drummer
05:17 - A Houseboat Studio With Rowers Going Past
05:33 - Dave Is a Musician, That's It
05:49 - He Put Up the Money for My First Proper Demo
06:24 - More Accessible but Hard for the Mass Market
06:47 - There's a Flow to His Ideas Like Speaking
07:03 - He Is My Favourite Guitar Player
07:20 - He Does a Lot With Less
07:38 - One of the Most Uniquely Recognisable Tones in Music
08:07 - Dave Gilmour Shows Up With a Foot Pedal
08:33 - Dave Changed His Attitude to It at the End
08:51 - Roger Might Say, I Think That Might Be All Right David
09:10 - Switching Syd for Dave Gilmour Probably Worked
09:28 - He Picked Up His Guitar During the Interview
09:52 - Dark Side of the Moon Was Number One for Years
#DavidGilmour #PinkFloyd #GuitarLegend #RockMusic #MusicHistory