"As musicians, we work very hard to elongate that anticipation phase. We want to keep you in that phase so that by the time we release the tension, it's just that much more pleasurable."
"There's something about firing up tubes and transformers and pushing a lot of air through a cabinet that gets me excited as a guitar player."
"No beat. Don't touch me. Acapella, that's what I'm saying."
"This dude has a ton of music. He's very hype on stage and I don't think this whole show was for me, yeah, yeah that's fair."
"I don't think anyone can play it right. I have seen a video of Mason Stoops do it pretty well, but that's one of those like, I've never heard Nafler play it the same way."
"Remember when she stepped in last minute for Pavarotti at the Grammys? She just shook us all to our core and made us question the universe by singing Nessun Dorma." - Shonda Rhimes
"They went hard on that one, they really did."
"I always gonna have the hardest drums gotta be right before twas the hardest hitting song at Coachella this year."
"The mic is like, 'Yo, what's gotta get me?' Cause even when you quiet, when you rocking your freeze, I'm the one to make sure you're Amplified."
"It means so much to me that you guys would want to rock out with a dusty ass old convict, bro, you know what I'm saying?"
"Drake's just been that consistently good, Drake got rings, you know what I mean? He's been the [ __ ] good. He's good, he's good, he's beyond good at right now, he's really good at right, he's an elite bro, you gotta give it up."
"Every note should have the same loudness to it... you have to go by the way the guitar sounds."
"It's hard not to stop everything and sing along with this impressive opening starting a rock and roll Suite like no other."
"J is killing this, like that could be 16 Jay Jay fits in a pocket he never seems corny never seems like he's doing too much."
"Bob Marley's refusal to be intimidated and his powerful 90-minute set in front of 80,000 fans."
"U2 captivated audiences around the world with their riveting raw intensity and their highbrow passion for social consciousness."
"This girl's got it all doesn't she? The confidence, the vocal ability."
"Phoenix figuratively rises from the ashes to decide for herself how to perform her music."
"His solo really fits the mood and extends. It does what a solo is supposed to do."
"They made history for being the first South Korean artist to perform at the Grammys."
"When they all hit that vocal stride, it sounds like someone slamming the keys of their pipe organ in a dark mansion on a stormy night."
"Jimin's performing five solos at the concert, totally right? Jimin's performing five solos at the concert."
"This is one heck of an overwhelming live performance to put together, how do they do that?"
"You gotta show up there, you gotta play nice, you gotta just play some music."
"The Chili Peppers version is great because it kind of sounds exactly the way we used to do it on a good night at a bar."
"Vessel's vocal has so much emotion packed into it the moment he starts singing every single time."
"It's my job on the live stage and the studio to come in with my sound."
"Oh my goodness, the way he reinitiated the ooh vowels."
"I love their singing voices, and then Rose and Jisoo tore up this song."
"The fact that it still had that pace with the piano background suited them really well."
"Busta Rhymes doing a full greatest hits including his legendary verse."
"Every time I rhyme, I'm a master in the zone, H-Mac, I'ma break it down so easily, and yo, that you should not believe in me."
"Tide Dolla Sign's vocals, raw, he absolutely killed."
"Bar guy, I want to say it with you. Bar guy, I said it with you."
"It's so much more powerful when you guys play together like that."
"I'm actually playing this without looking at the lead sheet like I usually do."
"The vocal is relaxed because the concentration is on the story of the song."
"If your grace notes aren't super quiet off the drum head."
"Rest assured that underneath this guy who's playing these incredibly blood simple parts, I do sit around in a practice room practicing insane modulation."
"Jason joined them on drums while it was a one-off performance, it proved that impossible is possible through the power of music."
"Clapton brought Leila back to its origin as a ballad when he performed a slow acoustic version for an MTV Unplugged concert."
"There was pain and gentleness everything jammed into each number."
"What if Stevie Ray won't play Autumn Leaves?"
"It's not even about the hitting the notes when you're seeing them, it's just about you're just playing the notes."
"He just felt comfortable, man, like he knew what he was rapping about."
"He was going crazy like I've never actually watched somebody play a guitar before."
"Wow, holy [__]! Yes, the vocals, look at this imagery."
"Don't fall for trying to win an Oscar here, just play the song."
"You'd get a great drum sound, all the hits would be consistent, there'd be no missed snare hits or anything like that."
"When he hit the stage, he unleashed a guitar-shattering fury."
"Turn your volume up right about now, man. Yours truly, Harry Mack, known for all the way live off top fully improvised freestyle raps."
"Johnny Cash has literally broken grown men down to tears with this performance."
"Okay, I think Achara is going to sing a short song. A short song."
"This show's like, I feel like a highlight reel and so it's like hitting me with feels every single song."
"This scene is a f***ing masterpiece, my all-time favorite music performance I've ever seen in an anime."
"Harry Styles, the youngest member of One Direction, was the perfect front man. His passion for performing grew stronger."
"Kendrick Lamar opened the show with a really powerful political performance"
"Jasmine Sullivan's Tiny Desk is one of the best I've seen."
"So if you're playing the big sustained note rock solo then a great big long delay can be a truly wonderful thing."
"Why didn't you make that the title of your video? MGK hires first mind-reading musicians to perform System of a Down arrangement they've never performed before."
"Surprise to 'Freak Like Me' transition... brilliance."
"Peter Grimes is performed all over the world, and it's quite fun to think that whether they know it or not, they are listening to the North Sea of the east coast of England."
"Having everything in his head helps you as a singer."
"One of his best like singing exhibitions. I mean, it's just crazy, it's so raw, the runs are beautiful."
"If you don't sing the song, we don't want to take another singer... time runs so fast."
"I just wanted to say Jordan, I appreciate the fact that you sung 'Revenge' for my prank."
"There's nothing really perfect about singing... sometimes we fluctuate in pitch, say a word weirdly or something."
"When you sing, there's like this vulnerability... there's just nowhere to hide."
"I didn't expect him to glide the way that he did on this, and I was left [ __ ] impressed, absolutely."
"That moment of silence is key. The band's getting together now, near the scent."
"That's another level of how to communicate a song to people."
"Oh my god, acoustic, we'll do acoustic of Midnight Worries."
"Comparing Michael to artists who sing and dance simultaneously, he still dances while singing in his original keys."
"As much as people might think, 'oh performing covers, that might be boring,' well no actually, I really enjoy it."
"Their appearance at Woodstock '94 stole the show."
"I am excited to hear Jay Elec though, because he's a f***in' rapper, he could rap his ass off."
"With powerhouse performances of songs throughout her catalog, including several with her famed group Destiny's Child, Beyoncé showed exactly why she's known as Queen Bee."
"I was really impressed with how Normani was able to pull this off."
"It's conducting live is the ultimate rush and for me, and what we do, but conducting live, I started conducting in the studio specifically. It's just there's such an amazing experience, so much fun and joy."
"The emotional connection between yourself and what you do on your instrument."
"Chris Brown openly dancing in front of the pyramid with many other of the so-called men who were just getting down and dancing being as feminine as they possibly can be even though they're singing about a woman."
"Game of the Year, presented by Christopher Nolan and a Philharmonic Orchestra."
"Derek is an awesome bass player with incredible chops and a wonderful on-screen persona."
"Ludacris came out, Ludacris the shot, I thought that was really very good."
"Known for their big ten approach to live shows, leading NPR to once describe them as a carnival on wax."
"Either way, there's gonna be a great grand viola."
"I'm about to put it down for y'all, every time I spin my lyrics they be loving this."
"To nail the sound, any acoustic will do, right? Well, any acoustic will get you a good amount of the way there."
"Wayne approached the beat like I don't care who on him, I'm still gonna do what I do."
"Chris Brown killed that [__] he was articulate he was witty he he went below the belt like there was no mumbling he he like articulated every single bar you couldn't have Miss what he was saying"
"Did you know that there's a Guinness World Record for the most drum beats per minute with a drumstick prosthetic?"
"I feel like it makes me feel good though because like it sounds good and like if we can sound that good getting it in one take then hey hopefully we sound close to that live."
"The transform scratch: using the crossfader as an on and off switch while moving the record back and forth."
"Is it making the music or performing the music?"
"And then you say, 'Oh, I'm just gonna walk up here to the piano run' and then you're like, oh, chill with the string section a little bit."
"Don't worry if you didn't play it perfectly, because there's no one way to play a song."
"Prince's performance of Purple Rain while it is downpouring onto him, it's awe-inspiring monumental."
"IF YOU SING FROM THE HEART, PEOPLE WILL STAND TO THEIR FEET."
"Devo is an absolute God... he was insane to watch."
"Playing their literally Smash Hit My Generation the band's performance ended with smoke rising from their amplifiers smashed instruments and a bass drum explosion that went off with three times the Firepower than was originally intended."
"Herman Lee shreds through that song at a Breakneck Tempo."
"If you're setting it up well, it just stays in tune pretty much the whole show, you know, a little bit out of tune, you might have to fine-tune it, but for the most part, it stays doing great, you know, and I'm... I'm... you know, I'm preaching."
"That's what's real. When you play for people and they sing the songs back to you, that's real."
"If I'm giving you my joints, I expect the fans to know some of the words."
"Counting rhythms is extremely important for transcribing, writing, and staying in time with your band."
"How's the show? It's awesome. Yeah, yeah, it's cool. Like favorite songs, uh, they did violence with the big drum solo at the beginning, yes, awesome, that's awesome."
"We've tried to make it fun and easy to use MainStage for your guitar rig and actually get great sounding results."
"His Beethoven is always extraordinary, mono, stereo, it doesn't matter."
"I play guitar these days when somebody hires me to play a solo."
"You've got to play the notes with the right heart."
"We played the show and it was a big hit, so we decided to keep the band together."
"There's nothing quite like standing in front of a full orchestra."
"I just used this new system, well new to me anyway, for the very first time."
"When it comes to setting up for maybe like a soul performance or an acoustic duo, I just kind of wanted to show you the stuff that you might need."
"The dynamics of the Door's performance simply swept you off your feet."
"That fan meet was special... first time singing and playing piano on stage in my life."
"You've got a nicely packaged box full of different amps and different sounds that sound great to the audience that comes through the PA like a real mic'd up amp."
"Drumming is all about natural, smooth motions."
"He used to teach English in Japan and played in a jazz band as well."
"All right, vocal harmonies can add a great deal to a solo artist's performance."
"It really is kind of grab and go; you could take a Tele and the Vibra Champ to play a low volume kind of thing."
"No matter what happens, don't stop playing."
"Tyler the Creator brought out Childish Gambino, ASAP Rocky, Charlie Wilson."
"I'd like to play you an excerpt from Genesis, the album is 'Three Sides Live', the song is called 'In the Cage'."
"It's never been easier and more solid to run backing tracks on stage."
"I played the gig for four and a half years with the same set of strings... and they sounded perfect."
"Every Led Zeppelin album was represented on the 2007 setlist except In Through the Out Door."
"You gotta let the amp do its job."
"Just like the vocals themselves, you want to try and maintain balance."
"The XLR output was definitely crucial for me being able to play live with it."
"I want to sound the best I can when I gig."
"Elaine Gould recommends four seconds for a page turn, so work that out based on your tempo."
"If you have a great song, then you can sing it, then you can play it."
"I would never tour again without one on there because it just makes such a big difference for the volume, the tone."
"The biggest reason why this really becomes now a live performance instrument is the discrete quarter inch audio outputs."
"He does some phenomenal vocal performances on that record."
"If you're going from one chord to another, then stepping into or around a chord tone that lands on the downbeat of the chord you're going into, that will sound great."
"We think the Sunday Keys app has all the tools you need to sound amazing, to prepare quickly, and to perform with confidence."
"They sounded so gentle and then you go out and play them and they're massive like they pound and they just kill dance floors."
"I heard someone shout my name into my right ear; it scared me so bad that I threw my drumsticks straight into the air."
"The tune sounds complete when I just play the root notes; the tune sounds good when I play the chords; then the tune sounds good of course when I fill it out a little bit with some arpeggiation."
"What's really cool about specifically soloing on an acoustic guitar is that you don't have the luxury of maybe playing with compression, delay, and stuff like that."
"The voice centered low... is very important when you are singing the bel canto repertoire."
"If you want to make it as a part of your live performance, you could use a MIDI out to send it back to the instrument."
"This is now the famous Animenz's Unravel."
"Do not stop, never stop. You've got to keep going when you're sight reading some music."
"If you're not relaxed here, how are you going to be relaxed up here? How is your whole body going to be relaxed as you're playing?"