i wish guitar hero made you a better youtuber

Have you considered hiring a guitar hero expert and having him sit off camera and doing it for you?

Listening to Drew explain music theory without knowing he's explaining music theory might be my favorite thing ever.

I love him accidentally learning scales without realizing it by learning solos first and working backwards.

your left hand rant is SO real. i played viola for seven years and NOTHING makes you more conscious of how not left-handed you are than playing a string instrument

Drew, you are the guitar villain.

Drew seems like the most left-handed person ever.

My dad has played guitar in a band for years, and my mom who's never played in her life schooled him at guitar hero.

One hilarious thing about Guitar Hero and Rock Band is that the music industry was so desperate to cash in on it that there are a significant number of songs that you can get isolated tracks for now because someone ripped it out of one of these games. This is how Neil Cicierega made all his mashup albums.

Drew seems like the most left-handed person ever. To learn that he is not is a total shock to my system

i love how drew was like "i never learned scales, thats too difficult" and then proceeded to explain how he memorized the notes in the keys of certain songs.

For those like me who wanted to know the songs at the beginning they are: “Dead Messages” by Hail the Sun “Safer in the Forest/Love Song for Poor Michigan” by La Dispute “Weird Fishes/Arpeggi” by Radiohead “Life is Simple in the Moonlight” by The Strokes

Your "why I suck at guitar" portion of the video also rings true to myself as well. I spent most of 14-19yrs just learning how to play new songs via tabs, eventually peaking at Blackbird by The Beatles. Eventually got to a point where I would rarely pick it up, and if I do, was just to try and re-memorize songs... as I slowly began to forget how to play them and just stop altogether. 10ish years later I've decided I'll be taking a new approach to learning (but no via Guitar Hero), by just learning music theory, scales, triads, etc. Hopefully this guitar journey becomes more fulfilling to me this time around!

You’re kidding me, I have to hear this guys voice for the SECOND time in two weeks?

Kurtis: learned magic Danny: “learned” speedrunning minecraft Drew: learned guitar hero

Drew understanding how Slayer songs are played in real life (aka hitting random notes in random order) through Guitar Hero is cathartic af

I'm under no impression that Drew will ever see this, but I want to thank him for getting me into Intervals (the concept of a sax solo in a guitar piece was intriguing, ok?). Like him, I don't think I'd say they're really one of my _favorite_ bands, but their albums The Shape of Colour and The Way Forward are just really nice to listen to. Fantastic for early morning commutes tbh. Definitely gonna check out Hail the Sun and Sea in the Sky!

8 years ago i worked at a taco shop and the song "in the meantime" came on the radio. i told my coworker "hey i can play this song on expert on guitar hero" and he said to me without missing a beat "wow i didn't know i was working with a loser"

The thought of Amanda coming home from her day job to her husband who has been playing guitar hero for 11 hours straight makes me laugh

I’m a music education student and the way drew talked abt never properly learning the basics like scales and basic music theory, and how that really held him back as a performer, just made me happy to know that he can atleast admit to himself that proper education in music is so so crucial to being a good player. I’m not saying he isn’t, but he could probably be phenomenally better if he just sat down and learnt the basics-they’re boring, I get it. But if you have the right fundamentals you’ll be set if you ever want to learn to write out music, learn a new instrument, improve on your own, etc etc.

Finally beating Raining Blood and the devil duel on expert was a highlight of my childhood.. If only I could have that level of dedication in my adult life.

Bless you for slapping the new tunes into clone hero. 🤘🏻Can’t wait to force our guitarists to fail playing their own parts.

i like how you went from being the guy that would drive to a closed Wendy's at 4am because he was too shy to do a silly vine joke in public, to the guy that would show up to an open mic night just to play guitar hero in front of actual bands

We were gifted Guitar Hero Live by my brother-in-law, and let me say, the two rows of buttons do remarkably feel like actual guitar playing. You can actually do something like chords. The live footage is humorous (so sanitized). The send up bands are clearly having a blast miming the songs and the crowd turning on you seems like it must have been so fun. I never would have bought it, but I'm glad to own it.

Drew’s style as a guitarist is so unique I love it

Drew, there is a game called Rocksmith that is modeled after guitar hero but has you play a real guitar instead of a controller. So if you really wanted to you could get a Guitar game to give you points for how well you play the actual guitar.

As someone who was awful at rhythm games as a child, guitar hero was the perfect anxiety simulator.

Drew forgot about the guitar and just joined the club of rhythm game appreciators lmfao Once that rhythm addiction gets you you can’t stop. I’ve been here 15 years

This is the kind of stuff that brings you down the rhythm game rabbit hole.

i'm pretty sure watching this video taught me how to play the guitar. thanks drew.

Drew: "I'm not good at guitar" Drew: * plays guitar very good *

Drew! From someone who was in your position for a while-- learn scales. Seriously. Pentatonics and the blues scale are both amazing scales to practice. Use it to increase your speed as well. I started learning scales and my songwriting has absolutely transformed. Its amazing what some simple music theory can do for you

drew is genuinely so good at the guitar tho, i really like how he plays

I was playing guitar hero on expert at the age of nine, so my parents enrolled me in guitar lessons, thinking I'd be some kind of prodigy. I SUCKED at real guitar and still do 😃

The biggest achievement in this video was having an anxiety issue and still bringing yourself to do music in front of a live audience. That’s something I can’t do so much respect

drew just casually dropping the La Dispute in there, mad props, insanely good band

I am fully one of the teenagers from the 2000s who got guitar hero for his birthday and it became my identity. I got so good at that game, I got second place in a contest at my local video store and 1st in my youth group lock in lol. I did eventually get a real guitar and dabble in it from time to time. Edit: I love this video and feel like it was tailor made just for me! I will be looking into Clone Hero and how I can okay that lol

Fun fact! There was actually a Pro Guitar made for Rock Band 3, where every button was mapped like a real guitar.

Props to inserting Hail The Sun, especially their first EP, such an underrated band and EP

i’ve been playing guitar hero like crazy this year and haven’t played guitar more than once or twice this year. when i went back to playing guitar about a month ago i noticed massive improvements without ever practicing on a guitar since last time

that gh3 box is the most beautiful thing i've ever seen

The fact that he went to an open mic to play guitar hero. The commitment to the bit is insane.

This video actually made me think about music in a whole way. With a new outlook comes newfound motivation. Thanks for this and stay great 😊

Drew has a such a great taste in music. He introduced me to covet, the contortionist, stage kids and many more absolutely amazing bands

ok that open mic shenanigans is actually a huge feat. I would die of embarrassment before I managed something that ballsy, nice job.

it is refreshing that someone who looks like drew isn't already obsessed with jazz

"Despite being dead and buried for the better part of a decade" Flashback to me and my friends holding a funeral/burial for my buddy's GH3 disc that broke. RIP. I will never forget how hard we used to shred together ❤

3:12- 3:15 this cemented my opinion that this is one of the greatest videos of all time

I loved the part when Drew went to every single guitar hero in America and guitared over 10,000 miles to do it.

I played guitar hero one time in a Chuck-E-Cheese when I was 8 and the 2 girls I didn’t know behind me kept laughing at how bad I was. Never again. I’m a guitar hero-cel now.

Wearing a slayer shirt and slayer necklace while hearing drew mock the song at 15:24 is what gives me life.

A big problem with Guitar Hero's learning curve is that if you fuck up it ends the song and you have to restart. When I took music lessons my teacher always said that if you make a mistake, keep going and don't go back. If you keep restarting that part it trains your brain that the mistake is the "right way" through repetition. So if Guitar Hero keeps making you restart at the same point, you "learn" the wrong thing and it's a lot harder to undo that.

I'll always be so appreciative of Drew having captions immedietly with his videoes. It's a thing so many videoes don't have, but it makes a world of difference

As a music major, this video was a joy to watch. Some things I noticed: 1. You actually know a lot more music theory than you think! Being able to improvise riffs to existing songs require some beginning sense of a dictation skill (being able to write down/play what you hear out loud or in your brain), which requires an understanding of the notes in the scale and how they fit with each chord. 2. Playing riffs with your right and left hand is extremely cool imo. Sure, it's not the "proper" way to do things, but if we never challenged and changed how we made music then we would have never developed things like rock and jazz or even classical music in the first place. 3. Even at the beginning of the video, I could already think of a slew of ways Guitar Hero could help you with real guitar. Some things you mentioned, like dexterity in the left hand and a sense of rhythm, but also things like sightreading a notation system (being able to look at the notes and the play them as they come at you without having seen the notes ahead of time). Drew, your determination to get better at both Guitar Hero and the actual guitar is refreshing, and I will definitely think back on this video to motivate my own practice throughout the year. I hope you can continue this passion of yours and write even more amazing songs! And to anyone else who wants to learn to sing or play an instrument, don't be afraid to do so. Even if you think you don't have a single talented bone in your body, making music is a skill that everyone can learn, and you'll be surprised at how well you can do!

I learned guitar and guitar hero around the same time, and it did help me get into the songs, know the rhythm, and hear the guitar track more clearly. It was great, I would not be the musician I am without guitar hero or rock band.

god i love all of your song choices in the background. Stage Kids and math rock is my favorite genre, and its so cool to see you shout them out a bit

"Whenever you can't play something, just play whatever you want and no one will notice" works perfectly fine in real life, as long as you're the bass player

For me Rocksmith has been really helpful. It's basically Guitar Hero but it uses your actual guitar. There's also an online community that uploads songs but it isn't quite as big as Clone Hero's community.

Thank you Drew for giving me good content to watch while changing my guitar strings

hi drew! super late comment but i’ve rewatched this video a lot and it might be my favorite of yours. i can tell u really liked this topic and ALSO i found my new favorite song from this video haha i’ve never been so obsessed with the strokes before ! great job it’s really amazing

At this point I wouldn’t label drew as a commentary UKpostsr but more of a guy who trys what he wants and is good at it😂

I'm a music student (aka nerd) and the part about music theory cracked me up! "If you play the notes in the key that the song is in, it usually sounds good." You figured it out, Drew!! Way to go!!

the live performance was so sweet, knowing Drew is an anxious dude its double as sweet, i hadnt watched the video in full before

Reminds me a bit of myself when I was learning the guitar. My guitar teacher recommended powertab (free version of guitar pro) to me, where you can see tabs and notes, edit them, automatically let them play and add different instruments. I spent a lot of time looking and listening to tabs, but as soon as I found out how to write my own tabs it was over. I spent hours and hours at the old pc of my dad writing the most ridiculous guitar riffs one can think of. I had thousand of files called 'dumda', 'cool song', 'lol' etc. Some of them where even full songs over three minutes long and I have written every single note into the program by myself. Most of them I have never even played on guitar. At some point I stopped, practiced guitar and learned how to sing, played in different bands and Im still writing my own songs and producing them at home and I think their actually pretty cool now. What a great time to be alive.

We NEED more of the sincere goof acts at open mics. I’m too intimidated to perform at open mics, I refuse to go up unless it’s like after a clown or something (yes there’s a local clown that used to perform at open mic). You playing guitar hero there wasn’t just a cute sing-a-long moment, it’s possible you cut the tension and lightened up the mood enough for someone else to also take the initiative and perform despite their fears.

That final performance really embodied the feeling of going to a friends house and watching him play video games, but he wouldn't share and you just stood there watching bored to death. Ah, nostalgia. Thank you Drew.

You have no idea how big of a smile I got hearing Safer in the Forest/Love Song for Poor Michigan

Mashing a buttons and strumming is exactly how keery king writes slayer songs, by mashing notes and strumming

as a musician, I think I would have loved seeing someone go up and rock out to a classic song on guitar hero at an open mic

The fact that you chose to play guitar hero in front of an audience that was watching ppl play actual instruments, is just awesome. I would have been so excited if i were there.

Don't know if you will see this but the issue with the whammy not working can be easily fixed by pressing the pause button a lot. It's a pretty common problem on PC Guitar Hero.

I relate to the left hand thing a lot. I played bass for years, but ultimately gave it up because my left hand was so gibbled, slow and weak that I couldn't play properly, and felt I'd never improve. I still have a bass, but it mostly just serves as a reminder of my failure

This is my favorite style of content Drew does, I like that it seems like him and Danny (sometimes Kurtis) are expanding past just commentary it’s a cool progression to see

Drew, every guitar player knows that when you get stumped and don’t feel like you’re progressing you just buy another guitar/amp/ or pedal!

Pretty cool video, it was inspiring since I've had the same experience with learning and playing guitar across the years. Thanks Drew! Also I definitely have to play Clone Hero now

A lot of what you described is why I play a right handed guitar as a left handed person. It was a good idea (thank you again guitar center sales guy) but now I'm thinking the guitar was actually designed backwards.

Drew: "... and I *certainly* never learned music theory!" Also Drew: "I figured out that guitar solos basically use all the notes that work in that song, so if you learn those, you can't go wrong." Me, a music teacher: I have bad news for you, Drew. You learned some music theory. 😅

As a former touring musician, I applaud the balls you have to do that at a jam/open mic night. Legendary!

Clone hero is the greatest thing I've ever invested in. Not only did it inspire me to go out and try to learn to play a real guitar, but I can also plug in my midi e-drums and play/practice songs note for note.

Ive been meaning to finally learn guitar and have also started playing guitar hero too, this was actually super motivating

Unfortunately we CANT ignore that he’s actually pretty good at playing guitar

There was a game like guitar hero where you could plug in your actual electric guitar and use it to play songs, and it “teaches you” guitar. It was called Rocksmith.

It's comforting to know that music makes other people cry too. Thanks Drew!

It just made me really happy to hear somebody casually mention Intervals cause Circadian is one of the main reasons I started playing guitar. i absolutely regret tho cause i spent 600 bucks on a schecter omen 8 string to realize i suck at guitar but now i gotta go listen to explosions in the sky cause this reminded me theyre good

I’m half convinced drew made this video to show off his awesome guitar skills

My sister got so good at Guitar Hero that she needed a new challenge, picked up the real guitar and now she's a professional musician so it kind of worked

I'm really glad this video made it into the good ones playlist, this is the funniest video he's made in a long while

9:30 that person standing behind me is my husband, drew, and he would love $10000.

i'll help you beat the devil bro for real this video is excellent, extremely positive on the game while still talking about the whole "play a real guitar" conversation. I cannot wait to see more people get their hands on Clone Hero because of this. And if you ever wanted to try this again but with a singing approach, I'd recommend YARG!

Drew Gooden just low-key explaining jazz without even knowing it is just delightful.

17:34 I love Sea In The Sky! I saw them live in 2016ish in SF, I think opening up for Haken with Thank You Scientist and they were awesome! Awesome to see you give them a shoutout :)

i played rock band constantly when i was younger, it wasnt even regular rock band. it was the beatles rock band. i remember playing "i am the walrus" six times in a row

as someone in the clone hero community for years I can't explain how happy I am for this game to hit a non-niche community.

as a rhythm game enthusiast, watching drew fall into the mapping songs rabbit hole made him all the more "wow hes just like me fr". truly happens to the best of us

I love your guitar playing so much, it sounds almost like a harp!!

17:33 WUT YOU KNO THAT BAND!? Theyre so small but sooooo goooood. I am so glad somebody else knows about them and loves them.

Drew single handedly cured my short-form dopamine hits by tempering my patience with his horrible upload schedule

For those curious, here are the songs/ bands Drew mentions or plays in this video: 04:11 Dead Messages- Hail The Sun Safer in the Forest/ A Love Song for Poor Michigan- La Dispute 04:18 Weird Fishes/ Arpeggi- Radiohead Life is Simple in the Moonlight- The Strokes 4:54 (???) 8:23 Welcome To The Jungle- Guns n Roses 8:25 Slow Ride- Foghat 8:52 Hit Me With Your Best Shot-Pat Benatar 11:23 Slow Ride- Foghat 11:31 Hit Me With Your Best Shot- Pat Benetar 12:03 The Metal- Tenacious D 12:51 Welcome to the Black Parade- My Chemical Romance 12:58 Eleven- Last Dinosaurs 12:58 No Longer- Makari 12:59 Never Meant- American Football 13:00 All the Rage- Funeral for a Friend 13:01 Of Moons, Birds and Men- MGMT 13:02 No Nuture- A Lot Like Birds 13:09 Besitos- Pierce the Veil 13:20 Hail the Sun 13:24 Within Walls- Save Us from the Archon 13:29 Life is a Highway- Rascal Flatts 13:35 ?? 13:39 Thank You for the Venom- My Chemical Romance 13:47 The Contortionist 13:48 Covet 13:49 Last Dinosaurs 13:49 Lady Gaga 13:54 Poker Face- Lady Gaga 14:08 ?? 14:28 The Metal- Tenacious D 15:26 The Metal- Tenacious D 15:31 Raining Blood- Slayer 15:34 Raining Blood- Slayer 17:37 Sea in the Sky 18:04 Sea in the Sky 18:12 Explosions in the Sky 18:15 Last Known Surroundings- Explosions in the Sky 18:15 It’s Natural to be Afraid- Explosions in the Sky 18:43 Fable- Intervals 19:24 Ocean Avenue- Yellowcard 19:56 Guitar Battle vs Lou (The Devil Went Down to Georgia- The Charlie Daniels Band) 21:18 When You Were Young- The Killers 21:26 Radio Song- Superbus 21:37 Warthog Run Song- Halo 3 21:48 F.C.P.R.E.M.I.X- Fall of Troy 22:51 A Song for Lou- Drew Gooden 23:49 Life is a Highway- Rascal Flatts This took me like 45 minutes and I’ve had no sleep I regret nothing

Hail the Sun is dope 🔥 it still amazes me how Donovan is able to play the drums while screaming at the same time. Also I just love that you haven’t lost your emo roots, I feel like I’ve lost that part of me as I mainly listens to Rap/Hip-Hop now.

Lmao, the strat for slayer just being "mash buttons" is a perfect metaphor for how Kerry King writes solos