Do It NOW Or You’re FIRED! w/ Tim Pierce

This needs to become a regular show, just Tim and Rick talking about music.

I think the most important thing Tim said in this was “I’m taking lessons online.” Tim’s played on records and had a career and he still takes lessons. Your never too old and you never know everything.

So many musicians have faces that look like they are in extreme pain when they are feeling it. I like how Tim's face lights up with joy when he plays something tasty.

One advantage of being on YouTube in your 60s is all of us viewers in our 60s who grew up at the same time with the same music and are enthralled when you take us back to revisit our lives through those songs. And there’s a big bonus for those of us who are musicians as well.

Even if your Jazz videos get fewer views, many of us still enjoy them :)

I love these guys' mixture of humility and self assurance. No false modesty and not bragging either. Like proper pros.

Being a Brazilian, watching your jazz videos is one the only sources that I can really trust, Rick. Please keep doing these, I love them

Guys, I'm 73 and still working hard at what I love doing - guitar. I'm subscribed to both of you. You "youngsters" inspire as well as educate me! If you stay young at heart, chronological age doesn't matter.

I had an AR man tell me to change the drums for a song I was working on. He came back the next day and I said "Here's the song with the new drums," he listened approvingly, he loved it. I hadn't changed a thing...

Nothing better than Tim and Rick talking and conversating. No shortage of invaluable experience and counsel from them. Pure Class.

Tim's description of playing with Dylan is terrifying. And I can't ever imagine having the ability to follow someone who is changing it up so much without screwing up all the time. I'm in awe of the talent of Tim and his fellow session guys.

Love this conversation! A word came to mind when Tim discusses his career being hired to play on others records that goes beyond being “the guy who sounds like the band” … Responsiblity. People can tell when you really care about what you are being paid to do for them vs. phoning it in for the check. Tim is “good people” as we say in the South. 👍🏻

Rick, I just bought your Beato Book and I just want to say, I am blown away by how much information is there. The fact that it has audio examples to go with lessons makes it worth every penny and then some. Thank you for the work that went into making it!

I don't know how Tim can bring more joy to the party.... he is a great big mountain of joy, with smile icing. Love it!

No TV-show is better than this! I love professional people talking about things they love. So much joy!!!

Don't give up on jazz. The next generations need the inspiration and creative genius that jazz brings.

The album Wichita Lineman was the only record my dad ever owned that he would listen to. Any other record was bought for my mom or us kids. So I ripped it onto a CD so he could listen to it in his car. It had a 5 CD changer with just that CD in it. I ripped a bunch of his other "faves" like Elvis and Slim Whitman and tried to get him to venture out a little bit, but they never left the jewel cases. When Tim mentioned that, it was kind of a shocker. I had not thought of that album since he passed in 2017. A whole bunch of memories came flooding back in a wave. Good call Tim. That was real time machine fuel

I was always a bit surprised that many of the country and rock musicians I was enamored with played jazz in their free time - I used to horse around at an open mic jam at a local bar near Redding and every once in a while, Merle Haggard's band members would come around when they had some free time and barrow our instruments for an hour or so - They always played jazz.

The Mamas and the Papas records from the mid-60s were extremely well produced. ( I’m guessing Wrecking Crew musicians.) And those 4-part harmony vocals are sublime.

Jazz is what attracted me to your channel in the first place. It's opened my eyes to the structure of songs I've loved all my life and never really known why. Now I hear a song and I hear a 2nd or a maj7 chord or a funky mode and I'm like: oooh! Wow! I never caught that before! Now I know why I love this song!