Originally Posted By: HearToLearn
I don't follow on this point. Why would it be?


Because that list is based on Spotify. Of everybody I call friend, maybe 2 use Spotify. And they are my age, 70-ish. A few use Pandora. Speaking only for me, I use none of them. Saying that just to say that not everybody listens to those streaming services. However, I am somewhat unique because I rarely listen to music at all. 50 gigs of music on a hard drive, 1000 CDs in binders... I rarely listen to music. I enjoy the silence far more than Snoopy Dog or Ed Sheeran or (gag) Justin Bieber.

I am also not among the number who kneel at the altar of Beato. He is extremely knowledgeable to be sure, but he has far too high an opinion of himself. Much like his pal, the self proclaimed guitar god Rhett Shull. That guy plays in a copy band and makes him money from Youtube. Beato continues to tout himself as a big time producer but has produced nobody of note. He talks about Parmalee as if he gave birth to them but produced one album for them before they became anything, He also produced some band called Needtobreathe. Shinedown. Crossfade. Seemingly a bunch of bands trying to become somebody who can't afford Dan Auerbach.

I point that to set up this analogy. I once hit 5 home runs in a game. That record has never been broken. I don't claim to be a notable home run hitter. I mean, that was high school. In 1969.

I guess he is highly regarded by mane, given the fact that his youtube channel has 2.76 million followers. He puts out great videos. Glitzy, shiny, perfectly edited... As far as being a producer, he isn't Rick Rubin, Linda Perry, Don Was, Max Martin, Jack Antonoff, Mark Ronson, Greg Kurstin... Remember that every kid with a laptop that knows how to make an 8 bar loop calls himself a producer there days. George Martin he ain't. Mutt Lange he ain't. Bob Clearmountain he ain't. He IS a guy who accepted that he wasn't going to be a millionaire from music and made his niche as a music educator on Youtube. It must work, as his net worth (depending on the metrics you believe) is about 2.9 million. My net worth... well, look at my signature file. My point is that he isn't the "prime time player" he seems to allege to be.

Last edited by eddie1261; 01/26/22 12:55 PM.