Busiest corner in the city. Summer. Check out the reactions. I often feel like a ghost. ? Patreon support/Jam requests/Guitar lessons:https://www.patreon.com/Shatnershairpiece ? 2000 original guitar jams on bandcamp: https://thesixmilliondollarguitar.bandcamp.com/ ? Paypal tip: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/6milliondollarguitar?locale.x=en_US ? Google pay tip/Apple tip/cc tip: https://busk.co/30027 ❤ Tip with 'buy me a coffee' https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinSpanell ? Shatnershairpiece t-shirts! https://www.redbubble.com/people/RobinSpanell/shop?asc=u ? Want a song request for a gift? $100 gets you an extended jam of your choice! #busker #guitar #comedy #music #live #street #amazing #inspiration #guitarsolo #tips #crazy #vancouver #parkerfly #npc #zombiesurvival ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9pMB8NhcQc

July 13.23. Guy gets arrested during my jam. Coming out of the best buy. Likely theft. I see more cops here than at waterfront, and waterfront is definitely worse with all the addicts and thieves down there. I've been trying Robson and Granville again for the last week as Waterfront has been really bad for tips. Leave a comment. Now is your opportunity to say "You should have played...." (add your jailhouse/arrest themed song here!) These are always my favorite comments. People like to think that whatever happens around me spontaneously, I have a hundred songs ready to go that fit the occasion. Bum asking me for money? "You should have played money for nothing!" Patreon support/Jam requests/Guitar lessons:https://www.patreon.com/Shatnershairpiece 2000 original guitar jams on bandcamp: https://thesixmilliondollarguitar.bandcamp.com/ Paypal tip: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/6milliondollarguitar?locale.x=en_US Google pay tip/Apple tip/cc tip: https://busk.co/30027 Tip with 'buy me a coffee' https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinSpanell Shatnershairpiece t-shirts! https://www.redbubble.com/people/RobinSpanell/shop?asc=u - Want a song request for a gift? $100 gets you an extended jam of your choice! - Get my book 'The Joys of Busking' on pdf for a minimum $10 tip on paypal - Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7EL6MC3QrqFd_8RBmbdhow/join #busker #cops #guitar #music #live #amazing #instrumental #relaxing #inspiration #guitarsolo #tips #crazy #vancouver #parkerfly ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGaUfvU9Ois

Always had fun with this jam. Incredibly, I got one tip during the song, and sold a CD at the end. Download this jam: https://thesixmilliondollarguitar.bandcamp.com/album/son-of-santana-live-from-the-street Patreon support: https://www.patreon.com/Shatnershairpiece Tip on paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/6milliondollarguitar?locale.x=en_US Follow me on bandcamp: https://thesixmilliondollarguitar.bandcamp.com/follow_me Entire discography on bandcamp: https://thesixmilliondollarguitar.bandcamp.com/ Shatnershairpiece swag! https://www.redbubble.com/people/RobinSpanell/shop?asc=u Busking and youtube facts: 1) Street playing is not all fun and games and dancing kids. Doing this for 7 years. I regularly face not only verbal abuse, but physical assault as I work a few blocks from downtown eastside Vancouver. I'm surrounded by addicts, drunks, and people who should be in mental homes. 2) I'm unemployed. All live music including busking, is banned. I lost all work last year and received ZERO compensation. I had a very bad year in 2020 and only recently came out of a depression. 3) I make ZERO from youtube no matter how many views I get. I was demonetized by Google years ago as part of their culling of small accounts. Class action lawsuit was initiated. I don't run ads. And more importantly, even if I did, most of my videos are instantly copyrighted and auto monetized by record labels because they are COVERS. If you see an ad, it's the record label collecting. If you liked the performance, please think about supporting me on patreon/paypal tip/bandcamp. 4) I'm a musician that writes his own music for 20 years. Check out my bandcamp page to see what I can really do with a guitar. 500 albums of original instrumentals. 5) It's a lot of unpaid work to post these videos all the time so please try to help me keep the channel going. Many thanks to those that have supported me! It means a lot! 6) I get asked this 100 times a day so here's the answer: I play on the street and not in a band because all the clubs closed years ago. I used to lead many bands from 2006 to 2018. That's all gone. It's also a lot more hassle, and less money, to run a band than play by myself. 7) I get asked this 100 times a day. "Why don't you try a better spot?" THIS is the best spot. How do I know? I've tried all of them. This spot is even better than Granville Island which is all tourists. Vancouver does not have many spots to play. Maybe 3-4 downtown. I have to go where traffic is heaviest or you make no money. Playing on beaches and parks or near homes, condos, apt buildings, is forbidden. This is the main transit hub of trains/seabus and also walkway for the convention centre as well as heavily touristed gastown. Anyone who has music work to offer can contact me at ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19PsIOQzYAE

July 21/22. I never do covers anymore, with rare exceptions for some of my favorite songs that I grew up with that helped develop me as a guitarist. This is from UFO, featuring Michael Schenker on guitar, 1976. You want to learn about effective bending? This is your lesson. First take is pro audio, second take at 43:45 the street audio version begins. UFO is my favorite rock group, from years 1974-1978. I learned all their songs by the age of 18. Schenker was an influence on players like Van Halen, Kirk Hammett, Dave Mustaine, Adrian Vandenberg, Randy Rhoads, Def Leppard, Judas Priest, etc. The entire neo-classical genre (Mostly originated from Germany) has Schenker as its indisputable pivotal head, even more so than Ritchie Blackmore, who was also a big fan of Schenker. There is no one else in the history of lead guitar that has consistently created more memorable and melodic guitar solos than Schenker. You could excise every solo from every album he did between 1974 and 1989 and put them in a time capsule, without even being attached to the songs at all. Today, I could recreate all his solos from memory alone, that's how memorable they are. I can think of no one else that has this distinction. Schenker was a huge influence on me. Most notably in the legato dept. He's still the most melodic guitarist alive. No one comes close to pure melodicism in their solos as he did. It's Mozart level. He used to construct his solos as compositions within the songs, and songs would often be worked around his solos. Often times the solos are far better than the songs themselves. The melody line of 'martian landscape' is a great example of lyrical playing, with minimal playing and a brilliant use of double stop bends, up and down again. The end solo of this song can be repeated indefinitely, and it never gets old. It was a perfect ending to this album. Another notable bender is David Gilmour, but even his work pales to the bends on this song in a purely melodic framework. Download this show! https://thesixmilliondollarguitar.bandcamp.com/album/i-meet-britney-spears-live-july-21-22 ? Patreon support/Video access:https://www.patreon.com/Shatnershairpiece ? 9000 guitar jams on bandcamp: https://thesixmilliondollarguitar.bandcamp.com/ ? Paypal tip: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/6milliondollarguitar?locale.x=en_US ? Google pay tip/Apple tip/cc tip: https://busk.co/30027 ❤ Tip with 'buy me a coffee' https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinSpanell ? Shatnershairpiece t-shirts! https://www.redbubble.com/people/RobinSpanell/shop?asc=u ? Want a song request for a gift? $100 gets you an extended jam of your choice! My pedal chain is Xotic wah, Ehx Pitch fork, polytune tuner, Kingtone Fuzz v2, Keeley Monterey univibe, Zen drive, Cornerstone Imperium dual overdrive, Ehx Pog 2, Ehx Memory man, Keeley hydra (stereo tremolo), Immerse reverb. #busker #guitar #lesson #instrumental #inspiration #guitarsolo #vancouver #parkerfly #cool #stressrelief #street #musician buckethead, Frank Zappa, Michael Schenker, Robin Trower, Frank Marino, Ronnie Montrose, Jimi Hendrix, Mick Taylor, Billy Gibbons, Pat Travers, UFO, Thin Lizzy, Montrose, Gamma, Rolling Stones, ZZ top, Mahogany rush, Kansas, Pink Floyd, Kraftwerk, Tangerine dream, Rory Gallagher, The Police, Sting, Allman brothers, Santana, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Steve Vai, Gov't mule, Blue Oyster Cult, Buck Dharma, Scorpions, Dire Straits, Mark Knopfler, Joe Satriani, Pat Thrall, relaxation music, spiritual music, music for studying, music for learning, background music, music for meditation, music to relax, instrumental music, minecraft music, study music, music for homework, yoga music, spiritual music, ambient music, relaxdaily, chillout, slow music, piano music, soothing music, new age music, peaceful music, beautiful music, de-stress music, sleep music, entspannungsmusik, musica relax, relaxing music, musica rilassante, spiritualismo, zen music, massage music, spa music, enya, soundtrack, soft music, slow music, musica anti-stress, ea games, healing music, wellness music, piano music, guitar music, mood music, youtube music, relax music playlist, 16:9, HD, tranquil music, slow instrumental, peaceful music, positive, minecraft, game music, slow background music, music for meditation, musica relax, wonderful music, chill study music, musica chillout, chillout study music, relax daily, nujabes, new age music playlist, musica de relax, homework music relaxing, musica rilassante playlist, ambient music for studying, music for relax, soft instrumental music, best soft music, peaceful tunes, soft tunes, peaceful background music, peace music, positive background music, soothing background music, entspannungsmusik baby, baby music, soothing music, relaxing study music, guitar music, musica zen, slow music instrumental, background music instrumental, slow instrumental music, slow instrumentals, mood music instrumental ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0fLwThaTFg