Tom Bukovac YouTube videos

idiotwindow

He's a brilliant player – and there are plenty of bits to take from what he plays – but I can't warm to the bloke himself. The whole Uncle Larry thing and his Rolling Rock shtick seems a bit tired by now. I also don't buy into the idea that his channel is some saintly act of musical altruism. I still watch it if I'm in the mood.

YourArsenal87

idiotwindow said:

He's a brilliant player – and there are plenty of bits to take from what he plays – but I can't warm to the bloke himself. The whole Uncle Larry thing and his Rolling Rock shtick seems a bit tired by now. I also don't buy into the idea that his channel is some saintly act of musical altruism. I still watch it if I'm in the mood.

Genuinely baffled by this response. 

YourArsenal87

Love his playing and videos. Everything he plays just sounds musical and interesting.

idiotwindow

YourArsenal87 said:

idiotwindow said:

He's a brilliant player – and there are plenty of bits to take from what he plays – but I can't warm to the bloke himself. The whole Uncle Larry thing and his Rolling Rock shtick seems a bit tired by now. I also don't buy into the idea that his channel is some saintly act of musical altruism. I still watch it if I'm in the mood.

Genuinely baffled by this response. 

I'm not sure what is difficult to understand. What I am saying is that I don't share the general enthusiasm for his Homeskooling videos. Not a must-watch for me.

YourArsenal87

idiotwindow said:

YourArsenal87 said:

idiotwindow said:

He's a brilliant player – and there are plenty of bits to take from what he plays – but I can't warm to the bloke himself. The whole Uncle Larry thing and his Rolling Rock shtick seems a bit tired by now. I also don't buy into the idea that his channel is some saintly act of musical altruism. I still watch it if I'm in the mood.

Genuinely baffled by this response. 

I'm not sure what is difficult to understand. What I am saying is that I don't share the general enthusiasm for his Homeskooling videos. Not a must-watch for me.

Fair enough and perfectly understandable. What baffled me was the whole "saintly act of musical altruism". Really don't know where that perception has come from. Sounded to me kind of like going out of your way to have a contrarian take and piss on something that's been near universally appreciated, for little reason.

idiotwindow

YourArsenal87 said:

idiotwindow said:

YourArsenal87 said:

idiotwindow said:

He's a brilliant player – and there are plenty of bits to take from what he plays – but I can't warm to the bloke himself. The whole Uncle Larry thing and his Rolling Rock shtick seems a bit tired by now. I also don't buy into the idea that his channel is some saintly act of musical altruism. I still watch it if I'm in the mood.

Genuinely baffled by this response. 

I'm not sure what is difficult to understand. What I am saying is that I don't share the general enthusiasm for his Homeskooling videos. Not a must-watch for me.

Fair enough and perfectly understandable. What baffled me was the whole "saintly act of musical altruism". Really don't know where that perception has come from. Sounded to me kind of like going out of your way to have a contrarian take and piss on something that's been near universally appreciated, for little reason.

Ok, understood. Maybe I have got the wrong end of the stick but I have read a lot of comments (some here and many in the YT comments) which suggest that, because Bukovac isn't monetising his videos, it makes his channel especially valuable and, oddly, also beyond criticism. He obviously loves making music and probably enjoys making these videos, but I imagine he also sees the videos as a way of building a new following and becoming more of a name outside of the Nashville session scene. The sales of merch and PayPal tips are also probably useful for paying a few bills (none of which do I begrudge him, by the way). That's all I meant in my point about his channel not being an act of altruism.

YourArsenal87

idiotwindow said:

YourArsenal87 said:

idiotwindow said:

YourArsenal87 said:

idiotwindow said:

He's a brilliant player – and there are plenty of bits to take from what he plays – but I can't warm to the bloke himself. The whole Uncle Larry thing and his Rolling Rock shtick seems a bit tired by now. I also don't buy into the idea that his channel is some saintly act of musical altruism. I still watch it if I'm in the mood.

Genuinely baffled by this response. 

I'm not sure what is difficult to understand. What I am saying is that I don't share the general enthusiasm for his Homeskooling videos. Not a must-watch for me.

Fair enough and perfectly understandable. What baffled me was the whole "saintly act of musical altruism". Really don't know where that perception has come from. Sounded to me kind of like going out of your way to have a contrarian take and piss on something that's been near universally appreciated, for little reason.

Ok, understood. Maybe I have got the wrong end of the stick but I have read a lot of comments (some here and many in the YT comments) which suggest that, because Bukovac isn't monetising his videos, it makes his channel especially valuable and, oddly, also beyond criticism. He obviously loves making music and probably enjoys making these videos, but I imagine he also sees the videos as a way of building a new following and becoming more of a name outside of the Nashville session scene. The sales of merch and PayPal tips are also probably useful for paying a few bills (none of which do I begrudge him, by the way). That's all I meant in my point about his channel not being an act of altruism.

Ah, I see what you mean. I really don't think anyone does anything completley out of altruism on YouTube (nor should anyone necessarily), but I find Bukovac an order of magnitude more sincere and "authentic" than just about anyone in the online guitar community with that kind of following. He hasn't even really been pushing his signature Dusey. I'm sure he gets a decent amount of "tip jar" dollars per video.

Danny1969

These are the things I noticed straight away about Tom which appealed to me. 

He plays through an amp, so instantly he sounds different from the Helix / Kemper / AXE users .... even though the sound is an iPhone mic it's picking up a real amp in a real room and it just sounds so organic,  cool and unprocessed, even when he uses a pedal or 2. I can imagine though he's playing a lot louder than most people would be able to, even when he's got the garage door open. 
He's got such a great knack of either holding a bass note or implying a chord while he's playing a bit of lead, so even when he's just noodling it sounds so musical. 
His touch is just exquisite, there's so much going on with the right hand. Sometimes it's all fingers, then hybrid, then pick but turning the pick to get more mellow sounds. 
His stretch and use of his thumb is crazy, some of the chord voicing's he gets are unique because of that.  

Everyone I have linked to his videos have been deeply impressed and then gone and sent links to all their mates, so I can see how he grew so quick. 

boehmite

Tom Bukovac...he’s the man alright. I’ve been around guitars and players a long time and he’s  something else...not just a great honest-to-goodness human but an incredible guitarist too. For example, watch that recent video of him improving in the studio on that BC Rich Eagle....simply can’t watch it too many times.

Jota

When asked what was the best musician he ever had the pleasure to work with, Steve Gorman, former drummer of the Black Crowes, said "Tom Bukovac". 

thegummy

Cheers for the rec, seems good from the random video I checked out, will need to check some more, hopefully get in to it.

It does have a bit of an annoyance that a lot of guitar videos have which is that the talking is a lot quieter than the playing so I have to ride the volume the whole time to hear the talking without blasting out loud guitar after midnight!

duotone

A fan of his YouTube channel Eric Banister has put a Spotify playlist together. It contains the songs that Tom mentions during his Homeskoolin’ videos. 

https://open.spotify.com/user/cebanister/playlist/7A6FTreRnYYiML9KRuXff6?si=UfMDBD3eQ9WqrD47auAr_w

boehmite

Thanks for that, duotone.

ThePrettyDamned

Good recommendation. I really enjoy David Brewster, great teacher who communicates well and just exudes enthusiasm that's really infectious. No gear bollocks. 

duotone

Recently saw the video where he mentions playing this. Had to dig up the original video Jeff Senn recorded when he played it on the guitar collection day. Good stuff.

https://youtu.be/cD8NYEGWvMY

JohnPerry

Someone was bound to do it in the end:



https://youtu.be/Zm6aM5tGkvw

Danny1969

Live stream gig coming soon, looking forward to that !

SRich

JohnPerry said:

Someone was bound to do it in the end:



https://youtu.be/Zm6aM5tGkvw

Its a good sign of recovery when I've had two videos today that made me smile.....this one caused a real laugh!

Uncle Tommy remains to be OK with me.

SPECTRUM001

Thanks for this. Totally new to me, and totally engaging - the embodiment of cool; not trying too hard to impress, be wacky or overselling.

Love that BB King quote - ‘why are you working so hard’ !!!!

pluckbuddy

JohnPerry said:

Someone was bound to do it in the end:



https://youtu.be/Zm6aM5tGkvw

All the right notes, just not necessarily in the right order...

Thanks for sharing.