Last September, Gibson partnered with YouTube electric guitar giant Rick Beato for a Les Paul Special Double Cut signature guitar. It was without doubt one of 2022’s most alluring six-strings – based ...

Richard Beato is an American YouTube personality, music professional, and educator. Since the early 1980s, he has worked variously as a musician, songwriter, audio engineer and record producer. Beato ...

This story was originally published by ArtsATL. Before the days of earbuds and streaming, listening to music was a communal experience. You’d invite friends over, carefully remove a record from its ...

At first glance, it looks ordinary. It’s a traditional brick house perched near the corner of a sleepy suburban cul-de-sac with a mini-basketball court out back. It could be Anywhere USA. I first ...

Rick Beato figured he was onto something when the first music video he posted online went viral and got 22 million views (it featured his young son Dylan showing off preternaturally perfect pitch). He ...

In late 2015, music producer Rick Beato on a lark posted a Facebook video of his 8-year-old son Dylan demonstrating “perfect pitch” by easily identifying solo notes, paired notes and chords. Much to ...

During the early days of his career, the Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist was far from a gearhead – but an old Fender changed ...