Hello Shredmandan (Dan?)!
Thankyou for your kind words.
Well believe it or not, i was a metallica nut when i first started playing (8 years ago)!
I used to listen and prcatise 'Kill em all', Fade to Black and all that madness.
Along with that came Malmsteen, Paul Gilbert, Satraini and vai and Slash (massively!).
I got into jazz very recently-the last two years.
My favourite music to play is jazz-funk/fusion, i.e. Robben Ford, Scott Henderson.
I dont really know what got me into it, there came a point in my playing that i got sick and fed up of all the pentatonic and diatonic playing, and i yearned for something more.
I dont mean this at all to look down, it was just the way things went for me.
I wanted the sophistication hip note choices that made Robben Ford and Mike Stern etc appeal to me, but still with the technique and virtuosity of prog rock/metal.
That where bebop comes in!
Players such as John Coltrane (Giant Steps etc) and Mike Stern had such a big impact on me, as they could easily had the chops as well as any rock player i knew of, AND they had the hip note choice and intelligence behind it.
I guess learning jazz had alot for my obssession with theory!
I hated theory couldnt stand it when i was learning out, but couldnt get enough of it in the last few years. Its hard work, but it REALLY pays off!
the thing i love most i think about jazz and jazz-fusion is trying to make the 'wrong' notes sound musical.
It sounds corny, but it really is like balancing on a tightrop feeling for me-i love seeing how far i can go outside the tonality and then bringing it back in!
I hope this might have cleared things up a bit, perhaps i shouldve explained myself better when i came to GMC months ago!
-Ben
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This post has been edited by benhowell: Aug 19 2007, 09:55 PM