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Apr 10 2014, 06:19 PM |
This is a very good thread. Friends and people in general usually said to me, why don't you add more fast solos at your band's songs? and I always wondered why? The answer was that as I can play fast, I had to add fast solos in my songs! I've never seen music like that. I like shredding, I find entertained to play guitar fast, it needs a lot of concentration and sometimes you get cool sounds but I find boring to listen to a guitarist shredding all the time. I don't consider it music, it's (as Mónica said) gym. It's really good to be able to play fast, as well as is good to know how to play all chords, all drops and inversions, all scales, modes, arpeggios, etc. It's good to have all that vocabulary available but when you are creating music, you have to that, create music, not show how much you know and how fast you play... or maybe you can, but nobody will enjoy listening to it... that's my opinion, but well, if you don't care it, go for it.
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Apr 12 2014, 10:13 PM |
Nice lines Todd!
Now, as you said, I think that the thing that we are all up against I daresay, is the bad taste not a certain approach It's good that we all agree! |
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Apr 12 2014, 10:33 PM |
But I also know some musicians who are very concerned with being a musician's musician. A friend of mine is, and we frequently have heated discussions about it . In his opinion, the more technical the playing and song arrangement, the better the song. And that's where I disagree. In artsy and philosophical terms, it's what you call a formalism versus expressionism discussion . That's not a musician's musician at all. A true musician can find the sublime beauty in even the simplest but beautifully executed and felt piece of music ... even if done by a novice. If the song calls for you to shred ... by all means, SHRED! If not ... don't. Play for the song. This post has been edited by klasaine: Apr 12 2014, 10:36 PM -------------------- - Ken Lasaine
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