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GMC Forum _ PRACTICE ROOM _ Comparing Your Self With The Others
Posted by: Nemanja Feb 29 2008, 01:29 PM
Hi guys I am interested did you evere compare your self with the other guitarist/bassist/singers/drummers...
and how did that effect you...I think that that can be two way road...I one way it is good...becouse that is the good way for you to improve your self if you look up to some body...and another is when you do it to much and become obsessed..and you and your style of playing/singing becomes more and more just a copy...
so what do you thin on this subejct...or any personal expiriance....
Posted by: OrganisedConfusion Feb 29 2008, 01:32 PM
I always wanted to be Kurt Cobain on guitar but when I could play every Nirvana song I just went from there. There isn't much of Kurt's style left in me anymore 
Posted by: steve25 Feb 29 2008, 01:33 PM
Well i don't have the problem of copying someone else because i like so many players, so many different bands and lots of different styles. So i can't be all of them at the same time. I havne't really started to look into their styles though not yet
Posted by: Nemanja Feb 29 2008, 01:35 PM
dont be sad...even if your play is better...you did learn trough that period of Nirvana...it is alwas good to go on if you make somet thing posible for you to play....
Posted by: mattacuk Feb 29 2008, 02:00 PM
Ive never been one to compare, if I see a great guitarist I think "wow this is cool", and try to take some ideas from him/her into my own playing
Posted by: Toni Suominen Feb 29 2008, 02:04 PM
I do the same thing, try to add little things to my playing from others. When I see a good guitarist in youtube, just by watching him play I try to take some ideas to my own playing
That has affected my style of playing guitar a lot, just watching people play
Posted by: Trond Vold Feb 29 2008, 02:07 PM
Same here.. i try to borrow elements i like and change them into my own style from most of the good ones, but not always with success
Posted by: Bogdan Feb 29 2008, 02:21 PM
Everybody have their influences..Of course its bad to really imitate others type of play and I think that can be really easy to spot in singing..But than again its ok for me to be influenced by others (not in a obsessed kind of way) and often that person is influenced by some other musician and "copied" his style when he started to play and so on..I guess its how music evolves. 
Posted by: lavendell Feb 29 2008, 02:26 PM
+1 That's my story as well
Posted by: OrganisedConfusion Feb 29 2008, 02:34 PM
My name Organised Confusion on here is from a demo Kurt Cobain did before Nirvana. But I still love Nirvana but I progressed past that style and I'm trying to be good at lots of different styles now
Posted by: Nemanja Feb 29 2008, 03:14 PM
we have a real fan of Niravana here..
great I am glad that you want to leran from every body and every style...that is the wright direction
Posted by: botoxfox Feb 29 2008, 03:16 PM
I really can't compare myself to anybody.
Posted by: Smells Feb 29 2008, 03:30 PM
No I`m not sure I can either, when I first started out I wanted to sound like a few different people, I wouldnt have a clue who I`d compare myself too now.
Posted by: Pavel Feb 29 2008, 03:37 PM
First i wanted to play the exact same music Steve Vai does, but now i moved on and i am mixing 2 of my favorite styles, instrumental shred and symphonic metal. That makes the most of my solo work today. Of course in my lessons you can here more styles than just that - so in general i experiment a lot but still staying closer to metal.
As of actual guitarists: Rusty and Luca Turilli are the 2 guys i take my inspiration from
Posted by: Muris Feb 29 2008, 04:10 PM
It's hard to hide influences,no doubt there.
To compare yourself with other players,that's fine too imho,
you seek higher goals,explore more etc.
Imitation isn't greatest thing but that's a profession as well,being imitator.
Find your way throughout the jungle but keep enjoying what you do.
Posted by: Nemanja Feb 29 2008, 04:16 PM
To compare yourself with other players,that's fine too imho,
you seek higher goals,explore more etc.
Imitation isn't greatest thing but that's a profession as well,being imitator.
Find your way throughout the jungle but keep enjoying what you do.
well said Muris...
Posted by: fatb0t Mar 1 2008, 02:21 AM
I find another problem with comparing yourself to other players. often it's discouraging!. You'll hear some cat really getting down, it's hard to not think "wow, I'll never sound like that"
Just gotta keep on practicing!
Posted by: UncleSkillet Mar 1 2008, 02:42 AM
I don't really focus on one player or style. To me it is about how the music makes me feel and the tone and emotion of an artist. If it sounds good and moves me then I want to learn it. Don't care if it is Country, Blues, Rock, Shred.
I just love a great player who expresses himself in a complete way.
Posted by: Resurrection Mar 1 2008, 02:46 AM
There's lots of guitarists I love to listen to and use for inspiration. But as far as comparisons go, the only person I'm interested in beating is myself from 6 months ago
Posted by: Nemanja Mar 1 2008, 11:09 AM
good luck with that...
Posted by: audiopaal Mar 1 2008, 01:37 PM
The only guitarist I wanted to sound like was Scott Ian, when I first started out.. But I think I forgot about that pretty early on and since then it's been pretty much to sound like myself only better I think..
And I've gotten better in the last two weeks I've been here so I'm happy
Trond: who the hell do I sound like? 
Posted by: Iluha Mar 1 2008, 02:11 PM
My friends allways compare me to Gary Moore, calling me the russian Gary Moore 
I just take it as a compliment because he is a big influence on me, but he's just an influence, it's nice to get compared to someone like him but ultimtly I hope that in the end I won't be compared to anyone
Posted by: SLASH91 Mar 1 2008, 02:17 PM
Just gotta keep on practicing!
That's actually the oppisite of how I feel. I hear someone shredding it up, and it just motivates me even more. So, yeah I always compare myself
Posted by: SLASH91 Mar 1 2008, 02:17 PM
Just gotta keep on practicing!
That's actually the oppisite of how I feel. I hear someone shredding it up, and it just motivates me even more. So, yeah I always compare myself
Posted by: Milenkovic Ivan Mar 1 2008, 04:09 PM
It's in human nature to compare himself with other people. If you find something you like in other people you tend to copy that, and that is how the influence starts. We have a lot of influences, and it is wise not to stuck to long on certain players and music, because you will sound very much alike that. It is not always like this, but it can be the case quite often. Great Miles Davis stated that he would be a much better player if he didn't hear any records of other jazz musicians. He would be more original.
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