Building Up Your Musical Personality |
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Nov 30 2011, 03:36 PM
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This is such an important topic. I think the old phrase "play from the heart" can take care of it just fine, but to get there you need also work in some personal issues about self-identity and stuff like that.
I guess you have to take the risk to be criticised and be hated by people in order to achieve this personality in your music. A lot of of people hate Steve Vai, because he's just too much out there. But a lot of people love him, for the same reason! -------------------- Visit my:
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I think that's what the first 3 years have been about for me.
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Nov 30 2011, 11:31 PM
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I agree, it's important to have an intent to create something, to do something with your life, doesn't matter if it's music of not. For me, it's music, I like playing and teaching music and other knowledge to others, I have lots of motivation from the people that say that I helped them with something, it's very important for me. As far as music goes, it was always about the blues mostly, and I think that influenced my musical personality a lot. I like blues, and consider myself a blues player before anything else, which is hard to do, specially when you are playing and singing the blues. It's just the music that I like the most you know?
 Still getting there, but I think I have couple of trademarks on my name already. It would be good to create a bigger name for myself as a guitar player and musician in general, so working on that atm. Time is sure limited tho..
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Dec 1 2011, 08:56 PM
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All music students begin by learning someone elses' compositions. Works the same way in any trade - designing a house? You study other designs to begin to understand what is important and basics of building in a way that has proven to work. There was a time when youth would take up the career of their parents, building on their parent's knowlege - we called them apprentices - that's why we have funny last names like 'smith" - nowadays, we grow up and leave the nest for college to pursue our own "careers", etc. The proven method is to study the work of your parents to master it, then improve on it with personal taste. Likewise with music. Study and learn what others do. Then add your twist when you have mastered their creation.
Pick your musical parents - Led Zeppelin? Van Halen? Satriani? Guthrie? Learn how they build houses, then build your own using their designs  My analogy for the day. Happy birthday SirJamsalot! -------------------- The more I practice, the more I wish I had time to practice!
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Dec 2 2011, 06:05 AM
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QUOTE (SirJamsalot @ Dec 1 2011, 01:56 PM)  Happy birthday SirJamsalot! Happy Birthday!!!! 
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Dec 2 2011, 10:28 AM
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This is very important. I think that both paths are the correct ones. Both are genuine and lead to the sample place. You could try to emulate someone who you admire and eventually you will find your own tone too or you could just start on your own and work your way through it. I guess it is a matter of what makes you motivated to practice. When I look at it, I never really had a specific player influence regarding actual technique and skill. I looked up to certain bands and what they did. I always had this sound/song I aspire to, its just a matter then of finding your way to it.
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Dec 3 2011, 10:30 PM
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That's a cool aspect right there man. I always admired the tone of Miles Davis trumpet, always tried the emulate that smooth compressed round tone. This is one of the main reasons I roll off the treble on guitars often.
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Dec 4 2011, 03:41 PM
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This is not really connected to dynamics, but perhaps there is some connection, not sure.
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