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Feb 23 2018, 03:14 PM
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Muse’s Matt Bellamy: “The guitar has become a textural instrument rather than a lead instrument”
 The guitarist went on to say, “What's exciting about this period of music is you can mix classical with hip-hop and rock in the same song. “As a rock band you're slightly one foot in the past, playing instruments like guitar, bass and drums.” https://www.musicradar.com/news/muses-matt-...lead-instrument Should we delete all GMC Solo lessons??? or maybe start the site NoGuitarMasterClass.net 
This post has been edited by Gabriel Leopardi: Feb 23 2018, 03:25 PM -------------------- My lessons
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Feb 23 2018, 04:16 PM
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TexturalGuitar.net or
NoLeadGuitarMasterclass.net -------------------- I'd rather have a full Bottle in front of me than a full Frontal Lobotomy!!
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Feb 23 2018, 05:16 PM
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hahaha nice touch guys!
 Or on the other hand it can be a revolutionary title like prohibitedsologuitarmasterclass 
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Feb 23 2018, 05:20 PM
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Feb 23 2018, 05:30 PM
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They said the same thing in the late 70s and early 80s with the advent of punk and new wave ... then came hair metal.
They said the same thing in the late 90s and early 00s with 'indie', 'alternative', 'americana' and all of their sub genres ... and then came Derek Trucks and Joe Bonamassa. Rock and Roll, along with the 'lead' guitar have died several deaths since the late 50s, only to be resuscitated again and again. The electric lead guitar and rock and roll music are the vampires of modern art. As they should be. This post has been edited by klasaine: Feb 23 2018, 06:05 PM -------------------- - Ken Lasaine
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Feb 23 2018, 05:50 PM
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QUOTE (klasaine @ Feb 23 2018, 01:30 PM)  The electric lead guitar and rock and roll music are the vampires of modern art. Love that quote. 
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Feb 23 2018, 08:34 PM
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After listening to his solos I'm thinking maybe he should join GMC
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Feb 23 2018, 10:24 PM
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AK makes a good and maybe obvious point. Consider the source.
I dig Muse. Cool tunes, cool production, cool vibe. But Matt Bellamy is more of a textural player. And believe me, I don't mean to take anything away from his playing. He and that band found a niche in the same way that the Edge did with U2, Andy Summers with the Police and Johnny Marr w/the Smiths. None of those guys were 'soloists' but they changed (I would say 'evolved') the way guitar was seen, heard and utilized in modern pop and rock music. This post has been edited by klasaine: Feb 23 2018, 10:25 PM -------------------- - Ken Lasaine
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Feb 26 2018, 04:59 PM
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QUOTE (jstcrsn @ Feb 24 2018, 09:58 AM) moral of this thread " don't learn lead from a "textural " player " hahaha -------------------- My lessons
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Mar 1 2018, 01:44 PM
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The guitar is no longer JUST a lead instrument.
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Mar 1 2018, 04:04 PM
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QUOTE (krakou @ Mar 1 2018, 12:48 AM) From 60's to 00', most on what you could listen on the radio was "guitar based". Now most of the music is made with computers, with lots of percussions, samples, and so on. Not really. There were several multi-year periods where pop music and pop culture took a break from guitar, especially "lead" guitar. I briefly mention them in my first post in this thread. I'll get a little more detailed now ... In the late 50s (1958/59 til about 1963), post Chuck Berry, Elvis and Buddy Holly and before the Beatles exploded in 1964 pop/rock was dominated by good looking singers doing syrupy teen love songs or vocal group soul music: Fabian, Bobby Vee, Chubby Checker, Bobby Darin, the Coasters, the Platters, Lloyd Price, etc. None of this featured really any kind of lead guitar. Tenor Saxophone was the solo instrument of the day. Briefly in the mid 1970s with the rise of disco ala 'Saturday Night Fever'. Groups like the Bee Gees, Heatwave, Tavares, Hues Corporation, Donna Summer, etc, had awesome rhythm guitar but very little lead guitar. Early 80s - Punk, New Wave, Techno, early Hip-Hop. Again, rhythm guitar - very little lead. *No guitar at all in the techno and the hiphop. Until about 1985 or so when you get L.A. 'Hair' Metal. Boom! Resurgence of LEAD guitar. Slight break from "showy" lead guitar again with the whole Indie and Americana thing circa late 90s (post Pearl Jam and Soundgarden). During every one of these guitar hiatus's music critics as well as musicians proclaimed that "guitar is dead" (or, rock is dead). Of course throughout it all, we've had Metal, which features both lead and rhythm guitars. OK, maybe not super popular but there's always a loyal core audience. Same for fusion music. And electric lead guitar is dominant or at least prominent in both. *Right now in Jazz land, guitar is probably the most popular instrument. About time. It's only been like 90+ friggin years of piano, sax and trumpet domination. Everything is cyclical. This post has been edited by klasaine: Mar 1 2018, 05:51 PM -------------------- - Ken Lasaine
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