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Nov 5 2007, 08:56 PM
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Hahahaha that's why i stay out of topics like these
 Turns into a cat-fight!
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Nov 6 2007, 12:44 AM
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QUOTE (lefty01 @ Nov 5 2007, 11:12 PM)  Well, we really cannot get into the "rap" thing. That is not music.  Finally another guy thinking like me! Thumbs up, man!  
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Nov 6 2007, 01:52 AM
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QUOTE (Pavel @ Nov 5 2007, 06:44 PM) Finally another guy thinking like me! Thumbs up, man! Well, we do need to stick together. 
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Nov 6 2007, 02:33 AM
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QUOTE (Fsgdjv @ Nov 5 2007, 08:07 PM) I personally don't think Kurt Kobain, Matt Bellamy or Slash (etc) are overrated. Sure, they may not be Steve Vai or Rusty Cooley, but they can make their guitars sing (and that Kurt could do that with his technique amazing), and that's what music is about. I doubt that anybody thinks any of those are the technically best guitarists out there, but there might be a few who likes them a lot for their music. Because, in my opinion, it's not the technique that matters, it's how good it sounds, nothing else. If I would choose someone to call overrated, I would pick a shredder like Rusty Cooley or someone like that, but I suppose that's because I don't understand their music, so I won't. Slash is one of my favorite guitarists. It's not because he's an amazing player and super fast. I don't care how fast he can play. His riffs are amazing, even if they never change. Slash has a sound that almost can't be duplicated, and I think his blues-rock style is superb. I'd have to say Slash is overrated as the best guitarist ever, but he definately is top three if not the top in my eyes. He just has this amazing tone.. Anyway, that's just my opinion. Keep going everyone! I love debates. // Erik EDIT: QUOTE (Pavel @ Nov 5 2007, 06:44 PM) Finally another guy thinking like me! Thumbs up, man! Didn't see what was said about rap... I've gotta say that I agree. I just don't see rap as music. If it's just repeating drums and a guy talking, I just can't fathom it being music, sorry. 
This post has been edited by Erik Johnson: Nov 6 2007, 02:38 AM -------------------- QUOTE (Kristofer Dahl) ...you will have taken your very first steps towards Johnson land... Guitars: Epiphone Les Paul Standard (Modified), Yamaha Pacifica (Black; modified with different humbuckers and a few other things) Equipment: Vox DA5 Digital Amp (It's a little weak, but fun nonetheless), Line 6 Pod X3 Live Wishlist: An Ibanez RG Model, and a yummy Pavel and Andrew Cockburn JEM.. Mmmm. I'd also love a Marshall Stack. That'd be awesome. :D |
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Nov 6 2007, 02:37 AM
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QUOTE (Fsgdjv @ Nov 6 2007, 02:07 AM) I'll pick Rusty Cooley as the worst guitarist in the world, sounds like fun! If he's the worst than GMC should be closed long ago.
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Nov 6 2007, 02:41 AM
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QUOTE (Erik Johnson @ Nov 6 2007, 02:33 AM) Didn't see what was said about rap... I've gotta say that I agree. I just don't see rap as music. If it's just repeating drums and a guy talking, I just can't fathom it being music, sorry. That's the interesting thing about it! You pointed it out. I'll just say it my way: when we listen to a guitarist - we always talk about some melody. I don't hear a melody in guy's talking, not because i am deaf, but because there is no melody. And music without melody just kinda can't exist, don't you think? -------------------- "It isn't how many years you have been playing, it's how many hours." -- Prashant Aswani "PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE!" -- Michael Angelo Batio Check out my video lessons and instructor board! |
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Nov 6 2007, 02:54 AM
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QUOTE (SLASH91 @ Nov 5 2007, 08:49 PM) ... I don't think that it's not a type of music. Not trying to start an argument, thats just the way I see it Well I agree with that also... it is a type of music, I guess, but I don't know. I don't really see it as a classification of music. There's music, poems, literature, and many other things, then there's rap. It's its own category in my eyes--even outside of music. EDIT: Rusty Cooley.. hmm. I wonder about him. I don't like the fact that sometimes he's only about technique. I don't care if you can play something at 500 BPM that no one else can understand. I like flow and tone. However my opinion on Cooley is completely biased, as I've only seen and heard him doing some rediculiously fast shred lick, nothing rhythm-based. This post has been edited by Erik Johnson: Nov 6 2007, 02:58 AM -------------------- QUOTE (Kristofer Dahl) ...you will have taken your very first steps towards Johnson land... Guitars: Epiphone Les Paul Standard (Modified), Yamaha Pacifica (Black; modified with different humbuckers and a few other things) Equipment: Vox DA5 Digital Amp (It's a little weak, but fun nonetheless), Line 6 Pod X3 Live Wishlist: An Ibanez RG Model, and a yummy Pavel and Andrew Cockburn JEM.. Mmmm. I'd also love a Marshall Stack. That'd be awesome. :D |
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