Don't Write Instrumental Music! |
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Don't Write Instrumental Music! |
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Feb 6 2014, 06:35 PM |
hahah I knew that the thread topic would attract you to enter!
But this is not a fraud! Marty Friedman said that phrase in a recent interview and I think that it would be cool to discuss about it. Remember that we have been talking about instrumental guitar albums HERE "First of all, instrumental music — don't even go there. Instrumental music is a tough genre. It's the funnest thing to play, because you don't have to deal with any singers. But in reality, it's a very limited amount of people who can stand it. To be honest with you, I'm not a big fan of instrumental music, myself." by Marty Friedman. -------------------- My lessons
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Feb 6 2014, 10:43 PM |
I understand Marty's opinion as well as yours Ben. Just to give a recreation to your post, I would like to say that there is nothing more inspirational than collaborating with other musicians. When this reciprocity works, the creativity and results are endless. The results are not only musical, I feel that we grow as persons and musicians. I can note it in myself and also in famous musicians who recreate themselves after a collaboration. I know that sometimes is difficult to deal with band members, but maybe if we can't find the correct people to form a stable band, it doesn't mean that we should become isolated musicians, there numerous ways to create music with other musicians.
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Feb 6 2014, 10:48 PM |
I knew it, I sensed it! ...and therefore I finished my Instrumental rock series
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Feb 7 2014, 04:48 AM |
I get what he's saying especially with rock. It's a tough road. And I also agree that when the rock inst albums have several different genres on the same record it just loses people.
'Jazz' (and by extension fusion) has been pulling off instrumental music in interesting ways since like about 1886. It may not always be the biggest seller but at least it's consistent and has a loyal following. Film score type stuff as well as ethnic genres that incorporate 'instrumental' elements obviously have a lot of successful proponents. A hint for the rockers who aspire to do successful instrumental albums would be to take a clue from jazz artists and keep your record stylistically consistent. Satriani and Holdsworth come to mind - there records are stylistically fairly consistent (I would personally like it more if Holdsworth and Satch left the vox tunes off their albums) *Jeff Beck's 'blow by blow' and 'wired' should be required listening for any guitarist interested in non-vocal endeavors. This post has been edited by klasaine: Feb 7 2014, 03:45 PM -------------------- - Ken Lasaine
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Feb 7 2014, 10:42 AM |
Rock is dead, long live Marty!!
Hopefully he is just trying to say that a lot of instrumental music is just shred based and does not carry much musical value. |
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Feb 7 2014, 03:55 PM |
Hopefully he is just trying to say that a lot of instrumental music is just shred based and does not carry much musical value. I think this is the point he's alluding to - that his bar is really high (for making instrumental music). Not necessarily don't do it or that only he can do it but that you really need to treat it carefully. This post has been edited by klasaine: Feb 7 2014, 03:56 PM -------------------- - Ken Lasaine
https://soundcloud.com/klasaine2/foolin-the-clouds https://soundcloud.com/klasaine2/surfin-at-the-country-hop Soundcloud assorted ... https://soundcloud.com/klasaine3 New record ... http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/kenlasaine Solo Guitar ... https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXZh...5iIdO2tpgtj25Ke Stuff I'm on ... https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXZh...b-dhb-4B0KgRY-d |
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