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So, how did everyone's taste(s) change after they picked up the guitar? Or did they?
For me, I started to like 70s Rock'n'Roll more and more and nu-metal less and less.
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Re: [How] Did Your Musical Tastes Change When You Started Playing?
5/30/2004 12:57:51 PM
Derrick Rogers
(2415) wrote:
I started out listening to everything people told me to listen to, then i got really into metal, then all i would listen to is jazz, and now all i listen to is strange, strange, elevator music, and melodic deathmetal. |
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Re: [How] Did Your Musical Tastes Change When You Started Playing?
5/30/2004 4:06:27 PM
Joshua Mattingly
(7768) wrote:
No, my musical tastes didn't "change" much, they just grew like cRaZy!!
Sorry, I'm listening to an SRV concert...Can't TYPE MUCH LONGER>>>THE URGE TO PLAY AIR GUITAR IS TOO GREAT...MUST...CYA |
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Re: [How] Did Your Musical Tastes Change When You Started Playing?
6/6/2004 10:08:20 PM
Terrie Johnson
(67) wrote:
Man, that's an amazing question, and my first post on this site, or to any forum for that matter...I am a novice as of yet, but already, I am changing from alot of pop sounds to really enjoying blues riffs, and bought a tele and downloaded tab and midi for Eugene's Trickbox, lol. That should keep me busy for awhile:) Vai is Amazing! |
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Re: [How] Did Your Musical Tastes Change When You Started Playing?
6/9/2004 6:51:07 AM
Daniel Verberne
(966) wrote:
I started playing guitar basically after watching Michael J. Fox (mime) play the Johnnie B. Goode Chuck Berry guitar solo at the end of "Back to the Future".
After I picked up the guitar, however, my inspiration started from the acoustic/slide playing of guitarists Tommy Emmanuel and Leo Kottke. However, I found it very hard to imitate such stuff as a new guitarist, and ended up playing a fair bit of basic fingerstyle classical stuff in the similar vein of John Williams.
I also have always loved the hauntingly romantic and dramatic sounds of certain scales, such as the Phrygian dominant and Lydian modes, and I think I was interested in those sounds, or had a predisposition to liking such sounds, and it was only a matter of waiting until I heard musicians playing those kinds of things before I latched onto them in turn.
As I said, I was into classical stuff in the early stages, although I would always like strutting my stuff in front of people by playing an extremely rehearsed solo over a blues song called "Kansas City".
I found myself migrating to the sounds of instrumental rock after having had professional lessons for about 3-4 years. I got into the instrumental music of Joe Satriani through a friend, and something struck a chord instantly, here was a musician that played guitar wildly (too loud and too wildly I thought initially) but whom also had the good player-audience sense to construct pieces that had structure and hooks.
Some people in this post have mentioned that they have moved from rock into blues ... my interests have been the opposite, and I put this down to the fact that even though I personally may not have conquered any early blues, which I believe rock hinges on; I developed a familiarity and appreciation of some of the more progressive or varied themes that instrumental rock has over; say, jazz.
I don't wish to undermine jazz, because I am extremely envious of musicians who are able to "speak" musically in the jazz language; its just that I find the core concepts of jazz; i.e. free time, free improv; looser concepts of a set key signature for a piece, etc, means that there is less of an identifyable emotional theme running thru a piece. For instance, I don't think passing, or blues tones would suit lines that I would want to invoke feelings of extreme sadness or elation in the listener.
My music leanings now are actually towards listening to as complex a batch of instrumental music I can get my hands on; but I place a criteria on it; one, I am well and truly biased towards wanting to hear guitars being player; and secondly, I love rhythmic and melodic interplay between ALL INSTRUMENTS, not just guitar. This would be my suggestion of a limitation of some of the guitar recordings of Joe Satriani, and some others; that there is a focus on the guitar, sometimes to the detriment of what I think is "whole band" sound. I'd love instrumental "guitar gods" to literally stop playing in the midst of a track sometimes, to comp chords whilst a drummer, keyboardist, vocalist, any instrument, or several, belts out some melody, then have another instrument belch out a reply, call and answer.... maybe I do like jazz ....
Cheers everyone
Daniel V |
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Re: [How] Did Your Musical Tastes Change When You Started Playing?
6/9/2004 7:45:16 AM
Bob Kent
(6558) wrote:
I think Micheal J. Fox may have played that solo, I know he jams. Have to look into it.....
B Kent |
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Re: [How] Did Your Musical Tastes Change When You Started Playing?
6/15/2004 5:46:45 AM
Mike Smith
(9737) wrote:
when you say all types of instruments blending into one. i am really hung up on the afro celt sound system. they are about as close to wht im trying to get out of my music. i just love all the difrent layers they use. if you havent heard them please do so it is just brilliant mate.
after just getting a new guitar sorted im now looking for a keyboard. cant play one for nuts but i want to learn.
my interests have changed, i too am a fan of tommy and his brother phil, but i need more.
sounds like my missus.
keep it up mate that was agood response i think i know what you mean. hope you got what i meant.
mike |
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Re: [How] Did Your Musical Tastes Change When You Started Playing?
6/15/2004 5:03:15 AM
Charles Gacsi
(42523) wrote:
If a person is really into playing, and if they are growing musically, the tastes keep expanding on what seems to tweek their musical consciousness. Mine began with playing and kept adding different aspects. Amoung the performers every one has "lemons" that don't do well, however they have more prizes that do well. Musical tastes grow and mature, yet still appreciating the early things that each loved. Perspective and ability to appreciate that that exists in its own sphere is how we grow. Having an open mind helps. There were times when I heard Stan Kenton and Stravinsky in the same day and felt that each was close to the other one. Segovia and Gomez, Mendez & James, and all too numerous specialists that are wonderful in their own right. And along comes John Denver, and the chaps from England. Leap frog forward and Santanna exists, along with so many other really great talented individuals. Being able to appreciate different styles of all musical performances is a piece of growing. We don't have to like all. Appreciate what is there ready for us to listen to that we find is worthwhile is part of musical tastes developing One of the saddest things that can happen to any musician would be losing our hearing. Imagine. Beethoven having his symphony played by an orchestra and not being able to hear how it sounded. That would be tough. Charlie |
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