racman
Ok so I'm bored (it's my weekend in JHB - commute back home in CT every 2 weeks ☹), but was wondering ....
If you could only play one style of music which would you choose?
(And to make it more interesting state the artist who most typifies that style in your opinion)
....Or not 8)
deanBailey
Probably will get the genre wrong so I won't mention it but Probably Guthrie Govan styled music with an abundance of dynamics.
Metal is actually starting to bore me more and more each day with their over consistent triggered drumming and monotonous screaming. This coming from a huge Cannibal Corpse/Bloodbath/Suffocation fan.
I await the day I say "That's it...enough metal for one lifetime" ?
I guess my father (one of the biggest Jazz fans/collectors I know) was right in saying "The older you get the more matured your ears get too"
Orion
I would play Avenged Sevenfold style prog/metal, or whatever the technical term is for their music. I just love Syn's guitar style, it gets me every time.
(p.s. if you are getting bored with metal, try listening to Dethklok, maybe it was just me, but when i was getting sick of metal, and i listened to em, it changed the way I saw metal, might not work for other people though ? )
Lethe
Lots of synth. Tons of it. Bass, guitar, keys synth. and some drums.
deanBailey
Orion wrote:
(p.s. if you are getting bored with metal, try listening to Dethklok, maybe it was just me, but when i was getting sick of metal, and i listened to em, it changed the way I saw metal, might not work for other people though ? )
I've heard it and absolutely dislike it more lol
I'm not too sure but I think it's programmed drums as they sounds worse (triggered/lack of dynamics wise) than most metal bands.
Also the fact that it being a cartoon and sold more albums than the latest
Black Dahlia Murder and
Arch Enemy combined is absolutely ridiculous! haha
racman
Hey Dean, what about Rammstein - haven't heard much lead work though but they have a great sound (although seem to be quite controversial)
Orion
deanBailey wrote:
I've heard it and absolutely dislike it more lol
I'm not too sure but I think it's programmed drums as they sounds worse (triggered/lack of dynamics wise) than most metal bands.
Also the fact that it being a cartoon and sold more albums than the latest Black Dahlia Murder and Arch Enemy combined is absolutely ridiculous! haha
Oops, my bad, maybe it isnt as different as I thought it was.
And youre right, its really damn funny that the soundtrack to a cartoon has officially become the fastest selling death metal album in american history. I heard the band before I knew about the cartoon though, and I really liked Brendon Small's songwriting/arranging/solo's. But yeah, its just personal preference.
deanBailey
racman wrote:
Hey Dean, what about Rammstein - haven't heard much lead work though but they have a great sound (although seem to be quite controversial)
For me, Rammstien is a different story. You'll get your group of
elitists that don't really consider them metal at all. Which technically isn't that far from the truth as they're more industrial which means computerized samples/synth and MIDI/over triggered drums is what makes up the sound of the genre.
Me personally, I considered them "Industrial metal" but when I first heard them they were pretty metal.
AlanRatcliffe
its really damn funny that the soundtrack to a cartoon has officially become the fastest selling death metal album in american history.
LOL! That kind of sums Death Metal up for me pretty accurately, I'm afraid ?
Rammstein I also consider industrial.
OH Yeah - If I could only play one style, I'd make sure it was my own.
racman
I also consider them Industrial Metal. But then again Metal is not really my "thing". Just thought they had an interesting sound - can be a bit monotonous (sp?) if listened to too much.
deanBailey
Alan Ratcliffe wrote:
LOL! That kind of sums Death Metal up for me pretty accurately, I'm afraid ?
Yeah I can see myself getting to that position in the couple years time as I've started getting really picky with DM bands these days.
Alan Ratcliffe wrote:
OH Yeah - If I could only play one style, I'd make sure it was my own.
I was gonna say that ? till he "/genre'd" the thread title lol
Spyke
This is a tough one to answer as I'm a firm believer that you can't just stick to one style / genre.
Playing one kind of music is like eating one kind of food - sure you're surviving, but are you ever really living?
Heath
if i was forced to only play one style it would be blues ... you could tinker on the borders of classical and still sound bluesy or head north across the border to rock and still sound bluesy ......
Squonk
Definately Blues, it has so much soul, and so expressive.
Bob-Dubery
Well my aim would be to be able to play by myself, to provide appropriate and engaging accompaniament to songs (which would also require reasonable singing and writing skills, so I must try to not get too excited).
What "genre" that would be is not clear to me, and most of the players I find interesting are hard to pigeonhole (I suspect the same is true for most top players).
But I know that there are some very interesting artists, some of them really top players, who are doing a lot of one-person shows these days. Them, their songs, a guitar and an audience. Some of these are artists like Louden Wainwright who have good songs but are not remarkable as players. But you get guys like Bruce Cockburn operating this way as well.
I'm nowhere near Cockburn as a player, but I find this mode of operation very interesting - both as an idea and having sat in audiences. I've satisfied a private urge of my own by seeing Richard Thompson live three times in the last 18 months or so. Twice solo, once with his band. The band are REALLY good, and I love Thompson's electric playing, but somehow the solo shows are more interesting. Possibly because if he feels like going off on some tangent or another he can do that. Or maybe the fact that he has to make it all happen lights an extra cracker up the jacksie.
So that way of working interests me. I think there's some interesting challenges there, and I think that if the performer can make it work then there's a very interesting connection with the audience.
But I don't know what genre it is ?
Malkav
Hmmmm I'd either want to play Prog-rock like Dream Theater where the lines of the genre are so blurred and eclectic that it doesn't really ever have set rules or I'd play fusion stuff like Guthrie Govan or Daniele Gottardo ?
Lethe
Rammstein kick ass. Til Lindeman is one of the best lyricists I've ever come across.
I don't think it matters what genre one plays, as long as it feels right and comes naturally it's all good.
Too many people try to get a specific sound from another band. Hence they start copying stuff and just sound like B- grade copy-cat bands. What annoys me, is that all these people in this country seem to be so far behind that they still want to listen to all the crap the americans released years ago and copy it. (nothing against americans- just an example) Image Image Image.
And music is so much more than something that can be put into a genre. If one claims to play with feel and heart, how can one always just play angry stuff or always chilled stuff? Everything gets boxed in. Play whatever you feel is right and if people don't like it you can always shoot them.
I wanna play techno metal! ? hahaha. But seriously. Oh wait, that would be EBM.
Renesongs
If I could only play one style it would be Eclectic World, Industrial, Post-Modern, Pop/Rock, Be-Bop, Jazz, Funk, Fusion with a Gothic, Metal, Thrash, Shred, Punk, Country, Blues feel
Lethe
Bwahahaha, nice! Don't forget classical in there somewhere!
