is this Bizarro world you live in, nice? maybe I'll come for a visit...
my take on shred type players is that they're alot of fun to watch live. i love watching someone who has mastered their instrument, even if they go over the top (like yngwie).
but, most of the shred stuff i've heard doesn't stand up to repeated listening, at least to me. its the same w/ bluegrass; i'll enjoy watching a live set of quality BG music, yet the cd's bore me as much as shred. that said, i do have a few scott henderson/andy timmons/kotzen & howe/holdsworth tunes in rotation on my 200 cd player.
i used to love vai & satch in the 80's, but i never replaced their albums w/ cd's (kinda like judas priest and iron maiden).
i like scofields stuff from the last 10 years. he's got chops, but he doesn't overdo it. its his jazzy phrasing that hooks me, along w/ the funky grooves. charlie hunter and will bernard, too.
i like good players, esp for instrumental music. but alot of my fave rock music
(sabs, zep, CCR, etc) is kinda lame compared to jazz and shred stuff, at least chops wise. but i'm feelin' it.
but, most of the shred stuff i've heard doesn't stand up to repeated listening, at least to me. its the same w/ bluegrass; i'll enjoy watching a live set of quality BG music, yet the cd's bore me as much as shred. that said, i do have a few scott henderson/andy timmons/kotzen & howe/holdsworth tunes in rotation on my 200 cd player.
i used to love vai & satch in the 80's, but i never replaced their albums w/ cd's (kinda like judas priest and iron maiden).
i like scofields stuff from the last 10 years. he's got chops, but he doesn't overdo it. its his jazzy phrasing that hooks me, along w/ the funky grooves. charlie hunter and will bernard, too.
i like good players, esp for instrumental music. but alot of my fave rock music
(sabs, zep, CCR, etc) is kinda lame compared to jazz and shred stuff, at least chops wise. but i'm feelin' it.
Of course you do. But when you go OUT OF YOUR WAY to rail against shred music (which isn't my thing either; I feel the same way about it as Brooks does) you can and should expect to be called out on it.
You don't like shred. We get it. So why chime in on this thread unless you wanted to stir something up? Maybe that's exactly what you wanted to do; hell, I do it all the time myself. Just don't go getting all defensive when someone reacts. After all, isn't that what you wanted? A reaction? Well done, sir ... you got it.
Now then. What's the REAL reason you hate shred/hair metal? Are you jealous that you didn't/don't have the work ethic/talent to achieve that level of skill? Did the people who threw you in lockers and kicked your ass in high school listen to hair metal? Does the sight of men dressed up as women cause a tingling in your loins that you're not comfortable with?
Honestly ... WHAT THE FUCK IS IT?
Hamer95USA
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Hey kilroy,
I'm sorry you didn't get to go to the Velvet Revolver show in Reno. /emoticons/default_wink.png Now if you're talking about getting together and jam, I know a place where all of us northern California Hamer Fan Club members can meet. We can jam at Art & Rhonda's Jam Night at the St. James Gate in Belmont. You guys know where Belmont is?
They have a musician's jam night every Thursday night from 9:30p to 1:30am. You guys are all welcome to come hang out there, bring your cool Hamer USA guitars and jam. If anyone is interested in meeting up, e-mail me!! /emoticons/default_wub.png It's the invasion of the Hamer USA persuasion at Art & Rhonda's Jam Night!! Who wants to go?
Guitar George
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Hamer95USA
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Guitar George
Gee, I have broad enough tastes to enjoy most of the artists mentioned here. There are some I would avoid (Yngwie does as much for me as Trey) I just don't happen to post about them everytime a new thread evolves.
Everyone knows you dislike metal/shred more than Manuel Noriega so please stop tilting at windmills.
regards,
S.
Everyone knows you dislike metal/shred more than Manuel Noriega so please stop tilting at windmills.
regards,
S.
my issue with this music is that it doesn't do ANYTHING for me..jealous of technique? not one bit..I'm not saying they don't have talent for their trade, but it doesnt say anything! It's one thing to have a rhythm section set up up so you can wing some chops and show off, but another thing entirely when you can play as a part of the song...it's the song baby!! Don't throw out an E minor comp and then just wail away showing off your dexterious digits! It seems that these shredders like to throw out Hendrix and Van Halen as influences, but have completely missed the "feeling" for the song! I'll give EVH props for his style cos it was new and whatnot and well..Hendrix is Hendrix,'nuff said..But, I think EVH played with more heart..and THAT is the difference..no heart, no soul...it dosen't even come to me NOT liking VH, but giving him some respect for his talent..
and for the record, NOBODY threw me in a locker in school, nobody beat my ass at anytime in my life, other than my dad when he caught me smoking when I was 9...
I'm just too nice a guy...
G
galejt
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Tilting at windmills
I'm always trying
To knock things down
Or bring 'em around
But they don't come down
They won't come around
Like society
Or that girl that I used to see
Now these are things that just don't change
But I'm tilting at windmills
All the same
the answer to the question? why did you post at all? I'm not upset and don't really care, but why not just leave Buckethead unread, you know you hate him, you know you won't like it. I find myself not posting on tons of things that I find stupid or w/o feeling ( and who are you to judge anothers feeling ).
tilting at mindwank? please pass your poems foward /emoticons/default_wink.png it's a blade that cuts everything if you let it ( and I have )
it's not like I'm fillibustering shredding topics..the thread came up, I posted about my experience with Satriani...sorry...next time I'll start a whole new thread...
Right ON, Galejt!
Tyminski is WAY the shiznit!
I never thought I'd see the damn day that copper blue would be defending EVH! The seventh seal has been broken! LMAO!
My problem with meedly wankers is that they are a humorless bunch who can't get jokes like "teslacles" get it? TESLAcles? /emoticons/default_wink.png
Gimme "Louie Louie" or gimme death!
Tyminski is WAY the shiznit!
I never thought I'd see the damn day that copper blue would be defending EVH! The seventh seal has been broken! LMAO!
My problem with meedly wankers is that they are a humorless bunch who can't get jokes like "teslacles" get it? TESLAcles? /emoticons/default_wink.png
Gimme "Louie Louie" or gimme death!
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